will have this amendment adopted was it is adopted to ensure that the incumbent president xi jinping will continue to serve as the chinese president for more than two terms that is ten years how long he will continue to serve after the original it two term limitation we do not know he may serve four years or he may serve even for another couple of decades this will help ensure the stability of the very top of the chinese leadership and i think it is a good thing for china it is a good thing for the world the reaction of the wall street's on the immediate reaction to this announcement. indicated that even the wall street was positive about the longer term stability at the very top of the chinese leadership joseph is there any chance at this point that this would not happen and also what are your thoughts on abolishing term limits in china i agree that the national people's congress will definitely adult. what a party has decided but unfortunately we believe that this is a very serious step backward we may forget about western values and western systems in fact they have become a taboo

. >>> in that speech, president trump praised chinese president xi jinping for helping bring north korea to the negotiating table. >> president xi of china has really helped us a lot. they've really helped us. and because 93% of the goods come in through china going into korea, north korea. 93%. so that's pretty powerful. and they've been very good. they could have done more, but that's okay. i say to them, you've been great. you could do more, but they've done a lot. they've done more, china has done more for us than they have ever done for any other president or ever done for this country. and i respect that. >> there's been a major change in china as of a few minutes ago, the u.s. may be working with president xi for years to come. >> china's parliament and national people's congress has just approved a constitutional amendment to abolish presidential term limits. president xi, already one of the most powerful chinese leaders in decades, will now be able to rule indefinitely perhaps, perhaps for life. >> removing china's presidential term limits will have major consequences inside and

we're talking a lot about the politics here but how do ordinary chinese people see the rise of xi jinping and do they see potential parallels between president xi and former chairman mao. so i mean on the perceptions of seizing paying of course it's difficult because they're on why eight opinion polls i mean it's sort of hard to really read but online you can see that the message of china going towards the centenary goal of being a powerful strong country in twenty twenty one cent t.v. of the anniversary of the communist party foundation you know chinese people want their country to be strong and have good status and she jinping being the spokes person for that message that's popular i mean he's popular because the message is popular and it's a nationalistic message but it is a message about china having its justice you know the just moment of these renascence after a tough you know modern history restored so they you know he's on i think secure ground for most people though it will not help that they have a perpetual president if their living standards are impacted this is not the time o

the key particle this is the fact that kidman has met president xi jinping which leads president xi jinping become the first world leader to shake hands and we can jump on this not donald trump but kim president xi jinping so this i think is a reminder that china did not want president from to get all the limelight but he has expected meeting with president clinton in several weeks time and i think it also demonstrates that actually china continued to have sway over north korea. well the u.s. ambassador to the united nations as all members of the security council should be ashamed that the bombing of eastern route of continues despite a cease fire agreement. and syria for what she calls a slaughter but her syrian counterpart struck back saying the area has now been liberated from rebels five people are facing charges related to a fire in a russian shopping center that killed sixty four people forty one of them children the tragedy sparked on the streets of moscow and the siberian city where it happened demanding justice for the victims some are facing a campaign of intimidation and bribes t

the communist party has governed china for decades and president xi jinping could become the leader serving chinese people for years to come the two term limit on a president's rule is about to end china's national people's congress is expected to amend the constitution to allow the president to take the job beyond ten years the limit was meant to ensure there was no repeat of the mao zedong era we will get to our guests in a moment but first adrian brown reports from beijing tiananmen square has been the setting for some of the most defining moments in recent chinese history not all of them peaceful now a new political drama is unfolding this carefully choreographed gathering involves almost three thousand delegates and almost as many journalists like parliament the media in china is controlled by the policy offering uniform coverage. the national people's congress normally last for ten days but this year it's being extended by five days possibly to give delegates more time to discuss proposed changes to china's constitution which could mean she. being president for life the issue is overs

