Bangkok but there is no clear voice from the collective on any of the key topics with the trade war intensifying between its 2 main trading partners the United States and china they need to navigate a path to the keep their economies growing though also want to strengthen their partnership an immediate product of that they will jointly tackle marine pollution. The meeting has adopted bangkok declarations against marines ways in the region and chillis our determination to sustainably solved a marine pollution problem. Even with a population of more than 600000000 people some feel that austrians geo political position is weakening mainly because of political changes within member nations like a rise in the for terrorism and a growing reliance in either the United States or china. Is a claim to fame has been able to you know maintain regional autonomy. These are via the major powers not allowing the superpowers outside powers to dominate to overwhelm and overtake the region thats been the 52 years its us but now that old challenges back again and its existential myanmar has brought negative attention to the region with the reaping the refugee crisis that saw more than 700000 people flee to bangladesh in 2016 the un has called it ethnic cleansing so when the Human Rights Committee feel that much more needs to be done to push the government myanmar to do more in the region go refugee crisis and that push needs to come from os young members many human Rights Groups such as the International Commission of jurists has actually been repeatedly calling on the myanmar leadership including she who has been who has benefit that in the past on the us and human Rights Groups speaking on her behalf to free her and now shes the one and she is one of those leaders thats actually keeping quiet human rights abuses in the region so for now like much of the world members are looking for answers to keep their economies growing and which superpower or Free Trade Agreement can help them achieve that scotland aljazeera bangkok thailand is banning pig imports from laos for 90 days after it reported its 1st cases of the deadly african swine flu although not harmful to humans the disease has so far killed nearly a 1000 pig in laos china take a similar step on friday banning imports of pigs wild boars and related products from laos. So head on. Roger federer a landmark as he prepares for his latest shot at wimbledon title thank. You. In the philippines many people purchase things in daily use and small single use plastic packages locally call sachets its estimated more than 160000000 of them washed up on river banks and coastlines every day but some youth are using the plastic to build a Better Future you know alan during the course. For the last 2 years these students have been collecting rubbish every day its helped clean up the campus and help to build some of its facilities for every 2 kilos of Plastic Waste they collect this School Receives a brick made of plastic and cement and this school contains been built with them this school to watch tower was built with this same bricks to this is a solution for the environmental problem because we are diverting wastes away from the landfill so we are in effect an alternative to downsize to the landfill some of the bricks are designed to allow rainwater to see through and that to help stop the streets flooding for some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the Country Waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. But greenpeace says more needs to be done and Multinational Companies need to be made responsible for pushing the socalled sashay economy from coffee shampoo to cooking oil these Consumer Products come in cheap single use packages its a very important that consumers they have the purchasing power and they can actually put pressure into this manufacturers these companies they can actually influence and ask their Favorite Brands i love your products we use their products we buy the your products what you need to deliver it in a more sustainable in a logical way the capital manila generates almost 10000 tons of garbage every day every community here is mandated by law to have a Materials Recovery facility where biodegradable and recyclable waste is sorted but government figures show around only 20 percent of the villages in the country have one. This is one of the most impoverished areas in manila rubbish is directly affecting the lives of people here the challenge of Plastic Waste is global and growing and in the battle against it people here say they feel theyre on the front line. Dugan aljazeera manila time for sport with andy. Thank you very much argentina have secured their 1st one of this years copper america they beat katz out saying no its a progress into the quarter finals asian champions cats are in the tournament as guest entrance but a defensive era for them allowed Tara Martinez to put argentina ahead to just 4 minutes. After the break we know messi had a good chance to score number 2 for his country. Instead it was surgery where or who went on smite the game safe as argentina stand trying to win this title for the 1st time since 9093 out argentina will play venezuela next. Colombia will advance as group b. Win is ahead of argentina after 3 straight wins they beat provide one nil to maintain their perfect record south. Senegal have begun their africa cup of Nations Campaign with a win the consonance number one ranked same beating tanzania at suno in group c. Senegal are looking to win the competition for the 1st time star forward ceremony of Liverpool Free to return for their next game after serving a one match suspension also in group c. Algeria beat kenya and in group d. There was heartbreak from the may be a last minute own goal saw them losing one else america england and france have secured their places in the quarter finals of the womens world cup england beating cameroon 3 mail in the last 16 while hosts france have just edged past brazil c one after extra time on monday defending champions the usa take on spain so far the u. S. Have scored 18 goals and conceded none its the 1st time spain of made it beyond the group stages at so world cup you know i think yes spain is is a team thats definitely been a part of the you know the growth i think over europe and in a lot of these other countries and you know as a as a fan of the game and someone who grew up in a time where it wasnt that way in europe i think its great to see. Pakistan have revived their hopes of reaching the semifinals of the cricket world cup they beat south africa by 49 runs at lords its a result the main south africa now have no chance of reaching the last 4 so helmet reports. This was a must win game for both teams but it was pakistan that started better but iran tire would break fuckers im on an immobile hocks opening stand of 81. 