Rebels in the north west. The u. N. Calls for calm along the India Pakistan border after new delhi revokes the special status for the disputed kashmir region. Welcome to the program theres been a new escalation in the us a china trade war washington is accusing beijing of manipulating its currency after it lowered the value of the one stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street beijing says itll stop Chinese Companies from buying u. S. Farm products alan fischer has more from washington d. C. Well donald trump said he was going to call china come see manipulator on his 1st stay in office its taken until now you certainly were expecting from the treasury said just evolution some sort of ruling on whether or not he thought china was a currency manipulator in october its been brought forward just in the last few hours donald trump said on twitter that he believed china was manipulating its currency to try and gain an unfair advantage against the United States now when they made their surely they could have years one of 2 laws they could have gone with the 2015 law or the one that was drawn up in 1988 they decided to go with the 1988 theres a reason for that its a slightly broader remit it gives them a wider option on how they can declare china to be come see manipulator what it means no is that steve mission with Donald Trumps backing will go along to the International Monetary fund and see china is essentially breaking the rules and you need to punish them but this is something donald trump has promised for a while and as you see we were in a trade war no were also in a currency war. As a financial analyst and she thinks the trade war is likely to continue. Because china would refuse to purchase more Agricultural Products from the United States and so because they did not do what trump wanted them to do retaliate and said well then im going to just tear up 10 you know 10 percent on 300000000000. 00 more and then of course china is not going to take it and they said ok fine were going to read the truth to below the 7 percent to get a competitive advantage which means that the United States who does business they are theyre not going to have a competitive advantage so back to why the United States and the secretary and under the my secretary of treasury under the eyes of the president said you know what based on this act you are now a currency manipulator now were going to take action to stop you and that well south korea says that all has fired what appears to be 2 short range Ballistic Missiles the launch took place in the south point hey province earlier the north korean government condemned joint military drills between the u. S. And south korea describing them as a hostile lose north korea has generated an estimated 2000000000. 00 for its Weapons Program using Cyber Attacks and thats according to a new u. N. Report seen by the Reuters News Agency it says it pyongyang use increasingly sophisticated Cyber Attacks to steal from banks and crypto currency exchanges the report was presented to a committee of the u. N. Security Council Sanctions were imposed on north korea in 2006 in a bid to stop funding for its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs. Us media are reporting that the trumpet ministration is that to impose a complete economic embargo on the venezuelan government is a target any company or individual that does business or offer support to anyone affiliated with the government of president Nicolas Maduro and it would be the 1st measure of its kind against a government in the western hemisphere for nearly 30 years on monday washington froze all that israel and government assets in the United States. Is a Venezuelan National and the managing director of the financial advisory. Consulting joins me now via skype from mclean in the u. S. State of virginia good to have you with us live on aljazeera said thank you for your time and well be secondly sanctions work and what type of industries or economic areas will effect the most. Well i think this escalation. Must be a reflection of the position that the United States had into it and also the European Union that in norway mediated conversations that dialogue negotiation did not generate an outcome that would ratchet up sanctions so this by itself was already an indication that the agreement or that those conversations came to a stalemate on the remaining on my little remaining bar before an election so there is a repair needed remember our president ial election but not on what happens tomorrow between now and the president ial election the why do all governments want to model to exit immediately and have the elections be conducted other decision government and clearly mother who want to stay until the election so this escalation which as you said is that credibly sharp. Ratchet up the pressure that will be put and then its one that will affect everybody measures measureless secondary sanctions will affect also countries 3rd countries that are doing business what it did i voted against and i will get so in a moment if we just take this piece by piece and step by step but we weve seen very Little Movement politically in the past few months that madeira was ever willing it willing to sort of move aside i mean will these moves by washington any add to the accusation that the u. S. Is really spearheading economic terrorism a charge thats often leveled at it against a caracas. Well i dont i dont i think in this stage one would assume that in the