on the panel today i'm joined from singapore by deborah elam she's the executive director at the asian trade center in hong kong andrew young get international china strategist and in birmingham that's in the u.k. scott lucas is joining us he's a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham welcome to you all deborah trungpa saying that we've already lost the trade war we don't have a trade war with china if it's not a trade war what is it well that's a good question i think we're at the beginning of a trade war i don't think we're quite in the middle of what could be a full blown trade war although we haven't really had one so it's kind of hard to define what one would look like but if you were in the middle of one i think this is what it starts to look like this escalation counter escalation threat retaliation except so if we're not in one we are perilously close to being in one here's the thing though deborah you the u.s. is allowing sixty days for feedback and it hasn't really specified when the tariffs woods take effect so effectively some people saying trum

singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations that a trade dispute between the u.s. and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long was opening the ten nation assy and summit in singapore he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism. vote on our top story friday summit between the two koreas robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pusan national university joins us now live from seoul good to have you with us again robert lot of optimism thank you surrounding this this this summit on the on friday do you share that optimism. it's a good start it's certainly not where we were six months ago when we're talking about nuclear war the rhetoric has improved dramatically the tone is a real improvement that's good to see i think the real question going forward is will the north koreans actually do what they said they would do yesterday this is where these kinds of summits and declarations have collapsed in the past you know sort of good princi

his campaign or that allegations against it were based on lies democrats are challenging the findings singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations that a trade dispute between the u.s. and china is putting regional economic growth at risk prime minister lee hsien long is addressing the ten day sion assy and summit in singapore earlier he told delegates that many countries have turned against free trade and the clock must work to counter protectionism. the israeli army has struck six hundred naval targets in the gaza strip it says that it was in response to a so-called mass infiltration attempt four palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty palestinians have been killed since major protests began at the end of march amin is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue to reign kind of petty and called off the talks with nichol push india and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda media's parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister to ser

a gathering in singapore this weekend to discuss a wide range of issues well let's get more this from our correspondent in singapore florence levy she's at the summit we do understand that there was a working dinner with the heads of state on friday florence i mean also seems seemed to be top of the agenda. well just a correction there we're not at the summit we are in singapore but we were denied accreditation to attend the summit to cover the summit but we do know that the leaders as you said as you mentioned held a working dinner on friday night and they've issued a joint statement so we know that in that statement world security was one of the themes that the leaders mentioned now and this is something that the talk about the challenges that they need to tackle head on they talked about cyber threats violent extremism climate change and of course there is the territorial dispute in the south china sea in which china is a claimant country and the member states have a already agreed to draw up a code of conduct this is how they're tackling this issue this code of conduct is being dr

summit in singapore he said the bloc must fight protectionism. louis has more from singapore. one of the main themes that would be of concern to the member states of rassie and security now in the lead is in a joint statement issued pursuant to a working dinner on friday night said the challenges facing our c n n include violent extremism cyber threats and climate change and of course there is the territorial dispute in the south china sea which involves china and several assy and countries while the countries are tackling that is by agreeing to drop a code of conduct which is being drafted at the moment then there of course there is the matter of the economy r.c.n. is one of the largest economic zones in the world the countries of committed to striving for even greater growth as well as deepening economic integration but if there is an area in which in member states have sometimes been accused of not doing enough it is in protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms down the block largely stood by in silence as cambodia clamp down on independent media and effectively shut

and the expert on russia he joins us on skype from singapore to get a warning there from russia that these actions would have consequences on the other hand we've got suggestions that they'll be some relief in the kremlin that these strikes one broader yeah i think you're from moscow as a perfectly correct that the u.s. france and the u.k. . chose very limited targets. possible it clashing with russian military forces and first the floating of the military forces was very astutely done and of course by tweet about the state. or two series themselves or the worst of the clashes so the russia that is likely to call for another u.n. security council meeting has to look up many friends left at the council that. really i mean there's probably no credibility what the last five six years of activities for them around the world. are they're crazy almost maniacal to create a conspiracy theories for all actions by themselves in syria. pretty much dry. and when one does whether the attack will be the suspected that the poisoning which is suspected by russia. in the u.k. i mean that whether that

