Finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges linked to the construction of 2 plus tension in the skies over south korea seoul says its aircraft fired warning shots of Russian Military jets violating its airspace. Britains new Prime Minister will be announced shortly and these are live pictures of 10 downing street where to resume mays holding her final Cabinet Meeting before she resigns and then the results of the conservative partys leadership election will be revealed but was johnson is the favorite to beat rival jeremy hunt in the vote by tory Party Members lets go live now to john always in westminster join us of the clocks now ticking for the official results to be announced just tell us how things are going to unfold for the winner today and tomorrow jana. Yes final Cabinet Meeting to resume a chairing it as we speak of course just under 2 hours to go now before the results of that conservative Party Leadership ballot is known to decide the next Prime Minister its the 1st time in history that a Prime Minister has been selected really by the 160000 members currently of the conservative party not picked by m. P. s not chosen by the wider electorate Boris Johnson is likely to be the winner based as much as anything else on his Central Campaign promise to take britain out of the e. U. By october the 31st come what may do or die his words deal or no deal it is that latter part no deal that has many people in cabinet in her party in his party rather concerned no more visceral signal of the sort of opposition he will face than to have senior ministers one resigned yesterday others indicating that they will resign on wednesday before hes able to sack them they will then join no chancellor the Justice Minister the International Development secretary will join backbenchers as powerful opponents of any move towards pushing no deal through Boris Johnson has enormous challenges ahead inherit a way for thin majority just 3 seats thats likely imminently to be diminished with a by election next week and then possibly another by election in the autumn theres talk of defections from his party again if he pushes this no deal line to the liberal democrats it may well be that when parliament returns from its summer recess at the beginning of september the bar johnson will already have lost his majority in the pile over the 31st quite apart from delivering his Central Campaign promise he may find himself and his party in the throes of a general election and john as you say whoever wins theyll face immense challenges both at home some of which youve outlined now but also abroad as well. What well yes i mean everything here is about breaks at the moment and in deep breaths it is itself a Foreign Policy issue britain distancing itself from its biggest trade bloc quite possibly in the view of many diminishing its International Status as a preeminent power of the Worlds Largest economic block but as well as that of course we know that things are heating up in the gulf britain central to all of that jeremy hunt and possibly his last interventionist foreign secretary on monday calling for a deescalation of tensions with iran but at same time signaling that he wants to see a unified European Maritime Protection Force sent to the gulf to protect shipping in the gulf after those ships were captured last week so thats more assets heading into the gulf the iranians know theyre dealing with the tail end of a government here but nevertheless the foreign minister making a pointed note to Boris Johnson naming him on monday and saying we dont want confrontation but im still britain doesnt want confrontation either the reality is what happens next though again because of threats it could well be determined by the extent to which new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is minded to do what hes expected or asked to do by the Donald Trump Administration general thank you but as a journalist saying one of the key challenges facing the new u. K. Prime minister is to contain the ongoing tensions with iran that has bars johnson is tipped to be the new Prime Minister tehran says it doesnt want confrontation with the u. K. Over the sins of a british flag in the gulf last week i think it is very important who joined us here in. 10 downing street who understand that you know on does not seek confrontation iran who. Normally. Based on Mutual Respect. Well the u. K. Is calling for a stronger western military presence in the gulf the u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt says he wants a european led Naval Mission to ensure shipping through the strait of hormuz and thats where iran sees the british flag on friday claiming it was violating International Maritime law while the u. K. Is calling it an act of state piracy lawrence lee has more now from london. This emergency couldnt have come at 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. Flight 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 and consequently the foreign secretary told parliament minister the u. K. Would seek a european led Maritime Missions of the gulf states 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 brazil and its allies will always defend as the British Government has been widely accused by many m. P. s of having no take a 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 out it is far more concerned about getting his own tanker back from gibraltar where it remains