A joint air patrols south korea says they violated its airspace. Allow the man who led the campaign for braggs it will now have to deliver it Boris Johnson has won the race to lead the u. K. s governing conservative party and will become Prime Minister on wednesday he has vowed to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. By the end of october do or die but johnson needs to unite to divided party and an even more polarized nation need baka reports. It was a 2 horse race but theres only ever being one front runner Boris Johnson demolished his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt with double the number of votes to become leader of the conservatives and on wednesday the country has now repair a party and a nation torn apart by bricks it deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat jeremy corbett. A new front somewhere who was already pointed out that deliver you night and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an Election Campaign since you are pushing its bills dud but they forgot the final easy my friends either energize and i say i say to all the doctors dude we are going to energize the country were going to get bricks it done on october 3rd he was going to take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can do Boris Johnson has a clear mandate among conservatives to lead the party but his do or die promise to leave the e. U. On october 31st even without a deal has polarized and panicked many of his opponents. He doesnt have the qualities to make any kind of Prime Minister having no standards whatsoever of trades and the best city and take me today i think its very easy to see the similarities between from a forest the both. Of us told. And they both seem to fly by the seat. And make up the policy as they go along there is a wave of worry about what Boris Johnsons leadership might look like also a huge amount of anger directed at grassroots members of the conservative party im conservative m. P. s for making were the most divisive figure is in modern british politics the next leader of the country earlier in the day cabinet ministers are rife a teresa mayes last meeting as Prime Minister many of these ministers will be asking how johnson can succeed. To reason my failed were actually in just the same point just the same political paralysis as we thought before and unless Boris Yeltsin is through some sort of political alchemy able to unlock that. Given that hes raised expectations pretty hard the recriminations could be venomous one big expectation raised by johnson is of a new brakes a deal with brussels the use repeatedly said it wont reopen negotiations but as the blocks chief breaks it negotiated tweeted the use ready for dialogue moments after johnsons win was declared bookmakers were taking bets on his demise 5. 00 to 1. 00 to be the shortest serving Prime Minister ever he could face a no confidence vote if he fails to deliver on his promises for many months johnsons been on the political margins criticising the government and often courting controversy now at the center of british politics everything appears to have changed but when it comes to breaks it many question whether anything will change at all. Aljazeera under. The newly appointed e. U. Commission chief has warned of challenging times ahead as she congratulated the Boris Johnson vanderlei and says both sides have a duty to deliver a good deal on the u. K. s exit from the bloc thats as a butler has all the all the European Reaction now from paris. Well the main concern for many european leaders really is what world Boris Johnsons appointment mean for the briggss process Boris Johnson has made it very clear that he doesnt wish to shy away from a deal braggs it but a no deal breaks it is something that most european leaders have been saying all along for months and for years its something they would like to avoid they say that it doesnt serve the interests of any member state in the European Union and that it doesnt serve the interests of britain and theyve worked very hard to push away a no deal scenario so theyll be very worried about Boris Johnsons next move now weve heard from some key european figures the french president s a man or my car who congratulated Boris Johnson on his appointment as britains new Prime Minister he said he looked forward to working with not just on breaks it but on other issues in which france has collaborated with britain very closely such as iran we also heard from the main break that negotiator Michel Barnier who said that he looks forward to now completing the brakes a process if you like to an orderly breaks it also heard from another european leader who took perhaps a different angle on Boris Johnsons appointment. Is the a far right interior minister of italy also italy deputy Prime Minister and he said in a tweet that because Boris Johnson was seen by the left wing as a dangerous more dangerous than matter is far right party that so made Boris Johnson for matters of the need a very likable character indeed a conservative party m. P. Nigel evans says he has total confidence johnson can deliver on. With andrew symonds. Youve got briggs it boris on the one hand and then youve got domestic policy boris as well 2 very different characters and i heard Boris Johnson speak in the house of commons earlier this evening to conservative backbenchers twice he said we are leaving the European Union on october the 31st of boris wants to leave with a deal im Michelle Barney a the french negotiator must want us to leave with the deal as well and thats what a negotiation is all about now. As superglued to resume as Withdrawal Agreement to his hand well im afraid its going to be useless because that was all agreement is dead as teresa mayes premiership and as you know she goes tomorrow to Buckingham Palace to appreciably offer her resignation what were looking at now is a new deal a deal that is in the best interests of the European Union and the United Kingdom but