but there are now questions about whether trump will speak with the f.b.i. cobb reportedly encouraged to cooperate cops replacement emmet flood is known for being more adversarial the white house says flood is joining the team to represent the president against what it called the russia witch hunt in science and there are new threats by republicans in congress to remove the man overseeing the case deputy attorney general rod rosenstein another repeatable who've been. making threats prior. at least publicly against me for quite some time and i think they should understand by now that the purpose of justice is not going to be extorted and waste a truck seemed to respond to that directly tweeting he may need to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved ironically the lawyer stepping into ty cobb's place built his reputation defending someone donald trump despises and that fled represented us president bill clinton during his impeachment proceedings can really help get al-jazeera at the white house on the newest member of donald trump's legal tea

one of president trump's first sanctioned office was a moderate to prevent u.s. aid cash going to n.g.o.s to promote a bullshit as a method of family planning the move when the applause of production advocates but it's been condemned by aid agencies and charities who say the ruling will have devastating consequences to their work in the developing world. filmmakers sarah spiller and calum mcrae to find out why.

president donald trump of the north korean leader kim jong un donald trump had said that the date and location worst set but the firm details had not yet been announced and of course donald trump has said in the past that he could still walk away from those plans or indeed walk away while a meeting is going on if he were displeased so this move by pump aoe to go back to pyongyang to firm up those plans seems to be to want to ensure that that meeting does go ahead we don't know yet if he will meet this time or with the leader himself kim jong un but he will be meeting he says with senior officials the other item that we're expecting to be on the agenda is the three americans who are detained in north korea donald trump has said that america has been working to for their release and we're expecting this to be discussed when my pump aoe has these meetings in pyongyang interesting leave though just a note as he is the top diplomat representing the united states in the official transcript released by the state department in the u.s. my pump a zero for first of the leader of north korea as

donald trump has rescinded foreign aid to charities that perform actively promote abortion people and paladin as the consequence is a us president spends strength can have on countless lives around the globe he's completely and just against unions drives people we go and see if a bush and those people will trump and the ethics of foreign aid on our. exit polls suggest ireland has voted two to one in favor of relaxing the country's strict abortion laws. hello again my name's peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up for thirty days while we're talking to them now they very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see what happens donald trump says his highly anticipated summit with north korea could be back on a day after it was called off plus it's a prescription for disaster u.s. police discovered a massive hole of an. drug being blamed for an overdose epidemic. also this hoffa cycling mcu has made landfall in amman with fears it could be the country's worst storm on record. the top story there have been celebrations in ireland am

what now for north korea donald trump canceled much awaited talks with kim jong il and. their ability now to change its mind sometime in the future to what happens to the world's nuclear weapons now this is inside story. and welcome to the program on this of pran i'm shocking perplexing and unexpected just some of the reactions to donald trump canceling his highly anticipated summit with ken jiang on and singapore next month the north said trump's decision was extremely regrettable a sentiment echoed worldwide as a missed opportunity for peace the u.s. president called it a sad moment of history and the white house blamed north korea's trade of broken promises in a letter to kim trump said sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it's an appropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting you talk about your nuclear capabilities but our the so massive and powerful that i pray to god they'll never have to be used to spot trump surprise announcement north korea has not given up hope that talks will eventua

president donald trump made good on a signature campaign promise solidifying his america first agenda i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made. the u.s. negotiated the agreement with iran in twenty fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united states now bria imposes tough economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sectors that had been lifted arguing iran did not live up to its end of the agreement we have definitive proof that this arabian promise was a lie. even though u.s. intelligence the united nations and european allies maintain iran has been compliant under the agreement trump cited a recent israeli report that iran had not been truthful about its activities before entering into the deal trouble also argues the agreement should have dealt with iran's military pursuits in the region and its ballistic missile program. capitol hill the top s

donald trump announced he had finally bade his decision trump tweeted he would make his decision public on tuesday whether to withdraw the united states from the iran nuclear agreement. the announcement follows a last minute effort by u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson to persuade try to keep the u.s. within the deal even with top trump administrator. there's including secretary of state mike pump a.o. but not donald trump in the absence of a presidential meeting johnson penned an editorial in the new york times newspaper and has been appearing on multiple u.s. t.v. networks urging trump to remain in the agreement he will be tougher on iran but not throw away that the heart of the deal which is all about stopping them getting nuclear weapons the deal was negotiated in twenty fifty and under the administration of u.s. president barack obama and included other european countries as well as russia and china it's designed to contain iran's nuclear program for civilian use only. trouble was to get out of the deal unless it's fixed to address iran's missile program and tehran's other milita