impounded if the u. K. Did that the crisis would be over but it would be the wrong signal to send to the americans who continue to pressurise london to follow the hostile line 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 Lawrence Lee Al Jazeera in london kenyas finance minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges and rewrite it is accused of awarding contracts and payments for the construction of dams to an italian home company kenyas Public Prosecutor says it will seek the extradition of the companys chief to face corruption charges all catherine showing is live in some blue county in northern kenya catherine so tell us what happened in court today what exactly are the charges against riteish. Absolutely the court is still in session daryn but the minister and others have been charged with 15 counts of corruption related incidents including defrauding the government 244000000. 00 for this construction of this dams abuse of Office Failure to comply with procurement procedures failure to manage public funds and so one the prosecutors have also says said that the government is going to seek extradition of paolo put charlie this is the director of the Italian Company that was awarded the contract the contract for this construction at a time when the company was filing for bankruptcy this is a huge scandal with the prosecutors saying that the construction of this dam has not even begun yet after it was commissioned that the cost was highly inflated by 170000000. 00 thats about a quarter of the of the total money has already been paid out some to this Italian Company some other money was purportedly paid for the purchase of land that this was supposed to be on but according to evidence that the director of Public Prosecutions has this land was never even put chased in the fast so this is a case really that is being followed very very closely by kenyans and how significant is the case catherine given that so many people have been implicated. 28 people have been implicated the d. P. P. Has ordered for their arrest of 28 people including as i mentioned employees of this Italian Company but the fact that this minister has been arrested and is in court is a big deal because he is a very close ally to both the president and the Deputy President hes basically the face of. The financial institutions. And world bank hes also very for the in the forefront when looking seeking for loans International Loans for. Infrastructure projects that the government is undertaking that this case daryn has also been quite highly politicized already were hearing politicians coming up and saying that well this fight against graft is only targeting people from certain communities that some individuals like the minister being used as scapegoats weve also had a from a president who over time saying that the government and himself are committed in this fight against graf saying that there will be no such great cause and this is an example of it but a lot of kenyans who are watching this are saying they want to do more because in the past weve seen senior government officials arrested and then nothing much moves forward weve not seen any serious convictions so kenyans saying that they want to see people held to account they want those found culpable having made out assets frozen and also money that has been stolen turned back to the public. Right catherine thank you. Now at least 3 people have been killed in nigerias capital a bluejacket thats after the violence broke out between police and a group of shia muslim Protesters Police say one of those killed was an officer who tried to stop protesters from vandalizing property the demonstrators were calling for the release of the abraham. Leader of the Islamic Movement in nigeria has moved. The demonstration is the latest in a series of violent confrontations between members of this movement of nigeria the Umbrella Organization of shiites in the country and the Security Forces less than 2 weeks ago the shiites stormed the National Assembly or the parliament trying to access that building which resulted in violent clashes between them and Security Forces it was reported that at least 2 people were killed and 2 Police Officers were injured alongside many members of the shiite groups and the most the demonstrators were actually pushing or applying pressure on the Nigerian Government to have their media you spouse and some other members of the organization released who have been in detention since 2015 after a violent confrontation between them and the military which resulted into hundreds of death now the have been demanding that the Nigerian Government release their leader who they say is ill and in need of Urgent Medical attention that i dont government said on its part that the leaders of the members of the group to focus their energies more on the court case that involved their leader however they are saying that several courts have granted bail to the media which the government refused to do next week the Nigerian Government or a Nigerian High Court in kaduna state is due to hear the bail application put forward by lawyers are there to team leader it. All right time for a short break here now to say that when we come back how eating fruit in the pool could be bad for everyones health stay with us. How there was the monsoon over india peppy self again taking a lot of the energy out of the atmosphere further research other all its a pretty big showers around in Southeast Asia there are large areas without showers atoll for the role that many of the philippines the 4 courses produce a few really up to was minimal and the north of the on the borneo further south most of in todays your remains very dry west papua probably not the case. In the potential in for example sudden vietnam during. 