Saudi arabia to hold those responsible accountable but of course we all know that these are lower level actions that have been taken that those at the highest levels of the saudi government have not yet been held accountable so many attempts by reporters here in this room to try to press the u. S. President to ask him why he himself did not do that a he dodged those questions and said what we saw was not only sort of an excuse but a justification of the Strategic Interests of the United States in saudi arabia buys a lot of equipment apparently that seems to matter more to donald trump the press freedom and the murdering of a journalist. Kimberly thanks very much kimberly how kids and stock force on japans Prime Minister shinzo of a hailed the summit to success saying the leaders agreed on the need to Work Together despite the global tensions on trade. Isnt it taboo to know if trade tensions are continuing and theres a risk so we have to keep those risks and tensions in mind still we have agreed to unite in order to lead the World Economy there are some dissatisfactions between countries so although there are concerns what we have to do is establish principles in order to me lead the World Economy into the future a free fair and inclusive economy and open competition those principles have been affirmed by the leaders of this g. 20 meeting Brendan Oconnor is an associate professor in american politics at the United States studies center which is part of the university of sydney he joins us now from there thanks again for being with us so i know you were listening to a lot of this and following the developments out of soccer youre impression then of some of what president had to say 1st of all on on north korea and the possibility of this this meeting with kim jong un is this essentially just a photo opportunity for for the president that he can use. Yes i think its going to get mccallum and turn the way kind of used to what trump might graine who was george w. Bushs chief 8 year advisor said it was something out of the bachelor but that sort of too so this is a meeting each other in the developed we dont know if its going to occur tomorrow but its its typical trump in some ways it gets the headlines maybe it reduces tensions this type of thing its better to be talking even about gimmicks and make things rather than than about fire and furious trump was illian as president say to do with north korea but its what we kind of you know expect the unexpected from trump is how to steal the show with something that probably doesnt have a lot of substance to it at the end. And. A lot of leaders gathered there will be happy at the news that the u. S. Has decided for now not to impose a new set of tariffs on china in that ongoing trade dispute were talking of course about the 2 biggest economies in the world here help us understand why that is of such great concern to leaders there and youre in australia of course where where there are. Major partners trade partners with china as well. Yes i mean with china in the United States the main countries dont want to see a slowing of the Global Economy because of the spat thats going on between the chinese and the americans trump obviously has brought on the stride wall some are suggesting theres been a slowdown of global g. D. P. A the could get i get and become more than a tried war it could lead to antagonisms when the United States and china which lead to visits not a caring Business People not travelling maybe even military tensions if it got out of hand side is a good thing but negotiations going to occur again but this hasnt been a huge amount or worm i think on the chinese side to be willing to compromise by trump and the chinese comply off against each other domestic plate and make a case that they are being unfairly treated. All of the sort of underlying factors and you really had in Trumps Press Conference it was a press conference often about american domestic politics about his tremendous election victory as he likes to talk about and in the forthcoming camp high in 2000 instead of 27 those issues that always at the forefront of trumps mind set the domestic sort of angle to these things in Foreign Policy busy in some ways this is a minor interest to donald trump hes turned up to the summit obviously could go to what was but its not the thing that he thinks about i think all the time about how to reach these deals and the why thats going to be beneficial to the Global Economy hes much more interested in israel action chances and possibly the jobs of American Workers yet to what is thank did that influence his his decision then not to reimpose these new tack tariffs knowing that the implication the implication is that has for so many farmers back in the u. S. Yes i mean the chinese have been pretty strategic and how they have targeted particular groups that are in vulnerable states like. To say look we can target you where it hurts were going to put specific tariffs on farm goods this 25 percent tariff on a lot of holland where goods on technological goods on clothing is going to hurt a lot of devices that would come out invites the trunk the via the shop at places like walmart. To some extent trunk doesnt want to up the ante on this because it hurts by the saudis it hurts american seamus and obviously had some chinese manufacturing in that they might be selling less this you know lots of good reasons to compromise and lots of good reasons to argue that no one rightly benefits from the tried war some would say its a tactic of trying to get a better deal with what he wants the same self as this kind of great deal back have bought hes