Oh im Adrian Finnigan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u. S. Calls for fairness and transparency to saudi arabia carries out its anticorruption drive. Sexual harassment scandals ministerial slip ups and stalled breaks it talks whats next for britains embattled government. And hash tag two hundred eighty characters why twitter is doubling its one hundred forty character limit and what it means for the social media platform. U. S. President on the trump has arrived in beijing with a message for chinas president xi jinping get tough on north korea early a truncated speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on pyongyang the president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u. S. Today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will not allow American Cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated lived ou
Hello im sam hes a that and this is the news hour live from doha coming up the next sixty minutes u. S. President arrives in beijing where he plans to ask china to cut financial links with north korea. Catalonia is the posed leader puts the emphasis back on autonomy rather than independence from spain. The u. S. Calls for fairness and transparency as saudi arabia carries out what it calls an Anti Corruption drive and is for baseball remembers one of the finest pitches of his generation a two time winner of the sign young award roy halladay was killed in a plane crash on chewstick. The u. S. President donald trump is in beijing his message for chinas president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trying gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on paying yang he also warned north korea not to underestimate the United States kathy novak reports from seoul on trumps tour of asia so far. Donald trumps day was supposed to start with a surpris
An exclusive report this hour on the secret deal that ended the three year occupation of the syrian city of raqqa by the extremist group, the so called Islamic State. That deal allowed several 100 is fighters to escape, along with their weapons and ammunition, and theirfamilies. It saved lives and brought peace to the city but there may still be a price to pay. Our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has the story. Even at peace, with the so called Islamic State gone, raqqa is still deadly dangerous. Few of its roads have been cleared. The fighting stopped here a month ago, but there are still mines and booby traps everywhere. Most of the city is a no go zone. Hardly anyone has been allowed to return. But we made it inside, searching for a trail through the debris, looking for clues to the Islamic States escape route. The City Hospital was their last refuge, and its here where ourjourney begins. The groups final defeat came thanks not to a battle, but to a bus ride. The con
Tampon tax go to an anti Abortion Group . The group says it is providing essential Housing Support for women who decide to keep their babies, but the mp who champion the scheme says they should have to give the grand back, let us know what you think about that. Our top story today, detectives investigating an attack on a teenage Asylum Seeker which left him seriously injured have released images of three people they want to question. The two men and a woman are being sought about the attack on the 17 year old boy at croydon in south london on friday night. Anisa kadri is following the story for us. What is the latest . Well, eight people are actually in kas today now, police are questioning them on suspicion of attempted murder, and as you mention, three images have been released this morning by police, people they want to speak to. Police believe up to 20 people could have been involved. As for the victim, 17 years old, kurdish iranian, police are treating it as kurdish iranian, polic
Iraq as islamist militants seize more territory. The u. S. Has already begun airdrops to a mountain in northwest iraq where 40,000 people, many religious minorities, are trapped. We will go to iraq for the latest and speak to Phyllis Bennis. Gaza ise ceasefire in over and fighting resumes after talks between israel and palestinian officials and without a longterm deal. Of refusingd israel to accept its key a man of missing the blockade. We will go to tel aviv to speak to reaffirming uri averny. All that and more coming up. ,lcome to democracy now , democracy now dot org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. Has authorized airstrikes in iraq to halt the sweeping advance of militants now known as the Islamic State. The group has captured large swathes of Northern Iraq, including the countrys largest dam near mosul, and its largest christian town. The militants have advanced to a half hour drive from the Kurdish Regional capital, air vo, where the United States has a consulate and