president donald trump iraq revealed to pan's prime minister shinzo abi on the first day of trump's twelve day tour the u.s. president is rallying support from allies in the region to face up to nuclear deal with north korea's nuclear ambitions. and in bow to sligo match day eleven we saw the blooper of the year. where the ball and of course the classic are there is your daughter versus buying. i'm at home and welcome to the program the ousted catalan president demat along with four other former ministers has surrendered to police in belgium the five are wanted in spain on a european arrest warrant issued there. in a news conference a spokesman for the brussels prosecutor said all five would now appear before a judge they face charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds for holding illegal referendum on october first travel to belgium last week when madrid moved to impose direct rule on catalonia after a regional parliament had declared independence all right for more let's go to our correspondent bob levey zal in brussels barbara they've head of themselves in does that mean t

well if you ask the japanese prime minister shinzo abi he would probably tell you that that's exactly what he wanted to hear he wanted that kind of reassurance that the u.s. would stand behind its commitments in this region that it would stand behind its allies of whom of course japan is the oldest and the most important ally and that it would defend those allies in the case of an attack for example by north korea so especially in the face of that threat coming from north korea that's what that's what the japanese prime minister shinzo surely was looking for now so he was you were welcomed these this tough talk from donald trump for sure because he also has very tough policies when it comes to north korea and he also received a lot of support for those policies from the japanese voters in recent elections that were just just held here a few weeks ago he scored a landslide victory and his position and his stance on the north korea issue played a major role in that now that is not to say that people here are also worried because if you take for example the japanese did not japanese nort

hawaii but on sunday he'll fly it to japan where he will have talks with japanese prime minister shinzo abi now from japan he heads to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expect. to take center stage after that out on to china where he'll hold talks with president xi cian ping is next stop will be vietnam there he'll attend the asia pacific economic cooperation or apec conference and from there trump heads to the philippines for yet another summit this time for the association of southeast asian nations the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a president who seeking to make america great again while at the same time looking to reassure asian allies of continued u.s. support. since symbolism the sights of the japanese attack on u.s. soil more than seventy years ago is the starting line for donald trump diplomatic obstacle course across asia. as he paid his respects at powell haba the spec sort of conflict with north korea may not be far from his thoughts. in tokyo japan's prime minister courting a death trump doll to revive enjoying japanese hospita

he criticized tokyo for decades of deficit as well as talking trade with japanese prime minister shinzo abi the us president will be discussing the standoff with north korea this after trump said he would be open to sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un with tensions between washington and pyongyang sky high while trump has promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen in but we're going to count through the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese third tour are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over. and best and heartache is a following it trumps visit for us in tokyo hiaasen good to see you we just heard the trump say there the era of strategic patience with north korea is over how is that rhetoric being received there in japan. that rhetoric is not n

not his host prime minister shinzo abi minded very much. the reception was always going to be frosty here in south korea trump has accused all of weakness in the face of the north. yet trump speech to parliament eons confounded his critics. if you want peace you must stand strong at all times the world. at a big banquet the commander in chief had a diplomatic trick up his sleeve. videos of his drowned daughter singing in mandarin a surefire way to please his hosts trump had cause to celebrate as he later claimed president xi would up the sanctions against north korea. ok for more let's bring in rowan tall you're from the j.f.k. institute of berlin's for university good morning erwin as ever i want to write you know talking about the president there in the philippines not bringing up the extradition all killings under the government did america in the former president fail to address some of its core values human rights in the philippines in a way that it could have. you're absolutely right that this was an opportunity to repeat what is alwa

there has loren spoke at a joint news conference with prime minister shinzo abi in japan earlier today and he anticipated the turn of the conversation as follows each mass shooting in the united states the question of gun control and whether more tight gun laws may have prevented this. mental health is your problem here and this was a very based on preliminary reports very deranged individual a lot of problems over a long period of time we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries but this isn't a guns situation i mean we could go into it but it's a little bit soon to go into it but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was it would have been much worse but this is a mental health problem at the highest level. and honey any more information about the gunman's motive. nothing from police so far lauren that we are expecting a briefing shortly there are reports though that the gunman's parents in law were attendees of this church they were not present at yesterday's service

president donald trump passed began has twelve day tour of asia and japan met with prime minister shinzo abi for lunch and also around the gulf the two are expected to hold talks on monday aimed at countering north korea's nuclear threat asia tour the longest in the region by u.s. president in twenty five years will include south korea china vietnam and the philippines we will never you never waiver and never falter and defense of our people our freedom and our great american flag no dictator no regime and no nation should underestimate an. american resolve catalonia is ousted leader karla's pushed him on is calling for united front ahead of next month's regional election and barcelona pro independence perhaps or calling for posters and banners to be plastered across the city to protest against spain's direct role in catalonia and the imprisonment of former ministers on friday a spanish judge issued an international arrest warrant for approached him on who travel to belgium after declaring independence those are the headlines and news continues on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world keep it or

astounded his twelve day asia tour with hamburgers and goal for alongside japan's prime minister shinzo abi it's a relaxed beginning to what is a high stakes and grueling itinerary dominated by summits president trump says talks on north korea and trade will top the agenda on the first leg of the tour he'll be in south korea on tuesday for talks with president mungy in he'll also address the national assembly there the next stop is china where trump will meet president xi jinping and take part in bilateral commercial and cultural events on the tenth u.s. president will attend the asia pacific economic cooperation summit apec for short if they india the following day for talks with president trying day kwan and other vietnamese status on the twelfth president trump will arrive in manila for a gala dinner celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the association of southeast asian nations or say n s a and summit happens the next day when trump will meet philippines president or dre go to teddy and he'll stay an extra day to attend the east asia summit a wider regional gathering that includes th

state visit to japan it was a state banquet held in tokyo hosted by the japanese prime minister shinzo abi as well as the first lady but the visiting president was still talking tough to hit out at japan over trade and promise to push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries just a reminder quick look at where else president trump is heading because this is actually the longest asian tour undertaken by a u.s. president. so we had japan first of all with those talks on north korea and trade top the agenda he moves on to south korea next president moon jay in will be there for talks with him they will address the national assembly as well then the big one china to beijing president xi jinping will meet president trump there will be bilateral commercial cultural events all of those sorts of things then down to denying that the u.s. president will attend the asia pacific economic cooperation summit apec he stays in vietnam as well and heads up two hundred for talks the president trying by quoting and other vietnamese leaders and then. on the twelfth over to manila celebrati