gunman of on a u.n. team in duma or in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for international best the case is to examine the side of the suspected chemical attack eleven days ago. returning to our top story now the talks between don trump and kim jong un ko young tong is an international lawyer and professor at harvard law school he says there's a risk that meeting won't go as planned because of unpredictability unpredictability rather of the two leaders that is certainly a glaring handicap on the u.s. side that there is a lack of expertise but other than the lack of expertise i think that there is a lack of diversion views. since we do not understand north korea objectively and what their hot points may be we need to hear various viewpoints and i'm not too sure that we have gotten a full view of alternatives so that we can be flexible given the unpredictability of. president kim and as well as president trump i think that there is a risk of going of course but i think they

on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for international investigators to examine the side of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago. in a surprise move turkish present the one has announced they'll be early presidential and parliamentary elections on june the twenty fourth the vote was supposed to happen in november next year constitutional changes were passed last year in a referendum allowing turkey to switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one friday how quarter manages the turkey project at chatham house think tank in the u.k. he says public perception of the decision could decide the outcome of the election this is the first time that the ruling party since assuming power in two thousand and two if it's the first time that they have gone for voluntarily and actively for an early election usually they they prefer they were against any early elections as a sign of weakness so given the worsening state of the turkish eco

if the security team the u.n. security team decides that the situation is sound in duma then a fact finding mission will begin its work in duma on wednesday the decision for the arrival of the fact finding mission is the decision of the u.n. and the old p.c. w alone. has war from beirut. now the russian government and the syrian government have been criticized for what they called preventing the team from entering western nation said that the team was not given access now the team arrived in the syrian capital damascus on saturday both the russian and syrian government cited security concerns and that's why there has been a delay now the o.p.c. w.'s mission is to determine whether or not a chemical weapons attack actually happened its mandate does not a portion any blame the united states and other western countries like france for example believe that the proof or the evidence could have been tampered with because when this alleged chemical weapons attack happened the opposition was in control of they then surrend

team. and then we heard from the syrian u.n. envoy. clarifying that the team that is in a u.n. security team and not the chemical weapons inspectors and japanese saying that the fact finding mission could start their mission on wednesday if it is safe so it is still not clear we haven't heard from the o.p.c. w. but they really divulged little details about their operational activities nor have we heard from the united nations confirming whether or not their security team actually went in to do more so a lot of ifs really that chemical weapons attack that the. attack happening on the seventh of april so approximately twelve days ago and the team arriving in syria on saturday and the russian government and the syrian government have been blamed for preventing the team from entering an accusation both moscow and damascus has denied now the o.p.c. w.'s mandate will not apportion blame they will determine if a chemical weapons attack actually happened but we're not expecting any retaliatory action because the west already took that action on the basis of the proof that they said they

who said that the team that entered into mo was a u.n. security team which was assessing the situation and paving the way for the o.p.c. mission very mentioning that the o.p.'s team could enter into more on wednesday but he did say if it is safe so it is still not clear it's been approximately twelve days now that alleged chemical weapons attack happening on april the seventh and the o.p.c. w. team arriving into damascus in damascus the syrian capital on saturday that western countries accused russia and syria of delaying their work and preventing them from reaching a reaching do mother they also expressed concern that the evidence has been tampered with because when that alleged chemical weapons attack happened it was under the town was under the control of the rebels and it's now under a new authority now the o.p.c. w. was supposed to enter do soil samples other samples talk to eyewitnesses there are concerns that eyewitnesses could be intimidated by the new authority on the ground but at the end of the day the o.p.c. w.'s findings is no

