A wet day into capes and 14 celsius 28006 degrees above the average a little bit cooler on wednesday with 24. Ive been looking at your Instagram Account and reading takes into the atmosphere behind the scenes this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president after that everyone has a points best chance for democrats to beat donald trump is to nominate an exciting inspirational koulis mother nominee to join the global conversation in your pockets where as you are now does iraq. And again youre watching are just a reminder of all top stories this hour britains foreign secretary says the u. K. Will try to put together a european led Protection Mission in the strait of hormuz in response to irans seizure of a u. K. Flagged oil tanker jeremy hunt called it an act of state piracy iran maintains the seizure was legal. Kenyas finance minister has been arrested for alleged corruption henry roche which is the 1st serving government minister ever to be arrested for fraud he denies the accusations. Philippine president rodriguez to territory wants to bring back the Death Penalty for drug related crimes he did to ask congress for the reinstatement during his state of the nation address. Hong kongs leader kerry lamb has condemned the violence following a mass rally against the government at least 40 people were injured when a mob assaulted antigovernment protesters with one in a Critical Condition sarah clarke reports from hong kong. When watchwords face masks the suspected mob of gang members moved in on protesters returning from sundays prodemocracy which was wilting still roads and battens attacked militias you long train station in the new territories. As well as assaulting students journalists and a politician some tried to escape by boarding a train they were pursued and beaten again and what appeared to be targeted assaults at least 40 were injured some taken to hospital but the citys chief executive and Police Commissioner condemned the violence and we absolutely do not condone that sort of violent acts and i let me made this clear again violence is not a solution to any problem or violence were only breed more violence the prodemocracy politicians say the mobile is part of an organized crime group known as triads hide they say to assault campaigners against the extradition bill the politicians also accuse the police of cooperating with the attack it was the slow response to cries for help and you could tell how they were if not to colluding almost cold operating with edge other how do you explain the dozens of people were injured some very seriously and got the taken to hospital and the police did manage to arrest one passenger as a terrorist attack. All the people of hong kong and they want to silence the people of hong kong and create white terror and thats why people are wearing white white tara i said again white terror probe asian legislators are being accused of supporting the attacks and the long in a video shared online legislator genius hoed seen giving members of the gang the thumbs up and shaking their hands after the assaults since defended his actions and denies backing the mob shaking hand to my voters the sugar and to everyone whom i know or how much i dont know is my daily routine so shooting him is not representing that i endorse what they are going to do i dont know those words werent enough to convince his critics who trashed his office on monday. During sundays protests tear gas and rubber bullets were used on demonstrators during the march on sunday Night National emblem of child it was to faced and protests is attacked Chinas Liaison Office home to the Chinese Government in Hong Kong Chinas leaders in beijing have warned any insults to the chinese nation wont be tolerated these protests were initially focusing on the proposed extradition law to send fugitives in hong kong for trial in Mainland China but its now a Broader Campaign with what critics argue is chinas tightening grip on this former british territory and is no end in sight to these demonstrations with another rally planned this weekend sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. The us President Donald Trump says military aid to pakistan could be restored depending on the outcome of the meeting at the white house with the Prime Minister imran khan President Trump also said the u. S. Is working with islamabad to find a way to pull the u. S. Military out of afghanistan the u. S. Military was cut off last year of accusations pakistan was not doing enough to confront the taliban and other armed groups well lets talk now to mike hanna who is in washington d. C. For so this is a something of a fence mending. Exercise for pakistans Prime Minister isnt it how significant is this meeting. It is very significant as you mentioned relations were at a low last year when the 2 engaged in a twitter war President Trump accusing pakistan of not doing enough to fight what he calls the u. S. War on terror pakistani Prime Minister imran khan responding by saying that some 75000 pakistanis have been killed in fighting that war for the us asking what ally has given such a great sacrifice but it does appear that the relationship is warming up it was a very warm meeting here at the white house President Trump said he would look at the possibility of resuming the some 7000000000. 00 a year in aid to pakistan also importantly he said that he would be eager to mediate with india in the kashmir crisis this is something that was unexpected saying he said that he received a request to that effect from the indian Prime Minister so certainly there does appear to be a warming up of relations that important issue of u. S. Assistance that could be thrashed out at a meeting later on today between the military leaders of pakistan and the u. S. Counterparts they will no doubt be focusing on what pakistan can do to help the u. S. Interests in afghanistan and beyond and submit to some of the other issues that they may be talking about there. Well that issue of restoring aid to pakistan obviously very very important President Trump also expected to dumonds the release of a doctor who was arrested in pakistan accused of informing the cia about the whereabouts of the sama bin laden that is something that goes back a while president