with china and india in order to cold to the pressure of protectionism florence louis has more from singapore. trade and security top the agenda when heads of state from the ten countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spats between china and the us could affect the blow the political mood in many countries has shifted against free trade and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china are why the concerns i see on countries will have to react to these major external trends us president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many of us in countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where member states have been criticized for not doin

graham and webb in singapore your thoughts the big question of course now is why is north korea acting in this way now not just on nuclear missile test but in other areas too agreeing to drop its objections for instance on u.s. south korean military exercises and so on why do you think this is happening now well it's really that kim jong un doesn't want to see anything new reeling the prospects for a meeting between himself and president donald trump in may or june and he's just setting the path for that for success essentially what we've been seeing over the last few weeks in my assessment just a series of carrots to make sure that things stay on track that as we know president trump has the wherewithal to actually declined a meeting from now until it may happen and kim jong un is just taking chances on that and trying to ensure that that meeting does happen because it's a very important objective for him but there are those as you know who see this perhaps as something more sinister graham i mean that this could perhaps signal that north korea has made enough progress with its nuclea

and the expert on russia he joins us on skype from singapore to get a warning there from russia that these actions would have consequences on the other hand we've got suggestions that they'll be some relief in the kremlin that these strikes one broader yeah i think you're from moscow as a perfectly correct. the us france and the u.k. . shows very limited targets and a. possible it clashing with russian military forces. first the complexity of the military force it was very astutely done and of course by tweet about the state you know gave ample opportunity for serious themselves or the worst of the clashes so the russia that is likely to call for another u.n. security council meeting has to look up many friends left at the council that. really i mean there's probably no credibility what the last five six years of activities for them around the world. are they're crazy almost maniacal to create a conspiracy theories for all actions by themselves in syria. pretty much dry. and when one does whether the attack will be the suspected that the poisoning which is suspected by russia. in the

groups have criticized the region for failing to protect its own people lawrence louis reports from singapore. trade and security top the agenda when heads of state from the ten countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spats between china and the us could affect the bloc. many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china. are what concerns. i certain countries would have to react to these major external trends u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many r.c.m. countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where r.t. and member states have been criticized for not doing enough human

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summit in singapore he said many countries have turned against free trade and the bloc must work to counter protectionism through open rules based multilateral trading system which is underpin the group of us. is under pressure the political mood in many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china are one of the concerns. r.c.m. countries would have to react to these major troops. china and india have agreed to keep a poor border dispute from escalating into a full fledged conflict on the last day a visit meant to ease tensions between the two asian powers india's prime minister narendra modi and the chinese president xi jinping said they will improve military contact a recent military standoff on the stretch of a border had lasted for months with german chancellor angela merkel went to washington for a brief meeting with the u.s. president she hopes to persuade donald trump not to impose new u.s. tariffs on european steel and our minium exports but top of merkel's agenda was the preservation of the iran nuclear deal w

the view from beijing let's get a broader perspective joining us on skype from singapore is graham on the web he's a research fellow at the rajaratnam school of international studies graeme good to talk to you again what's your main takeaway point so far well in relation to china their concerns are extremely real they ask themselves questions about what the future is going to look like if the korean peninsula is able to work its act act out and to unify did been have degenerated into the sixty year long steel meet between north and south creating a establish security buffer between china and india for the presence of american military forces in the region and so therefore it's quite understandable why the chinese government particularly under president xi jinping would be quite concerned about how changes in that security environment can possibly put at risk chinese national security interests ok they have clearly kept the dialogue and the level of dialogue the intricacy of it incredibly simple to date but by definition surely when we start talking about the summit between north korea

agenda when heads of state from the ten countries met on friday and saturday in his opening address singapore prime minister lee hsien loong warned that the spat between china and the us could affect the blow the political mood in many countries has shifted against free trade and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china are worrying concerns i.c.m. countries will have to react to these major external trends u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports with china promising retaliation if he does. for many awesome countries the u.s. and china are the two biggest trading partners on the issue of security members discussed the threat of violent extremism and cyber attacks the ten countries are also negotiating an extradition treaty as well as a code of conduct with china to ease tensions in the disputed south china sea but there is an area where member states have been criticized for not doing enough human rights activists have said the bloc fails to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. the bloc largely sto

