Hello im adrian for again this is aljazeera live from doha also coming up the u. S. Calls for fairness and transparency a saudi arabia carries out its anticorruption drive. Sexual harassment scandals ministerial slip ups and stalled breaks it talks whats next for britains and battled government and. The pomegranates festival in teheran where iranian entrepreneurs want the world to know they are open for business. U. S. President donald trump has arrived in beijing with a message for chinas president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trump gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on. The president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u. S. Today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try us we will not allow American Cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated lived out of beijing and houses there as adrian brown so adrian one of the chinese going to make of what President Trump was saying in south korea regarding north korea. Well i think by trump standards the chinese will feel that his language was actually quite measured there were warnings but no warnings of imminent war and i think theyll be hoping that the language remains restrained here in china now in the last few minutes President Trump and his wife of arrived at the forbidden city one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in china the forbidden city has of course been closed to the afternoon and president xi jinping is acting as tour guide showing the trumps around this important historical site it is a place that is of course a reminder that china was once the center of culture and civilization and of course president xi jinping wants china very much to be center stage of Global Affairs once more President Trump is only here for thirty six hours or so so the two men dont have a great deal of time together but president xi will be spending around about three and a half hours with President Trump on wednesday before the official welcoming ceremony at the great hall of the people on thursday after which there will be a Media Conference these tend to be pretty carefully choreographed affairs so journalists may or may not be able to put questions of course north korea is going to be a drain really the dominant issue i think during President Trumps visit here the United States is still looking for more concessions from china but its fair to say that in the past few weeks china really has made a number of major concessions its shut down a number of north Korean Companies operating here in china north korean workers have been told to leave and china has been doing what it can to try to freeze north koreas banks out of the chinese Financial System but i think the United States clearly wants more and its no doubt that that the pressure the trump has been applying has led to those concessions by president xi jinping what were looking for now of course is whether whether we can find some sort of Common Ground between the two President Trump was very critical of china on the campaign trail of the two likely to address trade during this visit. Yes i think trade will be the other major item on the agenda president front wants president xi jinping to do something about the big trade imbalance at the moment china exports far more to the United States that the United States sends the other way the trade deficit at the moment stands at about five hundred billion dollars now china has said actually we could fix this problem almost overnight if you would allow china to buy certain technology that the United States produces but some of this technology has has jewel Purpose Military and civilian use so the United States feels that poses a threat to their National Security and they wont allow china to buy that technology i think though to try to to to mollify to i suppose you know take this anger away from the United States china will announce i think a number of major trade deals that will lead to jobs and investment in the United States were hearing that they could be some some energy deals announced this will give President Trump something to tweet about and hopefully you know hell leave china a happy man adrian many thanks al jazeera is a dream brown live in beijing the u. S. State department has called for transparency in saudi arabias Anti Corruption drive dozens of prominent saudi businessmen and princes were detained over the weekend as part of an investigation led by crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon. In jordan reports critics say that the tensions as a move to consolidate power in the kingdom. The saudi government has been very busy lately and it has foreign leaders and financial cheats trying to figure out why a november fourth king solomon put his heir apparent in charge of a nationwide corruption crackdown crown Prince Mohammed bin laden then ordered the arrests of numerous prominent saudis including relatives such as the billionaire investor prince wali bin dahlan theyre now being held at the ritz carlton. President donald trump applauded the arrests on twitter saying the king and the crown prince quote know exactly what theyre doing some of those they are harshly treating have been milking their country for years even so the u. S. Is calling on the kingdom to follow saudi law we encourage them and i just want to say this one more time to pursue any possible prosecution or Corruption Cases in a fair and transparent manner however the u. S. Says riyadh did not tell it the arrests were coming it also says no one expected lebanese Prime Minister saad how do you say to resign on the same day theres speculation the saudis pressured to quit in order to send a message to the Group Hezbollah and to its supporter iran riyadhs regional rival the United States strongly supports the legitimate institutions in the lebanese state we expect all members of the International Community to