their final arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague qatar took the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice if barker joins us live now from the hague so what are you been hearing this morning a house has been playing out in a. well a very very dense legal debate is underway at the moment katz on the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the highest court the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to actually carry on with this case just explain very simply the u.a.e. is accused of violating the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination the u.a.e. is a key signatory of that nine hundred sixty five convention and when there are accusations of violating the convention there's a protocol to follow that includes firstly negotiating between two opposing sides of two opposing countries referring a complaint

first day that instigating nations in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the most and factions in libya in isolating the tiny gulf nation. on the second day of the crisis the effects were beginning to show. qatari citizens in the blockading countries were making arrangements to vacate and return to their homeland. qatar's population is made up predominantly of the ex-pats and foreign workers almost ninety percent and could not risk losing its workforce. airlines were struggling to handle the travel restrictions and some grocery stores in the capital were unable to restock their supplies. there was a sense in many quarters that some sort of action may occur. in recent history there were many signs that qatar was being targeted. this current crisis is not an isolated incident from one thousand nine hundred five up to the present day the dominant team in relations between saudi arabia the u.a.e. 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

support internationally among key allies. to make matters worse for the u.a.e. a series of leaked emails from their ambassador to the us youssef taiba revealed a concerted effort to turn the us away from qatar. kuwait that had experienced aggression from its neighbor iraq almost two decades earlier took on the role of mediator urging both sides to open lines of dialogue the current emir of kuwait was the foreign minister of his country when the g.c.c. was founded he hosted the first meeting that led to the formation of the g.c.c. and so for him it's always been since the crisis last year in any spoken about it extremely personal he has made this a matter of honor for the generation that founded the g.c.c. . 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

arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague qatar to the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on too hard by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice a barker has more from the hague. there was a tense legal battle underway at the moment casts of the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to continue with this case just to remind you the u.a.e. has been accused by cats are of violating the international convention on the eradication of all forms of racial discrimination which the u.a.e. is a key signatory and there are procedures to follow if there are accusations of violation of these key treaty firstly that the nations in question speak to each other directly in order to try and come to some sort of solution secondly that the complaint is referred to the committee in charge of this treaty and finally that it's referred here to the un's highest

i think without the us the saudis and the 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 cities and malls and ok let me let me jump in here l

little more cloud just towards. my just a little more that cloud just sliding its way towards u.a.e. as well say feeling somewhat more humid for a time at least as we go on into sunday the humidity should ease off that cloud just slide this way to southern parts of saudi arabia meanwhile some thickening cloud also making its way into the western cape and into the selling cape all south africa see how it slides its way through when a the rain in cape town places say we may see some over the next couple of days that right slicing through saturday and sunday. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking story news but it was in the truck didn't happen on the boy told through the eyes of the world journalists the images matter a lot of international politics joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the big third is someone from the country who guides you who leads you to the story of the bar line tells us who wrote the listening post on al-jazeera and the reported world on. u.s. and british companie

they were raped and abused by yemeni go it's working on the u.a.e. 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. asked tha

u.a.e. the emirates a key player in the yemeni denies the claims so what will or can the international community do this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me piece it all being seven former detainees say that the united arab emirates is running secret prisons in yemen and that sexual torture in those prisons is rampant and systematic the u.a.e. denies the accusations were made to reporters from the associated press news agency however the charges highlight both the depth of saudi and emira involvement in yemen civil war and the brutality that's become a whole block of this conflict will begin with this report from diana cutting 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 f

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. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the

from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. broady reportedly lobbied the president and later received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defense deals from the u.a.e. in one e-mail bertie boasted about his role writing trumps vocal support of saudi arabia at this summit quote is a direct result of the campaign we have led over the past two months to highlight the funding of terrorism by cutter and the muslim brotherhood brody is suing cutter he says they hacked his e-mails a charge they deny but cutters facing more scrutiny because of another court case prominent guitars are being sued by rapper ice cube he says they didn't pay him as promised in a business deal and his partner testified that they tried to use them to get to steve benen in testimony describing their offer as a bribe which they also deny all sides of spent millions of dollars on lobbyist trying to sway the traffic in a straight line country in the gulf region is a threat to global security qatar put ads in the president's favor cable channels placing op eds in prominent papers lobbying lawmakers stand with the united stat