a show of anger in iran's parliament up to us president donald trump pulls out of the nuclear deal. and i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. several explosions in the afghan capital kabul targeting at least two police stations. malaysia's prime minister six of despite corruption allegations in elections that pitted against a former mental. and the annual display of military power in front of russia's president. u.s. president donald trump has defied last ditch diplomatic efforts by his european allies to stick by the iran nuclear deal following his announcement to pull out of the pact has been swift international reaction with more criticism and support members of iran's parliament burnt an american flag to show their anger the parliamentary speaker slammed trump saying that he lacked the mental capacity to resolve the issue iran's president condemned the u.s. for not respecting its commitments he says that iran will remain in the pact but warned the terror ron could resume in reaching the radium if its national interests on respected other signatori

theory in teheran of a donald trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal but europe val's to stand by the agreement. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up malaysia's veteran acts leader mattera mohamed says he's won the country's closely fought election three americans released by north korea head home with us secretary of state might pay zero. a gunman loach coordinated attacks in the afghan capital battling security forces for al as. iran supremely says donald trump's decision to pull the united states out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal is silly and superficial excuse the u.s. president of lying and his threatened to quit the landmark agreement if the remaining while power is called off a trade guarantees. the reports from. the video after the united states tour of. iran started on former members of parliament into one burned a printout of the international power. and the american flag a show of anger and disappointment over what they say is a mistake by washington i doubt although. if europe an important countries lik

she alleges she had an affair with trump in two thousand and six u.s. president has previously denied anything about the payment that was money that was paid by by the way i would do out of his four firm funds or whatever funds doesn't matter the president reimbursed over a period of several didn't. think we remember that he did it on his own he did without i don't know i haven't investigated that no reason to dispute that no or that is true of recollection or i like michael. i feel very bad he's been victimized like this the president feels even worse the fact is just trust me they're going to come up with no violations they're. the first release of a prisoner from the guantanamo bay detention center on the trumpet ministration that. will be transferred to saudi arabia forty prisoners remain at the city. the headlines that he's continued on al jazeera. very important information for many people around the world. i'm still here. and. in the forefront.

president on the trump announces plans to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. members of iran's parliament and american flag to show their anger even as president rouhani says the tech crunch will stay in the deal. hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a hostage situation at a prison in indonesia at least six people have been killed. malaysia's prime minister seeks a third term despite corruption allegations and elections the pit him against a form of mental. abuse we've got a show of force the display of military power in front of russians russia's president. we begin with breaking news from afghanistan where several large explosions have been heard in the capital let's bring in our correspondent jennifer glass who's on the line now from kabul jennifer what more can you tell us. injuring two with different attacks underway in two different parts of the city. thirteen thirteen of the city west of the city has under attack so to have police station number ten in charge now there have been at least five explosions seven of th

iran's president is confident izzy awaits donald trump's decision on the nuclear deal. hello again i'm sure without his air live from doha also coming up the north korean leader kim jong un says he's committed to denuclearization as he meets china's president for the second time in as many months. mass protest leader is elected prime minister after leading eight peaceful revolution. also the spectacular bow cannick display continues in the why most in love everything in its path. the donald trump is just hours away from announcing whether the united states will stay with the iran nuclear deal the us president tweeted on monday that he'll be making a declaration at the white house days ahead of the deadline for him to extend a waiver of sanctions against iran that some u.s. democratic party said this is their written to mr trump in a last ditch effort to try to persuade him from walking away from the deal and this follows a flurry of high level diplomatic meetings in washington between u.s. officials and their european allies many of whom fear that mr trump is making a m

president donald trump says he's ready to announce what he'll do about the iran nuclear deal. hello there i'm joe now welcome to the program this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london also coming up. rock star status i mean his new prime minister is given a hero's welcome out of mass rally in the country's capital. loses through new cracks in the ground in hawaii destroying more homes and engulfing stranded vehicles. and we visit a wildlife park in south africa where a mining project is threatening conservation tourism. well in the next hour or so u.s. president donald trump is set to announce whether he will pull out of the iran nuclear deal with drawing from the agreement would mean renewing sanctions which were lifted when the deal was signed in two thousand and fifteen iran's president warned the u.s. will face consequences if it pulls out on tuesday haasan rouhani insisted iran will stand on its own feet regardless of sanctions. that. this government's plan from day one has been based on having honest good constructive and effective interactions with the world as w

