it is quite clear that the u.a.e. . has embarked upon a discriminatory practice against the target nationals and as we've heard it it has affected sars education employment business interests and a whole host of other issues so it's a very important case that needs to be argued the u.a.e. as one would expect has dismissed the allegations as they tend to amount to such as this but it's going to have to provide some strong justification for the actions because the actions are all a well established and based on credible evidence of credible reports so for the court to accept the u.a.e. position they're going to have to be convinced that first of all could tell has done nothing to prevent what they had ruled several months ago but also that the practice continues as we see in the u.a.e. is continuing to discriminate against our nationals who are plenty more ahead on the news hour and committing fasting during the holy month of ramadan in yemen a country facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis why both of activists has

for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen the series of strikes was a successful operation targeting the military installations in the capital sanaa but these pictures depict another reality residents say the attacks targeted barely civilian areas and that an entire family was buried under the rubble. it is very clear that what happened this money here in sun i was a response to the through the whole drone attacks on the. oil facilities in riyadh it is very clear but unfortunately it was 2. blind completely blind. because there is only in killing women and children in there is it until area the escalation comes a few days after the healthy is attacked an oil pipeline near the saudi capital riyadh using 7 drones. it's the most daring military operation by the hood since the start of the war 4 years ago at a sign of the growing military capabilities the saudi u.a.e. coalition remains adamant its as its military campaign in yemen will continue until the military installations are destroyed thanks these are the

because only qatar and the u.a.e. are signatories to it so this is what you're seeing unfolding today and i can tell you these are both signs of employed the world's top lawyers to get these case and they're really going into mudslinging we've been hearing them accusing cut of forging documents really almost some people would argue childish arguments on both sides but that is something that is costing millions of dollars to both sides but certainly at this point in time the blockade doesn't seem to indicate any ending anytime soon i was going to ask you to stand in fact it's almost two years now sensible kind of contact whatever the world's top court decide likely and the dispute. well yes it still hasn't made a final ruling in this case and this case is particularly against the discrimination of custody citizens inside the u.a.e. now from what we understand none of the students that were studying studying there have been able to return also yes there is a way for call them citizens to go to the or even again it's thi

it is quite clear that the u.a.e. . has embarked on a discriminatory practice against qatari nationals and as we've heard it it has affected sars education employment business interests and a whole host of other issues so it's a very important case that needs to be argued the u.a.e. as one would expect has dismissed the other patients as they tend to amount to such as this but it's going to have to provide some strong justification for the actions because the actions are all a well established and based on credible evidence of credible reports so for the court it would set the u.a.e. position they're going to have to be convinced that first alcatel has done nothing to prevent what they had ruled several months ago but also that the practice continues as we see in the u.a.e. is continuing to discriminate against our nationals what does a verdict in favor all not in favor of qatar mean in the much bigger picture of in terms of the blockade does the case collapse in terms of the u.s. arguments against qatar and therefore h

bad governments accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war a lot of company for coughed up its offensive to take the capital it's the first time it's named the united arab emirates as a backup of huffed and his forces the world health organization says more than four hundred people have been killed and thousands have been injured in his month long campaign to control tripoli the fighting has continued during ramadan despite u.n. calls for a cease fire. in line with the position that was taken by the peace and security council of the african union we strongly appeal for this assertion of a stupid us for a ceasefire. at least we have now an initiative as you know for a truce getting ramadan but what we need is a ceasefire secession or stupidities and. foreign interference is to allow libyans to be able to once again come together and discuss seriously politically a way. mom or dad or heads joining me now live from tripoli. find a standard correctly the u.n. was over a year ago suggesting in one report that the u.n

the u.a.e. also has a history of supplying wing loons to us forces and also is one of the most professional forces in the gulf which is probably one of the only ones capable of mounting a sustained day and night strike campaign with close coordination of these ground forces at range so while egypt is one possible. actor in this the u.a.e. remains the overwhelming likely suspect if it is the case that the united arab emirates have been responsible for this want to do they gain strategically by carrying out this kind of attack. well first of all they both provide battlefield tactical support to have those forces and they also by making a bet on and demonstrating that they can quietly launch quite coordinated relatively precise attacks at significant distance reinforce the current image as one of the most capable militaries in the gulf and certainly as we've seen in yemen the one to whom for example saudi arabia with a much larger force on the face of it will often turn to for the more complex and

