secretary of state mike pompei o has met with pakistan's newly elected prime minister imran khan pakistan is a linchpin of the u.s. anti-terrorism strategy in the region but relations between the two countries are at an historic low after the u.s. canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance earmarked to support pakistan's fight against terrorism. it's not the easiest mission for u.s. secretary of state mike pump a zero to trumpet ministration has never quite been on good terms with pakistan the president's first tweet of the year set the tone and it's only gone downhill since then. the us is foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit taking of our leaders this fools to give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us congress said to receive bad news ahead of the visit the u.s. announced. it's cancelling another three hundred million dolla

secretary of state my pompei o is in pakistan where he's held talks with new prime minister imran khan peo is also set to meet the country's powerful military chief ties between washington and islamabad have plummeted in recent years where u.s. accusations that pakistan is doing too little to fight terrorism. german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning the anti migrant protests in the eastern city of commits after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin medical said the chemist's demos quote very clearly revealed hate german far right leaders have accused the chancellor of exaggerating anti migrant violence in the city. now it may be the final showdown in the seven year long civil war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move to take the last rebel held province of idlib about three million people live there many of them refugees from elsewhere in syria the first big influx came back in december twenty sixth season after government forces took control of aleppo then in twenty seventeen the last rebe

the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us can is set to receive bad news ahead of the visit the us announced its canceling another three hundred million dollars in aid on top of the five hundred million already cut earlier this year. the aid was meant to compensate pakistan for its efforts to fight terrorists on its own soil but the u.s. says pakistan has been dragging its feet previous presidents have always hoped they could turn around pakistan's behavior but i think we're trying we're finally seeing a disillusionment sinking in and a sense of conviction amongst congress amongst the administration the white house that it's too late we simply have to now use more sticks because the carrots just haven't worked. the u.s. accuses pakistan of letting armed groups operate within its territory especially in the tribal areas in the northwest of the country on the border to afghanistan there the country is said to be providing a safe haven for terrorists like the kani network a terrorist group responsib

the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us can is set to receive bad news ahead of the visit the us announced its canceling another three hundred million dollars in aid on top of the five hundred million already cut earlier this year. the aid was meant to compensate pakistan for its efforts to fight terrorists on its own soil but the u.s. says pakistan has been dragging its feet previous presidents have always hoped they could turn around pakistan's behavior but i think would trump we're finally seeing a disillusionment sinking in and a sense of conviction amongst congress amongst the administration the white house that it's too late we simply have to now use more sticks because the carrots just haven't worked. the u.s. accuses pakistan of letting armed groups operate within its territory especially in the tribal areas in the northwest of the country on the border to afghanistan there the country is said to be providing a safe haven for terrorists like the kani network a terrorist group responsibl

military aid over the country's failure to tackle armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us extra state might pompei or in islamabad also praised the talks saying a foundation had been laid to move forward on joint commitments the us cancelled a three hundred million dollars payment to pakistan last week after complaining it was not doing enough to combat the taliban and haqqani network says israel supreme court has approved the demolition of the palestinian village of qana in the occupied west bank the ruling means that the israeli authorities have seven days to destroy the village which israel says was built illegally when it's missed reports from cholera. it'll take israeli bulldozers just a few hours to destroy a community that's been here for decades. school and its bettering community have exhausted all legal avenues to avoid demolition we are talking about a location which is very important significant for the palestinian because it's. the north of. considered to be the gate to jerusalem and the fall of israel as they see it it's very strategical as well as will they want to join most of the

secretary of state mike pompei is traveling to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister imran khan on wednesday. now the situation in the libyan capital tripoli appears to be getting worse as rival armed groups battle for control at least forty people have been killed in several days of fighting the u.n. secretary general has called for an end to the violence and the u.s. is really france and the u.k. are warning that those who undermine stability will face consequences we can go live now to tripoli and speak to our correspondent mahmud up to one head bring us up to date with what exactly is going on. will the forces backed by the and back to government of national accord have been losing ground during the last three days now the seventh infantry brigade from the city of tijuana and its allies from the city of misrata have been achieving substantial advancement on the ground and taken control of a strategic locations in the southern suburbs of tripoli that includes military camps and also more importantly the tripoli international airport that was controlled by pro-government force