well, now we have xijinping we have xi jinping who was already so we have xi jinping who was alreadywe have xi jinping who was already so powerful. one and a half million communist party members have been punished in his anti—corruption crackdown and there was the belief that he could not actually afford to stand down as leader because he has made so many enemies in the party. well, certainly, after this vote today, there is no questioning that it would be so difficult for anyone to challenge him. and the old system we had of elected leadership in china with discussions, that has all gone. he is an checkable, powerful leader who is going to be around probably for decades to come. and i know there has been a lot of censorship of comment, or negative comment, about this in the media and social media. what is going to happen to those two people who voted against, or those who abstained, and what is going to happen to all those people who might want on social media to say they don't want a president for life? well, we are told that the vote is a secret one and you would have to hope for

china's bottom and abolishes presidential term limits clearing the way first xi jinping to rule for life. ahead of them or a zero live from doha also coming up police detained pro-democracy activists and hong kong during a crucial vote for the lesser of count sold. all the all the death toll rises in syria's east and do so as the government continues to pound the rebel held enclave. on record reported crawl on dog with a group very proud for the rebel group who are both from the remotest waters. trying as national people's congress has voted to remove term limits for the president and the vice president to change the constitution paves the way for xi jinping to remain in office beyond twenty twenty three as a current use strict it's a maximum of two five year. we made the decision to implement the policy of an ending the constitution the members of the standing committee totally agreed to protect the communist party's policy to amend the constitution specially to incorporate the xi jinping thought of the new era of socialism chinese characteristics into the long. brown has more now from

what this effectively means that xi jinping can stay on as president for so long as he wants. this is just the latest in a series of power grabbing moves that he has engaged in over the last six to eight months. you saw it in late october of last year when the most important power grabbing move took place, that was when the 19th party congress happened here in beijing, you saw xi jinping get reflected as the general secretary of the communist party, but further than that he had xi jinping thought as it's formerly known in china inscribed into the communist party constitution. that fact alone made him the most important chinese political leader since the founder of communist china. the fact that he can now stay on as president for so long as he wants further solidifies his overall power in this country. this is xi jinping's china and at this point absolutely no one is challenging that publicly. >> privately, you know, the people of china weren't asked about this, i guess, and so he's liked by the government there, but what about the people of china? >> reporter: it's really har

al jazeera live from the hall so coming up the vote was unanimous china's parliament confirmed xi jinping as president again two key allies join him in office. political crisis in peru the president faces hours of questioning over corruption investigation day after ph from proceedings begin. and afghanistan season eighty seven percent increase in opium production in one year we meet the thousands struggling with drug addiction. the deputy director of the f.b.i. it's been fired less than two days before he could retire with full pension benefits i'm dreaming been a frequent target of public criticism from donald trump the u.s. president took to twitter to cheer the sacking saying andrew mccabe fired a great day for the hardworking men and women of the f.b.i. a great day for democracy sanctimonious jaynes was his boss and made mccain look like a choir boy he knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the f.b.i. also in jordan has more on the controversial tenure of entre mckay. andrew mccabe was an f.b.i. agent for twenty two years rising to deputy director and

since you mentioned xi jinping, i wanted to pick your brain on the new constitution with xi jinping's new image as the emerging dictator, what kind of impact will that be on the west's point of view on china? for other panelists, we saw more article in the u.s. saying the u.s. has got china wrong for the past 20 decades but there are so many bright people here, how could you get wrong? is that oversimplified or do you have your own explanation? thank you. >> as to the xi jinping question, i encourage you to come again on thursday morning when we will be talking about this. in short, in short, i think one thing we have seen about xi jinping since he arrived on the scene, he puts a lot of stock in keeping the other people in the party off balance and trying to figure out what his next move will be and so on. some of this i think is very consistent with that. some of it i think is consistent with his penchant for what i call putting an exclamation point on his various approaches to things. for example, there's been a lot of murmuring in chinese elite circles after the party congress, wel

we have seen a xi jinping's head of the peoples bank of china.nping's name head of the peoples bank of china. we have seen a xi jinping's name and philosophy placed in the country's constitution. it has been a very big conference but really, what everything else has been swamped by, is the power that xi jinping has been able to draw around himself in various ways and it's hard for anything else to cut through. stephen mcdonell in beijing. thank you for the updates. we will have more on that lightspeed shortly. —— live speech. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. uber has suspended all tests of self—driving cars after a woman in arizona was killed in a collision. at the time of the accident, the vehicle was running in autonomous mode with an operator at the wheel. uber described what happened as incredibly sad and said it was fully co—operating with local authorities. our technology correspondent dave lee reports from san francisco. it was late sunday night when, according to police, elaine herzberg was struck by uber‘s self—driving