is of those countries and that is angering the protestors because those countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt haven't even sent them back so it is to meet with the protest movement yet they are meeting at very high level with the transitional moves you counsel ok and racan with the latest from khartoum memoranda. yes national security advisor says he is quote almost certain that iranian naval mines damaged oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month but anger about any evidence to back up that statement he is currently visiting the u.a.e. for more let's go live to say mr abi who is and tehran so what's what is their reaction and tehran is saying about these accusations. well rachele ever since the united states pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal a little over a year ago perhaps even ever since u.s. president donald trump became what was a candidate for the u.s. presidency the battle between the united states and iran has seemed to be a battle for narratives and that seems to be picking up steam again ahead of an important meeting between arab leaders l

is part of this because only the u.a.e. and qatar a part of this convention against the elimination of discrimination so this is where at tomorrow you'll have closing arguments from both sides and then the court is going to go away and see whether they will agree to the point that the u.a.e. is making it's a lot of back and forth he said she said the bigger picture is there is still no final ruling from this court but again if you look at the situation it also doesn't look like the blockade is going to end anytime soon i tried to speak to the delegation yesterday and they wouldn't even talk to us because one of the issues is on the table is they want al-jazeera to be shut down or certainly reined in so the divisions remain as far as ever and i think at the moment certainly no indication that that blockade is going to be lifted any time soon before the moment stephanie thank you so if you talk about in the hague. now a ceasefire between israel and palestinian groups in gaza appears to be holding on its third day the truce ca

security council experts believe the u.a.e. is flying chinese made drones out of air base in eastern libya a u.s. c. report from twenty seventeen also details the ways the u.a.e. has violated the embargo for years the u.n. asking the emirates he's to explain why they transferred attack helicopters and other aircraft capable of dropping laser guided bombs to air bases under have to control along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons you have to fight and i heard of a lot of it was well that we this is a neutral committee that works under the u.n. report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular. not anyone else in the u.s. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown

it is quite clear that the u.a.e. . has embarked upon a discriminatory practices against qatari nationals and as we've heard it it has affected sars education employment business interests and a whole host of other issues so it's a very important case that needs to be argued the u.a.e. as one would expect has dismissed the allegations as they tend to amount to such as this but it's going to have to provide some strong justification for the actions because the actions are all a well established and based on credible evidence of credible reports so for the court to accept the u.a.e. position they're going to have to be convinced that first of all could tell has done nothing to prevent what they had ruled several months ago but also that the practice continues as we see in the u.a.e. is continuing to discriminate against guitar nationals. venezuela now where the country's top court has opened criminal cases against six opposition politicians after last week's failed attempt to oust president nicolas maduro opposition leade

report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and help al jazeera. to reuters journalist who spent sixteen months in a me and my prison for reporting on the military crackdown on the rangar have been freed while alone and were serving a seven year sentence for violating the official secrets act both men were reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports on a case that strong international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while lone and walked to freedom they left insane prison and yang gone moments after finding out their names were on a list of thousands of inmates to be freed in a presidential amnesty their immediate thoughts were for those c

yes so far out of the u.a.e. and others they consider out for jay and are as far away from detention in a less state of hormuz. oh in spite that it's 150 kilometers far and it's not a distance in that area but they feel that when they bypass the state of hormuz and. transport their island or through the. through the pipelines to the port of that means that can they can avoid. the cut of oil. exporting oil when most is shot this incident and dictates that. along with that as the almost as cut or option that means pushchair as one notable and the range of all people that does not mean that iran has done this or any other side or any other proxy or any other site in order to ignite despotic for this in this tension but this exposed the disick unity of the part of a and r. and all the parts especially this is very important point in. terms of the united arab emirates experience experience in administering and dining ports all over the world and this is a major breach in this security so there are many a strategic out

report clearly shows that the u.a.e. in particular not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and help al jazeera. venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven politicians he supported last week's coal for an uprising by opposition leader one on she say he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro well the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence that's after he broke ranks with president maduro u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement at the annual washington conference on the americas it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose. if the supreme court

