. >> many countries are getting into a debt trap. pakistan, the maldives, and sri lanka, these countries can become highly indebted. >> they have always been concerned about china because they share a disputed border, and they have always been concerned about pakistan, so the question is should they be concerned about bri. i think they will be most concerned when it touches upon countries that border them where they have had their traditional sphere of influence. whether it's a rail line to nepal, bangladesh, or a port in sri lanka, yes, they will be absolutely concerned. haslinda: at the heart of india's opposition is the biggest single project of the belt and road initiative, the china-pakistan economic corridor, which makes its way through kashmir all the way to the sea. >> to date, it is the biggest single component of bri. it is important to pakistan. china has in a relatively short time reduced the energy shortage that pakistan has had, the electricity shortage. it is important to pakistan. it is also important to china because pakistan has been an ally of china, a counte

it's not about profit. a high ranking delegation from sri lanka was in germany this week to solicit german investment german companies are involved in the island nation to the tune of one billion dollars that's still modest compared to the fifteen billion dollars china has invested in sri lanka since two thousand and five. yes. we are here primarily to attract what it needs. from germany and increase trade between the two countries. are very keen on improving. increasing i exposed to germany so that is the objective of our mission here. sri lanka's president much free palestine recent now has promised to reduce his country's reliance on beijing chinese funded infrastructure projects have sparked protests like here against the planned port city in colombo. a new district is being built on an artificial island in the capital all financed by china these impressive animations are designed to get german and other european investors on board. german business leaders would also like to strengthen ties to sri lanka starting this year germany has its own foreign chamber of commerce in colomb

intrigue longer, -- a port in sri lanka yes, they will be , absolutely concerned. haslinda: at the heart of india's opposition is the biggest single project of the belt and road initiative, the china-pakistan economic corridor , which makes its way through kashmir, all the way to the sea. >> to date, it is the biggest single component of bri. it is important to pakistan. china has, not overlie -- not overnight, but in a relatively short period of time reduced the electricity shortage. becauseportant to china pakistan has been an ally to china for a very long time. it gives them access to the arabian sea. it also borders more sensitive area of china. it is a port in for both parties to succeed. >> >> if i make an investment, i move on. as a government, my concerns are not only financial. i can in the case of sri lanka, have a 99 year lease on the port, which sits close to india and right next to a major shipping lane. billions investing pakistan and which is also not likely to be financially successful. i can get these commercial ports but it can have other uses as well. most of deb

come: almost ten years after the end of sri lanka's civil war, families of the missing are still searching for answers. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the white house says kim jong—un has requested a second meeting with donald trump. a state of emergency is declared in virginia and the carolinas and head of the arrival of a hurricane. the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of the 5 people killed in the westminster bridge attack has described how the lives of many were torn apa

years after the end end of sri lanka's civil war, families of the missing are still searching for answers. and what doctors have called a miracle — the baby girl born with her heart outside her body. this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore, 1o‘clock in london, and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where the white house says the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has requested a second meeting with president trump and that officials are looking into scheduling one. negotiations on the topic appeared to have stalled after the two leaders‘ historic summit in singapore injune, leading the us secretary of state mike pompeo to cancel a scheduled trip to north korea last month. the white house spokeswoman has told reporters the letter shows a continued commitment on the part of pyongyang to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the president has received the letter from kim jong—un. it was a very warm, very positive letter. we won't release the full letter, unless the north korean leader agrees that we should. the primary purpos

, ahead of the arrival of hurricane florence. almost ten years after the end end of sri lanka's civil war, families of the missing are still searching for answers. and the star of sex and the city who wants to become governor of new york. the white house says the leader of north korea has requested a second meeting with president trump and that officials are looking into scheduling one. the request was made in what they say was a "very warm, very positive" personal letter from kimjong unto mr trump. caroline rigby has more. this is the kim jong—un is hoping for a repeat of, another face—to—face meeting with the president of the united states. the white house secretary told reporters the north korean leader made the request in a letter to donald trump. it was a very warm, very positive letter. we won't release the full letter unless the north korean leader agrees that we should. the primary purpose of the letter was to request and look to schedule another meeting with the president, which we are open to and are already in the process of co—ordinating that. negotiations over the reg

