On aljazeera could try to. As the u. S. Tries to chart is to develop. Hello that temperatures have been coming down steadily across areas of the middle east but at the same time the cloud has been coming in steadily as has the rain showers and look at this quite a bundle of the thunderstorm trials than the east end of the med so not surprisingly. Across into beirut this view looking at exactly that those dark clouds overhead more of the same on friday and those rain showers working the way through syria into iraq across into these Western Areas of iran becoming really quite widespread itll bring some cooler air in as well so 16 celsius in terre look at that 29. 00 degrees in baghdad and there is the charms of those showers now still feeling pretty humid across much of the Arabian Peninsula temp is not too bad but as i say the humidity levels are still fairly high 34 in doha on friday and that cloud from the north that is sinking south was not really going to bring any rain but it could make you feel even more humid and then through saturday quite a bit of cloud just bubbling up there on the south coast of yemen meanwhile we have for calls into capetown the cloud is this trailing by history mean by and that will bring the temperatures down at the same time 18 degrees in capetown but a warm day on friday in durban 3332 in johannesburg and we could see want to scout the thunderstorms for you up there with the high 33. Right. He watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories this hour. Lebanons president has vowed to fight corruption he also says hes open to constructive dialogue with protesters but hundreds of thousands of people across the country are calling on the government to resign Kurdish Forces have withdrawn from some positions along the Turkish Border in Northern Syria thats part of an agreement between turkey and russia allowing moscow ankara and damascus to send troops and carve up the territories british Prime Minister bars johnson has called for employees to approve a snap election in december he breaks it to you was blocked in parliament this week after m. P. s refused to back the governments plans to russia through. Bolivias leader has declared victory in president ial elections thats despite opposition allegations vote counting was delayed to manipulate the results and there have been violent protests and a general strike election official site most of the votes have been counted but the final numbers have not been released or alis main rival. Says he does not have enough votes to avoid a 2nd round the organization of american states has expressed concerns about the vote and hes calling for a runoff from home and has more from the past. President morales came out in a press conference on thursday morning and said that hed won the elections out right in the 1st round in bolivia the numbers still havent completely come in that vote counts he said this is unofficial but he did announce to the press the National International press that he won he also said that the protests against him and against this electoral process are a coup something that hes repeating from a wednesday press conference he said the protesters of being paid to come out on the streets he said that the protests are being organized by neo liberals politicians some of them whove been around him to take to ships in the past and that he was defending democracy now to give us some context about this process over the last few days on sunday believe it went to the polls on sunday night there was a rapid count 83 percent completed that showed a 2nd round president ial child challenger Carlos Messer and devil morale is going to towards a head to head that low count was then frozen for almost 24 hours when it resumed on monday afternoon to evening president ever moralise was on the brink of an outright victory and that same raised opposition protesters who said that they feel that the government has been manipulating the figures behind the scenes lots of people have taken to the streets many of them young many of them that weve spoken to in the past University Students there has been burning of public buildings around the country and electoral tribunals and this is set not to stop there are protests being planned for later on the day. The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize to the jailed chinese economist totally for his work defending his community told he is an outspoken critic of beijings policies in scenes young province a Un Human Rights Panel says it has credible reports that more than 1000000 wages are detained in camps theyre told he was jailed for life on separatism charges in 24 teams. Talks were expected between china and the u. S. On friday. Trying to follow was the 1st phase of the deal in time for a summit in july next month china has said it wants to be a world leader in technology but Rights Groups are accusing it of using its Tech Companies to target its own citizens has more from beijing. From low tech to high tech thats how china is transitioning its Manufacturing Base the government has identified High Tech Industries as important drivers and its a bastion to become a global superpower Companies Like these at an expo in beijing are part of the socalled forced Industrial Revolution some of the technologies here are helping to improve peoples lives you know yeah i have been using this device for almost a year at 1st i was mostly confined to bed but now i call a few steps it has changed my life a lot but other technologies and theyre used by Chinese State apparatus have caused concern this Company Develops facial Recognition Technology designed for Public Security so now once an image of a person is captured it can be mediately put through a database and when theres a match an alarm goes out Rights Groups have criticized chinas use of Surveillance Technology in its campaign to target ethnic weakest and other muslim minorities in syngenta in the northwest wet least a 1000000 people are held in camps earlier this month the u. S. Blacklisted 28 chinese organizations including 8 Tech Companies the move although not directly linked to the current trade war was seen by some entrepreneurs here as a readiness to take aim at chinese tech firms. Its very normal that america wants to contain chinas high tech developments in the or can you take knowledge as well controlled by them they took the profits but only left alone by. Chinese now china has made many. Afraid china will take them the u. S. Accuses china of coercing american firms that do business here to transfer technology to chinese partners an interim trait deal reached between the 2 sides earlier this month includes an agreement that china would do more to protect American Intellectual property but the details have yet to be ironed out and if no deal is reached we may yet see another round of tariffs with no end in sight for the us china trade war florence aljazeera beijing lets discuss china and us more with our White House Correspondent kimberly who joins us live kimberly u. S. Vice president has been speaking just about. Yeah we expected that this might be a more dovish type speech in comparison to one he made about china a year ago that wasnt exactly the case of the reason we thought that is that this administration is keen to try and strike a deal a partial trade deal in advance of the apec summit thats set to take place but they picked leaders next month but well this wasnt as biting as 2018 certainly the u. S. Vice president did take aim against china specifically accusing it of not keeping its word in its promise to tap down intellectual property theft the main concern of the United States that its businesses have been bleeding intellectual property at the