i'm john hendren in quebec where donald trump is expected to have a showdown with world leaders on trade. we do is all about trying to create change and trying to make the world more just and the vision that lives on fifty years after the death of bobby kennedy. welcome back a look at the weather across the americas this time so as we look at the weather across north america you can see we've got an area of client across the upper midwest and through into the canadian prairie so some showers are likely here too in the course of the eastern seaboard is all looking fine much of the west is also looking pretty reasonable for the brain over the rockies but no big deal and then as i move the forecast on see that system begins to move further towards the south and east certainly for she could be a wet day at times of heavy rain but with us southerly flow is still looking pretty warm that washington d.c. in the upper twenty's meanwhile down in the caribbean region you see was still a fair amount of cloud across cuba and towards the bahamas but otherwise jenny weather conditions not looking too

say they're concerned and disappointed by president trump's new taxes on steel and many m but as john hendren reports now from washington trump isn't backing down. with days to go before the g. seven summit in canada the economic alliance is fractured the allies are angry and openly talking about a possible trade war we we think this action is inappropriate we think it's absurd to consider canada a security risk the united states and therefore we've taken a targeted and considered approach to retaliation france's foreign minister also says unless the u.s. reverses its new tariffs on steel and aluminum from europe canada and mexico a trade war is just a few days away. at a meeting ahead of this week's g. seven summit in canada u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and tried to his ways the allies president trump has been very clear in wanting to address trade issues i don't think in any way the u.s. is abandoning its leadership in the global economy quite the contrary i think we have very broad objectives that are that are across a rebalancing the trade relationship and the trade deficit but

i'm john hendren in the back where donald trump is expected to have a showdown with world leaders on trade plus find out how the weather played a big role in rafa nadal french open quarterfinal on wednesday. homes are still being evacuated in guatemala for hugo volcano continues to erupt at least ninety nine people are being killed and hundreds of gone missing since sunday as eruption rescuers have been sifting through hot ash in search of survivors entire villages surrounding the volcano have been destroyed david mercer has the latest from suicide if you have about ten kilometers from the volcano. what a mollusc lego volcano continues to be highly active you can see it here behind me and this morning we've seen columns of smoke rising from the cone now on tuesday there was a large explosion that sent gas and hot rocks down the side of the volcano and that caused a large evacuation order i'm urgency workers racing away from the disaster site and it was also the evacuation of more villages surrounding the volcano as well as some communities within the city of the city of about a milli

in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been really forces fired on live from. gas at protesters near the gaza border israel says the action was taken after a kite carrying explosives were flown near the fence six hundred other people were injured it more evacuations are being ordered to manas volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people volcanic material and contaminated water from mt toigo is still threatening homes five days after it first erupted about two hundred people on the scene. the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of former vice president of the republic democratic republic of congo's bemba supporters of banba celebrated in the capital kinshasa after hearing the ruling a majority of judges found bemba could not be held responsible for the atrocities of his militia which he sent into a neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two in afghanistan the t

and tyrus affecting all the others in the group of industrialized nations sparking about clash john hendren ripples from quebec city near to where the meeting will be held. inside and outside the g. seven summit disruption has replaced diplomacy on the streets demonstrators are descending on québec city where canada's leaders intend to avert a repeat of the two thousand and one summit of the americas where these streets erupted in riots this time nine thousand police are taking no chances even national assembly is shut down if it is bad. get pretty nasty. to good. shopkeepers have boarded up buildings as the first protesters filled the streets. the first demonstration of the g. seven began peacefully and it turned into a march as you can see there were speakers people eight baguettes and hundreds of people demonstrated peacefully but when the police came they showed that they were prepared in case there was trouble. concerned that they've completely secured the summit site is leaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and city at the gathering itself leaders are calli

allies was going live now to john hendren who's in quebec city versus john it seems justin trudeau struggleto toe the line between being respectful towards the u.s. president also hiding his exasperated with trump's trade policies. that's right justin trudeau had expected this to be a celebration. it was mostly a showcase for canada and for him hosting an event that was really of originally thought of as showcasing of the expanding global economy and he wanted to press forward on issues like gender equality and climate change but in the end donald trump ended up instituting u.s. chair of so on steel and aluminum or how you minium if you like just before this summit began and that made the focus about trade because all the other six members had to face those tariffs and they were united in opposing trump on this they tried to move him they failed to do so. then trudeau has to think about his domestic audience they want to be firm with the u.s. president he still has to maintain a relationship with a man who is among the most powerful in the world so trudeau has really treaded the line in his