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The diagnosis he has been sick for around 6 months now the challenge ahead there in the lawn of these 96. 00 could be a new cure or the basis of a new cure for colors are you running down this disability aljazeera examines pyaar mein treatments so this is the next i see yes its basically a wearable robot like iraq revisited. On aljazeera. Welcome back to the top stories here on aljazeera britains new Prime Minister will be announced shortly to raise a maze holding a last Cabinet Meeting in downing street before the conservative partys next leader is announced barres johnsons a favorite rival jeremy hunt in the vote tory party. Iran says it doesnt want to see confrontation with the u. K. Of the seizure of a British Oil Tanker the u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt is calling for a european led neighbor mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz. Now 4 countries are involved in an argument over what happened in the skies near north korea sells it fired warning shots at Russian Military aircraft that violated it says space also denies it japan is launching a protest saying south korean aircraft fired shots near doctorow island that it sees as japanese territory where those incidents came during what south koreans believe was a joint russian Chinese Military exercise Chinas Foreign Ministry says all countries enjoy freedom of movement in the area will graham on the web as a fellow with a Rajaratnam School of International Studies he joins us via skype from singapore graham good job you back on the program lets start by saying look south korea says its war planes fired hundreds of warning shots at this russian Surveillance Aircraft during this joint exercise with the chinese how significant and how dangerous do you think this incident is. This is a very significant situation. Based on what we were reading up from the south Korean News Agency said particular your Top News Agency what happened was that the russian surveillance plane in question is not only on board the island of domicile and in the east sea but also on the had entered the territorial airspace of south korea but this is im president of south korea is not one to millions who encourage and or boy its into its identification zone that it ceased incessant incursions by chinese aircraft and russian aircraft were the this is the oldest and i get it haitian children whoa or happen to be really well known as an escalation of sorts where we saw all the surveillance only but entering the sovereign airspace of south korea and it wasnt going well was really a treat to respond with a warning and weve seen japan theyve also jumped in here as well they voiced their disapproval saying all this happened over one of its silence but russia says no we were flying a neutral water so who exactly owns these waters around the dr takashima islands that. Thats the thing you see this is an ongoing dispute as the rocks of the free dispute over territory this particular set of islands small door to south koreans by the japanese an ongoing half century tug of war if you like but it sort of hit a steel meet over the last couple of years i mean all parties are tired now its good to score situation it hasnt really moved but with this incursion if we see or are solved koreans organise peace and with a response from a south Korean Air Force clearly the japanese are also jumping into the discussion and not making claims about this piece of telegram in terms of the broader agenda politics here i mean could this incident be seen as russia and china showing off their alliance and their military strength but also prodding and provoking a key u. S. Ally in the region at the same time i wouldnt dispute that statement its interesting i just came out of the Security Council just an hour ago where an expert will saying the very same thing you are saying that the russian chinese relations are at an all time high you have never been closer before the are working in concert with the illegal things including security i wouldnt put it past the russian chinese collaboration in. Some sort of grand design in prodding and cruel being into the solid piece of educators in countries least of all south korea all right graham on webb in singapore graham thank you for now the u. S. Government says it will deport undocumented immigrants from anywhere in america without allowing them to appear before a judge previously the fast track procedure only applied to those detained within 160 kilometers of the border and had been in the u. S. For less than 2 years President Trump a struggle to deal with overcrowded detention facilities at the border with mexico and the growing humanitarian crisis wasnt jordan has more now from washington d. C. This change in u. S. Deportation policy is just the trumpet ministrations latest effort to crack down on what it says is an Immigration Crisis primarily from central and south america the plan would change the authority that immigration officers have to immediately deport those persons