the u.a.e. disputes that claiming that protocol hasn't been properly followed essentially accuses the u.a.e. of discrimination against its people of preventing qataris with the expulsion of them from the country from accessing assets property education health care and judicial services a little later on in the day the u.a.e. will have a chance to speak of to which the court here will decide exactly what to do next terry cadman is an international human rights lawyer he joins us now from london thank you very much for your time so mr president for this type of case if you. have to repeat the question are you sure i said is there a precedent for this type of case. well there are obviously the international court of justice has a as a long history of dealing with state state disputes this this case is particularly unique in in in the circumstances that surrounds the allegations that are being made by the state of qatar. as as quite rightly was reported to the u.a.e. is contesting jurisdiction. the

and qatar has been one where saudi arabia and the u.a.e. have you as definitely the subordinate actor and the qataris have refused to accept this position in the two thousand when al jazeera was perceived by saudi arabia to be a major thorn in the sides diplomatic relations broke in two thousand and two and continued until two thousand and seven two thousand and eight and then of course you have the more recent crisis in two thousand and fourteen where the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain briefly broke diplomatic relations again in protest of what they view to be this subordinate secondary actor in the region acting above its station and so you have a track record of the gulf members of the. current embargo in coalition breaking with qatar over political issues over security issues over the last fifteen years but before the scars could heal the seeds of a new conflict were being sown. a mere thirteen days before the current crisis began qatar state run news agency was hacked comments falsely attributed to the qatari amir were broadcast criti

the u.a.e. debates saying that the right protocol hasn't been followed that all prior forms of arbitration haven't been fulfilled in order to be able to justify this move here sounds like a very dry legal language very dry legal process but it's very very important precisely because the court at the end of all of this the end of these three days of hearings here will now decide whether or not it can process the case if it can it will then set a timetable for further hearings later down the line a bit later on in the afternoon we're going to hear from the u.a.e. there's a break of several hours now to hear exactly what their side of the argument is going forward ok parker keeping us posted in the hague thank you. the top administration has plans to supply high tech arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. could be drained after a top senator but through his support of us agree to sell one hundred twenty thousand procession guided munitions to its gulf allies. as a democrat says he is concerned u.s. we

saudi arabia and bahrain egypt and u.a.e. say their severing diplomatic relations with qatar not a single shot was fired a full blown war of words was engaged. to store the other the most c.e.o. of magic ties or flight accusations and counter-accusations this claim this encounter claims were made by all sides the media served as the main battleground. early on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen bufferin state television read a statement from its government in them look at the. earth a little mercy and the ability to have all the knowledge up only. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. up our lala cutted the message out well for the model let it. be as so they are we don't let the u.a.e. and egypt announce they tune we're cutting ties with qatar. the code. ordinated move by the four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the larger country this particular saudi arabia followed by. the holy see dependent foreign policy as a threat to their narrativ

u.a.e. wouldn't be able to move anywhere in yemen because they don't have the connect and the right equipments and actually support the us government as we're riding them so i actually we know. no matter what kind of how you want to label it whether it is directly or indirectly you are actually part of the problem and i think that the u.s. have a. direct role in this and if they want to and they have leverage over the saudis and the u.a.e. so if they can or when they use that they can use it but i think they've given them the green light to give to do whatever they want to do and yemen and yes because mainly because the americans and the saudis became a milk cow to the u.s. as you know that is a four hundred billion dollars deal economic and and military that the saudi crown prince brought to the u.s. so they kind of given him the green light to do whatever they want to do and ok and we know from the past airstrikes that they committed crimes against yemenis and civilians directly and cite c

saudi arabia and bahrain egypt and u.a.e. say those severing diplomatic relations with qatar not a single shot was fired a full blown war of words was engaged. to be at the store the other the most c.e.o. of magic ties or flight accusations and counter-accusations this claim this encounter claims were made by all sides the media served as the main battleground. early on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen behind state television read a statement from its government in them look at the. earth a little mercy and the ability of her father nala up only. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. up our lala cutted the message out well for the model let it. be a so they you know we don't let the u.a.e. and egypt announce they tune we're cutting ties with qatar. the code. ordinated move by the four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the larger country this particular saudi arabia followed by what it's. see defendant foreign policy as a threat. to their n

