china as you rightly said. is a very good friend pakistan. but china doesn't have to choose sides between india and pakistan i'll give you an example china except pakistan. with. the member countries and of china's relationship with india is the land border issue is actually. very good because the way you will have a joint exercise of terrorism during holidays the soldiers across the border. or cigarettes so we do not believe that black and white picture so we sincerely hope both pakistan and india. they were once one country now they should be brothers. colonel it's been such a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for this insight full interview will wish you all the best of luck but we're talking to. director of security cooperation for the military office of china's national defense ministry discussing china's increasing military strength and its implications for the world that's it for this edition of. only days ago we were told the u.s. was preparing to strike iran for nonspecific reasons to deter specific drugs. simply. ministrati

understanding the victims deny the state why are these brokers allowed to operate freely in pakistan we know that china is pouring a lot of money into pakistan as part of its belton road initiative does that mean that it's unable to put political pressure on china. yes there has been instructs us the chinese national. interests and yet this is. dollars investment in pakistan to a gate a giant of our star you know what to do and it is a leniency going to be the one to see are the chinese nationals and you should be these are on the right was so focused on the authorities have launched that don't ask chinese nationals in the recent days who had anything to be mourned in this human trafficking and you are going straight if you're going to expect an investigation agency has been used out of house arrest the 79 chinese and the pakistani citizen going to go up. all right correspondent how do intend us speaking to us from islamabad in pakistan thank you very much thank you to taiwan now an island that's considered a bastion of liberalism in asia that liberalism is being put to the test on friday the taiwanese

i study officials deny the spectate why are these brokers allowed to operate freely in pakistan we know that china is pouring a lot of money into pakistan as part of its belt and road initiative does that mean that it's on able to put political pressure on china. yes there has been threats of the chinese national. interests and yet this is. keeping dollars investment in part based on school gate in china are starting off we're going to do it and it is a leniency on these i want to see a return on usenet and you should be these are on the right was so focused on the authorities have launched that don't ask chinese nationals in the recent is what any should be more and in this human trafficking and you are going straight if you're going to expect an investigation agency has used the above has some good night chinese and the pakistani cities are going to go up to a district all right correspondent how do you intend us speaking to us from islamabad pakistan thank you very much thank you to taiwan now an island that's considered a bastion of liberalism in asia that liberalism is being put to the test o

understanding officials deny the spec it why are these brokers allowed to operate freely in pakistan we know that china is pouring a lot of money into pakistan as part of its belt and road initiative does that mean that it's on able to put political pressure on china. yes there has been instructs us the chinese nationals are based on recent years of bringing dollars investment in pakistan to a gate and joined us on. what to do and it is a leniency going to be the one to see peter and his next on the issue of peace these are on the right was so focused on iraq our peace has launched don't ask chinese nationals in the recent is what i need to be more in this human trafficking and you are going straight with the countries spectral investigation agency has used a lot of has arrested some of the night chinese and the pakistani cities are going to go up to. our right correspondent how do intend us begin to us from islamabad pakistan thank you very much. to taiwan now an island that's considered a bastion of liberalism in asia that liberalism is being put to the test on friday the taiwanese parliament will vo

saying it was aimed at chinese and other foreign investors as a crucial port for the planned china pakistan economic corridor which is part of beijing's belsen road infrastructure project come are high there is following the story from the capital islamabad. i mean there. have been and. also the fact that the security forces weren't able to evacuate. according to. the security guard. from the security forces down in the hall where they were a kid according to the military. medical assistance liberation army on the. big. dog and of course it would have been trying to. come into the border was. significant. because the chinese that investing tens of billions of dollars and of course. maximize the number of. times. i had there were 2 major. independent media and he says the attack is part of a launch a geo political rivalry. other forward now being managed by the chinese a bit of great importance for pakistan's economic future as well as china. plans and the beer level to accept them and pakistani authorities have been known for a long time. using india of supporting b.l. and such are the sepa

