the project with chinese banks now that's likely to be one of the reasons why chinese president xi jinping has announced on monday that his country is to provide sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa with no strings attached. they're looking for more investment dollars and aid from china that's why so many african leaders have travelled to be and its great hall of the people their expectations were met by promising remarks from china's leader. on. more than one point three billion chinese people and over one point two billion african people have always pursued a shared future president xi jinping told his audience we respect africa love africa and support africa. and then the part

the projects with chinese banks now that's likely to be one of the reasons why chinese president xi jinping has announced on monday that his country is to provide sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa with no strings attached. they're looking for more investment dollars and aid from china that's why so many african leaders have traveled to b.g. and its great hall of the people their expectations were met by promising remarks from china's leader. on. more than one point three billion chinese people and over one point two billion african people have always pursued a shared future president xi jinping told his audience we respect africa love africa and support africa. you feed colds. and then the part that really matters. here which you don't march year old china is willing to provide governmental assistance offering another sixty billion dollars in financing for africa. and judge. of that fifteen billion is slated for grants and interest free credit lines according to she. beijing has invested in africa for years finding a source of urgently needed raw materials in return but w

chinese president xi jinping has just announced that his country is to provide sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa and expand its imports from the continent especially when it comes to non resources products well the move comes in the wake of growing concerns from economists that by building costly infrastructure on the continent it's also saddling it with debts african leaders accounting meeting with the chinese government at the forum on china africa cooperation in beijing. african leaders have high hopes for what chinese investment can do for their countries beijing's presence in the region has grown exponentially since its emergence as a global trading power now africa has become a cornerstone in beijing's global belt and road project in sierra leone for example president julius mudder b o c s china's thirst for investment as a way for his country to catch the wave of globalization. and there are so many benefits to globalization so force we want to be a part of the world community but the large investments which chinese state owned companies have pursued so aggr

economic growth here in china so i think you're going to be seeing xi jinping at this conference and out seeing more projects more financing for africa i think he'll present this as a as a win win for for both sides but there are many people who feel that it's going to be win win very much on china's terms away from the economic reasons are there any other reasons that china perhaps would want to make new friends now. yes of course all the countries who are here adrian are members of the united nations just one country one african country is not present at this summit that is swaziland swaziland of course having diplomatic relations with taiwan the island republic the china regards as part of its territory but juror in the past few years china has been picking off those remaining countries that had diplomatic relations with taiwan so this is an opportunity for china for china to diplomatically you know win friends and also gain more influence it's going to be one of those events adrian where you will see plenty of smiling faces plenty of gratitude and this is also going to be one of

are african countries getting into a dextre with china president xi jinping i'm not the high level the king of egypt and promises that no strings attached billions of dollars in new financing but what are the long term financial risks this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle china is africa's largest trading partner and he spent billions of dollars in investment and loans with the promise of much more to come from roads and railways to ports the chinese government is backing large scale projects across africa as part of its so-called belt and road and negative the leaders of around fifty african countries have been in beijing for a two day summit china's president xi jinping offered them sixty billion dollars in new financing deals and says the investments come with no political strings attached is also promising to waive the debts of the poorest african countries as our china correspondent. well this has been a summit which in many ways was more about symbolism than substance it lasted really less than two days but of course china has committed itself to

on xi jinping what what what what was out of it yes i think that was the trigger of all things in two towers in fifteen otten two thousand and fifteen mm they knew in china. knew about the pope knew about the holy see it heard that this holy sea was important but really he didn't understand he didn't feel how important the pope was and how important it he was in the western world and in america saw here it was sitting playing expecting red carpet aspect in that the whole country the whole united states would melt down to him and forget about everything else and just pay attention to the emperor coming from china and yet they almost forgot about him not top but he was eclipsed it was a clip it was eclipsed by the pope who also all eclipsed the presidential campaign so these two things here clips the pope any clips the presidential campaign which you remember was very fierce between trump and hillary clinton and saw switching can realize these guy is the real deal these guy is the real super soft power and i think that you know that change the perspective he wants some of the. i think y

