richard let's start with you how much geo political heft does the shanghai cooperation organization have is it anything more than a back slapping opportunity and talking shop from your point of view. the organization has always underperformed its potential if you were just to add together the population the and us real power of the military power of all the members that aggregate is significantly greater than how the organisation itself has been able to act as a unified bloc this is a good question dollars because for a while when i was 1st set up there were just concerns in the west prickly washington that this was going to become some kind of anti nato some kind of authoritarian international fracture that russia china and other countries would join in and act as a unified bloc to balance the united states and also to drive it out of the heart of eurasia but i would argue if the organization has never been able to function that way because of some disagreements among its members a lack of a strong infrastructure or a inherent to itself and other challenges david r.s.a. would you agree

shanghai cooperation now what else are you hearing from there and what are the world leaders gathered there have been saying about. what's important to point out about the shanghai cooperation organization is that combined it's a big block in terms of a share of global population and g.d.p. and territory and crucially i think president rouhani although we ron is an observer. member is it has observer status what's important is that here president rouhani is among friends because earlier he had a bilateral with president he chimping and he chimping said that china was looking forward to the steady development of toys with iran no matter how the situation changes reports we know. but to me that seems like an expression of very much of support for iran in its hour of need at the moment both russia and china have an opportunity or are seeing an opportunity here to help iran. tilt perhaps eastwards given the problems that it's facing at the moment the the pressure it's under from the united states having withdrawn from the nuclear deal is much harder for the iranians to cooperate with the europeans under these circumstances this is an opportunity for iran and it's a good place to be because

asian powerhouses joined forces member of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting care to stand in a show of strength and unity against u.s. trade policy we go to our correspondent in singapore for more details also coming up german multinational bya fights back faced with costly round of litigation the company says it will invest 5000000000 euros in a new wheat killer. and c o 2 friendly fuel made from fin air scientists in switzerland are working on a way to keep people flying while reducing their carbon footprint to near 0. have to do business i want to get good to have you with us so the heads of the shanghai cooperation organization countries are meeting in kyrgyzstan for the group's nineteen's leaders summit and a joint declaration they pledged to provide security stability neighborliness friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation in the region chinese president xi jinping indian prime minister narendra modi and russian leader vladimir putin also discussed their concerns about u.s. presidents on the trans protectionist trade regime china hopes to get india and russia o

richard let's start with you how much geo political heft does the shanghai cooperation organization have is it anything more than a back slapping opportunity and talking shop from your point of view. the organization has always underperformed its potential if you were just to add together the population the end deaths real power of the military power of all the members that aggregate is significantly greater than how the organisation itself has been able to act as a unified bloc this is a good question dollars because for a while when i was 1st set up there were just concerns in the west berkeley washington that this was going to become some kind of anti nato some kind of authoritarian international structure that russia china and other countries would join in and act as a unified bloc to balance the united states and also to drive it out of the heart of eurasia but i would argue if the organization has never been able to function that way because of some disagreements among its members a lack of a strong infrastructure or a inherent to itself and other challenges david r.s.a. would you

richard let's start with you how much geo political heft does the shanghai cooperation organization have is it anything more than a back slapping opportunity and talking shop from your point of view. the organization has always underperformed its potential if you were just to add together the population the end deaths real power of the military power of all the members that aggregate is significantly greater than how the organisation itself has been able to act as a unified bloc this is a good question dollars because for a while when i was 1st set up there were just concerns in the west prickly washington that this was going to become some kind of anti nato some kind of authoritarian international structure that russia china and other countries would join in and act as a unified bloc to balance the united states and also to drive it out of the heart of eurasia but i would argue if the organization has never been able to function that way because of some disagreements among its members a lack of a strong infrastructure or a inherent to itself and other challenges david r.s.a. would you a

