wednesday come our hyder sent us this from islamabad. the move by the u.s. to port motor strictures on pakistan is not likely to go down well specially because there is a new government in islamabad which has already said that they will have a more independent policy not dependent on the u.s. alone although the pakistanis would like to continue their relationship with the united states it's said that it has to be based on mutual respect the pakistanis have already rejected the drum doctrine on south asia and i've got it at the root of the problem the american secretary of state who will be relating islamabad is likely to discuss the ongoing role of the pakistanis are farid of one astonished concerned and peace process i think speaking to ahmed rashid who's a journalist and author of several books on pakistan and he says the u.s. hasn't seen the positive results that it wanted. the major u.s. demand is for pakistan to if you like delivered a college band in other words push to college who are living in pakistan to push them into peace tal

secretary of state mike home payer is travelling to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister imran khan on wind say. the situation in the libyan capital tripoli appears to be to tear erasing his rival armed groups battle for control at least forty people have been killed in several days of fighting the u.n. secretary general school for an end to the violence. in russia more processor being held against the government's plans to change the pension age the proposal would see the retirement age rise from sixty to sixty five for men fifty five to sixty three for women president putin says the changes are necessary to protect the economy. right there is the latest headlines coming up next if you find a latin america. deported from the u.k. indoctrinated by somalia's unsure about how can a young man disillusioned by fighting rebuild his life as a mixed race going to get the state to kill and reunite is from an africa is no not call me i often like it last warrior a witness documentary on it just can't stay. up viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers aroun

to meet the newly elected prime minister and wrong come on wednesday has this update from islamabad the move by the u.s. to board more description on bog standard like need to go down rail racially because that in the new government in islamabad we're hearing already had their day we'll have a more independent policy not dependent on the u.s. alone although the blog astonied would like to continue did relationship with the united states if it didn't have to be based on mutual respect need to have already rejected the drum. and. root of the problem the american secretary of state who will be really doing it. is likely to discuss the ongoing role of the budgets are needed for a loved one is gone is going to be brought. israeli prime minister has welcomed a u.s. decision to stop funding the un agency helping palestinian refugees and your netanyahu says. the problem instead of solving it provides schools health care and food to millions and the palestinians have called the u.s. move cruel and irresponsible and russia more protests are being held against the government's plan to change t

reporter: an excited girls school in islamabad welcome to the british home secretary this morning. pakistan has a specia it is where his parents originally came from. later at a press conference, he announced a new envoy to pakistan. >> >> i want to ensure that no one can escape justice or act with impunity. reporter: earlier this year, former prime minister nawaz sharif was sentenced to 10 years in jail. urt ruled he could not prove where the money to buy 4 central london flats had come from. the former finance minister and areof nawaz sharif's sons living and u.k. but are wanted for trial in pakistan for the same case. they deny any wrongdoing. >> i have no comment on any case but accountability is something we take very importantly. we have passed new measures into british law that helps to do that much more so with individuals across the world, wherever they come from. pakistani officials said that the request for the number finance ministers extradition wod come from ports. imran khan was elected on an omticorruption platform. his country has ed to bring back millions of dolla

has this update from islamabad. the move by the u.n. report more destruction on pakistan it's not likely to go down rather specially because that is the new government in islamabad which had already said that they will have a more independent policy not dependent on the u.s. alone although the pakistanis would like to continue a good relationship with the united states it's good that it has to be based on mutual respect. have already rejected the drum dog trying on south asia and that their root of the problem the american secretary of state who will be really doing it. is likely to discuss the ongoing role of the pakistani that forbid of one it's done it's going to be broad case. and to give us army general taking over command nato forces in afghanistan general scott miller was sworn in to his new role in a handover ceremony in the cops of kabul faces criticism over its security strategy in the country as we sent attacks by the taliban have spiked the security and stability comes as people and politicians get ready for parliamentary el