would have brought that up in the meeting with the pakistan Prime Minister but the issue of general relations probably most important imran khan seeking to restore good relations with the United States this is not only a thing with the United States its also very important for him politically back in pakistan hes got a very narrow majority in parliament and his party does not control the senate so certainly its very important for him to come away with something tangible to be able to shore up his newly established government all right mike thanks for that mike hanna live for us in washington. Our Israeli Forces have demolished homes in the occupied west bank despite warnings from the un and the e. U. The destruction of wedding hamas is the 1st of its kind because its under the control of the Palestinian Authority people there lost their 7 year legal battle to a lieutenant and military eviction order when Israels High Court dismissed their case right matheson is at the site of those demolitions in the occupied west bank heres his report. Just let me show you the piles of rubble that you can probably just see behind me one on this side of the fence the other one on the other side of the fence these used to be houses these these used to be homes that one was on occupied but this one was occupied by a family that had 6 children and it just around the corner from us from where we are now there was another building thats been razed to the ground there were 2 families in that that had to be evacuated by the Security Forces before that building was flattened in the early hours of the morning israeli Security Forces made their way into vacs property and brought people out and we were here when that happened we heard people screaming and shouting and yelling and the people were taken off further up the road and then we saw teams of workmen who came in and were removing the large pieces of furniture from the house where we didnt see any small personal items that were coming out the only thing that were bracing for now is this building here this 4th building is currently being filled with explosives by Israeli Military engineers the intention is to bring that building as well always and for doing this is a military ruling that was brought in about 8 years ago which said that in at least as far as this neighborhood is concerned that no buildings could be could be constructed within about 250 meters of this separation fence in the separation fence as you can see is running up the center of the street there you can get in a sense of just how close these buildings have been. A Syrian Government killed and wounded dozens of civilians. Several people are believed to be trapped under the rubble after a busy market came under attack Syrian Government backed by russia launched their offensive to capture. Reports from beirut. A trail of death and destruction this is the immediate aftermath of airstrikes carried out by either syrian or russian warplanes the target was the marketplace and. The opposition controlled town is kilometers from the frontlines but crowded and residential areas have been repeatedly targeted and the russian backed Syrian Government military campaign that began at the end of april i was playing to talk to. Many casualties and inject the warplanes hit the area early this morning look at the syrians look at the bodies of syrian children traitors. Syrians here feel the International Community has abandoned them there have been words of condemnation and Un Security Council meetings but Russian Support for the Syrian Government apparently means little can be done to stop the bloodshed. Was. I. Guess i. Was i. I. I was. I was i was. Opposition activists have documented more than 700. 00 civilian deaths in recent weeks including women and children United Nations has also reported attacks on Health Centers and Water Supplies in breach of International Humanitarian law attacking civilians in opposition controlled areas has been a tactic used by the Syrian Military repeatedly. Over the years. But the rebels are refusing to surrender they are on the front lines defending their territory and what has become a costly campaign for the leadership in damascus and their allies in moscow the government has lost nearly 1000 men and hasnt taken any significant territory. Syrian Government Forces were aiming to push the rebels north and recapture International Road links to revive trade between government controlled cities that didnt happen and this 3 months bombardment more than 300000 syrians to abandon their homes and move closer to the border with turkey. Just sort of through this has become a disaster city more than 90 percent of this population had to flee to camps further north those who dont have cars or money had to stay here god help us. And to the assault on italy province and northern hammer will depend on turkey and russia they have in the past mediated a cease fire and for now they are bargaining on the ground through their local allies and the fate of the rebel controlled province along turkeys borders is unlikely to be the only issue on the table for their payment. Of thousands of Puerto Ricans have gathered for what is expected be the biggest protest in the u. S. Territories recent history they calling for governor ricardo resellers resignation he is refused to step down but says he will not seek reelection next year the seller was accused of racism homophobia and corruption. So has the latest from that protest in san juan. Hundreds of thousands of people here out on the streets of san juan also celebrities as well ricky martin the famous ornery and singer this year to show his support as well this gives you an idea about this huge Cross Section of Puerto Rican Society there its a liberty such a simple but its average every day puerto rican says theyre the ones that have been trying to protest from the very start all of them calling for the same thing but the governor recorder o c o a step down and step down immediately the protesters here say they will not stop until this governor does that and they say theyre so adamant about it because of everyone here feels he reached to see respected the puerto rican people on those leagues shout messages to came out over a week ago that started this political crisis