kyrgyzstan is hosting a summit of world leaders from china russia lead security block the shanghai cooperation organizationtopics of discussion are expected to cover regional security and the trade war between the us and china russia and china formed the shanghai cooperation organization in 2001 it has 10 members india and pakistan joint in 2017 other members include kazakstan kyrgyzstan to take a stand and it was speculate on iran has been trying to become a full member but remains an observer so to afghanistan belarus and mongolia the c.e.o. has to permanent headquarters the secretary yet in beijing and the regional antiterrorist structure in tashkent the capital of was beck is done. robin foresty walker joins us now from the kyrgyzstan capital of bush can't wear that meeting is being held so robin what's happening there now. well today we've seen some arrivals of 1st some of those world leaders. getting thing in fact came in yesterday we are also expecting as you mentioned with iran there being a an observer we are expecting a several hearty person rouhani coming in today as well they will be having the

organization meeting i advise our viewers gold to the documents go to the resolutions of shanghai cooperation organization c.s.t. or extra security treaty organization and compare them to there is allusions of nato from nato it's all of us with threatened russia is a threat chinese a threat ali alliance is facing enormous external pressures see it still or shanghai cooperation organization were not directed against any country where fighting terrorism fighting extremism we cooperate none of us is the big brother none of us is the biggest of on it's only the western press that says china is the biggest russia is the biggest one and and look at their economic results you know basically china is no reorienting its its trade routes to russia because russia is a reliable partner unlike their allies over the united states it will not go. away it will not for example for the u.s. for the u.s. sanctions against iran as their european countries basically deity and or despite all the red cross in their european union than anybody else their approach absolutely. from the chinese side it's a very pragmatic racial app

with flatter me a putin and with not into modi of india india as a new member of the shanghai cooperation organization in their search to find consensus on what they discuss described as trade protectionism clear reference to donald trump's policies economic policies for the united states. israeli navy is banning palestinian fishermen from going to see indefinitely israel's defense ministry says the ban is in response to the launching of incendiary balloons and kites across the border june is peak fishing season in gaza and supports around 50000 people more on this from harry force of gaza's fishing industry employs some 4000 people working on some 1200 boats and since the end of the last round of fighting between israel and palestinian armed factions here in gaza that was at the beginning of may they've really been bearing the brunt of the continued tensions since every time in century devices of flown across into israeli territory setting fires in israel it's the israeli military has been restricting access to the fishing zone taking it down from 50 nautical miles to 10 nautical miles then relaxing

stan is hosting a summit of world leaders from a china russia led security block the shanghai cooperation organization the organization represents 40 percent of the world's population with more than 20 percent of global g.d.p. . jaywalker reports now from the capital of. this summit is taking place against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between china and united states over the terrorists that donald trump has slapped on chinese imports to the united states and also against the backdrop of growing tensions between iran and the west in particular iran and the united states now that there is no deal the iranians have threatened to continue enriching uranium we've seen a standoff and war of words. what's been happening in yemen we've seen. this meeting with the iranian leadership and in an attempt to calm things down well now here we are expecting. to be at the summit and to have by naturals including with vladimir putin which observers think is an opportunity for iran to seek new alliances. in the face by this ongoing issue over and over the nuclear deal so this is an opportunity for the club to c

iranian president hassan rouhani has been addressing world leaders at the shanghai cooperation organization in kyrgyzstan he said the u.s. is pushing an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated as. the government of the united states over the last 2 years is using economic and military capacity and is creating an aggressive approach the united states has stepped over all the norms and regulations of the international community and has created new threats for the region and the world who the rebels in yemen say they've attacked an airport over the border in saudi arabia for the 2nd time this week saudi commanders say air defense systems intercepted 5 drones targeting our airport that's near the town of hama some shade around 100 kilometers from the yemeni border police in hong kong are bracing for further demonstrations are after the earlier protests against a bill that would allow suspects to be tried in mainland china war protests were planned for sunday and monday demonstrators have said they remain committed to preventing the government from bringing the bill into. police in thailand s

