should he immediately called a snap election in the lower house ? ouple of years to do that. >> they had the opportunity to do that at the same time as the upper house election and chose not to exercise that option. they considered it, but my impression was perhaps the polls didn't really encourage them to think that was a surefire win. they decided to postpone that event. at this point, i guess will be looking at them moving forward with the tax increase in the fall. we will see how the economy reacts to that. depending on the results then, they may have a time frame when they could consider it. you have the olympics coming up next summer, there will be a lot of attention focused on preparations for that in a way that might discourage people from saying, let's get involved. we will have stability. stephen: they campaigned on raising taxes in october. i lived here when they went from 3% to 5% vat. there was recession, 5% to 8%, there was a dip in the economy. beendy at 8% they have not spending ahead of this great rise to 10. >> hasn't been any signa

the bill passed to the lower house with a clear majority support a safe and reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy but there are many who still oppose it as priyanka gupta reports. the vote that brazil's president says will lead to prosperity but for some jay both scenarios pension reform plan falls far short staring me why i am very ashamed why is happening here tonight on wednesday the lower house approved both scenarios plan with huge numbers in an initial vote yes there is here for homeowners these reforms are aimed at reducing inequality i'm sure that is the goal of all parliamentarians here those who voted for and also against the bill. was but these protesters think the poor will have to work longer why politicians maintain their privileges at last. the working class is living in misery heads of families living on the street because they can't pay the rent it's tough for the mess of the pockets of the poor they have to reach inside their own pockets because there are so many people that are in the congress retiring at 4050 years and we have to die to retire brazil doesn't current

pioneering tax on tech firms is expected to be approved by the senate today, after clearing the lower houset week. it comes amid public anger across the continent at tax avoidance by the likes of google, amazon and facebook, who locate their eu headquarters in low—tax countries and pay virtually nothing elsewhere. but it has already threatened to spark new trade tensions, with the trump administration launching an investigation to see whether the move unfairly targets us firms. the plan, masterminded by french finance minister bruno de maire, is for a 3% digital services tax on all revenues rather than profits made in france. it will hit all companies with global revenues of more than $843 million. around 30 tech companies are likely to be affected, mostly from the us. the french finance ministry estimates that the tax will raise more than $500 million this year, with that figure rising in future years. france failed to persuade eu partners to impose a europe—wide tax in the face of opposition from low—tax countries, such as ireland, where many big tech firms have their eu bases. it's now p

the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia condemning human rights abuses and seeking accountability for the murder of society journalist jamal khashoggi it's also criticized riyadh for detaining female human rights activists. received an overwhelming $405.00 to $7.00 votes but despite strong bipartisan backing the measures may be challenge day in the republican dominated senate now is the time to make clear that reckless behavior whether the murder of an american resident or the kidnapping of the lebanese prime minister or the blockade of cutter carry a price that the men who rule saudi arabia need to take our interests and values into account rather than always counting on us to cover up for them gabriel elizondo has more now from washington d.c. . this was the saudi arabia human rights and accountability bill and it sought to do just that as you mention seek accountability for the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi overwhelmingly passed monday night house of repr

the lower house is expected to vote for the 2nd time in the coming days before the bill goes to the senate my god but protest as one day will bring brazil to a standstill if the bill is passed and the demands are ignored. al jazeera. still to come this news hour more than 20 countries signed a letter to the un condemning what said to be china's mass detention of we get prisoner abuse. and a stream runner is looking to go up in the world peter has the details and support . hello there it's been a very unsettled picture of course across much of southern europe this is an improvement on the weather picture as we head through the next couple of days to get a chat on the satellite and actually quite a bit of activity across central regions of western europe but what about the rain just yet but the good news is a sigh is that much of the south in the southeast those strong thunderstorms that really are clearing through certainly by friday the rain pushing using say across much of the black sea quite a bit radical central areas and there is a band of rain stretching really from germany down tools