that sees no end in sight. How the United Kingdom is just days away from having a new leader it looks almost sun to be Boris Johnson highly divisive figure and his most difficult u. K. Audience is in scotland Andrew Symonds reports from edinburgh. Put simply most of scotland thinks the conservative leadership contest is a catastrophe in the making even Scottish Party leaders believe Boris Johnson as Prime Minister is going to cause deep divisions between england and scotland a few hours here in edinburgh and we cant find one skulk with the goodwood to say about him some of. Them bought us months unbelievable scary privileged the food. And some of the reasons why. I knew the people im very disappointed in the whole setup of the concept of the party which is a great pity because i think it was a very good party before i think hes a bit. And. You never see seriously. Opinion polls break the hostility down like this that most scots dont trust Boris Johnson with the economy that he wont do any good for bringing people together over breaks it and hell put party before country furthermore his policies will lead to independence for scotland on one hand we could be dragged out of europe the Scottish National party sees this as a 2nd opportunity for a referendum on Scottish Independence the 1st vote in 2014 decided no to breaking away from the u. K. But now opinion polls say thats changed a 5th of no vote last time around are saying they would switch to yes purely because of course johnson being the Prime Minister to find that level of movement from no to guests is completely unprecedented in terms of what we found my 1st priority is obviously the union but is it speaking here in perth on the campaign trail johnston failed to convince most of the Scottish Party while officially they sound supported it takes a pox on the union it takes a box on the economy it takes you know protecting farmers. Is takes the promise of leaving you know i would see. Something about that makes people want to follow. Those words would convince most of the rest of scotland people are still a long accusations against johnson despite his denials what would so walter scott make of it did johnson lie in the back Seat Campaign and get economical with the truth elsewhere to scots may well quote just one line from that famous writer oh what a tangled web we weave when 1st we practice to deceive andrew simmons. At a pro. This is al jazeera lets get a roundup of our top stories kenyas finance minister has become the 1st government leader to ever be arrested for corruption henry roach denies financial misconduct in the awarding of contracts for 2 high joy electric dam projects they were budgeted to cost kenyan taxpayers around half a 1000000000. 00 but 150000000. 00 more was borrowed other kenyan officials are accused of flouting procurement rules involving a bankrupt Italian Company britains foreign secretary says the u. K. Will try to put together a european led Protection Mission in the strait of hormuz its in response to irans seizure in the u. K. Flagged oil tanker jeremy hunt called it an act of state piracy iran maintains the seizure was legal so if iran continues on this dangerous path they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline not because we wish to increase tensions but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which brazil and its allies will always defend. Fighters in somalia are claiming responsibility for a bomb blast that killed at least 17 people 28 others were injured near the International Airport in the capital mogadishu suspected car bomb blasts and gunfire was near a security checkpoint the president of the philippines wants to bring back the Death Penalty for Crimes InvolvingIllegal Drugs in a state of the nations streets regular ted he said his crackdown on the drugs trade will continue despite International Condemnation of the thousands killed in this 3 year police campaign. Outside congress in manila protesters burned the territories effigy and demanded his resignation. Hong kongs leader kerry lamb has condemned the violence that followed a mass rally against the Government Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds outside the office of chinas representatives to the city those saw the headlines in such stories next. The philippine president outlines his plan for the future and wants the Death Penalty varied introduce for drug dealers while many filipinos support his policies his critics the amount his resignation has rodrigo detected did live it on his promises this is inside story. And welcome to the program for the battle rodrigue will detect is a divisive president for many filipinos his praise by his supporters for combat in crime and corruption but his opponents say the crackdown comes at a high price with thousands killed in an internationally condemned campaign against Illegal Drugs detect is promising more of the same as he delivered his annual state of the nation speech he urged congress to reinstate the Death Penalty for drugs offenders and he defended his handling of territorial disputes with the chinese in the South China Sea as he spoke detect his opponents burned an effigy of him outside parliament and his resignation jimmy fallon duigan has more from manila. Right at the top of president goodluck tired to speech today was a reiteration that is why the socalled war on drugs will do the thing you heard to the end of his term he also even appealed for congress for the passage and imposition of the Death Penalty for Illegal Drugs and plunder the charity also admits that his government remains corruption driven and threatens to prosecute caring Public Officials he says to the hilt theres really nothing different from the speech of the dare to today compared to his last state of the nation speeches except today he started this speech over an hour later than scheduled the arrived late in Congress Today but outside the halls of congress where the ends of thousands of filipinos are taking to the streets in protest they suggested that instead of talking president of the good of their dishes in sad b. C. He has mail in almost every promise during his campaign and the proceeds of the beach relationship china has basically accept that the government is not in control of whats happening in the South China Sea the news they say has received capitulation to a leader power they also say that the socalled lagarde drugs which just left according to activists more than 20000. 