u.s. beijing says it will raise tires on american goods the latest escalation in their trade disputes. are images not war the u.s. secretary of state plays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east mosques and muslim businesses attacked in sri lanka the government banned social media to try and diffuse religious tensions also this hour more legal troubles will ricky leaks founder julian assange on swedish prosecutors reopen a rape case against him and in sports the toronto raptors are into the eastern conference finals for just the 2nd time in front. beating africa from quiet manner deciding their playoff series against the philadelphia 76 ers. thank you for joining us the u.s. china trade war is escalating beijing has just announced that on june 1st it will raise tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of american goods that is in response to the u.s. hiking tires on $200000000000.00 of chinese products on friday u.s. president donald trump is insisting that american consumers will not pay for the rise he says china will be hurt very badly if it doe

u.s. beijing says it will raise taxes on american goods the latest escalation in their trade disputes. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. our aim is not war the u.s. secretary of state pays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east more legal troubles for wiki leaks founder julian assange just swedish prosecutors reopen a rape case against him plus. i requote reporting from enough protein islands in norway or an area rich in biodiversity but also in the course of the big oral culture to. thank you for joining us the u.s. china trade war is escalating beijing has just announced that on june 1st it will raise tax on $60000000000.00 worth of american goods that is in response to the u.s. hiking tires on $200000000000.00 of chinese products on friday u.s. present donald trump is insisting that american consumers will not pay for the rise he says china will be hurt very badly if it doesn't make a trade deal with washington that chinese foreign ministry spokesman said his country would not submit to external pressure but hoped for ev

u.s. president donald trump says tariff increase in beijing's plans to counter the amazing u.s. companies in china that's according to the american chambers of commerce now they found at least 40 percent of their members are considering or have already relocated businesses outside the country china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago in beijing. well the survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members are now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda organs h

u.s. china trade standoff escalates beijing hints at choking off vital rare earth exports to the u.s. . also on the show their boss celebrates its 50th birthday in true middle age fashion contemplating past successes and failures. and spinning in old tradition into a new revenue stream how kenyan farmers are swapping high risk crops for silk production. welcome to you business i'm stephen beard symbol and it's good to have you with us while way officials complain the u.s. president donald trump is applying the full weight of the american state to kill their business despite that the chinese telecoms giant is now appealing to u.s. courts to find in the firm's favor arguing the u.s. ban on its hardware is unconstitutional meanwhile the trade dispute between the 2 nations continues to simmer with beijing now threatening to restrict key mineral exports to the u.s. . for huawei the case is clear politicians in the u.s. i use in their skins off an entire nation will come off a private company they are using every it tour they have including legislative and administrative and diplomatic to chi

u.s. trade blows beijing has swung back at the latest u.s. tariffs by imposing penalties on $60000000000.00 worth of american products the masses will kick in next month trade talks between washington and beijing ended last week without a compromise on friday the u.s. hikes levies on $200000000000.00 for the chinese imports from 10 to 25 percent or same penalties will be raised on all remaining chinese products worth another $300000000000.00 u.s. dollars beijing rejects washington's climate failed to stick to trade commitments and china had already imposed $110000000000.00 in tariffs on the us imports far less american products than the u.s. to chinese but it is now stopping there is no more than $5000.00 additional goods range of coffee beef and beer to t.v.'s president tom says the beijing should reach a trade agreement with the white house. i say openly to president xi and all of my many friends in china the china will be hurt very badly if you don't make a deal because companies will be forced to leave china for other countries too expensi

u.s. beijing has said it is prepared to retaliate talks are scheduled to resume on friday morning in washington fear.