the program former detainees from u.a.e. run prisons in yemen speak out about alleged systematic sexual torture by guards a grim milestone on world refugee day the u.n. says a record sixty eight point five million people have been forced from their homes and the british government agrees to return rare bronze statues the stolen from nigeria more than a century ago. donald trump has signed an executive order to keep parents send their children together when they enter the country illegally but the u.s. president said his administration's zero tolerance policy on immigration will stay in place trump has been under mounting pressure to act after it emerged more than two thousand children had been separated from their parents and were being kept in so-called tender age shelters if they were still told those babies are white house correspondent kimberly how kidnapped reports. could have a lot of happy people faced with escalating outrage president trump has reversed his policy of separating families who enter the united states illegally we're going to have strong very strong borders b

highest court at the hague katz has taken the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on doha qatar representatives set out their arguments during the first day of hearings on wednesday the case has been prompted by the blockade of cattle by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt. as more from the hague. the second day of hearings at the international court of justice on choose day cats are accuse the usa of discrimination against the country and its people now are about to hear from the united arab emirates lawyers representing cats are focused on the expulsion of qatari national some the u.a.e. 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

taking the u.a.e. to the un international court of justice over human rights violations the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt sever ties with qatar last june and expelled its citizens that are says this violated the rights of its citizens the blockading countries accused of supporting terrorism a charge that qatar denies well toby cadman is an international human rights lawyer he says the court process will be very slow. qatar 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 has been filed against the u.a.e. and so there would ordinarily be this s

this complaint against the u.a.e. and secondly their legal team established exactly what the case is fundamentally they say this is a case of discrimination against khattala and citizens they focused on the u.e.s. expulsion of qatari nationals is this isn't decision to stop them being able to move across the u.a.e. and also the closure of the u.s. airspace to cattery traffic not to mention the recalling of you a nationals from cattle but to the united arab emirates well a little bit earlier on in the day wore on of qatar's legal team explained exactly the statute under which this complaint against the u.a.e. has been made the policy in practice of racial discrimination undertaken by the u.a.e. are extraordinary in the sense that the actions taken by the usa are express direct and in the words of the convention have the purpose of mollifying and impairing protected rights based on national origin. this is not a circumstance that is limited to whether racially neutral laws or actions have an impermissible e discriminatory effect while the us actions indeed have discriminatory effect

blockade in countries of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain before calling on all sides to resolve the dispute political head looks at the role lobbying has played. the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism it was a shock in washington and across the globe a u.s. president publicly going after cutter a close ally that houses the biggest u.s. base in the middle east siding with the blockading countries. at the time many believe the saudis fawning treatment of him in riyadh played a part but we now know thanks to e-mails leaked to the associated press that the push to get the president to side with saudi arabia and the united arab emirates began months before the emails are from elliot rudy a big time republican fundraiser according to the a.p. he was working with george nader who said he was close to both of the crown princes from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. broady reportedly lobbied the president and later received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defense deals from the u.a.e. in one email bertie boasted about his role writing trumps voc

the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on doha representative says out their arguments during the first day of hearings on wednesday. joins us live from the hague what's the legal team being. saying. they were team has on a critically denied all of the accusations levied against the country by cattle earlier on in the week it is the knowledge that there has been any policy to expel cattery nationals from the us or anything that led to the riots of country nationals being undermined including their inability to be able to access their own property or assets including access to the health care education and legal support to well the first person to speak out this second day of the three hearing was the way. to the netherlands who said that the argument that the country has is not with qatari people but with the government. from. the. well the u.s. 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 terro

emerged alleging that operatives in the u.a.e. were behind that hack however in the days that followed media outlets in the gulf especially from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. seized on the fake story and rolled out what seemed to be a coordinated campaign to put pressure on qatar the political crisis in the region played out in an unusually public way and over the past year a spat that would have traditionally been managed behind closed doors was aired across the news media coverage designed to portray guitar as a regional sponsor of terrorism and the letter did the up on with. the number one item for you it could have a lot of delegates a little canal boat and quite. an unofficial route to colombia doha has refused to see to any of its adversaries demands among them the closure of this network al-jazeera or as the gyptian news anchors call the network alekhine zero the pig in the media battle has not just been waged within the reach it has spread across the united states where both sides hit the airwaves with official voices to fight in their corners and in the case of guitars and they