the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia they condemn human rights abuses and seek accountability for the murder of saudi journalist john marshall jury measures can be challenged in the republican controlled senate. european foreign ministers of call for dialogue between the u.s. and iran in a bid to save the 2050 nuclear deal the leaders held talks in brussels as they tried to salvage the agreements. yemen's warring sides have agreed on new measures for reinforcing the cease fire in and around the port city over the data which has repeatedly been violated in within weeks the u.n. says representatives from yemen's government and hooty rebels also discussed ways to pull back their forces. former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he's the targets of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds he denies any wrongdoing cheering his 9 years as president. and at least $24.00

the lower house is expected to vote for the 2nd time in the coming days before the bill goes to the senate. but to protest this one will bring brazil to a standstill if the bill is passed and the demands are ignored. the u.n. human rights council has agreed to begin a preliminary investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippine government's war on drugs it's accusing president rodriguez the territory of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women human rights watch estimates at least 12000 filipinos have been killed since the territories campaign began in 2016 they were state of louisiana is bracing for more severe weather after a huge storm hit the area on wednesday widespread flooding is making a difficult to get around the city of new orleans roadways and office buildings are filled with water forecasters say a tropical cyclone forming in the gulf of mexico could become a hurricane that hits the coast by the weekend. meanwhile beach goers were forced to flee the eastern italy after they were battered by hail

pioneering tax on tech firms is expected to be approved by the senate today, after clearing the lower houseit comes amid public anger across the continent at tax avoidance by the likes of google, amazon and facebook, who locate their eu headquarters in low—tax countries and pay virtually nothing elsewhere. but it has already threatened to spark new trade tensions — with the trump administration launching an investigation to see whether the move "unfairly targets us firms". the plan — masterminded by french finance minister bruno le maire — is for a 3% digital services tax on all revenues rather than profits made in france. it will hit all companies with global revenues of more than $843 million. around 30 tech companies are likely to be affected — mostly from the us. the french finance ministry estimates that the tax will raise more than $500 million this year, with that figure rising in future years. france failed to persuade eu partners to impose a europe—wide tax in the face of opposition from low—tax countries such as ireland, where many big tech firms have their eu bases. it's now push

major step towards pension reform a key goal of president and also narrow the bill passed in the lower house with a clear majority its supporters say pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy propose changes include raising the retirement age and increase in contributions but pension reform continues to face opposition thousands of people demonstrated in sao paolo and other settings against the proposed changes critics said the reforms will hurt the poor the most. now the very last walks wagon being car has rolled out of an assembly plant in mexico and it might mean the end for the popular blog but is al-jazeera traveled to one mexican town where the dream of the vidar beautiful alive and well manuel ruffler has more. there it is you simply want the last beatle to be produced by the german automaker volkswagen it's the end of an era and to mark this notable moment in the automotive history workers at the bike and plant in pueblo mexico are throwing a goodbye party is the oscar this is a goodbye the last forever but it's also a party a big party for everyone. maybe it was the combination o

the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia they condemn human rights abuses and seek accountability for the murder of certain journalists damascus shoji but despite a strong bipartisan backing the measures can be challenged in the republican controlled senate turkey is vowing to continue drilling for gasol cyprus despite european union sanctions this summer to e.u. leaders agreed to suspend talks over an air transport agreements and called for financial constraints on turkey so far on has ignored c.-u. demands to stop what the block calls illegal drilling in turkey backs the breakaway northern part of cyprus while greek cypriots control the sight of european foreign ministers have called for dialogue which in the e.u. the u.s. and iran in a bid to save the 2050 nuclear deal leaders held talks in brussels as they try to salvage the agreements which the e.u. foreign policy chief insists is still alive and former south african president jacob zuma is expected back at a state commission

now the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia condemning human rights abuses and seeking accountability for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it has criticized for detaining female human rights activists and the received an overwhelming $405.00 to $7.00 vote but despite a strong bipartisan backing the measures may be challenged in the republican dominated senate well for more on this as ondo is in washington d.c. so gabriel what more can you tell us about this. yeah this was the saudi arabia human rights and accountability bill and it was sought to do just that as you mention seek accountability for the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi as you also mentioned it overwhelmingly passed monday night house of representatives 405 lawmakers for it only 7 against it it has 3 key components number one the bill asked that the director of national intelligence dan coats provide answers to a series of very simple questions who planned ordered executed and then co

