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

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

where economic and security issues of sideline concerns about human rights flies 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 blow the political mood in many countries has shifted against retreat and in particular the recent trip tensions between the united states and china are worrying concerns i.c.m. 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 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 doing

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. al-jazeera. where ever you. top stories now hospitals in gaza struggling to cope with an influx of palestinians injured by israeli gunfire during protests along the border at least sixteen people were killed and fifteen hundred others wounded. four civilians have died during anti india protests in indian administered kashmir after government forces launched a deadly operation against separatist rebels thirteen rebel fighters and three indian soldiers were killed in the fighting. and north korean leader kim jong un and his wife are resold to have joined hundreds of people watching south korea's k. pop stars perform in pyongyang for the first time. now pope francis has used his easter message to call for peace around the world about eighty thousand people were in the vatican sent peter's square to hear his address in an apparent reference to the recent violence in gaza he called for reconciliation in the holy land and he also called for action to bring th

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

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

to work is mean it's illegal and costly loans so why does it still continue in law abiding singapore want to win east on al-jazeera on counting the cost of crude futures contract was launched in china this week find out what it all means for the dollar and oil produces a look at africa's biggest companies plus technology under scrutiny the latest on digital data a common. counting the cost and i just. watching out as there are these are the top stories right now video has emerged which palestinian so says a demonstrator being shot as he ran away from israel's border with gaza is one of seventeen protesters who died on friday more than fifteen hundred palestinians have been injured in two days of protests a fire has destroyed fifty tons of humanitarian aid and yemen it's believed a short circuit caused a fire at a warehouse in the rebel hope port city of the data and botswana doesn't operate if you're president at a ceremony designed to highlight a smooth transition of power of what's in the c.c. took over from me and comma step down on saturday. the deal has been reached to evacuate

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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

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

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

and china is putting their economic growth at risk speaking at a regional summit singapore's prime minister as the leader of the ten countries bloc to do more to promote free trade he also warned of the growing threat of cyber attacks. thousands of people are fleeing renewed fighting between man mass army and rebel fighters in the northern ca qin states the un says more than ten thousand people have been forced from their homes since the start of the year mammals military is said to be pounding rebel positions with artillery strikes like a chain there are christian minority groups in myanmar and have sought greater autonomy and control in the predominantly buddhist nation since the one nine hundred sixty s. the united nations security council delegation is visiting one hinge or refugee camps in bangladesh that seeing well then travel to. state where around seven hundred thousand ranger fled the military crackdown last year joel stratford reports from catapult long refugee camp ahead of the visit. has brought his five year old daughter to this field clinic in the coupon the refugee camp in b

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

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

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

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

and china is putting that economic growth at risk speaking at a regional summit singapore's prime minister to the leaders of the ten countries bloc to do more to promote free trade he also warned of the growing threat of cyber attacks we need to be resilient conventional threats and also unconventional threats such as terrorism and cyber attacks some of these issues that piece but these threats are very real. arsis continues to propagate is the geology and to form 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 thousands of people are fleeing renewed fighting between me and rebel fighters in the northern catchin state the u.n. says more than ten thousand people have been forced from their homes since the start of the year four thousand to whom the fled in the past three weeks alone with fears that others a trapped in conflict stricken areas myanmar's military is said to be pounding rebel positions with arran artillery strikes the catchin are christian minority group in myanmar and of s

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

and singapore we could also see some very lively downpours jeer in the day towards the east scattering of showers will be with us the over parts of borneo i'm going also see quite a few over the philippines as well looks like luzon particularly in the west. it will have the best chance of getting away with a dry day over towards australia for most of us here it is dry we do have a little bit more in the way of cloud over tasmania making things hit rather grey and roll the damp but that should clear away as we head into tuesday and even if we should have a fine day as well so then all the temperatures are behaving as of late they're up to twenty four degrees the temperatures will be rising over the next few days there is this weather system works its way towards us that's going to start to draw all the warm ed down from the north so twenty six will be the maximum in adelaide that and we had out towards the east the temperatures easing off for us across in new zealand say fifty as a maximum in christchurch. zero . in. each one. one. it is going to be. with me to my. own interests you. we

borneo and you see the white tulle clouds the dust around here from puffy new guinea westwards toward singapore not through southern thailand in fact we've seen some pretty big showers in tottenham in mondale's and they're going to carry on which is what you'd expect at this time yeah but the amount of wet stuff through malaysia indonesia is also still quite surprisingly high in places and there's still some heavy rain in what's becoming the dry season australia's property changed the thames back down to where they should be still seeing some fairly heavy rain most fit action the last month has been in person west australians more to come here you see the full cross twenty four degrees and the cloud has gone through and dropped a few spots of rowing to the east that it's a little cooler sun should be at the exception probably the coast of new south wales and southern queensland right on shore breeze will produce clouds and maybe some rain and this cloud coming on the cold front to adelaide by saturday now things don't change an awful lot more to the start of the weekend but new zealand well in

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