Across both islands of new zealand you see this a cold shower indicating those showers plenty of them on saturday working the way tools north island as we head on into sunday and haemorrhages sunny dropping back in Christ Church on sunday 8 degrees celsius the chance of some rain showers along with some pretty strong gusty winds but not bad in all came with a high of 13 fairly quiet picture up into japan for both days of the weekend some rain showers pushing into northern sections of the Korean Peninsula not working the way too far the south warm few days in seoul the high there on sunday of 34. Oh im counter because were on patrol off the coast of west africa as nations deployed naval forces took over the scourge of piracy. Off the 6 years of treading water gold prices will rise plus howard roark promise to cut its gas. Countered with cost 0 new yorkers are very receptive to al jazeera because it is such an International City theyre very interested in that global perspective that aljazeera provides. Welcome back a look at the top stories now a ceasefire in syrias last rebel held province of idlib appears to be holding off to months of deadly bombardment wanted to say that would know as strikes in northwest syria on friday or to ricos house of representatives as a prison nomination of pedro pierre do we see is the u. S. Territory secretary of state personally im inclined to be on his next government out but is he still has to be confirmed by the senate. And there are warnings the latest abode outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could last for up to 3 years unless the government improves its strategy the countrys only Response Team says only off of all cases being identified. Well the us president has announced a deal to sell more american beef to europe his government says its a modest when is washingtons trade war with china escalates but the agreement will still need to be approved by the European Parliament well alan fischer joins us live now from washington so alan how much of a victory could this be for trump. Well this is been an ongoing battle between the European Union and the us for about 10 years American Farmers have wanted to send the hormone treated beef in to you markets you consumers have said no thank you we dont want that what has been agreed is the 35000. 00 tons of norton treated beef will be sent to the e. U. As you say the Unity Parliament still got to approve that its a very small amount and then chile certainly dont trump sees this is a when 1st of all he sees is breaking down barriers with the e. U. He says he will certainly put that into consideration when he decides whether or not he wants to stay on the european Auto Industry remember this and a lot of cars over to the United States and its a big win politically for him as well no Farmers Ranchers theyve been struggling with a trade war with china the fact that they now have this new market opening up to them that story will trump appealing to his base essentially he says he sees farmers and ranchers as very much part of his base and he will be able to say look im working for you trade deals are good im helping the u. S. Economy at the most basic level certainly when he was speaking in the white house just a couple of hours ago surrounded by men in big its essentially saw this as a big when the agreement today will lower trade barriers in europe and expand access for American Farmers and ranchers in year one duty free american beef exports to the e. U. Will increase by 46 percent over 7 years they will increase by another 90 percent so a bit of a boost that with a potential deal in the making with his European Partners but the tensions continue to escalate with china. And you remember the donald trump said that trade wars are quick and easy to when well the discussions with china have been going on for more than a year and donald trump says hes now going to impose 5 of the theres already 25 percent on 250000000000. 00 of chinese imports into the u. S. He says from the 1st of september hes now going to introduce a 10 percent levy on a further 300 1000000000. 00 worth of goods donald trump continues to insist that china ends up paying for these types that is not the case the report just last week suggested that the average American Family of 4 is no paying 2 1000. 00 more a year because of these tabs and if the new talents are introduced on the 1st of september we will be in the bizarre situation of our poll who have developed the i 4 and and the i pod but have it built in china when its brought back to the United States they will be paying more consumers will be paying more in World Markets have already reacted to both the worlds biggest economies facing off in this way most of the markets are in china its a corner me is struggling doing not as well because of the trade war with the United States the American Consumers they are struggling as well as the say theyre paying more than 2000. 