looking at the powerful lower house -- what would shinzo abe have to gain calling a snap election? he is not ruling out another snap election, but the next couple of years, deep in mind they have the last lower house election in 2017. he has a number of years to call that. he wants to gain more support for his constitutional changes. that is what he really, his mission to push forward. he needs a two thirds supermajority in the upper and awer houses to push forward movement to get a national referendum on the constitutional change. you say the tax hike is unpopular. constitutional reform is as well. he has a lot of work to be done not only with lawmakers but with a national public in japan to push with that. the chief north asia correspondent there in tokyo, thank you. the latest road tests in hong kong turned violent as police fired to your gas and demonstrators converged on china's medical headquarters in the city. organizers claim 100,000 took part in sunday's march which began peacefully. let's get the latest on this with our reporter. what happened? reporter: it started peacef

brazil's lower house of parliament will vote today on a long—awaited overhaul of the country's generoussystem, which analysts say is critical to improving brazil's public finances. this will be the first major test for the government of far—right president, jair bolsonaro, who has made the issue one of the central platforms of his government. the pension reform bill is the central plank of president jair bolsonaro's economic policy. it aims to generate savings of around 940 billion reais or $2“; billion over the next decade. the plan includes raising the minimum retirement age, to 65 for men and 62 for women. retiring at 55 is currently the norm, with many brazilians earning 70% of theirfinal salary for the rest of their lives. pension reform is key to bringing down brazil's ballooning debt, which touched a record 79% of gdp — or total economic output — in april. pension payments account for about a third of all government spending. the overhaul is also aimed at reviving the brazilian economy, which is still struggling to shake off the 2015—2016 recession. that saw the economy contract

the lower house of the french parliament has passed a landmark law to fight online hate speech it will force social media networks to remove content that is deemed offensive within 24 hours and make it easier for users to flag offensive content and the measure must now be taken up by the senate . in northern spain at least one person is dead after floods swept through several towns overnight the downpours cost $2.00 local rivers to burst their banks the government in the vajra province is warning people near the flood zone to stay home as heavy rains continue. china has demanded that the u.s. immediately cancel a proposed sale of more than $2000000000.00 worth of arms to taiwan dealing clude battle tanks and anti aircraft missiles it would be the 1st big ticket u.s. military sale to the island in decades china considers taiwan to be part of its territory. protesters in hong kong have vowed to take to the streets again despite the territory's leader declaring a controversial extradition bill dead operatives cers fear that the bill which would allow its additions to mainland china would

hell i missed with the headlines on al-jazeera the lower house of the u.s. congress has voted to stop the sale of some to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for one year the bell is aimed at limiting the flow of american weapons being used in the war in yemen boss as gay when i was on the reports from washington it still has to pass the senate and be signed off by president donald trump in an effort to send a message and stop the killing in yemen the u.s. house of representatives voted friday to prohibit the sale of air to ground munitions to saudi arabia and united arab emirates for one year they have been used in the war in yemen. the amendment to a u.s. defense authorization bill was sponsored by congressman tom aoun now ski and passed $236.00 to $182.00 mostly along party lines but 5 republicans also voted in favor of it breaking party ranks and all it will do is stop something that is categorically harmful to our national interests the provision of off fence of weapons that enable saudi arabia to keep defying our advice by bombing yemen and prolo

the lower house of representatives. the lower house of congress.icts, critics of this question are if the illegal immigrants are too scared to take part, then this would be skewered and ill have districts under resourced and underrepresented which will change the nature of this map and for that reason, this faced stiff opposition from a number of different american states and rights groups too. the suspected climb by president trump. not retreating but just not retreating butjust advancing in a different direction. where he was trying to get funding for the wall, shut down the government and reopen the government and said, well, alljust find another way to build the wall. i think is going to try to find another way to ask the citizenship questions stop although, to be quite honest, it has asked before in a limited fashion in the past, as recently as a couple of decades ago. so, if he's going that route, then it's going to be on one of these household surveys and not the full census. essentially, that is a return to relative status quo. it can be a