fury in tehran over donald trump's the situation to pull out of the iran nuclear deal but europe valves to stand by the agreement. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up three americans released by north korea head home with the u.s. secretary of state like pompei oh we're live in kuala lumpur were votes are being counted in the country's tightest election ever. my moral compass is strong. and down times nominee to head the cia promises not to use torture against detainees if she gets the job. hello thank you for joining us iran's the supreme leader says donald trump's the station to pull the united states out of the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal is silly and superficial he accused the u.s. president of lying in this threaten to quit the landmark agreement if the remaining world powers can't offer trade guarantees same does drive the reports now from tehran. the day after the united states tore up the nuclear deal iran set it on fire. members of parliament into one burned a printout of the international pact and the american flag a show of anger

also coming up a startling revelation before marriage new york says donald trump is the tony the hush money given to an adult. celebration the ruling party agrees to support the opposition leader's bid to step in as prime minister. the move to allow trash burning in argentina could mean hundreds of jobs go up in smoke. a high level u.s. delegation has arrived in china to trade talks u.s. treasury secretary steven mission is meeting with china's vice premier during his two day visit to try to hammer out a deal to try and avoid a full blown trade war between the world's two biggest economies in recent months both beijing and washington have imposed tariffs and threatened further measures less cost to our china correspondent a jim brown who's in beijing for us both sides have been attempting to manage expectations of a breakthrough so one of the main areas of friction here. well there are many areas of friction and i guess the two key ones would be the deficit at the moment china exports far more to the united states than the other way around and the united states wants to redress that b

president donald trump warning his tough stance on trade could plunge the u.s. into another great depression the group which includes nobel peace prize laureates all concerned mistakes have been made like they were in the one nine hundred thirty s. they say the u.s. withdrawal from trade deals and calls for new tires could see americans eventually paying a heavy price. on the u.s. president has changed his story about hush money paid to an adult film actress stormy daniels says she had an affair with him a decade ago donald trump denies this and says he didn't know about the one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment but learned about it later a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. a shifting story from u.s. president donald trump appearing at the white house rose garden ironically on the national day of prayer trump spoke about the importance of faith but nothing about a lie he told reporters a month ago aboard air force one the. three. stormy daniels is an adult film star who alleges she had an affair with trump a two thousand and six trump's l

and so kim recognizes that this is something that will be very good for trump then will enable trump empowered trump to make perhaps decisions that allow more momentum or an improvement in relations to continue we had the north korean media for the first time just talked about an upcoming u.s. north korea summit what do you make a of that how does the north korean media sell this to to to north korea to the north korean people after vilifying the u.s. for so long. well they will portray it as the result of the peerless genius of their leader kim jong un you know ears fashion the summit he's brought the u.s. to a summit through is careful diplomacy and of course the military power that he has consolidated for the democratic people's republic of korea so that will be how they how they spin it domestically. really it's interesting to watch how it's being spun on the u.s. side. several hints dribs and drabs coming out the last couple weeks about where it might be and when the summit might be and yet very little confirmation so we're having to do a bit of tea leaf reading with both north

president donald trump has said he will slap new charis on imports of steel and. bras five jean will mean the days of time but ten times faster than fourteen we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost of this time zero. this is a special night for the really really great people donald trump welcomes the americans released by north korea and then tweets he'll meet with kim jong il and in singapore. hello i'm. also coming up israel hits iran's bases in syria kucing iranian forces firing rockets on the occupied heights. it is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister as his supporters celebrate on the streets of kuala lumpur. and at least forty nine people are dead and many more missing after a bust in central kenya. he was president donald trump has confirmed a date and a venue for an a for historic summit with north korea's leader as is customary the president announced this on twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong un and myself will take place in singapore on june twelfth we will both try to make

