it's a criminal offense to help asylum seekers has fans of a crackdown on immigration i promise i'm prime minister viktor orban right wing government and could mean up to one year in prison for anyone found guilty show how 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 aunt welcome in hungary alone slide when in parliamentary elections in april as encourage prime minister viktor orban and his party to go further fulfilling an election promise to protect hungary and its christian values despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups brand new legislation will criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to the mainly muslim asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that and there are real concerns that the

government will not stop there we are afraid of anybody who dares to criticize the government's policies for any reasons maybe a tag that may face serious threats like we do now those who work with refugees who are promoting the rights of refugees and equal human rights for all. the advance of viktor or ban has been unstoppable in three successive elections the advance meanwhile of illegal migration of fear much promoted during the election campaign has been pretty comprehensively stopped there are more than a few hundred successful asylum seekers in hungary it is as if these new measures being debated are aimed less at migration itself and more civil society. which brings us to the other great fear that stalks hungary's prime minister the billionaire financier george soros and the network of liberal minded n.g.o.s he supports the government spokesman explained he made it fairly clear what kind of

future he thinks of europe he's pro democracy he's probably. right the kind of democracy in the form of democracy he promotes and his organizations are promoting are very far from real democracy because they rely or would like to relight so-called n.g.o.s that have been founded and financed by the like minded people the new measures are collectively known as the stop soros bill in response to soros funded open society foundations announced last week it was pulling out of hungary that's a loss to free thinking society but a win for one of europe's most illiberal governments that looks increasingly assailable jonah holds al-jazeera beautifulest still to come on. could this former senior u.n. official result. by the miss america competition has had a drastic right kyra. hello

again as we look at weather conditions across the strait you can see across southeastern areas is generally looking ok eighteen degrees in sydney i think the rough seas we've had here beginning is quiet and down somewhat meanwhile across more western areas we've got a frontal system pushing giving cloudy skies across much of western australia with some pretty heavy rain as well some localized flooding is likely here in perth temperatures of just seventeen degrees celsius so that rain around the western australia on thursday though perth again largely dry and further towards the southeast we've got another frontal system pushing through the pipe giving the chance of some rain in adelaide late from over in new zealand we have rather unsettled weather still at the moment some cloudy skies a race of rain fairly strong winds and temperatures really struck in christchurch

there just seven degrees as we head on through into thursday we've got slightly brighter conditions as low pressure begins to move away so i think a general improvement is likely so heading up into northeastern parts of asia well here we've got some patchy rain affecting southeastern parts of japan to tokyo may pick up a little bit of rain during the day right conditions across the korean peninsula but that frontal system moves away towards the southeast on thursday brighter skies following and it should be bright in beijing with highs of thirty five. it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on the told by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's jew political landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant. but what caused the rift between g.c.c.

countries is there and the insights and can the gulf ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a just zero. welcome back reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera got somalia as disaster agency has ordered new evacuations from areas around the for a couple kaino warning of increased volcanic activity the death toll from sunday's eruption has written to risen to seventy iran has told the u.n. it's increasing its capacity to enrich uranium at its now talent's facility but within the limits of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal agreement allows iran to build

parts for centrifuges as long as they are not made up or a shell in the first decade and then italy the alliance of the anti establishment five some movement on the right wing likud party has won a confidence vote in the upper chamber of parliament. now people and cattle have been out on the streets of the capital doha to signal that support for the country one year into a blockade imposed by neighboring countries began in the early hours of june the fifth to twenty seventeen. when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut all diplomatic ties with cattle and house the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim doha strongly denies and this year demands including cutting ties with iran and shutting down zero cattle is refusing to give in to those simone's the country's foreign minister has spoken to al-jazeera he discussed the recent

reported threats of military action against off from riyadh calling them unjustified. do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia first for just that let us make it very clear that the purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimacy believe this behind this letter and threatening its violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly its violating. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the saudis unfortunately as reckless