there is no agreement whatsoever on that i mean really let me put it to you this way that this is seen by so many people within the United Kingdom not just here but worldwide as like driving a car 100 miles an hour towards a cliff youve got to be prepared not to put the brakes on you know be good to actually be prepared to do it and people think its reckless well Michel Barnier never believed to resume a was prepared to leave the European Union without it even though in the house of commons he said no deal is better than a bad deal and she brought back this bad deal which she tried to get through parliament 3 times 3 times it was rejected the Withdrawal Agreement is dead now Michel Barnier is dealing with a different Prime Minister hes dealing with the Prime Minister that campaigned for briggs it believes in braggs it and will deliver brigs it may we saw it as a disaster that needed mitigating he sees it as opportunities to be taken and that is the huge difference in that it can get to come to terms with this and start and they go see asian every time he said no to theresa may she came back and said oh they wont have that so you have to think of something else. The u. S. President donald trump has praised Boris Johnsons election saying hes popular because hes seen as britains trump we have a really good man is going to be the Prime Minister of the u. K. Now force without. A small. This is a britain truck they can print up and speak with saying thats a good thing that they like me over there thats what they want out of the us was 1000 a. G. L. Get it done boris is good hes going to do a good job. Britains next Prime Minister will immediately find himself in the middle of a diplomatic standoff with iran its only denmark the netherlands and france are backing britains proposal for a european led Naval Mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz thats where iran seized a u. K. Flagged oil tanker on friday but irans Deputy Foreign minister says it will it will secure the strait and not allow any disturbance to shipping in the area dosage or body has more from the iranian capital tehran. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart Boris Johnson becoming u. K. s Prime Minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran weve heard from the 1st Vice President who also said that the suggestion of a Coalition Force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile weve understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p oh wait thats a 2015 Nuclear Agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the Nuclear Agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones thats britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. With a letter for french president. Will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. Hunter is a former u. S. Ambassador to nato and currently senior fellow at the center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University joins us now from washington thanks very much for being with us. And i want to ask you 1st of all about the news that representatives from the the remaining signature is to the Iran Nuclear Deal are going to meet on sunday in vienna to try and salvage this deal is is this your assessment a deal that can be saved it has to be saved and terms of trying to prevent a war in the persian gulf we now have a 2 people who are seem bent on destruction one the grand ayatollah in iran mr rahman a and the other is his mr trump and theyre both playing a game which is amazingly dangerous and which now is at the mercy of something happening locally and if a little iranian vessel attacks an american warship if theres an attack the other way they can suddenly explode so everybody outside of these 2 leaders these 2 countries want to see this thing he has a go at it i should say 2 countries because most people in the United States dont want a war either i dont think mr trump wants a war but i dont think he knows how to control things because quite frankly he doesnt have the experience and he does now the people around him to tell him how to do it. And the fear as well is that the collapse of this deal will will also encourage iran to resume its Nuclear Activities and that may all risk may risks the effect of some kind of conflict in the gulf that youre talking about intentional or otherwise so the stakes are very high for that to the european signatories to this deal as well. The. Iranians dont want a war they dont want Nuclear Weapons but they want to get out from out of the sanctions that are imposed by the United States they dont seem to understand at least the leadership that in terms of the balance of power they are by far the weakest country theyre relying upon to a great extent on the europeans who are scared to death that mr trump is going to go too far is going to lose control something is going to go wrong like this seizure of this tanker off to your role to reason which is had a knock on effect and we now have britain which wants to please the United States under mr johnson are going to do Everything Possible to make friends with mr trump now calling for an International Law flate to be in there to protect shipping while the country that really wants the shipping to continue while many other is iran but people can miscalculate and then we can find ourselves in a war at least as bad as the want to be had on iraq from which nobody will gain anything so what about they did the Boris Johnson factor in all of this with the new british Prime Minister taking over from wednesday how does that play into that the current standoff between britain and iran over the seizure of the british flag tank. Well johnson becoming Prime Minister and. Nailing his colors to the mast of leaving the European Union on the 31st of october no matter what depends upon a future tight relationship with the United States hell no longer have the European Union to fall back upon i personally think its a disaster for britain but mr trump is playing