hands of china so the u. S. Vice president continued to demand that the chinese leaders negotiate for fair trade policies leveling the economic Playing Field there is a belief the Vice President said here in the United States that chinas economy in the past a sword because of u. S. Investment but now the things are different the temperature has changed in the eyes of the United States and well the Vice President says the United States is not seeking confrontation he also said it will not stand down in seeking to pursue American Security and economic goals. No longer will america and its leaders hope that Economic Engagement alone will transform communist chinas thora tarion state into a free and open society that respects private property the rule of law and International Rules of commerce instead is the president s 2017 National Security strategy articulated the United States now recognizes china as a strategic and economic rival. And i can attest firsthand the Strong Majority of the american people. In the city and on the farm are behind president trumps clear eyed vision of the u. S. China relationship can we just heard mike pence theyre saying that you know the u. S. Considers china an economic and strategic rival is no doubt where the lines are drawn here im just wondering though given against projections of slower Economic Growth throughout the world we know that chinas own economy is slowing partly attributable what to what were seeing with the trade conflict here is the momentum gathering that yes they will be able to see all of these d. Or could this once again could the tension ratchet up when we could see the 2nd read of tariffs imposed. Its very possible that there could be that 2nd round of tariffs imposed because it was very clear from the Vice President s speech that the United States will not change course the Vice President took aim at previous administrations i should point out democrat and republican that he believes sort of pursue the status quo allowing china to become stronger and sort of refusing to stand up for American Values protecting American Companies particularly when it comes to this concern about intellectual property theft but this is something that the Vice President said the trumpet ministration is not willing to yield on that they will stand firm and as a result he took a very sharp aim not just with respect to economic policies but also pointed a finger at china when it comes to not respecting in the eyes of the United States the values of human rights and democracy pointing the finger at some of the concerning behaviors that are taken place in hong kong and standing up with the protesters saying that the United States will always back peaceful protests in the right to to express freedom and democracy so these are some of the themes in the values it appears that this administration in the words of the Vice President is is Standing Firm and well this could put at risk the clinching that important trade deal that the u. S. President wants so badly hoping for a partial ceiling of the deal to take place next month they are also not yielding in terms of the values that they are trying to put forward can be healthy joining us live there from washington d. C. Thank you can you. In the United States an entire town has been evacuated in california as a huge wildfire threatens homes there the fire in Sonoma County north of San Francisco rapidly increased in size of an odd hundreds of thousands of residents have been hit by blackouts off the concern the power lines consider far strong winds and all to dry weather and bring the fog fighting if its. U. S. Politicians are honoring the life of the lives of cummings at a ceremony in capitol hill the right democratic congressman is the 1st africanamerican politician to receive a Memorial Service in the National StatuaryHall Cummings had been a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trumps presidency he grew up during the Civil Rights Era and became a strong voice for africanamericans in washington cummings died last week at the age of 68 the funeral will be held nice hunt down baltimore on friday larger cummings never forgot where he came. Never lost sight. He wanted his country to. Thats why no matter your politics if you knew a large you went to him for guidance i often did i will miss those conversations. I pray for his family the city of baltimore and i pray for our nation when people like the larger comics no longer with us the remains of Francisco Franco the military leader who ruled spain for 36 years have been examined from the start more slowly and hes being really buried alongside his wife in the cemetery north of the capital madrid franco led spain from the end of the civil war in 139 until his death in 1975 the indian administered kashmir has held its 1st vote since new delhi revoked its semi autonomous status in august the elections are for local councils but most Political Parties are boycotting and turnout is expected to be lower victoria guyton the reports. Indian Security Forces leaving nothing to chance as voters arrive to cast their ballots at this polling station in srinagar in indian administered kashmir its the 1st election since Prime Minister enron remade the abolished the regions autonomy and imposed a security knock down 3 months ago. Im voting for kashmir and for my Political Party because its my right to vote im also voting to strengthen my party datas are electing 300 Council Leaders but most Political Parties including indias Main Opposition Congress voting separatist leaders have described the election as an illegitimate exercise under military occupation the candidate such as some may ask that refuse to be intimidated felt that tact is the but the dollar amount is bigger than the threat because when you dollop of nation thousands of lives of sacrifice to develop a nation so im one im among the doors i think for me development is the. Turnout is expected to be low in at least 25. 00 councils candidates representing mateys hindu nationalist b j p have run unopposed many kashmiri see the election as a cynical attempt to create a political elite loyal to the major government this election dont mean anything for the people of kashmir because people of kashmir at the moment are in a state of shock they have lost their state towards they have lost it was the jewish and they have lost their flag and i would say they have in fact lost their identity for the people who are without identity are being subjected to a kind of a sham exercise the Indian Government says Council Leaders will represent local communities better than corrupt state officials Victoria Gate and be al jazeera. A humanitarian Organization Says a migrant camp in bosnia is on the brink of a catastrophe hundreds of migrants have been left without Running Water at the camp near the border with member croatia the red cross says the camp referred to as the jungle is filthy understaffed and surrounded by land mines local authorities temporarily cut the camps Water Supplies last week to pressure the bosnian government to relocate the markets 2000 years after it was 1st built or one of the times run in holland is returning to the public eye the boss and generally house was buried on the ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79. 00 id but was on earth almost 100 years ago years of neglect forced its closure in the eightys. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories lebanons president the show and has vowed to fight started corruption he also says hes open to constructive dialogue with protesters hundreds of thousands of people across the country a calling for the government to resign Kurdish Forces have withdrawn from some positions along the Turk