behavior from what do you make of the saudi claim that it would disturb the balance of power it represents an escalation for kata to obtain the s four hundred says well it's unfortunate that they see this as as destabilisation because qatar is not representing any threat for the saudis but what most importantly we have to look at the behavior of the saudis since the past year when we see the actions how it's going in yemen or what they have done with the prime minister and recently. the president of france himself he said that he saved the country he saved the region from a war according to the information you have do you believe this report in the press that saudi the saudi king really made this threat do you think it's credible we are seeking for a formal confirmation from the french government have you received any response

what are they said their response. should be to more. if it's confirmed what would your response be to the south. we are going to respond legally by. as as a response of a country that this is not violating international law and as a threat for our country which is not acceptable by the international community well just there is a senior political analyst now in the shower says the blockade has created an unnecessary crisis sort of paradoxical that just when the region is really descending into total chaos and war and lots of. conflicts by proxy and so on so forth that the most stable region region within the greater middle east the gulf region would have to and would have to suffer from such tensions and needed tensions really because a year ago now we know for a fact that the qatar news agency was hacked that there was

a conspiracy in fact to undermine cutter. to plant fake news and fake statements and to eventually humiliate and besiege it and take it over now all of that failed now when that fails after the besieging countries imposed thirteen very difficult conditions that basically couldn't be met because they do fight it's the sovereignty of an independent nation it's very difficult for those countries to back out to. climb down the tree as it were because the bar is too high they are too proud qatar is a much smaller nation and was able to pull out of all of that so i think now we are in perilous is basically qatar has not lost their refuse to admit their loss

and so which is going to wait and see and with the americans in september trump will mediate a summit you know against the backdrop of the united nations. a correspondent stephanie dacca has more from doha about how the on the verse three of the blockade is affecting the locals. where in qatar a cultural village it's off to if people are coming out to have snacks coffee and just hang out everyone we speak to some are aware that it is the one year anniversary of the blockade others don't know is today but everyone has an opinion what a custody or x. factor like the main message everyone very firmly behind the government and how they're dealing with the situation. but. it's a feeling of disappointment and a feeling of betrayal by the closest people to your neighbors and cousins but it's how to counter effect and as encourage the country to develop itself i also have family in the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and i haven't been able to visit them politics shouldn't affect

our family but make atar keep developing further and god bless his highness the emir sheikh to me been a model phony who is leading the way in a sense it makes me really proud of what qatar has achieved over the past year the fact that we've been able to kind of stick it out and kind of prove to the world that we're capable of standing on our own and we're not reliant on anyone not just neighboring countries but just anyone at all that we're able to kind of hold our own everyone we've spoken to doesn't expect the blockade to end any time soon there is sadness they say there are incredibly disappointed but everyone also says that they remain strong and as you can see one your own life continues as normal. the united nations has taken washington to thomas cover its practice of separating child asylum seekers from the parents on the southern u.s. border the u.n. rights office took aim at the zero tolerance policy introduced on the president and claim a child as young as wong was separated from his parents it call for an immediate

halt to the policy there is nothing normal about detaining children as i said detention is never in the best interest of the child. and always constitutes a child rights violation. on this being a criminal offense as i said this should you know entry into a country without the right papers should at most be an administrative offense and it certainly does not warrant jailing children. zimbabwe's main opposition is demanding photo voting reforms ahead of elections next month the first since robert mugabe was ousted from power the movement for democratic change marched to the electoral commission with a petition of their man's opposition leader nelson chamisa says the commission should publicize the name of the company printing ballot papers and allow an independent audit of the new voter register accuse the president of using soldiers to campaign for the ruling party we are not doing this because well.

we are doing this was not what you want him to. do loveline i didn't say. it was what i didn't. want what i wanted was love love love. we wanted was of love. we want little love designs on real life. if you know pierre has agreed to end a two decade long feud with eritrea the two countries have remained at odds since a war in one thousand nine hundred eight over a disputed area including the town of bad me and choose day if your peers ruling party said it will fully implement a two thousand and two decision by a un back to boundary commission that divided up the contested territory and handed it to eritrea a former senior u.n.