we have documented in the past that the u.a.e. is responsible for pearce's over an arbitrary detention in europe. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons their reporting they had the government set up a committee to investigate the u.a.e. and interior to flatly deny any rule and use again but abuses continue and all their prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera. well before bring in our guest let's take a closer look now at the conflict in yemen in march twenty fifteen who the rebels advanced on the capital some are refusing to accept a new constitution proposed by president months or hardy who was forced

the u.a.e. disputes that claiming that protocol hasn't been properly followed essentially accuses the u.a.e. of discrimination against its people of preventing qataris with the expulsion of them from the country from accessing assets property education health care and judicial services a little later on in the day the u.a.e. will have a chance to speak after which the court here will decide exactly what to do next. minister of democratic republic of congo says he's government is just weeks away from to caring the country free the latest outbreak killed twenty nine people the government says vaccines given to more than three thousand vulnerable people were very effective and it barely epidemic in twenty fourteen killed nearly eleven and a half thousand people across west africa. if you know piers economy grew at a faster rate than any other african country in the past ten years but foreign investors and local businesses complain that a shortage of foreign currencies like the u.s. dollar stifling

rather will hear from the u.a.e. friday both sides will get to sum up their closing arguments and closing statements before the i.c.j. then works out what it will do next all right so we know what happens argument is in this and this dispute what is the u.a.e. likely to to argue in return. but we have really heard an awful lot from the u.a.e. at least one amorality minister describes this court case as being a stunt by council to keep the blockade within the public eye. several ministers across the region have given interviews in various different forms of media saying the whole issue of the blockade has slipped down the list of foreign policy priorities for the likes of the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and this is simply just a case of cattle trying to draw as much attention to this blockade as possible when it really in the eyes of at least the saudi crown prince should be seen as being very similar to the sixty year blockade of cuba by the united states we wait as i said though to hear from the u.a.e. on thursday they

when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut all diplomatic ties with cattle and house the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim doha strongly denies and this year demands including cutting ties with iran and shutting down zero cattle is refusing to give in to those simone's the country's foreign minister has spoken to al-jazeera he discussed the recent reported threats of military action against off from riyadh calling them unjustified. do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia first for just that let us make it very clear that the purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimacy believe this behind this letter and threatening its violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly its violating. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify

saudi arabia and bahrain egypt and u.a.e. say their severing diplomatic relations with qatar riyadh a single shot was fired a full blown war of words was engaged. to store the other the most c.e.o. of magic ties or flight accusation this encounter accusation this claim this encounter claims were made by all sides the media served as the main battleground. early on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen behind state television read a statement from its government in them look at the. little mercy and the ability of the higher father not only. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. up our lala gutted the message out well for the model let it. be as so they are we don't let the u.a.e. and egypt announce they tune we're cutting ties with qatar. the code. ordinated move by the four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the larger country this particular saudi arabia followed by what it's. see dependent foreign policy as a threat to their narrative to thei

we have documented in the past that the u.a.e. is responsible for these periods is over an arbitrary detentions and in europe. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons their reporting they had the government set up a committee to investigate the u.a.e. and to unit who flatly deny any rule and use again but abuses continue in all their prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera. well before bring in our guest let's take a closer look now at the conflict in yemen in march twenty fifteen who the rebels advanced on the capital sanaa refusing to accept a new constitution proposed by president months or hardy who w

saudi arabia and bahrain egypt and u.a.e. say their severing diplomatic relations with qatar riyadh a single shot was fired a full blown war of words was engaged. to store the other the most c.e.o. of magic ties or flight accusations and counter-accusations this claim this encounter claims were made by all sides the media served as the main battleground. early on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen behind state television read a statement from its government in them look at the. little mercy and the ability of her father nala. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. up our lala cutted the message out well for the model let it. be a so they you know we don't let the u.a.e. and egypt announce they tune we're cutting ties with qatar. the code. ordinated move by the four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the largest country is. followed by what it's. see defendant foreign policy as a threat to their narrative to their consensus there were. only one