are african countries getting into a debt trouble with china president xi jinping host another high level the king of egypt and promises that no strings attached and billions of dollars in new financing for one of the long term financial risks this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle china is africa's largest trading partner and already spent billions of dollars in investment and loans with the promise of much more to come from roads and railways to ports the chinese government is backing large scale projects across africa as part of its so-called belt and road and negative the leaders of around fifty african countries have been in beijing for a two day summit china's president xi jinping offered them sixty billion dollars in new financing deals and says the investments come with no political strings attached is also promising to waive the debts of the poorest african countries as our china correspondent adrian brown. well this has been a summit which in many ways was more about symbolism than substance it lasted really less than two days but of course china

is using those korea to weaken china china's relations with north korea are improving president xi jinping had been due to attend this weekend celebrations in pyongyang but it's now being confirmed he won't be going no official reasons being given but one analyst suggests that she may have wanted to avoid antagonizing trump at a time of heightened trade tensions between china and the united states as north korea's neighbor it's fallen to china to enforce u.n. sanctions most of what the north needs for its survival comes across an aging bridge spanning the yalu river at the port of dun dong exports of coal iron ore and seafood remain banned but chinese officials have indicated that they're not ready to go along with further penalties against the north should the talks or the denuclearization remain deadlocked adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. zimbabwe's president emerson non-god where has picked the former deputy head of the african development bank as his new finance minister he hopes that and to me in kobe is appointment will help to turn things around in zimbabwe which is suffering from c

. >>> russian president vladimir putin meeting with xi jinping on the first day of the economic forumthe event is a key opportunity to strengthen ties and expand influence. we have cnn's matthew chance in moscow with the latest. matthew. >> reporter: thanks for that. the meeting between xi jinping, the chinese president, and vladimir putin, the russia leader is one of a catalog of meetings the two have had. they are trying to pivot the east that russia has embarked on after the 2014 west deteriorating. as the two leaders meet at the economic forum, there is something significant taking place in east of russia. joint military exercises between the russians and chinese. 300,000 personnel are involved. these are the biggest military exercises russia has involved in since the end of the cold war. china's military vehicles and chinese aircraft is involved as well. just a few years ago or decade ago, china was perceived as an adversary. it is included in the military exercises and close bond with xi jinping and vladimir putin shows it is more of an ally. a response to the pressure that has

this is a gathering where china's leaders still among friends and on monday president xi jinping repaid that gratitude announcing that china would be approving more than sixty billion dollars worth of financing to africa he also said that a quarter of that figure would be free of interest and he also addressed the issue of debt he said those african countries who were unable to pay off what they owed china by the end of two thousand and eighteen would not have to he also said that this offer was open to those countries which had diplomatic relations with china of course there is just one country left on the african continent that does not that is so clearly president xi jinping was making i know which will to the leaders of that country this is a gathering that has brought together heads of state political leaders from more than fifty countries in africa and this is a gathering that is very much aimed not just to the world but also china's people because china's leaders have been able to say we have brought together all these heads to stay all these prime ministers who come from a conti

rise or fall, the belt and road initiative will be seen as one of the great legacies of president xi jinping'se president said very clearly, "we are not going to build a garden in our backyard. we are interested in building the beautiful garden with beautiful flowers which will be enjoyed by all the nations in this world." >> i think the bri is central to the strategy of china and xi jinping. it is about the story of the rise of china and the reality of the size of china's economy and and the reality of the size of china's trade. china is now almost equal in size in its economy to the united states. it depends on how you measure it. in some measurements, it would be bigger, much more trade than the united states, so the bri is a story on the rise and openness in china. >> in china, we say, you aim high and you achieve something a little lower. you aim middle, you may achieve the lowest. so the chinese people are very ambitious. i want to say china will be ambitious for the rest of the world. >> the 10 economies by themselves that account for nearly 70% of the belt and road gdp. chinese firms h