this for all its worth he wants to divide the European Union its not just trade deals but he likes being in charge he likes weakening all kinds of other powers and so he is going to play to johnson and then what he said today is johnson is sort of englands trump i think thats going to scare an awful lot of people if it were true and so here is delighted and one thing johnson is going to want to do is to show mr trump that he is supporting the american hard confrontation line with with iran and i suspect thats one reason the europeans are going to get together with this new british Prime Minister and said now hold on a 2nd you know and we know that getting rid of the j c. P. O. Of the agreement all together just increases the chance of conflict decreases the chance of stability increases the chances of a steep rise in oil prices and please dont get in bed with the american president too soon but well see how a tosser wants to play it and trump is having a wonderful time finding a way to weaken it one effort both the European Union and britain we will indeed wait to see how all of this does play out good to get your analysis on this rubble in washington thanks so much for being with us plenty more ahead on news out. Kenyas finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges. Jobs in greece is more complicated than it seems. And later in sport the play is getting ready to experience what their captain has called the pinnacle for irish. Have a 1st funerals been helpful 6 People Killed in protests in nigerias capital thats where military and Police Clashed with muslims protesters were calling for the release of zacky the leader of the Islamic Movement of nigeria hes been in prison since 2015 reporter and a Police Officer were among those killed. Despite mondays violence members of the Islamic Movement of nigeria the Umbrella Organization of nigeria attempted to gather for another round of protest in the Nations Capital over the police did not allow their numbers to go to an uncontrollable level like on monday so they dispersed the crowd and made some arrests now on monday lawyers for bramwells a key leader of the Shia Movement in nigeria going to court for another round of bail application for the detained leader of the Shia Movement and his spouse as well as members of the. Movement in nigeria whove been iraq or been in detention ever since in 2015 the army or Security Forces crack down on the movement leading to a number of deaths hundreds of deaths with the shia saying that the numbers killed in fact is more than 1000 however they are thought to say the number is far less than that in the northern northwestern part of nigeria we hear of another protest there or get this time organize a counter protest organized by residents of kepe state asking the Nigerian Government not to release the leader of the shared movement. Finance minister has been granted bail after appearing in court over a Corruption Scandal and rerouted pled not guilty to abuse of power involving contracts with 2 hydroelectric dams which have yet to be built Catherine Sawyer reports from kenya. Henry rock teach is in unfamiliar territory in a courtroom. He has been charged along with other Government Officials with several counts of corruption using office and the 40 in the government of more than 240000000. 00 this is unprecedented hes the highest ranking Government Official to be arrested and charged at the center of the scandal our plans for the construction of 2 dams that was supposed to be built here in el ghanam are quite western kenya the prosecution says construction has not begun for years after it was commissioned yet some of the money has already been paid out and the cost inflated by a 170000000. 00 above what was forecast the 28. 00 people are implicated including employees of the Thailand Company which was awarded the contract as it was filing for bankruptcy prosecutors won the director of the Company Charlie to be extradited from italy to face trial here. Some kenyans are saying this is a big step in the fight against corruption is a senior minister close to both the president and his deputy people now want a quick trial and those found guilty shields the assets seized and stolen money returned to the public kind of scene maybe people being honest. People be honest to be a good kid and once its ready its old home in european country to. Be done. As a country for the move for its also a scandal that has been politicized some politicians are saying fasten communi to the being targeted and some individuals being used as scapegoats for now many kenyans are closely watching this case and those we talk to say they want Public Servants whove been implicated to resign from office. Aljazeera kenya a syrian state media has reported an attack in the mountainous region of tal. Province and 4 say several israeli missiles were fired the area is known to be a base for iranian backed fighters no casualties have been reported so far. U. S. Middle east envoy Jason Greenblatt has been involved in a Heated Exchange of the United Nations defending israels decision to demolish a cluster of palestinian homes in the occupied west bank 16 residential blocks in what close to the separation wall of been destroyed james rays has more from the United Nations. Well weve seen an angry splash spat between the u. S. Special representative whos working with jared cushion are on the trumpet ministrations peace plan and european envoys at the Security Council all of the e. U. Members came out and read out a statement condemning the demolition of those palestinian homes but the strongest criticism came from the german ambassador and that is after jason greenlighted said that the International Consensus was out of date on the issue and that International Law busy was something that was interpreted in different ways by different people he was referring in particular to the last resolution that was passed by the Obama Administration under the Obama Administration 2234 