u.n. security team decides that the situation is sound and the fact finding mission will begin its work on wednesday on syria's u.n. envoy confirms chemical weapons inspectors are expected to when to do more in the coming hours. former u.s. first lady who said she looked like everybody's grandmother has died barbara bush was ninety two. big developments on north korea first we're getting reports out of south korea of a peace treaty in the making this comes on top of us media reports that secretary of state nominee mike pompei o has met north korea's leader kim jong il and in the capital pyongyang the washington post says the former cia director went there is the u.s. president's envoy easter weekend it was there reportedly to prepare for a possible meeting between donald trump and kim expected in may or june and south korean media is reporting that the presidential office is considering a peace treaty with the north our diplomatic go to james bays has more from pyongyang in north korea. this is an extremely high levels is it this is the highest level serving u.s. official to visit young ya

u.n. security team decides that the situation is sound and the fact finding mission could begin its work on wednesday syria's u.n. envoy confirms chemical weapons inspectors are expected to enter the duma in the coming hours plus. political solution to this war is indeed available a new u.n. mediator on yemen offers hope of ending the three year old conflict which has claimed over ten thousand lives. we need a scientist infected with malaria a child who is now leading the fight against the disease. let's begin this news hour with news out of the korean peninsula it's been confirmed that the u.s. secretary of state nominee mike. has met north korean leader kim jong un in north korea's capital pyongyang senior u.s. officials said the former cia director went there as the u.s. president's envoy over the weekend it was there to prepare for a possible meeting between trump and kim expected in may or june north korea has also began has been on high has been high rather on the agenda in talks between japan's prime minister and the u.s. president in the u.s. . this here is diplomatic editor james b

government have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the side of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w says it's now unclear when the team will be able to enter duma arrived in damascus on saturday will determine if a chemical attack happened but want to sign blame so hold on has more from beirut. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons confirming what a u.n. official told us earlier and that is the u.n. security team that entered tomb on tuesday came under small arms fire the o.p.c. w. also confirming that during their visit to one of the sites an explosive device was detonated now there were no injuries but the security team left the duma and right now the o.p.c. w. does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do more the site says that alleged chemical weapons attack will be c.w. saying any deplo

gunmen have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will be able to and to do money qatar has signed a two and a half billion dollar deal with the u.s. for air defense technology military spending is at record levels during kottaras ongoing gulf standoff with saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and back rain those are the headlines the news continues here on all of his era after inside story button.

u.n. security team is at the site and will independently decide on access for the team investigators will look into an apparent chemical attack on a from the seventh but won't sign blame syria state media reported the weapons experts had entered the former rebel enclave santa has more from beirut. we have reached out to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to find out whether or not their team is going to head to duma later today or not so far there has been no response there has really been a lot of confusion about the movements of the opi c.w. inspectors the organization has been tight lipped providing very few details about this operational activities but late on tuesday syrian state television as well as the russian foreign ministry confirming that the o p c w team is in duma a few hours later the u.s. state department said that this is a false report but then a few hours after that the syria's u.n. envoy bashar al shakuri clarifying that there was a u.n. security team that entered duma and that they were assessing the security and preparing for the team for the ch

waiting for approval to enter the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria on tuesday u.n. team came under fire in the area they were checking it safe to investigate the scene of the attack. within forty people were killed in the town of duma almost two weeks ago cuba's parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family in nearly sixty years miguel beers kewell succeed outgoing leader roll castro out as there is latin america tennessean human reports from havana. tall serious efficient and above all discreet rising up the communist party's ranks from the bottom fifty seven year old. is making history he's done it in part by never ever having tried to outshine or question fidel or raul castro as others once earmarked as their successes learned the hard way and i think he also feels it's true. that he actually genuinely believes her cuban revolution. as the communist party secretary of his home province of viet lauder the earned a reputation for being open minded. the maine coon here is a hangout for young people including gays lesbians transsexual

for approval to go into the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria on chewstick the u.n. team came under fire in the area they were checking if it staged to investigate the scene of the attack more than forty people were killed near the town of duma almost two weeks ago where the track is next and i am keeping up the pressure france's grip by another strike has unions fight against labor reforms and we'll explore persistent urban inequality in nigeria's capital where pockets of poverty sit next to rich residential district street stimulus. welcome back across southern and eastern china weather conditions split across more western areas we got this area of rain some quite heavy rain as well further towards the east fine away from shanghai down towards hong kong and fine across much of indo china a few showers around but nothing particularly heavy expected to move through into suffering see the area of rain continues to develop a feller thinks there is some heavier bursts of rain and likely but other side of it should be largely dry and fine so let's head across into south asia

