Month on record raising new concerns over Global Warming. Welcome to the program theres been a new escalation in the u. S. China trade war washington is designating beijing of of manipulating its currency after it lowered the value of the one stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street beijing says it will 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 currency 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 this really could have years one of 2 laws they could have gone with the 2015 law or the one that was drawn up in 1908 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 know is that stephen ition with Donald Trumps backing will go along to the International Monetary fund and see china is essentially blinking the rules and you need to punish them but this is something donald trump has promised for a while and as you say we were in a trade war no were also in a currency war. Done wearing years and list of the Economist Intelligence unit access chinas service there she says an escalation of this kind was inevitable overall the spirit is still the same the us want to eliminate its trade deficit with china but from this point on it looks very difficult because china is willing to take one mile or 2 that in its current and that means we might see a more of a longer lingering are below 07 and that means in fact working from china and searching many of the u. S. Companies will continue to import from china or we have exacted from last year that china would brewsters 7 Exchange Rate as a psychological is lie. Anyone who think they can short chinese yuan in the future there are armed reception because the central bank has signaled that its willing to take more volatility so the 7 regions that means inevitable but for it to float further like 7. 00 or 8 under Central Government would not let that happen while staying in the region south korea says that all those fired what appears to be 2 short range Ballistic Missiles launched 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 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 waters News Agency Says the pyongyang used increasingly sophisticated Cyber Attacks to steal from banks in crypto currency exchanges the report was presented to the 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 andrea one cough is a professor a Queen University he says north korea is trying to put pressure on sold with these actions. The North Koreans want sounds scary in government and south korean president to feel very very uncomfortable because south korean president is actually quite positive towards not scary yet mungy in and he said ministration would like to have some exchanges but they can not do anything about the qana mean because of the un sanctions. Can not be engaged in Economic Cooperation so they want basically something symbolic and not scary as door need Something Like joint concept or football match of each other they need money and south koreans cannot deliver it so badly but at an increasing pressure on selves on the expectations their south korean government well fewer itself uncomfortable and we will be even harder for partial or complete lifting of the current economic sanctions targeting no scaredy and if it happens ers are going to hear a lot of nies of whats wrong but not now us media is reporting the trumpet ministration is set to impose a complete economic embargo on the venezuelan government it would target any company or individual that does business or offer support to anyone affiliated with the government of president Nicolas Maduro but it would be the 1st measure of its kind against a government in the western hemisphere in more than 30 years on monday washington froze all venezuelan government assets in the United States really is a Venezuelan National a violent reviser he says the sanctions will affect everybody including countries that are doing business with venezuela well i think is escalation. Must be a reflection of the position that the United States. And also the European Union there is the nor wary mediated conversations that dial change did not jewelry out. There was a ratchet up sanctions so this by itself was already an indication that the agreement or that that those conversations came to a stalemate on the remaining almost mulatto remaining in power before an election so there is an apparently agreement on the president ial election but not on what happens to the little between now and the president ial election. Why do all governments watch 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 is that credibly sharp. Ratchet of the pressure that will be put on the next one that will affect everybody secondary sanctions will affect also countries 3rd countries that are doing business with that as well can south asia now where u. N. Secretary general untenured terrace 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 vote. Well 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 on mortgage has observed and reported an increase in military activity along the line of control the Indian Government says the cultural changes are necessary to integrate the region into 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 ahmed shah. The Opposition Leader angrily accuse the governing b j p of murdering democracy by revoking article 370. This isnt many ways a black defendant 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 whove 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 led back which will both be directly governed by new delhi. Reaction has spread along religious and political lives despite the security clampdown in jammu and small groups of hindus celebrate at the end of what they. As 30 years of banishment. The Kashmiri Muslims complain bitterly about their rights and identity being stolen from them and they have been opposition demonstrations in indian cities such as calcutta and new delhi. The Hindu Nationalist Party came to power in the elections in may this year with enhanced