on settlements that was passed by the Security Council the Obama Administration decided to abstain and not to use their veto angering the trumpet ministration it was about to come into office so that was the backdrop for this angry exchange we will not get to the bottom of whos interpretation of International Law is correct on this conflict there is no judge jury or court in the world that the parties involved have agreed to give jurisdiction in order to decide whose interpretations are correct. International law with respect to this conflict is a tricky subject that could be discussed and argued for years without ever reaching a conclusion for us International Law is not menu a la carte there are other instances where u. S. Representatives here insist on International Law insist on the implementation of u. N. Security Council Resolutions for instance on north korea and where we follow we absolutely support this and as the head of the sanctions committee worked very hard to implement word by word the un Security Council resolutions so for us 2334. 00 days to name the latest of un Security Council route loosen its binding law and this is International Consensus it is the us that has left the International Consensus on 2334 so very different positions than the german representative making it clear their position the u. S. Special representative saying that there is no judge jury or court that decides International Law but every single other person around that table believed they were sitting in that final court of International Law on issues of peace and security and everyone else including the u. S. Until now it seems had believed that under the u. N. Charter the u. N. Security councils rulings will be binding and became International Law. Russia says it has carried out its 1st Long Range Air patrol with china in the Asia Pacific Region the Defense Ministry statement says the exercise was aimed at increasing cooperation in the region and not directed at any 3rd country south korea though had earlier said it fired warning shots at Russian Military aircraft that violated its airspace both russia and china have dismissed that allegation beijing says all countries enjoy freedom of movement in the region. Amid that dispute japan is launching a protest saying south korean aircraft operated near though i learned that tokyo sees as japanese territory south korea latest summoned a senior russian diplomat over the incident. And. The reason why we summoned the Russian Deputy chief of mission without prior notice is to lodge a stern protest on russian aircraft entering the korean air Defense Identification Zone and violation of our airspace and strongly urge them to prevent a reoccurrence. Under a abrahamian is a senior at junk fellow at the pacific form an asia focus think tank he says violating the korean ed defense zone is a way of showing it is not respected. Well if you look at works china has done in the South China Sea which is essentially create new facts on the ground by gradually building up new capabilities while the United States had its focus elsewhere you could imagine it trying to adapt that playbook for for air defense as well its already a bit of an issue thats ongoing because what countries do is they designate air identification zone that is not a part of any treaty or or Un Convention anything like that its just a unilateral space that they ask incoming airplanes to identify themselves and china has and south koreas overlap so its pretty regular for china to violate. Or traverse the space the overlaps as a way of demonstrating that they dont care or dont respect that south korean identification zone will see if flights that actually push up against actual airspace which is smaller than the identification zone will see of that increases and if so what the response of the u. S. And its allies will be over. All right still ahead on najibullah venezuelan spend another night without electricity but the government says its not to blame. A day much of washington has been waiting for we preview wednesdays congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Muller. And in sport a box of dice after a fight in the United States andy will be here with that still. Have of the east coast heatwave from the u. S. Is being brushed out of the way and it says frontal system is to see the program. Its going towards the atlantic as it does so it knocks attempts back about 10 degrees in sunder storms so new york turned out on wednesday to be 26. 00 degrees in clearer skies blue above you wet pavement admittedly but fine weather once again its still going to quite stick yet again southern georgia florida not green could produce some pretty heavy rain fresh from it seems quite likely that the rest of us is remarkably quiet weve got to fog coming across the bridge into San Francisco bay but thats not unusual this time the a 90 degrees at best and we got to it 29 but not humid in washington on thursday move over to new york but again is unsure floridas the place to watch public and the bahamas i suspect weve got some pretty well its come in the bahamas next 2 days south of this the breeze brings on frequent light showers to Lesser Antilles rather more in the way of concentrated rain on the coast of honduras a big showers building in mexico theres a line of rain that runs more or less from bolivia down towards southern parts of brazil the temps assayas are disappointingly low. When the news breaks. When people need to be heard and the story needs to be told pretty we might go through to better we had died last week crossing the mexican state the United States with exclusive interviews and indepth reports they could never pull into that picture like this is exceptionally aljazeera as the teams on the ground to bring in more Award Winning documentary and denied means. Banks love to make loans to sufferance because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away theres a new one bone every single day a 19 it is an