to come here at al-jazeera strength by sri lanka's former president tens of thousands come out in the capital calling for the current government to resign. and help pregnant women in bangladesh getting medical care some of them for the first time. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello there we've got plenty of violent thunderstorms over parts of europe at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see one area of cloud is in the east over the black sea lots of thunder and lightning at the moment and then further west we've also seen some storms here those are working their way eastwards over parts of france now and across into the mediterranean this whole system that will work its way eastwards as we head through the day on thursday behind it it's going to be fresh with london getting to around twenty degrees for the east though those thunderstorms are going to continue with this so for thursday no must have change for us to expect some more very heavy thunderstorms with some hail and maybe with some flooding rains as well as we had o

british british military involvement exists in places like bangladesh and sri lanka and papua and oman and of course other more slightly more obvious places like saudi arabia but if you were to ask most people where is the where where is britain in the world where is britain involved militarily they would probably say afghanistan and they might say iraq and as i say in the book didn't we leave iraq anyway and of course you know there's still huge military bases there and a huge military presence in countries that were all part of the empire and certainly from my studies the british base and it's one of the one nine hundred centuries realize the overextended military it was like vietnam for america and they realized that we cannot force the empire troops around the world but we have to basically create a commonwealth economics and governmental linkages under the queen ultimately ask the queen. value systems things like this so what is it that the military is doing in countries mentioning and she lands on the national what is it the british actually she sometimes sometimes it can be fair

. in countries like sri lanka, a debt default is steering the project off course. >> sri lanka is a good example. they built a court but it is not useful, not economic, so now, the chinese have taken it over. we will see that in more vulnerable and smaller countries. infrastructure sounds nice, but if it doesn't generate a lot of business, then it is not good infrastructure. >> you can see that, the hambantota port was taken up without any feasibility study. as a result, the government of sri lanka had to hand over hambantota port on a 99-year lease, not just the port, but a vast area of nearly seven square kilometers around it. stephen: for india which is the biggest critic of the project, it is also a question of national security. china's biggest project to date runs the length of neighboring pakistan to the port of gwadar on the indian ocean. >> when you talk about silk road, the fact that today, china has come to acquire control or controlling stakes in some 75 ports in 35 countries, clearly, that is not being done just with commercial objectives in mind. >> if you are very clo

sri lanka out of the asia cup in abu dabhi. the five time former champions had to win to stay in the tournament. but chasing 250 to win sri lanka got no where near their target. upal tharanga's 36 the top score, as they were bowled out for 158 in the 42nd over and lost by 91 runs. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. the jet stream targets the uk with a proper taste of autumn over next few days. several areas of low pressure moving through. the first on tuesday, the remnants of ex—hurricane helene. so storm helene is coming in and the winds at the south and centre of this will be strengthening as tuesday begins. another area of low pressure into wednesday too so voer the next few days, some strong, possibly disruptive wids as well so keep in touch with the situation in your part of the world through bbc local radio because there could well be some impact on travel, for example. the yellow, a met office warning area here, you need to be aware of some impacts du

stokes and alex hales have been included in england's one—day squad to tour sri lanka this autumn after being charged by the ecb with bringing the game into disrepute. the pair face a disciplinary hearing in decemberfollowing an incident outside a bristol nightclub in 2017, and that hearing will take place between england's tours to sri lanka and west indies. this is the full squad, which includes warwickshire bowler olly stone. he's been given a first call—up as a replacement for liam plunkett, who will miss the first three matches for his wedding. the build—up to this saturday's world heavyweight title clash between britain's undefeated anthonyjoshua and russia's alexander povetkin continues. the promotion is under way, joshua's skills on display in london this evening, as he gets set to defend his wba, wbo and ibf heavweight titles against povetkin with the fight at wembley, joshua's first back there since his victory over wladimir klitschko in april last year. it's expected be another capacity crowd of 90,000. the chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger wants to see russia's a