00 people dead is the proof they say that the president he is unfair to govern and they want him to resign now state of the nation speeches the philippine president some are mental highlight achievements me by the government over the past year the protesters here tell us that this is nothing a little bit earlier cover up the rape Human Rights Violations committed against the filipino people over the past few years this is just dog and for inside story rule now here are some of the main issues that totality has followed to resolve the president ordered a crackdown on Illegal Drugs such as crystal meth 3 years ago since then the government says police have killed around 6000. 00 dealers and. Hughess rice schools say the true toll is 27000. 00 the un has called for an International Investigation detective is a 1st slepian president from mindanao in the south which has a large Muslim Population is find a peace deal on muslim autonomy the island remains under martial law to take a sent troops to the city of merari 2 years ago to root out fighters lanes to eisele and the philippines and china have long disputed territory in the South China Sea opponents criticize a tatty for allowing chinese tornos to fish in philippine waters. It was our lets bring in our panel now for todays inside story in manila we have richard hadari n. Who is a Research Fellow at the National Chain cheesey university and author of the book the rise of detecting a populist revolt in singapore we have graham on webb whos a Research Fellow at the s. Rajaratnam school of International Studies and also in manila carlos condie who is the philippines researcher at Human Rights Watch welcome to you all thank you very much for being on inside story lets start by looking at the big picture richard hadari and as detectives said in his speech his disapproval rating is only 3 percent the majority of filipinos are satisfied with him how have things improved for filipinos under detectives rule these past 3. Quite different in that we can have a debate over to specifics of whether objectively has been successful in achieving his promises but the fact that a matter is that a forest the perception of the majority of philip is concerned hes now the most popular filipina president in history and in the last midterm elections the opposition was almost completely wiped off and now he current supermajority in both houses of the congress so this is a very dominant confident president and we saw how you started this speech by essentially saying that there are very few who are opposing him and dared people very indels of congress that you should not be among those few 3 Percent People who are opposing me now its not going to matter is that the president also us few years left in office hes now and his legacy juris and by perhaps 3rd quarter of 2021 hes going to be already a lame duck president as everyone focuses their attention today the successor so yes very dominant one hand the perception of the people is that hes doing the right job but is saying that he doesnt have all the time in the world he has to push for as much or far as he can any state of nation address he was very clear he admitted that when it comes to the war and drugs when it comes to law and order and more than anything when it comes to corruption theres a lot to be done in these argument is that she eased the ultimate solution even if he may have not yet solve those problems people need someone like him a decisive leader like him in order to move forward and the fact the matter is that the economy still doing well he have to face inflation from 6. 7 percent to 2. 7 percent in less than a year he pushed for the banks some more in law school shifts mindanao to where its creating its own muslim majority autonomous region and as far as florida nations is concerned the relations where most of the countries is going well ok probably look at the line issues in more detail in just a few minutes for a change let me ask congress condi in manila for his use did you hear anything new in this Speech Congress and whats your mock on president. 33 years into his role. Well. As most of his so and state of the nation address in the philippines a lot of them are aspirations. And so in that sense we didnt i didnt hear anything you know i mean about on you know i heard today was when he came to them are you see jim you know ive been sending him lots large hes driven by Illegal Drugs which was something that was. Quite different from the government version of the time which is done is what i see you know precipitated event but overall the boss 3 years as far as were concerned. Has been. A strong fit for human rights in the philippines and it is something done or said today. That marked the legacy of president detected now of course were not saying that all that oh you know all of us we use less been have been bad in terms of a policy there have been some what would proponents would say you know good indicators of good news are shipped into fights for years and the hope that in the next 3 years i would continue to happen when it aint a dominant theme the dominant issue that has marked the cost of the years and i think will also mark the next the useless be. The abstract Human Rights Violations of the philippines related to the problem ok graham on the web in singapore your thought is so that theres been a lot of concern over human rights and human rights situation in the philippines how has her draco to tete a fed in your opinion and his on his most notable promises well ira are logical code the comments are on my to come back shits on this panel perhaps what i could share is a real perspectives as i said i said in singapore not in the philippines where nevertheless as a member of the association of opposition nations i would say that this is really a very odd situation to be observing whats going on in the philippines now sort of the best of times and it was of times looking at greater magic political play in the philippines as mentioned by Michael Patricks early divided nation and polarized and very strong men