u.n. team and they were the ones that repelled this this alleged attack well this is what moscow is saying and after all the it was the syrian soldier who got injured apparently in that attack but i just want to bring up something else here and point out that previously washington and london were pointing the finger at russia and their allies syria for what they called trying to hide facts and also hamper the mission of the chemical watchdog in syria the syrian regime has reportedly been attempting to conceal the evidence by searching the factories from duma to ensure samples are not being smuggled from this area under a wider operation to conceal the facts of the attack is underway supported by the russians i think we've seen that the russian government and the syrian government their whole goal in this is to try to cover up their goal is to try to deflect attention so if they could put this back on us they would certainly like to do it so on the other hand of course it's not up to the u.n. an

u.n. security team is at the site and will independently decide on access for the team investigators will look into an apparent chemical attack on april seventh but won't assign blame syria state media earlier reported the weapons experts had entered the former rebel enclave when you know the kind of the mission more i mean today the u.n. security team and to duma around three pm in order to assess the security situation on the ground if the security team to you and security team decides to the situation is sound in duma then a fact finding mission will begin its work in duma on wednesday the decision for the arrival of the fact finding mission is the decision of the u.n. and the o.p.c. w. alone. and the russian military says it's found a chemical weapons stockpile in duma that belongs to the rebels a russian state media outlet released this video describing the items as chlorine and components for making mustard gas russia's previously published information on syria that turned out to be fake moscow has repeatedly accused rebels of chemical attacks then what it is in beirut. the organiza

u.n. security team that entered tomb on tuesday came under small arms fire the o.p.c. w. also confirming that during their visit to one of the sites an explosive device was detonated now there were no injuries but the security team left duma and right now the o.p.c. w. does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do my the site of that alleged chemical weapons attack the o.p.c. w. saying any deployment will have to follow

government of open fire in a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdraw they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will enter duma turkey will have presidential and parliamentary elections much earlier on june the twenty fourth initially the vote was scheduled for november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency carter is signed a two and a half billion dollars deal with the u.s. for defense technology military spending is at record levels during carter's ongoing gulf standoff with saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and. last year finalize arms deals worth at least twenty billion dollars thousands of demonstrators have swarmed armenia's camp so the out of for a sixth day of anti-government protests dozens of people have been arrested have been rallies throughout against the election of surge started to see this prime

u.n. security team and the old p.c. w. team whether the russians and the syrians are genuinely helping them out on the ground and if the answer is yes that might put the brits and the americans in an awkward situation here. reports of the alleged incident emerged on april the seventh meanwhile more questions have been raised now over this footage filmed by the white helmets rescue group in a local hospital of the video apparently shows the aftermath of the chemical attack . since the shallow water arabic visited that very same hospital in doom where they spoke with doctors and residents at the same they told us what happened on the seventh of april planning they saw no. toxic agents used the. people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were used against those people our medical staff would have also been affected. people poured water heads were getting that we had been attacked with chemical weapons and somebody from outside shouting about a chemica

november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency gunmen have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will be able to enter duma. qatar has signed a two and a half billion dollar deal with the us for air defense technology military spending is at record levels during qatar's on going gulf standoff with saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and back rain last year it finalized arms deals worth at least twenty billion dollars thousands of demonstrators have swarmed armenia's capital yet a van for six day for anti-government protests and dozens of people have been arrested that have been rallies throughout armenia against the election of as prime minister those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world life and. criminal really loud and off the out of the. wide open up a little. the voice of