it was aimed at chinese and other foreign investors as that is a crucial port for the planet china pakistan economic corridor one which is part of beijing's belton road infrastructure project come on high that is following the story from the capital islamabad. that all 3 of the attack. have been carried and there 3 people were injured also the fact that they were able to evacuate all get. from there to according to the entered into the hold short did they figured a guard at the entry and were able to get in however diaby action. from the security forces bend them down in the hall where they were killed according to. the people who were injured they're receiving medical assistance liberation army on the other hand. all 4 of their fighters. what involved in their tag their target of god would have been. coming to the border of. significant importance because the chinese are investing tens of billions of dollars and of course they would have volunteered to maximize the number of ever timely action from the security forces had there were major crisis and that. means a pakistani vita and the dir

saying it was aimed at chinese and other foreign investors is a crucial port for the planned china pakistan economic corridor or which is part of beijing's belt and road infrastructure project. south african president saurabh opposes calling for national unity after the a.n.c. election victory the ruling party came out on top with its smallest ever parliamentary majority. i salute each and every one of you and i thank you for making it possible for this election to be rezoned being expression of the will of the people of south africa we can. certainty but democracy has to victorias in our country our people have given all of the leaders of this country a fair monday 8 to bear a better south africa for all but as well an opposition leader one going has called for direct contacts between his movement and the us military he made the appeal as opposition supporters gathered for another day of demonstrations against president nicolas maduro the 1st sunday mass since the easter bombings in sri lanka has been held but on the tight security military forces patrolled the streets and police conducted

threat the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis a man china's pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk commodity has more. did or did left of the once proud mohannad tribe on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get that indeed shallow water now there are just a few dozen left. people who did vote have been their homes for as long as they can remember. i know that nobody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but when polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out. here we used to have a good catch now we are on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is begun a small stall stocked away in one corner of the ball even though firewood stacked above the water line costs money but it's the same chill for

threat the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis a man china's pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk commodity has more. if you wanted left of the once proud mohannad tribe on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get that indie shallow waters now there are just a few dozen left. people who did vote have been their homes for as long as they can remember. i know that nobody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but in polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out. here we used to have a good catch now we on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is begun a small stall stocked away in one corner of the book even the fireworks above the water line costs money but it's the same chill for cooking. livi

was to organize-- which we made in pakistan and then we had to-- with the government to pakistan to fly out to. china was in the midst of a revolution and they had no contact but they did have one with pakistan. it was difficult.-- some academic institute. is not the topic of our conversation. it sounds like to college professors talking about the future of the world. there were so many disagreements between china and the united states, we started that the first thing was-- which led to further dialogue. i was in china in order to elicit-- solicit an invitation to them from pres. nixon. i didn't want to say that. so i had 48 hours and at the end of the second day after breaking up for the evening, he said what can the staff do for you? i said they could-- communicate he said gosh-- but it was the same and if i may, that's one of the problems but the president will understand fully. i knew that in order to be the first person is the most visited but i never asked for it. this was the problem of internal relations in our government and pres. nixon was absolutely right. >> you have gone on to say that i

pakistan, and then we had arranged with the government of to beijing.fly us is reason we chose pakistan because china was in the midst of the cultural revolution and they had no contact with most countries in the world. they did have one with pakistan. so, it was difficult. that he was a person of some academic attitude, so if you read the transcripts that are now public of our like totion, it sounds twoege professors -- college professors talking about the future of the world. the reason we did that on both sides was the following -- there were so many disagreements between china and the united states that if we started with any of them, we could get deadlocked. so we thought the first thing was to establish a way of , and soto each other int led to the dialogue order to elicit an invitation from them to president nixon. but, i did not want to say that. so, i had 48 hours and we both knew it. so at the end of the second day, after the breaking up for the shouldd, what our staffs do for the evening? i said, they can start drafting he said, canand , whichntion the trip hadn't been mentioned publicly?

north korea says $450.00 domestic and foreign firms have turned up toward spring train fare china russia pakistan and poland are among the exhibitors at the company's fork a fine line it's supposedly the largest trade fair north korea has ever hosted. on the show because medics from china. and textiles aren't trying gets from syria also proudly on display sorry so the hermit kingdom's answer to coca-cola. is for the city to do stories so it's 100 percent made from our country's raw materials it's just like coca-cola it's good for suggestion and promotes blood circulation in your brain. the number of foreign companies exhibiting at this fair is generally seen as a programmer serve north korea's relations with the wider world. this year turnout is up chinese firms are especially well represented there are more than 200 of them here they stayed away in 20162017 but returned last year after tensions between beijing and pyongyang eased. the purpose of exhibiting is largely speculative at present international sanctions mean a foreign companies can barely conduct any trade with north korea certain prod