official has been appointed madagascar's new prime minister christiane to say will lady unity government in a bid to resolve the country's political crisis it follows weeks of violent protests harmer met also reports. opposition parties say they had a list of names people who they wanted to be made prime minister chris year and say was on that list some of the opposition say they had he made prime minister others say they are need to and they are planning a way forward the last time the opposition won happy they had a massive protest the police opened fire used live ammunition and some people were killed the reason why the opposition were protesting is because they wanted some in their true laws changed to allow two former presidents ravalomanana and russia lean to be able to participate in this year's elections they also want those elections to be much earlier in the year and not in of him as originally planned if these elections are brought earlier in the year would that make a difference some political analysts say yes maybe it could it could in the

political crisis but others are saying nothing really will change madagascar's a country that's run by big names a few influential powerful families one power bill to anything to get it and to hang on to it and they feel that it's no longer about the people for example what's happening now is this so much poverty in madagascar there's high unemployment young girls as young as twelve thirteen are dropping out of school trying to marry land barrons many farmers because they feel is their way out of poverty the army has threatened politicians and said if they don't resolve this little crisis in the world. now it's long been a killer of women to v.m.s. america competition from now on contestants will no longer have to were swimsuits organizers. will be judged on other attributes and not just physical appearance kristen salumi reports. by my bikini with the tweet miss america scrapped its iconic swimsuit competition the judges me keep mine strictly on the job.

beauty pageant that started almost one hundred years ago as a tourist attraction in atlantic city new jersey evolved into what organizers now describe as a competition. miss america nine hundred eighty nine and former newscaster gretchen carlson became the first female chairwoman of the organizations board after derogatory and show monistic emails from a former c.e.o. became public we will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance that's huge the idea is to make the competition more inclusive to women of all shapes and sizes given the organization is the largest provider of scholarship assistance to young women in the united states and its stated purpose is to promote their education. while some applauded the decision not everyone is on board i think it's a good thing yeah i mean it should be based on their you know personality their

answer it's what they want to do to help the world be better i think it's ridiculous that they're not doing this and see a badge and why is that because it's part of it always has been as it's been in existence of always i'm supposed to say i'm in favor of such a. such thing but i probably realize the evening gown competition will also change to allow contestants to focus on personal style whatever they choose to do it's going to be what comes out of their mouth that we're interested in when they talk about their social impact initiative changes will take effect in the next competition which is scheduled for september kristensen meet al-jazeera. these are the top stories and some others disaster agency has ordered new evacuations from areas around the flag of volcano warning of increased of all kind

of activity the death toll from sunday's eruption has risen to seventy thousands more are being housed in temporary shelters this update from david in second topic as. a whistle goes off and that means that everybody has to evacuate that's what's going on right now people are being told to walk out in case there's another eruption which could put more lives at risk those lucky enough to escape had just moments to evacuate their homes they had to leave everything behind their actually covered belongings bear witness to the tragedy. iran has told the u.n. it's increasing its capacity to enrich uranium at its now talent's facility but within the limits of the twenty fifty nuclear deal the agreement allows iran to build parts for centrifuges as long as they are not made a relational within the first decade last month the u.s. really impose sanctions on iran after president trump announced his country was pulling out of the deal. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the

announcement proves the nuclear agreement has done nothing to moderate iran's behavior he said the deal will eventually collapse under the weight of economic forces at a new who is on a tour of europe trying to convince governments to drop their support for the deal jordan's king abdullah has ordered a review of a controversial income tax law which has caused mass protests and led to the prime minister's resignation a former world bank economist has now been tasked with forming a new government in italy airlines of the anti establishment five star movement the right wing likud party has won a confidence vote in the upper chamber of parliament the government led by political. was sworn in on friday it followed three months of political turmoil and catalyst foreign minister says his country will not back down from plans to buy a russian anti missile system despite reports that saudi arabia was threatening military action if it did so it's comments coming year into