that's right at the moment he is but at the same time after today's decision by the islamabad high court tomorrow she would might be you know walking out in couple of hours but at the same time this thing this is a decision that will strengthen the m.-l. and future because. his daughter might in the vase and his son in law got themselves there were. the convicts in the case but in other two cases that you just mentioned your introduction of there wasn't. a huge let's say it's not even if he gets a. computer or if you use out of the blood that is not money in the was probably will be out of the woods and just will strengthen the human and fall it takes in the future because many people see money in the vase as the new place of august the muslim league and this can also invite the sympathy for pakistan muslim league and things would be pretty interesting in the future and be able and live beginning more especially after today's decision. you know saddam of high court has actually questioned the whole idea of national accountability court all right interestingly national guard you know ok i

is planning to cancel three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan saying islamabad hasfailed to take action against armed groups. pakistan denies it's giving taliban linked fighters a place to regroup after launching offensives in neighboring afghanistan. syrian state media denies there was an israeli attack on an air base near the capital loud blasts were heard near them as a base close to the capital damascus syria media says they were caused by an electrical fault. range of children who were banned from school by me and miles army are now struggling to get a formal education in the country they've managed. to three hundred eighty thousand ranjit kids moved to bangladesh within the past year and many of them still aren't in school but one charity is trying to give them a chance to learn as mohammed gentry reports. in this child friendly space in bangladesh young real hinge a refugee are getting a chance they were never afforded back home in me and more. and they're in a happy mood as they proudly show off their reading and reciting skills. save the children's daphne c

indian control of mir now the trump administration has early and often made its displeasure with islamabad clear president donald trump earlier this year said that years and years of support from washington to islam about had been repaid only with lies and deceit his words and earlier this year the u.s. congress voted to cut more money from the the military aid program for for pakistan so now the total cut given this new number which was announced today by the pentagon amounts to eight hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan certainly something that is going to put some pressure on that new government in islamabad headed by a new prime minister imran khan. but the an update on the u.s. position to cat aid to pakistan thank you. the newly appointed u.s. representative to syria james jeffrey is making its first trip to the region stopping at israel jordan and turkey but his visit comes aspect elation is growing that russia and syria are planning a military offensive and it live the u.n. has warned that an all out attack on the rebel how province cost many civilian deaths and even

live in islamabad thank you. now the u.n. mission in libya has condemned another outbreak of fighting in the capital which is threatening a cease fire that was agreed just two weeks ago the latest on the rest of tripoli into darkness as it disrupted the electricity supply well than sixty people many of them civilians have been killed since fighting broke out between rival groups last month. that's two rival groups vying for control of the area around the city's only functioning at full pace but previously aligned to the un backed government in libya the fighting has shrunk the government's area of control to the center of the capital it also falls many residents to stay indoors in the migrants detained in other parts of the city without food. now we can speak to mohammed el job who is seeing and co-founder of libya outlook class of research and consulting firm and he's joining us live via skype from to broke in libya thank you for talking to us what exactly is going on around tripoli. what's going on around tripoli yesterday

delegation down in islamabad for war didn't expected to be crucial just before the u.s. secretary of state. dies which were frozen different. president drums policy which gave india a more dominant role in afghanistan pakistan of course objecting to that policy also on the card will be crucial talks on the fate of the conflict america's longest war. there's already faired there did warn of one. and that bug is gone also warns speed and of honest on now the united states is trying to get on that it has to do more to meet their demands of the united states . still harboring groups that are operating across the border and attacking u.s. forces in afghanistan but up against on it will be saying as they have said all along that there are no daters sanctioning head in pakistan difficult between the two sides why did they expect. this will indeed be and it came to be said that relationship and. perhaps turn a new page. right we can speak to masood who's a security analyst and retired so he's joining us from. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. on the americans have ma