sri lanka's former president tens of thousands rally in the capital calling for the government to resign david baca reveals the name and logo for his major league soccer team that story is coming up with peter in sports. hello is hard to define gordon as drove the mass of clouds which is what it is now but it's still of course brought extra lift to the air and to do more so it's raining there are still flood warnings flash floods and longer term floods around the mast submissively valley up to particular mississippi and i think alabama but you can see the green stretches right back to texas the heaviest rain has fallen in thunderstorms in texas so this warm and she made areas still exist and there's a division line that runs well more or less through chicago this saudis much cooler more sunny and this is sticky and potentially wet and that's the case for the next twenty four to thirty six hours with maybe more emphasis further west still with some big showers likely a new mexico again parts of texas hails quite likely and that cutoff line is still there and if you're in new york o

the maldives opposition have been living in exile in sri lanka i'm in now for now and fernandez is there she joins us live now from columbus was the president's concession a surprise. for many people that we've spoken to they have been taken by surprise that the concession came so quickly even last night as the figures spoke for them serves and it was quite clear that the opposition had taken the election people still raise the question and released certain concerns as to what the handover process would be and indeed as to whether president ya mean would go and go quietly and that has been answered a short while ago so still a lot of surprise even the social media networks you know reflecting that surprise of how quickly and how smoothly in all intents that this handover announcement has come and this concession has come from president i mean i'm. so what's next then for the opposition. right now many of them are getting over the last couple of days and the overnight of the election sort of you know exhaustion but right now there's a lot of sort of consultation a lot of consulting

entire country last month the health minister said more than one hundred towns across sri lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes even still more than five million sri lankans are addicted to it. taxation is considered probably the best way of preventing home from tobacco and to and to reduce tobacco use but clearly among the youth and the poor so what we'd like to see is a situation where the taxation is done according to a calculated formula and done regularly which will result in the government increasing its revenue by taxation but at the same time and more importantly for us the consumption of cigarettes and tobacco will go down among the population. well so far men and students actually smoke more than women about twenty eight percent of men do twenty seven percent of students and every week one hundred ninety one men die from tobacco related illnesses it's also still legal to smoke in restaurants and bars now the hash tag no tobacco is being used to spread awareness about the negative health impacts of tobacco and how recently how more taxes can actually help keep people h

games there's been a big shock at cricket asia cup sri lanka have been knocked out after a second straight defeat afghanistan beating them by ninety one runs sri lanka had already lost their group opener against bangladesh defending champions india are without a star batsman virat kohli he's being arrested for the event they play their first going against tournament derby since hong kong in dubai on choose day twenty four hours later they take on his rivals pakistan. we have our own block is that because to morrow we are all gone so obviously we have to focus on that but it will be but once we finish that bit more recently we'll look at. what distant and weaknesses are. but even for us we haven't. you know the last of all these guys maybe it was during i would be fourteen it's been a long time since we're at this particular venue. made a big decision at harvest time against the l.a. charges the thirty year old decided it was a good song to announce his retirements davis had played in the league for ten years started the game but quit with the bills trailing twenty eight six at hal

cricks is of just sworn their opening game of the asia cup beats in sri lanka in abu dhabi they scored two hundred forty nine in their fifty overs sri lanka all out for one hundred and fifty eight they are out of the tournament after losing their group opener against bangladesh or defending champions india without stop us from vera kohli who's being rested for the event they play their first game against tournament every since hong kong in dubai on tuesday twenty four hours later they take on face rivals pakistan at the same stadium. we have are focusing on black is that because to morrow we bring the whole gong to obviously we have to focus on that particular team but once we finish that bit more recently we'll look at. what distant and weaknesses are. but even for us we haven't. you know the last of all these guys maybe it was during a b. and it would be fourteen it's been a long time since we've cleared at this particular venue now in the n.f.l. buffalo bills player davis made a pretty big decision at half time during the game against the l.a. charges the thirty year old decided it

