and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long is addressing the ten day sion assy and summit in singapore earlier he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the clock must work to counter protectionism. the israeli army has struck six hundred naval targets in the gaza strip it says that it was in response to a so-called mass infiltration attempt four palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty palestinians have been killed since major protests began at the end of march amin is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue to reign kind of petty and called off the talks with nichol push india and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda media's parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister to serve sub seann resigned on monday following weeks of demonstrations and has led the protest and says that he should be appointed the country's next prime minister. influential former president

and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the ten nation assy and summit in singapore he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism. vote on our top story friday summit between the two koreas robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pusan national university joins us now live from seoul good to have you with us again robert lot of optimism thank you surrounding this this this summit on the on friday do you share that optimism. it's a good start it's certainly not where we were six months ago when we're talking about nuclear war the rhetoric has improved dramatically the tone is a real improvement that's good to see i think the real question going forward is will the north koreans actually do what they said they would do yesterday this is where these kinds of summits and declarations have collapsed in the past you know sort of good principles and unseated but then no follow through and that's ultimately where north korea has to move there's

and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the ten nation assy and summit in singapore he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism the israeli army has struck six highest naval targets in the gaza strip it says it was in response to what it's called a massive infiltration attempt on friday when four palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty people have been killed now since the end of march during rallies held in the run up to the seventieth anniversary of the mass expulsion of palestinians. armenia's acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as antigovernment protests continue corrent petty and called off the talks with nickel pushing me and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda. and those the headlines will have more usefully on al-jazeera after a.j. selects the next. big stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspective

between the united states and china is putting regional economic growth the risk prime minister lee hsien loong made the remarks at the opening of the ten nation as u.n. summit in singapore he said the bloc must fight protectionism. louis has more from singapore. one of the main themes that would be of concern to the member states of rassie and security now in the lead is in a joint statement issued pursuant to a working dinner on friday night said the challenges facing our c n n include violent extremism cyber threats and climate change and of course there is the territorial dispute in the south china sea which involves china and several assy and countries while the countries are tackling that is by agreeing to drop a code of conduct which is being drafted at the moment then there of course there is the matter of the economy r.c.n. is one of the largest economic zones in the world the countries of committed to striving for even greater growth as well as deepening economic integration but if there is an area in which in member states have sometimes been accused of not doing enough it is i

the ten asin countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spats between china and the us could affect the blow the political mood in many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tension between the united states and china. why the concerns are certain countries will have to react to these major. us president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many us in countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where member states have been criticized for not doing enough human rights activists have said the bloc fails to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. the bloc largely stood by in silence when cambodia shuttered its i

dispute between the united states and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien luna made the remarks at the opening of the ten nation as u.n. summit in singapore he said many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism through open rules based multilateral trading system which is underpin the group of us. is under pressure the political mood in many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china are one of the concerns. r.c.m. countries would have to react to these major troops. china and india have agreed to keep a poor border dispute from escalating into a full fledged conflict on the last day a visit meant to ease tensions between the two asian powers india's prime minister narendra modi and the chinese president xi jinping said they will improve military contact a recent military standoff on the stretch of a border had lasted for months with german chancellor angela merkel went to washington for a brief meeting with the u.s. president she hopes

from the ten countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spats between china and the us could affect the blow the political mood in many countries has shifted against free trade and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china. are why the concerns are some countries which have to react to these major external trends u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many of us in countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where r.t. and member states have been criticized for not doing enough human rights activists have said the block fails to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. the block largely stood by in

from the ten countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spats between china and the us could affect the bloc. many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china. are what concerns. i certain countries would have to react to these major external trends u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many r.c.m. countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where r.t. and member states have been criticized for not doing enough human rights activists have said the bloc fails to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. the bloc largely stood by in silence when cambodia shutter