they didn't give the green light the saudis and the u.a.e. wouldn't be able to move forward anywhere inside yemen but because of they do and so they have a big part of the problem and they are complicit in this so i've daily pushed the saudis and the u.a.e. back that we wouldn't be at this kind of. military and disaster in yemen just go back a little bit and look at the places where they supposed to be free like the city of i then which now under the control of the thirty's and the u.a.e. that big poor still closed as of today so there is no commercial or any goods that goes through that poor and if they do the same exact thing and her data that would create you know yemen i was already labeled as the largest humanitarian disaster as of today and i think the u.s. have a legal and ethical obligation toward yemeni than toward people and if they don't do that under stop that kind of you know crimes against humanity and yemen then they are part of it and i that and i think they should be held accountable seven years after the start of the libyan conflict people in one town finally being

prisons in yemen run by the u.a.e. are accusing amarok to gods of systematic sexual abuse to brutalize detainees the u.a.e. has not commented on those accusations immigration crisis coincides with world where day sixty eight and a half million people have been sourced displaced by conflict worldwide that's the highest number in the corded history. the saudi emmer articulation and yemen says it's taken full control of the airport in one day it's a key milestone in the offensive to push hooty rebels from the city the fighting continues in the area yemeni army is now blocking the road between hyundai the province and the capital summer in an effort to cut rebel supply lines. reports. a major setback for who thier rebels. fighters are retreating into. one of their strongholds but. didn't his fight losing the war well. you know what's happening in yemen is a foreign invasion but name iraqis and the saudi officers are implementing an american agenda their allies are on the ground are the puppets and big killers of their own people. these are forces loyal to president. the moment they took ov

with a dramatic cut in donations by the u.a.e. u.s. and saudi arabia and a large influx of refugees from the surrounding conflicts have added to the crisis king abdullah met with reporters promising reforms in saying the country must meet its challenges challenges the middle class hope they won't have to pay for how middle d.c. al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. we were all yelling run and get out because some people didn't believe it was happening to bleak picture emerging from a volcanic eruption that's killed at least sixty five people in guatemala. hello welcome to look at the international focus to go plenty of showers across parts of central europe further north it's a good deal clear clearer not so much drier in kwassa having said that we've got a few showers just up towards the final thirty stove year and we will see a little bit of what weather coming in here cool winston's coming down across the baltic states nine hundred. plenty of showers into central pozen as you can see the temperatures still doing really quite nicely into the mid to upper twenty's still but with t

economy has been struggling with a dramatic cut in donations by the u.a.e. the u.s. and saudi arabia protesters say they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing the prime minister will not go far enough. the syrian kurdish forces have announced style pull out of a strategic town in the country's north after an agreement between the u.s. and turkey ankara had repeatedly threatened to take the town of binge by force in order to push back the kurdish why p.j. the agreement was reached between turkish foreign minister never to govern and u.s. secretary of state might pump a zero and is likely to ease tensions between ankara and washington congress parliament is debating a bill that would make it's a criminal offense to help asylum seekers as part of a crackdown on immigration by prime minister victor all bans rightwing government and could mean up to one year in prison for anyone found guilty jonah hole reports from budapest. where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe

tried to insist on being a mediator and insist on being neutral in this the saudis in the u.a.e. actually wanted everybody to be in support of them so we've seen an attack on certain kuwaiti figures within the saudi and morality media that's something that's kept people wary here but in terms of mediation the government says it will continue to strive to find a solution and it is hoped for that something will come about although that optimism may not be shared by all the analysts in the region ok thank you iran is increasing the pressure of the twenty fifteen year kid deal it's notifying the u.n. of plans to accelerate the early stages of uranium enrichment iran's atomic energy organization says it's begun working on facilities for building advanced centrifuges at its natanz site it says the plans would remain within the framework of the existing agreement supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei a order to preparations to go ahead if the deal falls apart following the u.s. exit last month. i remodel. we got this message from some european countries they expect the iranian people t