joins us now live from islamabad good to have you with us is the u.s. justified in this move. i don't think pakistan is happy with this move and obviously this is not an assistance this was a reimbursement of. the fund that pakistani forces incurred while operating against militants in haiti has close to a foreign border so the agreement was there on lady the americans had stopped five hundred million dollars of it and they had three hundred million dollars released to certification by the secretary of defense that pakistan has done enough so pakistan position was that this money we have already spent and you need to give us back by diffusing to do so americans have made it very clear to pakistan that it is not in their product at least and they are continuing with the state policy to deal with pakistan and obviously this is us this is a this is something that is not going to be you know appreciated in pakistani policymakers especially when we have a new government which is fighting to create a pop public image of being defined. gummi show and not a stooge of any outsider ok s

come out haidar reports from islamabad. to the prison. time former prime minister of pakistan mr nawaz sharif. being heard by the national accountability. they were being held at a prison and. it expected. approximately one degree that day would. have to face the ongoing probe by the national accountability called by no means be able to take part in political activities directly and also the political ban on mr. knew until the final judgment in the case is pending against him. therefore. for mr and i watch in the long run he still has to face the full wrath of the law and the accountability. well we also have our online journalist as had hashem in islamabad as well and he's updating this story around the clock you can find those updates by heading to al-jazeera dot com. the world is being warned that yemen's war risks killing a generation with more than five million children facing famine the new numbers have come from the international charity save the children which says disruption to supplies of the red sea port of call data could caus

in london it's straight talk quest but it joins us live from islamabad say a surprising ruling i mean how might this shake up the current political situation . definitely going to cause. the political situation is concerned and the people are too large because they were dead when it comes to the rich and the laws are different and rendered to the ordinary citizens then it is different however they should leave. india by the high court to force a suspension of the. nice and accountability accord which sent them to jail and of course except. for being able to go in there during their drive. to court of course they kept saying that the prosecution proved convincingly the case against they should leave and therefore they were willing to grant him bail and said spend the jail for that should leave story indeed. major relief for their family. no water was convicted as you mentioned and his son in law kept in. india jubilation. and now watch party is concerned but do you also have to face continuing continuing to phase out the cases and. really present a problem because he may be found guilt

armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us after state might prepare in islamabad so hard to have the latest. they come made by a general george of done for day bug a tiny foreign minister saying that bald headed in a candid and frank environment saying that there was indeed a break in the deadlock that was before because of mistrust between the two countries the announcement of the. american stage had already said that he wanted to come to project on to reset the relationship and saying that they wanted to turn a new page the pakistani foreign minister saying that the americans were looking for a political settlement to the conflict a politically negotiated settlement and wanted bulger stands head of the pakistani foreign minister saying they did will be now has brought order to do with their standard to whom the country. religious links and that it would be a priority for pakistan to improve relationship with the one it's done all so important to the north for the first time the united states has said that it will be the state department in. future dalt. taleban

is planning to cancel three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan accusing islamabad of failing to take action against armed groups that pakistan denies giving taliban fighters safe haven u.s. 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 gro

years especially since donald trump came to office well let's bring in our panel now joining us from islamabad a symbol of calm a security analyst and washington d.c. aparna pandey director of the initiative on the future of india and south asia at the hudson institute and also in islamabad is shot of say the a political analyst and development practitioner very warm welcome to the program miss carr let me start with you. just how damaging are these cuts to the powerful militaries capabilities to the operation against groups. i think more than the cuts being damaging to the military's capacity to carry out anti militant operations that they have been in pakistan's tribal areas i think more damaging than that is the damage to the relationship the diplomatic damage to the relationship and kind of bringing the run and an unpleasant such to the first very important visit because we've just had elections and pakistan we have a new government we have a brand new prime minister who was elected to the office for the first time and we were hoping that this would be a moment to go and of reset relations

islamabad denies harbouring jihadist organisations.naugh, president trump's nominee to the us supreme court. the papers relate to mr kavanaugh‘s time working under