alarm in the gulf after ships are attacked off the u.a.e. coast does it mean for global oil supplies can anyone secure shipping lines in the form of legion this is inside. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than sabotaged and significantly damaged saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers were attacked off the coast of the u.a.e. riyadh also called on the international community to protect maritime navigation the incidents happened off the coast of for j.-a the emir 8 denied reports of explosions at its fort on sunday but the immorality government later said 4 commercial ships flagged under several nationalities had been hit or where there were no injuries or deaths the attack was condemned by several countries including iran. foreign ministry spokesman say that he has called for an investigation saying the incidents in the city of oman are alarming and regrettable such incidents will have a negative impact on the security of shipping and maritime transport in the region regional states should be alert about the conspiracies orchestrate

report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al-jazeera. the international court of justice is hearing cutter's case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights cuts the government says the u.a.e. targeted its citizens when it expelled all qatar is and stopped them from entering the u.a.e. after the blockade began and twenty seventeen the u.a.e. for its part claims cut there is hampering amorality efforts to improve the situation which caught a denies all the details now with stephanie there in the hague. it is the second time in the history of the international court of justice that a respondent is coming up with a case requesting provisional measures what does that mean wel

as a case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights cats ours government says the u.a.e. targeted its citizens based on their national origin when it expelled all catteries and stopped them from entering the u.a.e. ofter the twenty seven thousand blockades cats are says rights to marriage medical care education property ownership and employment have all been restricted and a rights group has registered more than one thousand one hundred complaints over the last two years the u.a.e. claims qatar is hampering its efforts to improve the situation a charge that cats are has denied stephanie decker has more from that hearing in the hague. yesterday we heard from the united arab emirates exactly that how they are of how bring what the court had suggested last year which is to allow citizens back into the united arab emirates the reunification the reunification of families and also students saying that culture was hampering efforts through blocking a website that the emirates now need to call to the citizens to apply a visa for and also other different measures so today we will

might be better for kenya because of course kenya is closer to the u.a.e. so it just depends on what kind of connection there are between regions djibouti schools is the u.a.e. than it is of africa so course it depends maybe countries like zambia zimbabwe able to benefit more than say you know djibouti if you or anyone for the real way from south africa bonnie thank you very much for coming in greece is experiencing a tourism added and best of boom property prices have risen by 2 percent since last year when the i.m.f. bailout program came to an end construction permits have risen by more than 10 percent but while all this growth is good for the economy in athens local communities a feeling the pinch is the deluge rebecca rivers. from an economy in tatters rises a city in the not long ago athens lay at the heart of the country's debt crisis now tourism is fueling a real estate revival but the knock on effects aren't always desirable to the locals the labor changer because a lot of people because all those virtually throw them out in order to explode their a

report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular up with the. not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the un writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al-jazeera. venezuela's supreme court says ordered the prosecution of seven politicians who supported last week's colfer an uprising by opposition leader one on tuesday he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro richey police stops journalists from entering the assembly and the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence after he broke ranks with president maduro u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement sent the annual washington conference on the americas it is time for the supreme court in ven

in the u.a.e. supported by egypt have their own interest in what happens in sudan the 1st interest is obviously the water in iraq the war in yemen the sudanese support forces are actually participating in sudan obviously saudi arabia and u.a.e. would want to continue participation of sudan there what the 2 countries would also want to avoid the possibility of a proper evolution of the sort that is happening you sudan from happening in their own country but more broadly there is this regional battle between us saudi arabia on the one hand and qatar and turkey on the other hand playing out in the horn of africa more broadly including in sudan those are all interests that makes it imperative on saudi arabia and regular forces to support the military because their interest is more aligned with the military rather than anyone else at the moment because of the whole team how do you feel about all of these different countries playing a role in sudan well 1st of all we have to understand that most of these

in the u.a.e. supported by egypt have their own interest in what happens in sudan the 1st interest is obviously the water in iraq the war in yemen the sudanese support forces are actually participating in sudan obviously saudi arabia and u.a.e. would want to continue participation of sudan there what the 2 countries would also want to avoid the possibility of a popular revolution of the sort that is happening is freedom from happening in their own country but more broadly there is this regional battle between us saudi arabia on the one hand and qatar and turkey on the other hand playing out in the horn of africa more broadly including in sudan those are all interests that makes it imperative on saudi arabia and regular forces to support the military because their interest is more aligned with the military rather than anyone else at the moment because of the whole team how do you feel about all of these different countries playing a role in sudan well 1st of all we have to understand that most of th

