Personality has brought him here and now the weight of serious responsibility dorms leave barca aljazeera westminster well as promising barber is here now from outside the Prime Ministers residence in downing street and he is obviously keen to show he is not a non of half measures how bold and risky is Boris JohnsonsCabinet Reshuffle tonight. Its very bold and i think its fairly risky as well what it certainly is is clear in its message and people who back jeremy hunt his rival in that leadership challenge are largely out including penny mordant the previous defense secretary jeremy hunt actually was offered another role he declined so hes gone the. The new foreign secretary is now dominic robb the previous brecks secretary who resigned over that Withdrawal Agreement lots of the people who campaign for vote leave have been rewarded with top jobs and we got pretty patel as the new home secretary sajida job now as chancellor his role is going to be crucial in delivering some of the promises that Boris Johnson did outline in that speech but as we saw under the premiership of to reason made the challenges that he breaks it posies mean that it might prove to be extremely hard to get round to delivering on some of those other aims and that will broad statements on bracks a pledge to deliver bracks and i asked him what and on other matters as well but of course we didnt get anything in the way of strategy or detail today. Not so much strategy but perhaps some policies that that he delights to aim for in terms of 20000 more Police Officers on the streets boosting funding for education trying to tackle the. Difficulties in social care which which of been hit by austerity measures over the last few years but at the same time a lot of the speech was some of that strategical rhetoric from Boris Johnson about positivity and standing by his promise to take britain out of the you do or die by the 31st of october and many people are saying that thats simply not going to be possible and basically this new line up and hes got a. His dream team for going into an early Election Campaign hes denying that his people are saying no of course not we are not looking at a general election but when we look at the forces surrounding brick sit on the wish to do a deal perhaps then there will be some some kind of movement in terms of a general election or even a referendum in the near future thanks very much for the latest from downing street and. National still ahead the seas tank is at the center of the crisis between the u. K. And iran and how the iranian president says he could solve it enough to stealing the show on bastille day front line man is now preparing to sexing new rakhal by crossing the English Channel. Hello again welcome back well here across parts of southern australia we are watching one front that will move quite quickly over the next few days there it is making its way towards per so as we go into thursday morning perth are going to sing some clouds as well as some winds but by thursday afternoon were going to be seeing that front start to approach over here across the by and into adelaide so with that it is going to be windy cloudy a passing shower too but its really going to be on friday that system makes its way towards tasmania were going to see some rainy conditions there temperatures dropping down from hobart to about about 11 degrees for you there melbourne it is still going to be a cloudy day and widespread clouds across much of southeastern australia as well respond it is going to be mostly cloud a few with a temperature of 23 degrees we have cross northern the south island of new zealand over the next few days were going to see a little bit of a break but another system is making its way across the tasman sea and by the time we get to thursday well be seeing a lot of messy conditions across much of the north as well as the south island and maybe a little bit of a break as we go towards friday but really for the north island and auckland it is still going to be quite windy as well as cloudy there and up here towards parts of japan were going to be seeing fairly Clear Conditions across much of the area tokyo 31 degrees here on thursday and as we go towards friday were going to see more winds and clouds and your forecast. The plundering of armenia is not true riches as uprooted residents. Desecrated the habitat of some of europes most endangered species. But a Remarkable Campaign by local residents is challenging the mike to the countrys investors and putting high hopes on its newly elected Prime Minister people in power investigates army new mining out the left. On a. Come back a look at the top stories this hour the former u. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has told congress he did not exonerate president of obstruction of justice but he did say donald trump could be prosecuted off hes left office. North korea has fired to identify projectiles from an area near one some of the countrys eastern coast projectiles traveled about 430 kilometers south korea says its monitoring the situation closely. And Boris Johnson has taken over as the u. K. s Prime Minister pledging to get a bold new grex it deal but warning that person will crash out by the end of october if the e. U. Refuses to negotiate. The speaker of puerto ricos house of representatives says theyve started impeachment proceedings against governor a cut of a say hes been under increasing pressure off to nearly 2 weeks of mass protests and police are preparing for war demonstrations on wednesday protests as well the governor to resign after leaked messages showed him making sexist and homophobic comments local media had suggested he was stepping down on wednesday but it spokesman denied that they would join us live. Ive now from san juan went the protests are continuing gabriel tell us more about whats happening around you that. Yeah were right outside of law for the last of the Governors Mansion here thats been the flashpoint for all of the protests for the past 13 days now inside the Governors Mansion is saw some journalists that are waiting for a statement thats supposed to come from the governor who is close to come over an hour and 20 minutes ago but theyre still waiting inside those of us outside are waiting for reaction from i would say well over a 1000 protesters that have gathered here the last few minutes here waiting to see what will happen this is what people are waiting for this has been a long ordeal thats gone on for quite a while now everybody here quite frankly on pins and needles waiting to see what this governor would do this is. A