north korean leader kim jong-un standing side by side with chinese president xi jinping. the two shaking hands during kim's surprise visit to beijing. his first trip abroad since taking power in 2011. kim calling for a new era in bilateral relations, even inviting president xi to president pyongyang, an offer xi accepted. >> kim made the trip because he felt compelled to personally share details of the changing diplomatic landscape on the korean peninsula. this marks the north korean leader's emergence as a player on the world stage. it's important to note xi and kim are expected to lead their respective countries for life, added lended significance to their talks ahead of -- lending significance to their talks ahead of a meeting with president trump. we have more from ivan watson in seoul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yeah, what a diplomatic bombshell. kim jong-un has been the leader of his country for more than six years. we believe that this is his first-ever official visit across borders. he went to china which is north korea's oldest ally, and it was

parliament is expected to approve changes to the country's constitution which will see president xi jinping able to rule indefinitely the national people's congress is holding its annual gathering in beijing u.s. media is reporting special prosecutor robert miller's investigation into russian interference in the twenty six thousand election has widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says the f.b.i. has been questioning george near the lebanese american businessman who is an advisor to the u.a.e. and gary oldman has just won the best actor oscar for his performance in darkest hour he joins kobe bryant as the winner of the best animated short the six minute film is based on his twenty fifteen retirement letter in the players' tribune also winning was allison janney for best supporting actress for her role in the film i tanya sound wrong well rockwell took away best supporting actor for three billboards those are the headlines the listening post does next. al jazeera. where ever you. like here i want you to go for your child's. play and i'm. afraid you can't. really get

absolutely right so this is a real diplomatic triumph for president xi jinping he has pulled off a coup on the world stage just weeks after he was cemented his position as china's most powerful leader in more than four decades because it is he and not president donald trump who has become the first world leader to meet kim jong un and remember this was not just kim jong un's first visit to china it was his first visit outside of the country since becoming that country's leader more than six years ago the two leaders talked and that talking is going to continue china is hopeful now that the momentum from this visit will continue. so he was here after all chinese state controlled media waited until kim jong un was back home before confirming what officials had tried so hard to deny just a day earlier in the great hall of the people kim jong un and his wife were welcomed like old friends by president xi jinping a brief greeting in korean was the only time kim's voice was heard. appearance is important at times like this kim looked like an old style communist leader where is she opted for a

xi jinping has huge projects which he wants to push. strong leader to go ahead and really keep going and to achieve success with these big projects. term limits come with problems for any government. they create a lame duck out of a leader inafinalterm. create a lame duck out of a leader in a final term. this would allow him to escape that. he's done away with a lot of his opponents. they are ina with a lot of his opponents. they are in a weak position. he felt he was in the power position right now and could push this through. we haven't heard anything really in terms of criticism from other international leaders. could this backfire for xijinping? international leaders. could this backfire for xi jinping7|j international leaders. could this backfire for xi jinping? i think so. i think he is in a tricky position. the chinese economy is on a knife edge and is carrying a lot of corporate and local debt. it also has a huge demographic problem. a rapidly ageing society. the government expected to deliver social services for many ageing peo

the chinese president's close political ally wangi shang has been voted in as vice president xi jinping is also being confirmed for a second term with unanimous support the national people's congress approves a government reshuffle at its annual meeting in beijing. dozens of people have been killed in their strikes in two areas of syria in rebel held east and go to a market was hit leaving more than seventy people dead and activists say fifteen others died when turkish forces bombed the only functioning hospital in kurdish controlled a free. egyptians living abroad are casting their votes for who they want as president but the elections being dismissed as a fix by some in the opposition after several candidates were arrested or intimidated into putting out some experts say they're not going to bother voting jibber towns he reports from washington d.c. . not everyone who came to vote in washington d.c. as a gyptian embassy were aware of the opposition boycott of the presidential election but all of those we spoke to were strong supporters of incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi what