respectfully those institutions in the sovereignty and the political and independence of lebanon we do regard as as you all know has fallen to be a terrorist nation the arrests and the political changes in lebanon calm has been solid increases his role in the government he backs the saudi led war against the who these in yemen and the ongoing blockade against got some wonder whether all this could ruin the crown princes plans to diversify the Oil Based Economy they also wonder if the trumpet ministration which like saudi arabia doesnt like iran might be too supportive of bin solids actions i was advising the president i would say maybe this is the time to use some of that influence he built up with here and successful trips to the region youre good friendships to try and put the brakes on and stop what the saudis are doing as it happens the president s son in law garrett cushion a recently visited saudi arabia white house official suggested it was to discuss peace efforts between the israelis and the palestinians it would be interesting to know if the saudis own Foreign Policy came up during those same discussions rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Russia has rejected the findings of a un inquiry into a chemical attack in syria in april un investigators concluded the Syrian Government was responsible for the use of sarin gas in the rebel held town of concha koon more than eighty people died many of them children they examined the movements of aircraft the bomb crater and samples of the psion gas. You could do worry him after he had the smell in your report you included a finding that regarding the responsibility of the Syrian Arab Republic you have not determined who was responsible not what in the government or its various departments or ministers but at the same time the character and logistics of the operation might have involved a whole range of players from various areas i mean what kind of evidence is this is this evidence and then what you know you wrote its the Syrian Arab Republic thats responsible and entire state and entire state is found responsible spanish and belgian leaders will be quizzed by their parliaments about the catalonia crisis on wednesday that opposed the proposed cant im sorry the deposed cattle and leader push them on is in brussels fighting spanish attempts to extradite him to face court there pushed him on made his first public appearance since spain issued an arrest warrant focusing less on independence and more on regaining the regions autonomy as john hull explains. From his place of exile at the heart of europe catalonia used to post leader carlos is using every platform he can to issue an election call to arms the word independence hardly appears but. Spain has carried out a coup de tat against the legitimate government our colleagues who are now in prison have been subject to mao treatment by the spanish authorities and spain must now respond to international justice. The change of tone reflects how much and. How fast things have changed for the Independence Movement probably in the bend and its going to have a secondary role i mean this doesnt mean that people are going to forget what happened the last month but at the same time in the minds of the politicians on also the whole society we are starting to think about this process as something that you need more time in other to to make the underpinnings of the neo con trip that new country now under the thumb of Central Government the independent republic i proclaimed less than two weeks ago has been stamped out the most urgent now lifting direct rule by madrid restoring Catalonia Autonomy before deciding what to do next much will depend on the far left coupe Party Supporters of independents and previously kingmakers in parliament who may yet decide to boycott all disrupt decembers election but here too the tone has changed. Are people aware that this is very difficult right now yes but people are also aware that the way to achieve our sovereignty is with a republic it does seem that those who support independence in catalonia are beginning to accept that their dream remains a distant one journal how aljazeera barcelona were going to weather update next year on aljazeera than a former philippines president is facing corruption charges will tell you why plus. Amount in washington d. C. Thank you exactly. And i think this is. Donald trump one the u. S. President ial election. From one flowing island winds to an enchanting desert breeze. Hello that Stormy Weather in the western Mediterranean Sea the adriatic its still there but a whole lot spread out some water the rain has gone east particularly through greece the clouds gone north and tucked up against Something Else coming in from the atlantic that looks sort of a messy picture but we can clarify first of all the amount of rain still to come ninety eight millimeters in corfu small island off the coast of maine and greece rather less but still raining as a whole lot moves east through greece through albania and through bug area but you see its rather broken now theres a bit of snow still to come probably in the french alps and the wind is rather less than it was temps is down to single figures for much of Northern Europe now on notice including london with that a fifteen in madrid where that breeze is bringing rain to the north coast of spain overnight tend to die down but there is something of a reef formation here so it looks like market low for we want to go in micro through the whole process once more but the immediate future weve still got the rain dragging throughout syria into new zealand dramatic than it was youll notice but its still there as the forecast fourteen degrees knowledge is twenty one in tunis the heavy rain of course is gone i suggest that was turned towards the equator with the heaviest probably still around someone like gotbaum. The weather sponsored by