with the u.a.e. has continued to flatly deny any rule and use again but abuses continue and all their prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera. well before bring in our guest let's take a closer look now at the conflict in yemen in march twenty fifteen who the rebels advanced on the capital some are refusing to accept a new constitution proposed by president months or hardy who was forced to leave the city later that month saudi arabia assembled a coalition of allies including the u.a.e. to support hardy's government in what became a civil war against the who sees a morality troops of forty extensively particularly in the south around the port city of aden in june of twenty seventeen the asso

the u.a.e. disputes that claiming that protocol hasn't been properly followed essentially accuses the u.a.e. of discrimination against its people of preventing qataris with the expulsion of them from the country from accessing assets property education health care and judicial services a little later on in the day the u.a.e. will have a chance to speak of to which the court here will decide exactly what to do next. several molly and soldiers have been killed after a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at e.g. five hell military base the attack which was carried out by unknown fighters happened in the town of safari which is seven hundred kilometers east of the capital bamako the base is host to a task force of soldiers from mali. chad and mark tanian created to defeat violence across west africa. the lagos state government says it will introduce new safety measures following an oil tanker fire in the nigerian city at least nine people were killed when an oil truck crashed and exploded on an expre

we have documented in the past that the u.a.e. is responsible pierces order an arbitrary detention in europe. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons their reporting they had the government set up a committee to investigate the u.a.e. and interior to flatly deny any rule and use again but abuses continue in all their prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera. well before bring in our guest let's take a closer look now at the conflict in yemen in march twenty fifteen who the rebels advanced on the capital sanaa refusing to accept a new constitution proposed by president months or hardy who was forced to leav

the u.a.e. disputes that claiming that protocol hasn't been properly followed essentially accuses the u.a.e. of discrimination against its people of preventing qataris with the expulsion of them from the country from accessing assets property education health care and judicial services a little later on in the day the u.a.e. will have a chance to speak after which the court here will decide exactly what to do next. it's exactly four years since i still declared the establishment of the so-called islamic caliphate in iraq and syria after capturing mosul the battle to retake iraq's second city in two thousand and sixteen caused widespread destruction and left thousands of people dead jim takes a look at life in mosul today. morsel may be clear of eisel. but reminders of the group's reign are everywhere. not just of the group's atrocities but also the brutal fighting it took to topple them. here streets are still him t. and buildings are destroyed for the former residents who were lucky enough to e

let me be clear there has been no mass expulsion of catteries from the u.a.e. and the u.a.e. certainly has no policy to separate qatari mixed families. on the contrary as we will show the court using officials. and records we always images are going to stick up to the government are said carefully major to have their least possible impact on ordinary people on friday both countries had a chance to speak in the morning cattle and then several hours later the united arab emirates qatar is hoping that the un's highest court will grant something called provisional measures allowing the court to respond quickly to what qatar says is the imminent threat that its people are under across the region well the court will now deliberate on what to do next and report back at a later date let's have the americans know where mexicans go to the polls on sunday for an election that could up and the political status quo big business is pushing its favorite candidates but the country's working class are expected to be the kingmakers are latin america lucien newman explains. my cost of a side yo

offices but the u.a.e. has denied managing old running prisons in the country they had to cover him reports. a window into what's being described as a world of rampant sexual torture and impunity these drawings were smuggled out of iraq to run prisons in yemen made on plastic plates with ink detainees held without charge or trial described humiliation to the associated press news agency one caption in arabic says it's real terrorism and another drawing prisoners being transported in a pickup truck are naked blindfolded and handcuffed seven former detainees spoke to reporters about what they've witnessed they say rape electrocution and beatings took place at five detention centers including at the iraqi forces headquarters in the country the u.a.e. mission in geneva tweeted that it has never managed or run prisons or secret detention centers in yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen. we have