all right john hendren giving us the update from quebec city john thank you let's now speak. she's the director of accountability of the g. seven research group of the university of toronto she's joining us via skype from quebec city get to talk to you on al-jazeera on the newsgroup so if we just look at what trump said a few moments ago specifically on trade he said there should be no tariffs there should be no barriers that's the way it should be and no subsidies what do you make of that statement and how do you think that is going to go down with the other members. well i think that was. that was commentary that was to be expected before trump arrived here he was already poking the leaders so to speak in the eye by tweeting sentiments around that ongoing trade dispute even before he arrived here in charlotte was so that sentiment was expected and that's how it's gone down here but i think on the other hand we knew going into these discussions that discussions around trade were going to be extremely difficult and there was concern that it was going to drag down consensus on

in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. jacob kirkegaard is an economist at the peterson institute for international economics he says charmes trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the global market it's obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the country that supported him that are going to get hurt by the tariffs that other countries are levying now against the united states that a lot of agriculture other export items coming from red republican states they're going to pick up the phone and tell look mr president this doesn't work for us you had to change it so he's not going to be convinced but he's going to be compelled it's important to recognize that when someone says a global trade war this isn't the nine hundred thirty s. where everybody levied a lot of tariffs on everybody else this is the united states levying tariffs on everybody else and then everybody else retaliating against the united states so what this will look like in twenty

countries canada and others are causing a deep breath in the group john hendren reports from quebec city. the gathering of world leaders was supposed to be is celebration but instead of highlighting the global economic expansion the talk at this year's g seven summit is all about averting a trade war. the great disruptor donald trump and his america first agenda levying tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum coming from allies in canada mexico and europe the trouble ministration has managed to alienate systematically almost all of the allies who would be involved in this so canada mexico the european union or new additions it's going to be a tense meeting i would imagine canada's prime minister displayed a diplomatic anger and announced retaliatory sanctions somehow this is insulting to them the idea that the canadian steel that's in military military vehicles in the united states the canadian aluminum that makes here at your fighter jets is somehow now a threat the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insu

to eye on the big issues of trade or on trump suggestion that russia be readmitted to the club john hendren reports from quebec city. leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest nations made a show of unity in a fractured family pleasure to have you here. and it's been really great hours earlier after leaders of the g seven annual summit in canada complained of u.s. tariffs trump was less diplomatic. like well we're bored with you with the war which they don't mention the fact that they trade barriers against farm are isolated on trade trump appeared vaguely hopeful in meetings with french president emanuel mccrone and the summits host canadian president justin trudeau their relationship is probably better as good or better than it's ever been. and i think we'll get to something very beneficial to canada and to the united states believes hours before the summit ends on saturday that makes it unclear whether the u.s. will sign on to an annual g seven agreement usually a formality or if it does whether that agreement will mention trade of the situations on deep positions of a clear the preside

and on the medium imports as the g seven leaders returned home they leave more divided than ever john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada where we're joined by our diplomatic editor james bays who joins me from singapore of course the fallout from the g. seven continues james but no one could have imagined a war of words so soon after a signed communique. absolutely unprecedented so we've never seen this before yes during the time of the g. eight we used to have disagreements with the seven and russia a year ago i was in sicily and they came up with a communique where they agreed to disagree on some issues like climate change they were going to do that again with this communique although the number of issues that the u.s. disagrees with the others on is growing there are many more than there were a year ago but never have we had one of the g seven then red tracked their signature to the communique it's worth reminding you that the g seven grouping built out of a grouping that was originally called the library group the library they refer to and that was the library of the white house it's t

in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. jacob kirkegaard is an economist at the peterson institute for international economic sea says chance trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the global market it's obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the country that supported him that are going to get hurt by the tariffs that other countries are levying now against the united states that a lot of agriculture other export items coming from red republican states they're going to pick up the phone and tell look mr president this doesn't work for us you had to change it so he's not going to be convinced but he's going to be compelled it's important to recognize that when someone says a global trade war this isn't the one nine hundred thirty s. where everybody levied a lot of tariffs on everybody else this is the united states levying tariffs on everybody else and then everybody else retaliating against the united states so what this will look like in twen