the us military says it has decided to cancel $300 million in aid to pakistan over what it calls islamabad'st militant groups. the united states was, until last year, the biggest contributor to the un relief and works agency which helps five million people across the middle east. yolande knell reports from from jerusalem. pupils starting a new term at un—run schools this week, but it's not clear if these will still be open by the end of the month. already, unrwa is facing a financial crisis, after the us froze $300 million in the funds it planned to give this year. now it's cutting off all support. washington calls the agency "irredeemably flawed," expressing concern about the impact on innocent palestinians, but saying that unrwa has failed to reform and reset how it works. back in 1948, some 700,000 palestinians were displaced in the war that led to the creation of the state of israel. un relief and works agency was set up to take care of them and, over time, their descendants. there are now over 5 million registered refugees in the palestinian territories, but also in jordan, lebanon and

secretary of state arrives in islamabad. with the sports better late than never rafael nadal fights on till the early hours of the morning to keep his u.s. open title defense ally. here in brokered talks between war and policies in yemen have apparently stalled zero has learned that the delegation has refused to leave the geneva the rebel group says preconditions agreed by the un have not been. met the torturing instantly recognized government of a dr a man so hardy and things were to be the first public meeting between the parties since two thousand and sixteen well anyway i spoke to hussein al because he approached to see journalists he says the un has backtracked on a key condition i was agreeing to before talks it was a deal of the two struck with the united nations envoy preeminently was the intern are fine. the deal was the plane that will take many delegates for most of it will take as will some critically injured civilians the coalition there are thousands of people a few million will need medical help outside yemen

which o which-- islamabad. which do you think is more plausible?> talk about trick question. >> i want to finish mine and i'll come back to yours, too. but i think the other topic that keeps coming up at least on the pakistani side is india. and afghteghans have done everything in the world to tell pakistanis, our relationship with india is historic relationship, there's proximity between the two countries that exist and there is no threat from afghanistan to pakistan and if there is any evidence that we would like to see the evidence, and to this day, as far as i know, any concrete evidence or credible evidence has not been provided to this. so that's one issue. the last item that comes up in the afghan idea is that pakistan has certain designs in the region, strategic design, in part of the strategic agenda in order to be able to expand in that direction, and afghans think that for them, in order to control the tribal regions, the pashtun tribal regions, and other tribes, they feel that they must have as much influence in the tribal regions of af

delegation down in islamabad for daily expected to be dog just before the u.s. secretary of state. dies. after different. president drum policy which gave india a more dominant role of one is don don of course objecting to that policy also on the card will be crucial on the fate of the conflict america's longest war. there's already faired there did warn. and that bug is gone also warns spaeth and of one it's gone now the united states is trying to get it done that it has to do more. their demands of the united states . to bring groups that if they are operating across the border and attacking u.s. forces in afghanistan. will be paying as they have said all along that there are nor did it sanctioning head in pakistan difficult all clinton did between the two by did they expect. this will indeed be and it came to be said that relationship and. by have stone a new page and a government process is enshrined current gathering for a major demonstration in the capital secure increased around parliament in colombo the protests organized by the opposition coalition led by former prime mini

joining me now live from islamabad is desired who said he is from the newspaper dawn news in the washer he says all of us claim that he these charges against him is corruption charges were politically motivated and pakistan's ball for me was against him now is his release a political victory for him. no i don't think this is circular for him and the senate has been suspended but that crowd of students go on and are going to be constructed so it will be a good read out truck you seem to believe here but. it's already going to get you caught up on the. speed and this particular if you get every few you get but hopefully people will have to give that pending against him so you know it could be chronic and he'll maybe a cutie and monster you're somebody who's not out of a book he's going to do the country against you like you leave. maybe getting a young. couple of years so he's going to been a few how does this go on but is either for the moment he's a free man he's got fourth you said attempting any of the prints what will this i mean do you think for the government to offer in ron kahn.