beijing. well this survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members and now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda organs here in china have been ramping up their message state controlled t.v. continues to show pictures of president xi jinping touring the south east of the country following in the footsteps of those who took part in the long march that was led by chairman mao the longmont. but of course both the communists to power 70 years ago this year and a lot of people analysts

u.s. china trade route as beijing an ounce retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods in response to washington doubling its telling. come to do business africa monica jones and berlin good to have you with us and we are starting in same barber which has throttled its energy output in a bid to conserve a dwindling supply of electricity the state power utility has introduced rolling power cuts that will last up to 8 hours a day those outages are more than just inconvenient they could cripple key industries especially mining which accounts for more than 3 quarters of zimbabwe's export with a country already in a deep economic crisis public anger at the government is growing now that crisis has seen shortages of u.s. dollars fuel food and medicines as well a soaring inflation that is eroding earnings and savings to ease some of the pain were citizens and are helping themselves to the assets of former president robert mugabe some barbarians flocked to former president robert mugabe's farm after learning that his belongings were up for sale the auction was organized t

u.s. trade blows beijing has swung back at only this u.s. tariffs by imposing penalties on $60000000000.00 of american products the measures will kick in already next month trade talks between washington and beijing and then last week without a compromise on friday the u.s. heights levies on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports from 10 to 25 percent it added it's also raising penalties on all remaining chinese products beijing rejects america's claims that it didn't stick to earlier trade commitments president trump had warned that if china will be hit if there's no trade deal. i say openly to president xi and all of my many friends in china the china will be hurt very badly if you don't make a deal because companies will be forced to leave china for other countries too expensive to buy in china you had a great deal almost completed and you backed out. live now to international and independent china specialist and along beijing's foreign minister warns the u.s. pressure will only make things worse is he right. well i mean let's go back a

beijing. well this survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members are now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda organs here in china have been ramping up their message state controlled t.v. continues to show pictures of president xi jinping touring the south east of the country following in the footsteps of those who took part in the long march that was led by. chairman mao the long march to of course both the communist to power 70 years ago this year and a lot of people analysts

u.s. china trade route enters a new chapter beijing has just announced it will impose tariffs on $60000000000.00 of u.s. goods from the 1st of june this comes just 3 days after washington doubled to duties on a raft of chinese exports and while the economic saber rattling continues u.s. consume us stands to foot the bill. fish textiles in footwear if they're made in china they're about to get a lot more expensive for u.s. consumers. that's after the u.s. hike duties on those goods to 25 percent more terrorist might be coming according to u.s. trade representatives president donald trump took to twitter to share his people that china would foot the bill for the new terrorists saying we will be taking in billions of dollars in terrorists from china. and of and house but speaking on us t.v. one of trump's chief economic advisors was forced to admit that u.s. citizens were going to be splitting the bill with beijing in fact both sides will pay both sides will pay and these things and of course it would then set a tariff on goods coming into the country the chinese aren't paying no but the chinese wi

u.s. in 2018 now beijing retaliated by imposing tariffs on 110 $1000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods entering china and that's almost as much as all the u.s. exports to china in 2018 hours washington keeps up the pressure threatening to raise more tariffs on chinese goods beijing has responded by threatening to stop supplies of rare earth metals crucial for many high take items now meanwhile on the u.s. doorstep president on a trump as that he will levy a 5 percent tariff to all goods coming in from mexico unless mexico curbs migration across the u.s. southern border the tariff could rise to 25 percent in october but trump wants mexican authorities to do want to combat illegal entries to the u. s. mexico's president manuel lopez obrador says he will respond with quote great prudence to trounce latest threat and that he also won't stop his country ratifying the united states mexico canada agreement. now lots to talk about with clifford conan from business and also early bods who joins us from the front with stock exchange. hello to both of you i'd like to start with you cliff th

u.s. trade blows beijing has swung back at the latest u.s. tariffs by imposing penalties on $60000000000.00 worth of american products the measures are set to kick in next month trade talks in washington and beijing ended last week without compromise on friday the u.s. hiked the levies on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports raising them from 10 percent to 25 percent or same penalties will be raised on all remaining chinese products beijing rejects washington's claim that it failed to stick to its trade commitments president trump had warned china would be hit further if it retaliated i say openly to president xi and all of my many friends in china the china will be hurt very badly if you don't make a deal because companies will be forced to leave china for other countries too expensive to buy in china you had a great deal almost complete it and you backed out. ok let's bring in a guest now steve keen is an honorary professor of economics at university college london very good evening steve my basic understanding of this is that the u.s.