playing against a fairly sort of strong opponent in the chinese being willing to sort of that last trump to some extent and think well you know its going to last for 4 years and in the worst Case Scenario for them. All right for the moment Brendan Oconnor get to get your perspective on this thanks for being with us russias president met donald trump at the summit as well he says it is the United States responsibility to correct tensions between their countries. Most used to it is up to america how they want to improve relations with russia we have a Mutual Understanding that we should get out of the situation its an abnormal one and it should be corrected but we should try to find a way to turn the page to look forward and to move on we confirmed already ignace to support a Business Initiative but it means the Administration Needs to have the intention to correct this abnormal situation. Well the u. S. President is now heading to south korea as he said there possible 3rd meeting with the north Korean Leader trump has invited kim jong un to meet him at the Demilitarized Zone which separates the north and South North Koreas foreign minister described the invitation as an interesting suggestion but noted they hadnt received an official proposal 2 leaders last met in hanoi in february and this is what will be awaiting donald trump when he gets to south korea rival rallies had kept happening in the capital so some people are out on the streets to welcome the u. S. President these are live pictures though of some anti trump protests there near the blue house where he is expected to meet the south Korean Leader soon in. Our forces loyal to libyan war Khalifa Haftar have threatened to target flights and ships coming from turkey a spokesman for Hostile Forces also said turkish nationals in libya will be arrested this week fighters moyle to the u. N. Recognized government recaptured a strategic town from Hostile Forces the war accuses turkey of supplying weapons to forces allied to the tripoli government the Us State Department has opened an investigation into how Hostile Forces got american weapons the missiles were allegedly found on friday after forces loyal to the u. N. Backed government capture the town of 30 and libyan media aired these images showing American Anti tank rocket launchers branded with the u. A. E. As the recipient if the emirates did provide the weapons it would be a violation of arms sales agreements with the us. I desire has been to that libyan town the Government Forces captured from half past fighters their retreat from the area is a significant setback now what up the way ahead has this exclusive report. The road from tripoli to open again. The city and surrounding area have been a battlefield for the past 3 months. Following the latest fighting with honey for have to his forces soldiers loyal to Libyan Government regained control of the yan as we drive towards the city the remnants of the battles litter on the roadside. Sandbanks built to defend the city are now a stumbling block for call drivers. Government forces have recaptured have those military camps like many from a riyadh who resisted have to his invasion. Led was forced to leave his home city in march he says he left his family behind and took part in several battles until he and his comrades finally reclaim their home. His friends and neighbors are celebrating. We coordinated with their fellow fighters inside the city along with the western military region command to set the incursion it took us weeks but the city fell into our hands in about 7 hours. Funerals have been held for the soldiers who died defending the city its estimated dozens were killed in fighting since the city was seized. The fall of the u. N. Is being seen as a setback for have to his forces and their campaign to capture the capital. Government forces showed off dozens of u. S. Made antitank missiles they said they were seized from have to his forces and rianne and they say their weapons were supplied by the united arab emirates. Have to command headquarters in the un is abandoned from here have to the commanders of the forces into battle in southern tripoli over the past 3 months troops and weapons who were sent from here to north to support the war on the capital. Libyans living here say french an Iraqi Military officers were seen have to hit a quarter of that money or have the kind of fact that it was a nightmare under the rule of half their forces they misuse the citys facilities including hospitals which became overcrowded with their casualties. Life is turning to normal but the fighting has taken its toll on the peoples lives Government Forces are in full control of a very young city some of have those forces have retreated to the nearby town of. Others to the city of daraa who are now but this is the way sion anybody and remains tense and people here are worried that half those were planes could target Government Forces within the city and without the. Area. The european powers havent done enough to help iran void crippling u. S. Sanctions thats the view of irans Deputy Foreign minister after hours of talks in vienna the meeting was billed as the last chance to save the 2015 agreement paul brennan reports. In 2015 the negotiating teams came to the lavish public coburg in vienna to sign and seal the. Nuclear deal 4 years later theyre here trying to save it Britain China france germany and russia have announced that instead is now operational a complex barter type system to let European Countries trade with iran while avoiding u. S. Sanctions tehran has set a july 7th deadline thats when its threatened to begin enriching uranium