that. now to sri lanka where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in antigovernment marches in the capital colombo the protests have been organized by the opposition coalition which is led by the former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa extra police have been deployed and special security has been put in place around parliament the courts have ruled the protesters can be arrested for disrupting the peace the opposition says the government no longer has a mandate health to recent losses in local government elections let's talk to our correspondent. in colombo how much trouble then is the government of three policy reason actually and. money in the government of my policy the sailor facing a dilemma at this stage they're three little over three years into they're. facing a lot of unpopularity escalating cost of living and basically the joint opposition yapping at their here's the joint opposition very much fronted by former president strongman behind the rajapaksa keeping on proving and showing the masses who are still a significant amount of them sued ba

supply chain would be paid assassins laurie. beijing is investing billions in sri lanka securing influence on the strategic island in the indian ocean but this reluctant government wants to loosen its chinese shackles high ranking delegation is in germany right now to encourage investments. pum borg and now berlin sri lanka's minister of foreign trade is on a promotional tour. german companies have so far invested around one billion dollars in tree lanka compared to the fifteen billion dollars china has invested since two thousand and five german involvement is still quite modest. yes here we are here primarily to attract what it needs. from germany and increase trade between doctoral countries. are very keen on improving. increasing i export to germany because that is the object to off our mission here. prolong his presidency racine or in office since twenty fifteen would like to reduce the country's dependence on beijing in part to placate its neighbor india. and protesters back home like here at a protest against the planned port city project a new district has been erected on

website. ben stokes and alex hales had been included in england's one—day squad to tour sri lanka this autumn after being charged by the ecb with bringing the game into disrepute. the pairface a disciplinary bringing the game into disrepute. the pair face a disciplinary hearing in december following an the pair face a disciplinary hearing in decemberfollowing an incident outside a bristol night club in 2017. that hearing will take place between england's tours to sri lanka and the west indies. this is the full squad, which includes warwickshire bowler 0llie stone, he's got a first call up as a replacement for liam plunkett, who will miss the first few matches for his wedding. that is all the sport for now. stay updated on the bbc sport website. we will see you again soon. bye— bye. here's your late—night check of the weather and storm ali was the big weather and storm ali was the big weather story today. wind gusts above 90 mph in some parts of northern ireland. you can see this hook of cloud on the satellite. the centre drifting to scandinavia but that doesn't mean things will com

hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want my hand to rajapaksa back he's the only one he can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years and is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to form a health minister my trip to the same and after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my head to rajapakse his favor right now there are the everyday issues that are brought people onto the streets combined with what's perceived

of sri lanka — rory burns and joe denly are the men who will have their chance to stake a claim for a starting spot. it‘s the first squad not to include alastair cook. he retired after 12—years at the top of the order. here it is in full. 16 men, 0lly stone from warwickshire is the other newcomer. he was also included in the one day squad named earlier this week. so let‘s break it down a bit. squad named earlier this week. these are the three openers — burns and denly, competing with keatonjennings to be in that opening partnership. jennings — a litle fortunate perhaps — as he averages just a fraction over 22 at the moment... let‘s hear from chief selector ed smith on the two new men: rory burps who has been the leading run score and captained sur troy the title this year comes in, and joe denly from kent makes a return to international cricket. he did play a few one—dayers a long time ago, so it has been a big gap for him. but a different cricketer now not many specialist middle—order batsmen — just the captainjoe root and ollie pope... both of the wicketkeepers w

on the turkey syria border. lots more to come here at al-jazeera including face off in sri lanka as the former president's coalition tries to unseat the current leader. at least ten people are dead and three hundred of windy from typhoon jackie in japan. hello again it's good to have you back well we are seeing a little bit of a break in terms of the rain in the clouds up towards the philippines particular up here towards luzon manila you can be right on the edge of that but we do think in terms of rain you're going to get a break most of the rain is going to down towards the south across the central philippines and also very heavy rain showers could be expected across borneo over the next few days coming down into that area down towards jakarta that we do expect to see some rain for you temperatures staying into the low thirty's up towards parts of singapore maybe thirty degrees for you acquire them poor it is going to be a cloudy and humid day at about thirty three degrees well in parts of australia we are seeing one big storm system make its way across the by right there there is