00 tire struck again to really slow pakistan down i was but a big hitting horace i hailed bailed them out his 89 of 59 balls so pakistan post 308 was south africas chase dotted terribly Muhammad Army removed hashim amla in the 2nd over quinten de kock and captain 5 to place these steady be an exe putting on 87. 00 together however a stretch that saw them losing 3 top order wickets for just 45. 00 runs put pakistan in control shut out card start with 3 wickets for 50 Mohammad Amir finished with 2 making him the tournaments joint leading wicket taker with 15. Also chipped in removing 3 tailenders pakistan adventure you winning it by 49 rounds their hopes of winning a 2nd world cup remain very much alive so hell malik aljazeera. Well out when left pakistan up to 7th theyll face new zealand next on wednesday in south africas 5th last means they have no chance of advancing all the teams play each other once in the group stages with the top 4 going through to the semifinals on monday bangladesh can move into 5th with a win over afghanistan mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the french draw on previous was hamiltons full straight victory. The reigning World Champion began the race in pole position to lead from start to finish ended up 18 seconds ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas us Ferrari Charlotte came in 3rd hamilton extending his advantage of the top of the Overall Standings now to 36. 00 points australias ashley barty has moved to the top of tennessees world rankings. The french open champion claiming the number one spot for the win here over germanys julia in the final of the classic. Aussie replaces and i mean i soccer is the games leading play. Oh its just always a continuation of whining and progressing through every tournament every single match you learn Something Different and try and learn whatever i can from all the different experiences so i think taking that into the next few weeks be really important and Roger Federer has hit yet another tennis landmark that repeating david go fight in the how open final becoming just the 2nd man after rafa nadal to win the same top level tournament 10 times its also his 100 and 2nd career title as the world number 3 closes in on Jimmy Connors all time record of 109 is now targeting a 9th one more than champ. Every time i won and how i went on to play really well at wimbledon so i think i mean theres never a guarantee of course been on the top for long enough to know what it means and also most important that i know i mean jeffrey im going to have a couple of days off i guess and then get ready steph curry says the Golden State Warriors era of excellence is a long way from being over curry has been soaking in japan in the aftermath of the war is lost to the Toronto Raptors in the n. B. A. Finals keep Kevin Durants and plights aunts and could miss out on much of next season due to injury the warriors have i won 3 of the last 5 n. B. A. Championships very proud of the way that we we played all year weve got was a major ease with that was the most of those but. You know the story still go and so a lot of people said this is going to be the. Mughal that it happened so its going to be fun to come back in. More championships next year and beyond ok that is why sports looking for not more lights out. And thats it for me for the news hour but to keep it here we have much more news for you here on aljazeera on the other side of the break. July on aljazeera will the conservative new democracy be victorious in the snap elections we bring you the latest as greece votes a new documentary examines the use of modern technology and policing its impact on individual rights and Civil Society on the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 Lunar Landing we look back at the 1st human steps on the moon and an ancient statue of apollo disappears in gaza a stunning archaeological mystery unfolding witness the 2nd round of democratic president ial candidate debates in the u. S. Will be long been detroit july on al jazeera. Sri lankas Easter Sunday bombings reverberated around the world with religious and ethnic tension rising one a one east investigates it is the new front line in sri lanka on aljazeera. One of the really special things about working for aljazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story as well we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know its very challenging liberally but theyre good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues. With the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. After years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the worlds biggest ever conservation projects theyre pretty emblematic of the patagonians out if theyre plentiful and theyre calm like this one is then you know that the system is going back and that they feel no threats and thats why youre on for 3 wilding patagonia on aljazeera. Takis Main Opposition Party wins the rerun of istanbuls merril election a major setback to president out of ones ruling policy. And this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. The military dismisses ethiopias proposal to break the political deadlock. Protestors in the Czech Republic rallied to demand that the Prime Minister step down and whats being called the countrys largest demonstrations since the fall of communism. One. My grandmother. Or great is you know. Were not seeing. Were right along with fleeing for their lives to Violence Forces them to leave behind loved ones they may never see again. Now for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of takis largest city will not be from the Ruling Ak Party the opposition candidate won the rerun vote to dealing a major blow to president recip type hed campaigned hard to extend his partys role in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march before the ruling party forced a rerun of the claims of fraud now with nearly all votes counted. From the opposition c. H. P. Has won with 54 percent while the ak party has been is that 45 percent. Reports from istanbul. They stumbled changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c. S. P. Candidate. Has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old mayor was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party the s. D. P. Stand. Im ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the Legal Process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views. Lose win is a major setback for ben ali yielded and former Prime Minister and a partys candidate for the Mayoral Election youll do is loss is widely interpreted here as an indication of a partys waning influence. According to the results as of now my competitors in the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. All marsh 30 the 1st. 6 defeated his why of all by a narrow margin of party contested the outcome claiming that some of the results werent ratified by