delegation down in islamabad for daily expected to be crucial. just before the u.s. secretary of state. dies. after a few years difference. predator and. policy which gave india a more dominant role of one is don don of course objecting to that policy also on the card will be crucial on the fate of the conflict america's longest war. there's already faired there did. and that bug is gone also warned speech and of one is gone now the united states is trying to get on that it has to do more. their demands of the united states. harboring groups that are operating across the border and attacking u.s. forces in afghanistan. will be thing as they have said all along that there are no daters sanctioning head in progress don difficult. to do why did they expect. this will indeed be and it said that relationship and. by have stern a new page. security unless i'm retired and marshal he says it will be challenging for the u.s. and pakistan to work together to fight the taliban. it's going to be tough for the sides of pompey over the lake to convince pakistan mainly mainly due t

secretary of state arrives in islamabad. warplanes bombed the syrian region of italy killing seventeen people almost three million people are in harm's way. as from watergate to donald trump's white house bob woodward's new book says the u.s. president wanted to have syria's leader assassinated. but first u.n. break could toss between the warring parties of yemen have apparently stalled out jazeera has learned that a delegation has refused to leave for geneva the rebel group says preconditions agreed upon by the u.n. have not been met the talks between the internationally recognized government of. months or hardy and the who says were to be the first public meeting between the parties since twenty sixteen but i've been speaking to hussein who's a pretty journalist he says the u.n. has backtracked on a key condition that was agreed ahead of the talks. that was the deal of the truck with the united nations envoy to yemen when he was in somalia signed. the deal with the plane that will take many delegates from us cuz it will ta

and say the also and islamabad and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and a further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter a handle is at a.j. inside story from a lot of the products and the entire team here by phone. september on al-jazeera the fourth eastern economic forum is to be held in the city of la to vostok as russia looks to expand its influence in the asia pacific region on television and online the stream continues to tap into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news the presidents of russia turkey and iran will meet in teheran for another summit seeking an end to the war in syria we'll have extensive coverage people in power continues to examine the use and abuse of power around the world the united nations general assembly hall the seventy third session what action will it take on atrocities in me and maher and them and we'll bring you all the news of september on al-jazeera.

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 rebel fighters left the city of homes and in march twentieth after fighting ended in eastern huta more c

is also set to meet the country's powerful military chief all ties between washington and islamabad have plummeted in recent years over u.s. accusations that pakistan is doing too little to fight terrorism. german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning the migrant protests in the eastern city of chemist's well after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin that america that chemist's demos quote very clearly revealed page one german far right leaders have accused chancellor merkel of exaggerating and he migrant violence in the city. the botswana government is disputing reports that some ninety elephant carcasses found in recent weeks were the result of poaching all the cherry elephants without borders so the animals had been killed for their tusks in what's got to be one of out for grabs biggest poaching incidents of its kind. 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 it live about three million people l

secretary of state is due in islamabad next room. and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision from washington to end decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he says the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugee u.s. had been agencies largest donor have condemned the decision. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer now obama and bush praised him as a consummate states man who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain serving senator an american hero lies in state. the great and the good from across the political divide paying their respects. was a rebellious young. in his case that's understandable what faster way to distinguish yourself when yo

and calm more from islamabad. the move by the usa. need to go down rail spatially because that in a new government in an. already that they will have a more independent dependent on the u.s. alone although it would like to continue to a relationship with the united states. to be based on mutual respect. have already rejected the drum. and. root of the problem the american. who will be reneging at. the going. far enough down if. perhaps this all sounds familiar and that's because the trumpet ministration has actually been steadily cutting back on foreign assistance and funding just friday it was announced the us would stop sending money to the united nations agency for palestinian refugees. in his first week in office way back then trump signed an executive order stopping federal funding to any foreign non-government organization that offered abortion services or even advice that decision had a significant impact on health workers in africa or providing reproductive health services to women and tramples or withdrew

