fighters or losing tons of what the little residential areas the main concern of the humanitarian community up the. street by street fighting that could see a rise in the civilian casualties. is a discipline to the services or vital. a lifeline for millions of yemen is to depend on. one year ago mohamed bin salmon became the crown prince of saudi arabia shortly after his country led a blockade against cattle and over the past two hundred sixty five days he's worked to reposition the kingdom's power in the region and globally as defense ministry launch a military operation in yemen to fight the rebels now in its third year the conflict is costing billions of dollars and has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis in november here rest of government government ministers princes and business when accusing them of corruption they were held in riyadh ritz carlton hotel and

released after paying billions in settlement deals his campaign to modernize saudi arabia as seen in church world capitals and with politicians none more so than u.s. president donald trump the two have to contain iran's influence and then of course there's a social reforms a crown prince has committed woman to drive and enter sports stadiums. joining me on set is sultan barakat the director of the sense of a conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute for graduate studies good to have you with us as always let's talk about yemen as that probably is his biggest attempted achieving anything at the moment it's a it's a disaster it's of a humanitarian catastrophe what went wrong there was that he is is attempt to introduce himself to the world and backside i think the war in yemen probably is the biggest mistake that. man has committed ever since it's come to his can to

power and in fact the launch of the war happened before he was officially announced as the count prince it was at the time when he was mr defense and i suspect it was part of jockeying for positions between him and his cousin who was at the time the become prince but it backfired in the sense that he underestimated how how long it will take i don't think at this stage that there dissipated to drag on for years it was seen as a sharp quick air campaign by which he will introduce shock into the system and he will be able to reverse the the arrangement within yemen and that and those this are having the support of the u.s. and britain and france he probably thought it would be a was easy of course yes i mean they were willing to support him as the states to some extent are still supporting him until today in the in his war in yemen a lot of the intelligence the air fueling is is provided by other parties but unfortunately going in german i think he backed he picked almost all the wrong partners starting with the united arab emirates as

a regional partner all the way inside yemen there was an opportunity for him to work with the islamic party erion of the conflict in the days of the blockade on ties and he missed that opportunity because of the pressure of the immoralities and the egyptians on him and that led to the dragging of the war do you think that also pushed him into the blockade that we are. still seeing today against qatar did that help i think the qatari thing is it's part of a different equation. but it didn't help of course it made things worse had he pursued his reforms particular his internal reforms in partnership with carter i think the results would have been much much better and unless look at what he's trying to do in saudi arabia and that's best if he's successful he's going to create a cutter and catch up with the reforms that got to recognize back in one thousand nine hundred and work towards which were also recognizes arabia by the late king

our beloved king of king abdullah was more restrained in his position he could not act as quickly as the crown prince is able to do so and he is acting isn't a which is a good thing particularly for women you see them going to stadiums you seeing them starting to drive but at the same time he's also rounding up activists. what's happening there while he's acting and it is good and i think a lot of young people in surgery via would agree with their cognized the need to reform and he has undoubtedly has the support of many young particularly young educated who were sent on scholarships by late king abdullah now returned they all are in support of his activities now i think the problem with him is getting surround himself with with also not just the wrong allies regionally but the wrong advisors locally if you see some of his advisors who have occupied the t.v. screens as a child the propaganda the way they address issues it's very surprising it it will not does not match the big vision that he seems to have adopted for saudi arabia

twenty thirty ok so thank you very much thank you. thank you more heads on the news including the european union says it's ready to retaliate against u.s. tariffs sparking fears of a global trade war plus. allegations of police brutality against migrants arriving in france from italy and. i'm on the richardson of the world cup in moscow where christiane amanpour has produced a game winning market for his country and claimed yet another personal record. there's been an escalation in fighting for control of libya's oil production facilities the u.s. state department has condemned recent violence between groups which has destroyed one major terminal is calling for rival fighters to immediately withdraw from the

area. is in libya's capital tripoli with this story tell us about the escalation in fighting that. well jane we're getting. conflicting reports from the oil question of have those forces saying that they have recaptured the oil terminals of ruslan aushev and so they are that were. taken control over by brahimi gibran forces last thursday and now on the other hand forces deny that and say that they have recaptured rustler north and sidra oil terminals on the other hand local media and local televisions allied with. a lot of khalifa haftar are confirming that there is forces have taken control of. oil terminal including a refinery airport in rosslyn north and the town the civilian area in the north

earlier today called the voice message really for have to himself he announces a new offensive launch of the new offensive to recapture the two terminals of. north and he has urged his forces to what he calls to crush the enemy he calls it he calls it a sacred a sacred battle to recapture the oil turn minutes we understand that both both sides of the conflict the forces and have his forces have been have been accusing each other of of targeting the oil storage tanks and ruslan of that were set on fire for the last few days and one of the two tanks completely collapsed as see the national oil corporation and said yesterday now. there are sources local

sources in their oil crescent say that drowns forces started withdrawing from the oil since last night but on the other. and lance forces deny that and say that they are still in the area they are still resisting and they have not left. the no for oil tournaments we understand that. grand formal chief of the petroleum sit it is god's he he was looking. for three years from july two thousand and thirteen until august two thousand and sixteen before forces loyal to warlord khalifa have to capture the oil christen in september two thousand and sixteen so that some kind of that is some kind of contradiction and just run is in a way or another is losing legitimacy because of his bad history in the area thanks for that matter. the european union says it is ready to engage with the u.s.