that technical hold in the release of that technical tell us about the relationship between china and pakistan because they wouldn't have done it without consulting pakistan. yes that is correct but to start is one of china's closest allies and consequently this deal would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted islamabad that this was about to happen the ban here and the statement made by india by sort of reference to the february attack. led to the deaths of so many resoled years we've now got politicians and leaders asking why there's no connection being made by their own government i mean how have the charges all what's changed you want to say dilute the way that india is selling this to the wider population. well there isn't really injured charges or in some of those are not merely on the basis of the pull back of the fourteenth of rarity of this year but there there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not fee

your reporter china is investing nearly $50000000000.00 into what is known as the seebeck or the china pakistan economic corridor which is part of the belt of the initiative and so of other forward to is now being managed by the chinese a bit of a great importance but pakistan's economic future as well as china has plans and the v.l. of want to upset them and bugs bunny authorities have been known for a long time using india of supporting b.l.m. and such other separatist groups by giving them training arms and cash cetera. because that there is of course like to forward. dynamic here the 1st is of course the. fighters with the facts on the state and the 2nd is the indian chinese that rivalry in that region and pakistan now being there is a. very clear and very formidable political and economic ally of china in the region is obviously something that box any state thinks needs to be. addressed so clearly. the symbolism of this attack is plain for everyone to see but is the message.

a professor of political science at indiana university bloomington he explains why china held back for so long. pakistan is one of china's closest allies and consequently. they would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted to the islamabad that this was about to happen there is a reinjure of charges against some of those are not merely on the basis of the full bomb attack of the fourteenth of february of this year but there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not feel compelled to bring up on this occasion i think they must be absolutely besides themselves china has finally decided to lift the technical hold of the breaking news we told you about a few moments ago from kampala uganda where opposition politician has been granted bail catherine soy joins us now live from kampala katherine what more can you tell us. just happened in the last ten minutes he's been granted bail at the cash bail of about two hundred fifty five and

important location we can see pictures of it here kemal it's a port city important to both china and pakistan absolutely and in fact it forms the key as part of the china project on economic order to order it. in the one bed one road initiated the chinese for many of the call to be being rude to africa and the middle east of extreme strategic importance not far from the iranian border of java hard rejects that. the progress on the 909 kilometer border with iran are indeed very strategically located. as far as economic activity is. well we're still getting more information on this attack and the cleanup operation but we'll come back to you as that develops the moment kemal thank you. let's get to our other top story and that's yemen where who 3 rebels supervised by the u.n. to be agreed to point fighters from 3 key ports and they include her data through which nearly all food and aid for millions of starving yemenis is important all 3 ports long been attacked by saudi liberace coalition forces yemeni government leaders are dismissing the latest toothy action they say to previous withdrawal eff

the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis on man china's pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk kamado has more. did why did left of the one sprout more than our drive on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get indeed shallow waters now there are just a few dozen left. for these people these votes have been their homes for as long as they can remember. i don't know that anybody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but when polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out. here we used to have a good catch now we are on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is big earners most all stocked away in one corner of the board even the firewood stacked above the waterline costs money but it's the sa

the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis oh man china is pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk commodity has more. did or did left of the once proud mohannad tribe on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get that indeed shallow waters now there are just a few dozen left. votes have been their home for as long as they can remember. i know that nobody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but in polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out what we used to have a good catch now we on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is begun as most all stocked away in one corner of the board even the firewood stacked above the waterline costs money but it's the same chill for. living off the lake it is

china. and pakistan line fighters suspected of being involved in an attack earlier this week have been killed during a police raid at least 4 offices and several other people wounded after a bomb exploded outside a mosque on monday in the country's been noticed on province a pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. sri lanka the government says the situation is now peaceful enough that it can lift its nationwide evening curfews that have begun and play since monday there were imposed after gangs attacked mosques and muslim businesses the balances hardline both the scripts on the investigation of the attacks then a smith reports from the gumball and west and sri lanka. a chat with almost any village monk will give you an idea of the challenge sri lanka faces in repairing relations between its muslim minority and buddhist majority population. i think and we'd like to talk with muslim and muslim community leaders to have a discussion and live in a couple way to be able to live harmoniously and muslims need to realize this is not arabia this is sri lankan lanka has a culture a