that the u.a.e. is responsible for. over an hour. in europe. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons there. the hadley government said it best to go with the u.a.e. has. any rule. but the resistance to you and all their resources are. right. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera the saudi erotic coalition in yemen says it has taken full control of the airport in her data but they say rebels are contesting the claim the rebels have posted this video online in recent hours said to show fighters still have access to the airport compound for several days the coalition has said it is in control the airport is seen as a key strategic milestone missi

a year ago four countries saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt sever ties with qatar and impose their forward blockade it's game after qatar state news agency was packed and fake news posted on it. own investigation has found the group behind the hacking works from a saudi government ministry in riyadh and these phones and computers were connected to the saudi communications company in a separate development the arabia threatening military action against acquires washer weapons those reports in two of the biggest newspapers in france the figo and le monde they say the saudi crown prince has written to the presidents of friends and the united states of america and the u.k.'s prime minister warning his ready to retaliate if other acquires the s four hundred anti-aircraft defense systems the threat of military action against is not due the blockade in countries were reportedly planning of the beginning of the crisis one year ago. as we mentioned the crisis began to unfold with qatar news agency was hacked on the twentieth of may for

seven former detainees of u.a.e. run prisons in yemen have spoken of what they call systematic sexual torture by m. iraq guards the former prisoners told their stories to the associated press news agency the u.a.e. denies ever running prisons or secret the tension centers in yemen they are karim reports a window into what's being described as a world of rampant sexual torture and impunity these drawings were smuggled out of iraq to run prisons in yemen made on plastic plates with ink detainees held without charge or trial described humiliation to the associated press news agency one caption in arabic says it's real terrorism and another drawing prisoners being transported in a pickup truck are naked blindfolded and handcuffed seven former detainee spoke to reporters about what they've witnessed they say rape electrocution and beatings took place at five detention centers including at the iraqi forces headquarters in the country the u.a.e. mission in geneva tweeted that it has never managed or run prisons or secret de

offices but the u.a.e. denies managing or running prisons in the country then occurring reports a window into what's being described as a world of rampant sexual torture and impunity these drawings were smuggled out of iraq to run prisons in yemen made on plastic plates with ink detainees held without charge or trial described humiliation to the associated press news agency one caption in arabic says it's real terrorism and another drawing prisoners being transported in a pickup truck are naked blindfolded and handcuffed seven former detainee spoke to reporters about what they've witnessed they say rape electrocution and beatings took place at five detention centers including at the iraqi forces headquarters in the country the u.a.e. mission in geneva tweeted that it has never managed or run prisons or secret detention centers in yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen. we have got the best

secretary of state mike pump ai has asked for an assessment of the u.a.e. request the former philippine president benigno aquino has appeared in court accused of ordering a vaccination campaign before a drug was fully tested eight hundred thousand children receive the vaccine against the mosquito borne virus and indo gun has more from manila. former president beneath keno appeared before a court here at the department of justice in manila together with several members all these former cabinet they submitted their counter affidavit they're accused of a technical mob or station of government funds criminal negligence and rafts there's been no tchiowa until now that has started and even members of the prosecution did not appear to date but this vaccine scandal is something that has been dragging on for many months in fact u.s. government keno together with several members of his cabinet already appeared before a long dragged out long gresh in the hearing led by the allies of the current president he says that they are ready to file and to answer all the allega

at this stage fright so a case against the u.a.e. only at this stage even though if there are other countries involved as well in the crisis so talk us through the process how how exactly is it going to work at the international court of justice how does it go about hearing such a case. well it can take a very long time the proceedings before the into court of justice fortunately. there will of course be an attempt to to mediate which ordinarily proceeds a full claim being heard which is what we're likely to see in. the un office of the high commission for human rights as has acknowledged that a complaint has been filed against the u.a.e. and so there would ordinarily be this stage of initiating a period of mediation but considering that all other forms of diplomacy have failed is unlikely that the u.a.e. or any of the other states concerned would would engage in that process and so what we're likely to see over the coming months of proceedings in the international court of justice assuming that the court accept jurisdiction to deal