politics you know in a true trump in style but it seemed time i would say that the Business Community in the region is very happy with the Economic Performance of the country this is the best of times of the philippines economy well you know out of the peace or is one of the top currency performers rising at 3 percent this year the basic stock index a bull run last week and a 1000 points a key level i mean this is. A dish jump between whats going on because i mean he and terms of politics and i would see that many early does the region like to have what president to charity is having right at this consolidate that pile up reaches you know it with the ability to be also the unity at this point i lets now focus on some of the key issues of the tetanus presidency and his signature issue his Campaign Issue of course has been the war on drugs as we mentioned president has a congress to bring back the Death Penalty in the war on drugs says they can is the legal problem that assists going up in yours and in march to secure me. Because we need to sustain. Any of that any initiatives and respect bellew dickless Congress Story and state the Death Penalty what he knows crimes related but do not assume. All right richard hey diane in manila the president has pushed for the reinstatement of the Death Penalty since he was campaigning back in 2016 do you think hell succeed this time around while he has the police on on paper a supermajority in both houses of the congress and if you look at the leadership of both the lower house you know his former Vice President ial mate speaker of the house. And also the Senate Senate president both of them seem to embrace this kind of a liberal to use about how the philippines should more forward in dealing with law and order issue is not now the problem of course is that the philippines had Death Penalty in the past and yet theres no evidence to suggest that that Death Penalty in any way east made the situation a crime or drugs any better in the philippines and i think this is the problem the president you know hes good in terms of impressing people with his decisive leadership or at this project think is size of leadership but a lot of his claims are not necessarily backed up by science and Public Policy that hes imperioli based and the fact that him as an event in his war on drugs we have a huge for our problem because until today it not many big fishes or major Drug Syndicate leaders have been caught while at the same time there are thousands of unexplained death including a 100 deaths of children right countless condi surprisingly we didnt hear any reaction from the president during his speech today to the u. N. Human Rights Council resolution which calls for an International Investigation into the an awful killing thing to the war on drugs in the philippines why do you think that is. That you know its kind of a sad surprise that you didnt mention the u. N. Human rights officers edition i mean you know you can look at it any other way you but i think the government has been put on notice by the human u. N. Human Rights Council and. You know you can you can read it as you know hes afraid or to use odd very concerned about this action but at the human rights yet it is human rights talks but also at the same time i think this push for the Death Penalty if you ate the president there he and his Government Order from a western democracies particularly you who are very very worried about the restoration of that benefit is something this is very very important issue to them and im pretty sure theyre looking at it very closely and this will. Definitely work against him ah particularly. In the days ahead being random human eye stops at all its a diversion for human rights looks into a human rights abuses and its grandma web your thoughts about this International Investigation thats been requested by the u. N. Human Rights Council into the war on drugs a in the philippines how damaging would it be for president to tattle well it remains to be see how damaging is going to be i and i bet some skepticism because you know it was zooming out at the regional level are we i would add the comment that i think were seeing an overall feeling the nation of the region in terms of the dismal human rights track record were seeing across of music so is the. Bunnys government is able to get away with it use human rights atrocities going on in the rockies the crisis with the concerns weve seen over the current time ministration or their human rights transgressions in the last few years i think president exert a role so likely to get away with a fair bit i think overall this is regional. But going on where several salvation issues are simply looking the other way right we have an ass gentleman Rights Commission here sitting in this region which is also looking the other were not saying very much so i do think a bit skeptical these are countries going at it when they can see do you think these countries can ever win the war on drugs including the philippines if they keep treating it as a criminal problem well i i dont think so because the at the root the roots of the matter are not being taken to task as i compared it was just talking about earlier we had a great depth to see the dismantlement of organized crime the spoken well of these criminal infrastructures if the very same problems are seeing the way which the government has been trying to tackle you know you know its our war on drugs or likewise in malaysia so i think whats been going on so far is highly ineffective lets now take a look at the issue of security in the southern philippines and the fight against on 12 step president got a tattoo in his speech promised that peace will soon return to muslim majority areas in the southern philippines 2nd ison it is my hope that debunks some moderate transition will fast be stablished man of Regional Government the prosecutor and the bely put a muslim brothers and sisters and all indigenous communities in the bum some moral regions. Richard a diary in the city of murali was of course devastated in a siege with on travellers 2 years ago the attack prompted detected to declare martial law across the entire island of mindanao has the city the security situation improved at all in the region and in the southern