the lower house is expected to vote for the 2nd time in the coming days before the bill goes to the senate my. god but protest as one day will bring brazil to a standstill if the bill is passed and the demands are ignored priyanka gupta. you're watching us there at me celeron a reminder of our top stories the government says a british warship has intervened after iranian boats tried to obstruct a british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on wednesday toronto noise there was any confrontation well we're very concerned this is a very serious escalation of the situation and you know we are proud that they're all navy was there to protect their heritage but we are monitoring the situation very closely we don't want to escalate tensions we want tensions to come down they must ravi has more. from the iranian side this is black and white from the u.k. or the u.s. side it's white and black and we're really seeing competing narratives here sort of jockeying for position in really it just depends on who you believe at this stage the optics really aren't in iran's favor this one of swarming maneuver

towards pension reform a key goal of the president's job board said not on the bill passed in the lower house with a clear majority that supporters say pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy proposed changes include raising the retirement age and increasing contributions that pension reform continues to face opposition thousands of people demonstrated in south and other cities against the proposed changes critics say the reforms will hurt the poor the most. now the last volkswagen beetle has rolled out of an assembly plant in mexico and that might mean the end of the popular. one mexican town where the dream of the angel is alive and well. as more. there it is fresh off the assembly line the last beetle to be produced by the german automaker volkswagen it's the end of an era and to mark this notable moment in the automotive history workers at the bike and plant where the mexico are throwing a goodbye party is one of the oss it was a good buy them to last forever but it's also a party a big party for everyone. maybe it was the combination of a funky design a reliable engine and an afford

brazil's lower house of congress has approved sweeping pension reforms aimed at getting the nation's finances back on track.

talking about is this mix of national politics and national pride and it would be a very tough lower house tax and local politics as well right so it would be a very tough prime minister who took on the whaling low b. because of that kind of iconic place that they represent within japan or maybe i've got that completely wrong. well i think you see it in politics in almost every country where you have a lobby even a relatively small one on one side of an issue but you don't have a very well organized lobby on the other side of the issue which means that that group even if they're not terribly big or well financed can run the national policy because they're not meeting organized resistance and i think that's pretty much the way that the whaling set up is here you have these local governments and local politicians some of them a very key and the ruling party and they're pushing for their local industries to continue their whaling and on the other side comparative to international opinion the anti whaling movement in japan it's very small it's a handful of people essentially when there are pro

right and next we turn to brazil where the lower house of congress has approved president gerry or both scenarios a landmark overhaul of the pension system he wants to reform to help him plug a big budget deficit while the bill one for more support from the chamber of deputies was expected. anticipation on the floor brazil's parliament as the votes are counted. the yes votes in green show victory for the government. many see that as a victory for brazil and for the poor. yes the fish here for hornish these reforms are aimed at reducing inequality g. here positioned to both sides. years i'm sure that is the goal of all parliamentarians here argument is those who voted for and also against the bill. protesters against the bill like here in sao paulo who are not convinced yet that the form of this reform hurts poor brazilians enormously it's a time bomb but we're not going to see it immediately. follow this reform is not going to create employment just don't create anything it's not going to give a cent more for the workers absolutely nothing i doubt that it's not like that then a few year

major step towards pension reform a key goal of president bashar balsa naro the bill passed in the lower house with a clear majority it's a border state pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy proposed changes include raising the retirement age and increasing contributions for pension reform continues to face opposition thousands of people demonstrated in sao paolo and other cities against the proposed changes critics say the reforms will hurt the poor the most. well still. to come. new york. i. know but it's time i love to this i'm just wish i was i know and it's almost finished unfortunately to hell serena williams is aiming to reach her 11th wimbledon final later she's up against bob in the women's day off to have mixed doubles run with andy murray came to an end the lineup in the men's semifinals also set. reports. in an unprecedented tennis career you'd think they would know more than the bulk of predator breach but he keeps pounding away. at us despite losing the 1st set of his quarterfinal to japan's canucks should call the 8 time tamping fought back to win in 4 sets and in the pro