alternative which is the escalation we see and because of this it is organization the shanghai cooperation organization could yet bring iran under its wing couldn't. absolutely i mean i haven't seen yet science to date that it will mean that it will become a full member 2 years ago it did apply to do so and if you remember just a few years before. india and pakistan became members now you have this group that's a quarter of the world g.d.p. half of the world population and it's a very very major bloc if you will of countries and if you think the background of this tension between china and the united states on trade and between russia and the united states on american deployment in poland in elsewhere in eastern europe as well as of course on iran and syria all in all you are going to see this more resistance if you will to america's policies now in the absence of a real strategy by the united states in the face of this ongoing a skirmish in the gulf it's clear that the shanghai group it's clear that the american russian chinese position it has far more weight far more clarity if you will than the u.s.

business asia i want to get johnson berlin good to have you with us so the heads of the shanghai cooperation organization countries are meeting in kyrgyzstan for the group's 19th leaders' summit and a joint declaration they pledged to provide security stability neighborliness friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation in the region chinese president xi jinping indian prime minister narendra modi and russian leader vladimir putin also discussed their concerns about u.s. presidents on the trans protectionist trade regime china hopes to get india and russia on board to build a new multilateral trade framework the belts and wrote initiative was also on the table china wants to get india and fused about the project given beijing has just posted its slowest growth in 17 years. and for more i'm joined by andrea hang in singapore under way are we just heard india has so far been reluctant to participate in china spent on road project could this summit be about china trying to persuade india to change its mind. i think if china wants to do that monica it has to be something of a slow downs india is very fearf

iran and mongolia they'll also be attending those and i think this shanghai cooperation organization was established originally between russia china and the central asian rip republics india and pakistan have come on board quite recently it's about cooperation on counterterrorism and regional security it's also about an opportunity to forge closer economic ties and deals we might hear about some of those late it's a what's crucial about the c.e.o. is that they all agree not to criticize each other on the internal affairs of the of their own governments and so with the biggest human rights issue right now for central asia is what's happening in synch yang with the chinese accused of internally of arrest of detaining and holding that's more than a 1000000 of it's was the minorities those include not just weakest but central asian sethna kazakhs and kick is a new specs that will not be discussed there will be no pushback from any of these countries criticizing china because that's what the was about it's about. regional alliances in you know opposition that say to the western powers are

and china when i have a little closer look at the shanghai cooperation organization the c.e.o. formed by russia and china in 2001 it's got 8 members india and pakistan joined in the year 2017 he also got kurdistan and was. iran which is in the news right now of course trying to become a full member but remains an observer and server. observer on the sidelines along with afghanistan belarus and mongolia their c.e.o. has 2 permanent headquarters the secretariat is in beijing and the regional and terrorist structure is in can't the capital of pakistan this organization represents 40 percent of the world's population and more than 20 percent of global g.d.p. its role has been expanded from security issues to other areas like trade energy culture and transportation the block is increasingly being seen as a threat to powers like the united states we talk about it more in a moment 1st this form of walker in the kurdistan capital bishkek. this summit is taking place against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between china and united states over the terrorists that donald trump has s

that's of the shanghai cooperation organization countries often meeting in bishkek care to stand for the group's 1000. in a joint declaration they pledged to provide security and stability in the region chinese president xi jinping indian prime minister narendra modi and russian leader vladimir putin also discussed their concerns about u.s. presence on a trans protectionist trade regime china hopes to get india and russia on board to build a new multilateral trade framework. as the world population keeps growing food to supply. going to be an even bigger issue next to grain vegetables fish and meat we should also consider insects a great opportunity for africa which has most of the world's edible bugs and scientists are now taking a closer look at them. grasshoppers and crickets fried and seize the atheling meal for anyone but one that could take some getting used to we. need a dozen a's fact the. bees to be sweetness and salted mixed in with his base details of researchers at nairobi's international center for insect physiology have long studied the nutritional value of the bugs ins