other technology firms wondering who will be next adrian brown al-jazeera interior in northeast china and pakistan line fighters suspected of being involved in an attack earlier this week killed during a police raid at least 4 officers and several other people were wounded after a bomb exploded outside a mosque on monday and the country's been noticed on problems the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. it is the final stretch of india's now as an election with just one day to go until campaigning. wraps up the last leg of the vote in west bengal campaign it was ordered to finish a day early after several incidents of violence in the state more than 100 supporters of prime minister and that in the modis party were arrested after clashes with opposition supporters on tuesday. and astray in the voting in elections on saturday that are expected to see their latest prime minister scott morrison lose power he has only been in the job some 9 months and the man tapped to replace him has promised to put an end to the country's revolving door leadership and thomas reports from sydne

professor of political science at indiana university in bloomington and he explains why china held back for so long. pakistan is one of china's closest allies and consequently this they would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted islamabad that this was about to happen there is a renewed your charges against masood azhar not merely. on the basis of the poll bomb attack of the fourteenth of february of this year but there there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not feel compelled to bring up on this occasion i think they must be absolutely besides themselves that china has finally decided to lift the technical hold. now in a few moments we're going to have the weather was tough but still ahead on knowledge is and we're going to look at the influence saudi arabia appears to be really going to u.s. foreign policy as the trumpet ministration tightens its around sanctions. rioting because i know may day protests in france turned v

distinguished professor of political science at indiana university in bloomington explains why china held banks are so low. pakistan is one of china's closest allies and consequently. they would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted islamabad that this was about to happen there is a reinjure of charges against most of those are not merely on the basis of the poll dharma attack of the fourteenth of february of this year but there there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not feel compelled to bring up on this occasion i think they must be absolutely besides themselves that china has finally decided to lift the technical hold. at least fifteen security personnel have been killed in central india after their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb police say the attack was carried out by maoist rebels in maharastra state the attack follows another incident where the maoists allegedly set fire to levy thirteen vehicles in the same area on

leader of a pakistan based on group a global terrorists by so desire who has the jaish e mohammad group will not have his assets frozen and be subject to a travel ban the declaration passed after china a traditional ally of pakistan dropped its previous objections british prime minister to recently has fired her defense secretary after details of a national security council meeting where leaks to the press in a letter may said an investigation found compelling evidence that gavin williamson was responsible for the leak that revealed the u.k. spann to grant a role in a building britain's five g. network williamson denies he was involved. with headlines coming up next it's a radicalized stay with us. struggling to pay their rent the problem isn't just limited to pleasure cities. of the idiots it's called the front. we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. ironic that when many governments along the wall declared that the fight against terrorism is the number one priority this hasn't. the feel has continued the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case. for the past twenty years i've been working on the

professor of political science at indiana university bloomington he explains why china had to pack for so long. pakistan is one of china's closeness to allies and consequently this they would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted islamabad that this was about to happen there is a reinjure of charges against him or some of those are not merely. on the basis of the poll bomb attack of the fourteenth of february of this year but there there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not feel compelled to bring up on this ok agent i think they must be absolutely besides themselves that china has finally decided to lift the technical hold. mozambique urging people in the northeast of the country to find higher ground more rain is expected in the coming days which will worsen flooding caused by cycle and kenneth is the second storm in six weeks to lash a southern african goals and has already killed at least forty one people. have repo

to the fun and to the chinese confidence in pakistan so i think this is something that parks and china would have to work together specially pakistani state to. this problem from the region mr i mean thank you. it was. talks between the opposition groups and the country's military rulers deadlocked it's been a month since the president bashir was in a military coup following months of street protests he was replaced by a transitional military council which is resisting. to hand over their power to civilians. in the capital. sami mahmoud looks at photos from home and is reminded of when the word arrived on his doorstep his from the nuba mountains in southern sudan where he saw sudanese where planes dropped bombs on his village some fellow farmers were killed and others were forced to escape. the government forces dropped bombs from ime to nerves and other kinds of planes and didn't distinguish fighters from civilians they dropped bombs indiscriminately it was a massacre a genocide against the people of new bam mountains. the farmer says knowing what the military can do to civilians is w