close to weapons grade purity if its oil exports arent regime and believe that it was a. Positive and constructive meeting. I can say want to step forward compared to the previous meetings we had. But it is a still not enough and it is it is still not clear to you dont say expectations china the biggest buyer of iranian oil has also hit out at the United States for its unilateral action we rejected the unilateral imposition of sanctions and for us the and it is security is important and the importation of all is important to the Chinese Security and it is security and also to the livelihood of the people President Trump took the United States out of the j. C. P. O. A deal last year and is pressurising the european signatories to do the same at the same time the u. S. Is demanding that iran must abide by the deal and limited stockpile of enrich uranium previously iran exported excess uranium to stay within the limits of the sanctions now prevent that the u. S. Special envoy on iran is touring european capitals to muster support for President Trump stance on friday he was in london we are trying to restore deterrence to reestablish deterrence against iran. We are also putting ourselves in a position where if we are attacked by iran we can respond with military force but that is only if. But on the nuclear deal European Countries are sticking with iran calling the agreement a major contribution to stability in the region can the in stix trading system deliver enough economic benefits to keep iran from abandoning the treaty perhaps not but its been described as the last chance paul brennan aljazeera of a man who drove his car into a group of protesters in Charlottesville Virginia is going to prison for life for committing federal hate crimes before a Court Sentenced him and james alex feels expressed his remorse for the 2017 attack which killed one person and injured dozens atika hine reports. It was the moment the country realized white supremacist were in bold and taking to the streets of Charlottesville Virginia in mass with tiki torches they shouted a chorus of racist and antisemitic chants was 7 they protested the removal of the confederate statue their hate would not go unchallenged hundreds of counter protesters met them head on there were clashes and then there was this crash. James alex fields was behind the wheel he was found guilty of killing heather higher and injuring dozens in this chaos he pled guilty to federal hate crime charges in exchange prosecutors dropped the Death Penalty and now hes learned for his crime he will spend the rest of his life in prison susan bro is highers mother she says she but 100 more raising. This was a moment where the countrys divisions were on full display and it provoked arguably one of the most controversial comments from a u. S. President who provokes controversy often and maybe that is a very Different Group but you also had people that were. Very 5 people on both sides but the courts disagree at least for one saying he is not a good person hes a murderer a racist and now a prisoner for life political gain aljazeera washington for the 2nd debate of u. S. Democratic president ial candidates has set a new record more than 18000000 people tuned in to watch thursdays debate thats the highest audience ever for the party the debate featured front runners Joe Biden Bernie sanders and harris immigration Climate Change health care and civil rights were key topics voting for the partys nominee begins early next year the general election is in the room after more than 2 weeks straight to see dozens of migrants have finally landed in italy but only after the german humanitarian ship that rescued them managed to dodge the Coast Guard Police led some of the 40 migrants off to sea watch 3 its captain was detained she says the lack of help from italian officials and worsening conditions on board forced her hand at least 15 people were killed after part of a war collapsed in the western indian city of pune the wall fell on to tin shed strapping people under the rubble rescue workers later recovered the bodies building collapses are common in india during the monsoon season and its aggravated by the use of poor Construction Materials a heavy rain and flooding has swept away entire villages and bridges in eastern russia at least 2 people have been killed in the siberian region of course the Regional Government has declared a state of emergency after several rivers burst their banks forcing the evacuation of thousands. This is al jazeera lets get a round up of the top stories World Leaders at the g. 20 summit have agreed to Work Together on trade progress was made in relations between the United States and china to have decided to restart negotiations aimed at ending their own going trade war we had a great meeting and we will be continuing to negotiate and i promise that for. At least the time being were not going to be lifting tariffs on china we wont be adding an additional. You know tremendous amount of where we have i guess 350000000000. 00 left which could be taxed or could be tariffs and were not doing that were were going to work with china on where we left off to see if we could make a deal in a meeting with turkeys President Donald Trump said a solution is possible in the dispute over the sale of an air Defense System from russia the u. S. Has previously threatened to pull the sale of f. 35. 