United States has taken this measure the day before theres a meeting of 60 plus countries in lima to discuss venezuela and which russia and china are the crime to participate is because there is a further agreement as to ratcheting up the sanctions is not going to be just a u. S. Measure i think this is a definitive measure to try to force a mother rule to either negotiating we will go to an election where hes not no longer the president really theres an election is because everybody considers even the negotiators and hes election in 2018 struggle and syrias president says that there is that precious but similar sanctions for example have been used against cuba and north korea and some skeptics might say they dont seem to work in terms of regime change because thats exactly what washington wants so again the question is will the sanctions allow regime change will it be enough to push. Regardless of how much support he has from the likes of russia and china. I think the divisions within the regime are such that i think the calculus is that people who want a change people who have been affected by targeted sanctions will at this stage so lot you are the cause of the problem and produce a final break with didier which i think the difference between korea and other places is that those breaks within the regime were that ever i think in the fail who of the 30th of april it was very clear that there had been a very significant Division Within the support them a little hat and white didnt work i think it was very clear you started a downward spiral or was very clear that he was beginning to lose critical support from within it isnt nice is that this is what makes this different it is an interesting scenario thats unfolding for the moment petro briley thanks so much for joining us from the u. S. So the ceasefire in syrias rebel controlled it led province has collapsed the government has resumed its offensive with as strikes reported in the southern parts of the province syrias government has accused rebel forces of violating the terms of the truce and is blaming turkey for not enforcing it the ceasefire was agreed and concepts stand only on thursday then hotter as the latest in gaza into the turkey syria border. The ceasefire has collapsed the airstrikes have resumed the Syrian Military is announcement that it would resume military operations in that rebel controlled province in northwestern syria came as a surprise really because the ceasefire seemed to be Holding Since friday night there have been no air strikes the warring parties have been shelling each other along the front of shelling at each other along the front lines but a far apart from that there was really no indication that we were heading to a collapse of the ceasefire in fact earlier on. On monday pro Syrian Government website quoted a military official as saying that the government would give the rebels until august 16th after the muslim haha were days in order to comply with the truth so sudden announcement that this ceasefire is now over really raises a lot of questions and weve been speaking to people here in turkey turkey of course. Its a message to turkey this is how it is being felt here because in the Syrian Military statement they they blame turkey saying that its proxies on the ground are violating the truth the u. S. Defense department delegation is in turkey for a last ditch effort to set up a safe zone in northeastern syria turkish president said his country is running out of patience with washington on sunday you know its troops would be sent into an area controlled by the kurdish white b. G. Finds is not the genie has been an important u. S. Ally in the battle against eisold but ankara sees the group. Terrorists need to stumble. Turkish and u. S. Military officials are locked in talks to try and revive hopes of creating a safe zone in Northern Syria but neither side can see eye to eye on how deep that safe zone should be who should be in control of it turkey wants complete control and whether or not the white p. G. The kurdish fighters based in the region should be forced completely from that part of syria why p. G. Were close allies with the United States armed by the u. S. To and were heavily involved in the fight against eisel the white b. G. Of youth here in turkey is a terrorist organization the turkish leadership growing levels of frustration when it comes to talks with the United States and the 1st sign of how frustrated the country is over the weekend president reminded the worlds that turkey would be prepared to stage its own incursion east of the euphrates this would be the 3rd incursion into syria by turkey in the last few years but in addition to this standoff between the u. S. And turkey is the dispute over turkeys decision to buy the russian made s. 400 Missile System seen as being not compatible with turkeys mende membership of the Nato Alliance in response the United States hit back by expelling turkey from the f. 35 Stealth Fighter program a number of Turkish Companies volved to manufacturing several 100 parts for this fighter we know that diplomatic channels are still open over that dispute but when it comes to the creation of a safe zone will either side give ground when it comes to forging forward with this plan well still ahead here on aljazeera puerto rico said it calls off a vote to confirm the new governor plus. Being told just a multicast. Calles on the streets of hong kong as police move in to break up protesters leading a general