Urgent National message that it be officially requested rationing of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in creeks somehow i am a sinner im a bad person. Thats machine on aljazeera. Hello again youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour broadest Boris Johnson has won the race to lead the u. K. s governing conservative party and will become Prime Minister on wednesday johnson says the u. K. Will leave the e. U. By the end of october. Italy denmark the netherlands and france are back britains proposal for a european led Naval Mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz thats where iran seized the u. K. Flagged oil tanker on friday. Have been held for 6 People Killed in protests in nigerias capital and military and police clash with shia muslims who are calling for the release of. The leader of the Islamic Movement of nigeria. And more now on our top story Boris Johnsons election as the leader of Britains Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister his time in office will inevitably be defined by briggs it but his position on the e. U. Hasnt always been consistent john howard takes a look at how johnson worked his way to the top going to see you lots of places Boris Johnson and brussels have a history together and it doesnt point to a happy conclusion as a young reporter based in the city johnson specialized in sometimes fabricated front page stories belittling european bureaucracy hes editor at the time describes johnsons willingness to tell any audience whatever he thinks most likely to please heedless of the inevitability of its contradiction an hour later so Mike Johnsons declarations on similarly. Promises made to win over his Party Without the substance or detail to back them up on a lot of subjects it will be of course be pushing your plan into action so well study ready to come out october. 31st 31st call come what may come out next door during my daughter. Was head of communications under Boris Johnson when he was mayor of london Boris Johnsons time at city hall showed that hes more than capable of doing detail he doesnt drown it he doesnt allow officials to come up with excuses for not doing things which is why he delivered almost everything he promised as mare and if he was to be the bulldozer if you like refusing to take no for an answer in number 10 then he could be he could be a successful Prime Minister as mayor for 8 years johnson was a flamboyant salesman for the city with a selfeffacing charm that indeed him to many but the challenge of downing street who far away city on both sides people are not altogether convinced there he is as sincere about this as he has been in other things. But were about to find out and frankly the way hes now been selected within the conservative party hes got very little room for maneuver so what however this journey started he is now the leader of the press a party in all but name and thats what he has to deliver or itll all be over very very quickly Boris Johnson famously prepared to news paper columns favoring both leave and remain before opting to support the leave campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum some wonder now whether hell be persuaded to opt for a soft breaks it compromise once the realities facing his heart breaks it promises become clear i think if faces a huge challenge i mean any any party takes faces huge constraints in terms of both what the e. U. Will agree to and what parliament will agree to i. He might say that hes going to leave the e. U. On the 31st of october do with delhi fundamentally that is not an issue entirely in his gift and it wouldnt surprise me at all if behind the scenes his team are preparing for a possible general election in the autumn because it might well go wrong supporters compared johnson to Winston Churchill a crisis leader the e. U. Wont call his bluff they suggest because no one knows what he might do next oh yeah. 7 but the resistance is strong yes absolutely no chance of getting those bricks through on october 31st yes he did say. So on november the 1st if we fall in on this johnson has reached the pinnacle of power in british politics wielding it wont be easy jonah aljazeera in london. A power is returning to parts of venezuela after a nationwide power lasted for nearly 9 hours the government accused opponents of salad charging a power station of Opposition Leader why dont blame the government for failing to invest in the National Grid he reports. For another night in the dark as a nationwide power cut leaves millions without electricity. Lights were out in more than half of venezuelas 23. 00 states including the capital caracas canceled metro stations and disabled traffic lights caused huge traffic jams forcing people to find other ways to commute the most on the simple as a citizen i feel terrible a bend and because there is no contingency plan look we are all walking there are people who do not know how are they going to get home. The countrys main airport was also in the dark leaving hundreds of travelers stranded the government blames the blackout on some of its opponents who it says sabotage a power station. Youre hearing when you hear. If the 1st indications received from the investigation point to the existence of an electromagnetic attack thats such with fact. Generation system of ghana the main provider of the service in the country while the Opposition Leader tweeted the outage was a result of government corruption and incapacity the last major power cut was in march and that triggered opposition protests demanding president Nicolas Maduro step down as the 2 sides fight for political control venezuela has plunged into economic turmoil and the u. S. Imposed sanctions. Millions of people are struggling to and a living as they face medicine and Food Shortages and hyper inflation. How does it affect me in every way i live on the 11th floor i dont have electricity i dont have water because without electricity you cant be pumped i cant