to president. the moment they took over the city is port but it's saudi arabia and the u.a.e. warplanes that made the difference they have intensified over the last few days to break rebel defense lion's. den the enemy is using the population as a human shield these are putting their tanks in populated areas and shelling the airport we target military positions and we have void civilian targets at the same time you money terry an aide will start arriving to her data but the fight is far from over the truth is still control the city and the seaport yemen's imports including food and aid and it's. all go through. the coalition has long accused iran of smuggling weapons into yemen through the seaport accusations rejected by the who theists and to harass as fighting gets closer to the city thousands of civilians are fleeing their homes aid agencies fear a disruption to food and medical supplies will only add to the humanitarian crisis people on able to go to school they're not able to go to work for fear of what will happen if they step out onto the street aid is disrupted the ec

dramatic cut in donations by the u.a.e. u.s. and saudi arabia and a large influx of refugees from the surrounding conflicts have added to the crisis . king abdullah met with reporters promising reforms in saying the country must meet its challenges challenges the middle class hope they won't have to pay for a medal but d.c. al jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera the arab world we were all yelling brandon get out because some people didn't believe what was happening the bleak picture emerging from a volcanic eruption that's killed at least sixty five people in guatemala. and around downtown revisit a part of italy that symbolizes its deep seated social problems. hello there it's looking very very wet in vietnam at the moment it's all thanks to a tropical depression that's gradually running its way northward but it's intensified the showers all the way across the eastern coast and it is very wet currently am plenty more wet weather still to come so for vietnam and for the west through cambodia and into thailand it's looking pretty gray and at times pretty wet during the day on wednesday a

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 washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state

the forces headquarters in the country and the u.a.e. thus far has not commented on the investigation we have been can see with us now from amnesty international covering the middle east he's on skype from casablanca and we thank you for joining us on this story as we say the u.a.e. is not commented so we don't have actual confirmation yet but these are a pretty serious allegations and such brutal tactics apparently being used well you know for all the players there the. press maybe but it is worth noting you know the u.n. experts also got him originators of sexual abuse of prisoners in the. drawer where the governor and the. leader of watch and you in two dozen seventy section and also you would never heard such names of individuals made mention in the a.p. report so yes. it was it is is sexual abuse of this nature. is it. so is it common in these sorts of situations in prison situations but what does it sort of achieve why go down that path the thing is there any sort of research will suggestions as to why this happens. well obviously sexual abuse and abuse in general

you with the search should robert miller's investigation be equally focused on u.a.e. interference in to u.s. electoral affairs as it is on russian it appearance. i'm not sure if it has to be equal focus but definitely there has to be some focus on that although i acknowledge that there is some opposition in this town particularly congress among republicans who basically think that's not part of the domain of the special counsel he should just focus on what he has been tasked with to start with which is the russian intervention thank you how will these leaks in fact upon us u.a.e. relations i think they have that chilling effect on the relationship going back to the earlier leaks with regards to some of the steps taken by the other useful atiba here in washington some of the people here affiliated with including previous collection of e-mails affiliated with the person named george notter now you have this additional layer of revelation basically coming close to showing some if you will. interference in the electoral process in this country and if that if that's investigated fully and

to pay the bill some of the d.c. al-jazeera. 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 the

more escalation saudi arabia the u.a.e. along with their allies this time it's not just political but i think it's physical or geographic a way of truth for the isolated but again i don't think that this would be a very successful as world war i don't think the society as a morality user would achieve their goals because cop out of house and other allies in the region first and foremost turkey and also iran so i think this would only further lead to divisions within the gulf it softly even amongst g.c.c. countries i don't think good call on necessarily a view of it such a hostile way like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia does the saudis apparently aiming for the troll of the year award are hoping for the canal to be operational as soon as next year as for cancer it can't do much here apart from getting used to the island mentality and looking at this as a free moat. while some people are coming to russia for the football this summer others do not need a special occasion to travel around the world's biggest country one canadian woman is proving that adventure has no age limit. i came by to