to change the constitution paves the way for xi jinping to remain in office beyond twenty twenty three leaders are currently restricted to serving a maximum of two five year term cisco straits or china correspondent agent bradley joins us live from just outside the national people's congress in beijing's waging the vote in parliament has been held presidential term limits have now officially gone. that's right just in the last few minutes we got the result of that and two thousand nine hundred fifty eight delegates voted to amend the constitution there were three abstentions and two were opposed now we shouldn't probably read too much into that often at occasions like this china likes to give the impression that this is a very transparent exercise so often it orchestrates a little bit of opposition but certainly president xi jinping has got his way the outcome of this vote was never really in doubt his authority is now enhanced remember laura just five months ago at the communist party congress his name was in try and in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairm

so coming up china's national people's congress meets to make changes that could see president xi jinping stay in power for life. a bloc of right wing parties leads the way in italy's election but latest projections show no one will have enough seats to govern alone. and the envelope please we're live in los angeles as hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the oscars. all over the united states has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's eastern huta it says it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month it is the strongest u.s. accusations so far of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held area more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the airstrikes at the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave said has also denied using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapped inside eastern huta with little food and basic supplies assad has called that a ridiculous lie by the west he says the syrian army is making progress agains

the amendment allows president xi jinping to punch day in office for life why this cold around she. well he has been very clever in strengthening of his power by creating this cult of personality at the time time and on to corruption campaign has allowed him to get rid of his opponent oco image within the party. allowing him a lot of the most power and he'd had in the past forty years i think this cause of course nies here around him that we might many people off mullets of don't is his way to ensure his is position them his leadership with his fold small included in the constitution that's another major amendment anybody who criticizes him criticizes the party so his position is now very very strong. and these decisions that since i've been taken today to strengthen the government that strengthen the party what do they say about the direction that china is taking. what i think anybody was expecting met with growing whether china would become more liberal should live on the standby knowledge base hope is over that's very clear we are seeing we are going to be seeing more also retire

leave the russian embassy in london and had back to moscow also coming up china's president xi jinping delivers a fiery nationalist speech at the people's congress in beijing vowing to protect every inch of chinese territory is it a veiled threat to taiwan look at oxford announcing. and a sad day for conservationists the world's last male northern white rhinos dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. i'm serious about going to thank you for joining us diplomats expelled by the u.k. have left russia's london embassy headed back to moscow this as international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury russia has hit back at british allegations that it is behind the attack demanding evidence or an apology. a bitter farewell for russia's expelled diplomats in london followed from the diplomatic standoff as russia demands proof or an apology the british military is carrying out forensic tests on the car used by sergei screwballs daughter upon her

mostll have xi jinping's trusted economic deputy and xi jinping himself. would be dealing with, debt for sure, we are looking to head into some pretty stiff headwinds with u.s.-china relations, uncertainty about policy coming from the u.s. that he is juggling technocratic economics as well as political problems. david: the currency likely comes fully convertible, hopefully under this guys watch. how far do you think we are from that reality and we can talk about a fully convertible renminbi? >> a question like that is a little bit above my pay grade, but let me try to frame it. when we look at the furthering of any sort of liberalization or reform, we need to caveat all of that with a capital s stability. that is what reigns supreme under xi jinping right now. there has been a gut price to a lot of the economic performance, especially since 2015, and moving forward with anything that will bring on additional uncontrolled risks from the party perspective. i always believe in the power magical thinking. but when looking at the party's performance in the last

open to giving up his nuclear weapons china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing for xi jinping this was a diplomatic triumph he told us president donald trump now the first world leader to beat kim jong un. chinese state controlled media waited until kim was back home before confirming what officials had tried so hard to deny just a day earlier. in the great hall of the people kim and his wife were welcomed like old friends appearance is important at times like this she opted for a business suit whereas kim stuck to the look favored by his father and grandfather the wives of both men were present during most of the photo opportunities. visits like this are all about symbolism for she it served as a reminder that china still holds sway over its neighbor and intends to be at the center of diplomatic efforts to achieve a nuclear free korean peninsula. it's not clear what made him come to beijing or indeed what incentives he may have been offered to do so but china remains north korea's only real friend and ally so it's fair to assume the president xi jinping might want to know wha