emboldening their position saudi arabia and the u.a.e. convince the newly elected us president that their actions were justified. president trump who only ten days earlier was in riyadh tweeted support for the blockade and joined in accusing qatar of funding radical ideology and extremism. this was in stark contrast to the approach taken by the pentagon on the situation saying the u.s. military is grateful for qatar support of the u.s. army presence in the country and its enjoying commitment to regional security. in the months that followed the us state department signed two memorandums of understanding with qatar underscoring the ties between the two countries especially the joint efforts to defeat terrorism. in paris saudi arabia's foreign minister. said that the damage caused by economic measures should convince qatar to change its policies we want to see qatar it implement the prime. made a few years back with regard to support for extremist groups with regards to its hostile media with regards to its interference in the affairs of ot

former inmates of prisons in yemen run by the u.a.e. are accusing the gods of systematic sexual abuse this is say to press interviewed seven men about what it said was quote rampant sexual torture used to brutalize detainees five senses are identified where the detainees say that rape electrocution and beatings took place including at the forces headquarters in the country the u.a.e. has not yet commented on those accusations well ahmed benches me of human rights watch says he is not surprised by those reports. obviously sexual abuse and abuse in general doesn't achieve anything and it's totally counterproductive i mean obviously it is forbidden by international law all of it and tickle and moro standards but it have also been proven that it doesn't help that terrorism measures now are we are going to rest was not a position to confirm specifically to each other quite a bit but importantly they are not surprising because we have documented in the past that the u.a.e. is responsible for the disappearances slaughter and arbitrary detentio

now the wall street journal is reporting that the u.a.e. has asked the united states to help it take control of yemen's port of her data from who thing rebels the red sea port serves as the main entry points aid to reach millions of yemenis iraqi and american forces worked together inside the country but the u.s. so far stayed away from any fighting around the pools look at stormy in the south china sea region his tell us more is where the staff that's right just in the last twenty four hours got warnings popping up all over the place showing us that there's the risk of seeing some cyclamens foam combos not necessarily bad news because it's been incredibly hot over the last few weeks may was incredibly hot and it's continuing this is what it looked like there at the moment there you can see those big chunky clouds there they have already given us one or two showers and there's plenty more still to come on the satellite sequence then you can see plenty of cloud all the way across this central belt of this map here with the brightest white ar

the recalling of u.a.e. citizens from castro in the closure of the u.s. a space that all qatari traffic accuses the u.a.e. of preventing access to individuals and companies when it comes to being able to access their assets and their property of denying people the right to education health care and judicial services and also violating its obligation under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of which the u.a.e. is a key signatory the u.a.e. hasn't said much ahead of this case although at least one amorality minister has accused this case of being simply a stunt to keep the blockade on cattle in the public eye always hoping for a swift resolution a swift conclusion to this case both countries will have a chance to speak on friday before the court decides what will happen next yemen's president is demanding the rebels withdraw from her data province rather than months or how days made him comes after he met the united nations special envoy the u.n. fears an all

saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind an egypt cut diplomatic relations with cattle last june imposed a blockade and expel qatar ease catalog denies its neighbors accusations of supporting terrorism cattles national human rights committee estimates the blockade affected thirteen thousand people more than four thousand cases of human rights violations have been reported in the past year and it's affected all aspects of daily life in cattle education health the right to perform religious rituals own property or freedom to travel abroad and perhaps most crucially the right to family reunification in a region where family ties go beyond borders the blockading nations forcibly deported qataris and separated children from their parents rashid mother is qatari and his father is bahraini and gulf countries children take the citizenship of their father he believes if he continues to defy an order by bahrain to leave cattle he'll lose his bahraini passport and be stateless once my passport expires what do i do do i stay here