says the u.a.e. is violating international law prohibiting racial anational discrimination let's bring in a viking he's live at the hague how is he going to play out there live. when proceedings begin in just under an hour's time lawyers representing cattle will have a chance to set forth their opening remarks and statements on thursday we will hear from the u.a.e. and on friday both countries will have a chance to speak before the court and decides what to do next but katter is accusing the u.a.e. as we heard there of discrimination against and its citizens and for violating the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of which the u.a.e. is a signatory to the nine hundred sixty five treaty and is the main reason why the u.a.e. is the only one of the four countries that impose the blockade on cattle to be appearing here at the international court of justice the un's highest court the case itself as we've heard there will focus on some of the key issues in this a fierce debate they will focus on the decision by the u.a.e. to expel qatari n

the second day of the coalition's campaign to take hard data saudi arabia and the u.a.e. accuse the shia who the rebels of using the port to smuggle weapons from iran they launched several airstrikes against rebel positions in the city high data lies on yemen's red sea coast and it's the port through which seventy percent of the country's food supply enters eight point four million people are already on the verge of starvation international aid groups appealed to the saudi led coalition not to attack the city fearing it would exacerbate yemen's humanitarian crisis but the u.a.e. insists aid will be delivered as soon as the city is captured and this comes after the united nations how the two hour closed door meeting at britain's request on the ongoing offensive the u.a.e. ambassador to the u.n. in geneva says that our ships on standby to supply her data once the military operation ends. we have this image plan did it in when we liberate the addon and then is more population belated then then the data. everything went very well and even our ships it just hit c. we think. so we have it

to qatar is emir this lead to saudi arabia the u.a.e. back reign in egypt cutting ties with qatar and imposing a blockade and as the one year anniversary of the blockade of qatar report says there are efforts in the us to win support president donald trump initially backed the countries behind the blockade this year he's been calling on all sides to resolve the dispute classical he looks at the role lobbying has played in all of this. the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism it was a shock in washington and across the globe a u.s. president publicly going after cutter a close ally that houses the biggest u.s. base in the middle east sided with the blockading countries. at the time many believe the saudis following treatment of him in riyadh played a part but we now know thanks to e-mails leaked to the associated press that the push to get the president to side with saudi arabia and the united arab emirates began months before the emails are from brodie a big time republican fundraiser according to the a.p. he was working with george nader who

inside information with the u.a.e. as ambassador during the presidential campaign plus. a new assured is i will leave you lives for just the last. britain's prince william and this is the first official royal visit to israel and the occupied west bank. the immigration crisis appears to be coming to a head within the european union with italy applying pressure on the group to reach common ground on how to deal with the influx of refugees in a dramatic escalation of tension between member states the newly elected populist italian prime minister just epic conti has blocked a joint e.u. statement and threatened to veto the entire agenda if no solution is found lawrence lee reports from brussels. the european union is in trouble and they although it's the italians are now siding with the hungary and austrians in a front against migration the greeks are trying to keep up a spirit of unity with the spanish and the french and the country trying to keep it all from falling apart is germany that chancellor had already spelt out the danger to the entire block in a speech before she arrived but.

three decides to go cia the first people to rush into the u.a.e. do their departure and as soon as we depart the force is said me. so as to do that by just. seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to see a pallet. and it. equals betrayal. when some find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. level nineteen no thanks for being with us see you leaders say no closer to finding a solution to the migrant crisis gripping the block talks at an informal summit in brussels on sunday failed to deliver anything concrete it comes amid an escalating row of the refugee policies which has put several e.u. countries know it alls with each other as if he's done with quarter explains. well markel was originally looking for a european wide solution to the migration crisis but she's since gone back on that now she's looking for a bilateral and trilateral agreements between the e.u. member states we know that at the european council unfortunately whom i get get a comprehensive solution to the migration problem and that is why by trilateral agreements are mutually beneficial europe is very

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. asked that the u.a.e. is responsible for. over an arbitrary detention. 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 heavy government said it best to go with the u.n. he has left and he will use again but abuses continue and all the prisoners have. rights. 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 and torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera alex evans is a reporter with the online news publication the intercept and covers human rights issue

trying to launch even more escalation saudi arabia the u.a.e. along with their allies this time it's not just political but i think it's physical or geographic or way of truth for that i salute but again i don't think that this would be a very successful as world war i don't think the saudis are right to use it would achieve their goals because copper the house and other allies in the region first and foremost turkey and also iran so i think this would only further lead to divisions within the gulf it softly even amongst g.c.c. countries i don't think good call on necessarily a view of it such a hostile way like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia does the saudis apparently aiming for the troll of the year award are hoping for the canal to be operational as soon as next year as for cancer it can't do much here apart from getting used to the island mentality and looking at this as a free moat. some people are coming to russia for the football this summer others don't need a special occasion to travel around the world's biggest country one canadian woman is proving that adventure has no age li