strike. However weve got no shortage of summer storms on the cards for the u. S. As we go on through the next couple of days and even north of the border we could see some lively showers into central and eastern parts of canada where we go to side of the continent seeing some very heavy rain a lot of you downpours temperatures getting up to around 3132 celsius set in the case down towards the southeastern corner up towards the middle antic states as well further west its largely dry farragut a cloud mind she will see temperatures getting up to 30 celsius there also for seattle similar values you go on into way to say by wednesday the Desert Southwest might see some welcome rainfall pushing through central areas say more big downpours skin as a city for example seeing some very lively showers and always a chance of one of those big summer downpours across the eastern half of the country that wetter weather makes its way down towards florida meanwhile across the Greater Antilles not looking too bad at the moment is the Lesser Antilles seeing some very heavy rain pushing right through the window dollars the leeward dollars and dragging their way a little further a westwood as we go on through wednesday so we see some what to work the weather coming into where the Dominican Republic well i just see a shower to the eastern side of jamaica but for the most part is fine and try to cuba. Perception is validation we believe what we see but in one life time we cannot see everything but we will lie and experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. Of that testimony we have no value to. This documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching officer with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the u. S. Has accused china of being a currency manipulator as the trade war between the 2 largest economies in the world intensifies stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street after china let its currency sink to an 11 year low. And u. S. Media are reporting that the trumpet ministration is set to impose a complete economic embargo on the government of venezuela it would be the 1st measure of its kind against the government in the western hemisphere and more than 30 years and a cease fire there is rebel controlled italy provinces collapsed the government has resumed its fence of with asteroids reported at least some parts of the province syrias government has accused rebel forces of violating the truce such as baby turkey for not enforcing it. The u. K. Has joined the u. S. On an International MaritimeSecurity Mission to protect cargo ships in the strait of hormuz britain has been giving u. K. Flag vessels in the region unable escort since around seized one of its oil tankers last month european nations have been reluctant to take part in the u. S. Naval missions. Now the Reuters News Agency is reporting that libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar force has struck and acknowledge in misrata east of the capital tripoli the coastal city is the main base of forces loyal to the u. N. Recognized government and the u. N. Secretary general untenured terror has appealed to india and pakistan to exercise maximum restraint on monday india said its revoking kashmirs autonomous status abruptly upheaving a 70 year old agreement in the coming hours the government in new delhi will move a bill in the lower house of parliament for discussion and a vote so i can tell you that we are following with concern the tense situation in the region were also aware of reports of restrictions on the indian side of kashmir and we urge all parties to exercise restraint i would add that over the past few days the Un Military Observer Group in india and pakistan otherwise known as an mo give has observed and reported an increase in military activity along the line of control. Well the Indian Government says the calls to churchill changes are necessary to integrate the region to india but opposition politicians say its a dark day for democracy paul brennan reports. A wide ranging security clampdown kept people largely off the streets in indian administered kashmir on monday thousands of troops have been deployed and Internet Connections were cut to deter any opposition to the sudden revoking of article 371 it was certainly uproar in the new Delhi Parliament when the decision was announced by home minister amid shock. The Opposition Leader angrily accused the governing b j p of murdering democracy by revoking article 370. This isnt many ways a black day for indian democracy we have seen if not the letter of the constitution certainly the spirit of the constitution and the soul of indian democracy being shamelessly violated but those have been elected to protect it article 370 allows the Regional Government to make its own laws except in finance Defense Foreign Affairs and communications residents of kashmir live under different laws from the rest of india in matters such as Property Ownership and citizenship now the Central Government plans to split up the region into 2 parts kashmir and jammu and land back which will both be directly governed by new delhi. Reaction has spread along religious and political lines despite the security clampdown in jammu small groups of hindus celebrate at the end of what they described as 30 years of banishment. That Kashmiri Muslims complain bitterly about their rights and identity being stolen from them and i have been opposition demonstrations in indian cities such as