dead on arrival also coming up grinded trafficking christian girls and women from pakistan married off to men in china the bryants are told their future grooms are also christian and wealthy but the reality is very different and the chinese dissident artist ai wei wei signs off from germany with the biggest show with his work ever seen in europe will take you. i'm bored go off it's good to have you with us u.s. president on the trump has announced plans to tighten immigration which would make it tougher to gain entry into the united states trump wants immigrants to have better english proficiency and more job skills also he says that he wants to reduce the number of asylum seekers but his initiative it stands little chance of passing because of the divided congress that it has to get through here is part of what trump said about his plan earlier today here on this very beautiful spring day. in the rose garden to unveil our plan to create a fair modern and lawful system of immigration for the united states and its about time. if it dumped it our plan will transform america's immigration system into the

attack in indian administered kashmir which killed forty soldiers a decoration passed after china a traditional pakistan dropped its previous objections. the chairperson of the un sanctions committee the common interest to develop the nation has informed us that michael does the stands designated as the individual who has been promoting terrorism globally this is part i was a significant outcome because we have been at it for several years. to has more from islam a bot. the united nations security council committee has decided to molineaux much food their leader of their gesture mohamad on the sanctions leg it should be remembered more on how much food. came and go prominence of her deadly attack on indian reserve police and indian administered kashmir. the indians then accuse august on direct enrollment and walgren range after which indian aircraft crossed into don india then claimed i did had several hundred fighter not digest your mom august on of the media and showed them the site of the attack. single individual who was good and bad particular attack now buggers don had already said i did want to d

indian administered kashmir which killed forty soldiers the declaration passed after china a traditional ally of pakistan dropped its previous objections the chairperson of the un sanctions committee the common interest to develop in asia has informed us that muscle that stands designated as an individual who has been promoting terrorism globally this is part was a significant outcome because we have been at it for several years. the united nations security council committee had decided to board molineaux much. their leader of their gesture on that sanction it should be remembered more on how much food. came and go prominence after a deadly attack on indian reserve police and the indian administered kashmir of. the indians then a. direct enrollment and walgren range after which indian actor off cross don india then claimed i did had one hundred fighter not digest your mom out by august on of the media and showed them the site of the attack. individual gaited and that particular red tag now pakistan had already said that it wants to do more against all that are operating within pakistan your charity a sho

coming up next on news in shia christian girls from pakistan madoff to men in china with the promise of husbands to share their religion and can offer them a good life at the banality is quite different. and i will inspire them to set to vote tomorrow on legalizing same sex marriage couples novus the awaiting the outcome. that's next on news asia. damming up dormant. markets a small town mayor a hungry. these for a progressive society. welcoming minorities and fighting corruption. i mean a man who's proud to call himself a european. 60 minutes on. the today don't miss our highlights. program on line w. dot com highlights. slip. listen carefully. the is simple to me is to be a good parent maj. discover. subscribe to the documentary on the tube. some say that we were born into this world alone. but we're not. the 2nd we come into this world we're in it together and. each of us can leave a mark. and then we can make a real difference as well you have missed all of. gnats i leave. this is do you have your news asia coming up today bride trafficking christian girls and women from pakistan

donald trump ‘stop economic adviser says the us and china will suffer over tariffs. pakistans bailed out by the imf, securing a $6 billion loa n by the imf, securing a $6 billion loan as its foreign currency reserves tumbled. european markets have opened and are looking like this. we'd talk to a firm cashing in on the trend for avocados and a study about people who entered the workplace around the time of the financial crisis are still paying the price in terms of how much they earn and their prospects. do you or anyone you know have that situation unfolding? do you still find it hard to earn a good wage, get loans, because of what happened in 2008? get in touch using the hashtag. hello and welcome to business live. plenty of business stories including this one. president trump has remained defiant over the trade war with china — in the past few hours he has claimed the us will rake in tens of billions of dollars from the world's second biggest economy. on friday, the us hiked tariffs on $200 billion of chinese imports, meaning a total of $250 billion of chinese goods are now