president of his political party but his party basically controls the legislature here controls the lower house and the senate here in puerto rico the key is does he still have the support of his party but beyond that he's clearly lost the support of the vast majority of the puerto rican people so i think his calculus is that by saying he will not run for reelection next year he's hoping that the people on the streets will say that's fine we'll stop the protests we'll let you run out the rest of your term which is basically a year and a half more that he has to go will that be enough listen i've been here for a week now i've been asking protesters will it be enough if you do says he'll step down they've all said the same thing no they want him out now clearly his message is he has no intention of doing that from san juan thank you. in japan the prime minister shinzo r.b.s. ruling bloc has won a majority of seats in the upper house elections according to public broadcaster but the coalition has fallen short of the 2 thirds majority needed to push ahead with our base proposal to change japan's pa

paper a supermajority in both houses of the congress and if you look at the leadership of both the lower house you know his former vice presidential mate speaker of the house. and also the senate senate president both of them seem to embrace this kind of a liberal to use about how the philippines should more forward in dealing with law and order issues not now the problem of course is that the philippines had death penalty in the past and yet there's no evidence to suggest that that death penalty in any waste made the situation a crime or drugs any better in the philippines and i think this is the problem the president you know he's good in terms of impressing people with his decisive leadership or at this project think incisive leadership but a lot of his claims are not necessarily backed up by science and public policy that he's imperioli based and the fact that him as an event in his war on drugs we have a huge for our problem because until today it not many big fishes or major drug syndicate leaders have been caught while at the same time there are thousands of unexplained death including

we start in brazil, where the country's lower house of parliament is due to vote today on a long—awaitedntry's generous pensions system, which analysts say is critical to improving brazil's public finances. it's the first major test for the government of far—right presidentjair bolsonaro, who has made the issue one of the central platforms of his government. the reforms aim to generate savings of around r$940 billion, or $2“; billion, over the next decade. the plan includes raising the minimum retirement age to 65 for men and 62 for women. retiring at 55 is currently the norm, with many brazilians earning 70% of their final salary for the rest of their lives. pension reform is key to bringing down brazil's ballooning debt, which touched a record 79% of total economic output in april. pension payments account for about a third of all government spending. the overhaul is also aimed at reviving the brazilian economy, which is still struggling to shake off the recession of 2015. that saw the economy contract by almost 7%. but the pensions reforms were initially fiercely opposed by workers. w

can be enacted without its approval but it can temporarily block all the bills approved by the lower house japanese prime minister shinzo ruling bloc needs to win a 2 thirds majority in the upper house for you to have a chance of revisiting japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment requires approval by 2 thirds of both chambers of parliament and a majority in the public referendum well let's get more on this we're joined by jeff kingston professor of asian studies at temple university and he's joining us live from tokyo very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so poll surveys showing so far that l d p r l d p and its coalition on track to win more than half the seats up for grabs but do you think that they'll get the 2 thirds supermajority needed to begin the process of revisiting the constitution's pacifist article. yeah there is a lot of speculation the risks that are paid basis right now is really arty and coalition partners and like minded r.t.s. he has 2 thirds seems as going to be rather close and he may not actually get over the line so the polls show he's going to

the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia they condemn human rights abuses and seek accountability for the mars or of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the measures can be a challenge to in the republican controlled senate. turkey is vowing to continue drilling for gas off cyprus that's despite european union sanctions this comes after the leaders agreed to suspend talks over an air transport agreement and cold for financial constraints on turkey so far uncorrupt has ignored the e.u. demands to stop what the block calls illegal drilling turkey backs the breakaway northern part of cyprus all greek cypriots control the south. european foreign ministers of cold for dialogue between the u.s. and iran in a bid to save the 2050 new clear deal leaders held talks in brussels as they try to salvage the agreements which the e.u. foreign policy chief insists is still alive former south african president jacob zuma is expected back it's a state commission hearing on government corruption in the