and on the medium imports as the g seven leaders returned home they leave more divided than ever john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada so we're joined now by our diplomatic editor james bays who's life for us from singapore the world stage there left james in the state of development division ahead of those singapore talks what options do the other members of the g seven now have in deciding how they move forward well i think they have a very stark option about whether to band together and confront president trump all whether to try to continue to paper over this but this is an unprecedented situation you have a year ago the g seven where they agreed to disagree on the issue of climate that's what they tried again in this communique but the number of issues has grown since a year ago they've obviously got trade now they've got the iran deal that they were going to agree to disagree on in this final communique but now president trump has pulled out from that final communique so a very difficult situation i think confronting the other members of the g. seven how to respond and i think the

depicts an awkward alliance with the usual show of unity is largely up to the man from washington john hendren al-jazeera quebec city. meanwhile the united states a struck a deal with a chinese telecoms giant said t e to end massive sanctions that threatened at survival that t. he was punished for deals with iran north korea the settlement includes a one billion dollars penalty and accepting a whole new board of directors imposed by the united states for dubai loaded again in addition to the billion dollars they're paying those right up front we had them put four hundred million dollars. so the total deal was a billion four hundred million that my. and he will be for food. groups. rooms or anything you. produce the. u.s. authorities are planning to transfer sixteen hundred people who have been detained by immigration and customs officials to federal prisons according to a report by the watches news agency or just as a filing for federal prisons to temporarily taken detainees well let's get more on this now from our correspondent diane estabrook who is in washington d.c. time what more details

has destroyed the group's trust john hendren reports from quebec city. the g.seven summit in canada began in crisis in ended in conflict u.s. president donald trump came late left early and ceded no ground as united states has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore i can gradually the leaders of other countries for so crazily being able to make these trade deals that was so good for their country and so bad for the united states neither did the six other world leaders at the g. seven summit they were united in opposing trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum a move they say is likely to spark a trade war after trump left early the host of this summit canadian prime minister justin trudeau fired back i highlighted directly to the president that canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on our steel and aluminum industry particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that it's kind of insulting but we also will not be pushed aroun

to eye on the biggest seas of trade all trump suggestion that russia be readmitted to the club john hendren ripples out from quebec city. leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest nations made a show of unity in a fractured family pleasure to have you here just and it's been really great hours earlier after leaders of the g seven annual summit in canada complained of u.s. tariffs trump was less diplomatic. like well we're bored with you with the war which they don't mention the fact that they have trade barriers against farm are isolated on trade trump appeared vaguely hopeful in meetings with french president emanuel mccrone and the summit's host canadian president justin trudeau their relationship is probably better as good or better than it's ever been and i think we'll get to something very beneficial to canada and to the united states believes hours before the summit ends on saturday that makes it unclear whether the u.s. will sign on to an annual g seven agreement usually a formality or if it does whether that agreement will mention trade of the situations on the positions of aig the

and warned once again about the dangers of a trade war john hendren has more from quebec city. the gathering of world leaders was supposed to be is celebration but instead of highlighting the global economic expansion the talk at this year's g.'s devon summit is all about averting a trade war. the great disruptor donald trump in his america first agenda levying tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum coming from allies in canada mexico and europe the trouble ministration has managed to alienate systematically almost all of the allies who would be involved in this so canada mexico the european union or new additions it's going to be a tense meeting i would imagine canada's prime minister displayed diplomatic anger and announced retaliatory sanctions somehow this is insulting to them the idea that the canadian steel that seven military military vehicles in the united states the canadian aluminum that makes here at your fighter jets is somehow now a threat the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insu

he blamed it on what he called weak and dishonest statements from the canadian prime minister john hendren is more from quebec city. the g. seven summit in canada began in crisis in ended in conflict u.s. president donald trump came late left early and ceded no ground is united states has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore i can gradually the leaders of other countries for so crazily being able to make these trade deals that was so good for their country and so bad for the united states neither did the six other world leaders at the g. seven summit they were united in opposing trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum a move they say is likely to spark a trade war after trump left early the host of this summit canadian prime minister justin trudeau fired back i highlighted directly to the president that canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on our steel and aluminum industry particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that it's kind of insulting bu