to resolve a trade dispute a day before the beginning of retaliatory tariffs against washington starting on friday the e.u. 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 tariffs are triggered by donald trump's decision to impose a ten to twenty five percent tariff from steel and aluminum imports the eames says that's illegal it could is not yet but it could escalate. to 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 interlinked in the global economy it's also in the chinese and in the u.s. with the global value chains so it will affect us as well it will affect our companies it will affect our consumers and we are also worried that countries are

acting outside the rules that we have created jointly in the w e barkha joins us now live from london eve what is the position are what are pushing for. well society amount strong as you have there seem to be pushing for an eleventh hour solution to this escalating trade route she's urged the united states and china to join the e.u. around the negotiating table but at the same time mum storm has been very clear about where she points the finger here she's accused the united states of introducing illegal tariffs on steel in alameda last month she's asked the w t o to address china's policy of subsidizing producers of also economic dumping of selling its goods that very low prices abroad that undercuts domestic producers and importing nations malmstrom said that the e.u. is rather reluctant to introduce retaliatory measures retaliatory tariffs that come

into force of course on friday but the e.u. she said was acting within the rules of the world trade organization you mentioned some of the goods there that the e.u. has targeted orange juice cranberries motorcycles denim some metal imports as well totaling around three point two billion dollars the e.u. has also said that if the w t o rules in favor of the e.u. in its latest complaint against the united states than it will introduce a further three point six billion dollars worth of tariffs on u.s. goods so on the one hand the e.u. is saying look we're ready to talk if you are but on the other hand it's saying we are prepared to defend our interests prepared to defend our consumers and our producers knave thank you. china has warned it will defend its interests over

washington's new trade tariffs beijing is accusing the years of using what it calls bullying tactics and blackmail and imposing terrace of hundreds of billions of dollars on chinese goods a government spokesman says u.s. actions are damaging the global economy by saying a big stick of trade protectionism china and the us are to the world's biggest economies. this in france are being accused of abusing the rights of migrants and refugees as a way to cross the border from italy international charities and activists said tension is routine asylum procedures aren't properly explained and the rights of refugee children are being ignored as a trasher battle reports police commanders refute the allegation saying they're just trying to stop illegal immigration. french border police search a train in the first stop from the border with italy migrants try to cross into france on this line every day but few make it the government's crackdown on illegal immigration and police checks asara pressure on police to turn back migrants says

this n.e.p. is leading to rights abuses isn't selling the police said there was no one inside here but when we asked to go in we saw a young people lying on the floor there was no interpreter no lawyer given no possibility to file an asylum request last year french officers on this border stop fifty thousand migrants many walked from italy taking dangerous mountain routes like this man who didn't wish to be identified but described being detained by french officers we don't have we don't have clothes we don't have shoes. with. some boy he's dead to be due to our because he's what he called me and he's hungry . one of the guards called my niece who police monies. to study between he and the boys. there are only a few hundred meters between the french and italian border posts which face the

mediterranean sea all along this road we have spoken to migrants who say that they were detained overnight by the french border police in a police station down there they all say the same thing they were locked inside with no food no access to information and activists in this region say that is extremely common and what's more they say the french police are falsifying documents. in order to turn away michael and one hundred eighty. under french law child refugees a guaranteed state protection the charity work is hearsay french police often ignore the rules it's unfortunately it's so common so we have that there where you see that it is written you know for the original birthday and the police change because in that way they don't have the there was somebody taking charge of the model yet again and good police. i repeat these accusations because every day my colleagues face migrants who pretend to be minus. on all sides the

lack of trust is clear there's also frustration that the european union isn't doing more to deal with the migration crisis leaving individual countries to cope and leaving the most vulnerable people lost in uncertainty natasha butler al-jazeera. a few moments we'll have the weather with rob but also still ahead on al-jazeera. america investigation we opened more questions for malaysia's former prime minister over the death of a mongolian model. but they believe the end that they are now you are going to have . a plea for answers and nicaragua families want to know why peaceful protesters are in prison plus. we have different heritages and great bonding tool for that for the country. as a strain as national team gets ready for its next big match of the world cup look at how the sport is helping integrate young immigrants.