taken a major step towards pension reform a key goal president job also nado the bill passed in the lower house with a clear majority and supporters say pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy proposed changes include raising the retirement age and increase and contributions the pension reform continues to face opposition thousands of people demonstrated in sao paulo and other cities against the proposed changes critics say the reforms will hurt the poor thing. now that last volkswagen beetle col has bolted out an assembly plant and mexico it might mean the end of the popular and i want to travel to one mexican town where the. bottom has more. there it is fresh off the assembly line the last beatle to be produced by the german automaker volkswagen it's the end of an era and to mark this notable moment in automotive history workers at the bike and plant weddle in mexico are throwing a goodbye party is one of the oss it was a good buy them to last forever but it's also a party a big party for everyone. maybe it was the combination of a funky design a reliable engine and an affordable price t

march from different locations here in manila and converge near the house of representatives or the lower house of congress or president of the go there she is expected to speak in the coming hours what we've seen so far hundreds of protesters from several different organizations civil society groups religious communities different universities basically coming together what they say is an opportunity for them to open the peace the state of affairs or the state of the nation under president of the good that they're doing we've seen blackguards basically calling for the president's resignation ouster and the beach this is the president's 4th state of the nation and according even to his supporters they say this will be the most important because basically this will highlight his priorities in the last 3 years of his sort of elizabeth. germany thank you very much for that german on in the gun live in manila. puerto rico's embattled governor has announced he won't be seeking reelection next year bond he is refusing to give in to protesters calling for his immediate resignation and a video posted o

area and we shall deploy the 4th vessel to the area to build censoring saudi arabia passed the lower house of the us congress one seeking sanctions over the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the other condemning the human rights abuses the detention of female human rights activists were also censored the overwhelming vote for the bill requires the director of national intelligence to name murder suspects despite bipartisan backing the bills maybe challenge in the senate it's dominated by republicans south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats after giving evidence at a public inquiry on corruption on monday zuma has also been at the day 2 of the hearing in johannesburg on tuesday he's denying overseeing the most looting of state funds and says he is the target of a conspiracy or batasuna from johannesburg jacob zuma says is. a phone call on monday night from a man does not know this happened if. at the corruption inquiry and this person said to must tell. that we are going to kill him. as well as some people around him. so she informed me this morning a

to build censoring saudi arabia passed the lower house of the us congress won't seek sanctions over the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the other condemning human rights abuses its attention to female human rights activists was also sense you'd. vote for the bill because the director of national intelligence to name murder suspects despite bipartisan backing the bills may be challenged in the senate dominated by republicans now is the time to make clear that reckless behavior whether the murder of an american resident or the kidnapping of the lebanese prime minister where the blockade of cutter carry a price that the men rule saudi arabia need to take our interests and values into account rather than always counting on us to cover up for them. certain rains have caused havoc across big parts of asia unleashing flash flooding and landslides and washing away buildings more than 130 people were killed the power of india pakistan bangladesh all being affected in myanmar more than 21000 people have been forced to leave their homes rising rivers and lightning strikes have killed more

treaties can be enacted without its approval but it can temporarily block other bills approved by the lower house promise to sions our ruling bloc needs to win a 2 thirds majority in the upper house to have a childs of revising japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment requires 2 of both chambers of parliament and a majority in a public referendum a fatty salami has the latest from tokyo. both indicates solid win for the ruling coalition in japan in the upper house elections the main themes here are amending the constitution increasing taxes consumption tax from 8 to 10 percent and fixing the defaults on bobbins in the pension and social security system by mr rabin who has the liberal democratic ruling party is growing the same voters ability he has been by mr for 6 and a half years and he's now becoming the longest serving prime minister in japan's history after the war amending the constitution would mean changing article number 9 in the constitution which are announces war and defines the status of the self-defense forces many of japan's neighbors they're worried about this chan

the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia condemning human rights abuses and seeking sanctions over the murder of the saudi journalist. who also criticised riyadh for detaining female human rights activists bill receive the overwhelming $405.00 to $7.00 vote requiring the director of national intelligence to name those involved in the killing but despite a strong bipartisan backing the measures may be challenged in the republican controlled senate former south african president jacob zuma is back in a state commission hearing on corruption he says he's received death threats on monday he told the inquiry he's the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds he denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years the president. also in south africa people in the city of cape town are accusing the police of not being able to control gang violence more than 900 people have been killed in battles over gang territory since the beg

brazil's lower house of congress has approved sweeping pension reforms aimed at getting the nation'sinances back on track right.