secretary of state is islamabad next week. and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugees the u.s. has been the ages. the decision. as venezuelans economic and political crisis wears on hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the country some have made their way to the southern united states florida is home to a large community of venezuelans in exile with several trying to enter the u.s. politics in order to influence the situation of their home country we have this report from florida. the venezuelan community has been growing for years but none of them hold a political office in the us independent candidate rafael pinero has an ambitious goal he's campaigning to be commissioner of the miami dade county in florida. important things to start getting a political representation and even federal help and i'm proud to be represen

secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote we have billeted the refugees the u.s. had been the agency's largest donor palestinians have condemned the decision. in russia protests are growing over the government's plan to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to buy food widespread criticism has pressured president vladimir putin into making changes but some are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they oppose the government's plan to raise the pension age critics here say the changes won't just have a negative impact on the old younger generations will likely have a harder time finding jobs as older employees keep working longer. the reforms put forward will take away no

secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. egypt has ratified a new law that critics say will silence political dissent on social media the law gives the government new powers to monitor people with large online followings it's part of a series of legislation enacted by president. that takes aim at so-called cyber crime honesty international has criticized cissie calling the recent legislation quote an assault on on life. the group says that the legislation is vaguely defined and could allow the government to censor any dissent on social media. well i mean to see if has been following the story for us. it's good to see you here so what exactly does this new legislation into really with the new ball does is it's going to say that anybody who has five thousand followers or more on social media sites like facebook and twitter will be considered a media outlet and can be punished for certain right exactly so this can range from journalists and bloggers who do work in the media to anybody who has a popular account on social media.

khan and the country's military chief on a brief tour of the region ties between washington and islamabad have plummeted in recent years over u.s. accusations of pakistan is doing too little to fight terrorism. a new report from the world health organization says that more than a quarter of the world's adults don't exercise enough it says one point four billion people were reaching the recommended levels of physical activity and that's putting them at a higher risk of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. brazilians are hoping to recover some priceless treasures from the ashes of a huge fire that gutted brazil's national museum it's thought that as much as ninety percent of latin america's largest collection of historic artifacts may have been destroyed in the blaze firefighters combing through the charred remains have already made some promising finds. all that's left of brazil's national museum. millions of historic items now turn to ash destroyed by a fire that is rich through brazil's history and its culture but its hopes that all is not lost among items firefighters ha

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 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 trump we're finally seeing a disillusionment sinking 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 bewas 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

. >> the timing is quite striking because secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be in islamabad in ath top leaders. i think maybe the us government wanted to send a strong message that it expects to have some very good discussions about the issue of terrorism with pompeo is there and this week. >> training we have nile gardiner director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation. you support -- why is this important? >> it is very significant move. a demonstration i think with far more muscular approach taken by the trumpet ministration towards pakistan as opposed to the very weak approach taken by the obama administration. pakistan of course has played an important ally for the united states for many decades but elements of the pakistani government particular, the security intelligence services for example, double game for many years. whereby they are not fully cooperating with the united states. in some cases supporting the taliban and other islamist terrorist organizations.and the united states sending a very clear message that if pakistan is to receive

secretary of state arrives in islamabad.plains of the syrian region of killing seventeen people almost three million people are in harm's way. glass from watergate to donald trump's white house bob woodward's new book says the u.s. president wanted to have syria's leader assassinated. british prosecutors have charged two russian men with the attempted murder of former spice a gay script while his daughter yulia and a policeman arrest warrants are being issued for alexander petroff and. wilshere of the kremlin says it doesn't know then names the commander of britain's counterterrorism police says they flew from moscow to london just two days before the nerve agent poisoning in seoul's free six months ago well police say a later case of know each of poisoning on to all the people which was three months later was a result of the attack on the script polls is now linked the attack on the scribbles and the events of nine three which affected. now forms one investigation. you know believed all in charlie were deliberately targeted