didn't provide any evidence to back up his comments he's currently visiting the u.a.e. where he said america's response has been successful in deterring what he described as threats from iran in the region let's go live to syria's same bus rafi is that what's been saying about these accusations from jumbo. well it in the last hour iran's foreign ministry spokesman a bus mousavi has categorically denied and rejected what he called john bolton's ridiculous allegations against iran he also characterized the u.s. national security adviser as a warmongering figure in his comments saying that there is no evidence to suggest that iran carried this out that these are blatant accusations and earlier this morning we heard from iran's president hassan rouhani saying that the united states has made many contradictory statements in the past few weeks and i'll read you a quote from his weekly cabinet meeting in which he said our basis is not to rely on america's words whenever they stop oppressing oppression towards iran and put cruel sanctions aside and stick to their commitments re

might be better for kenya because of course kenya is closer to the u.a.e. so it just depends on what kind of connection there are between regions djibouti as close as the u.a.e. than it is of africa so course it depends maybe countries like zambia zimbabwe able to benefit more than say you know djibouti if you or anyone for the real way from south africa is going to thank you very much for coming in greece is experiencing a tourism added and best of boom property prices have risen by 2 percent since last year when the i.m.f. bailout program came to an end construction permits have risen by more than 10 percent but while all this growth is good for the economy in athens local communities a feeling the pinch is the don't use rebecca rivers. from an economy in tatters rises a city in the not long ago athens lay at the heart of the country's debt crisis now tourism is fueling a real estate revival but the knock on effects aren't always desirable to the locals but never changing because a lot of people because all those virtually throw them out in order to explo

he's met with the abdul fattah el-sisi the lead egypt and the crown prince of the u.a.e. mohammed bin side that's angered them because they say that the transitional council is effectively acting like a government and is taking these high level meetings and those countries haven't actually sent their ambassadors which would normally be protocol to the protest movement to find out what ready their demands are now in the last 24 hours we did see one of the senior leaders of the transitional magick council go to ethiopia i meet with the president to go to a bit of a frosty reception that the president of ethiopia insisting that the transition to a civilian led government needed to happen very quickly all right emraan khan live in khartoum emraan thank you. this national security advisor says he is quote almost certain iranian naval mines damage oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month john bolton did not provide any evidence to back up his comments he is currently visiting the u.a.e. where he said america's response has been successful in the

now what we're seeing in terms of this attack on the u.a.e. port the allegations of an attack that the united states says was carried out by iran iran has said that that was possibly a false flag operation carried out by the united states or israel also providing no evidence for this so certainly they are on opposite sides of a story that both countries leaders are trying to control and to that end in the last few weeks what iran has been doing is pushing the diplomacy narrative they've been trying to reach out to gulf arab neighbors they've said that their arms are wide open and they're willing to sign a non-aggression pact sudan is into its 2nd day of a nationwide strike that protesters hope will force the transitional military council back to the negotiating table protest leaders call for the action as part of their push for a civilian authority but the military council says the strike could lead to cuts and electricity and water services and that may put lives at risk. israeli government has again reduced causes fishing area from 50 nautic

oman q weight and council the countries imposing their blockade on qatar including saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain of all spoken out against iran operate accuses it of supporting its shia opposition to the fuelling unrest saudi arabia and the u.a.e. said that iran is a major regional threat they're leading the coalition against iranian backed hooty rebels in yemen israel is called iran its number one enemy and condemns its support to the for the syrian government and lebanon based has ball up the u.s. and israel both accusing iran of supplying weapons to the group. joining me now in the studio as much observer a who's the director of the gulf studies center university could see again what are we to make of the fact that qantas prime minister will be attending these talks in saudi arabia i think this is a political move those out of these summits you know in a very critical time i think that seize this opportunity to attend to have its voice heard by others because they have asked who is invited invited and also they did not you know they did attend all of the summits previously in the