kurdistan is hosting a summit of world leaders from a china russian led security bloc the shanghai cooperation organization the organization represents 40 percent of the world's population with more than 20 percent of global g.d.p. . walker reports from the colleagues on capitol. this summit is taking place against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between china and united states over the terrorists that donald trump has slapped on chinese imports to the united states and also against the backdrop of growing tensions between iran and the west in particular iran and the united states now that there is no deal the iranians have threatened to continue in your enriching uranium we've seen a standoff and war of words. what's been happening in yemen we've seen. meeting with the iranian leadership and in an attempt to calm things down well now here we are expecting. to be at the summit and to have bilateral including with vladimir putin which observer sync is an opportunity for iran to seek new alliances. in the face by this ongoing issue over and over the nuclear deal so this is an opportunity for the club t

you're in the talks we agreed to ramp up our efforts part of the you were the shanghai cooperation organization brics g 20 apec a spot of other leading multilateral for you. to align your consideration efforts as. mccune in. the silkworm. initiative so that we could having the great sea ration partnership in the longer term you sure i'd like to use this opportunity to saying my counterpart in all of the chinese tell it gets for a productive joined negotiation. we are convinced that the greens and rangelands reached by the talks will further contribute to strengthening our friendship will lead to the prosperity of our nations. so. we will have a garden reception later on to mark the 7th year anniversary. of these since the establishment of the ties between our nations with the chinese leader as an honorary guest to take part. for led a delegation of about $1000.00 representatives of government and what it could be since community will be the 2nd russian china's. energy business forum we will meet with the delegates. there is also the heads of the st petersburg where you. diversity. and he will b

shanghai cooperation organization has gathered for a summit and i guess capital bishkek him on call and he became the leader of pakistan last year will attend and plans to meet with some of his counterparts including that of my peers and prior to his departure he gave his 1st interview to the russian media since he came to power in 20. we have. developed cooperation with russia. between our defense forces there has always been meeting i think our defense personnel have already met and so. yes we hope to deepen our converse. contacts. most of the fifty's sixty's seventy's was spent in the cold war reason we're india was close to a soviet union and by this time was close to the united states so we were in different camps. not all things have changed india is also friendly with the united states and biased and is also friendly with the u.s. so we no longer have the cold war situation and so it's refreshing that we have developed in our contacts with russia and they're developing all the time for us to be all tension with india decreases so we do not have to buy arms because we want to spen

should also us there's been very little coverage here of the so-called asian aid to shanghai cooperation organization summit what do you make of a resume bishkek including xi jinping putin modi and iran can and president rouhani of iran. because we hear that iran is isolated from the international community one would assume that that is the case if one was to listen to the western media but actually i think the timing is very important to the iranian. relationship with china and russia has been converging for a very long time the americans are carrying out economic warfare against iran at the same time they're engaging in a trade war with china that brings the 2 countries closer to each other and the deep state of the united states is destroying the u.s. russian relationship despite trump's attempts to improve them so that has also helped to bring russia and iran closer to each other the americans are basically pushing all these countries and powers closer to one another by antagonizing everyone simultaneously. and that's it for the show will be back on wednesday 7 years to the day wiki leaks founder

idea iran is isolated jus think the fact that your president was in bishkek for the shanghai cooperation organization meeting with vladimir putin xi jinping around ramadi and carl and others is there a plan. to leave the financial system that the united states seems to be using to strangle the economy of your country the reality is that because of the dominance of the us in the media when u.s. has a problem with a country that countries attacked and marginalized and tried to be isolated but the reality is that we have very good relationship with the with our. neighboring countries we have a very good relationship with russia over china india and pakistan we have exchange of presidents and summit meetings. we have a very good friend relationship be divied iraq with central asian countries as you said in best in tajikistan we haue illustrated in dollars the reality is that this is the this is a phenomenon that we are facing in the international at the international level we know that even european countries are conscious about the fact that this is a problem for everybody that they are very much vulner

during the talks we agreed to ramp up our part of the year when the shanghai cooperation organization brics g 20 apec a spot of other leading multilateral fora. to align with consideration efforts. in. the. initiative so that we could having the great sea ration partnership in the longer term you sure i'd like to use this opportunity to saying my counterpart in all of the chinese tell it gets for a productive joined negotiation you get the.