xi jinping and mr. putin. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: putin and xi jinping meet in vladivostok.ce that will be duly noted by the white house and the state department among others. meeting 80 miles north of the border with north korea. nielsen has been the arch optimist and continues to be an optimistic voice on european economic growth. growthlook at economic in europe, it has to be made up of consumption. what is the state of the european consumer? it is always been the idea that germany does not consume. >> i think you are right. consumers are doing quite well. they are not leveraged. their income has gone up quite nicely. said, the germans have held back for a while. just like in america but running a little bit behind, wages have started to go up in the last six or nine months. in places like germany, you should expect consumption to pick up a bit. trichet avoided our question about who would be on the short list to take over for mario draghi. give us an opinion on which nation will be represented next as president of the ecb. is it germany? >> i do not think germany will be

the china's president xi jinping is currently addressing african leaders at a major summit in beijing which is aimed at deepening ties with the continent president xi earlier promised african business leaders that investment doesn't come with political strings attached he says that beijing so-called belzer road initiative could bring both sides common prosperity but there is concern that chinese investment could be saddling poor countries with too much debt. we follow a five no approach in our relations and after no interference in african countries pursue your development path featuring their national conditions. no interference in african countries internal affairs no imposition of our will on african countries no attachment of political strings to assistance to africa and not seeking selfish political gains through investment and financing cooperation with africa. we talked to our correspondent adrian brown who's covering the conference in beijing and there we have from president xi adrian and saying what is pretty much music to the is of many african leaders no political strings a

yes it's true that president xi jinping today announced that china will give for the next three years sixty billion u.s. dollars in different type of you know credits and concessional loans and it's a trial this gives african countries another opportunity to advance their infrastructure needs to to build factories to create jobs which is badly needed and on the continent and china is definitely contributing a lot in this in this regard. the same time we have seen a lot of criticism coming from especially from western press or western countries you know chinese credit or money is as is fueling the debt issue in african countries which we actually do not subscribe fully to this we have evidence that china is not entirely responsible for debt increase and in african countries rather we see also money coming from world bank or britain which institutions as well so they're cut it out of the money is coming to africa from different sources the question is where is this money going and if as long as the money is used for productive means i think it's a good a good development that we are see

this is a gathering where china's leaders still among friends and on monday president xi jinping repaid that gratitude announcing that china would be approving more than sixty billion dollars worth of financing to africa he also said that a quarter of that figure would be free of interest and he also addressed the issue of debt he said those african countries who were unable to pay of what they owed china by the end of two thousand and eighteen would not have to he also said that this will open to those countries which had diplomatic relations with china of course there is just one country left on the african continent that does not that is swaziland so clearly president xi jinping was making a noble true to the leaders of that country this is a gathering that has brought together heads of state political leaders from more than fifty countries in africa and this is a gathering that is very much aimed not just to the world but also a china's people because china's leaders have been able to say we have brought together all these heads the state all these prime ministers who come from a co

from the film with firmness our great friend sherman xi jinping and i have just discussed the development of russian chinese relations. there's been this is not the great wall where in russia. the closest. thanks china and russia both bad the responsibilities of maintaining world peace and stability fund. consider a growing cooperation between our countries and international organizations. we have the same all similar views on international affairs. we can train like this if you want. to leave the. place. also coming up tonight bob woodward's exposé of the trump white house goes on sale but not everybody is appalling. there's been so many but snowflake that. for we begin the day with two old rivals meeting on the battlefield as new friends today are russia wants the military exercises the largest war games since the end of the soviet union but this time russian troops had some company chinese soldiers are joining them now this is happening while russian president vladimir putin holds talks with chinese president xi jinping and it's important to remember that russia and china have never be