hello at least 6 civilians have been killed in saudi u.a.e. coalition air strikes on yemen's capital sanaa the media say 2 military positions were targeted residential areas were also hit on tuesday the who claimed responsibility for a drone attacks that shut down a major oil pipeline in saudi arabia let's get the latest and speak to. a yemeni journalist who's joining us on the phone from sun can you tell us what you're hearing about the latest casualty figures we are hearing that at least 6 civilians have been killed so far. the number of civilians killed and injured. expected to be even more than. 6 of course because the. pictures we received from the site which we are we are very close to. the new things that we can turn out a good. ratio was told. to mention now from. from some sources in. ministry. for the vatican. a lot of. even higher than just sex but. the saudi led coalition that says it strikes have targeted 9 military sites in and around the city can you confirm these reports because then there are can transfer addicting reports fro

one initial let's say step of the international court saying that the u.a.e. needed to allow qatari students back into the country needed to allow the renewed cation of families because of course when the blockade started the emirates gave qatari citizens fourteen days to leave the country it's become a very personal issue of what is a political spat well we are now expecting the emirates to present what they want to see going forward which are things that include they allege that qatar is blocking a website that allows called the citizens to apply for a morality visas and also a clampdown on the al-jazeera news channels all be hearing from the emirates will be hearing from caught and then the court will go away and think about it the bottom line is this it is now almost two years since the blockade in countries closed air land and sea access to qatar also expelling its citizens has become a very personal issue qatar says that what the court suggested still hasn't been implemented and this is the top court in the world when it comes to resolving disputes betwe

saudi u.a.e. coalition air strikes on the yemeni capital sana'a could at least 6 members of one family including 4 children. and growing anger from sudan's opposition after the military suspends talks following violent protests. hello the us president has proposed an overhaul of the country's immigration system that he says will put american workers 1st reforms would mark a shop shift away from the u.s. tradition of welcoming migrants to their country however it's highly unlikely his plan will get through congress and many see it as more of a campaign speech than a serious bid to pass new legislation donald trump says the changes will transform the immigration system into the envy of the modern world and he says they would stop illegal immigration and protect the border. we are proposing an immigration plan that puts the jobs wages and safety of american workers 1st. our proposal is pro american pro immigrant and pro worker it's just common sense it will help all of our people including millions o

now what we're seeing in terms of this attack on the u.a.e. port the allegations of an attack that the united states says was carried out by iran iran has said that that was possibly a false flag operation carried out by the united states or israel also providing no evidence for this so certainly they are on opposite sides of a story that both countries leaders are trying to control and to that end in the last few weeks what iran has been doing is pushing the diplomacy narrative they've been trying to reach out to gulf arab neighbors they've said that their arms are wide open and they're willing to sign a non-aggression pact kosovan serbs have protested against arrests in the in kosovo demonstrations are angry about police raids on the semi autonomous region largely populated by ethnics. dozens of people were arrested in an empty smuggling operation earlier this week so be it says the move was designed to intimidate and has put its troops on high alert. israeli government has reduced gaza's fishing zone 3 days after allowing palestinian boats

recognized government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war oh sorry for have taught in is offensive to take the capital prime minister. in europe to gather support against have tossed military campaign has met with the tiny and prime minister just simply cantin rome and will travel to germany and france in the coming days this is the first time the un recognized libyan government has named the ninety's abu ammar size a supporter of have tom and his forces. has more from tripoli. the only confidential report is pointing to the possibility of involvement by the united arab emirates in supporting the warlords who for have to do with the drawings and missiles we know that the panel of experts at the united nations say that this kind of missile is called the blue arrow missile it's air air to surface chinese made missile and it's appeared to a drawn called wing long we know that this long drawn is among civil other fighter jets heard him. that's the united arab emirates. in the east of libya it's run by officers and

alarm in the gulf after ships are attacked off the u.a.e. coast does it mean for global oil supplies can anyone secure shipping lines of the region this is inside. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than sabotage and significantly damaged saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers were attacked off the coast of the u.a.e. riyadh also called on the international community to protect maritime navigation the incidents happened off the coast of for j.-a the emir 8 denied reports of explosions at its port on sunday but the m r r 3 government later said 4 commercial ships flagged under several nationalities had been hit or though there were no injuries or deaths the attack was condemned by several countries including iran foreign ministry spokesman say that he has called for an investigation saying the incidents in the city of amman are alarming and regrettable such incidents will have a negative impact on the security of shipping and maritime transport in the region regional states should be alert about the conspiracies orchestrated by ill wi