u.s. have agreed to hold more trade talks in beijing. the u.s. saying that at least 65 migrants have drowned while trying to reach europe from libya after that boat capsized in the mediterranean the boat sank only on friday after in countering strong waves off the tunisian coast near the town of the facts another 16 people rescued by the tunisian navy it's the deadliest sinking since january. meanwhile italian authorities have seized a charity boat which rescued 30 refugees and migrants off the libyan coast the ship was a school today into the port of lampedusa by police after picking up the migrants from a sinking. italy says the boat was seized for aiding and abetting human trafficking . the u.s. has imposed sanctions on 2 shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela the us treasury department says the restrictions are in direct response to the arrest of an opposition member the vice president of venezuela's national assembly ed garza has been put in a military prison on treason charges is accused of supporting an alleged coup attempt by

u.s. beijing says it will raise tires on american goods the latest escalation in their trade disputes. for him is not war the u.s. secretary of state plays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east mosques and muslim businesses attacked in sri lanka the government.

u.s. then singled out beijing in july 2018 hitting $50 billion of chinese goods. that's mostly high-tech goods and then it goes on, china retaliated with tariffs on 50 billion u.s. goods, mainly ag products which have big markets in china, and cemeseptember, $200 billion in chinese goods including consumer goods like luggage, handbags and hats. now, beijing then hit $60 billion-u.s. exports in response. tit for tat. that 200 billion in september, that was originally taxed only at 10%. the administration today bumped that up to 25%. a big difference. remember, it's u.s. importers, not china who pay those tariffs, and experts warn this could have an economic hit. it will disrupt especially smaller american companies costing the u.s. more than 900,000 jobs. it could mean higher prices for consumers, raising expenses for the average family of four by $767 a year because the higher prices for the goods they're buying and putting in their shopping cart. this trade war is not over. president trump is threatening to tax nearly all chinese imports, all of them. where do we

u.s. president donald trump's latest terrorist increase on beijing's plans to counter its. u.s. companies in china that's according to the american chamber of commerce its fund at least 40 percent of its members are considering or have already relocated businesses outside the country china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago adrian brown from beijing. well the survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members are now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda or

u.s. in 2018 now beijing retaliated by imposing tariffs on $110000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods entering china and that's almost as much as all the u.s. exports to china in 2018 hours washington.

u.s. chinese trade will recess collating beijing has suggested it might limit textbooks of rare earths to the u.s. in danger in the tech and defense industries that the u.s. defense department told congress on wednesday that it was already trying to reduce its reliance on the minerals from china the world's largest producer of rare earths . and let's go now to our financial correspondent in new york jose luis de haro who's the markets today actually reacted to this threat from beijing about rare earths why is that well if china goes ahead and restricts exports of rare earth materials to the u.s. several sectors such as tech and industrial ones could feel the impact sensor rare earth as are used in many markets in electronics found in a range of products any restriction good enough rising in good calls for many companies but that said in the past chinese limits of these materials did not up pen the u.s. so rare are the prizes by most recently in 2011 for example after china reduce export quarters but since then companies such as are already investing in technology to recover and recycle the

u.s. then singled out beijing, slapping tariffs on $50 billion of high-tech chinese exports. china hit back with tariffs on $50 billion in u.s. goods, mostly ag products, devastating american soybean farmers, but the biggest round came in september, consumer goods like luggage, handbags, and hats. beijing hit back with 60 billion of its own. that was in response, another retaliation. that 200 billion in september, that was originally taxed at 10%. today at midnight, it's now 25%. now, remember, it's u.s. importers, not china that pay these tariffs. and experts warn there could be an economic hit here. it will disrupt smaller american companies in particular. one analysis finds it could cost the u.s. about 900,000 jobs and raise prices for the average family of four by $767 per year, and this trade war, this trade war is not over. you know, president trump is threatening to tax nearly all chinese imports and he also has until may 18th to decide whether to impose global imports on tariffs which will likely make cars more expensive. so what do global markets think about this, eur