conflicting stories over who knew what and when a president trumps payment to form a pornstar. brain and dust storms in parts of india kill more than one hundred people. and. so it's millions of uses edging them to change their passwords. the former chief executive of german comic a volkswagen has been charged in the united states of of the diesel emissions scandal martin venta cotton is accused of lying to regulate his about fake emission results up to eleven million v.w. cars were found to be emitting pollution as much as forty times more than the legal limit resigned after the scandal became public in september twenty fifteen john hendren has more details. martin more news now the highest ranking former official accused of a crime in the admissions scandal in the u.s. corn the former chief executive officer of it was accused of four counts of federal . times in the united states one of conspiring to cheat the u.s. emissions system and three counts of wire fraud that he's using email in order to achieve that he faces the big ten show years in prison but he could avoid prosecu

withdrawal from the iran deal why does obama think trump has made a mistake. yeah true obama fashion he that's a very carefully worded statement he lists six different points upon which he bases his objections to donald trump's decision and they're out there quite representative of the organs we're hearing both in washington and around the world firstly it's a multilateral deal that was unanimously voted upon in the u.n. security council it's not just between the u.s. and iran it's working iran's nuclear program has been scaled back inspections are working out of the most rigorous of any it that have been ever applied to a nuclear program iran is complying with the deal there is no expiration despite all this talk about sunset provisions the actual fundamental issue of whether iran will ever be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon it's simply not up for debate according to barack obama the deal does not allow for iran to ever have a nuclear weapon and the allowed negotiations on all the other issues have been brought up by such as the ballistic missile program

top white house official struggle to defend president trump differing versions of the scandal involving an adult film star plus. huge restoration project it's home to some of the world's rarest. crucial talks between the u.s. and china are into the final day trying to resolve differences that's pushed them close to a trade war the two sides have been meeting in beijing but analysts say a significant breakthrough remains unlikely china in the u.s. of the world's two biggest economies and both are proposed high tariffs on one another's goods over talking to law china correspondent adrian brown a little bit later now ten thousand people in hawaii have been ordered to evacuate their homes after the killer way a volcano erupted steam and love is threatening at least one residential neighborhood the eruption follows a series of earthquakes the national guard has also been activated when i bring in kenneth rubin in honolulu via skype is a professor of geochemistry and vulcanology at the university of hawaii professor killer way is one of the most active volcanoes in the world was this latest e

nobody thought this was going to happen and if it did it would be years or decades donald trump wins the release of three american prisoners from north korea. in the next ninety minutes or two hours. and the expected love story that is unexpected that's blossomed amidst protests in gaza. tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating with israeli warplanes firing at targets inside syria the state news agency there is reporting that several military sites including a raid officer lety and munitions depo were destroyed earlier the israeli military said iranian. forces in neighboring syria fired rockets at their positions in the occupied golan heights shot up at us. air raid sounding in the israeli occupied golan heights rockets fired from syria israel says somewhere into sifted other schools damage to the frontline positions. the israeli army is attributing the attack to the coots brigades part of the iranian revolutionary guard. iran is an ally of syrian president bashar al assad and the coalition says it didn't start this fight it says israel fired shells at the golan

flag in protest over president trumps the situation to pull out of the nuclear deal . hello i'm barbara this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program freed from north korea three american prisoners are released in a goodwill gesture ahead of nuclear talks next month's. know how you view your relationship with the president. comes pick to head the central intelligence agency is grilled at her confirmation hearing. a new initiative to train midwives in nigeria where every day more than one hundred women die while giving birth. and we'll have the latest from one of the most prestigious and guillaume. bets on the moving calendar can fill fest. thank you for joining us iran says supreme leader says the trance decision to pull the united states out of the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal is quote silly and superficial he accused the u.s. president of lying in this threaten to quit the landmark agreement if the remaining world powers can't offer a trade guarantee. he has more now from tehran. the day after the united states tore up the nuclear deal iran

president donald trump has said he will slap new charis on imports of steel an alum in your bras five jeans will mean faster data transfer ten times faster than forty we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. i. i. mean here is protest leader calls a pause in his campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party appears to offer an olive branch. this is a live from london also coming up at least fourteen people are killed in an attack on libya's electoral commission says it masterminded. after eight hundred fifty three killings in sixteen years of violence the basque separatist group eta says it has completely disbanded. president loses yet another lawyer and is reported to be hiring mantra defended bill clinton during his impeachment. hello media's opposition leader has suspended protests for thursday after the ruling party appeared to back down on its refusal to pick him as prime minister. nicola told her supporters at a rally in the capital year of on that the issue has practically been solved it follow

