Back and devastation which will take many years to recover. 70 percent of the state of the year has already been developed the forested for lucrative timber then burned to create land for cattle rearing and sawyer production the rest is up for grabs and no one it seems is stopping them at the moment if you burn the forest you are backed up by a president and then you do exactly as you want to do because you know nothing will happen and thats a problem and we have seen statistically when this Law Enforcement fires in deforestation goes down when we dont have it it goes up. The thought has a still burning but will boast not bend on the bay heat of International Pressure or bow to the ambition of some of the strongest supporters that their aljazeera grown donya state north west of brazil pay in the news ahead President Donald Trump downplays north korea koreas latest Missile Launch its 7th in a month and indonesias Coffee Growers are in trouble theres been a bumper crop but not a bump a paycheck. Hello good to welcome back to your International Weather forecast well here across europe it is going to be a very active day in terms of Severe Weather and thats mostly going to be here across parts of Central Europe were talking to lockey all the way down across the central med and even in the northern part of africa and well get to that in just one moment but here across the adriatic were talking severe storms that are potential for hail as well as excessive rain so flooding could be a problem across much of this area where we seeing the rain extending and mostly affecting areas in the afternoon in the overnight hours as well when those thunderstorms are really do build up tempo wise rome is going to be 33. 00 degrees over here towards asked athens at 34. 00 degrees and by the time we get to sunday a lot of Severe Weather still going to be a problem dying down in the morning but we do expect here across northern italy by sunday were going to be seeing another event there touch wise up here towards the northwest look at these were going to sing paris at 33 degrees and london on sunday at 30 degrees there well i did mention that algeria as well as tunisia will be seeing some Severe Weather as well we have seen a lot of clouds across much of that area so not as active as to the north but still going to be a problem here algiers is going to be a showery day with those storms coming through at 28. 00 degrees tunis at 33 and for tripoli clear skies here with a temperature of 29. 00. On counting the cost this week we check the pulse of the Global Economy that age of populist governments is the independence of Central Banks comes under threat and the other intended consequences of trumps trade all plus the i. M. F. Warns on the missteps of brigs its trade is counting the cost just 0. The top stories this hour on aljazeera the u. S. President is stepping up his countrys trade war with china to new tariff increases h. L. 5 percent on all trump also ordered American Companies to return home in retaliation to beijings decision to impose tariffs of its own on 75000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Goods protesters in hong kong have destroyed surveillance equipment and put up barricades in the streets and riot Police Responded with tear gas this is the latest round of round these that began in june over an extradition bill that was later shelved. And thousands of people in brazil and across latin america have protested over the fires in the amazon rain forest president spears in prison enjoyable sonar has awarded the military in to help. G 7 leaders have been arriving in the french city of berets for their annual summit weve seen so far japans Prime Minister shinzo this was him landing about an hour ago. And there was also actually on friday canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau arrives there is what will they be talking about where you got the standoff between the u. S. And its allies over iran one of the many contentious issues that would come up during the summit also the worsening trade war between washington and beijing which weve talked about and Climate Change of calls here is that diplomatic editor james bay is reporting from here its. Just hours before the g. 7 started in the Iranian Foreign minister was in paris mohammed job with zarif met with president mccraw no pictures of the meeting were released probably so as not to anger President Trump. The meeting behind the closed doors of the palace highlights the very different approaches of the u. S. And europe towards iran however there is a new face at this years g. 7 u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson some are speculating with breaks it looming he may want to consider taking a tougher position on iran in order to win favor with trump. If Boris Johnsons Fertile Ground for a no deal really is true and if what hes been doing in berlin and paris has really been a ruse of sorts then youre going to see the u. K. Pivot towards the u. S. Theyre going to see u. K. Started reading more of the u. S. Than his european neighbors and theyre going to start seeing a much more aggressive. Level of posturing from Boris Johnson who will be in the company of trump and who will almost be egging him on to start behaving in a way thats more u. S. Friendly than you friendly iran is just one of an increasing number of global issues whether 7 leaders are likely to have very difficult discussions the french president has already taken the unprecedented step of deciding not to seek a final