u.s. president donald trump's latest tariff increase and beijing's plans to counter them are hitting u.s. companies in china that's according to the american chamber of commerce it found at least 40 percent of its members are considering relocating businesses outside the country or have already done so china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago with no deal edging brown has more from beijing. well the survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members and now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in ch

beijing. well the survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involved some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing facilities out of china a 3rd of those members are now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda organs here in china have been ramping up their message state controlled t.v. continues to show pictures of president xi jinping touring the south east of the country following in the footsteps of those who took part in the long march that was led by chairman mao the long march that of course the communists to power 70 years ago this year and a lot of people analysts ar

u.s. relations adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. an already as an international economist a lancaster university in the u.k. he says he's not expecting a breakthrough as the u.s. china talks are set to continue. i'm not sure these are crunch talks i'm not sure in other words of a true negotiating teams are sitting in a room today in washington could do much person in a sense kelly to this situation to a level where i think there must be a frank and wide ranging conversation between the two presidents are to break the scene passive because of the two negotiators then they always have to report back to them and then all of this other than can come up with a tweet of it completely changes the strategy so crunch talks today possibly possibly not our course we don't know everything that they will be able to see or are much of the team committed to on both sides while but the other there are two issues to think about of the long term as you mention and the immediate effect that the fact that the markets have not moved or are not moving muc

u.s. president donald trump's latest tariff increase in beijing's plans to counter them hissing u.s. companies in china according to the american chamber of commerce it's found at least 40 percent of its members are considering or have already relocated businesses outside the country china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago. the u.n. security council has been warned that libya is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the u.n. special envoy to libya briefed members in new york amazed as follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord honey for half top diplomats to go to james bays reports not from the u.n. . the u.n. special representative gas and salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emi

u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe said the c.e.o. of your way is lying over the company's ties to beijing the u.s. government put huawei on a trade to blacklist last week banning u.s. companies from doing business with it a market reaction has been negative for us hopes of a successful resumption of trade talks between the world's top 2 economies decline . you are way hasn't been out of the headlines very often recently but this week found itself at the very center of the ongoing trade conflict between the u.s. and china several u.s. firms including google restricted access to while away in order to comply with the u.s. barring order foreign companies such as japan's panasonic are considering doing the same u.s. secretary of state mike compare says wow is dishonest about the extent of its ties to beijing that's just false to say that they don't work with the chinese government is a false it's just the way c.e.o. and that at least isn't telling american people the truth nor the world several chinese government spokespeople spoke out against the u.s. moves. don't know what i'll do you know

u.s. and beijing have raised tariffs on each other's imports.ow, the president is ready to impose another round on an additional $300 billion worth of chinese goods which could have a big impact on consumers. >> we are th pick anymore. >>ethoisracing po surise ne for their new lunar program. they chose the name artemis because the greek goddess is the twin sister of apollo. the agency plans to land the first woman on the moon within 5 years. >> thank you elizabeth. coming up next, taking their rage out on a tesla. why the cars owner may be the one who gets the last laugh. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. >> if you're going to be a jerk and key someone's car make sure it is not a tesla because it is probably smarter than you are. >> 2 unsuspected vandals were caught key a model 3 in sacrament

u.s. president donald trump's latest tariff increase in beijing's plans to counter them are hitting u.s. companies in china that's according to the american chamber of commerce at down at least 40 percent of its members are considering relocating businesses outside the country or have already done so ambassadors to the a master to the u.s. rather says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago with a new deal. once baby is holding a live fire exercise off the east of the island area has been increasingly threatened by chinese ships and planes wednesday's drills are part of the annual exercise that simulates an attack by china. argentina's former president cristina fernandez de kirchner has appeared in court at the start of what is expected to be a yearlong corruption trial proceedings began just days after she announced she was going to run for vice president later this year. she was argentina's precedent for 18 years from 2007 to 2015. 4 years later cristina fernandez that continues to be one of the most important politicians in the country. now she's on t