doha also coming out south korea's president mungy and considers joining the north's leader and donald trump as efforts continue for the high stakes summit. and chaos and scarcity across brazil as trungpa strike and tis it's the second week despite the government meeting some of the demands. and a criminal investigation is underway in sri lanka after al jazeera has reports on suspected match fixing and international cricket. sleeze president has appointed an interim prime minister after weeks of talks failed to produce a government and sparked a political crisis chama cuts already a former i.m.f. official is taking up the job his appointment comes off to the president's veto darrelle the efforts by two populist parties to form a coalition government trying to haul. political convulsions in italy meet the new prime minister designate not a political figure but a former international monetary fund official. i must underline that the government will maintain a neutrality a total neutrality with respect to the electoral debate. must now come up with a workable list of ministers but he's unlikely

as trump was debating between singapore and the d.m.z. he ruled out the d.m.z. in days earlier singapore is seen as neutral ground for both countries it hosts a u.s. military base as well as the north korean embassy and it is a country experienced in holes in hosting these high stakes diplomatic talks at the last minute we saw that in two thousand and fifteen when it successfully hosted a summit between the leaders of china and taiwan israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is defending overnight strikes in syria which it says destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure saying that iran crossed a red line the israeli army says it hit dozens of targets across southwestern syria to iran hasn't responded officially bought senior politicians have denied that iran was behind any attacks. terror mohamad has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister following his unexpected election victory. and i was a. leader by the king of the fifth day. in the eighty's and ninety's the wind makes him the oldest elected leader in the world. who is tainted by corruptio

on board against iran so it's not that saudi arabia and israel supports trump against iran it's trump. embracing israeli and so would the mindset against iran and the danger here is that previously american administrations looked at the region whether it was the so-called off shore balancing or confrontations or tensions between various regional partners and they try to weigh and calm the situations but when the united states itself acts like an israel when the united states itself acts like a saudi arabia or basically you could kiss the region goodbye. thanks very much around the sheriff and now we do have much more to come for you on the program including. i mean his new prime minister is given a hero's welcome to a mass rally in the country's capital. love it uses three new cracks in the ground in hawaii destroying more homes and engulfing stranded vehicles. with. and over the heat is now being chased out of europe and certainly being very warm recently but now we're seeing more in the way of cloud just affect us in the northwest this is just quite a week feature but you can see th

welcome back recapping the headlines for you so far today donald trump says the u.s. is withdrawing from the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal donald trumps of the agreement is defective to its core adding he'll impose the highest level of sanctions against iran the iranian president said the u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear deal is unlawful and accused washington of not respecting its international commitments rouhani said to iran is now getting ready to start to really enrichment. now the polls have opened in malaysia in what's being billed as the country's tightest ever election the prime minister najib razak has cast his ballot in the city of p. can coalition is likely to win the most seats but it's expected to be a close race between him and dr mahathir mohamad chairman of the opposition alliance let's take a look now at the main candidates and what's at stake the prime minister najib razak has been in power since two thousand and nine his right wing coalition has dominated malaysian politics for more than sixty years but allegations of his links to a corruption s

this summit back together again following president trump's cancellation but president trump has made quite clear too that he is driving this process and to put it bluntly would he be willing to share the spotlight with the north the south korean leader well that's a question we'll see decided in the days ahead but certainly those planning events are going ahead in singapore that is a north korean team now on the ground obviously meeting the advance team of the white house discussing all these matters including perhaps where the president moon will indeed have a seat at the table for either the whole meeting or come in after the north korean leader and president trump have talked and the white house has recently revealed donald trump is to meet the japanese prime minister shinzo rob a before the summit do you see that has been significant. well it is significant because. it has been deeply concerned about the whole political processes in support of that he wants to see a denuclearized area but at the same time he's expressed concern about japan's own security defense and certainly he'

a member of donald trump's legal team has contradicted the president about hush money paid to form a porn star in a televised interview former new york city mayor rudy giuliani said trump knew about the payment. as more. statements from donald trump's own legal team may have backfired against the president in an interview with fox news former new york city mayor rudy giuliani said trump knew about the hush money paid to adult film star stormy daniels he says trump even reimbursed his lawyer michael cohen for making the payment that wasn't money that was paid by by his lawyer the way i would do out of his law firm funds or whatever funds doesn't matter a president reimbursed over a period of several million trump has long denied he knew about the payment. but now that claim appears to contradict giuliani's untrivial trump's lawyer reportedly paid daniels before the presidential election. in exchange the promise star was to keep quiet about an alleged affair with trump and the lawyer asked trump for money but apparently what giuliani is arguing is chuck had no idea what the money was b