u.a.e. yemen jordan libya kuwait no country has more reported cases of abuse to mexico or we can see here is the approximate locations ip addresses of infected devices the thing is we don't know how many devices are within any of these networks it could be one it could be 2. sided mexico because this has been implicated in other high profile cases. the new york times reported that it was used against the mirror of qatar in 2014 and then in 2017 the ex president of panama was arrested for using it against political rivals there's a gold rush of investment into this industry and many countries are like you know what after the snowden revelations i've seen this technology i've seen what it can do why don't we have some in all these cases that we looked at how confident are you that it was pegasus you know was it us or there are remarkable number of abuse cases that we've encountered especially in mexico but also linked to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and those lines drawn back to as. pegasus all

for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in the series of strikes was a successful operation targeting cruise the military installations in the capital. sun. but these pictures depict another reality residents say the attacks targeted barely civilian areas and that an entire family was buried under the rubble my it is very clear that what happened this morning here in sun i was a response to that through the whole drone attacks on the. oil facilities in riyadh it is very clear but unfortunately it was. blind completely blind. because it is only in killing women and children in there is additional area the escalation comes a few days after the her theists attacked an oil pipeline near the saudi capital riyadh using 7 drones. it's the most daring military operation by the her theories since the start of the war 4 years ago and a sign of their growing military capabilities the saudi u.a.e. coalition remains adamant its as its military campaign in yemen will continue until the military installations are destroyed thank

u.a.e. coalition air strikes on yemen's capital sanaa who the media say 2 military positions were targeted residential areas were also hits on tuesday the fees claimed responsibility for several drone attacks that shut down a major oil pipeline in saudi arabia. and talks between sudan's opposition coalition and the military council have been suspended for 3 days this follows a recent upsurge in violence the negotiations are trying to decide who heads up a council that will oversee the transition to civilian rule opposition supporters say they'll continue demonstrating. sri lanka's government says hardline buddhist groups are under investigation over recent wave of anti muslim attacks at least 31 people have appeared in court in connection with the attack. we also ensure that those people who are behind these were arrested and today yesterday also last night would be days peace in this country nothing has happened so even if we feel that these are all going nased attacks on. business houses p

security council experts believe the u.a.e. is flying the chinese made drones out of air base in eastern libya a u.s. c. report from twenty seventeen also details the ways the u.a.e. has violated the embargo for years the u.n. asking the iraqis to explain why they transferred attack helicopters and other aircraft capable of dropping laser guided bombs to air bases under have to ask. troll along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons. this is a neutral committee that works under the un report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular abu dhabi not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the un writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al jazeera. a shipwreck pul

saudi u.a.e. coalition airstrikes on the yemeni capital sana'a at least 6 members of one family including women and children. and australia has one bats under threat we have a special report on a painful and deadly disease that's attacking their very existence. hello the u.s. president has proposed an overhaul of the country's immigration system that he says will put american workers 1st donald trump says the changes will transform the immigration system into the envy of the modern world and he says the plan would stop illegal immigration and protect the border. we are proposing an immigration plan that puts the jobs wages and safety of american workers 1st. our proposal is pro american pro immigrant and pro worker it's just common sense it will help all of our people including millions of devoted immigrants to achieve the american dream a white house correspondent can really how could joins us live so what details can give us about the reforms he outlined. yeah well the white house is advocating

john bolton's visit to the u.a.e. comes as regional leaders gather in saudi arabia for several summits over the next few days foreign ministers from member states of the organization of islamic cooperation at u.t. meet in jeddah at of talks on friday the growing tension between the u.s. and iran and washington's plan on the future of israel and palestine are expected to top the agenda. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then. an ailing economy and rising violence a tough road ahead for nigeria's president and his 2nd. on parched in pakistan villages have to find pastures new as the animals die of thirst. out of the rain seems to be behaving itself as the season was just known with most in southern china running back towards vietnam but not to the exclusion of elsewhere in grand dog the heaviest rains been reported recently 120 minutes or thereabouts in the last 24 hours similar to.