xi jinping has announced another 60 billion dollars in aid, mostly thought that a shocker projects.ing policy saying it is locking in influence using indebtedness. even though chinese loans are much more favourable than commercial institutions, some countries just won't be able to make the repayments, won't be able to make the re payments, so they won't be able to make the repayments, so they will a lot more than money when xi jinping's administration eventually forgives the debt. either way, administration eventually forgives the debt. eitherway, all administration eventually forgives the debt. either way, all african countries are said to have been represented at the summit as an indication of china's growing presence in this vast, ever more important part of the world. the international monetary fund says progress has been made to solve argentina's currency crisis. the south american country is seeking an event that payments of a $50 billion and use it against a run on its national currency. at neither side commented on how much money will be anticipated or how house in a deal sh

the chinese leader, xi jinping, at an economic forum also in the far east of russia.ll this ulster in the sense that two countries are growing closer together. while both countries have an interest in demonstrating their growing military capabilities, for russia, these exercises seem capabilities, for russia, these exercises seem to capabilities, for russia, these exercises seem to be a practice for mass mobilisation —— bolstering the sense, and how to shift their forces quickly across the country, a message perhaps to nato countries. the kremlin justifying the exercises because of what it calls aggressive and unfriendly attitudes towards russia. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. commemorative events have been held in new york and in washington to mark the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ceremonies were also held at the 9/11 memorial plaza on the world trade center site in new york city. a us flag was unfurled from the roof of the pentagon in washington. it was deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil, killing 2,996 people. president trump spoke

that china's president xi jinping has promised african business leaders that investment doesn't come with political strings attached he was speaking ahead of a major summit. ended deepening ties between china and africa president she says beijing sakal belsen road initiative could bring both sides common prosperity but there is concern that chinese investment might be saddling the poorer countries in africa with too much debt adrian brown has more from dating china has been investing in africa at a blistering rate africa is important to china because in the past africa of course has and remains rich in the resources and minerals that china needs to fuel its economy but now in recent years china has become a customer a customer for chinese loans these are loans that are used to pay for the vast infrastructure projects we are seeing in countries like south africa nigeria and kenya to name but a few but the problem is a lot of these loans come with some pretty tough strings attached the i.m.f. says that it now believes a third of countries in africa and now having trouble repaying these

our trying to spin it with china trump says he has a terrific relationship with china's president xi jinping he's now accused him of encouraging kim to drag his feet over denuclearization so china can gain leverage in its trade.

is using those korea to weaken china china's relations with north korea are improving president xi jinping had been due to attend this weekend celebrations in pyongyang but it's now being confirmed he won't be going no official reasons being given but one analyst suggests that she may have wanted to avoid antagonizing trump at a time of heightened trade tensions between china and the united states as north korea's neighbor it's fallen to china to enforce u.n. sanctions most of what the north needs for its survival comes across an aging bridge spanning the yalu river at the port of dandong exports of coal iron ore and seafood remain banned but chinese officials have indicated that they're not ready to go along with further penalties against the north should the talks or the denuclearization remain deadlocked adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the leaders of serbia and kosovo called off face to face talks in brussels on friday it's a blow to hopes of a deal involving a land swap the could allow both nations to move towards e.u. membership so again no reports from press or closer to the serbia

as president xi jinping has pledged sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa he's hosting a major summit in beijing aimed at deepening ties but there's concern chinese investment may be saddling poor countries with too much debt. and argentina's president says he's taking a much as he measures to control the slide of the peso he's had to backtrack on a major campaign promise and reinstates export taxes on agricultural products. also announced that he'll be cutting government ministries by hall. african leaders gather in china a top level donor conference is underway in germany to highlight the needs of millions of people around the lake chad basin germany's foreign minister told local media that the region's facing one of the biggest humanitarian dramas of all time is. includes the four countries bordering the lake cameroon chad need to air and nigeria internal and cross border conflicts have left the spaceman's of more than two point four million people un says more than ten million people need lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection with women and children part