and then with bin laden and china is more in pakistan. and in the congress. >> and to help us get the one. about one month after we killed bin laden there was a feeling of embarrassment and anger in pakistan at that time. to say your cia never said you were in my country may be so but the isi new. that is like the west point academy i think they harbored him. they were complicit with the extremist and then the tricky part this is like i was thinking about that whole reference. but my first year of west point that's not a bad analogy. >> as somebody is remodeling their house with south asia giving those terrorist attacks that recent declaration by isys and the increase of islamic terrorist activities in india is at the next front of the global war will lead you to support those to confront on the front lines cracks. >> with the collapse of the caliphate as i said they cannot conduct external operations from the space they cannot govern. >> and then in asia as you point out and in particular the south and if we don't start dealing with that

pakistani founder of the islamist group jaish—e—mohammed a global terrorist, after china dropped its objections. pakistanrmed it will immediately enforce the sanctions against masood azhar. far—left activists have clashed violently with police during trade unions‘ may day demonstrations in paris. the militants started fires, broke shop windows, and pelted the police with bottles and stones. more than 200 people have been arrested. these two seagulls have become an unlikely internet sensation after photo—bombing one of the cameras used to monitor traffic in central london. nicknamed graham and steve, they have taken up residence on one of the key routes into the central financial district. it is the approach to the blackwall tunnel, renowned for heavy traffic, not that they seem to mind. they look like the new traffic enforcers. it has to be my favourite story, though why graham and steve? let's get more on our top story: britain's defence secretary, gavin williamson, has been sacked after being accused of leaking details from a national security council meeting about whether the chinese firm huawei shoul

to exclude of gotta stand pakistan and china but it invites has invited all the people of the big building goal area so i think foreign policy is going to be very key to the movies next door which also will have implications for the domestic side particularly. in a critical time for india with workers hoping for a form so will improve conditions for generations and with narendra modi looking to cement his legacy during his 2nd term katia llopis of the young al-jazeera. so has. a scare for the women's world number one at the french open polo. in sports. thank you very much england had the perfect start to the cricket world cup by thrashing south africa in the tournament's opening match the 104 run when gives home fans plenty of optimism as england try to win the trophy for the 1st time polls on their worth has the action. with home advantage england and favorites going into the world cup but that was played down tournament's royal welcome and i'm delighted that the u.k. will once again play host to this wonderful global sporting event featuring 10 incredible teams who thanks to the u.k.'s c

china but u.s. officials warn the trade war is hurting both sides. also on the show pakistan's e.q. is a 6000000000 dollar lifeline from the international monetary fund i meet high inflation and massive debt. and after the opening of the rice market in the philippines small farmers feel for their livelihoods. alone welcome to business asia want to get jones good to have you with us the u.s. china trade route enters a new chapter beijing has just announced it will impose tariffs on $60000000000.00 of u.s. goods from the 1st of june this comes just 3 days after washington doubled to duties on a raft of chinese exports and while the economic saber rattling continues u.s. consume us stands to foot the bill. fish textiles in footwear if they're made in china they're about to get a lot more expensive for u.s. consumers. that's after the u.s. hike duties on those goods to 25 percent more terrorist might be coming according to u.s. trade representatives president donald trump took to twitter to share his people that china would foot the bill for the new terrorists saying we will be taking i

high tensions over a proposed law that would allow extraditions to mainland china at least 4 people were injured. pakistan's military say gunmen have killed one person in an attack in the port city of. the attack took place in a luxury hotel called the pearly continental in a statement the military identified the victim as a security guard and said that all 3 assailants were subsequently killed in a shootout all the guests were safely evacuated a group called the bluff just on liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack the water has been the scene of significant investment from china recently. for we spoke earlier to journalist. and asked him to tell us more about the group that claimed responsibility for the attack at the blood just liberation army and the city of water itself this is not the 1st time they have taken any such attack if you go to the boss back in november last year they attacked the. chinese gaunts late but at least 7 people. know that the situation was quite contorted by the law enforcement agencies over there but still there were 7 get rid of them back in august last year t

pakistan's foreign exchange reserves, it's about $9 billion. so clearly it may not be enough and it has been getting loans from china. to assuage all the concerns that investors have all over the world? to give you an example, last time it got alone, it did well in changing things around, in changing the tax laws, and that helped revive the economy. but then with rising oil prices and corruption allegations for the premier, how did everything go south? on thely depends pakistan leadership, implying to turn around the economy. what helped pakistan in the imf finally reach this agreement? we have been discussing this since august last year. th financeke to then minister they said they would get it started, that obviously we are in may and they have just concluded the deal. what happened was that the prime -- every big financial minister, even the central bank, and that kind of held the process of getting this loan. nothing was moving for the past few months, and then this happened, and finally we got this loan down. finding the key thing, and getting a new set up to negotiate with the imf. i think one of the stumbling