you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're following this week the rise of xi jinping and the part the chinese news media have played in that the coverage of the head tell me the palestinian who doesn't fit the mold the two biggest media companies in the world comcast and disney both want big pieces of rupert murdoch's media empire and celebrity journalism the dark side the indian news media on the death of a hollywood electorate the news release was nondescript bordering on the routine given the kind of news being delivered it came from china's state owned news service and simply said that the communist party proposes to abolish term limits on the presidency paving the way for president xi jinping to stay in office as long as the party is willing to keep him there the reaction online was instant and critical but those posts were quickly censored none of the criticism made it into china's mainstream media state owned outlets which make up the bulk of the news landscape in china swung into propaganda mode singing she's praises stressing the importance of his leadership

feel great unease about is really that the sense that perhaps china is now going backwards under xi jinping all this power is going to be in the hands of one man remember she jinping is not just president he's chairman of the military commission party trick as well those who are leader now what happens if something goes wrong with the economy who are people going to blame you know what happens if she were to fall ill or no longer to be on the scene was to die for instance this is the the concern that people have because what she has done is he's basically rewritten the rulebook already in a dream brown life or stare in beijing. now and it's a lady n.t.'s stablish mint five star movement is projected to win the most votes in the general election their ballots are still being counted there with projections suggesting a bloc of right wing parties will emerge with the most seats without any single group winning enough to form a government reports from rome. just five years after they first got into parliament the firestorm movement the anti-politics poncy say that the clear winners in italy's g

when you have who is kind of a stand in for xi jinping i guess it's because he she didn't like short and pudgy we saw means of winnie the pooh being crowned king winnie the pooh holding a honey pot with the message if you find something you better stick with it so kind of funny but they're also subversive and they were censored pretty quickly but it's important to note that chinese internet users are not for the general population because people who use social media tend to be more educated they tend to be urban and so that is not really representative of the population at large. so within chinese society has become quite diversified different people have different opinions it's a sign of a sophisticated society with waves and we chat being so advanced these days you hear many different voices and there's nothing wrong with that however in traditional chinese culture there is a need for guiding voice leading well so the official press has to convey the significance behind the amendments to. constitution. the chinese media space has a recent history of opening up slightly only to clos

protect the communist party's policy to amend the constitution is specially to incorporate the xi jinping thought of the new era of socialism chinese characteristics into the law more now from our correspondent adrian brown in beijing. china's national people's congress doesn't do surprises so the outcome of this vote was never really in doubt two thousand nine hundred fifty eight delegates voted to amend the constitution there were three abstentions and two opposed to these changes now that is probably token opposition that's often orchestrated the times like this to give a veneer of transparency but certainly president xi jinping has got his way back in october of course president she's name was in shrine in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman mao president xi jinping has one priority right now and that is to overhaul china's communist party to make it that the purpose of what we're also seeing is not so much a one party state as one man rule president xi jinping is not just president he's also head of the military as well as party chief but a lot of peop

the ambitious project was launched by chinese president xi jinping during a visit to kazakhstan in two thousand and thirteen. greenish only arc of what's being. shown will cause all. father and. jaguar whore well known kay young trunks in the throes of march. well you can change your search hole gentle back. it's all for you and. the void to me that. the new silk road planned by xi jinping runs for ten thousand kilometers on road and on rail it crosses western china kazakhstan russia and will run all the way to europe it's a huge construction site. but what are china's true intentions behind this mega project. the minivan and in my opinion this project will change the development of the economy and society but it will definitely have long term geopolitical implications to g.m. . the new silk road crosses central asia the russian sphere of influence. bloody near putin and xi jinping regularly affirm their geo strategic alliance but this new chinese project could have a massive impact on the relationship between the two countries and in the long term it could do the same to the power bal