who are in the country without the proper documentation as of right now they can only deal with people who have been inside the United States for fewer than 14 days and who are found within 100 miles of the u. S. Border this plan if it does take effect on tuesday would cover the entire United States and the people who could be affected may have been in the country as long as up to 2 years immigrations Rights Groups say that as many as 300000 people could find themselves being targeted for this immediate deportation plan and they say that they are planning to File Lawsuits to keep it from taking effect these groups saying theyre worried that people who have permanent residency or who are u. S. Citizens may find themselves being kicked out of the United States without Legal Recourse and something that would be a violation of their rights these groups further saying that this latest effort to crack down all but the trumpet ministration calls illegal immigration would be another way to enable racial profiling particularly in immigrant communities in the country heartland of a chump administration has been leaning hard on mexico to stop Central American migrants from making their way to the u. S. Washington says its happy with mexicos efforts so far that top diplomats meet in another 45 days to evaluate progress but critics of whom the crackdown could lead to human rights abuses money on top of the reports from mexico city. Over the past 45 days mexican authorities have stepped up a crackdown on migrants through an increase in image. Ration officers and the deployment of 1000 National Guards troops to mexicos northern and southern borders. On average more than a 1000 migrants are now being apprehended in mexican territory every day senescent noted a point that Mexican Foreign minister marcello abroad has consistently repeated. This view of the deployment of National Guard troops as well as our enforcement of existing margaret law have led to a 36. 2 percent reduction in the flow of migrants. By showing to Trump Administration that immigration numbers are down mexico hopes to meet the conditions of a july 22nd deadline on a deal that removed tariff threats on mexican exports to the us i spoke to one mr president i just before i came here we talked about the progress weve made on migration with them to. The trade good word out there 404045. Theyve theyve made Real Progress but at this level but the strategy of cracking down on migrants the deployment of military forces and detention of Asylum Seekers in southern mexico have also sparked a concern among human Rights Groups immigration experts warn all of this contradicts mexicos own it National Policies which promise to guarantee the rights of Asylum Seekers here mexico is sandwiched between 2 contradicting expectations logically this creates a complicated problem because you cant please one Party Without upsetting the other and in any containment measures for migrants there is a chance that human rights abuses that negatively affect migrants will occur having met the conditions set by the u. S. And reducing migrant numbers mexico has also avoided the socalled safe 3rd country negotiations the country has been avoiding as part of the agreement with the us mexico plans to continue the current strategy for another 45 days while also calling on the us to invest in a more sustainable approach which includes a Development Plan for the countries migrants are fleeing mexico committed 30000000. 00 toward Development Projects in el salvador last month but we. That a strategic International Development plan that includes countries like guatemala and honduras were a majority of migrants originate experts warn that a policy of containment alone will not be enough to solve the migrant crisis went up and over and mexico city. Protesters demanding the resignation of puerto ricos governor say they wont back down. In an attempt to break up the protests. Sales residents in san juan offices moved in to disperse the crowds following day long demonstrations on sunday i said he wont seek reelection but wouldnt quit either. Reports now from san juan. They filled the streets in overwhelming numbers Puerto Ricans more determined than ever the 10th straight day of protests despite far the largest ricky martin leading many famous Puerto Ricans dishes and athletes supporting the protest. But it was every day Puerto Ricans together in their desire to see a new government were here to show everybody only what you know what is it you want done him to resign him is governor ricardo. Who on sunday night took to facebook to again apologize for hundreds of pages of private Text Messages leaked more than a week ago where hes seen cruelly mocking the very puerto rican people who elected him. To each puerto rican men and woman i have hurt you and i hear you today i have made mistakes and i ask for forgiveness i am a good man who has great love for my island and for everyone. He refused to step down only fueling more anger on the streets these god our governor is taking everything that were proud of we need to step down. Thats ok but he needs to respond for what he did its unprecedented the number of people out here on the streets this started as a protest against the governor and it still very much is but also has grown into something much larger the feeling of most here is that now is the time not. To demand a new governor but also better government i