the u.a.e. disputes that claiming that protocol hasn't been properly followed essentially accuses the u.a.e. of discrimination against its people of preventing qataris with the expulsion of them from the country from accessing assets property education health care and judicial services a little later on in the day the u.a.e. will have a chance to speak off to which the court here will decide exactly what to do next a twelve hour ceasefire in syria's daraa provident has ended a temporary traces of great on after intense fighting between pro-government forces and the free syrian army a ten day military offensive in terror left at least eighty people dead on thursday now the u.n. office for human rights is warning that civilians and syria's southwestern province may be trapped has had on reports. this is the. evidence that sparked syria's uprising seventy years ago now rebel control areas of daraa are unrecognizable days of airstrikes have left their mark now over warning of civilians trapped in un

with the u.a.e. has continued to deny and use again but abuses continue and all the prisoners have discovered. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana caramelize al-jazeera or now are joined from washington by alex evans who's a reporter with the online news publication the intercept covering human rights issues welcome to al-jazeera you've been following the story for a while now and this is the second report coming out of the associated press so what do you make of it so far that in a sense we're getting the second report and haven't really had an official or in-depth and so from the united states to the first one. absolutely thanks for having me what we've learned from this new report is not so much just that torture is going on in

as a result two of the u.a.e. is discriminatory measures and campaign of hatred against properties my people have been and continue to be torn apart from their closest neighbors family members friends and crucial supplies and livelihoods on which they had a light well on thursday the united arab emirates had a chance to respond categorically denying all of the allegations levied against it by cattle it said that he had a problem not with the qatari people but only with the cattery government and denied that there had ever been a policy to expel catteries from the united arab emirates well starting the session was the us ambassador to the netherlands let me be clear there has been normalize expression of catteries from you we and the u.a.e. certainly has no policy to separate or thirty mics from use on the contrary as we will show the court using officials. and records be you we are going to stick up to the government of syria carefully major to have the least possible impact on ordinary people on friday both count

says it's taking the u.a.e. to the un international court of justice over human rights violations the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain in the egypt sever ties with khatib last june and expelled its citizens after says this violated the rights of its citizens the blockading countries have accused of supporting terrorism a charge that khatib the nies catlin is an international human rights lawyer he says the court process will be very slow. has taken an important first step in in taking that to the international court of justice now of course was the united arab emirates is a member and accepts the jurisdiction of the i.c.j. the other members do not so it would only be able to be brought against the u.a.e. at this stage of the proceedings before the into court of justice and fortunately. there will of course be an attempt to to mediate which ordinarily proceeds a full claim being heard which is what we are likely to see now and the un office of the high commission for human rights has has acknowledged that a complaint

control but the u.a.e. denies managing or running prisons in the country donna karen reports a window into what's being described as a world of rampant sexual torture and impunity these drawings were smuggled out of iraq to run prisons in yemen made on plastic plates with ink detainees held without charge or trial described humiliation to the associated press news agency one caption in arabic says it's real terrorism and another drawing prisoners being transported in a pickup truck are naked blindfolded and handcuffed. seven former detainees spoke to reporters about what they've witnessed they say rape electrocution and beatings took place at five detention centers including at the iraqi forces headquarters in the country the u.a.e. mission in geneva tweeted that it has never managed or run prisons or secret detention centers in yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen. we have got the best t

a year ago for come trees sand arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt sever ties with qatar and impose their forward brocade it's game after state news agency was packed and fake news posted on it. own investigation has found the group behind the hacking work from a saudi government minister and his phones and computers were connected to the saudi communications company in a separate development the arabia threatening military action against. russian weapons those reports in two of the biggest newspapers in france the figo and lamont they say the saudi crown prince has written to the presidents of friends the united states of america and the u.k.'s prime minister warning his ready to retaliate if acquire the s four hundred anti-aircraft defense systems by the threat of military action against their house is not new but located in countries were reportedly planning it the beginning of the crisis one year ago. as we mentioned the crisis began to unfold with qatar news agency was hacked on the twentieth of may for statements are to be to t