to protect the communist party's policy to amend the constitution specially to incorporate the xi jinping thought of the new era of socialism chinese characteristics into the long. brown has more from the aging or trying as national people's congress doesn't do surprises so the outcome of this vote was never really in doubt two thousand nine hundred fifty eight delegates voted to amend the constitution there were three abstentions and two opposed to these changes now that is probably token opposition that's often orchestrated at times like this to give a veneer of transparency but certainly president xi jinping has got his way back in october of course president she's known was in shrines in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman mao president xi jinping has one priority right now and that is to overhaul china's communist party to make it fit for purpose but what we are also seeing is not so much a one party state as one man rule president xi jinping is not just president he's also head of the military as well as party chief but a lot of people are asking why

why does xi jinping need the title of president any longer?then move behind the curtain? xijinping has had lots of years in the sun, but this is a man who grew up in the isolated compound. he is the son of one of the great ten marshals in china who founded chinese communism. so he grew up with this entitlement that he belongs to that elite, and he sees duty, perhaps his destiny, to rule china and to rule china with absolute power. yet his supporters would say that's not fair, that this is a man with a vision, it's a vision for a huge country, a superpower on the rise, and it will take time and central control to put that vision in place, and that's why he needs to stay on in power longer than his allotted ten years. the problem with personalised leadership is that then you are discounting all the institutions which china doesn't have very many to begin with, and then you create this leadership that would be more risky in terms of policy—making. what was to say, xi jinping could decide to push the red button one day. and it creates, in the long

the vote was unanimous china's parliament confirmed xi jinping as president for a second term to allies to join him in office. frosty welcome for me and miles leader in australia the new legal push to have a prosecuted over the crisis while she's away from home. russia says thousands of civilians have left the eastern holter on the northern african region in the past few hours these are pictures from the russian department of defense which appears to. show the evacuations from eastern water thousands of people have left the rebel enclave as well as the northern city of a three in it comes after dozens of people were killed in intense airstrikes in both areas more than seventy people were killed at a market in eastern halter while activists say fifteen died in a turkish strike on a friend's only working hospital. the command of the syrian army urges all civilians to leave the areas under control of the extremist organizations through the safe corridor we affirm that we will continue to fulfill our national and constitutional duty to defend the nation until the return of security and stab

china's national people's congress meets to make changes that could see president xi jinping stay in power for life. this may very well be the most sensitive asset ever to be housed in this facility and the winner is hollywood crowns its best picture of the year at the oscars. hello the united states has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's eastern huta it says it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month it is the strongest u.s. accusations so far of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held area more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the airstrikes but the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave as that has also denied using chemical weapons. about four hundred thousand people are trapped inside eastern hooter with little food and basic supplies said has called those reports a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists closure to you for there is no contradiction between our

and xi jinping, will he be china's president for life? the chinese national people's congress looks poised to make that possible. how is that being received in china? what does it mean for the rest of the world? two top experts will discuss. also, we were warned about jihadis returning to america from syria. so what happened? we have the answer. then on the eve of the academy awards -- >> mom and dad, my black boyfriend will be coming up this weekend. >> is hollywood finally changing its ways? we will examine diversity in america's biggest soft power industry, the movies. but first, here's my take. amid the usual trump reality show in washington this week, it would be easy to miss what is happening in china. but it is huge and consequential. china is making the most significant change to its political system in 35 years. what impact will this have on china and the world? that's the question every policymaker, business executive, and investor should be asking. in 1982, the chinese communist party wrote its into its constitution that the pr

this will allow president xi jinping to stay in power indefinitely.