pushing an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated he was dressing leaders at the shanghai cooperation organizationas well as the government of the united states over the last 2 years is using economic and military capacity and is creating an aggressive approach the united states has stepped over all the norms and regulations of the international community and has created new threats for the region and the world. on him and valerie is standing by in muscat oman dawson bari in tehran but 1st let's go to robin for a steel worker who is in bishkek at the shanghai cooperation summit where we just heard from the iranian president so robyn this was a gathering of several prominent asian leaders and the iranian process president wasted no time in taking that opportunity to head out to the u.s. over these tensions. that's right and i think this is where president rouhani right now will feel most comfortable because in effect he's amongst friends he's had messages of support in statements made by other senior world leaders here including president he chimping who dialogue to resolve the differences but at t

invite but imagine today the timing couldn't have been better moscow beijing and the shanghai cooperation organization in general has basically been supportive of iran iran observer member the shanghai group represents a quarter of the world economy and half of its population and the 2 most important . countries powers china russia supported iran and the europeans are mostly silent with the exception of the british statement siding with the united states but the europeans have generally been silent so if anyone is isolated in the question of the iran nuclear deal it's more of washington than iran thank you very much i was there a senior political analyst on the sciara. well we want to take you now to our other top story this hour the world health organization has decided not to declare an international public health emergency over the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo nearly 1400 people have died there since august in the 2nd worst outbreak in history it comes amid concerns the virus might have spread to uganda where 2 people died off to visiting the d.l.c. the victims were a 5 year old chi

alternative which is the escalation we see in the gulf and this is all in addition the shanghai cooperation organization could yet bring iran under its wing couldn't absolutely i mean i haven't seen yet science today that it will mean that it will become a full member 2 years ago it did apply to do so and if you remember just a few years before. india and pakistan became members now you have this group that's a quarter of the world g.d.p. half of the world population and it's a very very major bloc if you will of countries and if you think the background of this tension between china and the united states on trade and between russia and the united states on american deployment and.

yes and a very good platform for him to do so here at the shanghai cooperation organization summit because he's effectively among allies accusing the united states of providing a globe offering a global threats to security security and those thoughts or feelings repeated all supported by senior leaders at the summit today including sodomy putin and president he jingping of china early. mr rouhani met with pain in bilateral talks on the site of the summit and ping stressed that iraq and china should have closer cooperation going forward regardless of how the circumstances may change for iran reference it looks like to the difficulties that iran now faces challenged by the united states in general having the u.s. withdrawn from the nuclear agreement and also spoke at this summit and he stressed the importance of the nuclear deal and that the u.s. withdrawal from it was the reason for rule the current instability so the president rouhani under pressure from the united states with those allegations of the oil tank attacks but here at least in bishkek he's among allies he's among friends again

sanctions but in terms of the conflict with iran as you just stated certainly from the shanghai cooperation organization we've heard president xi of china and we've heard president putin of russia basically supporting the iranian position on the nuclear deal and against the american position on that question and bashar is our senior political analyst in luck to pick a moment. here is what is coming up for you on this news hour are the hong kong protests paying off there are signs legislators may drop their plans to allow extraditions to china also the crisis in darfur takes center stage at the united nations after more than a dozen people were killed and at least $100.00 homes burned and sport justin rose sets the early pace of the u.s. open and he is here with the latest in both 3rd major tournament of the. right now the palestinians continuing their weekly friday protests at the gaza border with israel it comes as palestinians say israel has not kept promises made in the cease fire and may it was on a surge of violence kill 25 palestinians and 4 israelis protesters want the siege of gaza lifted and th