Election Officials the higher election board ordered a reelection undeterred by the decision it. Held multiple rallies reminding his supporters that their victory was stolen by our party. Democracy has won just as has won people care about democracy i congratulate the future president of the country who told our ted barrett we increased our gains by having more votes from the Party Supporters which means theyre also disgruntled. The new mayor faces the delicate task of running the countrys biggest wealthiest and most populous city but his supporters already see him as the right person to run against president. In the 2023 president ial election although this is a local election its all to come is likely to shape the future of a party which faces a deepening crisis. And people across the country all agree ad dollars ruling party has failed to fix the economy in tatters. Its the board. Well you know we spoke to bill and i raise that hes the director and Senior Associates of the techie project at the center of a state for strategic and International Studies in washington he says tucky sewing economy paint a key role in the votes its the the economic downturn. That was behind the victory of the. Opposition candidate in the capital on her own as well as an example. Of 3 months that have been pretty much wasted focusing on the on the local elections instead of on dealing with the the economic difficulties may have contributed to their where much worse results than in the on the west the march or and what human vote on or do on the spot here for 4 and a half years while they have to face the electorate in president ial and parliamentary elections its going to be if before and a half years this will require learning that he was right as the political power began when he won the merit merrily election it missed them when they were too young to fall on the spot he held sound well for the 25 years after that and then of course they gained National Power in 2002 we were a must. For him and his party is that what was working for it may not be working but one has to arsk whether or to so many years in power you have to really see the wall to transform themselves into a more attractive. To an electorate seems to be moving away from the st johns minute she has voiced reservations i have an ethiopian plan for a transition to civilian rule because Prime Minister has been leading the mediation efforts protesting to support the proposal to create a joint a military and civilian body by saddams military justice as it doesnt correspond with the separate preprint from the African Union. I would often leave them up we have received 2 separate proposals to study from ethiopia and another one from the African Union but what weve agreed with both the you and the few opiah is one combine proposal to be presented to us and to narrow gaps between points of view john talent is the africa director at Freedom House the nongovernmental body and he says the military appears to be stalling for time i would characterize this as classic sudanese delay tactics and weve seen this before from the previous regime trying to play mediators off against each other trying to buy time trying to have these sort of circular conversations that ultimately end up going nowhere i think thats what theyre doing here i think e. D. O. T. Is probably about as good amongst the regional countries of a mediator as you could hope for but they dont have the leverage on their own they need the employees of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. And probably United States as well to really change the calculations of the military in particular and its very much remains to be seen whether those countries are going to engage in a more productive manner. Now ethiopias government says its back in control of the Northeastern State of. Rebellion 4 people including the countrys army chief of staff were killed and the attempted power grab that was led by a high ranking military official holding has more from. Ethiopias army chief of staff general Sahara Mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern im hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in before dark one of ethiopias 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the regents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed Prime Minister ill be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. One dont want to sin as you may hate the people of ethiopia have proved that its possible to remove dictators with unified and democratic struggles in past years the people of ethiopia have with a unified voice showed that they will not accept governments that have the attitude of dictatorship. He said a high ranking military official general awesome a new sygate was behind the attacks and that he had used what he called mercenaries my 10. 00 despite. Himself because. It so happens that the guy who. Is accused of leaving the cool. He was in prison when he came to power for the school he was he tried at them to. And he was in prison so. Security in the region trust he may be his and his loyalty there was an assassination attempt against the Prime Minister himself exactly a year ago 2 months after he came to power a grenade was thrown into a crowd attending a large rally for abbey more than 100 people were hurt ethiopians had braced for a government crackdown which had been the norm during previous governments but it never came. In the. Issue. It was an assassination attempt against the Prime Minister. And you know significant. Going to be here africas youngest head of state has brought in sweeping reforms during his 1st year in power he ended a 20 year border dispute with neighboring eritrea released thousands of Political Prisoners opened up the media and gave half of his cabinet posts to women in recent weeks hes been mediating the crisis in neighboring sudan but some have argued he may be moving too fast they certainly is an attempt to. Bring maybe back some of the old guard the government has shut down internet all across the country in the wake of the attack no facebook no twitter people are mainly relying on state television for information here in the city and theres an obvious increase in military presence and some roads in and around the city are closed as the government and the people try to make sense of what is happening we are hard in aljazeera. All weathers next and still ahead on aljazeera. Has Brazilian Police get tough on crime the poor and innocent being course in the crossfire. And we meet here in the philippines trying to win the battle against plastic pollution one break as. Hello again or across parts of north america were seeing some very stormy conditions here across the Central Regions of the u. S. Notice those thunderstorms a really building up and it is in this area the Central Plains that the threat is going to be the highest in the next coming days