our top stories: all eyes on china's president xi jinping, as he wraps up the annual national people's congress and gets ready for his second term at the top. police in austin, texas hunt a serial bomber for the attacks in their city. four parcel bombs have gone off in recent days. investigators widen their search in the spy poisoning case, as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the uk. china's president xijinping is delivering a speech to close the annual session of the national people's congress. it's been a significant people's congress with the presidential term limits being lifted, in effect making xijingping ‘president for life', should he choose to. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is following the people's congress for us in beijing. as we began to weeks ago, we have finally reached the end. —— two weeks. absolutely. we have seen this historic congress come to an end, with an already powerful xi jinping in an even stronger position with the abolition of the two term limit on the president. he can now effectively stay on as leader for as long as he chooses. we sai

this is now a more awe toretarian regime under president xi jinping. orth reminding viewers that in terms of free speech whether in academia or among human rights lawyers and activists, that has been severely curtailed under president xi and will likely continue with steps around internet censorship. it is a less free environment than it was before but you do have those, like brandywine, saying this is a good investment opportunity, particularly around china's equities and bonds. what else he said , he talked about reform. it is the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening and china's policymakers have been great play at that, whether or not they're going to take concrete steps to appease those in washington is another thing to be seen. we'll have to wait for more details he talked about the efforts to clamp down on pollution here. he said there'll be further steps to ensure that there is a better environment here in china. that could again have an inpact on the industrial sector that's already proven to be something of a drag and it's an indication t

this is detail to you news live from berlin and historic vote china's parliament hands president xi jinping free reign to rule indefinitely will the constitutional amendment mean a return to dictatorship for the asian superpower we go live to our correspondent in beijing also coming up. seven years since the fukushima nuclear disaster as people across japan to mark the anniversary to speak to those still coming to terms with the trauma. by michelle henery welcome to the program and historic vote in china today as the country's parliament amends the constitution to allow president xi jinping to rule indefinitely so far the presidency has been limited to two five year terms the amendment also calls for inserting she's personal political philosophy into the preamble of the constitution joining us now is the correspondent matteis bolinger in beijing. matthias the constitutional. amendment allows president xi jinping to remain in office forever is he becoming a new mouse a dog. not to something a lot of observers as a comparison a lot of observers have been drawn and the mill of chinese presiden

china says north korea is prepared to abandon its nuclear program after a meeting between xi jinping and kim jong. il and so robin you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up u.n. security council members trade blame and event frustrations over there and he did demand for a syrian cease fire. but there could be a difference in the referendum. you know had there not being in my view. the man who blew the whistle on the facebook data scandal testifies that dirty tricks were used in the u.k. so breaks it campaign plus. shark fishing is still big business here in indonesia i thought relations i declining and the government any increase its protection and that reporting from the french are making off. welcome to the program north korea's leader has met china's president on his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago kim jong un's secretive meeting for the first time with xi jinping was revealed after it happened here's our china correspondent adrian brown with the latest from beijing. and so he was here after all chinese state controlled media

constitutional amendments that scrapped the presidential term limits and pave the way for president xi jinping to remain in office indefinitely the presidency had been previously limited to two five year terms the changes also permit jews personal political philosophy to be engraved in the constitution the amendments passed with no votes and three abstentions among almost three thousand delegates. d.w. correspondent mathias boehner is following the congress and joins us from beijing for us this is an historic amendment along president xi jinping to remain in office forever is he on his way to becoming the new now zad on. a lot of service have drawn some have see are seeing a lot of similarities between the two leaders what we can say is that. is the most powerful chinese president chinese leader since mouths that don't there's also a cult of personality evolving around him he has been given names by the by the propaganda that are very similar to the titles malo had at his time so there is a clear reference that she didn't ping is using to the great hams man as mao was called there is however a

north korea's leader kim jong own did visit china this week his meeting with chinese president xi jinping was kept under wraps until after he left yesterday the hope is that this is the prelude to talks on nuclear disarmament today u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he received a message from the presidency saying that the meeting had gone well and that north korea's leader was looking forward to meeting him mr trump were known to say that until then u.s. sanctions would remain in place and that pressure must be maintained at all costs. here's more on him jiang owns first foreign trip since he came to power. heavy security for an unnamed visitor making their way through beijing. then pomp and ceremony as a mysterious individual is confirmed as none other the north korean leader kim jong un it's a historic moment as kim's first diplomatic trip outside the room nation since he took power in twenty eleven rumors had been circulating for days that the mysterious ahmed train crossing the young riva from pyongyang had kim on board but it was only confirmed after kim and his wife were safe