in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. well g. seven summit is not just about trade tariffs there are plenty of other big issues to discuss climate changes feeling tensions between the u.s. and its allies present trump announced last year he was pulling the us out of the international climate accord another point of contention is the withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal that's now hanging by a thread in the u.s. threatening to boycott countries doing business with iran and well security and defense funding will also be on the agenda all g seven countries apart from japan and on nato members and then there's next week's high stakes summit between trump and north korean leader kim jong un the denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula jacob kirkegaard is with the peace institute for international economics in washington d.c. he says chance trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the global markets obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the count

threatening to attack tariffs on goods worth up to one hundred fifty billion dollars each so live to john hendren now in washington and it looks like the chinese are refusing to back down john. no compromise on either side merriam president trump has been dispatching trade representatives around the world trying to make a better deal for the u.s. and he's been really focused on the trade deficit and there's a huge one between the u.s. and china a lot of economists would say he's too focused on the trade deficit and the logic goes like this i've got a trade deficit with the macy's department store because i buy from them and they don't buy anything for me but in the end we both get something out of value of value out of that relationship in the same way when china gives the u.s. cheap steel people in the u.s. benefit and when the u.s. sets tariffs on that cheap steel that may benefit the u.s. competitors who are making steel here but it does not benefit it hurts the automakers and others who are using all of that steel drives up prices and there are a lot more of them so there are critics of this

several hours departed for singapore and his eagerly anticipated summit with north korea's leader john hendren. city canada. it'll be the first time a president and a north korean leader come face face to. it's a one time shot and i think it's going to work. very well that's why i feel positive because it makes so much sense and we will watch over and we'll protect and we'll do a lot of things i can say that south korea japan china many countries want to see it happen and they'll help the law so there's a great there's really a great time this is not happened in all of the years that they've been separated by a very artificial bantry it's a great opportunity for peace and lasting peace and prosperity some better and diplomats in the u.s. are concerned the president isn't well enough prepared for the negotiations shuttle to start on tuesday so he's not going to come out of that meeting room the happiest that they want to get at the james base has been gauging expert opinion in singapore. the exclusive hotel where the summit will be held has already been placed in a close security zone singapore

and we have this report now from our correspondent john hendren who's reposing from nearby quebec city. inside and outside the g. seven summit disruption has replaced diplomacy on the streets demonstrators are descending on québec city where canada's leaders intend to avert a repeat of the two thousand and one summit of the americas where these streets erupted in riots this time nine thousand police are taking no chances even national assembly is shut down if it is bad. get get pretty nasty. to good. shopkeepers have boarded up buildings as the first protesters filled the streets. the first demonstration of the g. seven began peacefully and it turned into a march as you can see there were speakers people eight baguettes and hundreds of people demonstrated peacefully but when the police came they showed that they were prepared in case there was trouble planners were so concerned that they've completely secured the summit site at charlevoix leaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and get back city at the gathering itself leaders are calling it the g.'s six plus

and on the minium imports as the g seven leaders returned home they leave more divided than ever john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. coming off an al-jazeera. a mentor thomas in southeastern australia where there is out range the state government here is using taxpayers' money to prop up the tender industry by state looking around here destroys not just the forests of the wildlife that relies on the. custody passage play that's the word from nigeria's football players as they get ready for the world cup. hollow because grey clouds looming towards northern parts of asia over the next couple of days lots of wet weather as well in the forecast for a good part of japan meanwhile the same some lady down pose into north korea recently a little telling me his sixty seven millimeters twenty four hours to look at this splash of clout this is where our tropical system will then make its way in over the coming days already seeing the shield of cloud just rolling in ahead of that then we have tropical storm will exceed which will make its way towards japan does stay offshore dragging in lots of h

to be treated fairly young trade well john hendren joins us live now from washington d.c. john there's a lot of anger from u.s. allies about these tabs what a finance leader has been saying at this meeting. you said adair and the allies are angry and they're angry specifically over those tariffs as you said the french finance minister warned that there were just a few days left before a trade war would be set off and those countries have already identified items iconic american items like levi's jeans jack daniels whiskey harley-davidson motorcycles oranges from florida all of those things would be subject to retaliate or a trip tariffs so this really is being set up to become a trade more a trade war that is and after three days of meeting ahead of the g. seven the members got together wrote a statement a unanimous statement that criticized the u.s. position saying the finance ministers and central bank governors requested that the united states secretary of the treasury communicate their unanimous concern and disappointment presumably that would be communicated to trump a