of state says he is hoping for a recess in relations with islam about mr pompei mitt the newly elected prime minister imran khan just days after the u.s. had said it was cutting military aid to pakistan the failing to tackle armed groups u.s. president donald trump wants a new york times to identify the revenue anonymous article that accuses him of a morality and impulsiveness the peace apparently written by a senior white house official claims these have led to elin formed and reckless decisions from washington passing culhane rickles. according to the new york times someone close to the president wants the world to know they think he is unfit to hold the highest office anonymously writing this op ed describing the president as a moral and his leadership style as impetuous at the serial petty and ineffective they also say the cabinet considered invoking the twenty fifth amendment which could have removed him from office but say they chose not to provoke a constitutional crisis this is an extraordinary step and the label of senior official means it was likely written by someone close to the president he was qui

state says he is hopeful the relationship with pakistan can be reset my pompei are met with newly elected prime minister imran khan in islamabad just days after the u.s. said it was cutting military aid to slam event for failing to tackle armed groups. a town mayor who had been accused by philippine president rodrigo to territory of being involved in the drug trade has been shot dead by on a blanco from rondo who was killed by unidentified gunmen inside the town hall in the popular tourist area of same province blanco is the eleventh mayor killed since to take came to power in june two thousand and sixteen. israel supremes court has approved the demolition of the palestinian village of qana lamarr in the occupied west bank the bedouin tribes living there moved out of the negev desert more than five decades ago but israel says the village was built illegally bernas smith has moved. it will take israeli bulldozers just a few hours to destroy a community that's been here for decades. school and it's bettering community have exhausted all legal avenues to avoid demolition we are talking about location which is very im

secretary of state mike pompei is due to go to the capital islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister imran khanon wednesday let's go live now to islamabad our correspondent there is kemal hi did come out it seems as though we've been here before over several administrations in washington we've heard threats and words of blame being attached to the pakistani authorities do we think that they mean it this time. well if you really look back the u.s. administration under from the cold war he. and ritchie came down very hard on pakistan pakistan then categorically rejected the u.s. policy and of course as you said this particular where they're coming at a time when pakistan had already sent a signal to the united states that it did willing to be a partner in britain or be a party to any conflict the pakistanis said that they have launched several military operations there and driven out those factions that may have been enrolled in crossing the border and targeting u.s. forces or of the armed forces inside of one has done so this particular move by the united states is likely to. just two days ago t

state mike pompei was in pakistan where he's been holding talks with the new prime minister imran khan pompei or is also set to meet with the country's powerful military chief ties between washington and islamabad have deteriorated in recent years. as. well today the british prime minister said the evidence now confirms what she's suspected all along these two men accused of the poisoning earlier this year were russian military spies and they came to the u.k. to carry out a chemical weapons attack with the blessing of the kremlin but today the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry looked at these photos and told reporters does it mean anything to us. from berlin this is the day. this was not the road operation only russia had the technical means it was almost certainly the recruit a senior level of the russian state we believe that russian nationals are a troubling question.

state mike pompei was in pakistan where he's been holding talks with the new prime minister imran khan pompei always also set to meet with the country's powerful military chief. ties between washington and islamabad have deteriorated in recent years. with. social media giants in the crosshairs of the trump administration announces a probe over what it says is the intentional stifling of free exchange of ideas that as top tech executives admit to lawmakers that they were not prepared for the russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election also on the program thousands of farmers protest in the indian capital they feel left alone by a government that prefers to boast about the country's strong economic growth and as japan is facing an aging population and a labor shortage and the care sector now robots are picking up the slack. this is a business person of. the us department of justice warren wednesday of a possible legal crackdown on big technology companies over competition or political bias in the series of recent attacks president trump had claimed that social media companies w

state mike pompei was in pakistan where he's been holding talks with the new prime minister imran khan pompei always also set to meet with the country's powerful military chief. ties between washington and islamabad have deteriorated in recent years. what was going. on today the british prime minister said the evidence now confirms what she's suspected all along these two men accused of the poisoning earlier this year were russian military spies and they came to the u.k. to carry out a chemical weapons attack with the blessing of the kremlin well today the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry looked at these photos and told reporters does it mean anything to us i'm bored off in berlin this is the day. this was not a red operation i mean russia had the technical means it was almost certainly both for the crew as a senior level of the russians teams we believe the russian nationals are a troubling question possible as sort of the next steps now are a matter of this we got we were right to act against the russians strange in the way we did we would last tolerate such barbaric.