according to the new york times the saudis and u.a.e. offered to help the drone campaign before the election it's unclear if anything was done on his behalf with their money but it's an allegation special counsel robert muller is likely looking at the man at the center of many of these questions george nader is cooperating with the investigation. al-jazeera washington tuesday will mark one year since the blockade began we'll have a special program looking at the political economic and human impact of the crisis that's at eight hundred g.m.t. on tuesday here on al-jazeera the wall street journal is reporting the u.a.e. has asked the united states to help to take control of yemen's port of had data from who think rebels the red sea port serves as the main entry point for aid to reach millions of yemenis and there are ten american forces work together inside the country but the u.s. has so far stayed away from fighting around the port thousands of people could return to their homes in libya after a deal between two feuding communities peopl

the recalling of u.a.e. citizens from qatar and the closure of the u.a.e. space all qatari traffic accuses the u.a.e. of preventing access to individuals and companies when it comes to being able to access their assets and their property of denying people the right to education health care and judicial services and also violating its obligations under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of which the u.a.e. is a key signatory the u.a.e. hasn't said much ahead of this case although at least one amorality minister has accused this case of being simply a stunt to keep the blockade on cattle in the public eye qatar is hoping for a swift resolution a swift conclusion to this case both countries will have a chance to speak on friday before the court decides what will happen next attacks on for medical centers in syria have killed thirty two people including ten children the strikes were carried out by pro-government forces in the rebel controlled province of trying to recapture the area close to the border with jor

now the wall street journal is reporting the u.a.e. has asked the united states to help to take control of yemen's ports of her data from heathy rebels the red sea port serves as the main entry point for aid to reach millions of yemenis and mirage and american forces work together inside the country but the u.s. has so far stayed away from fighting around the port the former philippine president benigno aquino has appeared in court queues of ordering a vaccination campaign before a drug was fully tested and despite warnings of health risks eight hundred thousand children received the vaccine against the mosquito borne virus is now being linked to a number of deaths to matter i mean the gun has more from manila. former president benigno aquino appeared before a court here at the department of justice together with several members all the cabinet they submitted their counter. they're accused. of government funds criminal negligence and. until now. and even members of the prosecution did not appear today but this scandal is something that

a year ago four countries saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt sever ties with qatar and impose their forward blockade it's game after qatar state news agency was packed and fake news posted on it. own investigation has found the group behind the hacking work from a saudi government minister and his phones and computers were connected to the saudi communications company in a separate development size eurabia threatening military action against acquires washing weapons those reports in two of the biggest newspapers in france the figo and le monde they say the saudi crown prince has written to the presidents of friends and the united states of america and the u.k.'s prime minister warning his ready to retaliate if other acquires the s four hundred anti-aircraft defense systems but the threat of military action against their house is not you located in countries were reportedly planning it of the beginning of the crisis one year ago. as we mentioned the crisis began to unfold with qatar news agency was hacked on the twentieth of may

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qatar is having problems with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. behind and egypt what a lag you would miss that are many that deposit as part of this economic kids about deposit and the part and central bank it's usually known that this is leverage that the countries the donor countries use when they make these deposits that can be withdrawn at any time so it can there is a margin or creates a margin for bargaining and pressuring and using leverage against you know those countries and also the deficit i mean the jordans there is about fifty five billion dollars so one billion dollars not going to make any big difference i don't think it's that the jordanian leadership has shown this kind of. political games so either you'll pay me or i go with the other party i don't think that that's an issue i think that's they show yet i think jordan the joy division has sean a very thin position on this is that the issues on the issue of. jerusalem not endorsing the ultimate i don't think no matter what the pressure in my own readings because that jordan will