russian president vladimir putin also met chinese leader xi jinping today. here is more from douglas herbert. china and russia were enemies. they clashed quite often over their shared 4200 kilometer border. you ask, why would they come together right now? it is part of a pattern we have seen recently in the past decade or so. as we have had that tensions building between russia and the west. things like russia's aggression in eastern ukraine, over the syrian conflict, allegations of meddling in a western elections. you have had russia give it to the east. china also not having the best of relations with the u.s. while these are massive exercises, most of them are russian material entries. -- amateurs. -- and troops. it was like it is all of russia. the concentrated part of the exercises is really concentrated in the eastern part of siberia and russia's far east. you can see the gold-based region along the chinese and mongolian border. that is where it is concentrated. it is taking up a third of russia's army soldiers. to bring up the other chart, we can show

especially in the context of xi jinping's initiative.tainly we can say that the image of this initiative suffers with what is going on. china will care what the world is saying. brent: we will see if that holds true moving forward. that was about the situation in northwest china. thank you very much. tonight, the united nations is warning that the worst humanitarian crisis could be looming in syria. that is because government forces and their russian allies are preparing an all-out offensive to recapture idlib province. many people have fled airstrikes. they are targeting idlib. they are fears because damascus is using banned chemical weapons in that attack. >> making use of everything to survive. idlib residents are desperate to protect themselves from a gas attack. >> these gasasks are important. especially after the latest threats of a chemical strike. the russians claim terrorists will do that but that is a lie. everybody knows that the russians and the syrian regime used chemical weapons. >> like many others, he has made a makeshift

are trying to spin it with china trump says he has a terrific relationship with china's president xi jinping now accused him of encouraging kim to drag his feet over denuclearization so china can gain leverage in its trade dispute with the u.s. china's foreign ministry spokeswoman says the trumpet ministration is in comprehensible i mean the downs here america should reflect on itself first instead of flip flopping and blaming others regarding america's attempt to pass the but i am sorry they would rather not accept kim jong un and she jinping has met three times this year those meetings all happened in china the last encounter just a week after the singapore summit. these get togethers were intended to imply a warm personal relationship between them a year ago they weren't on speaking terms one chinese political commentator says the trump kimchi relationship is a complex one based on manipulation by all three. tries china is using north korea to fight the united states while the united states is using those korea to weaken china china's relations with north korea are improving president xi

ranking officials is set to attend north korea's seventieth anniversary celebrations president xi jinping was due to visit pyongyang for the ceremony but the visit was called off now he's reportedly disappointed over the lack of progress on the nuclearization china correspondent adrian brown with more now from beijing. it's three months since kim jong un made a vague promise to president donald trump to give up his nuclear weapons at their summit in singapore three months ago trump said he wanted it to happen quickly but it's not working out that way trump says there's a simple reason for that china. and part of the north korean problem is caused by they are trying to spin it with china trump says he has a terrific relationship with china's president xi jinping he's now accused him of encouraging kim to drag his feet over denuclearization so china can gain leverage in its trade dispute with the u.s. china's foreign ministry spokeswoman says the trumpet ministration is incomprehensible mainly downs here america should reflect on itself first is that a flip flopping and blaming others regar

is using those korea to weaken china china's relations with north korea are improving president xi jinping had been due to attend this weekend celebrations in pyongyang but it's now being confirmed he won't be going no official reasons being given but one analyst suggests the cim. wanted to avoid antagonizing trump at a time of heightened trade tensions between china and the united states as north korea's neighbor it's fallen to china to enforce u.n. sanctions most of what the north needs for its survival comes across an aging bridge spanning the yalu river at the port of dandong exports of coal iron ore and seafood remain banned but chinese officials have indicated they're not ready to go along with further penalties against the north should the talks or the denuclearization remain deadlocked adrian brown al-jazeera beijing several top un officials are in pakistan's push our province for talks about the treatment of afghan refugees from the program indian model caulker among those visiting a camp which operates with un funding pakistan host.