u.n. security team and the old p.c. w. team whether the russians and the syrians are genuinely helping them out on the ground and if the answer is yes that might put the brits and the americans in an awkward situation here indeed so many angles this isn't there hopefully that the ability perhaps by the end of the week can shed some more light on what exactly happened in do more the seventh of april lot easier to. live with us here today. reports of a alleged incident emerged on april the seventh meanwhile more questions have now been raised over this footage filmed by the helmet's rescue group at a local hospital if you to purport to show the aftermath of the chemical attack however our sister channel r.t. arabic visited that very hospital in dubai they spoke with doctors and local residents as well they described what happened on the seventh of april claiming they saw no toxic asian excuse their. people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were use

year old the old castro will stay on as head of the communist party gunmen have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will enter duma turkey will have presidential and parliamentary elections much earlier on june the twenty fourth initially the vote was scheduled for november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency. orders signed a two and a half billion dollars deal with the u.s. for air defense technology military spending is that record levels during causes ongoing gulf standoff saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and behind rain thousands of demonstrators have swarmed armenia's capital for a sixth day of anti-government protests. there have been rallies throughout tom you know against. being elected prime minister following two terms this president. has a select us president donald trump has said he will slap new te

u.n. security team decides that the situation is sound and the fact finding mission didn't begin its work on wednesday syria's u.n. envoy confirms chemical weapons inspectors are expected to enter duma on widens day . tens of thousands continue to protest in armenia opposed to the former president becoming prime minister to stay in power. and a mother and wife to two u.s. presidents barbara bush has died at the age of ninety two. so we begin this news hour with the news out of the korean peninsula it's been confirmed that u.s. . secretary of state nominee mike pump aoe has met a north korean leader kim jong un in north korea's capital pyongyang a senior u.s. official said the former cia director went there as the u.s. president's envoy over the weekend he was there to prepare for a possible meeting between trump and kim expected in may or june in north korea has also been high on the agenda in talks between japan's prime minister shinzo abi and trump in the u.s. diplomatic editor james bays is joining us now on the phone from north korea's capital pyongyang so not just top level talks jame

nations security team has visited the syrian town of duma with the aim of preparing the ground for the long awaited. chemical weapons probe that is planned for wednesday. you know if the u.n. security team decides that the situation is safe in duma then the fact finding mission will begin its will. of the experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack on the area on april seventh however the u.s. britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe before launching air raids against syria in the early hours of saturday a u.s. state department spokesperson had the now it said washington's decision not to wait was justified in the o.p.c. view is something that we've back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. of you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tide social media sources that it funds people saying stuf

u.n. security team until tomorrow at around three pm damascus time of eight am new york time to assess the security situation on the ground if the u.n. security team decides that the situation is safe in duma and the fact finding mission will begin its work there tomorrow well the u.n. session was convened by russia to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in syria during those talks the russian and u.s. ambassadors accused each other of destabilizing the country and preventing a peace etal meant was close representative for selena benz here warned against trying to resolve the conflict through military action. we knew there is no military solution to the syrian conflict we call upon the us to stop all aggressive moves and threats of force against this over in syrian states which are in violation of international law there in the piece in syria further away tensions escalated between russia and the u.s. at today's security council meeting now russia called for the security council meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in iraq a city that was up until recently isis territory but now un

u.n. security council's arrived in bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand refugees who fled from neighboring myanmar teams also due to visit behind state where the u.n. say ethnic cleansing has been carried out. on fighters in northern mali have killed at least forty people belonging to the ethnic community the attack took place on friday and saturday in the region on the border with need regional governor says al qaeda linked gunmen targeted most. young men in the remote desert villages of our cause and and that i can tolerate rebels and al-qaeda linked groups have been fighting for six years both seeking to control northern mali torode rebels known as the movement for the liberation of our declared independence in april twenty eighth that was just after president amadou toumani toure they was pushed out in a coup but three months later they lost ground to the al qaeda linked group called on saddam deem it impose sharia law and publicly destroyed many muslim shrines in early twenty thirteen france stepped in and helped mali and forces take back the region two years later mali's government settled on a pe