major electoral defeat when prime minister narendra modi's b j p won 92 percent of the seats in the lower house role took over the party's leadership from his mother sonia in 2017 and has long sought to become prime minister just like his father ron mother and great grandfather but the congress suffered a 2nd major loss in this year's general election critics blame the defeat on corruption scandals and a lack of vision. let's bring in our guests who are joining us from new delhi we have a child he's a professor and dean of the gentile school of international affairs of india. as a journalist and senior fellow at the hindu center for politics and public policy and rounding out our panel is men and run off the coup or an associate professor at the center for political studies. not really university welcome to you all to inside story in orange or if i may starts with you gandhi had been talking of quitting since the results of the elections were announced in may party officials at the time urging him to stay but now he's officially resigned on twitter posting his resignation letter what do you mak

a major step towards pension reform a priority for president also narrow the bill passed to the lower houseith a clear majority support to say pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy but there are many who still oppose it as priyanka gupta reports. of thought that brazil's president says we're.

talking about is this mix of national politics and national pride and it would be a very tough lower house next and local politics as well right so it would be a very tough prime minister who took on the whaling low b. because of that kind of iconic place that they represent within japan or maybe i've got that completely wrong. well i think you see it in politics in almost every country where you have a lobby even a relatively small one on one side of an issue but you don't have a very well organized lobby on the other side of the issue which means that that group even if they're not terribly big or well financed can run the national policy because they're not meeting organized resistance and i think that's pretty much the way that the whaling set up is here you have these local governments and local politicians some of them a very key and the ruling party and they're pushing for their local industries to continue their whaling and on the other side comparative to international opinion the anti whaling movement in japan it's very small it's a handful of people essentially when there are pr

it are he has control of the more powerful lower house.e just going to see a consolidation of abe's power. it is a question of how much the gains will be for the ldp and abe sunday. yvonne: even ldp members themselves have admitted the lock of opposition -- lack of opposition from other parties is unhealthy. if japan is headed for a one-party rule, essentially, is that good or bad for japan? it's good to have parties stipulate each other's heels in democracies because the parties are more accountable to the people. the ldp has been in power pretty much since it was formed in 1955. although four years. four years. when the public felt it was out of touch with reality a decade ago, the democratic party of japan came forward and addressed some things the public felt were lacking. without that accountability or he did opposition, sometimes some of these concerns don't make their way to the ruling group. democracy, it can be seen as being healthy to have two rival parties pressing to get public support for policies which will advance the agenda

housing and auto sales necessarily. those are already getting refreshed by the lower ten year yield.t is more about why are three month yields hanging up at this level and then it goes down from there? >> another record all time low on the ten year in germany 0.403% all three major indices coming off record highs, hitting all at once on wednesday. let's discuss that and the jobs number this morning. alan rosken, and john silva. good morning to you both john, i'll start with you, for your immediate reaction to that jobs number. >> well, in the note i mentioned earlier today to you folks i certainly agree with mike's assessment taking the 50 basis points off, 25 probably because the fed is focused on inflation the reaction of the dollar and the two year and ten year all reflect that the market is taking off those expectations of the fed, easing policy going forward. and particularly picking up on germany, yeah, what the chinese slowdown independent of the trade issue, you can see whether germany economy continues to weaken but good housing numbers should be coming forward. autos should

now, the next main elections take place in 2021 for the lower house in russia and that will be key forin's re-election. if the putin party doesn't win then, putin will have a fight on his hands and we're seeing how he intends to respond. shep? >> shepard: ben hall live in london, this is just in. a navy fighter jet has crashed near china lake, california. you can see it on the map there. it's about -- if you're listening, it's about 150 miles north and east of los angeles. the navy tweeted that the jet is a single seater, an fa-18 e super hornet. officials say search and rescue efforts are underway now. we don't know about the pilot. the american teen accused of killing a police officer in italy hiring very high profile attorneys and now we're hearing from one of their fathers. a former public enemy number 1 set to come up from the grave. why in the world would you dig up john dillinger? >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her