xi jinping is facing criticism with chinese academics raising doubt. his keynote speech gives him a chance to defend the initiative and he is expected to stress the importance of cooperation and consultation. nigeria says it expects opec and its allies to continue curbs on oil production. brent crude has risen from a low $50 to the high $70. the country's oil minister told bloomberg if prices stay as they are by the end of the year, restrictions will probably stay in place. >> the momentum is leaning towards that, yes. dislodge what we -- we will see how the marketplace off. come december if we find everything is working well -- in brazil a fire has engulfed the national museum, ravaging the 200-year-old museum in rio de janeiro. the blaze started about 7:30 p.m. local time. country's president tweeted that it was a sad day for all brazilians. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . not a great start t

putin as he heralds the bilateral meetings here in russia's far east with the chinese president, xi jinping. >>> 1$100 billion worth of deal are put on the table between the two countries with russia's sovereign wealth fund leading the way with an alibaba joint venture. >>> and arcelormittal drops to the bottom of the stoxx 600. >>> over 1 million people are ordered to evacuate the carolina coast as hurricane florence prepares to make landfall as a category 4 storm >>> good morning russian president vladimir putin has met with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, on the sidelines of the eastern economic forum putin told xi that the two countries have relations based on trust it comes as the two countries place 1$100 billion worth of del on the table geoff cutmore is there at the forum. do the ceos you're talking to seem worried about the relations between russia and the united states given the emphases we just heard about russia and china being such strong relations based on trust >> no, absolutely. i think as a back drop to this whole event, it is clear that the russian business community

allies, especially japan, worried the president may be too close to china, especially president xi jinping. the president talked how warm his relationship is with xi jinping, he sees leaders like him, to the frustration of democratic lawmakers and some republicans, as very strong leaders who have the respect of their people and when they say something the entire country moves in that direction. that is not the way things work for any president in the united states, so japanese and others are concerned that trump has moved too close to xi jinping despite ongoing us chinese trade disputes, tariffs and everything along those lines. mike: thanks for your time and analysis. eboni: a year after making landfall hurricane maria is considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in us history. a new report is revealing the storm's catastrophic damage to puerto rico. donald trump threatening his own justice department as he continues to attack the ongoing russia investigation. >> at some point if it doesn't straighten out properly i want them to do their job, i will get involved and i will get in

this is a gathering where china's leaders still among friends and on monday president xi jinping repaid that gratitude announcing that china would be approving more than sixty billion dollars worth of financing to africa he also said that a quarter of that figure would be free of interest and he also addressed the issue of debt he said those african countries who were unable to pay off what they owed china by the end of two thousand and eighteen would not have to he also said that this will open to those countries which had diplomatic relations with china of course there is just one country left on the african continent that does not that is and so clearly president putin ping was making a no good sure to the leaders of that country this is a gathering that has brought together heads of state political leaders from more than fifty countries in africa and this is a gathering that is very much aimed not just to the world but also china's people because china's leaders have been able to say we have brought together all these head to all these prime ministers who come from a continent where

xi jinping says he's not interested in "vanity projects." yvonne: to start things off with breaking data in south korea. inflation numbers for the month of august, month on month-wise, ticking up. year on year, the 2% target. seen mixed signals where inflationary pressures are not there anymore. square that with some of the rebound we have seen in exports as well and we see that in these gdp numbers. ramy: taking a look at the gdp revised numbers, quarter on quarter, 0.6% according to -- that is against consensus, 7%, so just .1% missing that. against 2.9%ctual for the consensus survey. all right, off of those raking lines out of south korea, let's get you up to speed with what has been happening in currencies. in the united states, we are still on labor day holiday weekend. that's bring those up and talk been really a story about dollar strength as well as about crises in emerging markets. .1%,berg dollar spot up by 11.83. we did see record weakness for the argentine peso. right now, we are looking ahead to tuesday, when officials had to to

attention grabbing events so far was a meeting between vladimir putin and the chinese president xi jinpingin two metres visited our far east theme to acts of bush and while they are they gave their cooking skills a whirl whipping up some pancakes together and then eating them with copier and the meeting didn't pass without a lighthearted exchange over him who should pay. if we. were. going to lose you. both of us want to know where the real you are just remember what i'm. pretty apt that exchange as pregnant she held closed door talks with support for their national currency is a key topic of discussion our correspondent and lot of what else was on the agenda the key messages for a lot of. paying in vladivostok world that there was great trust between beijing and moscow when it comes to politics defense and security business ties will keep growing stronger and stronger and most important the beijing and moscow are looking to get off the dollar hole at least when it comes to bilateral trade amid mounting pressure from washington should the to succeed in ditching the dollar as their main cur