will stay in place former inmates of prisons in yemen run by the u.a.e. are accusing any rattie guards of systematic sexual abuse to brutalize detainees the u.a.e. as the night of the claims and the u.n. is marking world refugee day sixty eight point five million people have been forcibly displaced by conflict worldwide that's the highest number in recorded history. there have been more deaths in nicaragua as armed forces backed by the government tries to regain control of the city of peace talks between the government and the opposition have been put on hold as violence continues in the central american nation. has more now from the capital. confrontations between anti-government protesters and paramilitary groups have claimed more lives in messiah nicaraguan police and government backed militias fired on demonstrators as scores of people fled to their homes for cover the latest offensive by police comes up the representatives of the resistance movement in messiah declared they would no longer allow themselves to be governed by president or. the blood of our brothers who have b

about the monitoring and the u.a.e. are very very good if you in on monitoring if you come to dubai by the time you leave to buy you probably being filmed by over a thousand security cameras so they have they have all kinds of profiling for people coming in and the intelligence services work very very well when it serves their national security interest they're very quick and arresting people and putting people way or denying people entry into the country you know there's been a lot of academics for example wanted to come to dubai but they have said something bad about the u.a.e. before they were not allowed to enter so if you have a willingness to clamp down they can do it the problem here is i don't think there is the willingness to do it very briefly because we are coming to the end of the program laura lumber what are the chances that the introducing to buy another monitoring system see for example such as we have in america if you and i are americans and i give you more than one cent more than ten thousand u.s. dollars but blue. on somebodies radar and i have to fill in a piece

dismissed catherine edges that the u.a.e. has violated human rights through its boycott of the country but lawyers acting on behalf of the u.a.e. say doha has misled the court the case has been prompted by the blockade of qatar by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt britain's prince william has visited holy sites in occupied east jerusalem on the final day of his middle east tour the start of the day paying respects at the grave of his great grandmother princess alice who sheltered jews during the holocaust prince william also visited the western wall the most important site in judaism and al aqsa mosque compound or of most important sites in islam or a force that reports. appeal of bells welcome prince william to the most personal part of this first official visit to israel in the occupied palestinian territories by a british royal of the church of st mary magdalen on the slopes of the mount of olives he paid tribute to his great grandmother princess alice a devout christian who sheltered jews during the holocaust she'd asked to be buried in jerusalem but present day pol

meaningful material way so what is facing the saudis in the u.a.e. in the in the emirates i mean it doesn't they get to have a land invasion in occupied i mean the people of yemen shown didn't themselves to be quite resilient to the onslaught that they've experienced over the last three and a half years go ahead catherine. well yes. i mean historically yemen was nothing they did in that you know the ultimate in power actually you know gevalt been allowed yemen to have a great degree of autonomy and it really goes to show you know this i would not really get a brushing up on the history bearing in mind that yemen is actually a direct neighbor when it comes to you know immediate trivia i don't think it's going to happen because no with it i mean even the south of yemen might actually give up and actually open it's already kind of done it already to you know open up itself to you know the u.a.e. of saudi arabia a very much doubt that the north will give up because you know they all are very different people together and fool very obvious reason they understand that a new location would

exactly a year ago when saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt all cut diplomatic ties with doha they accuse the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim strongly denies well as in any crisis like this the media is crucial there's been a lot of coverage in this part of the world much of that full of rhetoric and propaganda on the airwaves and on line a key demand of the blockading nations was that the al-jazeera media network be shut down something we've obviously rejected outright is which again post of the listening post here on al-jazeera with more international coverage of the year long blockade. when saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all severed ties with qatar on the fifth of june last year the region's news media were quickly deployed to play their part in the diplomatic showdown the rift was triggered by a piece of news that mysteriously appeared on the website of the qatar news agency although the q. and a denies putting it there the country's amir was quoted in that piece making incendiary remarks about regional leaders and purportedly criticizing donald tr