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you turn this into this. the still waters of doha's west bay lagoon. daily life seemingly undisturbed in qatar's capital. a serenity the training that this is a nation under siege. on june fifth two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia the united arab emirates back reign and egypt cut off all diplomatic ties with qatar. accusing it of funding terrorism and fermenting regional instability all land air and ceilings to the country was severed. 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 see a world of magic. flight accusations and counter-accusations this claim this encounter claims were made by. the media served as the main battleground. on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen crain state television read a statement from its government in the men look at their. father not. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. the message well. i thought of. the year when. the u.a.e. and egypt announced they were cutting ties with qatar. the coordinated move by the

four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the largest country. followed by what it's. see dependent foreign policy as a threat. to their narrative their consensus there were. only one which is totally unacceptable qatar was accused of harboring a multitude of terrorist and sectarian groups creating instability in the region the restrictions did not only target because of the government but also its citizens and residents. in the hours that followed a systematic and orchestrated plan of isolation was enacted. the national carrier has declared they would be suspending flights to and from qatar the

following day and those from qatar were banned from even transiting through their countries with the exception of egypt the blockading states recalled their own citizens and gave the. tori's residing and working in their countries fourteen days to leave their territories. the block of four also closed their airspace to qatari aircraft leaving only a small corridor or funneling all their planes in and out of the arabian gulf at one thirty pm the only land border was closed saudi arabia stopped all movement of vehicles from its side. trucks carrying food raw materials equipment and medicines could no longer cross into qatar. all vessels destined to or carrying the flag of qatar would not be allowed to call at the ports in the u.a.e. . as the severing of ties continued doha released its own statement

declaring there is no legitimate justification to cut ties and that the decision is a violation of its sovereignty. concern from our lives with vested interests and investments in all the countries involved were quick to react hoping to keep the situation under control and avoid any escalation. the stakes were too high. in sydney australia then u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson addressed the unfolding events and urged restraint and dialogue we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together it addresses differences and we think it is important that the g.c.c. remain a unified. the tiny desert country was highly reliant on produce from its neighboring countries and with those imports now blocked qatar needed new supplies.

the well maintained relations qatar has put its regional neighbors meant the trade embargoes effects would be soft seeing an opportunity to iran declared that food shipments could be in doha in twelve hours turkey also offered to help however it could. qatar had been thrown in a lifeline. doha staunchly disagreed with all the accusations made against it and continue to call for dialogue if there is any sensible argument or sense of an accusation we are ready to unsettle but although it's a big accusation without any sort of argument we are not that it added to onset of this if there is any problem should be solved on the negotiation table butting of the g.c.c. countries together on his highness will coming any positive help to solve this problem. but up to this point the g.c.c.

the gulf cooperation council had been able to deescalate the situation she says he was never intended to deal with an act of aggression between one of the constituent you see members this is unprecedented in the extent of the scope of it how it took everybody by surprise kuwait did issue a statement calling for restraint but the six member group had not met and the three g.c.c. states that imposed the blockade were not willing to enter into talks our men and also kuwait i think found it very difficult in the initial stages of the crisis. you know there may have been some pressure exerted on them to to take sides but i think then it was you know i think even the courts had to quickly realize that they needed some mediator within the region. so we've seen kuwait sort of take on more of that will than than are meant for this crisis but it's also important to to note

that this pressure of taking sides extends beyond the gulf region. by nightfall on that first day that instigating nations in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the mo d. and factions in libya in isolating the tiny gulf nation. on the second day of the crisis the effects were beginning to show. cut three citizens in the blockading countries were making arrangements to vacate and return to their homeland. qatar's population is made up predominantly of the experts 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 made of. recent history there

were many signs that kut-o. 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 viewed as definitely the subordinate actor and the qataris have refused to accept this position in the two thousand when al jazeera was perceived by saudi arabia to be a major thorn in that side diplomatic relations broke in two thousand and two and continued until two thousand and seven two thousand and eight and then of course you have the more recent crisis in two thousand and fourteen where the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain briefly broke diplomatic relations again in protest of what they view to be.