buy anything with a debit card i dont have any cash. Im hungry and i want to eat but theres nowhere to swipe my card because none of the machines work with the financial crisis i cant even buy a hot dog with cash. While authorities work to restore the power grid venezuelans struggle to survive day to day and say they urgently want to solution to the instability. Aljazeera. Or paul dobson is a journalist for the news website venezuela and he joins us via skype now from venezuela thanks very much for being with us so i want to ask you 1st of all what is the state of things right there has power largely been restored now and how are people coping with all this. Yeah well power now seems back in the vast majority of the Country House there are some isolated communities where theyre still waiting for power to come back and ill see large parts of the country waiting for 2nd resurfaces including phone lines and Internet Services to be restored however the lights are back on in the vast majority of the country but the government blaming this on the opposition and they say that this is an act of sabotage on their part whats what evidence is there to back up that claim well at this point we havent seen the evidence for to support their claim auto support the opposition to claim. Those was a cause of the government corruption other member waiting to see evidence from both sides of the debate but this is basically a repeat of what we saw in march the same explanations were offered by both sides in the last parroted and no evidence was provided by their side at that point either where isnt just the opposition who are saying that this is the result of government mismanagement its Energy Analysts and you know experts in this area who say that this this will keep happening in and it will get worse and it is down to the. Down to corruption and mismanagement on the governments part and it shows that they dont have the the the resources to deal with this what do you say to that what a common view point or in venezuela as i would share is that we have 2 theories to possibly explain the power outage yes we can we arent sure which is necessarily true but theyre not necessarily mutually exclusive either the fact that. It potentially lack of investment in the infrastructure may well be true but that doesnt necessarily rule out any sort of direct action against the National Grid as well potentially so i think we shouldnt be an either or question so where do you see this how do you see this playing out then is is there a fear that things will just continue like this. So i could just repeat the last question. Is is there a fear among people in venezuela that this will just go on that with theyre going to see more of these blackouts that there doesnt seem to be any any light at the end of the tunnel if i can put it that way. Well since the major blackouts we had in march the general situation has actually been been improving regarding power cuts and theyve become fewer and far between and less widespread in their coverage obviously until yesterday we had a very severe power outage that said yesterday power outage was definitely a much lesser severity and though that march but in terms of the length and the coverage there is certainly a need for the context realize that and however venezuelans have to some extent be adopted and become used to these Power Outages especially in the west of the country which is the further distance from the main road or electrical power plant in gori good to speak with you paul dobson joining us there from merida venezuela a former special Counsel Robert Mueller is going to testify before 2 congressional committees one after another on wednesday about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election democrats are likely to push more law on whether the president of structed justice doing the investigation she has returned see has more from washington. For almost 2 years some opponents of President Trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel Robert Muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khushwant between the Trump Campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy nonetheless its expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the Trump Campaign in the 2nd of wednesdays hearings before the House Intelligence Committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the House Judiciary Committee specifically whether doled truck would have been indicted how do you not been president has cited department of justice guidelines in explaining why the president wasnt charged with obstruction under Longstanding Department policy a president president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional but mother was also careful to say that if he had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime he would have said sorry for some democrats there is there is an opportunity to attempt to mobilize Public Opinion to support at the very least the opening of an impeachment investigation currently the pose do you suggest fervent support among the public a new appetite among the House Democratic leadership theyre trying to make the report come to life many people didnt take the time to read a 450 page dr prosecute tutorial report and this is something that you know will illustrate what is actually in it and we know that last time when he was when he gave a statement a Public Statement you know Public Opinion started to shift a little bit the key question is when the report of the constitution requires a process other than the criminal Justice System to accuse a president of wrongdoing so does he mean congressional impeachment republicans are likely to focus on what they allege is the bias that led to a one sided investigation in the 1st place they will also tend to present mothers testimony as the definitive conclusion of the whole episode but frankly miller has made clear that if he can help it he will not give either side what they are looking for and