mean here because i want to fight corruption in my country its been. Many years that people have suffered the consequences of corruption and its time the young generation. We cannot say like oh were scared of the future like my parents. Are afraid of change and. We have to tell the government that they have to have a social commitment people with health and education thousands of people shut down the main highway through the city but the road ahead purported ricoh now more uncertain than ever. San juan people shopping for fruits and vegetables and the poor say they arent sure whether theyre safe to eat or not most are imported from neighboring india where pesticides are used Supreme Court judges in the pool of old and government leaders in katmandu to reverse that Decision Just stop testing imports for toxic chemicals. But theres an investment in central Vegetable Market these traders say sales have gone down drastically in june the past government decided to make pesticide residue test mandatory for imported fresh vegetables and fruits around 44 percent of fruits and vegetables consumed in the pot comes from india where got every food ianson hans pesticides if pesticides are problematic why produce them last year in europe and 66 pesticides that are outlawed in other countries but 38 including carcinogenic insecticides like monaco the 1st are still in use. These pesticides are like a slow poison causing conditions from cancer to infertility the Health Sector is going to be impacted badly is the responsibility of the state to ensure quality but instead of testing the food items the nepalese government kuechly reversed its decision saying it doesnt. The facilities or capacity to do so many here suspect pressure from the Indian Government led to the backtracking. About Supreme Court has since weighed in on during the government to continue testing food imports doesnt have an independent facility to test pesticide residue and there is only one functioning government facility in order at the borders but here in kathmandu this means trucks full of Civil Service troops are still stuck on the borders besides food items also imports pesticides from india it brought in more than 600. 00 tons of pesticides last year most of it to be used in Vegetable Farming but the government insists it does not import toxic agents of the vegetables produced in need we have not found toxic levels of prestige for now will not be conducting tests resume testing the wedge of devils from india once we get an International Standard testing facility i old testing is suspended it is Little Wonder consumers are confused and angry many here say they now want all domestic and imported fruits and vegetables tested to be distressed as the raw data until. All of it was of course our website there it is on the screen all the latest on the u. K. Iran tensions in the gulf unemployment of a new minister al jazeera. Time for a quick check on the main stories here britains new Prime Minister will be announced shortly to resume is holding a final Cabinet Meeting before she resigns and then the result of the conservative partys leadership election will be revealed Boris Johnson is a favorite to be rival jeremy hunt in the vote by tory Party Members. Iran says it doesnt want to seek confrontation with the u. K. Over the seizure of a british flag the oil tanker the u. K. s foreign secretary jeremy hunt is calling for a european led Naval Mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz. I think it is very important drones at. 10 downing street who understand that iran does not seek confrontation iran want to have normal relations based on Mutual Respect kenyas finance minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges henry wrote it is accused of awarding contracts and payments to build dams to an italian owned company and his Public Prosecutor says it will seek the extradition of the companys chief to face corruption charges 4 countries are involved in an argument over what happened in the skies near south korea seoul says it fired warning shots at Russian Military aircraft that violated its airspace moscows denied it japans lodging a protest saying south korean aircraft fired shots near doctorow island that it sees as japanese territory but those incidents came during what south koreans believe was a joint russian Chinese Military exercise Chinas Foreign Ministry says all countries enjoy freedom of movement in the region and the u. S. Government says undocumented immigrants can now be deported from anywhere in the u. S. Without appearing before a judge previously the fast track procedure only applied to those detained within 160 kilometers of the border and had been in the u. S. For less than 2 years. But just as demanding the resignation of puerto ricos governor say they wont back down. Police or fire tear gas in their attempt to break up the protest outside the ricardo lost sales residence in san juan also your says he wont seek reelection but refuses to quit. Those are the headlines the news continues on aljazeera after the killer revisited stage of them so much about it. In south korea around 2000000 dogs are eaten every year but now animal Rights Groups want the ancient tradition taken off the menu when no one east investigates korean dogs friends. On aljazeera. Top us think of this story as its. Wow. So this is the explosive yes its
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