communique at the end of the summit because he knows there are no words that will be able to sign up to. A number of other countries have been invited to this years g. 7 Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of india will be attending and the growing tension between his country and pakistan over kashmir is bound to be discussed growing trade wars are also leading to fresh rifts the u. S. And chinas difficulties could further destabilize the Global Economy and here in france the new Digital Services tax which targets big u. S. Tech Companies Like amazon and google has angered President Trump whos even threatened to retaliate with higher tax on french wine. Ever since Trump Took Office the issue of climate has been one thats cause divisions that Global Summits it may well again be 6 of versus one with president macro and the canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau leading calls for the thousands of fires burning in the amazon to be treated as an International Crisis james bays aljazeera the ritz. And just south of births you have. With the counter protests happening flags waving there and weve got to talk about there as well hi natasha the usual trick i guess of keeping the protesters as far away from the actual leaders in the actual summit location. Yeah thats right i mean there are hundreds of protesters gathering here in the port of umm di it is just on spanish border more these protesters are intending to do in a few moments is more from here on the french side then for the spanish border among them there are anti capitalist kept unless there are far left groups representatives from major World Charities and knots of climate campaigners as well climates of course very much on peoples minds with those fires in the amazon rain forest which are ongoing now they are all united on one issue that is that they are here to speak out against the g. 7 summit which is happening just north of there in the coastal resort to parrots g 7 leaders all rising as we speak and what the protesters say is that those Global Leaders from those wealthy nations are responsible for many of the worlds problems including the growing gap between the rich and the poor including Climate Change one thing thats quite interesting as well this year as were seeing many yellow dress protesters now yellow vests them stray sions have been taking place across from over the past months many protesters angry against the french presidency model michael saying that he favors the rich over the poor so so many have said that they are quite upset or angry about the fact that a model marc was pushing tackling Global Inequality high on the agenda is the theme of this g. 7 summit because they say that he has failed to tackle inequality in fronts just quickly natasha what security like. Well as you mentioned. The city is actually about 12 kilometers south of pierre its not gives you a sense of how the police and the french authorities are trying to keep these protesters very far away from the summit to promote south there are about 12000. 00 French Police officers that have been mobilized the French Interior minister has said that you know nothing is going to be left to chance this protest is an official one police are aware its happening there will be a Strong Police presence but once the french authorities are moved worried about perhaps is perhaps sporadic violence because there have been some rumors over the past few days that some protesters might create incidences disturbances in different areas across this region so it could be a volatile situation but of course for now the atmosphere is more festive than anything else that isnt on day with the empty g 7 protesters thank you. Japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 short range missiles into the sea off its east coast according to south koreas military they were fired from some dock in south im going province japan says they cause no damage but it is the 7th such test in a month and u. S. President donald trump not concerned by these latest test no i dont think so i think that we have a very Good Relationship well see what happens that could always change but well see what happens kim jong un has been you know pretty straight with a i think. Were going to see whats going on were going to see whats happening he likes testing missiles but we never restricted short range missiles well see what happens many nations that. We tested a very big one the other day as you probably know. Ukraine is celebrating the 28th anniversary of its independence from the soviet union. The summer and the festivities one because grand is on previous occasions because the president has decided to spend some of the 11000000. 