douma to inspect the suspected chemical weapons attacs admission walayed on tuesday when an advance u.n. teams it came under small arms fire. the u.s. defense secretary suggested the syrian regime may have brought about the delay on purpose to temper with -- tamper with evidence. there have been clashes between police and demonrators in paris during the latest wave of strikes against president macron's economic and labor reforms. police used tear gas to disperse marchers in the south of t but a call by the left-wing cgt lion for united day of action seems to have begely ignored. the u.s. federal aviation administration has ordered inspections on 220 jet engines involvedhe same model in a airlines flight that shattered window, killing a passenger. investigators say a broken fan blade was the possible cause. it was the first deadly accident on a u.s. commercial airline in nine years. a minnesota prosecutor says there is not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against anyone over the death of the musician prince. the singer died two years ago from an opioidverdose at his paisley park compl

november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency government have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will be able to enter the duma qatar has signed a two and a half billion dollar deal with the u.s. for air defense technology military spending is that record levels during qatar's ongoing gulf standoff with saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and back rain those are the headlines the news continues here on our dizzier after inside story bottomed out. the united arab emirates is ending a military training program in somalia and closing a big hospital there this comes in the wake of a growing dispute between the two countries but why the u.a.e. and other regional nations interested in somalia this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dubey somalia has been in conflict for much of the last twenty five y

bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand hindu refugees who fled neighboring myanmar the u.n. team is visiting camps in the coastal town of cox's bazar they'll talk to re-injure refugees including those who say they were raped and tortured by the media and more military they also travel to refind state in myanmar where much of the violence happened the u.n. has called the military crackdown against the regime ethnic cleansing. the australian government has announced almost four hundred million dollars to help save the great barrier reef large parts of the reef been dying off due to climate change and coastal pollution the new money will go towards improving water quality and killing destructive starfish conservation groups say the government is ignoring the biggest threat to global warming those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. on counting the cost why iran's nuclear deal and other powerful factors are at play in a new game of the oil it could mean people prices at the pump. and into korean summit so what would a story in relations mean for

u.n. security team until tomorrow at around three pm to moscow's time eight am new york time to assess the security situation on the ground if the u.n. security team decides that the situation is safe in douma and the fact finding mission will begin its work there tomorrow. well the u.n. session was convened by russia to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in syria during those talks the russian and u.s. ambassadors accused each other of destabilizing the country and preventing a peace settlement representative assuming it ends you warned against trying to resolve the conflict through military action samir khan has the details tensions escalated between russia and the u.s. at today's security council meeting now russia called for the security council meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in iraq a city that was up until recently isis territory but now under of full control of the u.s. and a refugee camp on the syria jordan border but instead the focus then shifted to recent events as in the coalition airstrikes last week which the russian ambassador condemned then demanded that west

bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand range refugees who fled neighboring me anymore the u.n. team is visiting camps in the coastal town of cox's bazaar they'll talk to re-injure refugees including those who say they were raped and tortured by the military who also travel to a high end state in myanmar where much of the violence happened the u.n. has called the military crackdown against ethnic cleansing. thousands of people have also escaped from the animals northern most state where there's been more fighting between government forces and catching rebels aid agencies say they fear for civilians trapped in the area without access to food or medicine as mary and a hundred pours the surge in violence is part of a conflict in catchin state that goes back almost sixty years. these are fighters for the kitchen and dependence on me filmed just last month patrolling the on klav in the remote northernmost region of me and and just within sight of government forces. and i am one too as long as the burmese keep coming at us we have to keep fighting just as the two weeks later these fighters