to work as means it's illegal and cost the lives so why does it still continue in law abiding singapore want to win east on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you are. combining arts and take knowledge. to challenge soviet era methodologies. through making creating and performing. turning a generation of children. into the trailblazers of tomorrow. after school armenia is part of the rebel education series this time on al-jazeera . you're watching al-jazeera he said i'll be here in doha with a quick reminder of your top stories hospitals in gaza are struggling to cope with the influx of palestinians injured by israeli troops fire at the border many of the patients are being hit by live ammunition to say they're running out of medicine. these four civilians have died in protests in southern villages in indian administered kashmir them straightens broke out after indian forces launched counter insurgency raids overnight killing thirteen rebel fighters. south korean pop stars have put already performance from north korea's leader kim jong il and one hundred twenty dancers musicians martial

fifteen countries use the death penalty for drug related crime last year if you take the example of singapore you can be found with just a small amounts of drugs in your pocket and in some cases you can be presumed to be a drug trafficker and that means that you receive a mandatory death sentence. thanks very much for joining us to cisco further thank you. so to come up with this new international chemical weapons experts say a russian former spy and his. with a very pure type of. cancer risks our. communities to turn to new technology to make their traditional small fish. and a former heavyweight world champion is set for a return to the ring joe will have details coming up later in sports. however we've got the spring warmth setting in nicely now across much of here were season very warm air filtering into central powers easing across the eastern areas to and pushing right up across ukraine into the southwestern corner of russia or in the process that has led to some flooding this is no melt that has caused the flooding here is the temperatures rose very quickly not so long ago as temperatu

to work as males it's illegal and costing lives so why does it still continue in law abiding singapore want to win east on al-jazeera. this is. another armed citizen this is a news hour live from london coming up casualties of the gaza shooting speak out israel insists its troops acted appropriately when they opened fire on palestinians . at least four civilians are killed as anti india protests break out in kashmir over army operations against separatist rebels. on diplomatic goodwell a south korean performers received a warm reception from the leader in the north. and just hours away the chinese space station expected to fall to earth shortly but no one knows where. have all the day's sport including anthony just was says his sights on becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after winning another title. israel's defense minister has rejected international calls for an investigation into the killing of sixteen pilots a palestinians during landay protests on the gaza border i've been to a lieberman says the troops acted appropriately firing only at palestinian protest

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and that's heading down towards sudden borneo and java and it's got to be showers through sumatra and singapore but north of that surprisingly you fertile and myanmar front to be dry the still some big showers possible and have happened recently in the northeast of india and through bangladesh is the season for them rain isn't the story really to be honest apart from these occasional big thunderstorms the obvious is rising heat is india and pakistan next so temperatures will slowly rise by the time we get to tuesday i think new delhi will be above forty rather hard and should be. the weather sponsored by cats are always. to one predictable deja's i've been working on north korea policy for almost thirty years i can't tell you what the u.s. policy is towards north korea vying for power they want to deter attack from the united states as the u.s. struggles to define its foreign policy fold lines examines the potential fallout we don't see really is a strategy designed to get those talks started if they expect to surrender fire and fury trumps north korea crisis on al-jazeera when the news breaks.

international law we have notice it been used by a lot of countries malaysia and iran in marion and indonesia singapore notice other countries and this is contrary to some of the obligations that this country of the international human rights along standards and the fact that some of these countries are actually even now taking steps to reform their own national laws to align it with international laws and regulation is a is a is a testimony to the fact that they agree with us in the usa the only country in the americas executing people the number of states carrying out executions rose from five to eight and while there was progress in sub-saharan africa nigeria sentenced six hundred twenty one people to death last year more than any other country in the region so a mixed picture and amnesty international says its public campaign to get the death penalty abolished will go on. getting some reports out of that there's syrian government forces have taken full control over the town of duma now that's the last rebel stronghold in the eastern ghouta enclave just outside damascus and this is according to the