xi jinping is facing growing criticism with some chinese academics raising doubts at home. his speech gave him a chance to develop the belt and wrote initiative and he is expected to stress the importance of cooperation and consultation. japanese prime ministers shinzo abe said relations to china are back in normal and he hopes president xi will visit soon. speaking to a newspaper, he said two-way ties improved after a premier came to japan in may. prince -- prime minister will go to china soon. he will visit russia and hopes to settle the dispute of the islands & an official world war ii peace treaty. china purpose regulations for the stop late with london. they talked about capital control. companies will need to meet a threshold including a minimum value. there will be limits on how many securities can be issued and how they will be traded. they lifted firms from each nation, positive in each country. italy's outlook has been cut by the populist government fiscal plan. from stablelowered to negative but maintained the long-term triple b rating and said it is proof of cre

military parade as north korea celebrates its seventieth founding anniversary china's president xi jinping won't be attending the festivities his absence is seen as china expressing disappointment of the lack of progress in the nuclearization. the u.s. is causing more aid for palestinians twenty five million dollars meant for cancer treatment at other critical care in occupied east jerusalem hospitals is being slashed last week the us government ended funding for united nations relief agency that helps around five million palestinian refugees come out here with a news group in a little over twenty five minutes after will come on china's democracy experiment next. as india was updating its citizenship records around four million people in the us some states are at risk of becoming stateless mr deals with bangladesh from infantry these are the majority of both. does apply to both sides of this issue talk to al-jazeera tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each shia driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests fail to make an impact but

china's president xi jinping has page sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa is hosting a major summit in beijing aimed at deepening ties but there is concern chinese investment may be saddling poor countries with too much debt and there's been widespread condemnation of a myanmar court's decision to jailed two voices journalist wallow in child's school were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison the journalist say they were framed by police. now mexican president enrique pena nieto is delivering his final state of the union address to show you some live pictures from mexico city right now and make it pena to will remain in office until december but this speech will be one of his last major addresses to the nation. paying out as president he was mocked by corruption scandals that involved him and his wife and it's that disappointment that many say helped leftists president elect and door when huge support in the last election and speak to al-jazeera show on home and in mexico city for us john this is essentially playing at us fare

he said and he urged washington to stop damaging the relationship with beijing as for president xi jinping he's been touring the north of the country preaching a message of self reliance president xi has become concerned that china has become too reliant on foreign technology in particular u.s. technology and he wants china to become more self-sufficient so one of the consequences of washington and beijing continuing to fall out so publicly well what we're seeing is that beijing and moscow are starting to move closer together just two weeks ago president xi jinping had yet another meeting with the russian president vladimir putin they've had several this year already and russia and china one closer cooperation particularly in the area of defense so yes on many levels now we're starting to see the relationship between beijing and washington gradually unravel iran's president has an rouhani has returned to tehran after his address at the u.n. general assembly telling the a media there that leaders at the u.n. were laughing at us president donald trump's comments was an example of how isolate

. ♪ isid: premier xi jinping meeting with vladimir putin later this week.hinese first time the state is attending the russian-led forum. discussingey will be the tensions with the u.s. and their own strengthening ties. what is expected out of xi's attendance. >> that's right, quite didn't -- quite significant that she's --ing is here, the first quite significant that xi jinping is here. said herump last week is ready to go all in, willing to add short notice put tariffs on all chinese imports. and from that rush us i, moscow is looking to pin it more towards beijing as they fit -- and from the russia side, moscow pivot more to hit they haveijing as your sanctions. we also have these joint military exercises taking place, starting today. this is the biggest since the cold war, so not just economic ties between beijing and moscow, also military ties. david: hold on a second. getting some lines out of the cabinet meeting in south korea. thatjae-in commenting south korea will be helping mediate that -- and expedite the talks between the north and the u.s. i'm g