00 fighters and impose sanctions if the deal with russia goes ahead trump is now heading to south korea and a possible 3rd meeting with the north Korean Leader hes invited kim jong un to meet him at the Demilitarized Zone which separates the north and south koreas foreign minister described the invitation as an interesting suggestion but no to they hadnt received an official proposal. These are scenes donald trump will be greeted with once he gets to south korea rival rallies happening in the captain sol some people are out on the streets to welcome the u. S. President. Forces loyal to war after threatening to target flights and ships coming from turkey and arrest turkish nationals in libya after accuses turkey of supplying weapons to forces allied to the u. N. Backed government after they captured a strategic city south of the capital at least 15 people were killed after part of a war collapsed in the western indian city of the wall fell on to tin shed strapping people under the rubble rescue workers late to recover the bodies building collapses are common in india during the monsoon season aggravated by the use of poor Construction Materials. Those are the headlines up next on aljazeera is the listening post will be back in half an hour. Talk to al jazeera. Problems of the signs of the instability is corruption we listen. Who are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter is there a. Lot just published. This country can. I. Im sorry. That there are questions that. A lower measure disappeared in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this week the british Prime Minister in waiting Boris Johnson a reporter turned politician who is now running circles around journalists. And has made this neighbor of his hip hop mad donald trump and the Rape Allegation given short shrift by American News outlets and iran just aint what it used to be the persian t. V. Channel based overseas the traffic in this culture Boris Johnson the odds on favorite to become britains next Prime Minister had one distinct advantage going into the race to succeed to reason that name recognition when the u. K. Media dropped that name boris britains know exactly who theyre talking about as it happens the News Business is where johnson got his start where his troublesome relationship with the facts 1st surfaced back in the late 1980 s. After getting fired from his 1st reporting job for inventing a quote johnson wound up as a correspondent in brussels where he produced a slew of flimsy euro skeptic stories that readers found amusing stories that could well have sowed seeds in peoples minds for an eventual brax it fast forward 30 odd years and there was johnson a key asset on the leave side. The 2016 Referendum Campaign saying the same kinds of things about the e. U. As a politician that he wants to add as a journalist these days the british media finally seem to have clued into the fact that entertainment value isnt everything that Boris Johnson falls dangerously short of the qualifications for the job but he already has one foot in the door of 10 downing street so theres no awakening is looking like too little too late our starting point this week is london. We live in populist times in 2016 americans elected a former reality t. V. Star a triumph of soundbites over substance to the white house. Last year italians voted a party formed by a comedian Beppe A Grillo into a Coalition Government 2 months ago ukrainians elected another comedian from la de mint is a lenski president in a land. Where does britains Boris Johnson fit in these parts entertainer like donald trump part comedic side show like grillo and selenski or as one british columnist put it johnson is a character which lets him get away with things a serious politician wouldnt mr johnsons seriousness in short this is most effective political weapon and thats a pro johnson voice writing in a paper that wants him to be Prime Minister. And comes across as a amiable before in a long tradition of upper middle class british characters its not really what hes like at all hes a ruthless issues the idea that Boris Johnson gets up in the morning looks into the earth has what can i do for the common man today is palpable. Hes concerned only with his own advancement is a huge opportunist but he also has engaged in really really talk that forms of politics legislation that is detrimental to marginalized people and. Immigrants and that is overlooked in favor of thinking about him is this character of fun we are facing problems that the american press. Facing with trying. Hard you hold to account and in this incredibly difficult because our. Very. Oligarchy and their overwhelming right wing and you can see concerted elements of the press working together to promote which is. Johnson is well aware that most of the u. K. Print media do have is but not all of them and when the guardian broke a story this past week that a neighbor of johnsons overheard a domestic argument between him and his girlfriend and was concerned enough to call the police johnsons carefully calibrated amiable buffoon act was put to the test on the airwaves can you just tell us what youre. Trying to. Think that story dominated coverage of johnson this past week at the expense of another significant expose last year reports emerged that johnson was being advised by steve behind the old right former white house operative who has ties to White Supremacists brannon was reportedly behind President Trumps efforts to ban muslims from entering the u. S. Johnson repeatedly denied that he and bannon were working together but just last week this video of ben and came out shot in july of last year. To give a speech in. Comments today lets go through them you just went back to the Daily Telegraph as a columnist. Talking to more we can about the speech Carol Cadwallader we broke that story in the observer Isabelle Oakshott is a former Political