u.s. from beijing not to underestimate china in this trade war so what's pushed china to make this warning now. well basically it is a message to the u.s. president donald trump that to complain at this being really tough game and while the note in an official newspaper did not indicate that china is getting ready to issue its own tariffs on u.s. products that would be intended for the chinese market pretty much every economist who is watching the situation says that would be a likely step for the chinese government to do so really to send a message that it is not there to simply give washington everything it wants in this negotiation over a new trade agreement certainly this is the kind of situation where as we heard from larry kudlow he is intice a painting that such a retaliatory move would happen but is that going to actually up in the process of negotiating deal that's the real question as i say the white house economic adviser larry kudlow says he expects china to retaliate after trying more than double those tariffs so where are the trade talks now what's what's next. well khaled di

u.s. and beijing have raised tariffs potentially impo another round on an additional $300 billion worth of chinese goods. this would make items americans regularly by like groceries and smart phones as much as 25% more expensive. president trump is defending his tough stance. >> we are the piggy bank everybody likes to take advantage of or bank from. we can't let that happen anymore . >> the continued standoff is hurting farmers. president trump has offered to bail them out with approximately $15 billion of tariff revenue. many economists believe it will take about 90 days to see price increases of stores from the latest round. >>> a deal has been reached to have the president's oldest son testify again in on capito qns inaccord ts ofhe caons with russian officials. lawmakers will have two to four hours to question trump jr. this session will take place in mid-june. >>> crews have been working for hours to frame a man from a collapsed trench. the construction workers stuck in texas. >>> a new lawsuit claims tiger woods for a drunk driver's death. the golf start's message to the man's famil

u.s. while president maintains it was beijing. on twitter, the u.s. is right where it wants to be with respect to the trade talks and is in a position to take massive tariffs from china. a lot of advisors are saying duties are going to hurt both nations and talks will continue. >> want to be as sure as we can be. we do not think the chinese have come far enough. talks will continue and i will say this. the g20 meeting in japan toward the end of june next month, the chances president trump and president xi will get together at that meeting are pretty good. >> i do not think the negotiation has broken down. it is a small setback in talks between the two countries, which is inevitable. we are cautiously optimistic for the future. next guest advises foreign companies on regulatory issues in china. , thank you for joining us in the beijing studio. where is your assessment of where things stand? shouldu.s. thinks china be more forthcoming and to some extent has pulled back. china really wants tariffs to be lifted as a precondition to an agreement. we are at

u.s. and beijing to reach a trade deal and we will look at the health benefits of fasting as more than a billion muslims around the world begin the holy month of ramadan. so if it's on now underway to bring an end to the latest flare up between israel and. egypt and cancer of both working on a cease fire agreement after days of rocket fire from both gaza and israel threaten to push the two sides into an all out war israel's prime minister early early ordered the army to continue quote massive strikes on gaza. i. this footage shows a building collapse in gaza or after an israeli airstrike at least twenty four palestinians have been killed in the violence including two pregnant women and two babies four people killed in israel as well we're going to put it all on the map for. you know how to explain how this has played out six hundred rockets fired from gaza into israel including the border towns of start ashkelon and ashdod israeli warplanes struck some three hundred twenty targets in gaza which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world two million people squeezed into an area that

let's cross live to beijing to speak with charles pellegrino. beh the u.s. and china empty ramping up the rhetoric as another round of high-level talks is starting today. are they trying to reach a deal? has the beijing government given any more details in the argument that they have not backtracked on their p pledges? they were not trying to reach a deal l until now. i do not know what they were doing because sisince donald trp and xi jinpipi tried to o reacha trucuce in decemember, putting a truce between the trarade war between the two countriesesthere have been over 10 rounds of negotiationsns. they havave drafted an agreemen, a 100 50-page agrgreement that covers seven different chapters. -- a a 150-page agrgreementhat covers seven different cpterers. all trump t treated out - -- twd out his threat to increase tariffs on chinese goods on sundnday. it seememed like there werere at of positivee messages before that, coming out o of these tals between beijingngnd washington. doldld trump accuseded china of babacktrackingng on some of thee commitments they m