stormy daniels is an adult film star who alleges she had an affair with trump a two thousand and six trump's lawyer michael cohen paid her one hundred thirty thousand dollars during the presidential election campaign to keep quiet and for the first time a member of the president's legal team rudy giuliani admitted the president knew about that payment for move through over the president repeated that could put the president in legal jeopardy because the campaign never disclosed the payment added exceeds the twenty five thousand dollars legal limit for contributions that money was not campaign money sorry i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know it's not campaign money but melanie sloan a former federal prosecutor says that legal argument is flawed if they made the payment to stormy daniels with the intent that it influenced the campaign it can be an in kind contribution which also can be a felony given the amount on thursday trump defended the move on twitter saying payments like the one to daniels are very common among celebrities and people of wealth the white house press secr

president trump's speech in the diplomatic reception room of the white house put the u.s. in breach of one of the most important diplomatic agreements in recent history a deal that helped to negotiate the diplomatic reception around the world dismay if not surprise in recent weeks the french president emmanuel mccraw and the german chancellor angela merkel came to washington to lobby trunking the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson even went on the cable t.v. show the u.s. president is known to watch over breakfast all these efforts failed and the u.s. has three closest european allies issued this statement it is with regret and concern that we the leaders of france germany and the united kingdom take note of president trump's decision to withdraw the united states of america from the joint comprehensive plan of action together we emphasize our continuing commitment to the j c p a way this agreement remains important for our shared security. the european union pledged to stay in the deal and make it work without trump the european union is the thurmont to act in accordanc

and rage into iran over donald trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. as protesters american flags. ok let's go straight to some breaking news in the golan heights the israeli military says iranian forces in neighboring syria have fired rockets at their positions. air raid sirens have been heard in the area and israel says it intercepted some of the incoming fire so far no deaths have been reported israel says its forces have responded. and meanwhile the syrian government says this video shows its army firing missiles in response to israeli attacks on damascus suburbs our correspondent ari fawcett's joining us now on the phone from jerusalem we're getting slightly different reports of these incidents harry but there's no question that at the moment that is going to ramp up the tension in the area given the why you don't context of what's happening between the u.s. and iran. well yes that's right what we're getting from the israeli military is a report that some twenty rockets were fired inbound from syrian territory and they are attributing this to iran

how awkward could some it end up being for president trump. tremendously and in fact of the commerce secretary even discussed it acknowledge this when asked by a reporter in a background call that took place earlier today he said look it we know this is going to be uncomfortable for u.s. allies because the justification that we've given for all of this is that this is being done to protect u.s. national security is the united states saying that canada mexico the european union is threatening u.s. national security that's exactly the argument they're making in set s. is they're saying that the trade actions of these countries are making the economy of the united states weaker and that threatens u.s. national security and that's why they're taking these actions but certainly countries are taking exact exception to this characterization so not only will it be awkward at the g. seven but this is being shrugged off by the united states the congress secretary saying they were prepared for what they call periodic disagreements thank you very much i w

and north korean leader kim jong a summit that trump says he hopes will yield even greater results trump says his primary goal is to achieve complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula is looking forward to his upcoming summit with kim with optimism i really think he wants to do something and bring that country into the real world u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has made two trips to north korea it's during his most recent visit that kim reportedly accepted the u.s. proposal to grant amnesty to the three detainees kimberly help at al-jazeera andrews air force base. rescuers in kenya are searching for survivors after a battle collapsed killing at least forty nine people with several still missing the dam in the rift valley burst its banks on wednesday washing away almost an entire village andrew symonds has more now from kenya. it was fast and unforgiving the dam burst released a surge of water that took homes and lives with it there was no warning and it happened in darkness this is the scene hours afterwards they're searching for a man one of dozens of people many of them ar