palmdale is due to go to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister on wednesday rob reynoldsreports from washington. a pentagon spokesman cited lack of pakistani decisive action against two groups that the united states would like islam about to crack down on hard one of them is the kani network which the united states says operates out of safe havens on pakistani soil and is an armed group that attacks both u.s. and coalition soldiers in afghanistan as well as civilian targets in afghanistan the other group is called. and that is a group also affiliated with pakistan which is fighting against indian rule over the disputed north province of cush mir so while the spokesman lieutenant colonel conic faulkner says the pentagon continues to press pakistan to indiscriminately target all terrorist groups the united states is dissatisfied with pakistani progress in this area and in fact president trump himself earlier this year complained that years and years of u.s. support both diplomatic and financial to pakistan had been repaid with in his words only deceit and lies syrian state

interaction we've had is just one meeting for the security of state where in thirty pompey o visited islamabad now or on its way to tele. that was the first engagement that this government had and i think it was a good beating the conversation that he had with the prime minister on telephone was a good conversation and the meeting he had with me and then with the leadership the civil and the military leadership i was part of that was very encouraging and the fact that he is going to meet me on the second in washington. shows that. they're thinking of perhaps. revisiting approach to pakistan does pakistan now have other options than just the u.s. relationship can you have russia for example and china where you have a have had a very long friendship but growing toys and growing economic ties do you need the u.s. in the way you perhaps did in the past you want us to be a friends with pakistan we recognize the u.s. is an important global bar and they would continue to be a military technological and economic power in the foreseeable future. while the the they are looking at different options they'

the us cancels $300 million in aid to pakistan, accusing islamabad of failing to tackle militant groupsithholding documents on brett kavanaugh — president trump's nominee to the us supreme court. hello and welcome to world news today.

this now we're joined by imtiaz gul the head of the center for research and security studies in islamabad is joining us live from the very good to have you with us on al-jazeera must to go so how relevant would you say the network is now. well there are only network remains very much relevant to the taliban led insurgency in afghanistan. the deaths of four dollars in a county or the newmans or is that. certainly not very significant in the sense that it has been doing the rounds for quite some time and secondly the senior conny had been literally bedridden incapacitated by years of serious illness and he had practically nothing to do with the destroyed bottle insurgency that has been raising inside afghanistan his son set out to then as the deputy leader of the taliban what is the hakani his relationship what the taliban well they have done is headed in the second strongest link in the of one insurgency and the guy network is also reported to have been very close to the al qaeda network and the siddur are doing or going in being the deputy head of the taliban movement also is human signif

thousands down to resume a spokesperson has rubbish the accounts provided by alexander patrol from islamabad share of and they've used pretty strong language to do it take a listen to the lies and blatant for cations in this interview given to a russian state sponsored t.v. station r and then sold to the public's intelligence well that same government statement goes on to say that an illegal chemical weapon was used on the streets of the country and that four people seriously ill in hospital and an innocent woman died and russia has responded with contempt now this is the second official statement that we've had from the government from downing street earlier on immediately after the interview was first aired there was a statement from the government and it was similarly scathing take a listen the government is clear these men are officers of the russian military intelligence service the g.r.u. who use the devastatingly toxic illegal chemical weapon on the streets of our country we have repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in salzburg in march today just as we have seen throu

secretary of state my pump ale and the new prime minister iran khan and islamabad. a common hi there has this update from the capital the u.s. moving likely to affect the. start happening and its peril will be meeting the pakistani prime minister amer on khan who had been elected recently the new government and already said that it warns in a new direction for a. concern. in the united states. to improve relations with moscow over here and go forward. as far as training of this concern coming off to the u.s. a similar program which has been in place for decades the u.s. will be interested to discuss ideas on and of the americans are already talking to the taliban directly and it will be important to see what kind of expectations they bring forward as far as bug astonished concern by the new government is likely to tell the americans that the new relationship between the two countries has to be based on mutual respect by august on had already rejected. administration. and buggiest on. taking dictation from the united states anymore. i met her she is a journalist and