qatar airways. And when theyre on line we were in hurricane. Almost like thirty six hours these are the things that you must address or if you join us on saturday im a member of the crew club but we struck up a relationship is a dialogue tweet us with hostile stream and one of your pitches might make the next join the global conversation at this time on around to zero. Again the top story this hour on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump is meeting his chinese counterpart in beijing trade talks and tension with north korea will be on the agenda if the in from seoul where he said u. S. Led efforts to ramp up the pressure on pyongyang are making progress the u. S. State department is called for transparency in saudi arabias Anti Corruption drive dozens of prominent saudi businessmen and princes were detained over the weekend as part of an investigation led by crown Prince Mohammed bin salma and the belgian and Spanish Government are expected to answer questions on the Catalan Crisis on wednesday thats a day after both Catalan Leader colace bustamante made his first appearance public appearance as he fights extradition to spain over a session crisis he told supporters he continued to fight to regain catalonia is autonomy. Britains government is struggling to contain a series of scandals that threatens of further weaken Prime Minister to resign mays leadership several members of her party have been accused of Sexual Harassment a top minister is accused of discussing secret deals with israel and the foreign secretary is under fire for comments he made about a british woman whos currently in jail in iran parker reports. The british Prime Minister had promised a strong and stable government to lead britain out of europe but recent weeks have been anything but teresa mayes battling a string of crises some with grave implications for more than just the government. A blunder by the foreign secretary Boris Johnson could see one british woman imprisoned in iran have her sentence doubled as the deans of garri radcliffes been jailed for five years accused of spreading propaganda about the regime johnson complicated matters by claiming shed been teaching journalism in the country so Gary Radcliffe had worked for the b. B. C. And Thomson Reuters foundation but insisted her trip to iran had been a family visit. Everybody in this house wants to see is now salute the ghauri to release johnson is now planning to travel to iran before the end of the year. Another scandal involves International Development secretary preety patel she was forced to apologize after holding twelve secret meetings with a sarabi officials including Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu all while she was meant to be on a family holiday its believed she suggested summer britains aid budget go to the israeli army to help injured syrians being treated in military hospitals the political establishment is also been engulfed in a Sexual Harassment scandal that forced the resignation of defense secretary michael file and is it right because youre investigating the deputy Prime Minister damian green teresa mayes closest allies also been accused of Sexual Harassment and of having extreme pornography on his computer he denies the claims under normal circumstances these areas where there may deliberately or not could be grounds for dismissal for breach of this the ministerial code the governs m. P. s conduct and behavior its currently under review but of course these are normal times to resume a has very few close allies left were ever you look you see political crisis sometimes there was Sexual Harassment sometimes there were secret bilateral deals sometimes to do with their own gaffes and ineptitude and so the kind of statements that they put out you were looking at a sort of only scan though that is hitting the government day after day after day and those who are loaded to reason may already very very few. You slipping away watching all of this from brussels where breaks it talks are at a standstill the leaders of the e. U. The view from europes of a British Government sinking deeper into turmoil may have barca aljazeera london. Frances Prime Minister has backed the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo vowing to punish those who this you Death Threats over its latest this year its office was attacked in twenty fifteen hour trip published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad twelve people were killed the latest edition of the magazine features a sexually provocative depiction of Tarik Ramadan a muslim scholar and professor at Oxford University hes on leave of absence following allegations of Sexual Misconduct including rape. And spent a year since donald trump won the us presidency after a divisive and at times Unconventional Campaign after ten months in office trump has yet to sign major legislation and his popularity is dropping helen fisher looks back over the past year. It was a night to surprise the country and his own campaign this was a victory donald trump despite all these claims never truly expected ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and Great Movement most people when you think about all that has happened and all of the news and the politics its hard but in some ways its all happened with in one year for weeks he prepared himself and supporters for defeat if we dont win i will consider. The single greatest waste of time. Energy. By wins an Old Industrial states in the midwest he was set for the white house his victory is something hes returned to again and again we won florida we won South Carolina we won North Carolina we won pennsylvania. We won and won. Won the most divisive election in modern american political history he then talked about uniting the country but since then weve seen a flurry of tweets on a number of topics on the divisions i was wrong on his obvious as the ever where