president's new taxes on steel and alum in the john hendren reports from washington donald trump isn't backing down. with days to go before the g. seven summit in canada the economic alliance is fractured the allies are angry and openly talking about a possible trade war we we think this action is inappropriate we think it's absurd to consider canada a security risk the united states and therefore we've taken a targeted and considered approach to retaliation france's foreign minister also says unless the u.s. reverses its new tariffs on steel and aluminum from europe canada and mexico a trade war is just a few days away. at a meeting ahead of this week's g. seven summit in canada u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and tried to his ways the allies president trump has been very clear in wanting to address trade issues i don't think in any way the u.s. is abandoning its leadership in the global economy quite the contrary i think we have very broad objectives that are that are across a rebalancing the trade relationship and the trade deficit but he could not offer the one thing u.s. al

attack tariffs on goods worth up to one hundred fifty billion dollars each let's go live now to john hendren in washington so it looks like the chinese are digging their heels at. that's right president trump has been sending trade representatives all around the world trying to make a better deal for the u.s. and he's really focused on trade deficits some economists would say too focused on trade deficits after all i've got a trade deficit with ralph lauren i buy their suits they don't buy anything for me but in the end we both get something of value and in the case of china there's a three hundred seventy five billion dollars trade deficit wilbur ross tried to get china to negotiate that down by two hundred billion dollars the chinese did not feel comfortable giving a number like that and then russia told them the u.s. was planning on renewing twenty five percent tariffs on some fifty billion dollars worth of chinese electrical goods now this comes at a time when the chinese are trying to develop their own electronics industry with a china two thousand and twenty five policy that did not go

yeah definitely be interesting to see how this develops for the moment john hendren in washington john thank you. trade unions in jordan have called for a one day strike next week amid a wave of protests against the government's plans to increase taxes that the structures are calling for the prime minister to resign over the reforms which would mean significantly higher tax for employees and companies and a huckster has more i fear the largest anti-government rallies in five years in what's regard as one of the most stable middle east countries the purchase movement initially started by trade unions has swelled nationwide as to show their frustration. but i want to love how local citizens now have no power the searching for the children's t.v. food women are looking in garbage containers to feed their kids and every day we are surprised by rising prices of new taxes the problem is not just the tax law the jordanian citizen right now. his pockets are empty are completely empty. so the government has to listen. to the sound of the people jordan is one of the most expensive. countries in

world remain in suspense wondering whether history will be made inside that meeting or outside john hendrenal-jazeera quebec city. here's here's the gazans impose sanctions on six people involved in human trafficking and smuggling in libya has been a push to take action since last year when reports emerged of african migrants being sold as slaves but this continued includes local militia leaders and coast guard force many refugees and migrants end up stranded in libya after a failed attempt to cross the mediterranean to reach europe. israeli army has warned palestinians in gaza to stay away from the border fence ahead of another round of friday protests planes dropped leaflets into gaza on thursday urging residents to avoid the area and very forces have killed more than one hundred fifteen palestinians through weeks of demonstrations. government has again suspended the search for volcano victims leaving relatives to dig through the ass themselves one hundred nine people and then to have been killed and at least two hundred more are missing david musser reports from the disaster zone. a comm

world remain in suspense wondering whether history will be made inside that meeting or outside john hendrenal-jazeera quebec city. well let's bring in our panel now all scott from calling robertson a former canadian diplomat and vice president of the canadian global affairs and is to shoot from london and the genes from the department of international politics at city university of london and via skype from she's a walk in japan. then at the school of management and information at the university of she's a welcome very warm welcome to all of you mr robertson let me start with you while the g. seven summit be dominated by a trade for al well it certainly give me the backdrop and certainly the media has put the focus on it and that will be the subject i think of the most animated discussions amongst the leaders but as we know at these g. seven so there is a kind of schedule and there are big issues that many have been which discussed which will be at least looked at but i think the focus is certainly going to be on trade and protectionism and how the leaders grow the world economy when their