of java otherwise up through them in a pinch or despite a lot of cloud it should be largely dry for singapore and kuala lumpur but chairs around the gulf of thailand raise the risk of one or two downpours affecting bangkok at times heis here of thirty three degrees down into a straight yeah and here we've got winds coming up from the southwest that moments are not particularly warm across the south eastern areas high pressure further towards the west although we have got this low pressure system across the southern ocean and that's going to be pushing in overnight stuff forty eight hours so fine conditions for perth on thursday as your head through into friday that front begins to make it present felt so we'll see some showers here at least further towards the east with that southerly flow just seventeen from melbourne and nineteen for sydney across into new zealand weather conditions looking generally fine across both islands during the course of thursday but we will see a frontal system working its way up the western side to the south on and as time goes on this is going to do some very hea

especially in these sort of ways he's getting what again was a good scouting elsewhere for example singapore. every dude is being. measured to support those and say it's all. to do. or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew chose to retire from the n.s.a. we could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being. digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. to have you with us on al-jazeera these are all top stories north korea says it's stopping all nuclear bomb and missile tests to pursue peace and economic growth instead the e.u. and the u.k. according to move a positive step forward the announcement comes ahead of planned summits with south korea and the united states. capitol to leave the evacuation due in russia syrian state t.v. show and buses with their families leaving column on about forty can from damascus and traveling to northern syria palestine the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into the use of force on protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy killed by israeli gunfire and another day of demonstrati

jakarta could see the odd downpour as you move through the malay peninsula the chance of a shower for singapore but kuala lumpur should be largely dry and fine a few more showers to turning around the gulf of thailand that does raise the possibility of a shower for bangkok during the course of thursday now down into a stray workhorses on site day tomorrow and over likely as seed largely fine conditions for many areas here so for sydney's no side chance of maybe with temperatures of twenty four degrees melbourne is a bit on the cool side otherwise relatively quiet conditions across western australia perth we're looking at some bright skies and highs of twenty two degrees and then as we head on through into thursday temperatures still seventeen degrees melbourne but sydney coming up to twenty four across into new zealand then and really for the day look at that it should be dry and fine for both islands there and nineteen degrees as a high in auckland indeed has moved through into thursday may just see i wanted to show it on the western side of the south on and but it should be drawing christchur

quite wet and then moving on through them a french or german not too bad the old shower perhaps to singapore kuala lumpur dry for much of the time still the odd shot around the gulf a ton of those tend to clear away as we head on through into sunday with thirty five years of my son in bangkok through into south asia some big storm still across parts of bangladesh in the eastern states of india clad in the south but really hot in central areas forty two the high in one for. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. a story fourteen hundred years in the making. the story of succession of leadership. and jersey in a post the story of a client of venus. and the women by. the count of the results three. times a take a look at the top stories here and out to sara live in the last hour also north korea's official news agency has announced that the country will stop all new clear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests then moving kluge shutting down its main nuclear testing site but japan's defense minister says the announcement shouldn't lead to any easing of international pressure on pyongya

place other talks time and elsewhere in asia there are certain countries that have favorites there singapore is said to be a possible favorite or the capital of mungo. a place that summit could take take place i know the americans not too keen on the idea of beijing because that gives the chinese a seat at the table there also the possibility of somewhere in europe we mentioned the supreme leader kim went to boarding school it's believed in switzerland could they have it at the u.n. in geneva and there's one other important country that's been playing a back channel role in the diplomacy of the last eight months or so and that sweden its foreign minister margo will stream authorized expanded contacts with the north koreans and they've been playing a back channel passing of the messages to the u.s. and we've seen the north korean foreign minister riyadh hogue go to stockholm at one stage and i can even tell you at one point there was a plan for him to meet the then secretary of state rex tillerson in stockholm sweden is again a possibility the downside with facts is that kim would have to go

and that's heading down towards southern borneo and java and this contribution through sumatra and singapore but most of that surprisingly the fertile in myanmar front to be dry the still some big shots possible and have happened recently in the northeast of india and through bangladesh is the season for them rain isn't the story really to be honest apart from these occasional big thunderstorms the obvious is rising heat is india and pakistan next so temperatures will slowly rise by the time we get to tuesday i think new delhi will be above forty rather hard and it should be. the weather sponsored by cattle and release. every dude is being the animal it's been weakened measure to support intelligence agencies are . to do things in secret that are unlawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew chose to retire from the n.s.a. leaker could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being used for mass surveillance digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. and again you're watching i was there a minder of our top stories international inspectors in syria ha