ambassador went on to remind the court what the political dispute between the u.a.e. and qatar is accusing the country once again of backing dangerous terrorist groups across the region something cattle vehemently deny. or doha is looking for is financial compensation for what it says is a reprimand damage caused by the blockade the u.a.e. denies that that damage has taken place on friday both countries will have a chance to speak again to sum up their final arguments and it will then be in the hands of the this court here in the hague to work out exactly what to do next but we do know that the u.a.e. is challenging the belated see of the court carrying on with this case any further saying that earlier forms of arbitration that should have been carried out before bringing this case to the court have not been exhausted first thank you for that nice barkha dollar trampas cetera wiil more details of an upcoming summit he'll hold with russia's vladimir putin the two leaders are expected to discuss the conflict in syria and ukraine our state department correspondent roslyn

intelligence agencies confirm that the u.a.e. was behind the attack next comes the big move june fifth bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt cut diplomatic ties with cancer and impose an economic embargo they accused of supporting terrorism which doha denies other neighbors try to ease the crisis q eight begins mediation turkey sends cargo planes full of food to casa and iran opens up its airspace on june twenty second the blockading nations released a list of thirteen demands including the closure of al-jazeera u.s. support for the blockade starts to waver in july as secretary of state rex tillerson visits kasa home to the biggest u.s. military base in the region in september immy addresses the un general assembly saying the blockade was an assault against a sovereign state not a violation of human rights but the blockading countries refused to sit down at the annual g.c.c. summit with cutters and the air in december meanwhile ties between the us and canada continue to strengthen president trump welcomes the amir to washingt

saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar have all spent millions of dollars on public relations and political lobbying as they seek to strengthen ties with the trumpet ministration and to bring the us media on side it is within the region itself where most of the public side of this is being fought on the airwaves one year on though the standoff continues and there is still no sign of al-jazeera going to block and it goes further because media coverage is one thing media campaigns are quite another and there have been these concerted particularly by outlets in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and particularly using social media has entered chapelle with more. the opening shots were fired by an army of. twitter bots are software that can be programmed to interact with other twitter accounts on their own to spread whatever message you program them to just tell them what to do you can even build or buy an army of. hundreds or thousands of them to flood twitter with your ideas to sting a conversation or hash tag until it ta

and through our reporting they had the government set up a committee to investigate the u.a.e. has continued to flatly deny any rule and you see it but it was going to you were no less prisoners have to be discovered hunger strikes to death. then tipsy from amnesty international thank you for talking to us today now i mentioned her day to the coalition and yemen says it has taken full control of her day the airport a key milestone and their friends have to push the hurt the rebels from the city by fighting does continue in the area the yemeni army is now blocking the road between her by the province and the capital sanaa as they try to cut rebel supply lines and ideas from hashem obama. it sets by.

the wall street journal is reporting that the u.a.e. is asked the united states to help it take control of yemen's port of data from the rebels the red sea port serves the main entry point or as the main entry point for aid to reach millions of yemenis iraqi and american forces work together inside the country but the u.s. has so far stayed away from any fighting around the port. and i'll does the investigation has found that saudi arabia played a bigger role in causing the gulf crisis than previously thought the report shows the cast our news agencies website was hacked in may last year by a group that was working from a saudi government ministry in riyadh the phones and computers were connected to a saudi communications company hackers posted fake quotes attributed to katter's amir that led saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt to cut ties with kata and impose a blockade well a second french newspaper is reporting that saudi arabia is threatening military action against kata if it requires acquires russian weapons the figaro says

say that doha has misled the court the blockade on castle by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt began nearly thirteen months ago. we'll get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then. a mix of women are arrested as they protest against the u.s. president zero tolerance policy on immigration plus. the father's getting increasingly desperate in the hunt for a football team stuck in a flooded thai cave. and its fourth defending exponents national champion carolina is knocked out details coming up so. welcome back it's time to look at the americas sound and this forecast we've got some heavy showers across southeastern areas there across parts of louisiana into alabama georgia may see a few shows so too for the florida peninsula further towards the north have got some heavy rain just clearing through when a page is to cross the far north of the united states and into canada but the eastern seaboard generally fine conditions with new york and washington seen temperatures into the thirty's and that continues as we head on through into the start of the