libya's un back to government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting warlord probably for hof dog and it's offensive to say the capital this is the first time it's named the united arab emirates as a. the world health organization says more than four hundred people have been killed and thousands have been injured in his month long campaign to gain tripoli fighting his continue during ramadan despite the u.n. calls for a cease fire and a cease fire between armed groups in gaza and the israeli military appears to be holding but israel is warning the campaign is not over twenty five palestinians and four israelis were killed in cross border attacks since saturday. and those are the headlines more details on all these stories of course the web site al-jazeera dot com these continues here after the stream by for that. the differences. and the similarities of cultures of. al-jazeera. i for me ok and you're going to stream today what challenges does ramadan pose for muslims with eating disorders sounding off the games we'll take a look

to share the world cup with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. would put an end to the gulf crisis was basically pie in the sky could council have hosted a $48.00 team tournament at this stage if it had to without the involvement of other countries in the region it probably would have been difficult. fact of the matter is that gutter since 2010 has been preparing for a 32 team world cup and expand out by but basically. half of that so going from 32 to 48 would have been an enormous task in the last stretch towards the other world cup and i think that got a may have been willing to share with with oman in kuwait keep in mind the romance been very helpful to god during the. during this whole gulf crisis in the last 2 years and kuwait is the mediator but there was no way that it could be shared with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. as long as the boycott was in place and the boycott is about much more than the world cup as you've written the middle east is passionate about football what happens i know it's still a long way off but what happens if the can

weapons and america's support for the saudi u.a.e. campaign in yemen has become a significant political issue as you just heard him make mention of well we can now speak to joe ruben who is president of the washington strategy group and former assistant secretary of state he's joining us live from washington thanks for talking to us. that point the allen our correspondent made a little bit earlier that many people are pointing out that there is a certain resonance a certain echo if you like of this particular time with 2003 in the run up to the war in iraq is that something that you would agree with. what 19 echoes busy definitely and i served at the state department during the 20022003 period in the bush administration as a career officer and i recall how clearly the administration at that time was moving in maneuvering our troops towards the region prior to any congressional authorization for the war and so what we're seeing now while not at all at that same scale we're seeing moves in discreet methods in areas the arms sale now to

national security advisor says oil tankers damaged up the coast of the u.a.e. were almost certainly attack using iranian naval minds and i jury as president against a 2nd term look at the challenges muhammadu buhari faces. chinese tech giant wall way has stepped up its legal fight against u.s. sanctions a company filed a motion in court to have a ban on its business deemed unconstitutional u.s. federal agencies and contractors are barred from using weiwei equipment for national security reasons chief legal officer says the u.s. is targeting the chinese tech giant for political gain we believe that u.s. politicians are use in cyber security it's an excuse to gain kompany the support for actions they doubt these signed to achieve those goals these actions would do nothing to make matter works most cool they provide a false sense of security and these direct attention from the real challenges we face adrian brown has more from always headquarters sentients in china. well it's hard to think of any company in the world that could survive the sort of assaulted while

along the gulf off the ships are attacked off the u.a.e. coast does it mean for global oil supplies can anyone secure shipping lines in the false region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than sabotaged and significantly damaged saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers were attacked off the coast of the u.a.e. but all the also cold.

libya's un back to governments accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war a lot of dog in his offensive to take the capital this is the first time the libyan government has named the united arab emirates as a supporter of huffed out and its forces meanwhile the prime minister of libya's government of national accord fires is holding meetings with the italian prime minister recep equality in rome he's in europe to drum up support against military campaign. and details of president donald trump's tax payments it still won't be released his treasury secretary has rejected a demand by the house of representatives to turn over six years' worth of trump's business and personal tax returns see version says the request lacks legitimate legislative purpose. those are the headlines more all these stories of course on the web site al jazeera dot com coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story from our. eritrea lashes out at the un's refugee agency as mara claims the organization us forcibly relocated some of its citizens stranded in li

the u.a.e. is part of the sorry the coalition that's backing the government in its fight against who these now with new tension between allies yemenis living on so contra are hoping the island doesn't become a new battleground cards he'll go pursue the jaan al-jazeera. hundreds of protesters have tried to stop the transfer of french weapons to solve the arabiya the demonstrations were organized by rights groups and response to an investigation alleging that french weapons have been used by cell these against civilians that we haven't president emanuel mcconnell's under increasing pressure to review arms sales to the kingdom we see this is a junior war in yemen is a difficult war we are turned into supporters of saudi arabia and if we the french citizens do not try to stop arms sales will be accessories to his business we don't want we don't want to be in the situation the french president shouldn't be allowed to decide on his own whether france should sell weapons this decision should belong to