philippines well actually less in morocco we earlier this month and i got to visit the city and talk to Community Leaders and commanders underground my sense is that in terms of security the situation has in tools dramatically you dont have this kind of sense of a specter of isis takeover return anytime soon although there are still remnants of the multigroup and isis elements there i think the security situation has improved and you can see only a few checkpoints security checkpoints across the city and we did not demand a lot of security detail when we were traveling across but all we and also in blue tick which is the multi stronghold but the problem though is twofold one of the things i hear a lot from the local Civil Society organizations leaders is that up until today there has not been a proper investigation in order to understand how on earth the bunch of rock isis affiliated elements get to lay a 5 months old siege on the entire city which led to the complete destruction of ground 0 which is the heartland of america we see the how did it why did it take so long for the government the why did the negotiations fail ended early on and the 2nd one is this concern that when it comes to rehab military action of morale we theres not much consultation with the groups on the ground with grassroots groups and the blueprint that has been provided is full of White Elephants right but little consideration for internally displaced people look so there is more a long term threat of return of radicalism as disgruntlement begins to seep in nonetheless majority of people in america been telling me we still trust and president there that he is one of us and at least he pushed bunks some are low we should finally give us the kind of autonomy still present at the house support in malawi despite everything underground economists what do you think it will take for the detective administration to be successful in maradi. But he would have to start on this is going to have to work very very closely. Because we get is there obviously i mean there are a lot of issues that are seen as a result of the morality i mean. Sidereal. Rehabilitation is one of the people that are not. There to be decision therefore its there not much government has not much to show for it so theres a lot of reaching out to the government needs to do due to the leaders and specially the ones you know the community are doing are listening to are getting more and still have been displaced they dont want given to these days so there are a lot of you know keep in mind also being unfair because i read my column in. The march on the right and there have been sporadic reports of conflict every now and then some might hope this is racial and there. Has not but i dont think that that is the accurate picture because of the things that were hearing from the ground. Graham as kahless pointed out earlier interestingly in his speech today president to take tried to connect the problem of terrorism in the southern philippines with the problem of drugs is that the case can you make that connection. No economy the correction or the agree with the analysis has been given so far you know there is a bit of an excellent a connection and its actually a surprise because there wasnt a narrative of the of the arguments made in the aftermath or during the period of the siege so i think there are clearly theres a political agenda in trying to bolster the cause in the war against drugs more and he and the measures in order to achieve success in the war you know from our President Authority is going to be there is clearly will be successful thats the ok now lets take a look at the issue of Foreign Policy and rodrigo to ted he has been criticized for failing to confront china and its activities in the disputed South China Sea but the president in his speech defended his approach rather than. Have it in front based on not necessarily a degree sheep or 2 but you know its club order could lead to something and. So many of them we just became friends. But have we can talk about all right richard detected has said he cant do anything about what is called chinas bullying in the South China Sea in the disputed areas saying that if doing so could trigger an all out war why the seemingly soft stance you think when it comes to the philippines territorial dispute with china. Well in fairness the president dessert i think in his state of the nation address he was much more cali rantings languish for long has been saying that resisting china will ultimately lead to a suicide than war and therefore implying that the way forward is some sort of a police stance which is of course something that is completely baseless because a lot of countries across the region ive been resisting china including the philippines under the Previous Administration and yet there was no war so here in the state of the nation address the changes tony said that were not talking about the war on war per se but at the skirmishes and even that im not willing to risk so suddenly i present to terry to be coming to peacemaker in the pragmatist here you know about a thing that maybe maybe maybe sign a policy very problematic was these announcement the other week that hes going to just allow the chinese fish or fish or folks and fishing boats to just entered the philippines exclusive Economic Zone that he has a verbal agreement with president xi jinping in order to low that now that potentially violates the philippines constitution and of course its an invitation for pilotage by much bigger ships from china right and if it happens is already struggling with Food Security and dropping fish in cash but in the state of the nation address he intelligently pointed out the philippines own arbitration award and the United Nations convention and of the sea which actually provides some new meat the droom 40 search sharing even we didnt have the libyans its because of Economic Zone particularly the water surrounding the contestants carb or strolled so in fairness to me a state of the nation address was much more sober much more calibrate that as opposed to other very controversial statements on this issue graham along way of can he resolve the dispute in the South China Sea in a peaceful way. Well certainly i mean i concur with