the report is my testimony i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress she ever counts the aljazeera washington a mark aspect has been sworn in as the new u. S. Secretary of defense the longest period so far by the pentagon has been without a permanent top official estimate received strong bipartisan support in the senate 90 votes to 8 places james mattis who quit last year of a policy disagreements with President Donald Trump 55 year old has had a long career in the military and served as Army Secretary since 2017. Mr president it is a privilege for me and for my family to be here with you today thank you for your leadership and for your commitment to a Strong National defense and to all of our servicemembers our military has made tremendous gains in recent years thanks to your leadership and we stand ready today to take on any challenge and greece the new government is proposing tax cuts saying it will create more jobs and bran and to the financial crisis that the critics say although conservatives have a majority in parliament theyll find it hard to deliver on their promises john several Police Reports from the island of evian. 10 years ago just before the Global Financial crisis wrecked the Greek Economy underwoods took over his fathers chicken he stopped selling to wholesalers and launched his own brendan distribution and is expanding into frozen pies his turnover increased 20 fold to over a 1000000. 00 and his payroll has risen from 4. 00 to 25. 00 people and the root source has some advice for the opposition conservatives poised to win next months election and who want to expand on Success Stories like his. Taxes are much heavier now and i try to offset them as much as possible with investments but if it werent for such high taxes i would have invested even more in the past few years farms were among the hardest hit businesses during the greek economic depression their income tax quadrupled their Social Security payments went up their diesel subsidy was eliminated and the sales tax they paid on Raw Materials doubled this massively increased the amount of money farmers have to set aside each year in order to stay in business and many have been leaving the profession one in 3 farmers who went into business during the crisis has quit says a recent survey to encourage entrepreneurship new democracy is promising to cut Corporate Tax from 29 to 20 percent and hopes to help create 700000 new jobs in 5 years some say that cant be achieved with tax cuts alone. Or both of those tax cuts can help take my Small Company cutting Corporate Tax from 29 to 20 percent lowering Social Security contributions and subsidizing them for Young Workers all this allows me to hire one extra person who we need once you buy that the entire economy it makes a difference but other things are needed to. Accountants a very few businesses show any profit because of high tax and red tape a recent study showed that less than 5 percent of businesses pays 80 percent of course. Tax the rest pay almost no taxes to make the economy sustainable economists say as well as tinkering with taxes the new Democracy Party will have to confront bureaucracy and resistance to change in the state and that observers say will take huge political courage jumps aljazeera every year in eastern india a dam has burst causing severe flooding villages in bihar state so their homes were flooded in minutes and they had to leave everything behind elsewhere days of heavy monsoon rains have caused many rivers to burst their banks killing at least 100 people and at least 60 people have died in flooding in the neighboring state of assam. Are chinas former premier league paying has died at the age of 91. 00 state media says an unspecified illness was the cause hell be remembered for announcing martial law during prodemocracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 rights activist referred to him as the butcher of beijing. How are the economy in iran suffering from u. S. Sanctions many iranian kurds are crossing the border to find work in Northern Iraq as a test of many reports from ever being able in the kurdish region the common language makes it easier for them to earn money for their families back home. Each room shot from gardy wallpapers is bringing him closer to the day he can afford to marry his fiance the money he earns as a handyman in Northern Iraq is also supporting his parents at home in iran. How did it go its been 5 years working in a tip before this kind of work wasnt popular now theres more of a demand and business is Getting Better every 3 to 4 months i take a break and go back to iran because i have a work permit. But these iranian kurds arent so lucky without work permits they enter the kurdish region in iraq on one month tourist visas work every day they can return home and repeat the process Mohammad Faruq says a lucrative month of work puts 800. 00 in his pocket. And thats a chance i know its very hard for me to be away from my family but its hard not to have any money to spend all to buy food whats better being away from your family and having money or being with your family and having no money the government doesnt keep an official count of the number of iranian workers here but says there are hundreds and that number has tripled in the last 2 years as irans economy suffers from u. S. Sanctions the director of labor in the semi autonomous kurdish region expects more iranians to seek work here theyll be taking advantage of an economy on the rebound following several tough years. Yet he had a good i proposed a plan to address the situation with iranian workers it would match them with jobs we have a need for. I dont want to close the border with but we must organize a situation that effects the local workers greatly and we have to give them. He says for the time the Kurdistan Regional government has no intention of. Culture and language many people see these iranian kurds as their brothers and sympathize with their plight. Well. Read. The