bangladesh to meet some of the seven hundred thousand or hindu refugees who fled neighboring myanmar the u.n. teamis visiting camps in the coastal town of cox's bazar they'll talk to re-injure refugees including those who say they were raped and tortured by the media and more military they also travel to refind state in myanmar where much of the violence happened the u.n. has called the military crackdown against the regime ethnic cleansing. the australian government has announced almost four hundred million dollars to help save the great barrier reef large parts of the reef been dying off due to climate change and coastal pollution the new money will go towards improving water quality and killing destructive starfish conservation groups say the government is ignoring the biggest threat to global warming those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. on counting the cost why iran's nuclear deal and other powerful factors are at play in a new game of the world it could mean steeper prices at the pump. and into korean summit what would a saw in relations mean for the

u.n. security team that entered to montreux they came under small arms fire c.w. also confirming that during their visit to one of the sites an explosive device was detonated now there were no injuries but the security team left and right now the o.p.c. w. does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do more of the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack there will be c.w. saying any deployment will have to follow a security clearance from the united nations so it really raises a lot of question about. the fate of of this mission now neither the u.n. nor the o.p.c. w. blamed any particular side for that shooting incident but is under the control of the russian military as well as the syrian government both both of them confirming a few days ago that they quote fully liberated the area from terrorists now both moscow and to mask this have been accused by western powers of trying to prevent the inspectors from reaching the site and to delay and hamper their work accusations that both both moscow and damascus have denied but there reall

as a high level u.n. team visits refugee camps. and saving a natural one to australia almost four. one hundred million dollars to help revive the great barrier reef. a lot of the new u.s. secretary of state might pump a zero has been talking tough on iran during his visit to saudi arabia the kingdom is the first stop of his three day trip to the region he's held talks with king sandman and crown prince mohamed bin sandman pompei o is looking for concerted international action to punish iran for its missile program that nuclear deal has failed to moderate the regime's conduct in many other areas i highlighted a few in fact read as only behaved worse since the deal was approved in yemen iran continues to support the violent cutely who the rebels by providing military equipment funding and training this is in violation of the un security council resolutions the who these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people while we will continue to assist saudi arabia with this defense the us and support it

waiting for approval to enter the side of a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria on tuesday a u.n. team came under fire in the area they were checking if it saved to investigate the scene of the attack more than forty people were killed near the town of duma almost two weeks ago palestinians in israel are rallying to mark the seventieth anniversary of what they call the nakba or the catastrophe mark maybe fifty marks the start of the palestinian exodus that led to the first arab israeli war in one nine hundred forty eight the establishment of the state of israel hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced from their homeland. queen elizabeth the commonwealth heads of state to appoint her son prince charles as the next leader of the association of british colonies she made the appeal of the formal opening of the commonwealth heads of government meeting at buckingham palace and leaders from the fifty three member states representing one third of the world's population are attending the queen has been head of the commonwealth since nineteen fifty two. days where the headlines here wi

but campaign a u.n. team visited the city earlier this week for the first time since it was freed it estimates that two thirds of homes are destroyed while most residents still have no access to clean mortar city leaders say still riddled with unexploded devices i saw made rocket the de facto capital of its self declared caliphate and it captured the city in twenty fourteen. that donald trump is only dead u.s. national guard troops to go to the mexican border declaring that illegal migration has reached a point of crisis the president wants him to boost patrols along his long promised big new border before it can be built to. the border came after days of agitated tweets from president trump expressing alarm at so-called caravans of migrants moving through mexico toward the u.s. the president has directed the national guard personnel be deployed to the southern border the department of defense as you know has long supported the efforts of v.h.s. to protect our nation's borders the guardsmen who are often used

bank to military campaign now a u.n. team visited the city earlier this week for the first time since it was freed testament's two thirds of homes are destroyed while most residents still have no access to clean water but city leaders say it's still riddled with unexploded devices made reika the defacto capital of itself declared caliphate when it captured the city in twenty fourteen ministers from egypt sudan and ethiopia holding talks on who controls the world's longest river egypt which depends on the nile for water is worried about a day being built upstream by ethiopia smith explains. in the northeast of africa the waters of the nile irrigate crops that feed millions of people the white nile flows from uganda through south sudan and into sudan and the blue nile from ethiopia into saddam and in the capital khartoum they converge on the world's longest river heads to egypt and not far from the border with sudan ethiopia is building what will be the largest down in africa a one thousand six hundred eighty square kilometer a