scandal that started over 13 days ago with the 2 of the governors the top cabinet ministers that were arrested on corruption charges and then a texting scandal where for the governor ricardo rowe c. E. O. Of. Leaked the more than 800 pages of his leaked Text Messages where hes insulting the puerto rican people and making fun of the puerto rican sit died during hurricane 2 years ago so this is serious certainly right now i would say festive but also tense as everyone is waiting to hear what the governors going to say if he will step down or not this coleman ates could coleman a what was a protest earlier this week that brought more than 500000 people out onto the streets and these protests thought to be well the. Biggest in the eye in the nations history clearly people are pretty disgusted with the comments that have been made in these leaked messages but how much is there a sense of this being a such a moment of awakening for the people that. People here tell me 2 things face it if this is in their words a revolution and they say of their words its their arab spring this is what people been telling me all week. Across the board Puerto Ricans are periods theyre furious at this governor they want him out of office they feel the and so to the very people that put him into office and they just wont have any more but beyond that the texting scandal has reaffirmed what many people here think has been widespread corruption in the local government here puerto rico for a very long time and they say quite frankly they have had enough and they want not only just governor gone but everyone else around him gone as well already 13 of the governors top aides and cabinet ministers have resigned just in the last couple weeks during the standoff people who are saying this is spreading awakening for this island this is been an island thats been through a lot with Hurricane Maria now they say theyre crying out enough they want to change of government come we thank you very much for the latest from san juan where demonstrators continue to pour into the streets. Suicide attack on a government building in the somali complex killed at least 6 people and badly injured market to shoes man the Armed Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for the bombing and says its target was the newly appointed u. N. Envoy to somalia blast went off shortly after james wanted met the mayor. In the government compound well to sudan where the military is saying it has thwarted a coup attempt seeking to abort the peoples revolution and arrested its un chief of staff it was one of a number of high ranking officials detained it comes just a week after a power sharing deal was signed by members of a military council and the civilian coalition. Im not going to commit because the military forces were able to uncover the details of the plan and the participants led by general. Ahmed the military joint chief of staff and a number of military officers and senior members of the National Intelligence and Security Service this is in addition to leaders from the Islamic Movement and the National Congress party that have been taken into custody. To iran now where the president says hes ready to negotiate with the United States and european nations of the tensions in the gulf but not if negotiations mean surrender. Into a possible swap to seize tankas but to iran condemn the idea of a european Protection Force for vessels in the strait of hormuz samus ravi has more from the iranian capital. And there were 2 important 1st from irans president during this weeks Cabinet Meeting since seizing the british flag oil tanker stand in peril last friday Hasan Rouhani is the 1st iranian official apparently suggesting in exchange for an Iranian Oil Tanker the grace one was impounded by britains Royal Marines 3 weeks ago if British Government leaders were to undo what rouhani said were wrong actions in gibraltar they get a proportionate response from iran does this signal a way for both countries to get their ships back perhaps not iran maintains its seizure was internationally legal because the british vessel violated maritime regulations britain denies that. The strait of hormuz is a very important location neither a place for joking nor a place for a country to violate maritime rules so the g. C. Bravely sees this violating a british tank of force as it refused to take orders and follow regulations we reiterate that we wont let anyone create disorder in this region what has been done so far has been proportionate and petition. And while the iran has long maintained its rightful role as protector and policeman of the strait of hormuz for the 1st time in recent memory rouhani said iran is also the protector of another vital waterway the strait separates yemen and djibouti the crucially important shipping lane connects the gulf of aden to the red sea and the swiss canal countries close by including saudi arabia and egypt are likely to see iran as comments as overreach. The iranian president s remarks appear to be part of a coordinated effort in recent weeks to let the International Community know they should proceed with caution after the wednesday meeting defense minister amir hatami also reaffirmed irans military capability denying reports the u. S. Shot down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz last week. The. Drawings which shot down that all completed their. Missions and return to their bases safe and sound the u. S. Should present evidence as we did when we had the aggressors drawn. The u. S. Pullout from the 2050 nuclear deal was followed by the realisation of sanctions iran says the inability of the International Community to help mitigate the economic fallout is a failure thats left iranians feeling shortchanged despite all the tough talk though irans president left a little room for conciliation as long as im in charge of the executive affairs of the country he said we are willing to talk doesnt rouhani is seen as a more moderate president his term ends in 2 years but the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal to deliver much needed Economic Relief for iran has made him deeply unpopular hardliners are poised to replace him so rouhani is message to World Leaders might be that if you want to talk to iran now is the time same bus ravi aljazeera. Pirates are in danger all along the coast of west africa as a number of attacks on ships continues to rise Maritime Security experts meeting in ghana to walk out ways to combat the problem Nicholas Hunt brings us more from across. Protecting vessels silly across the worlds ocean not just a challenge