the long term for the global economy we had tppg, revised nafta, which is still going through the lower house. i'm of the view that u.s. and china both need a trade deal and that will happen sometime over the next 6 to 9 months, which is positive for the global economy. >> u.s. equities don't think there's going to be a trade deal, but some of the chinese indices over the last three months have not performed well do you think they stand to benefit in the second half of the year >> chinese equities year to date are up significantly, but over a 12-month basis, yes, they do trail the u.s. i think chinese equities -- >> they've fallen back the last two, three months. is there a chance you think the next six months that that trend continues that we saw in the first quarter? >> from a standing start now looking 12 to 24 months out, i think there will be a rotation away from the u.s. as you get into the election year there will be more volatility in the u.s. exchanges i think you will get global allocators or investors looking to pare down that u.s. exposure because these companies are at virtually

you can see the water behind me, it is at the bottom of the lower houses and the storm is not even heree mississippi river is about a mile that way. all of these homes and residence in between two bodies of water d possibly threatened by the storm. you can see sandbagging efforts happening in the back there and i have our sheriff here. thank you for joining us today. can you tell me why this area is under evacuation, that's the concern? >> we were worried of the lea levees. that has subsided. we have some sandbags going on. we have some trustehelping us o helping vulnerable areas are little safe. >> reporter: are the people heeding the warning? >> we decided to issue evacuation order due to concerns of the levee levels. a lot of people have heeded those warnings. we still have several people who are still here hunkering down and riding this thing out. safety is a major concern. >> reporter: what's the message to the public, sir? >> you can feel it. we have about 35 miles per hour or 40 miles per hour, gusting up to 55 miles per hour. right now you can feel it. we just want everybody to

block the bills approved by the lower house. burning block needs to when a to the majority and a house for a to have a childs of revising japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment again because approval by 2 thirds of both chambers of parliament and a majority and a public referendum jeff kingston as a professor of asian studies at temple university and he thinks obvious party might win the election but his proposed constitutional reforms will be difficult to get through the whole show he's going to win a solid victory the l.d.p. is you know on track to get a majority but it's going to be tough maybe to get that 2 thirds but more importantly is coalition partner whole nato is opposed to constitutional revision and the leader of that party made very clear during the campaign that they don't support base west or revise the article. fusion that would have a legitimate as the nation's military forces so i think obviate bases quite an uphill struggle but you know the electorate you're not interested in recent poll shows

not to build censoring saudi arabia passed the lower house of the u.s. congress one seeks sanctions over the murder of the journalist jamal the other condemns human rights abuses the detention of female human rights activists was also censored the overwhelming vote for the bill requires the director of national intelligence to name murder suspects the spite bypasses bipartisan backing the bills may be challenged in the senate that's dominated by republicans now is the time to make clear that reckless behavior whether the murder of an american resident or the kidnapping of the lebanese prime minister where the blockade of cutter carry a price that the men rule saudi arabia need to take our interests and values into account rather than always counting on us to cover up for them. at least 78 people have died and have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding so be mistrust reports from districts in the path of. their fields or room and many houses flattened this is the village of bottom in the district in the south

is so much concern of what's happened to nasser sami because stuff there from berlin smith the lower house of the u.s. congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia condemning human rights abuses and seeking sanctions over the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it's also criticized riyadh for detaining female human rights activists because show de bill received an overwhelming $405.00 of 7 votes requiring the director of national intelligence to name those involved in the killing this finds a strong bipartisan backing emerges maybe challenge in the republican dominated senate. yet another detailed description of the continuing war in yemen has been published and it makes disturbing reading the independent organization more talent for human rights documented the killings of hundreds of civilians last year homes markets and roads all targeted in indiscriminate air strikes and ground attacks and and the personal landmines killed thousands the activists say both yemeni government and houthi rebels in the new to recruit child soldiers soldiers from the south below coalition are accused of