it was a sidebar to the main case theory which is of course qatar taking the u.a.e. to court here saying that it is discriminating against its citizens the bigger picture is this this is a political dispute that is almost two years in the making a blockade of qatar by four countries closing land borders closing its airspace you have the national carrier qatar airways when it flies down having to circumvent saudi arabia the united arab emirates when it flies anywhere it's costing all these countries millions and millions of dollars but also it's become personal they've expelled citizens a company citizens from their country making it far more difficult now to access their studies or families in a region where there's a lot of intermarriage and a lot of family links so this is why we are here this is the biggest court in the world let's say when it comes to disputes between states both teams of hires. the best lawyers there are and they are now arguing really into semantics about pretty much he said she said who did what and who is preventing the other from doing what

blames iran for some of touching for oil tankers of the u.a.e. coast earlier this month tehran denies it has accused the americans of trying to start a war and u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran are working and could force terror to the table. china is becoming very weak. just. a very weak. one the radio. then was probably has more now from tehran. mr foley. is a senior member of parliament and the chairman of the national security and foreign policy commission of the iranian parliament he's the same man who tweeted about 2 weeks ago that iran and the united states needed a table somewhere in the region to sit down and discuss how to deescalate ongoing tensions not just over economic sanctions but that was around the same time that we saw the u.s. military buildup gaining steam here in this part of the middle east he had suggested that iraq or qatar could serve as that place since then japan and pakistan have also said that they'd be willing to mediate tensions between to iran and washington and mr comments today give us a se

it is quite clear that the u.a.e. . is involved upon a discriminatory practices against the target nationals and as we've heard it it has affected sars education employment business interests and a whole host of other issues so it's a very important case that needs to be argued the u.a.e. as one would expect has dismissed the allegations as they tend to amount to such as this but it's going to have to provide some strong just the cation for the actions because the actions of a well established and based on credible evidence a credible reports so for the court to accept the u.a.e. position they're going to have to be convinced that first of all qatar has done nothing to prevent what they had ruled several months ago but also that the practice continues as we see in the u.a.e. is continuing to discriminate against bashar nationals a bakkie sunny christian woman who spent eight years on death row in a blasphemy case has left the country. says she's in canada six months ago she was acquitted by pakistan's supreme court the

for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen the series of strikes was a successful operation targeting the military installations in the capital sanaa but these pictures depict another reality residents say the attacks targeted barely civilian areas and that an entire family was buried under the rubble my it is very clear that what happened this morning here in sun i was a response to that through the whole drone attacks on the. oil facilities in riyadh it is a very clear but unfortunately it was. blind a completely blind. response because there is only in killing women and children in there is additional area the escalation comes a few days after the healthy is attacked an oil pipeline near the saudi capital riyadh using 7 drones. it's the most daring military operation by the hood theories since the start of the war 4 years ago and a sign of their growing military capabilities the saudi u.a.e. coalition remains adamant its as its military campaign in yemen will continue until the military installations are

saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. will they be able to form some sort of consensus on iran i don't believe so i think one of the main reasons for that are participating so strongly in this summit it's because. 8. and the other players in the arab world believe very strongly that this is collation is not needed it will not result in any good for their security of the region as a whole and these countries want to be part of the discussion they need to be about this question and they want to ash allies politics in the region we've seen a lot of rational movement when it comes to the politics of the arab world and this article in general because of the movement inside there to be in the u.a.e. with me to get into the actual the national politics and i believe that the omanis the kuwaiti there rocky they all believe in the same matter i've got that has never been a gated. responsibilities toward the arab world. all the time it's got out of the way or the present it strongly and couple has always been very adamant about bei

crisis the diplomatic spat started with saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt sever ties with qatar imposed a land sea and blockade the blockade in quarter accuse qatar of supporting extremism accusations strongly dismissed but the target government kuwait is mediating in the conflict and the u.s. is concerned the feud might undermine its efforts to isolate iran and defeat icily in the middle east the strategy is flawed from the state law because in one sense. they don't want to talk to iran iran has asked for a dialogue and they don't want to sit on the table and talk to iran and sort out all the issues that we have of iran on the other hand there are instead of uniting and unifying the gulf region to stand as a bloc a solid block they're actually dividing it into different countries they are this. integrating. regional organization that you see there a conflict within between the g.c.c. member states the blockade against scott card so you can't have one group standing against your own if you want to push back in one sense and this and this group is