u.s. and chinese trade officials in beijing the date has yet to be determined so from that sense they're still talking to each other and even donald trump suggested on friday that he could roll back these new tariffs sense implied and so quickly to have them imposed but the question is how soon could that happen and how soon will u.s. and chinese negotiators be meeting once again it doesn't seem as if the process has been torched full whole whole scale but it does mean that this process of trying to get a trade deal between the 2 countries something that seemed almost completed a week ago is now going to take that much longer in order to achieve and this really does come down to whether the negotiators can somehow put aside a lot of the political rhetoric coming not just from washington brunt but from beijing as well and actually work out a deal that can be approved by their raw governments on both sides of the pacific that is the challenge isn't it thank you very much ron and jordan in washington well let's get a view from china now because adrian brown has this report from the capital beijin

u.s. embassy in beijing it's diplomats moved to a vast complex on the other side of the city years ago but this week of all weeks chinese workmen began knocking down the old building a fitting metaphor perhaps for the state of sinaloa u.s. relations adrian brown al-jazeera beijing the chinese for president of interpol has been formally charged and will face trial for corruption intelligent chinese prosecutors accuse a main hallway of abuse of power and taking bribes then he became interpol's chief in twenty sixteen disappeared in september while a visit to china where the french president has paid tribute to two special forces soldiers that were killed during an operation to rescue hostages in bikini first so the usa palace says four hostages were rescued and i'll say a thing glued an american a south korean and two french citizens japan is accusing north korea of violating u.n. resolutions following thursday's missile test the u.s. says multiple ballistic rockets were fired it's the second missile test in under a week the deputy head of iran's revolutionary guard has said it will not hold

u.s. relations adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the former president of interpol is to face trial for corruption in china bank hallways accused of accepting lavish bribes when he was a government minister in china before taking the top job but europe's police agency disappeared last summer while visiting china is wife dismisses what she calls politically motivated allegations a saudi ship which was due to load weapons and france a cell without its cargo human rights protesters say the shipment contravenes an international arms treaty or investigative site published leaked french military intelligence that showed a weapons sold to the saudis were being used civilians in the war in yemen well the president of france has defended for a job sells to saudi arabia allies the united arab emirates. is something we did on to some commit or to the arms that have been sold or used within the scope of the conflict nevertheless i would like to say here that what was reiterated is the guarantee for the arms not to be used against civilian popula

u.s. china trade row has taken another turn with beijing announcing it will increase tariffs on 60000000000 dollars of u.s. goods from the 1st of june this comes just 3 days after washington more than double duties on a raft of chinese exports the economic saber rattling is hitting businesses and consumers on both sides of this feud. china's response to washington's lightest tariffs was as swift as it was predictable beijing says it will impose additional tariffs of 20 to 25 percent on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. imports. raising tariffs will not solve any problems but after china will never surrender to external pressure we have the determination and the ability to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests. more than $5000.00 us products including american airplane pots and liquefied natural gas are among exports to be hit by the new tariffs from the beginning of next month washington sanctions announced on friday activated a new 25 percent duty on nearly $6000.00 categories of products from china. after announcing his new tariffs president donald trump took to twitter to assure his

reflects a wider trend of african countries developing ever more dependent relationships with beijing. u.s. automaker ford is cutting some $7000.00 white collar jobs roughly 10 percent of its global workforce move as part of a major restructuring that the company says will save $600000000.00 annually and streamline operations about a 3rd of the layoffs will be in the united states forties also cutting jobs across europe as part of a separate plan to turn around its business there including $5000.00 positions in germany. or some other stories making news the us federal communications commission has approved the $26000000000.00 merger of sprint and germany's t.-mo bought the regulator believes it would be a good deal for consumers the companies have pledged to make 5 g. services available nationwide within 6 years the u.s. justice department still has to approve the deal. pig farmers in china are grappling with a swine flu epidemic of $100.00 outbreaks have been reported since august last year massive culling sent transportation restrictions a driving up global pool prices. seem bubblies cen