calcutta and new delhi b. J. P. L. The Hindu Nationalist Party came to power in the elections in may this year with enhanced majority based on promises that it poured removed. These special provisions which the a c. Band of the muslims of india so there is a clear Political Polarization here with the ruling party trying to pander to its hindu vote bank. As part of the governments security crackdown 3 prominent kashmiri politicians have been placed under house arrest 2 of them former chief ministers. Kashmir is one of the most militarized areas in the world and both india and pakistan claim it is theirs theyve gone to war more than one server kashmir since their independence from british rule pouring yet more troops into that contested region now may not necessarily be a recipe for calm paul brennan aljazeera. Pakistans government is condemning indias move and says its ready to exercise all possible options. Her small firm was off for a bargain pakistan administered kashmir. White spread across pakistan raid protests taking place in major cities or what the indian moves or what their job and kashmir region the Pakistani Foreign office summoning the high commissioner of india to the Foreign Office and lodging a strong protest and complain about the indian moves now there are tensions which have been growing up over the past few weeks also because of the fire by lation just on the accused india of using cluster munitions the indians of course denying that but pakistan has been taking foreign diplomats and even the United Nations military Observer Group for india and pakistan to show them the evidence of the indian artillery bedrock in the needham valley and waste good relations are you now it is going to be important to see what happens within the next few days of august on intends to go in a diplomatic offensive to try and rein in the International Community that the only way forward. To quiet in order to defuse this dangerous. Although project on in india had been a game in back in 1702. 00 to discuss andhra dollars all outstanding issues including through bilateral talks that particular pod had been closed because of india today the according to pakistan to come to the negotiating table the pakistani Prime Minister start taking office just a year ago had already said that if india wants to take one step forward that pakistan ready to take to. Well the u. S. Envoy to afghanistan says excellent progress has been made in the latest round of talks with the taliban. Has left doha and is heading for talks in india he says a final deal on u. S. Troop withdrawal will be reached soon the taliban has also been optimistic saying its ready to negotiate with the Afghan Government wants Foreign Forces withdraw. The city where a general strike in hong kong turned into another confrontation between police and Protesters Police fired tear gas to break up crowds that were blocking traffic earlier the city was brought to a standstill by the strike action Andrew Thomas is there. A general strike is what was promised general chaos across hong kong and before the sun even set is what people thought. It was very different early monday morning and Central Hong Kong was deserted many had responded to protesters calls to strike but many more simply couldnt get to work protesters have blocked the doors of subway trains to stop them running and put barricades across roads at the airport absent Traffic Control is meant more than 200. 00 flights were canceled striking workers had plenty of support shutting down hong kongs economy which effectively the strike is doing its not a good idea. World. Fall day for you but one week. Well. Bringing some reminder so you support the strike yes i suppose. But the wasnt a total shutdown and some were not happy you didnt join the strike today 1000 because they have to work i think if there is to be distrustful theres a very good place to stop destroying hong kong who the protesters or the gulf coast not the government of Israel Government i think of as the best hope of course is the best after a News Conference hong kongs chief executive condemned the strike and the broader protests such extensive disruptions in the name of certainty months or uncooperative and the men have seriously undermined hong kongs law and order. And are pushing our city the city we all love and many of us helped to build. So the verge of a very dangerous situation. It already feels dangerous protests to stop disrupting transport to gather initially peacefully in 7 locations across hong kong after some threw stones Police Responded with canister upon canisters of tear gas. To take us right down through the sky is that some food they were using to be playing protesters used traffic cones to contain the smoke hong kongs government shows no sign of being able to contain this after thomas al jazeera hong kong. Now theres been a new twist in puerto ricos deepening constitutional crisis the leader of the senate has decided to call off a vote to confirm pedro personally see as governor now the senate will not wait until the Supreme Court decides on a case concerning his eligibility but we see came to office on friday after weeks of protests forced his treatises to resign gabriel and sunday has been following the story. This is now not only a political crisis in puerto rico but now a constitutional crisis as well and its getting worse not any better and the longer that this goes on in the halls of congress there you see behind me in the Governors Mansion