ryan as well as two and a half thousand daily flights had to be counseled on wednesday and thursday staffan spain portugal italy and belgium will participate in the walkout the airlines pilots are demanding more transparent systems for promotions and chance for as well camping crew a calling for better working conditions and salaries. chinese president xi jinping is continuing his tour of africa and talks between him and south africa's president cyril ram opposer in pretoria seem to have been a fruit for china will reportedly in their best fourteen point seven billion dollars in south africa increased imports from africa's most industrialized economy south africa is she's third a stop on the continent after visiting senate gallery and his tour is meant to further strengthen economic ties china's already the continent's largest trading partner with total trade worth one hundred and seventy billion dollars. well china's president xi jinping is not the only leader of a bric economy in africa right now indian prime minister narendra modi is also that looking to deepen trade relations between in

syria is planning talks with iran russia and turkey to finalize a body to draft a new constitution staffan de mistura hopes to have discussions in september the latest round of talks and the war is taking place in the russian city of sochi. military leaders from north and south korea have described the talks and panmunjom as candid and productive the two sides discussed disarming the border and withdrawing troops from the demilitarized zone. and its act in the southern philippines has killed at least eleven people soldiers and civilians are among the casualties after a van exploded in city just across from mindanao island. you're now up to date with all the headlines i'll be back with more news here on al-jazeera after return to snow of the n.d.s. . good. while the government may have regulated the growth of coca plants the production of cocaine continues unabated. the task of detecting drug activity relies on believe his own special onto narcotics police force they've got us. thinking a little bit but i'm going to be cutting education will be leaving a photograph they. can be a source of

says iran russia and turkey prioritize drafting a new syrian constitution as part of peace talks staffan de mistura made the comments of the latest round of negotiations are out in the russian city of sochi from where i meet the polls. the talks focused on three main issues the first one to formation of a constitutional committee under the auspices of the u.n. both sides have actually put forward a list of twenty five names each but there is no committee yet what everyone has agreed upon is that the guarantor countries meaning russia turkey any iran will meet in geneva with the early september to talk again about how to form this committee now the big issue overshadowing these talks is the possibility of an offensive in the province that's where a lot of the armed rebels have retreated to and it's also home to three million civilians and now the syrian ambassador do you do u.n. who is heading the delegation here didn't directly tackle the issue but he certainly did underline that his government wants to extend its authority to the entire country was a cutie and when it comes to the sover

syria is planning talks with iran russia and turkey to finalize a body to draft a new constitution staffan de mistura hopes to have the discussions in sept tenth how to addle hamid has more from sochi. meetings behind closed doors continue throughout the first part of the day now according to one source within the opposition a deal on prisoners is about to be reached yesterday there was a session of the working group on that issue that group will meet again today now that is considered a confidence building measure which to guarantor countries meaning russia iran and turkey as well as the un considered necessary to try to find some sort of common ground between the two parties now also according to the u.n. envoy to fund them is to or there will be a focus on the formation of the constitutional committee both the government delegation and the opposition that is here in sochi have put forward a list of twenty five names each now they're waiting for a similar list to rip present civil society once there is an agreement of that then they could be within the coming months talk about amending t