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

failed but the u.a.e. has hinted that it would support the plan and is due to present a framework for negotiations in yemen by mid june. meanwhile the u.s. has warned the united arab emirates against launching a proposed offensive to capture the data port the red sea port is the main lifeline for humanitarian aid the saudi military says get any government forces it backs as part of a coalition with the u.a.e. and now than ten kilometers of the who controlled city and experts are warning of serious consequences if the military assault begins charity organization oxfam says essential supplies to millions of people could be cut off i've heard from many experts. during this visit of the great grave anxiety about an attack on the data and the significant and avoidable humanitarian consequences that would result in overcrowded smugglers boats has capsized off the coast of somalia killing forty six people un's migration agency says the group of mostly ethiopians was on its way to yemen hoping to find work in the gulf region at least sixteen of those who are missing or thought to have drowned

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

victoria gate reports saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt cut diplomatic relations with cattle last june imposed a blockade and expel qatar ease catalogs and eyes its neighbors accusations of supporting terrorism cattles national human rights committee estimates the blockade affected thirteen thousand people four thousand cases of human rights violations have been reported in the past year and it's affected all aspects of daily life in cattle education health the right to perform religious rituals own property or freedom to travel abroad and perhaps most crucially the right to family reunification in a region where family ties go beyond borders the blockading nations forcibly deported tarries and separated children from their parents rashid mother is qatari and his father is bahraini and gulf countries children take the citizenship of their father he believes if he continues to defy an order by bahrain to leave cattle he'll lose his bahraini passport and be stateless once my passport expires what do i do do i stay here and not pursue my future because i don't have a passport because i di

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

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

saudi arabia u.a.e. bihari in an egypt or neighboring qatar. man has dismissed a terms of mediation by the emir of kuwait and president trump insisting qatar meets a list of demands doha it jacked those demands as a violation of its sovereignty. the european commission president says donald trump has gone against all logic and history by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports john claude juncker made the comments one day before the european union's retaliatory tariffs against washington kick in starting on friday the will impose a twenty five percent duty tax on three point two billion dollars worth of u.s. goods the list ranges from agricultural products such as rice and orange juice to jeans whiskey motorbikes and various steel products the counter terrorists are triggered by trump's decision to impose a ten to twenty five percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports the e.u. calls white house levies illegal it could is not yet but it could escalate. to a full trade war which would be bad for the whole world because we are so as you zealanders and you've been union we are so

demand press freedom around the world the launch comes one year since the u.a.e. bahrain any chipped impose a blockade against qatar and one of their demands is the closure of this network. stunning upset as the runner up at the last football world cup facing an early exit croatia be to argentina three nail in the group stages to win means croatia through to the knockout stages for just a second time and the richest and has more from moscow. will lean on messi in argentina iraq at this game against croatia with a chance to put right the wrongs of the opening game draw against iceland messi had not scored in that game and it missed a penalty but it didn't work out again on this occasion argentina old books are collapsing in the second half as they were beaten three mil by courier goals from luka moderates and even rockets it singles were famous win and they are through to the last sixteen now this is such a talented generation of argentinian players many of them involved in the team in two thousand and seven that won the under twenty world cup but it's senior level it's never quite wo

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. people and cats have been out on the streets of the capital doha to show their support for the country into a blockade imposed by neighboring countries members of a local bikers community undertook a rally on tuesday located on cattle began exactly a year ago in saudi arabia the u.a.e. plane and egypt all cut diplomatic ties with doha cuse the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim strongly denies that the ongoing standoff comes at an enormous human cost. brings you that story the political crisis in the gulf is threatening to ted this family apart. is qatari but her children are bahraini citizens and gulf countries children take the citizenship of their father rashid bahraini passport runs out next year he believes if he continues to defy an order by bahrain to leave cattle he'll lose his behind me passport and be stateless my passport expires what do i do do i stay here and not pursue my future because

since world war two former inmates of prisons in yemen run by the u.a.e. are accusing the guards of systematic sexual abuse the associated press interviewed seven men who said that rampant that sexual torture was used to brutalize detainees the u.a.e. has the night the claims. for meanwhile the saudi and iraqi coalition in yemen says it has taken full control of the airport in her data these exclusive al jazeera pictures show deserted streets after locals fled from nearby towns taking the airport represents a key milestone in the offensive to push to the rebels from the city the fighting does continue in the area and. from that the app but we don't know what's going next we're trying to poke. through donations how can we leave her data we have no want to take us i have my husband eight kids with me. south sudan's rival leaders are holding talks in ethiopia aimed at ending a five year civil war president salva kiir and the revelator ria commish are having met face to face since the peace deal fell apart in two thousand and sixteen beating the shard to go into exile the israeli milita