donald trump like he said. It connects him with his supporters bypassing a media which he believes is dead set against him you obviously hear a lot of Congressional Republicans for example saying they wish trumpet to be so but they think that his use of twitter really hurt their cause on capitol hill causing constant distraction from their legislative agenda judge gorsuch donald trump said a few legislative successes he swept away regulations hes confirmed the Supreme Court justice and thats really about it the word that comes to mind is chaotic i do think there is a side of this president that is much more interested in top of mind reactions and his own gut rather than policy planning and strategic efforts he continues to see to believe he is loved and adored throughout the country that may be true but according to polls its fine ever decreasing number of people i love this country thank you thank you. The high point of support was one year ago thank you tonight donald trump won the presidency alan fischer washington the anticorruption body in the philippines has filed criminal charges against former president Benigno Aquino hes accused of mishandling a twenty Fifteen Police raid where forty four commanders were killed they were killed by a large number of rebel gunman who were the targets of the raid aquino is accused of allowing a suspended police chief to be involved in the planning of the raid the office of the Ombudsman Says that its charged a keno with misuse of authority as well as graft and corruption lets take you live out of manila aljazeera and dog and is that jonah why on earth would a keno have bypassed the chain of command to allow a suspended general to call the shots in this operation what on earth was his motive. Well you know like many politicians hakim who preferred to work with his close allies with those he considers very Close Friends and at the time the suspended police chief was suspended for a graph charges was consoled that there was at the meeting at the president ial house there for bypassing but the commanders on the ground the military leadership and you know this position in the very grave implications if we can deceive the ship it weakened his popularity it started basically that this integration within the liberal party and many believe that this may have cost the liberal party the control of the majority there is also that peace deal with the more islamic liberation front when the arrest was conducted when the raid was conducted it happened within more islamic liberation front territory it was a direct result in a violation in many ways of a peace deal that led to a Senate Inquiry a very public Senate Inquiry where the Philippine National police was spirited against the Philippine Military i mean there are many lessons to be learned from that although what we know though is that this particular case engine has already been downgraded it is a case that is bailable by just about a thousand dollars and so it is unlikely that the former president will actually go to jail for this war has the current president to go to turkey to say about it. Well you have very conflicting statements and at the time when he was just starting in the first i guess one hundred days of his office he claimed that he had more information on the president aquino that he said he was at a meeting when the president president aquino was told at the time of the deaths of forty four members of the special action force of the Philippine National police he said he heard other things but these things change quickly recently the president of the good that there to himself said that these cases against aquino are most likely to feel that is probably because he has his own worries given that the morale you are started given that there are also demands for a Senate Inquiry and as to whether how hes government his leadership the military the police has also conducted themselves in this murder our wheat prices that he seemed to be much bigger larger and has bigger implications in terms of security when it comes to mindanao germany thanks indeed there is John Allen Dugan that lives in manila. Theres been a strong turnout at an auto show in irans capital tehran despite u. S. Warnings against investment in the country secretary of state Rex Tillerson told european nations to avoid investing in iran but its aim to strike the reports now that stand little to stifle interest. Irans state run automaker is launching a new line of cars but theres another reason for this event as the nations selfproclaimed post of industry iran who wants to show off the countrys manufacturing ability. Of fusco works for the italian car part company proma group so what do european businesses think about the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is warning to stay out of iran from a business business course we do thing its simpler than having us believe the environment. So far we expect to receive these. We are not that much concern for me but we do monitor the situation come here lets do the. Business less to do together with the iranian government is keen to highlight the potential of the countrys Big Industries but at this palma granted festival we met irans Small Business owners the message here is loud and clear iran is open for business and business is good these men and women have been growing their businesses in a sanctions era economy they had to evolve and adapt they trade with russia and china as well as countries in south and central Asia South America africa and Eastern Europe all lucrative alternatives they say to socalled western economies tell us one in ten ish i see unfortunately political tensions he runs economic potential iran has a lot of potential in many different sectors investors who want to make a profit can do it here easily iranians say unofficial threats by the white house are scaring off potential investors and having the same