richards analysis yeah i mean hes walking a very delicate line here in not in not pushing back anything about also not you know giving up the ground politically and he hes being a pragmatist and a realist at the same time when it comes to dealing with china and the economic and political oppositions of the country i mean singapore one of i can see so get a very high price in standing the ground terms of the space on the back and 2016 when it seemed that they want to cause the p. C. Ruling in favor of the peeves so i think a president of the charity is more sensitive to the chinese power and is unwilling to take those lists i caught us in manila you have the last word on the Foreign Policy issue and the disputes in a soft china sea do you think. Is doing enough to resolve this dispute it. Well to many filipinos it may be doing it now but increasingly is hes being viewed as too pliant to china and this will have some good effect and you can down the line in terms of it already the question really now is for there how long and how hard will you push this so this line and whether if you would be a much more liberated in response to china but as far as public temperament goes in the service indicated that a lot of filipinos are not at all. In favor of what this do we need china so you know if youre a succeeding where there are obvious and dirty words try to take their sentiment into account the sea moves forward but doesnt the. Us there here showing too much of the china you know hes very very overly friendly. I would say our posture toward china its not me you love filipinos hon thank you very much gentlemen for a very interesting discussion it was very good to talk to you about the situation in the philippines as president. 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This is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes deciding britains next move over iran seizure of an oil tanker. Unprecedented in kenyan politics the finance minister is arrested for alleged corruption over a huge dam project. Hello there im in london with the latest from europe including set for an impressive majority ukrainian president for not a missile and not the election gamble has paid off. And ive had a similar go to a sport where a doping process has been held at the swimming World Championships as a competitor refuses to share the podium with ease right. Britains foreign secretary says the u. K. Wants to put together a european led Protection Force in the gulf jeremy haun briefed politicians about his governments response to irans seizure of a u. K. Flagged oil tanker he called irans actions state piracy laws lee has more from london this emergency couldnt have come as a worse time for the u. K. And the ministers who left the crisis meeting all know its apart from anything else theyll be a new Prime Minister this week probably with a different take on the situation. Still the u. K. Can do nothing in the face of what it regards as a provocation by iran the way in which the capture of the u. K. Flag tanker was filmed by the commandos who took control of its refusal to obey the demands of the british frigates in the strait of hormuz to let the time to go all cut very deep at the heart of a British Military establishment used to the days when britannia ruled the waves consequently the foreign secretary told parliament this that the u. K. Would seek a european led Maritime Mission to the gulf because iran had to understand the consequences of its actions if iran continues on this dangerous path they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline not because we wish to increase tensions but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend as the British Government has been widely accused by many m. P. s of having no bigger strategy over this crisis with iraq let alone the naval fire to protect tankers in the gulf now there are concerns that this administration has taken its eye off the ball and certainly that the u. K. Has been ill prepared for this iran certainly appears not to feel intimidated by the u. K. Putting out images of the tanker crew none of them british maintaining their all in good health and being looked after it is far more concerned about getting his own tanker back from gibraltar where it remains impounded if the u. K. Did thats the crisis would be over but it would be the wrong signal to send to the americans who continue to pressurize london to follow their harsh align with tehran by wednesday theyll be a new Prime Minister here by thursday a new set of government ministers and by friday very possibly a new strategy towards iran may be a more hawkish one than the one on monday and one which is more aligned to the american position but iran knows that the u. K. Appears quite weak at the moment and by itself does not have the strength for a fight barnsley aljazeera in london. A doser job already has more on irans view of all this when the capital to. The iranian Government Spokesperson i mean ive been speaking to reporters where he talked about how this situation is really not the same as what the british navy carried out in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th by seizing the grace one super sized tanker that was carrying 2000000. 00 barrels of Iranian Crude Oil now that was carried out by the British Government because they said the ship was heading to syria which is under sanctions in the rains have denied that that was indeed the destination now the seizure of the center pair o. On friday by the revolutionary guard forces in the strait of hormuz is a different story for the iranians the Government Spokesperson said that this act was carried out because it was violating maritime rule and he stressed that this was not a reciprocal act lets hear what else he had to say. It is interesting that when a british ship commits an offense and iran confronts the ship for the security of the region some countries announce their request to release the timecode well we also countries 1st also the u. K. To release the radio talk show its british tanker contrary to maritime regulations 1st turned off its transponder instead of moving to the entrance of the strait of hormuz did not Pay Attention to different warnings. This incident just highlights how strained the relations