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

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

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. baron any gypped impose a low a blockade against qatar one of their demands is the closure of this network. al-jazeera journey as my model saying has spent more than five hundred days now in egyptian prison his daughter has issued an appeal for a father's release icons sudanese of my father and my clan. and. i meant first because my dad instilled egyptian citizen who hasn't done any song. and with anything that would harm his country who he loves. he couldn't fool the release of my father and i ask everyone who can support to support him al-jazeera as director general must have aswad says it's vital that journalists be protected without safety feeling sick journalist can do the job they are willing to sacrifice years and some of them actually are there because of the second part but it cannot go on and on and not with everybody so we need first of all to for you for save on quite a bit for deliveries where journalism is not considered a crime. it's a growing old. people the drug. flow again i'm fully back to bo and these are the headlines on al-jazeera peace talks i

saudi arabia the u.a.e. the train at egypt's cutting ties with qatar and imposing a blockade. and that's the one year anniversary of the blockade of cancer approaches 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 particle in looks at the role lobbying has played in all of this. the nation of qatar unfortunately 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 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 brodie a big time republican fundraiser according to the a.p. he was working with george nader who said he was close to both of

vulnerable situation still to come on the program cata takes the u.a.e. to court claiming human rights violations for its part in the blockade of doha and as the world cup draws near we need a pair of artists who found the cheapest turn to save to a long standing football fan tradition. has been recently in iraq to some degree in iran too because nothing to cool things off the wind direction is wrong has not been much in the way of showers there are few showers around still is what took place of the caspian sea just chose which are in the forecast and the old me around around the coax is attention by dab though not affected by showers just by the wind and the insulation sunshine has gone down a little bit forty one degrees where it should be it's sensibly a lot cooler on the case in lebanon syria got showers for turning from the eastern med from cyprus and southern to and by reach twenty seven degrees reflects that sort of weather for the next couple days as i say baghdad was at forty one grow up to forty two in fact the winds blowing out of iraq has been quite a strong and a ho

the port city these pictures are said to show military vehicles belonging to the u.a.e. that have been captured by the who these all sides keen to showcase their victories in what is just as much a propaganda war some aid agencies such as the red cross have sent staff home because of security concerns leaving millions at the mercy of a political war with no end in sight and aid agencies describe what is happening in yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis stephanie decker al-jazeera saudi authorities have detained another woman's rights activist in the week the country issued its first driving licenses to female drivers. runs a charity for young people detention follows the quote temporary release of eight of the activists accused of communicating with organizations opposed to the kingdom nine others are still behind bars despite claims from the country's leadership that reforms are being implemented. the all string government shutting down seven last sunday expelling him alms it's part of measures by the right wing chancellors about curt's to target what he calls political

one year since saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain initiated a blockade on qatar claiming doha was a supporter of terrorism it's a claim that qatar has strongly refuted in a special day of programming al-jazeera is looking at the causes and effects of the blockade and how twelve months on the g.c.c. remains fractured and we secured a wide ranging interview with qatar's foreign minister mohammed bin up to rahman i thought he says qatar won't make any compromises and in particular to the latest reports of threats of military action by 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 legitimate grievance behind this letter and threatening to cut that violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify. any action we have been

place a little more clout there into amounted to the u.a.e. a little on the humid side here i suspect as we go on through saturday. tending to just ease back a little bit as we go on through sunday by. started to put in a little bit of an easterly fate i think even here in kata let's just feel a little more humid as we make our way to the early part of next week for south africa paris january fine and dry as is the case because much of southern africa western cape could see a little bit of wet weather saeco through sas day easing through the selling papers recall one through sunday we need the rain in cape town that's on its way through a top temperature here of sixteen degrees. then time had come for the p.l.o. to seek a new and peaceful solution. pursuing a path of diplomacy but what wise to turn their green looks drawn from lebanon into one of the most. massacres of modern times women children killed we couldn't believe our son on a plane the term moonstone strung from constant. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. but like you're watching out is there i'm so whole drama to remind o