Editor at the time a paper that has employed johnson they see this story in distinctly different way you know i. Boris johnsons press it to get a comment and 1st of all he said its just not true and then i said well you know weve got weve got video saying otherwise and then he said come back and instead he came back he said oh its just all ridiculous conspiracy they dropped it in oil i this is all nonsense i dont think boris has a particularly close relationship with Steve Bannon Boris knows all sorts of people and sure hes taking and listening to advice from the wide variety of characters some more reputable than others but it doesnt mean that theres some kind of conspiracy cooked up here to take World Politics legend to the right. Perhaps not but less than a month after bannon made those comments about working with johnson mentioning the Daily Telegraph this appeared in the paper a column written by Johnson Trumpy and in tone and content saying that muslim women who wear the niqab look like letter boxes and bank robbers. We dont know all the specifics of the relationship between Boris Johnson and been the other way it doesnt matter what matters is that he is trading that the same kind of politics that Boris Johnson likes to ramp up the hatred toward certain groups of people at particular times that this moment a patriot towards muslims which is an existing sentiment in. The Daily Telegraph and Boris Johnson have a relationship that goes back decades one that has had an impact on British Journalism and politics johnson made his name as the papers brussels correspondent from 1989 to 94. 00 there he hit on a formula filing stories on the arcane bureaucracy of the e. U. Pointless regulations that supposedly mandated the size of bananas and condoms or threatened to make some of britains favorite snack foods illegal that the stories bore little relationship to the truth was of no apparent concern to johnson or the paper employing him johnsons reporting helped set the tone for the way the e. U. Was seen in the u. K. And eventually for the bracks that referendum of 2060. What Boris Johnsons euro skeptic journalism did was the simmering your skepticism within the conservative party. But possibly more important it set the tone for 25 years of british Media Coverage of europe because every news editor in fleet street thought that what Boris Johnson was producing was much more interesting than the usual grade dull fare that came out of brussels and they demanded the same i know this because i was a process correspondent for 3 years myself at the end of the 1990 s. So come the referendum. The referendum wasnt lost in those 5 weeks whatever it was in june 26th seen it to be not so for the previous 25 years can we blame Boris Johnson for britains fundamental euro skepticism tracing that back to a couple of decades ago almost when boris was churning out these ludicrous stories exaggerated stories it was a silly colorful made great copy and people lacked a top but im sure also people took it with a little bit of a pinch of salt. Boris johnsons ongoing relationship with the telegraph remains central to his political ambitions because the current Prime Minister to resign may resigned before her term was up her successor will be selected on july 23rd not in a general election but by the conservative Party Membership and until then the telegraph will continue to provide Boris Johnson with a weekly platform a direct pipeline to the 160000 conservative Party Faithful who will choose britains next Prime Minister. The Daily Telegraph is the bible of the conservative party. And our next Prime Minister is being chosen not by the British Public but by the north point 25 percent of the electorate who happen to be tory Party Members so his column in the Daily Telegraph is immensely important to him i think its quite extraordinary to me breach is every. The code of journalistic ethics i cannot understand how he or the telegraph gets away but. If the politician and the paper do get away with it it will be because the line between politics and the press in the u. K. Between those elected and those supposedly holding them to account has long been blurred by mutual selfinterest. Boris johnson is just the latest beneficiary of that and if the polls prognosticators and bookmakers have got it right hell ride that relationship all the way to 10 downing street. Were discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo philips slow were still almost a year and a half away from the u. S. President ial elections in 2020 but the campaigns are up and running there were those 2 televised debates on the Democratic Party side this past week but the coverage seems to be overshadowed by coverage of President Trump which once again seems to be falling short in the u. S. News media yes richard that very same u. S. Media saying that what same papers that have done a lot of selfexamination about mistakes they made mistakes that could well have played a part in trumps 2016 victory now 2 years into his presidency it seems that much the media is still struggling with how to deal with him to this past week no shortage of potentially explosive material over which to question him lots and lots of stories about the inhumane conditions at those Detention Centers down on the border with mexico and yet when trump sat down for an interview with n. B. C. s chuck todd on meet the press told let him get away with some blatant lies but i ended separation i inherited separation from president obama not trying has said that before blaming president obama for those family separation policies but hes been knocked down not only did towards