majority based on promises that it would remove these special provisions which they see pander to 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 Government 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 their theyve gone to war more than once of a 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. Administered kashmir. White spread across pakistan raid protests taking place in major cities or what the indian moves or what the judge 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 had been taking foreign diplomats and even the United Nations military Observer Group for india and pakistan showed them the evidence of the indian artillery barrage in the needham valley and wasted munitions were used now it is going to be important to see what happens within the next few days of august on intent to go in a diplomatic offensive to try and rein in the International Community that the only way forward a tradition that did require that in order to defuse this dangerous crises although project on in india had been a main back in 1702. 00 to discuss andhra dollars all outstanding issues including 2 bilateral talks that particular pod had been closed because of india and a few were going 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. The u. S. Envoy to afghanistan says excellent progress has been made in the latest round of talks with the taliban. Has left for india now for further consultations to build International Consensus he says a final deal of 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 a ceasefire in syrias rebel controlled province has collapsed the government has resumed its offensive with 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 cease fire was agreed in kazakhstan last thursday. Has the latest from garcia and tap on 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 cease fire in fact earlier on. On monday the pro Syrian Government website quoted a military official as saying that the government would give the rebels until august 16th after the muslim holidays in order to comply with the truth so sudden announcement that this ceasefire is now over it 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 truce well still ahead here a little just a week ago said it cools off a vote to confirm the new government plus. Im Charlie Rangel at the Edinburgh Festival west some artists at putting the most painful experiences on the stage. How we have no shortage of hot sunshine as per usual across the middle east little bit more cloud up towards the caspian sea it will see the black sea to try to coax just catch your live shot but they will be few and far between i think the main feature to watch out for over the next couple of days will be this increasing wind spilling out to syria down across iraq and it puts. This way further south was it is going to fade a fair bit of dry air lifted dust and satirized across the eastern side of saudi arabia down across us here in casa other side of the potential i just notice the 3rd few show is over towards the red sea on cheese day where the state looks a somewhat drier and brighter affair if 4546. 00 celsius in doha meanwhile fina dry across much of Southern Africa with mcleod just around the southern cape i might even see some welcome by in full just nudging in here as we go on into the middle part of the week but for much of Southern Africa well dry and sunny pretty much sums it up the harare around 26. 00 degrees celsius you can follow that fine with the further north up around the if you have been highlands pushing up towards the whole of africa just around the red sea eagle that area cloud and frame that extends its way right across into the gulf of guinea theres plenty of showers for west africa. The Palestine National orchestra was 1st founded in the 1930 s. But has had to be revived in 2010 always very important thing in palestine now musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the occupied territories so good for the theme its like every palestinian living in the aspirant felt it was the 1st time they perform using their identity aljazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me its a whole robin a reminder of our top stories the u. S. Has accused china of being a currency manipulator as the trade war between the worlds 2 largest economies intensifies stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street after china let its currency sink to an 11 year low also the u. S. Media are reporting that the trumpet ministration is set to impose a complete economic embargo on the government of venezuela and president Nicolas Maduro it would be the 1st measure of its kind against a government in the western hemisphere in more than 30 years. A ceasefire in syrias rebel controlled provinces collapsed the government has resumed its offensive with airstrikes reported in the southern part of the province syrias government has accused rebel forces of violating the terms of the truce and is blaming turkey for not enforcing it. A u. S. Defense department delegation is in turkey for a last ditch effort to set up a safe zone in the northeastern syria turkish president reza one has said that his country is running out of patience with washington on sunday he announced troops would be sent to an area controlled by the kurdish y p g that the y. P. G. Has been an important u. S. Ally in the battle against deisel but ankara sees it as a terrorist group or staying in the region 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 and theyve less course since iran seized one of its oil tankers last month european nations have been reluctant to take part in the u. S. Naval mission. That irans foreign minister says the real reason for the United States has sanctioned him is because that he refused an offer to visit the white house and hold talks earlier this month javid serif made the comments at a News Conference in tehran on monday us of beck has more from tehran. Well it was a very passionate and animated forei