are and how critical the situation is in the strait of hormuz the tensions continue to escalate between iran and the British Government and weve seen in the past few weeks that they have continued to escalate also between the iranians and the u. S. Government for now the iranians are saying that they are not really breaking any laws they carried out what they believed to be Due Diligence why forcing maritime law and regulations in the strait of hormuz and in an attempt to deescalate the tensions weve heard that the omani foreign minister will be trouble. In to attack iran on saturday and he will attempt to try and calm the situation further but for now the iranians are adamant that they have actually done absolutely nothing wrong and that the double standard thats being carried out by the world powers is something that they will not stand for. The head of the United NationsNuclear Watchdog has died 72 year old to yukiya amano started his 3rd 4 year term as chief of the International AtomicEnergy Agency and 2017 he was due to announce that he would step down early because of illness theres responsibilities of the i. A. E. A. Included policing the restrictions on Irans Nuclear program kenyas finance minister has been arrested for alleged corruption along with 27. 00 other people in an Unprecedented Development in kenyan politics henry wrote it is the 1st serving government minister ever to be arrested for fraud. Denies the accusations are true i gave him the reports. Henry wrote it is fighting for his reputation and potentially his freedom he denies the allegations against him kenyas finance minister surrendered himself to police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest for alleged fraud and financial misconduct or teaches Department Awarded contracts for 2 hydroelectric dams to a now bankrupt Italian Company the chief Prosecutor Says the procurement process was in his words riddled with irregularities and that the guise of carrying out legitimate commercial transaction colossal amounts and justifiably to be paid out through a well choreographed scheme by government offices in collusion with private individuals and institutions. Upon receiving reviewing the evidence and satisfied sufficient evidence to charge and prosecute the puppetry italian firm c. M. C. To rivendell with contracted to oversee the building of the dams with a budget of around half a 1000000000. 00 that the kenyan government allegedly paid 150000000. 00 more than originally agreed i think at the end of the day with not only needs to happen is to ensure that the d. P. P. Goes the extra mile with a decision and i better limit agencies to ensure that a program was just arrested for ceremonial purposes there are people arrested taken through the process the convicted and when theyre serving time bind us the resources that they stole go back to be go back to that the taxpayer 27 other senior officials implicated in the scandals have also been arrested brought it she is expected to appear in court on tuesday victoria gay to be aljazeera. Fighters in somalia are claiming responsibility for a bomb blast which killed at least 17 people others were injured near the International Port in the capital mogadishu the suspected car bomb blast and gunfire was near a security checkpoint. A thousands of protesters marched in the philippines to denounce president deter tace state of the nation speech they condemned his campaign on Illegal Drugs and his friend in relations with china but has a different picture inside congress where majority of politicians are allied with the administration to mainland dugan reports from manila. This was president toledo to tell to sports the state of the nation address his supporters promised he would be his most important yet laying out his plans for the remaining 3 years of his term. In his 90 minute address in congress where the majority is allied to this administration he promised a continuation of this policy until the end of his term and no let up in this campaign against the Illegal Drugs treat imo we still have a long way to go in our fight against this social minnes let the results. Of the Death Penalty. For crime is still a big. Legal. Despite a United Nations human Rights Council resolution to investigate the killings and a pending preliminary examination in the International Criminal court the Philippine Government says more than 6000 filipinos have been killed since the terror to launch the socalled war on drugs but the Rights Groups say the total is more than 20000. 00 local polls do show approval for detaches war on drugs but many people also fear they could become victims of extrajudicial killings and they support International Investigations been carried out. Outside congress in manila an effigy of the terror t. Was burned and thousands of filipinos took to the streets in protest they say deterred to speech is just a rehash of violent rhetoric his often used against his critics they say instead of talking he should listen instead what we also see is a doctrine of preemptive surrender in our Foreign Policy in which this practice this government apparently is to give him whenever possible the kind of. The thirtys perceived capitulation to china despite acts of aggression in the South China Sea and his socalled war on drugs are the top major issues that dominate todays protests people here tell us the president is unfit so govern and they want him to resign the state of the nation address is meant to be a showcase of the governments achievements but protesters here say his speech is merely an attempt by government to conceal grave violations committed against the filipino people. To my dog and im just here in manila. A u. S. President donald trump says military aid to pakistan could be restored depending on the outcome of a meeting at the white house with Prime Minister iran come the usa was cut off last year of accusations pakistan was not doing enough to confront the taliban and other armed groups trump also said the u. S. Is working with islamabad to find a way to pull the u. S. Military out of afghanistan there is tremendous potential between our country and pakistan i think pakistan is going to help us. To extricate ourselves were like policemen were not fighting a war we want to fight