still ahead on the program the link to documents that reveal how donald trump could be questioned this part of the investigation into claims of russian coalition analog the talents of their own are in the south to fling a battleground to the syrian law that could deny people that basic property rights . how are we still have a lot of dry weather but rather cloudy weather to australia with the by with the sierra club sliding its way down towards the southeastern corner grey skies increasingly grey skies and for much of the tory a good part of new south wales as well as the treatment of the winds coming in from the north ever so it is a warm direction twenty one twenty two degrees here should be dried see elsewhere eighteen celsius in perth some decent spells of sunshine southerly wind specialist temperatures back into the high teens and some hate in alice springs getting up to thirty three degrees it warms up a little you know just out towards the south. as we go through thursday process guys coming into melbourne twenty three degrees but weather not too far away that will push its way

president donald trump has said he will slap new tariffs on imports of steel and. for a five gene would mean the day to try to ten times faster than fourteen we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost of this time zero.

to keep quiet about the alleged affair with trump and the lawyer asked trump for money but apparently what giuliani is arguing is chuck had no idea what the money was being used for. the production funds were used it would be a violation of us federal law the president can contribute as much as he wants to his own campaign he has to report it and he did not report this to the federal elections commission that would be a criminal violation one team says no laws were broken the fact is just trust me. they're going to come up with no violations there the adult film star has filed a defamation lawsuit against the president despite the scandal still appears to enjoy the support of his base. a young. for more white house correspondent it can be joins us live so it can be an apparent change of story here from from the president how damaging is this for him. will certainly it's damaging the question is why it happened i mean it's so deliberate in terms of having rudolph giuliani come out and say this that you have to question the motives obviously what this appears is that there's an attempt

election which brought trump to power patty culhane reports from washington. special counsel robert muller wants to talk to the president as part of his negotiation he allegedly provided some of the questions to donald trump's lawyers that he wants to ask now leaked to the new york times it asks what the president knew about his campaign team's communications with russians why he fired f.b.i. director james comey and what he knew about hacked democratic e-mails but it also points to a new area of investigation it asked quote what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign including by paul mann afford to russia about potential assistance to the campaign the key word there outreach as in did the campaign actively ask for russia's assistance another question raises new questions it asks after the resignations what efforts were made to reach out to mr flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon basically when former national security advisor michael flynn resigned did you offer him a pardon to stay quiet potentially that could be a crime of obstr

donald trump says u.s. officials are in north korea to prepare for a possible summit between him and kim jong un next month in a tweet the president also said north korea will become a great financial nation one day trump announced he was pulling out of the june twelfth meeting but he backtracked quickly. the leader of italy's populist a five star movement has called for president. impeachment after efforts to form a new government collapsed prime minister designate a separate kaante gave up attempts after much at all a veto of his choice of economy minister. palestinians have been killed by israeli shelling in gaza that happened east of the city of rafa in the southern gaza strip israel's military says the men were armed members of the islamic jihad group more than one hundred people have been killed by israeli fire in the gaza strip since mass protests began in march. two boats will leave gaza this week with palestinians needing urgent hospital care on board who tried to break a book a the by israel which

has quotes belongings aimed at influencing trump al jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines in the armenian capital the other than the thousands of people have gathered outside the parliament which is set to vote on a new prime minister. on the opposition leader nicole passion is or is the sole candidate for the job after a deadline passed on monday with no other candidate entering the fray i was going to. armenia should eradicate the thirty percent poverty that is the most shameful thing and there should be no poverty in armenia but that should be cheap not through charity but through putting people's best abilities to use i want to underscore that this movement is about the victory of the citizen our primary mission is to organize free and fair elections in armenia the absence of which since the one nine hundred ninety s. is at the base of the situation we're in now iran's describing israel's prime minister as an infamous liar after making ul occasions about a secret nuclear weapons program benjamin netanyahu showed reporters what

president donald trump in the coming weeks. three u.s. citizens have reportedly been freed from detention in north korea ahead of that proposed summit the trio said to have been transferred from labor camps to a hotel in pyongyang although there's been no official confirmation of this kim sandy hook also known as tony kim was arrested last april after being accused of carrying out hostile acts against the regime he was working at the pyongyang university of science and technology and his family have always said he was innocent kim hacksawing we worked at the same university were detained a month later under the same charges his wife says he's in the agricultural expert and was teaching north koreans rice growing techniques then those true who were sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labor in april twenty sixth in after being convicted of espionage. capitol is trying to find new ways to deal with its mounting rubbish problems six thousand tons of waste generated every day and but as our is and the governor wants to burn the trash to