as the g seven leaders returned home they leave more divided than ever john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada coming out on al-jazeera in the same week saudi arabia issues its first driving licenses to females another woman's rights activist is the rest of us. a mentor thomas in southeastern australia where there's outrage at the state government here is using taxpayers' money to prop up the timber industry they say logging around here destroys not just forests of the wildlife the reliance on. the ground. in the street. the weather sponsored by cattle. we've got more coal and wet weather into western parts of europe certainly across the peninsula will circulation here still bring some disappointing weather across spain and portugal and for that matter into that western side of france also had some rather lively weather moving across c.a.g. attic another area of low pressure here this one does appear to be weakening off a touch but we see some very very strong winds we've had some very heavy showers this is montenegro and we've seen some very very alive the conditions coming throug

continue to vote for him and his republican party all right thank you very much from wisconsin john hendren. i want to bring you up to speed with all the developments in the united states now reports of the now the shooting that multiple people have been shot at a newspaper headquarters in the state of maryland this is the scene now in annapolis the gunman appears to have targets at the offices of the capitol newspaper in annapolis and we now know that a number of people have been shot we'll continue to say across that bring you more on developments that as the information comes in to us but this is the scene now in annapolis where we understand there's been another shooting in the u.s. state of maryland now to an investigation into the u.k.'s involvement in rendition and torture after nine eleven has criticized inexcusable collusion with the u.s. and the mistreatment of detainees the british parliament intelligence committee report says the security agency supplied questions for the interrogation of prisoners they knew or suspected was subjected to cruel inhumane and degrading treatment pa

come trade barriers francis warned that fits of anger cannot dictate international corporation john hendren reports from quebec city. the g. seven summit in canada began in crisis in ended in conflict u.s. president donald trump came late left early and ceded no ground is united states has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore i can gradually the leaders of other countries for so. crazily being able to make these trade deals that was so good for their country and so bad for the united states neither did the six other world leaders at the g. seven summit they were united in opposing trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum a move they say is likely to spark a trade war after the host of this summit canadian prime minister justin trudeau fired back i highlighted directly to the president that canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on our steel and aluminum industry particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that its kind of insulting but we also will n

but back home we still have the thirteen angry democrats pushing the witch hunt let's bring in john hendren who is covering this summit for us in quebec city so john a lot of people saying that this could be more of a g. six plus one then an actual g. seven just how tense of a meeting is this going to be. that's right for a g six meaning everybody else versus donald trump in the united states because everybody else is on the same page when it comes to trade last week there was a meeting of finance major leaders here and they all agreed they signed a statement saying that they were disappointed with the u.s. approach on trade so donald trump comes into that situation there was speculation that he might not even come to this g. seven meeting so it is definitely tense the meetings ahead of time like the one between trudeau and mccrone are all about people talking about how they can talk to donald trump it's it's almost like an intervention preparation here like group therapy for everybody talking about how they intend to convince donald trump to drop those tariffs but as you point out he's not

as the g seven leaders returned home they leave more divided than ever john hendren quebec city canadathis is the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program. i'm andrew thomas in southeastern australia where there's outrage at the state government here is using taxpayers' money to prop up the timber industry they say around here destroys not just forests of wildlife that relies on. a loud cry goes out for the return of an exiled opposition leader of the democratic republic of congo just months before a presidential election that. in sports sebastian vettel will start the canadian grand prix in pole but there is a name that surprisingly missing from the front of the grid will tell you more later. the battle to control the besieged city in eastern libya is intensifying machine guns and heavy artillery a pounding force is facing for the renegade general after entering the coastal city from both the east and the west they're trying to oust militias some of them linked to al qaeda which have controlled for years the largest number of refugees are fleeing the city since fighting

world remain in suspense wondering whether history will be made inside that meeting or outside john hendren al-jazeera quebec city. well let's bring in our panel now all scott from a column robertson a former canadian diplomat and vice president of the canadian global affairs and is to shoot from london and the genes padma from the department of international politics at city university of london and via skype from she's a walk in japan. then at the school of management and information at the university of she's a welcome very warm welcome to all of you mr robertson let me start with you while the g seven summits be dominated by a trade for al well it certainly give me the backdrop and certainly the media has put the focus on it and that will be the subject i think of the most animated discussions amongst the leaders but as we know at these g. seven sir is a kind of schedule and there are big issues that many have been which discussed which will be at least looked at but i think the focus is certainly going to be on trade and protectionism and how the leaders grow the world economy when the