think you're in the course of thursday with further showers here a few showers for kuala lumpur and singapore for southern portions of the philippines it could be fairly wet at times plenty showers across more particular the eastern part of borneo and showers for java. as we head on through into friday not a great deal of change expected kuching should see some showers highs there in the low thirty's down into a strike event we've got a few showers from a couple of troughs affecting the country but otherwise weather conditions not looking too bad it's been pretty chilly in melbourne nighttime temperatures down to six degrees but we are expecting highs on thursday of twenty to signal faring too badly to twenty five degrees we've got a frontal system just flicking through parts of the bites with giving cooler conditions there for perth but some recovery in temperatures expected as we head into friday across into new zealand here we've got some showers on the western side of the south island rather cloudy picture here the north island looking largely dry and fine and that continues into friday w

philippines course as the sun goes down mostly shots of paper by day you see them resurrected of a singapore sumatra to some degree borneo and also dali java your note above my head thailand in ma not particularly sherry they come and go in phases and this is one of the go phases so the sun's back out is pretty cool hot and sticky in bangkok with thirty six degrees the seasons definitely changed in australia we've got regular frontal systems coming through the bite keeping temperatures down a little circulation the showers also coast of new south wales and southern queensland that could be pokey showers as well temperatures twenty seven in brisbane but nothing's particularly warm. picked a bit in perth that twenty three degrees the clouds coming in course easily here there being a bit of rain through gone by monday because it's the next one on the bottom it's right down to adelaide as for new zealand wells nothing much to come out of australia so apart from a bit of an increase in classically a few showers in the south sticking quite fine. a trade war a real war and rising debt find out why

conditions are looking fine and then up through them they potentially we've got dry conditions for singapore in kuala lumpur one to two showers around the gulf of thailand but i think generally we should be looking at dry weather in bangkok with a high there of thirty six degrees so if asia no change the heat continues to build up ahead of the monsoon and so long way to go for the monsoon to arrive so for night poor look at my some of forty two degrees celsius not much better and daddy a high here of forty one. the weather sponsored by the time he's. story of blackmail. you. have strength of the story of carnage a lot of the fear is real. passion. and very serious just. again you're watching as a reminder of our top stories this hour. u.s. president donald trump says i saw is almost defeated in syria and he wants u.s. troops out of there soon he added that if america's ally saudi arabia wants them to stay the kingdom may have to foot the bill. a tramp's also announce he'll deploy soldiers along the border with mexico he's demanding mexico prevent a large group of central american migrants fr

catching borneo that will be quite active the next day or so another one that massive cloud over sumatra singapore north take the rain or develop the rain fell and also we're talking about thailand southern myanmar with in some heavy downpours recently there are more to come. this is of course is because the sun's going north to the bench will bring the monsoon rains for the for the time being which is looking at the big thunderstorms that show up almost daily basis in bangladesh or in northeastern india police and snow up in the himalayan plateau as well tibet and platter and a few showers in the south all that is normal and of course also normal to see rising temperatures in the middle of india forced to also in forty five not far away. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. he was the world's most wanted man the last meeting i had with him was after. bin laden was very nervous about nature did not match a western reporter before in part one of an exclusive two part documentary al-jazeera speaks to those who met osama bin laden he never showed me how to teach woods near the west i knew bin la

into the low thirty's and then moving up through the may please we've got the risk of a few showers to singapore but kuala lumpur northwards towards the thailand generally not looking too bad fair amount of cloud around at times but for the most part it should stay dry that we are going to see some showers developing around the gulf of thailand bangkok probably saying drive much today maybe one or two showers likely later on meanwhile across cambodia slightly some shower activity but for the main city we like to see temperatures here of thirty four degrees celsius. the weather sponsored by cateye piece. he ruled for nearly half a century. a condo. herschel political figure in the cold in the middle east and one who was never far from crisis at home or abroad. in a two part series. tells the story of canvassing old john to. episode one so violent on the scene. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. has announced new sanctions against russia for its supports to the syrian government washington's envoy the u.n. nikki haley said the target companies involved in s