and that is great. in. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. it's been rainy again on the pacific coast of a few power for about two or three days continuously and it's a bit of a waving frontal system as you have seasonal but you know you can have too much of a good thing for example and think up to four hundred millimeters if it's to be believed on the on the q should have bit less on the eastern side of honshu but this was the result unsurprisingly rivers rage not as far as i know there is significant damage has been done because this of course is seasonal rain is just the heavy version because it doesn't video i just produced some rather roads this is all part of a bigger system which of course goes all the way back through china and eventually and that with what you call the southwest monsoon in india so on wednesday night in

promises to show particularly there was yet again flooding this in the city itself came from what wasn't a huge amount of rain vaska things seventy eight millimeters but the rain for gian . there was something like two three times that amount which reflects what was in grungy hundred thirty three for example or more that now again this is what you might expect but for the last two or three weeks in china it's been relatively dry but the next two or three days from hong kong to shanghai back to the yangtze valley it could rain anyway. the weather sponsored by cattle always. kate comes running out of city hall for a g.c. people should use no more than fifty liters of top water per person per day. about a third of the city's residents live in informal settlements like this one you can see in about four percent of the water for generations they've already been

collecting it and communal taps all sources say the city will reach day zero on the ninth of july that's when they'll turn off the water in the hopes to have it be the communal times will stay on. the city's taps of fed by reservoirs this is one of the largest. gallup where four years ago they would have been on the twenty five meters of water since then the province has suffered the worst drought on record. water saving measures have already postponed a zero bytes three months everyone here is hoping the winter will soon bring enough rainfall to make sure never top.

again you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour after mounting pressure by both the republicans and democrats president has signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of splitting up migrant families at the southern border children will not be able to stay with their parents for up to twenty. seven former detainees in prisons run by the united arab emirates and yemen have described what they call a system of sexual torture they say they were raped and abused by guards and the u.a.e. controlled the u.a.e. denies managing or running prisons in the country. european union says it's ready to engage with the u.s. to resolve a trade dispute triggered by washington's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the e.u. will impose a twenty five percent duty on three billion dollars worth of u.s. good starting on friday. to turkey

a struggling economy will be one of the main issues people will consider as they head to the polls the value of the layer has fallen interest rates and inflation are rising that's hurting people's pockets and of course who has more from istanbul this is going to be the sixth time in four years and the second time under emergency rule that turks hit the ballot box most ball so present projects are drawn the how to five rivals but short of the fifty percent needed for a first round when opening the way for a risk you run off the economy could be a factor in the result the national currency is lost twenty percent since the new year public opinion survey or as arson jar say's it's the main reason the elections been brought forward eighteen months used. fifty four percent of turks see economy as the most important issue one nine percent say it is terrorism these sometimes replace each other economists take it johnson sais the issues are mostly

homemade and part of the periodic cycle it doesn't see a major risk to. the economy is reliant on the dollar during the other party's rules turkey spend what it had in hand and what it borrowed from abroad so the income has remained the same expenditures rose. are dawn's ruling parties line. is that a foreign man a place in has cause that's the klein supporters appear happy with that argument. is all require a look at america and the west in israel they hate the one out of spite i vote for the war. turkey face the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen and has been ruled by a state of emergency since then thousands of workers have been sacked and many politicians controversially jailed for allegedly with what aired on considers to be terror groups even pro kurdish presidential candidate still out and democrat has

been jailed for more than a year without trial he campaigns from behind bars. although that the economy is secondary first comes freedom my prior she is justice rule of law and democracy press freedom is also a key concern the organization for security and cooperation in europe oh i see reports to the arena qualities in coverage of political campaigns since two thousand and fifteen out of the un and his office forty came to power after the financial crisis of two thousand and one what swept away turkey is a selfish parties now there are forces working hard sell for the recession which could see it's going the same way critics say the line between the states and the government has become blurred and the gap between the support for arizona and the opposition has narrowed considerably sunanda solo al-jazeera istanbul. thousands of protests is a valid in remain is capital gains low as they say will worsen

a high level of corruption the measures include a limit on criminal investigations to one year unless charges are laid before then many as one of the worst records for corruption in the e.u. critics say the new laws will make the country a paradise for criminals. police in malaysia are reopening a murder investigation that could have links to the former prime minister najib razak among gay and model was killed by two former police officers in two thousand and six offices allegedly worked as bodyguards for now but he denies knowing the woman now she was also being investigated over claims he stole billions of dollars during his nine years in office he's accused of taking money from the state fund he set up the new prime minister mohammad reopen the corruption investigation after winning last month's election. i was not didn't have any knowledge whatsoever of money is coming in i would not have couldn't do it and allowed it if i knew