to. The to. Read. The to. The to. Read. Read. The to. Read. Time now for sports. Thank you very much well crickets is it getting ready to make some history on wednesday engle and in a test match for the 1st time caps in what import a failed is described the match at lords as the pinnacle for cricket on and achieve test status in 27 saying theyve lost both that matches so far at home to pakistan and away against afghanistan. Look its right up there if not they plan to go for everything has been achieved of us while so there is cricket so youve got quite a few war cops on the belts Little Things like that which are being not Little Things but to be in pretty vacations but obviously you get into test cricket and then the opportunity to play here the home gets pretty special thing. As for england opening batsman jason roy is set to make his test debut after his exploits at the recent one day world cup englands record test wicket sake of Jimmy Anderson well hes been ruled out of the calf injury so work has always starring will make his 1st appearance captain joe root hoping the team can capitalize on the feel good factor of becoming world champions we can be better placed in many ways as huge amount of confidence coming off the back of that. And thats that counts for a lot of these things thats something that weve got to ride the wave of and and capitalize on going into. Whats a huge 6 test matches meanwhile one of crickets most iconic bowlers lets see if melinda will play his final one Day International for sure and on friday in colombo when his country take on bangladesh or melindas but its hard to have 2251 days having made his debut in 2004 in that time he took 335 wickets ranking in 10 in the all time list is also played in a couple of world cup finals is best bowling came in 2011 against kenya when he took 6 for 38. The russian boxer has died following about in the United States on friday 28 year old maxim dollars died after suffering from bleeding on the brain that a chef seen here in an earlier fight sustained the injuries following his defeat in an i. P. F. Light welterweight bouts in maryland the american based box under once emergency surgery but failed to recover football gareth bells agent has ruled out any loan deal for the real madrid forward but the spanish sides coach handed in that and says bale is very close to leaving the club now the Welsh International joined our 6 years ago for then world record for 105000000. 00 sudan is aiming to rebuild his squad on the back of a relatively poor season which saw the team x. Thing the Champions League in the last 16 and finishing 3rd in. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola has hit back at claims that his players have shown a lack of respect to fans on that sort of china a Chinese State news agency said the team had also discriminated against local media their premier League Champions and are in hong kong for a game against local side kitchen i should say im not a river they should. Use false. Soul food from a can to stimulate the years they have to know exactly what happened here in our clubs all the players a worry incredible time showing idea help their work commute and all all commission we have to do with the people here in china the people from until we take care all of them we sing the truth preachers christiane and all those events this team are also in china be telling champions getting ready to play in some island in nanjing side aiming to integrate and number of new players including defender Matthew Licht now though has just found out he wont be facing criminal charges that after being accused of Sexual Assault in the United States. Being thier only i have the belief that i need to ask the best of the players when they are on the pitch with me or when they are training i dont like to act like a policeman regarding what they do where they are off the pitch are working with professionals and they dont know how to behave especially when they reach this level in their careers otherwise they would not have arrived here. Controversial chinese swimmer son yang was again the center of attention in the World Championships in south korea britains duncan scott refusing to share the podium with sun after his win in the cylinder metres freestyle son has already served one diving ban and he faces a further drugs hearing the court of arbitration for sport in september. Ive been told champion shane larry says hes now talking a place in europe same for next years ryder cup contest with the United States larrys back in dublin with the trophy after winning his 1st major championship at northern irelands royal portrush course europes Ryder Cup Team will be captained by his irish compact shit harrington. Is my man golf for the next 12 months like whatever time we have left so awfully the fact the police just kept on. If you dont believe them to play on their him as a cop and you know thats kind of a very special has a very good friend to him as well so hopefully i can i can pick up some points towards the end of the season and give it a go around next year ok that is always full phenomenal lights and that is it for this news hour but ill be back in a couple of minutes with more of the days news stay with us for that. 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The diagnosis he has been sick for around 6 months now the challenge ahead there was one of these 96. 00 could be a new cure for the basis of a new cure for colors are there illness or disability aljazeera examines pioneering treatments so this is the explosive yes its basically a wearable robot like iraq revisited on aljazeera. It is deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat jeremy corbett. Boris johnson lays out his plan as britains next Prime Minister. Has im sick of this is al jazeera live also coming up iran warns any attempt to form an International Coalition to protect shipping in the gulf will only bring insecurity to the region. Russia and china can