north korean leader kim jong-un standing side by side with chinese president xi jinping. two shaking hands during kim's surprise visit to beijing. his first trip abroad since taking power in 2011. kim calling for a new era in bilateral relations, even inviting president xi to visit pyongyang, an offer xi accepted. >> according to state-run media, kim made the trip because he felt compelled to personally share details of the changing diplomatic landscape on the korean peninsula. this marks the north korean's emergence as a player on the world stage. important to note, the two are expected to lead their respective countries for life, lending added significance to their talks ahead of an expected summit between kim and president trump. ivan watson live for us in seoul. tonight at 6:00 p.m. -- tonight, 6:00 p.m. there. ivan? >> reporter: this was a surprise summit and really remarkable how it unfolded because we didn't hear that the meeting had taken place until after it was over and after kim jong-un had gotten back to north korea. he got to china traveling on a special train

you have met president xi jinping several times and other congress has lifted the term limits. ident xi was chosen for this particularjob and to extend his term beyond 2023?|j this particularjob and to extend his term beyond 2023? i think this is basically a manifestation of the difference between china as its developing now and the western world. i remember talking to president xi and he was explaining the long history in china is the rule of emperors. the role of the emperor is to take care of the people and it's clear to me that he sees himself is not an emperor, but a least a very strong leader, may be close to an emperor, to take care of the people. if you can contrast that with the united states, the uk and other western countries where there is the rule of law, not the rule of man, that governance. this is an extent of what china is an president xijinping is taking charge. extent of what china is an president xi jinping is taking charge. now that president xi jinping will be president for life, how well this impact the political landscape here in asia among the asian powe

one key meeting that xi jinping will have today is with envoys from south korea. they've arrived in beijing to brief the chinese leader on the proposed talks with north korea. china has long pushed negotiations between all sides. but they have been side lined in these latest developments. so they'll be selling the talks to the allies. >> certainly a difficult relationship to navigate. >> some dramatic foot an shows peta protesters. they ran on to the center stage of the dog show in birmingham, england. just as the best in show was being announced on live tv of the they were holding up posters to draw attention to the kennel club's breed standards which the animal rights group believes are harmful to the dogs. the winner was a whippet female dog. >> pretty chaos. storms turning deadly in the u.s. strong winds ripping across eastern texas, killing at least two people. one person died when that weather system hate camp ground. in another one, a tree came crashing down a mobile home. >>> wow. some unrest there weatherwise. good morning. >> we're about to have our thir

the north korean leader kim jong un has been treated to a lavish welcome by chinese president xi jinping during a secretive visit to beijing now this is kim's first known trip abroad since he took power in twenty eleven and the first time he's met she face to face china and north korea are seeking to salvage frayed ties ahead of landmark summit between pyongyang south korea prion yang in the united states it was featured speculation about the meeting as it took place on tuesday both countries so the only confirmed just a few hours ago we have two correspondents on this story we've got kathy novak in seoul and we've got adrian brown in beijing adrian me start with you and very much similar this first encounter between kim and president xi very similar to the kinds of encounters between north korea and china of the past. that's right in this era of political and diplomatic surprises martine here was another as you say in the past north korean leaders have always been given lavis receptions and that was certainly the case this time president xi jinping was you know wearing a sort of western

hello china has released pictures of its president xi jinping holding a face to face meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il in beijing pyongyang state media is also reporting that chinese president has accepted an invitation from kim to visit north korea there had been widespread media speculation about the meeting on tuesday well beijing says kim is quote committed to getting rid of his country's nuclear weapons. we have two correspondents following the story we'll go to kathy novak in seoul shortly but first let's speak to adrian brown in beijing who will tell us why it took so long to confirm this meeting adrian. i think it's fair to assume this was down to security reasons really when kim jong un's father and grandfather came to china their visits were only ever confirmed after they had left the country so i think it was mainly for security reasons in this era of political and diplomatic surprises we now have another xi jinping has demonstrated that like president trump he too is capable of surprises we have to remember that kim jong un and president xi jinping have not