in england's one—day squad for the tour of sri lanka. they were charged yesterday for bringing the game into disrepute after an incident outside a nightclub in bristol. england have lost to australia, 52—a7 down under. i will be back with more on all those stories at 2:30pm. cornish pasties, parma ham and champagne, you wouldn't think, could be possible threats to britain's smooth departure from the eu. but where a product is made, can be a very valuable part of the brand, and the eu wants that protected, after brexit. 0ur europe reporter, adam fleming, is in parma in northern italy for us this afterrnoon. you've been in that shop all day. i hope everything is going all right. what is the issue here? hello, simon. you know that parma is famous for a couple of blockbuster products, parma ham and parmesan cheese. they are protected from co pycats cheese. they are protected from copycats under european union law. it is not just copycats under european union law. it is notjust a big deal in italy, it isa it is notjust a big deal in italy, it is a big deal in france as well. particula

stay alive and shoppers in sri lanka are asking is there no end to rising prices but a familiar face reckons he has the balance. hello again we're here crossing we are seeing really up to the north some clouds passing across back who over to the other side of the caspian sea now over the next few days the heavy rain will actually be down towards the south tehran u.b.c. some showers potentially heavy in the afternoons temperature high thirty degrees few there and then as we go towards tuesday a little bit cooler but down towards quiet city we do expect to see about forty two in your forecast well we did see quite a few clouds here across much of the among coast of the last few days those are starting to edge way but down towards the clouds continue to remain and we are going to sing about twenty eight degrees up towards doha seasonable for us where the temps are there of about thirty nine and riyadh we do expect to see your high at about forty and as we make our way down here towards parts of africa we are going to be seeing really a change for parts of capetown we are seeing some bet

rallied in sri lanka's capital they're angry at economic conditions and a delay in provincial elections former president mahinda rajapaksa is leading the charge as wayne hay reports from columbus. the leaders of the protest movement said it was going to be their biggest show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want mahinda rajapaksa back he's the only one who can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with the tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to form a healt

and sri lanka lost to india 2—0 and drew 0—0 with each other. that meant that the simple flip of a coin was needed, held under the watch of the match commissioner. the maldives came out on top and will now play nepal in the last four. india will play arch rivals pakistan. both those matches take place on wednesday. coin toss, toin, what difference does it make? all the same. a difference of seven points to the new yorkjets against bedene try and is in their match in michigan. two touchdowns for the jets, only one for detroit. they took an early lead but they are behind at half—time —— the jets. but they are behind at half—time —— thejets. for but they are behind at half—time —— the jets. for everything but they are behind at half—time —— thejets. for everything else go but they are behind at half—time —— the jets. for everything else go to the jets. for everything else go to the website and you can follow us on twitter. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. full uk weather forecast coming up injust a moment, but first

and taiwan are closed on account of the mid autumn holiday. we are seeing sri lanka not trading for a public holiday as well. , newng at australia zealand, earlier declines when it comes to kiwi trading. the a2 milk company seeing declines down 6%. we are also seeing a broad-based selloff with the kiwi dollar and aussie dollar as risk aversion returns in the trade narrative. cindy futures down -- sydney futures down .3% despite finishing strong friday. >> opec has sidesteps trump's demand for lower oil prices, saying they will boost production only if customers are. willsay the cartel continue to pump fluid to meet demand. opec and allies have placed upon the next are million ball -- million barrels a day to fill the gap. the u.k. opposition labor party is raising pressure on theresa may for posing the option of a national vote on brexit. the motion will be put to delegates at the annual meeting this week where leader jeremy corbyn says he will accept whatever the conference decides. may has the idea of a second referendum. the trump administration is considering an executive order th

test quad to tour sri lanka was named. without cook there will be a different look to the top of the order and two of the three new players are indeed openers. 0ne of them is a man very much in form, rory burns has scored over 1000 runs for surrey this season, helping them to the county championship title will stop also included is canned's joe denley, with keating jennings keeping his place. rory burns, who has been the leading run storer and has been the leading run storer and has captained surrey to the title this year, he is yet to make his debut, and joe denley from kent makes a return to international cricket. he played a few one—day matches quite a long time ago so there has been a gap to him. he comes back in, but a very different cricket —— cricketer now to what he was then. this time tomorrow night we should know whether anthony joshua has retained his world heavyweight crown. he takes on alexander povetkin in front of an 80,000 sellout crowd at wembley stadium. today's way injoshua was almost two stone heavier than his russian opponent he has been taking a new approa