from what is called been stack which is a bit of a mouthful but it excludes of gotta stand pakistan and china but invite has invited all the people of the big b. of being goal area so i think foreign policy is going to be very key to moody's next term which also will have implications for the domestic side particularly on kashmir is it fair to say that the modi has mellowed since his election when he's talked about assuring minorities against attacks by hindu fundamentalists he's paid tribute to were the 1st prime minister narrow who's been pretty posh about in the past is he going to be conciliatory in his approach during the 2nd term. i think it's anybody's guess but i think the didn't is office victory day will already attack on minorities in india so i think modi will find it hard to control the right wing violent elements which are sometimes called fringe elements but which we feel emboldened under his leadership already the c.m. the leader of one of the biggest provinces in india is controversial so i think by the may have made these gestures and noises which were welcomed by large numb

pakistan before. the same group last year attacked china's consulate in the city of karachi.el myself on a trip a few years ago, i know that it is quite heavily guarded. indeed, the whole city has quite a strong military presence, security force presence there, so there will be concerns about how this breach took place. christine fair is an associate professor from georgetown university in the us specialising in south asian political and military affairs. she told us more about the background to the attack. i think for the reason that your correspondent said. the balochistan have a very big set of grievances. their primary concern is that the resources of the state are being exploited by a condominium of the pakistan army and the chinese. when they talk about other investors, the primary investors that that really irritate them are of course the chinese. if you think about the chinese pakistan economic corridor as having two hinges, the first is the north and the border of zhing zhang, there is a lot of unrest there as locals are also displeased about it but there is not an a

pakistan before. the same group last year attacked china's consulate in the city of karachi. give us any idea of the status of the guests? presumably there would have been local and foreign guests staying in that hotel? it is not clear exactly how many deaths were in the hotel. the pakistani military has said that guests were safely evacuated, other sources seem to be saying that 95% of the guests were safely evacuated, it is not clear what happened to the rest. christine fair is an associate professor from georgetown university in the us specialising in south asian political and military affairs. she told us more about the background to the attack. i think is your correspondence said, the baloch have a long list of grievances, and the resources of the state are being exploited by a condominium of the pakistan army and the chinese. when they talk about other investors. the primary investors that really irritate them are of course this chinese. if you think about the chinese pakistan economic corridor as having two hinges, the first is the north on the border of xinjiang, the

pakistan before. the same group last year attacked china's consulate in the city of karachi. it is quite heavily guarded. indeed, the whole city has quite a strong military presence, security force presence there, so there will be concerns about how this breach took place. migrants who survived when their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia have given their account of the disaster in which at least 60 people drowned. initial reports said those on board were from sub—saharan africa. but the survivors say most of the passengers were from bangladesh. rahuljoglekar reports. these are the faces of men who had seen death at close quarters. some too shocked to say anything. others are devastated by what they saw. they all set off to start a new life in italy. a dream interrupted by the harsh reality of death at sea. this man from bangladesh is one of just 16 who survived. fighting for life, we fighting, swimming eight, eight hours. eight hours swimming. then people dying, one by one, every minute people going under, down, every minute, one is going. i have lost my two brothers. i

pakistan before. the same group last year attacked china's consulate in the city of karachi.en inside that hotel myself on a trip a few years ago, i know that it is quite heavily guarded. indeed, the whole city has quite a strong military presence, security force presence there, so there will be concerns about how this breach took place. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. two french tourists who were rescued from kidnappers in burkina faso have been welcomed home by president macron. earlier, they paid tribute to the two french soldiers who died during the operation to free them. they were seized from a remote national park in neighbouring benin last week. during the rescue operation, two women from the united states and south korea were also freed. in a new rally, the venezualan opposition leader has again urged his supporters to go on nationwide protests against president nicholas maduro. juan guaido is recognised as interim president by more than 50 countries. this follows a failed military uprising in an attempt to oust mr maduo last month. th