the longer there is this uncertainty the more it could affect the more than 3000000 Puerto Ricans that live on this island lets remember that this is an island its a u. S. Territory there relies on funding partially from the mainland United States and already washington d. C. Is said that they could hold her withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in funding meant for the puerto rican people in till this crisis is resolved here now it will go to the Supreme Court who will start hearing this case on tuesday but likely wont make a decision until some time before the end of the week this is clearly a deepening political crisis here as one senator said when we asked him describe the political situation right now in puerto rico he answered with 2 words total chaos the u. S. President told trump has condemned bigotry racism and White Supremacies following machines in texas and ohio the last 31 people dead speaking at the white house he blamed social media and Mental Health issues for the countrys increase in gun crime he called for new legislation to run background checks on gun owners. Many democrats say divisive rhetoric is partly to blame fold the shooting in texas they suspected gunman posted a racist rant a line shortly before the attack in el paso where the death toll has been rising raw brunells reports from a city in loading. White crosses candles and flowers stand in a growing memorial to el pasos dead and injured this city already reeling in the wake of an apparent racist rampage has suffered another body blow unfortunately these ones have been devastating and major. And we are deeply saddened to be here today to have to tell you that 2 patients have passed. One elderly woman ended up passing away the middle of the night and another patient patient just recently passed away names and faces of the victims of saturdays shooting emerged one was a 15 Year Old High School soccer star another a woman in her eightys jordan and andre are chando were gunned down as they shielded their infant son who survived other survivors were coping with trauma u. S. Army specialist Glenda Oakley kerry children to safety after the shooting broke out i just focused on the kids that id had a very big that went on. Hard. Last night they were part of. The city has adopted the slogan el paso strong and business is faith leaders and Community Organizers are stepping up to help a group of Funeral Directors announce they would offer arrangements for victims including at least 8 mexican citizens who are going to be giving them all the services completely free with os to do transfers to mexico thats going to do that theyre just. Sure will save families thousands of dollars in expenses in a speech at the white house on monday President Trump denounced White Supremacy and racism but many people here in el paso say words are not enough we really need to repudiate these hate speech and this demagoguery where we are heading into skate on immigration as though theyre somehow the problem thats going on as the son of a Community Shaken to its core but coming together in unity against the forces of hate rob reynolds Al Jazeera El paso. With the whole room the reminder of our top news stories the u. S. Is accused china of being a currency manipulator as the trade war between the 2 Worlds Largest economies intensifies stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street after china let its currency sink to 11 year low elevation has more from washington d. C. The Global Markets dont like the idea of the worlds 2 biggest economies going head to head in a trade war even though donald trump says the cheap and easy to when now the chinese are playing quite cleverly here by targeting i grew cultural products they know that will heart donald trump because he won a lot of states where farmers are strong and therefore they think this is striking him at his Political Base donald trump and the white house believe that china havent really entered into trade talks with the best of graces south korea says the north has fired what appears to be 2 short range Ballistic Missiles the launch took place in the south on hey province earlier the north korean government condemned joint military drills between the u. S. And south korea describing them as hostile moves. Puerto rico senate has called off a vote to confirm pedre per lucy as governor it will wait until the Supreme Court decides on the case concerning his eligibility there louis c. K. Md to office on friday after weeks of protests forced his predecessor to resign u. N. Secretary general until you get terrorists has appealed to india and pakistan to exercise maximum restraint on monday india said its revoking autonomous status abruptly appealing a 70 year old agreement in the coming hours the government in new delhi will move a bill in the lower house of parliament for discussion and vote. The u. K. s join the us on an International Mission to protect cargo ships in the strait of hormuz britain has been giving u. K. Flag vessels in the region a naval escort since iran seized one of its oil tankers last month and a citywide general strike in hong kong turned into another confrontation between police and Protesters Police fired tear gas to break up crowds Train Services were disrupted and more than 100. 00 flights were canceled those are the headlines here on aljazeera mourner web site aljazeera dot com but with more news in half an hour witness is next. 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