is that we're hearing this change of language from the chinese side from the chinese president xi jinpingbut not raining necessarily hearing it from the african leaders side so what responsibility should leave as of africa bad for example why are they not apples conference taking notes while they at least giving the impression of just being a bunch of yes men i think i think the key there is there is a very important drive and also very important like need for funding and for investment a lot of the african leaders that they're dying to get those kinds of investment projects they're not there to take notes or take any kind of lessons that they're in order to see if they could fund like the different kinds of initiatives that they have and to take them where they are regional national so i think that's the most important thing but i mean the chinese are there for that kind of like if you look for example at the needs of half it came terms of infrastructure they have been evaluated sometimes of one hundred billion dollars that's not something that will come from the u.s. or come from europe

of the boom in the flower great friend sherman xi jinping and i have just discussed the development of russian chinese relations if. there's any need this is not the great fault we're in russia the little girl. cheerfully china and russia both bad the responsibilities of maintaining peace and stability fundamentally. instead of growing cooperation between our countries and international organizations trying to follow we have the same or similar views on international affairs. we can train like this if you want. and you. also coming up tonight bob woodward's exposé of the trump white house goes on sale but not everybody is buying. there's been so many that let that happen it's that down from supporters we're very loyal to him because at the end of the day you know what we get if we don't get that on track we get that plane snowflake that. we begin the day with two old rivals meeting on a battlefield as new friends today russia launched military exercises the largest war games since the end of the soviet union but this time russian troops had some company chinese soldiers are joining the

willem marx these are your headlines >>> russian president vladimir putin and chinese president xi jinping speak out against protectionism as the two countries strengthen ties. >> in order for our region to achieve high growth rates it should retain the spirit of economic freedom to be the space of business initiative without sanctions, bans, and political bias. >>> european commissioner president jean-claude juncker talks up multilateralism in his state of the union and says a united europe is an unavoidable force in world trade >>> angela merkel on the offensive. she uses her bundestag speech to call for solidarity on illegal migration. >>> and the worst storm to hit the carolinas in over 60 years emergency services warns hurricane florence will be extremely dangerous with life threatening storm surges and fierce winds. >>> good morning russia seems to have accelerated its pivot towards the east with vladimir putin taking the stage with the leaders of china, japan, and mongolia. he warned trade tensions would hurt the global economy. president putin urged asian countries to maintain the

he said and he urged washington to stop damaging the relationship with beijing as for president xi jinping he's been touring the north of the country preaching a message of self-reliance president xi has become concerned that china has become too reliant on foreign technology in particular u.s. technology and he wants china to become more self-sufficient so one of the consequences of washington and beijing continuing to fall out so publicly well what we're seeing is that beijing and moscow are starting to move closer together just two weeks ago president xi jinping had yet another meeting with the russian president vladimir putin they've had several this year already and russia and china one closer cooperation particularly in the area of defense so yes on many levels now we're starting to see the relationship between beijing and washington gradually unravel well as you mentioned earlier palestinian and israeli leaders will be taking to the podium at the u.n. general assembly later on thursday and the u.s. role as a mediator in the peace process is in doubt after several recent decisions by

he said and he urged washington to stop damaging the relationship with beijing as for president xi jinping he's been touring the north of the country preaching a message of self reliance president xi has become concerned that china has become too reliant on foreign technology in particular u.s. technology and he wants china to become more self-sufficient so one of the consequences of washington and beijing continuing to fall out so publicly well what we're seeing is that beijing and moscow are starting to move closer together just two weeks ago president xi jinping had yet another meeting with the russian president vladimir putin they've had several this year already and russia and china one closer cooperation particularly in the area of defense so yes on many levels now we're starting to see the relationship between beijing and washington gradually unravel. focus of wednesday's security council meeting however was the issue of chemical biological and nuclear weapons has been at the heart of several tense meetings and. have rarely resulted in action as mike hanna explains. this is the most