. hundreds of mabel and coast guard personnel have been deployed to clean up in the oil spill in sri lanka around twenty five tons of furnace oil leaked from a pipeline north of the capital colombo on sunday authorities say the leak has stopped but it will take days to clean up. ports a russian and syrian aircraft have resumed airstrikes in the syrian province of eyewitnesses and monitoring groups told news agencies there were several fatalities damascus has stepped up its assault on the country's last rebel stronghold after last week's summit failed to produce a ceasefire. and at least four people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the somali capital mogadishu authorities say a car laden with explosives rammed a security checkpoint at a local government office the bombing was claimed by the al shabaab extreme school . germany has been on edge after a violent anti migrant demonstrations gripped the city of kennett's two weeks ago fears of more on breast rose again on sunday when a man died after a fight with two afghan migrants in another east german town curtain thousands follow the call o

been cancelled. a major antigovernment protests is expected in sri lanka security has been increased around parliament in the capital colombo the protest has been organized by the opposition coalition led by former prime minister. he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections minal fernandez has more from the sri lankan capital. the demonstration and public rally that the joint opposition is promising is very much it's show of force it's displayed all of the kind of public support it has called the people's protests the people's power brought to colombo this protest is all about the opposition calling for this government to step down the see that it has lost its mandate after a dismal showing at the last local government election they say they have repeatedly sort of messed up the governance of the country now the government says that they have reports that the joint opposition will air to attack some sensitive government institutions and there is a huge police presence there's a water cannon park behind me just down the road from the president

spiritual leader mohamed badie who received a life sentence. opposition movement in sri lanka is using the country's economic issues as a political weapon against the governing party the government is struggling to deal with a mountain of debt inherited from the previous administration as way hey reports now from colombo. it's in the small markets that macro economic changes can often be felt most prices of sri lankan food staples like coconuts have been fluctuating at the moment buyers are enjoying a slight reprieve but in the markets of the capital colombo prices have increased about seven percent from a year ago and then in the in the lead and it's very difficult the moment because things have become so expensive we find it difficult to manage because prices keep going up if you let them the government says at three point four percent general inflation is not a problem but it is trending upwards and is one of the economic issues opposition groups the seizing upon as they try to force the government outs but some experts believe by sowing political instability the opposition is in fact u

taiwan closed. sri lanka also closed. equinox holiday. we have close to home new zealand stocks are trading. not inspected to change but maybe a dovish tone from the central bank and a rate cut that could be on the table. with the kiwi dollar and aussie dollar, we saw quite a selloff on the back of the bearish turn in the trade development. the news out on saturday china called off the trade negotiations. no compromises really. short-term possibility with relationships between washington and beijing. a lower set up with the open of trading despite finishing up in the friday session, higher half a percent. let's get to first word news with haslinda amin. sidesteppedec has president trump's demand for lower oil prices, saying it will boost production only of customers ask. the saudi oil minister said the cartel would continue to pump crude to meet demand. opec and its allies plan will an extra one million barrels a day to fill the collapse of that as well and sanctions on iran. the trump administration -- on venezuela and sanctions on iran. the trump administration once investigations

on al-jazeera why sri lanka's former president is accusing the government of mismanaging its finances. and they're supposed to keep students in the u.s. safe but there's a call to kick police out of schools will explain why. hello again we're here across north asia we are watching a front about to make its way towards the parts of the pacific more rain down here towards the south of the next few days and a lot of clouds across much of japan here on monday sunday twenty six tokyo twenty eight same thing down here towards osaka a little bit better across the korean peninsula but a little bit cooler as well with seoul only seeing about twenty degrees then as we make our way towards tuesday the rain starts to build up along the coast of japan you can see tokyo getting that rain as well but for so we are looking at some partly cloudy conditions a beautiful day with those temperatures really coming up maybe about twenty three degrees there where the rain is back here across much of china you can see those showers popping up those afternoon thunderstorms right there we do think that over the