subsequently i believe that cone monies from several sources. and this is debatable but as far as i'm concerned i'm not privy to bang bang records you know unless you have special clearance from the bank then you would know what the source of funding or they knew or i accept it at face value would it uses coming from from the saudi king abdullah at his behest you know at his instruction so it's very joins us live from kuala lumpur tell us more about the murder case and what you know about it finds. well i'll turn to your shaariibuu was among goni and citizen and she was shot dead in two thousand and six in malaysia abducted shot dead and then her body was blown up with military grade explosive it's and as you explained the two to former policeman who were part of not just personal security detail have been convicted off but her family believes that the real culprits the people who ordered

her killing have not been caught now i'll turn to you i was also alleged to have been the translator and mistress of one of nine ships close advises a man by the name of rise up again who at the time of the murder was or before that was nick was instrumental or had a role in negotiating a deal for malaysia to purchase two summary ins from a french company now and that deal has been tainted with allegations that the french company paid kickbacks to malaysian government or a company. incorporated in malaysia and french financial prosecutors are currently looking at that deal now and this man runs out begin was tried for aiding and abetting her murder but was ultimately acquitted so i'll turn to his father who's been here in this country meeting with top officials the prime minister the attorney general has also launched a police report to urge police to reopen the investigation because he ultimately believes that the real culprits are still at large now his lawyer says they have

new evidence they've not disclosed what that new evidence is but they're also saying that one of nuggets former aides who wasn't a witness in the original trial should be investigated again when it comes to no jeeps full case any idea when or if charges will be filed. well the new prime minister mahathir mohamad has indicated that charges could be laid in several months we could even see a trial proceeding before the end of this year now in the. police have already raided several properties linked to not chip and his family they've seized nearly thirty million dollars in cash they've also seized nearly four hundred luxury handbags some worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. and they've also seized bags containing cash and jewelry now and the prime minister has said that he believes there is sufficient evidence to lay charges not only on not your brother but also

on his wife months or now in the meantime these two have been prevented from leaving the country they're actually banned from leaving the country while investigations continue thank you for that florence let's leave it there in indonesia authorities say the number of people feared drowned after a tourist ferry sank could be up to one hundred ninety three raising fears that it is now the country's worst maritime disaster as a search operation continues families and friends of those missing a wait for news of their loved ones the captain of the boat was detained by police for question on thursday he's one of eighteen people rescued after the wooden boat boat sank in so much as island lake toba on monday so i mean. i ask for these kinds of disasters to never happen again my ordering the minister of transportation to evaluate all sleepy procedures and standards of transportation vehicles for all owners of such boat do or be the regulations prioritize passenger safety and whole instructions from the meteorological agency for any forecast of

potential bad weather these in thailand are carrying out raids on factories in an effort to stamp out the illegal imports of electronic waste or waste since china banned imports recycling companies in thailand have been taking in more waste than they are allowed scott heard the reports from bangkok. police officers gather at a factory gate just outside bangkok they send up a drone to take a peek inside before scaling the wall and going in this is the latest in a series of raids on electronic waste factories for the past month the authorities have been cracking down on illegal operations and investigating imported waste some companies are bringing in more than they're authorized to import and using illegal factories like this one. it's the largest raid of its kind yet police estimate that there are six thousand tons of illegal waste in the sprawling compound all these seven kompany can you but now we found out that.

not that. factory but to another in the gun factory five importers have now had their license is suspended for a year intelligence gained on previous raids led police here to this plastic facility it's not even registered to do this kind of work now this is a stack of old router fronts now there are thousands of stacks like this on this facility and it's clear that this particular one came from overseas on the back of them there's a sticker with an american customer service number on it customs officials say that the import of plastic material for recycling including waste totals two hundred thousand tons for just the first five months of this year that's double the amount for all of last year i believe it is wrong the ban from china in that in part country so. tend to fly

other countries to stay into and thailand. those countries. environmental group also thinks that. electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil. but. there's no specific law that deals directly with. that he says domestic to keep the current businesses open so there's no reason to take in other countries.

the u.n. inter-american commission on human rights say they have 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 i know it up in a report from the capital and i've. been. getting. these desperate mothers crying out to prison guards for the release of

their children my d.s.l. danya has been camped outside these gates for more than a week her son we'll that 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 or look even though he took me with my thumb as innocent his only crime was holding up the flag of my country i believe this is why they're keeping him here we'll that his wife hazel has also stayed by the prison gates she goes home several times a day to take care of the family business a cybercafe in a residential neighborhood of nick i was capital managua hazel says she has a court order for her husband's release adding that he has been held illegally and without charge for more than a week at the this document is for the release of my husband but he hasn't been i trust in god that i have been back so. like many others who have gone missing we'll that was taken to the famous torture center from the days of the samosa rule more the.