for november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency a gunman opened fire in a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the side of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago. signed a two and a half billion dollar deal with the u.s. for air defense technology military spending is at record levels during causes ongoing gulf standoff with saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and bahrain last year finalized major arms deals worth at least twenty billion dollars thousands of demonstrators have swarmed armenia's capital of yet a van for a sixth day of anti-government protests dozens of people have been arrested have been rallies throughout armenia against the election. as prime minister as the headlines the news continues here in our after the story stay with us. getting to the heart of the matter if. people calls you today and says that's how would you accept realities what do you think reunification would look like there are people peace for unification is the only option for prosperity you. hear thei

backed military campaign a u.n. team went to the city earlier this week for the first time since it was freed and it reckons that two thirds of homes are destroyed while most residents still have no access to clean water city leaders say it's still riddled with unexploded devices i saw made rack of the de facto capital of itself declared caliphates when it captured the city in twenty fourteen. now a growing trade dispute between the u.s. and china has left global markets reeling the volatile round of trading followed beijing's latest move in a series of tit for tat missions which are pushing the world's two biggest economies to the brink of a trade war gabriel elizondo reports from new york thanks. to the opening bell and another sharp drop in stocks on wall street caused mostly by worries that these are opening salvos of a trade war between the u.s. and china on wednesday china announced tariffs of up to twenty five percent on u.s. goods ranging from soybeans cars and chemicals it was in retaliation for president donald

does he strike tonight before the team gets there or does he wait until after the u.n. team has finished its work. sending many a missile streak when a team is there could be problematic. with the previous big chemical attack last april, there was little question if they were used. the president didn't wait long to respond. two days elapsed between the attack and the president ordering the strike. a lot of criticism being levelled at the president. people complaining he shouldn't be issues threat of military strikes, ones that could be real as opposed to the theoretical ones that he's issued in the past. he shouldn't be doing that on twitter. other people saying the president doesn't appear to have a comprehensive strategy for syria. just responding to chemical weapons attacks with missile strikes. see what leon panetta said this morning. >> we want to use that to get to an objective. that was the mistake last year. we hit them. there was no follow up. the result is we have the same situation now. if we hit them militarily now without any kind of strategy, what will happen i

waiting for approval to enter the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria and choose day u.n. team come under fire came under fire in the area they were checking if it's safe to investigate the scene of that attack where than forty people were killed near the town of duma almost two weeks ago the world's chemical weapons watchdog has rejected russian claims that traces of a second nerve agent were found in salzburg and that's where the former russian spies surrogates cripple and his daughter poisoned last month biggest arms president of the government after a vote of no confidence in parliament the cabinets performance and twenty seventeen was described as unsatisfactorily the coalition put forward the vote citing poor execution of the state's budget and delay of several projects. president brigitte tiber one has announced early presidential and parliamentary elections in june the vote was supposed to take place in november next year those are the headlines the street is coming up next. getting to the heart of the matter if most. people today says that's how would you except they s

u.n. security team that entered tomb on tuesday came under small arms fire the o.p.c. w. also confirming that during their visit to one of the sites an explosive device was detonated now there were no injuries but the security team left the duma and right now the o.p.c. w. does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do my the site of that alleged chemical weapons attack still b. c w saying any deployment will have to follow a security clearance from the united nations so it really raises a lot of question about the fate of of this mission now neither the u.n. nor the o.p.c. w. blamed any particular side for that shooting incident but tomorrow is under the control of the russian military as well as the syrian government both both of them confirming a few days ago that they quote fully liberated the area from terrorists now both moscow and damascus have been accused by western powers of trying to prevent the inspectors from reaching the site and to delay and hamper their work accusations that both both moscow and damascus have denied but there re