00 earmarked for the big day to actually pay bonuses to soldiers instead. Nigerias in the grip of a kidnapping crisis thousands of nigerians have fallen victim to a rise in the crime and having to pay millions of dollars in ransoms dont has a report now from kaduna in an area known as a kidnapping hotspot theyre. Taking the fight to the kidnappers these offices of Nigeria Special into robbery squad has spun into a tuple of the kidnappers have decided that at this point on the can do no highway. The thick forest nearby serves as a cover for the guns this highway has been a popular sport for the kidnappers to all talk potential victims the police say theyre making gains against the kidnappers will be caught over 200 ripples. This. We show you to do a whole lot in last 2 weeks we parted up on someone tonight and kidnap suspects. Traffic on the highway tells a different story. This was once one of the busiest highways in the country the highway links the Muslim States of the country to the other parts of nigeria now feel motorists are brave enough to travel and. Many are choosing not to drive when instead use the train yet even on the trains a squat is a must as the kidnapping guns get bolder and more sophisticated few places appear say. Abdul Malik Muhammad the siniora Government Official who was abducted from his home in the city of could do. Then they begin to say ok i should give the money as i dont have money they keep on asking are you have it because we saw cars in your ass country sell those cars we need money you have to give over if you dont you are going to kill you after 7 days in captivity of the malik was released after paying a ransom but not before being told to deliver a message to the world for 2 years there wasnt they give you all that i should be able to tell the government that most of them only port they are good with the media blame it if theyre not employed or people kidnapping people. But its not just frustrated you threw a ton into kidnapping its now a free for all with both pity and 100 criminals joining in. Robert and. Was kidnapped and held in a forest by a group armed with machetes he says they tortured him until his family paid or not some of 200. 00 they were drinking he said i want to give her life or single food for all through a good passive charge. So i was in between i was. Given to go back with my from iraq i dont. Want to give me a slap on america it wasnt. Until now kidnappers in the g. D. Had to get the Public Officials their letters and phone work is often in the oil industry what is worrying most nigerians about the current wave of kidnappings in their country is that no one will feel safe and. How about the world is either. A highly. Expecting a bumper crop this year but with prices so low some growers are actually warning they will go bankrupt if things dont improve for has that story from jakarta. Over. The harvest time at this Coffee Plantation in sumatra and its plenty for farmers who would normally celebrate but not this year they are the worlds 3rd largest growers of the robots to a variety of coffee beans but the market price their fetching is at an 8 year low but. If the price of coffee stays like this we cant continue we might not attend our plantations anymore because we cant afford fertiliser we dont have enough money to pay our workers in my case i still have to pay for my sons high school. Robusto is used mainly in instant coffee and demand has been increasing but prices have dropped this year because of the success of the 2 largest producers brazil and vietnam while indonesian pharma struggle to make money theres a growing demand domestically as more indonesians get a taste for what they produce growing affluence and urban ideation are driving the rise of the socalled coffee lifestyle and many more coffee shops are opening up some are part of a chain others like this one in jakarta independent i mean i come here to a. 3 times a week the price of coffee for what i get is well worth it not cheap but not too expensive indonesia is 1. 00 of the top 5 Fastest Growing coffee Retail Markets and has the lowest Coffee Consumption type person in Southeast Asia so theres plenty of room for growth the so much confidence in the industry that one coffee chain received 28000000. 00 from Venture Capital firms in the past year for its expansion plans even as it was that the local market can absorb a large amount of domestically grown coffee only 30 percent of coffee grown here was exported but if the price of coffee keeps dropping farmers will start planting coffee and i would be a huge loss for everyone was the. Demand from indonesia coffee drinkers has so far helped cushion the blow from falling export prices back at history. Is hopeful the price of coffee beans for the cover in the meantime hes planted other crops just in case Florence Louis aljazeera jakarta. From a russian spacecraft carrying a robot the size of an adult human has unfortunately failed to dock at the International Space station problems with the automatic docking system caused the failure so russias Flight Control center will attempt it again on monday. Im Kemal Santa Maria and these are the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. President is stepping up his countrys trade war with china and answering to new tariff increases each of 5 percent on a trump also ordered American Companies to return home this is in retaliation to beijings decision to impose tariffs on 75000000000 dollars worth of u. S. Goods as the trade war looms large g 7 leaders are gathering in france this weekend for their annual summit but here in on di about 12 kilometers south of here its where the summit is happening you have got the empty g 7 protests a reporter telling us not long ago that it is largely festive atmosphere there and they are being of course kept well away from the actual summit venue other headlines and protesters in hong kong have destroyed surveillance equipment and put up barricades on the streets riot Police Responded with tear gas this is the latest round of the rallies that began in june over an extradition bill that was later shelved. Thousands of people in brazil and across latin america have protested over the fires in the amazon rain forest brazils president has ordered in the military to help. Japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 short