for the 15 Navy Chiefs Meeting here and defense contractors here in the gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see the straits of hormuz where britain and iran accuse each other of state piracy or in Southeast Asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member its a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the American Navy in europe in africa its something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is fiercely for. Every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u. S. Interests there are israeli chinese Ship Building Companies and south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the gerrard the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but its the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. That were complicit. In the go to this in the amount of time given and in terms of percentage of conviction on the saw prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent pirates here in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from communities with fine unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this Global Economy every year piracy costs more than 24000000000. 00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty. It inequality. Now he while the crowds on bastille day now the french inventor known as the flying soldier will attempt to cross the mighty English Channel on his jet powered flight board frankies apart his fight on thursday will mark the 110th anniversary of the 1st aerial crossing of the channel just look at him its expected to take around 20 minutes and the potters are only allowed to refuel once on a boat he says hes confident the flight will be a success and smash his record the longest 5 board a flight. To go to dont got you were they to merge so left im feeling good but launches i want everything to go though and everything to be well organized is true i have experience crashes but thats behind me that was when i was developing to fly aboard of course a problem could happen but i dont think about question because we know how to avoid getting. A brief look at the headlines this hour the former u. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has insisted once again that he did not exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice but he did say that trunk could be prosecuted once hes out of office well as testified to congress about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election this is the 1st time hes also questions publicly since the inquiry took place well of then faced more questions from the u. S. House Intelligence Committee at a 2nd hearing warning that russia is now trying to meddle with the 20 twentieths action is this in your investigation that you think that this was a single and soon by the russians to get involved in our election or did you find evidence to suggest that trying to do this in order to say go to theyre doing as we sit here and they expect to do it. During the next campaign. And update on our breaking news this hour from the Korean Peninsula north korea firing to identify projectiles from an area near one sun on the countrys eastern coast the projectiles traveled about 430 kilometers south Korean Military says its monitoring the situation closely Boris Johnson has taken over as the u. K. s Prime Minister pledging to get a bold new brakes it deal but warning that person will crash out by the end of october if the e. U. Refuses to negotiate johnson is now building his new cabinet appointing hardline brechts that is to keep positions several ministers have resigned since he was chosen as leader of the conservative party. The speaker of puerto ricos house of representatives says theyve started impeachment proceedings against governor. Hes been under increasing pressure after nearly 2 weeks of mass protests and police are preparing for more demonstrations on wednesday protesters want the governor to resign after leaked messages showed him making sexist and homophobic comments and a Suicide Attack on a government building in the somali capital has killed at least 6 people and badly injured the mayor of mogadishu on Group Al Shabaab time responsibility for the bombing saying its that saying its target was the newly appointed un envoy to somalia the blast went off shortly after james swan had met the mayor of toronto last month in the government compound all those are the top stories this hour that set for myself and the team here in london coming up next on aljazeera its time for people in power. We understand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world sentiments how you take aljazeera will bring in the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. Is iraq. Now 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader the coke machine young would end decades of corruption and economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major dilemma whether to proceed with a huge be defined mining project but some are warning will cause enormous environmental damage and in danger of one of the worlds rarest animal species. The former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. A bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to decades of corrupt rule this. Is just one a snap election and for the 1st time in years there is open to ms m o 1st priority is to continue. To call it will listen and to make a real difference is he not me on the economy. Or mania has enjoyed years of blockades imposed by its neighbors turkey and azerbaijan the countrys economy never really recovering from the collapse of the u. S. s own. Previous governments resorted to leasing its mineral rich bentons to foreign mining concerns it was driven by need for revenue but it also cools and momus and won a mental damage even worse say some of the economic benefits were only ever enjoyed by a few new army of oh sure the problem out. There still will go to those who move along with all new normal shouldnt. A cool loss of slumbers in the fishes if you took both still but he would let the police. Have the latest of these mining projects is proving she usually divisive supported by the previous government and poised to begin work it is said to exploit a massive gold deposits in the south of the country but it is being blockaded by activists who believe that profits are less important than on main is unique environment you cant drink gold or you cant eat gault you cant just bury gold you need pure environment for life. What happens next. Where the mind goes ahead will the activists win that battle lies in the hands of the new Prime Minister nicole pushing