00 a year because of the trade tariffs so theres real pressure on dollar trump and the chinese president to come up with a deal soon before the long term impact of these socalled easy to win wars start really affecting the World Economy and dragging down the u. S. Which donald trump certainly wouldnt want and hitting other important markets as well thank you very much alan fischer in washington also saying a spike in trade tensions between japan and south korea where a political standoff is continuing to unfold south korea says it will remove japan from its list of preferential trading partners thats in response to tokyos added decision to drop south koreas fast track export status from bride explains now from cell. At an emergency Cabinet Meeting call to discuss the deepening rift with japan president moon j. N. Of south korea laid the blame squarely with his neighbor. Japans decision is a reckless decision that projects diplomatic efforts to solve the problem and rather worsens the situation i express my deep regret he was responding to the latest escalation in the trade dispute with japan removing south korea from the socalled white list of countries allowed to receive exports of sensitive strategic components that it needs for its high tech manufacturing. It comes on top of restrictions last month on the export of Raw Materials for the production of semiconductors in south korea with fears of a knock on effect to manufacturing in neighboring countries japan denies its linked to a decades old dispute over its water time record. Deal this move was approved to revise japans export controls appropriately and was not intended to hurt japan south korea relations or to craft Counter Measures japan has been angered by a Supreme Court ruling in favor of victims of forced labor during world war 2 with several japanese firms ordered to pay compensation thats despite japans insistence that an agreement in 965. 00 was meant to have resolved the issue once and for all. But those studying the history of the turbulent relationship say its clear the 2 sides have always held opposing views on the nature of that agreement. Up until now theyre lived with their separate interpretations but this state of agreeing to disagree has been shaken and can no longer stand after this Court Decision and now we are at a most critical juncture in korea japan relations but now south korea is saying it will retaliate and remove japan from its list of preferential trade partners further worsening the dispute Robert Bright aljazeera sold. Yemens whos the rebels have released images of what they say is the Ballistic Missile used to target saudi arabia who say the medium range bearcat Missile System struck the saudi city of demand on thursday but no confirmation from the kingdom of the attack or the rebels say the missile was domestically produced in yemen a tab has more now from the capital sanaa. During his press today the host his military spokesperson here syria mentioned this newly domestically produced missile can have targets far away from riyadh and that the all of the saudi and the United Arab Emirates battle targets have become under the fire range of the whole fees so here 1. 00 more Ballistic Missiles will be launched by the whole thiis targets the saudi aggression. Stops in yemen he mentioned the new leader did was to clear the deuce. 3rd which is means the world came to. Has the capability also to be launched from. Launchers of from text launchers he also mentioned that the b. B. Have carried out the. Attack in aden window which already resulted to the killing of us least 39 during their parade in aden allison in protest as a clash with Israeli Forces near the site of recently demolished homes in the occupied west Bank Violence broke out after dozens gathered for friday prayers last month israeli craze began it demolishing palestinian homes on the outskirts of an occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood israel says the homes were built to close to its security barrier. Now to algeria where thousands of protests have turned out for a nationwide antigovernment protest for the 24th consecutive week they are pushing for a complete overhaul of the countrys ruling elite after the president stepped down in april elections planned for last month were canceled because of a lack of candidates interim leader has set up a panel to oversee a National Dialogue aimed at ending the political crisis. Or protests in moscow it used to continue for the 3rd saturday in a row despite authorities mounting an ever larger crackdown ahead of saturdays protest key figures have been arrested and there is concern that more mass protests will mass arrests are expected in response on the day itself our correspondent in iran contacts a look at why people are coming out on the streets. Away from the iconic sites of kremlin and red square its here in the suburbs where protesters are planning their next move they cues the kremlin of interference in trying to rig the City Council Election in favor of the candidates of the Ruling Party United Russia thousands have been arrested but they say that wont stop them. Only time will show how people will react to the authorities actions and their fate but we are full of fear if we lead to fair control we are truly living well because when we are calm our fearless and i understand the risks to me and my family but i dont see how to resolve this issue in any other way to understand what people want you have to give them. The Moscow City Council is an administrative body not a political one and its elections rarely triggered control bisi this time its different the banning of opposition candidates by the government has angered most courts and thats spilling out into the streets maria lipman is a political analyst and says the government crackdown is designed to prevent the public becoming aware of the protests and from it spreading nationwide every thing at their disposal. Unfortunately sounds like a real prospect right now the government is showing determination to use more violence harder violence saw the policy gets hard there on a daily basis. The chance of this protest to become nationwide is i was 80 the police say the arrests with the public order fences and necessary to maintain of the order according to the police more than a 1000 people would stay and last week or more are expected. To reach a good call for one of the opposition politicians bodrum running has been arrested for