elected prime minister imran come on with and stay here is come all hide out with an update from islamabad. moved by the. need to go down. the new government in an. already. the us alone although the. united states. have already rejected the drum. and. the american. who will be really doing it. in afghanistan as a new general taking over command of nato forces general scott miller was sworn to his new role in a handover ceremony in kabul nato faces criticism over its security strategy in the country's recent attacks but the taliban have spiked security and stability comes as people and politicians get ready for parliamentary elections next month david said me is the former deputy u.s. assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan and pakistan pakistan the armed groups have been directly linked to the recent attacks on afghan soil. in january of this year the u.s. administration cut off a lot of military funding for pakistan and said it would be looking for concrete steps that pakistan would take to decrease the columbines freedom of movement in pakistan and particularly to rein in the act

allowed to walk free on bail until his appeal against corruption conviction is heard in coal the islamabad high court has ruled there were deficiencies in the conviction of sharif his daughter and his son in law in july and then to corruption court sentenced them to jail for ten years seven years and one year respectively over the purchase of luxury properties in london. it's been a landmark day for the rebuilding of relations between north and south korea on his second dame pyongyang south korea's president mean in and the north korean leader kim jong un signed a raft of agreements aimed at changing the face of the peninsula and they agreed to work together to prevent another war and crucially to make their region nuclear free robert bright reports from the south korean capital seoul. they hailed it as a new era for the korean people both in the south of the peninsula they share. a commitment to a denuclearized future was on monday when we agreed to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of peace without nuclear weapons and nuclear threats you know. the agreement means nort

islamabad denies harbouring jihadist organisations.ocrats in the united states have criticised the white house for withholding 27,000 documents on brett kavanaugh, president trump's nominee to the us supreme court. the papers relate to mr kavanaugh's time working under president george w bush. at 10pm, mishal husain will be here with a full round up of the day's news. first though on bbc news — the story about the british teenager billy monger who's blazing a path in the world of formula 3. he travels to rome to meet italian legend alex zanardi to talk about the adversity they have overcome. most people remember alex zanardi as a formula i driver. he suffered a horrific crash and lost both of his legs but he took to hand cycling and made headlines in london and rio at the paralympics, he won two gold medals and became a superstar. when i had my accident, somehow or another, alex zanardi rang me a couple of times, he'd been through something similar and gave me a bit of advice. now i know his story and what he went through and how he ha

high there is a defense and security analyst and joins me now via skype from pakistan's capital islamabad good to have you with us on the program so i mean what sort of dent does this reduction in funds really make into sort of pakistan's budget or plans for aid and defense of well thank you so much time is orderly is seeing be an acknowledgement gray suits and this particular announcement from dawn from washington is definitely going to have the. go on. and particularly on its ability years that is there is spencer and a number of bought u.s. operations. and formally senator john mccain who instilled things in not really just died and sold it has done so it's busy getting this particular statement which is dumb you know what bugs sign into patient bogside is expected to give. anybody. reaction but it's going to take a demented as us to get the of state on you along with this depends dean would be on vince on this number two parts on and decided to take up this issue with the instinct bob. bob indent bent on beam our thoughts will be in a star on bent stick if that's the case then i mean

secretary of state arrives in islamabad. the kremlin says it doesn't know the two men versus prosecutors have charged with the attempted murder of. his daughter and a policeman the commander of britain's counterterrorism police says alexander petroff and russian probably used false passports to fly to london then returned home two days off to the poisoning insoles free six months ago a place of another child poisoning of two other people three months later is connected to the script attack is now linked the attack on the scribbles and the events of nine three which affected. now forms one investigation you know believed and charlie were deliberately targeted became victims as a result of the recklessness in which such a toxic move agent was disposed of we know that nobody was applied to the scriptures from door and an area that is accessible to the public which then endangered the lives of members of the public and emergency services response so we've got correspondents following the latest developments. in moscow with the r