to eye on the big issues of trade or trump suggestion that russia be readmitted to their club john hendren reports from quebec city. leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest nations made a show of unity in a fractured family pleasure to have you here. and it's been really great hours earlier after leaders of the g seven annual summit in canada complained of u.s. tariffs trump was less diplomatic. like well we're bored with you with the war which they don't mention the fact that they trade barriers against farm are isolated on trade trump appeared bigly hopeful in meetings with french president emanuel mccrone and the summits host canadian president justin trudeau their relationship is probably better as good or better than it's ever been. and i think we'll get to something very beneficial to canada and to the united states believes hours before the summit ends on saturday that makes it unclear whether the u.s. will sign on to an annual g seven agreement usually a formality or if it does whether that agreement will mention trade of the situations on the positions of a clear the president

john hendren is our correspondent now in quebec city. inside and outside the g.seven summit disruption has replaced diplomacy on the streets demonstrators are descending on québec city where canada's leaders intend to avert a repeat of the two thousand and one summit of the americas where these streets erupted in riots this time nine thousand police are taking no chances even national assembly is shut down if it is bad. get pretty nasty. to good. shopkeepers have boarded up buildings as the first protesters filled the streets. the first demonstration of the g. seven began peacefully and it turned into a march as you can see there were speakers people eight baguettes and hundreds of people demonstrated peacefully but when the police came they showed that they were prepared in case there was trouble. for so concerned that they've completely secured the summit site at leaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and get back city at the gathering itself leaders are calling it the g. six plus one the u.s. against the rest all six u.s. allies in t

john hendren has more from quebec city. the gathering of world leaders was supposed to be is celebration but instead of highlighting the global economic expansion the talk at this year's g.'s evans summit is all about averting a trade war. the great disruptor donald trump in his america first agenda levying tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum coming from allies in canada mexico and europe the trouble ministration has managed to alienate systematically almost all of the allies who would be involved in this so canada mexico the european union or new additions it's going to be a tense meeting i would imagine canada's prime minister displayed diplomatic anger and announced retaliatory sanctions somehow this is insulting to them the idea that the canadian steel that seven military military vehicles in the united states the canadian aluminum that makes here at your fighter jets is somehow now a threat the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insu

economies say they are concerned and disappointment by the new taxes and still an alum india but as john hendren reports from washington donald trump isn't backing down. with days to go before the g. seven summit in canada the economic alliance is fractured the allies are angry and openly talking about a possible trade war we we think this action is inappropriate we think it's absurd to consider canada a security risk to united states and therefore we've taken a targeted and considered approach to retaliation france's foreign minister also says unless the u.s. reverses its new tariffs on steel and aluminum from europe canada and mexico a trade war is just a few days away. at a meeting ahead of this week's g. seven summit in canada u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and tried to his ways the allies president trump has been very clear in wanting to address trade issues i don't think in any way the u.s. is abandoning its leadership in the global economy quite the contrary i think we have very broad objectives that are that are across a rebalancing the trade relationship and the trade deficit bu

john hendren thank you very much indeed. some veteran diplomats in the u.s. are concerned that president trump isn't well enough prepared for negotiations shuttle to start on tuesday so who's likely to come out of that meeting a happiest automatic of the james bays has been gauging expert opinion in singapore . the exclusive hotel where the summit will be held has already been placed in a close security zone singapore will be the venue for high stakes diplomacy which may go on for several days but it's arguable the fact this historic meeting is even taking place is a victory in itself for kim jong un his country is sort of meeting with the u.s. president for many years and he's achieved that goal without making any concrete commitment on denuclearization i think kim is a much canny or operator than we give him a lot of credit for certainly in the united states and other circles i think that he has got exposure to the outside world you know through his education in switzerland and i think that he's got advisors who understand the outside world pretty well even

to be treated fairly on trade what john hendren joins us live now from washington d.c. john said lots of anger from u.s. allies over these towers what a finance leader has been saying at this meeting. that's right there and you heard those very diplomatic comments but behind those comments the allies are irate and donald trump is not backing down he sent stephen minucci in there his treasury secretary in order to try to assuage those allies that did not work and they didn't work mainly because minucci and couldn't offer them the one thing they really wanted and that is relief from those steel and aluminum tariffs they have already prepared a list of iconic american items that they plan to retaliate with they plan on raising tariffs on levi's jeans jack daniels whiskey harley-davidson motorcycles or and oranges from florida all of those things would be the next step in an escalating trade war and these are are of course allied nations that normally don't go at each other like this after all when trump raised the terror of on steel he said he was targeting china then he al