international community to do more to stop the war in yemen. lawyers representing the u.a.e. have made their final arguments before the international court of justice at the hague accuses its gulf neighbor of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year says that companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice to seriously barker reports from the hague three days of hearings have now come to an end here at the hague at the un's highest court cattle had appealed to the court to consider its case a case of discrimination against the state and its people the u.a.e. is accused of violating its obligations under the international convention for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination consol says that its people were denied access to healthcare education legal services access to to their properties and their assets and the policy of expelling qatar rees from the u.a.e. led also to the separation of families or cats on wednesday was the first country to set forth its opening argum

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

on choose day cancer or accuse the u.a.e. 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 qatar and the closure of the u.a.e. space all qatari traffic accuses the u.a.e. of preventing access to individuals and companies when it comes to being able to access their assets and their property of denying people the right to education health care and judicial services and also violating its obligations under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of which the u.a.e. is a key signatory the u.a.e. hasn't said much ahead of this case although at least one amorality minister has accused this case of being simply a stunt to keep the blockade on cattle in the public eye qatar is hoping for a swift resolution a swift conclusion to this case both countries will have a chance to speak on friday before the court decides what will happen next attacks on for medical cente

was a positive outcome according to the new york times the saudis and u.a.e. offered to help the drone campaign before the election it's unclear if anything was done on his behalf with their money but it's an allegation special counsel robert muller is likely looking at the man at the center of many of these questions george nader is cooperating with the investigation. al jazeera washington u.s. president donald trump has added a potential new twist to the investigation looking into alleged interference by russian the twenty sixteen us election in a tweet trump denied doing anything wrong but stated he has the absolute right to pardon himself from any possible charges could be held it doesn't. it was no solution with the russia he said it over no collusion and over no collusion and over again there is absolutely no scholars of us president donald trump insists no one for his campaign work with the russian government during his twenty sixteen election but with the potential for more criminal indictments looming the president is stepping up his attacks on the band investigating his campa

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

on june fourth leaked e-mails from the u.a.e. and besa to the us reveal what appears to be a long running effort to discredit kata and that brings us to june fifth when diplomatic ties are cut and an economic embargo is imposed now to understand the impact of the gulf crisis it helps if you can see how the region's laid out the four blockading nations that egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates they accuse qatar on this peninsula here of spreading instability and supporting terrorism claims doha strongly denies on june fifth saudi arabia causes causes only land border causing a run on the supermarkets and forcing alternative suppliers to be found excess to the say is restricted as well to bypass the blockade has had to ship directly through ports and i mom and air routes will also close to pushing to make major detours kasuri families with relatives in other countries and vice versa are torn apart at this point calls for dialogue and that's taken up by the emir of kuwait weeks later the four countries released a list of demands they include wanting to scale back i

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

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

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

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

arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan comes off an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union for the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world jordan has seen a wave of protests against a proposed tax hike. we are here to support a company to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advice if asked for but most of all to go on t.v. or to try to guarantee that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of a gesture of. charity if you allow me the expression but as an investment well let's bring in holly or just an he's executive director of the arab center in washington who joins us via skype from there good to have you back so saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have given jordan two point five billion dollars but that's just a drop in the ocean compared to jordan's over forty billion dollar public debt is that going to

yemeni guards working on the u.a.e. officers. under a trance president says he's ready to put a decades old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest comes after ethiopia's prime minister announce his country is ready to accept the terms of a deal from eighteen years ago more than seventy thousand people were killed in a two year border war that began in nineteen ninety eight. now the un e.u. and into american commission on human rights say they've received invitations to investigate violent protests in nicaragua at least one hundred seventy people have died in anti-government demonstrations since april security forces have been accused of using excessive force and i reports. in the capital managua. now you are going to have. these desperate mothers crying out to prison guards for the release of their children. has been camped outside these gates for more than a week her son wielded was arrested after attending an anti-government demonstration at one point she change her self to the fence begging for her son's release me one look even then he took me one my thumb is innocent his