charges in two thousand and fifteen and is now in exile in sri lanka the other is young means half brother mamoun abdul gayoom he was sentenced to nineteen months earlier this year accused of joining forces with the opposition to try to oust the president and chief justice. and another judge ali hamid were arrested earlier in the year after they delivered a ruling that opposition figures had not been given fair trials and could talk less now reports. it's famous is a holiday on its destination popular with newlyweds of the holy book but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition intimidation and security crackdown we keep saying there are going to be heavy rain but we take part in that believing that all the support is so overwhelming that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim ali has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term declared a fifteen day state of emergency this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards auth

almost all his rivals for president mohamed nasheed who's in exile in sri lanka offered his congratulations yet in the last four five years especially since i was it just. brought home a saw that has led the flock that our party has brought together all the other parties together. and yet has of course proven to be one of the best yes it's that of a country to never have gone originations little. iran's revolutionary guard is vowing what it calls deadly an unforgettable vengeance after saturday's attack that killed at least twenty five people dozens more were wounded when four gunmen opened fire on the event in the city of a vase commemorating the start of the iran iraq war iran's president has accused the u.s. of helping support those who committed the attack an accusation unlikely to help tensions between the country's leaders at the upcoming u.n. general assembly. here campaign is for any bricks at referendum of the marching in liverpool where the opposition labor party is meeting this week they want the party to back a second referendum they believe that jeremy corbyn sa

lanka where she lost her left by sri lankan army r.p.g. and april two thousand and one cat she became really known and recognizable for that pats tell us about that time i tell you. you just. tumble. community has spent so incredibly supportive of my family and done so much like you see so. i really appreciate that from now and i know that here so much to make their voices fair and the journalism student who wrote and i'm sure her parents might not be thrilled. to be dangerous but. it makes me really happy you know we've started journalism school in greece named she was so supportive of us because she believed in how the stock was especially today. if your. students are interested in following greece. pool there's a big picture behind me and it's a view a marine working together and you look at his fees what was it do you think that made your working relationship work so well obviously the same black sense of humor but there's going to be a lot more than that carry you through was a. yeah i mean i don't honestly think it boiled back to how we first met in syria i think it was this eve

this long green. antigovernment protesters in sri lanka a gathering for a major demonstration in the capital security has been increasing around parliament the protests is being organized by the opposition coalition led by the former prime minister brenda rajapaksa he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections wayne hay is there in the midst of things in the capital colombo and wayne so it seems as a mr rudd rajapaksa has managed to get a significant number of people out onto the streets. yes it seems as if it was a bit of a slow start but slowly as people have finished their jobs for the day the streets around this area of the capital city colombo which is where the financial heart of the city really is also a lot of government buildings in this area those streets or started to fill up people have been walking along some of the main arterials leading to the syria to come into this proteas sidewall up they've been waiting for the former president that you mentioned mind to rajapaksa he's been very much behind the push to get these people out on

and alex hales have been included in england's one—day squad to tour sri lanka next month. the pair will face an ecb disciplinary hearing in december following that brawl outside a bristol nightclub last year. warwickshire fast bowler 0lly stone gets a first call—up. the chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger wants to see russia's anti doping agency continue to be banned. she has shared her concerns ahead of tomorrow's world anti—doping agency meeting where the three year suspension is expected to be lifted. michael phelps, has called for more support to be given to athletes when their careers come to an end. the most decorated 0lympian says that he contemplated taking his own life during the worst periods of his own depression. two years ago, elliot stewart, a fit and healthy 28—year—old, started to lose his sight, he had a cornea condition that needed urgent surgery to stop him going completely blind. coming from a judo family, his father is an olympic medallist, elliot is now hoping to compete at the visually—impaired world championships later this year, and his brot