more closely with china and india to counter the pressure of protectionism and shore continued growth singapore's prime minister urged the leaders of the ten country bloc to do more to promote free trade and warned of the growing threat of cyber attacks we need to be resilient conventional threats and also unconventional threats such as terrorism i'm sorry but it's. so these are issues that peace but these threats are very real. crisis continues to propagate is the geology and to foment trouble in southeast asia despite having been defeated militarily in the middle east and we're also seeing more cyber attacks as we push for digitization really appointed u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region talks with the saudi foreign minister a delegate there before having dinner with crown prince mohammed bin salma they're expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following donald trump's threats to pull the united states out of the agreement next month pail was sworn in on thursday after his predecessor rex tillerson left office last mont

inches carter and then a scattering of showers up through them a pinch of that for much of the time by singapore and kuala lumpur should be dry for a few showers around the gulf of thailand region although indications are that for bangkok it should stay largely dry there with temperatures into the mid thirty's so let's head down into a straight answer relatively quiet here at the moment we've got one to two the trough of low pressure give you your shower across parts of new south wales but generally weather conditions not looking too bad for sydney and brisbane though temperatures in the mid twenty's and late looking pretty warm but across western australia fine here personal particularly warm june friday but again little bit better as we head into the start of the weekend and that is we head across into new zealand we're looking at fine weather conditions across the north on in for the most part the south on it seeing more in the way of client pushing it and that cloud is light of a sister in the course of saturday to the chance of one or two showers coming with it but again to find a north isl

going to get wetter the same is true i think for me i'm an increasingly down if this is awards and singapore should be doing at this time of year is just nice to see it is following the pattern and we've seen some more very big shows once again in northeast injure in bangladesh they're on their way out it's the right season for them the deadly showers they might even reach cox's bazar when there was a repeat for for traction on monday. the weather sponsored by cats are always. disillusioned with life in their own countries since the arab spring and looking desperately for a new sense of identity freedom and self worth let me in anyway i don't feel like system my own country the country creamed about demonstrated for and sought to achieve many things al-jazeera world here's the stories of those deciding to emigrate in search of a new life and nationality passport to freedom at this time. welcome back you're watching all just their arms a whole robin obeid of our top stories donald trump's new secretary of state has issued a strong warning to iran during his middle east all by pompei or says t

the heaviest i was unusually they do extend to the south of the equator we have had some flooding in singapore recently choose they show i was still there with their about the little drivers to go on into what is then by wednesday you might just see want to two showers making their way towards thailand some showers making their way towards towards southern parts of india to at present was a possibility of a little bit of weather here over the next couple of days further north the pre monsoon heat continues to build. the weather sponsored by qatar and peace. if you are in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. those that somehow time is aiming to replace america and going to run the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china talked one on a. you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories this hour a van a stripper didn't have the best friends and downtown toronto killing

should find out i would think pretty soon about a venue for those talks there's been talk about mongolia singapore maybe switzerland where kim is believed to have attended boarding school those are all possible locations as is another meeting back here at the d.m.z. if they think they can't find anywhere else suitable. maybe they'll do what they've repeat what they've achieved here today in a meeting there is one of the venue that supposed to deliver the that is for president trump and some old rooting this out to actually himself go to north korea for a showman like trump that would certainly be a very big show and here would and speaking of donald trump we now have a statement james that has come in from the white house i mean a lot of reader for you and for our viewers as well it's fairly brief it says on the occasion of the republic of korea president moon jansa stuart meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il we wish the korean people well we are hopeful the talks will treat progress toward a future of peace and prosperity for the entire korean peninsula united states appreciates the c

to counter the pressure of protectionism and ensure continued growth speaking at a regional summit singapore's prime minister urged the leaders of the ten country bloc to do more to promote free trade and warned of the growing threat of cyber attacks newly appointed u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia as part of a three day trip to the region talks with the saudi foreign minister there before having dinner with the crown prince mohammed bin solomon are expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following donald trump's threats to pull the united states out of that agreement next month i was sworn in on thursday after his predecessor rex tillerson left office last month her since lummi has more from washington d.c. the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that might pompei i would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to r