calling for protests he appeared at an appeal at the moscow city call on thursday and its not just him in this band behind me is another opposition politician who wants to run for the city council but has been barred now given. Everybody is expecting saturdays protests to be even larger than they were the previous week expect to see more scenes like this outside of court come monday iraq on aljazeera moscow. The u. S. Has impose new sanctions on moscow over the poisoning of a former spy in the u. K. Sergey scrip olen his daughter yulia were poisoned with a chemical nerve agent in the english city of souls brave last year the kremlin has denied any involvement the Russian ForeignMinistry Says the sanctions will further damage relations which are already strained. Well in all the developments just 8 days after promising to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. By october 31st bars johnson is just about holding on to power as conservative party lost a fiercely contested vote in wales cutting johnsons working majority in the parliament to just one seat or a challenge reports dream dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency was the announcement was made in an echo hall in mid wales but this result will be heard very clearly in london the liberal democrats have taken this seat of brecken and ravisher from the Ruling Conservative Party their whittles Boris Johnsons parliamentary majority down to just one and he the new leaders prevote visit to wales wasnt enough to prevent the chances of a government collapse going up barely 9 days since he took over as Prime Minister this is why this by election was so significant because were looking at general election very shortly and it really shows some of the key factors that are going to be playing up in the election i was surging the rate of vote under the liberal democrats and also bracks a party to contend with. The liberal democrats newest m. P. Was clear about what she thinks this results means. And here we stand. Thursday was johnsons. In the 1st week it was print edition. And here we are saying very loud. Because were just. Will not tolerate a right. But somebody says do you want to know deal breaks it and although nigel farage is brick said party didnt perform quite as well as they might have hoped with 10 percent of the votes they still arguably cost the conservative m. P. His seat by splitting the probably pretty vote although local issues are often important for by Election Results this one could also be seen as another example of how brics it is rewriting the balance of britains political system with supports for smaller parties like the lib dems and the brics it party on the rise at the expense of the big 2 labor and the conservatives when parliament returns from recess at the beginning of september it will have less than 2 months to bricks a day and Boris Johnson the man who said he will deliver it come what may is clinging on to power by his fingertips chalons aljazeera london. A study by a respected team of european scientists says last months record breaking heat wave across most of the continent was made more likely and intensified by manmade Climate Change a rapidly conducted report concluded that temperatures would have been one and a half to 3 degrees lower in a World Without human induced Climate Change a study said that such intense heat waves would likely happen once in a 1000 years without human influence on climate where is now it could happen every 50 to 150 years. U. S. Rapper asap rocky has been released from custody pending a verdict in his assault trial in sweden prosecutors of osce judges to impose a 6 month prison sentence lawyers say a sap whose real name is rocky miles should be sentenced harshly because they believe he threw a bottle at the alleged victim during a street fight on june 30th mys denies using the bottle in the scuffle but admits he acted in self defense judges will hand down the verdict on august the 14th. Just a quick look at the top stories this hour months of deadly bombardment have come to a pause in northwest syria after the government announced a conditional cease fire as strikes have halted in adlib which is syrias last rebel stronghold the truce was announced during peace talks in kazakhstan the opposition says they will abide by the deal as long as the government doesnt violate it hundreds of civilians have died since the government launched its operation to retake it live in april puerto ricos house of representatives has approved the nomination of pedro paralyse is the u. S. Territory secretary of state pushing him in line to be the islands next governor of syria was forced to resign following massive protests over the leaking of offensive messages he sent hes also been accused of corruption. There are warnings the latest outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo could last up to 2 or 3 years unless the government improves its strategy alak countries about a Response Team says that only heart of all cases of carney been identified u. S. President donald trump has announced a deal to sell more american beef to europe is government says its a modest win as washingtons trade war with china escalates exports to the bloc will increase by more than 40 percent in the 1st year but the deal still needs to be approved by the parliament. Agreement today will lower trade barriers in europe and expand access for American Farmers and ranchers in year one duty free american beef exports to the e. U. Will increase by 46 percent over 7 years there will increase by another 90 percent news from yemen who the rebels have released images of what they say is the Ballistic Missile used to target saudi arabia they say the