effect on irans economy as sanctions i dont want to see as an iranian my message to mr tillerson is that you sit on the other side of the world and he say you have no problem with the iranian people and that the iranian government is your target no im telling you first that you have a problem with the people because these sanctions mostly target the people rather than the government that it was that we were going to before anyone who wants to invest a will be one hundred percent successful my oldest son lived in germany for three s and came back to iran because its a better income iran Small Business owners appear to be optimistic about their future and theyre appealing to european investors not to judge them from afar but to come and see for themselves as in basra the old zero to one. Pollution levels in indias capital new delhi are a Dangerous Levels with some rating so bad that all thin air quality scale Young Children have been going to school on wednesday older children wont be allowed to play outdoors the president of the Indian Medical Association is calling it a pollution epidemic. Thousands of protesters have rallied in central kiev in support of Opposition LeaderMikhail Saakashvili the former georgian president announced plans to reform the ukrainian political system and to remove politicians immunity from criminal prosecution his supporters have called for president Petro Poroshenko to step down and for an Anti Corruption court to be established. Six scientists are spending the next seventeen days locked inside a giant metal box in russias capital its part of an experiment to test the psychological effects of a mission into deep space rory chalons reports. For the six scientists the world is about to get very small for a while the five russians and one german are test subjects in the first of a series of experiments on deep space travel theyre not going to space though theyll be isolated in a pod inside a moscow Medical Research Facility for seventeen days. Among the. This is a team of professionals indeed each of them is a professional in his own failed altogether way like part of a mosaic that creates a team which you know Earth Research mission will accomplish all the tasks that we face. After the press briefing it was down to the whole housing the mock spacecraft it will be their home and laboratory for at least fifty different experiments directed at how humans might cope on flights to mars and beyond and limited contact with earth. Final waves and in through the hatch sirius seventeen will be followed by a four Month Mission next year eight months in two thousand and nineteen and a full year in twenty twenty. You may think its a bit strange looking a bunch of people inside a tin can here on earth and running tests on them when theres actually a space station orbiting the planet and has been for decades seemingly much more suitable for these sorts of experiments but theyre actually key reasons why this works its not that the International Space station isnt being used for similar tests it is but earth based analogs are much safer cheaper and in some ways can better mimic deep space travel just wasnt on one designed to be an isolation environment it does i mean here you are isolated but more and more your own crew members and your cell phone in your pocket they can call their friends there is a requirement theres there are many thousands of commands and get sent from Mission Control to the vehicle every day with nasa russia and the European Space agency all working together this experiment is also another reminder of the truly cooperative nature of Space Exploration rory chalons al jazeera moscow. Good to have you with us avery and filling in here in doha the top stories on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump is meeting chinas leaders in ping in beijing trade talks and tension with north korea will be on the agenda he flew in from seoul where he said u. S. Led efforts to ramp up the pressure on pyongyang are making progress today i hope i speak not only for our countries. But for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try we will not allow American Cities to be a threat with destruction we will not be intimidated the u. S. State department has called for transparency in saudi arabias anticorruption drive dozens of prominent saudi businessmen and princes were detained over the weekend as part of an investigation that by crown Prince Mohammed bin salman russia has rejected the findings of a un inquiry into a chemical attack in syria in april un investigators concluded that the Syrian Government was responsible for the use of sarin gas in the rebel held town of cant shake kuhn more than eighty people died many of them children. The belgian and Spanish Governments are expected to answer questions on the cattle and crisis on wednesday the day after the post Catalan Leader cars cruised to mt made his first public appearance as he fights extradition to spain over the succession crisis he told supporters that he will continue to fight to regain catalonia as autonomy frances Prime Minister has backed the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo vying to punish those who issue Death Threats over its latest issue its office was attacked in twenty fifteen hour trip published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad twelve people were killed the latest edition of the magazine features a sexually provocative depiction of Tariq Ramadan the muslim scholar and professor at Oxford University in the philippines anticorruption body has filed criminal charges against former president but ignore keno is accused of mishandling a twenty Fifteen Police raid with forty four commandos died he was accused of allowing a suspended police chief to be involved in planning the raid when you see here on aljazeera right after the stream next. 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