me and. Its a decision that could affect the future of his administration and threaten the ecosystem and even the fate of one of the worlds most imperiled animal species. Tiny landlocked all mean year is the oldest Christian Country in the world. Blessed with rich soils it is also considered to be the birthplace of wine and even today agriculture forms the mainstay of the economy. The magnificent mind ararat where many believe the remains of noahs ark will one day be found is the national symbol. Today the mountains of armenia like the fabled on remain a refuge for many endangered animals the Hunting Ground of the worlds rarest big cat the koch asian leopard of which there are estimated to be only 10 left in the country. This unique footage was captured by trial cameras. Alexander more caution a Rule Authority on the reclusive animal has been charting the leopards battle for survival for over 20 years. As an awful events and updated verdict it. Was shelagh the braces show up short i missed. It as such im not going to be a lot of loaf. Where the. Years id say im in the corner or to not go and of course the good click of. But the fate of this magnificent beast hangs in the balance with the new mine ready and waiting to go into production as it is our last after the many of. Them where you are but it was enough to go. Deeper within the karabakh ridge a mountain called amel saw which translates as the barren place is ironically the side of a massive gold deposit discovered by angloamerican Mining CompanyLydian International who intend to extract the precious metal by means of a controversial he pleasing process. May be an international is a biggest for any western culture during the last for been years we invested about 500000000000 over this project is very important for the economy or. We designed the project to be. Environmentally. Safe 1st of all he pushed ethnology doesnt have to face down there is no issues with water no issues with the health of community. But local see things differently and fearful that their lives are about to change forever. The tourism in the free trade which have always been the main source of income will be destroyed if the mind goes ahead. Spurred on by the recent revolution for the last 6 months protesters have blocked all roads to the mountain stopping for the mine construction. At 1st we leave out our cars then we bring and now we bring temporary houses like this is the place we are living now. This is our scene but thats we must save on the side of the tower hence our mom i know were almost. On we must save eat right home michael he not going to while were on last night where we jump are you going to tell your son john i would get your rights reborn as the love document you have for conquer gordie i bored you were none of them made her michael j. Got all boards with. Many. Have come to this remote to support the book ages. People like annie from the capital yerevan he has a 7 year old son as him every time i go to. A skin need to stay with him and i just explain him that if i dont go. Who who can go so i feel some moral duty to go there and to stand with them anyway its a little bit difficult because im a girl and theyre all boys but i can say that during this months we became just like family. Well let us know when there should this is this nice woman ya got so shell you start to hear sure should you stay out late it. Would publish with. The blockade has proved from markedly effective. The machinery and trucks lie idle the project is literally frozen. Which is it. Its about hollywood or but now its more because were lost people. Professionals we terminated for hours and 270. 00 courtrooms. The blockade is making some people just because of the wider implications. For not coming one day close all the mines because they will have basically you will be destroyed a big part of your budget thousands and thousands of people will be out of the job armenias titular head of state president sarkozy and used to be on the board of lydian the blockaders believe hes just one of many power brokers backing the mind his role was more of brokering this potential big investment into into the country as opposed to anything else. On my side has been a fixer for this mining project and we wanted to. We actually asked him directly questions of what was his role and asked him to disclose information that is particularly important at the moment. He denied to disclose information when you join the board your science of adventure ality. My cautious is absolutely clear what i did absolutely clear. Non the less the blockade is a wary of the president preferred to put their faith in armenias new Prime Minister nicole pushing him on his shoulders the future of the minaya rests a political ad side and in a fired man of the people last spring the shinya was swept into office on an unprecedented wave of popular support. He promised to end the endemic corruption that had told his country into the decade long rule of former president says sykes sound of the Republican Party his attempt to stay in power by becoming Prime Minister had set off a political earthquake. The legitimacy i mean social legitimacy psychological edge over the public at port was very they were not popular even 10 years ago with this exit became a true. Pushing in a former political prisoner began a long march from the west of the country to the capital yerevan much of the time with his wife at his side in her that the woman. Had up and sent it up i thought what. We had a good hour to get it behind our back is a monarch almost. Like a slum lord yes thats how its called in christianes us thats a very good thats the good knots i levels. Most economists that. With hundreds of thousands of supporters on the streets demanding he became Prime Minister instead of socks in pushing eunice yoon power in a velvet revolution. He immediately set about tackling corruption with high profile cases like the mayor of yerevan his numerous mansions were filmed by a drain the video of which went viral on the internet. People were incensed love that these are options to push you know that those films should be should just near us to be real. Well there was a little ledge of those that stick in the cup you. Know to see you sprouted leaves to be something that in you but some of the most of the. Culture of corruption came from the soviet era and it was and it wasnt fought with in the early stages of army as independence just like it was the case on other in other countries it became a norm. The Mining Industry and body thought corruption say activists extraction permits given by