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

action by its big one u.s. and saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain and. claiming it supports terrorism denies the allegations donald trump's former campaign manager has been tampering prosecution for has been indicted by u.s. special counsel. tried to send encrypted messages to two former coworkers while he's on bail. to revoke bail and put him out of fortune prison and at least sixty five people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a volcanic eruption in guatemala the government says around two million people have been affected by the explosion let's get more on our top story now the fall out of the gulf crisis which has a second here while the airspace restrictions by the blockade in countries on. airlines has had a huge impact on both passengers. and kabul but qatar airways has adapted to the new reality good name reports from a modern to national airport here in. qatar airways seems to be adhering to an arab proverb that says right the bad things in sand the good things on a piece of marble the state owned airline says despite the challenges of the year old block

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

reports of since 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 lessons i did the up on with. a lot of i'm going to look we're going to hold low. an unofficial go 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 can 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 are to defend his country'

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

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

. meanwhile yemen's exiled president is in the u.a.e. to patch up relations as the battle for her data gets under way as we've been hearing about berman so hard his trip comes after months of tension between his forces and fighters backed by the u.a.e. both are part of the saudi led coalition has been fighting his ease but a few clashed over the weekend deployment of amorality troops to the yemeni island of soko. as were other top story this hour more than nine hundred people have arrived at italian port of khatami in sicily after being rescued at sea by the italian coast guard it comes amid a growing diplomatic route between italy and france over the new italian government's refusal to allow a foreign rescue boat to dog france's president has called that cynical and irresponsible john hall reports from russia. disembarking in italy nine hundred thirty two migrants and refugees rescued in the mediterranean by the italian coast guard on the crossing from the libyan coast among their number more than two hundred miners and two dead bodies. heading instead to spain hundreds more on the ngo res

associated press they were raped and abused by you many cars under u.a.e. control of the u.a.e. denies managing or running prisons in that country the saudi amber i.d. coalition in yemen says it has taken full control of the airport and her data the streets of the city are deserted as fighting near the army is now blocking the road between your data province and the capital sana at an effort to cut rebel supply lines. malaysian police are reopening a murder investigation that could have links to the embattled former prime minister najib razak among bolian model was killed by two former police officers and two thousand and six the officers allegedly worked as. bodyguards for knowledge of but he denies knowing the woman and actually was also being investigated over claims he stole billions of dollars during his nine years in office he's accused of taking money from a state fund the new prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened the corruption investigation after winning last month's election i was not didn't have any knowledge whatsoever of monies coming in i would not have couldn't do it

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

fighting continues in yemen the exiled president is in the u.a.e. to patch up relations. these trip comes after months of tension between his forces and those backed by the u.a.e. both are part of the saudi led coalition that's been fighting who the rebels but they've clashed over the recent deployment of m. iraqi troops to the yemeni island of so-called well joining us on skype from washington d.c. done the she's a yemeni researcher and a fellow at georgetown university we appreciate your time thank you very much for joining us and al-jazeera her dad has been held by the who things for several years now why do you think the coalition has decided to take this action now. i think it became very clear when former president i got that last fall that was built by the host these that this war is going to have to end militarily because the ts and the saudis having to have a clear victory and i think that's a problem because when you talk about you know twenty seven million people now are saying that yemen it's twenty nine million people we're letting you know what we're letting the egos o

u.a.e. has been trying to polish its image and in yemen especially in the south of yemen after the previous claims but this comes as a big blow and again these are just allegations right now and claims. we need to create a investigative committee to investigate this is of the plan right now yes how this government is weak and because of this weakness it cannot do that it needs international pressure on you. and pollution leadership to get to the bottom of this to find out if this is real or not and. to make sure that those who are involved in such matters should be. they can. punish for it because these families have hundreds and hundreds of innocent civilians with very simple claims whether in the north also in the south the simple claims and sometimes you're in prison for months and months without anyone following up for you and why you're there and if it could happen to you and this is the result of a non-government or. a real government not being in control of the entire country committees must be formed immediately will come on to the idea of pressure and whether people be hel

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.