active representatives know you know that there are certain social issues that they care very deeply about and you know as we are approaching the midterm elections i think for example democrats in key red states and trump states and the few republican senators who are you know are pro abortion and pro upholding a woman's right to choose what to do with their body i think voters in those states specifically need to put political pressure on those candidates to reject a nominee who would be anti-abortion and tell g.b. take your rights are anti any number of social justice causes that a new more conservative justice would likely vote against if i understand correctly this process is supposed to end in october the incumbent is supposed to be in place by then and of course we have the midterm elections coming up in november how much of an impact do you think this this pick for the supreme court is likely to have on voting in those midterms i think you know

again with with for example the democrats who are fighting for their seats in red states i think this the way that they vote on on this judicial nominee will be a referendum on whether they're going to push the democratic voters in their state on the democratic base as a whole further left if they vote to appoint a trump nominee that's very conservative and then if they vote. to oppose him i think that also kind of jeopardizes their seat because they are already based in red states and will likely see a push from conservative voters to to vote them out of office so i think you know the way they vote on this issue either or either vote is really going to be very definitive for their political future news off on from the center for constitutional rights thank you very much indeed. four more school boys are being brought to safety from inside a flooded cave in thailand bringing the total number rescued to eight said to be

recovering well in hospital step vasant has the latest finally they saw daylight after spending weeks deep underground in a flooded gave the second batch of boys emerged much sooner than expected after a dangerous for kilometer journey to novel flooded passages within their lives fully into the hands of cave divers let flown in from all over the world to guide them out the eight boys are being kept in isolation to make sure they didn't get any infectious diseases inside the cave an agonizing wait for their parents who were allowed to see them but not get near to them yet. last night once we successfully completed our mission there was another team ready to place the equipment for us immediately we were able to complete our mission earlier than expected by around four or five hours if the weather stays like this and we're able to prepare ourselves faster we can conduct our operation faster baron's free of the worst when their boys disappeared more than two weeks ago after entering the caves

just before it got flooded only to be found nine days later and relative good health. it was a tough call to make to rescue two boys who consul him nor die for this flooded and narrow gateway it could only work if the boys wouldn't panic and fully rely on their rescuers for guidance although details of the rescue operation have yet to emerge it's safe to say that this tricky plan has so far been successful authorities say the boys are doing fine despite their ordeal by details about their medical conditions have not been released dramatic disappearance of the football team and their equally dramatic rescue has not only captivated thailand but many worldwide how has poured in from around the globe something to palance of the boys say it will never forget as long as they live step fastened al-jazeera at that time long cave in northern thailand. still had an al-jazeera washington promises to

support peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban as the u.s. secretary of state visits afghanistan. and israel seals a key role in crossing into gaza blocking a major access point for vital supplies. and it's. the weather sponsored by cattle. once again welcome to the look at the international forecast the sloshy troyer across southern parts of china at the moment a few bits and pieces of cloud down towards the far south but this is as we go on into the second half of the week that we really are concerned mid week we're going to see this tropical system soon for time food maria making its way across northern parts of taiwan towards the province damaging winds and flooding rains coming in here it will weaken but lots of very heavy rain and we are likely to see quite

a bit of chaos as we go on through the second half of this week because further south the showers continue through the philippines southern parts of india china malaysia seeing some showers some longer spells of rain in some wet weather still very much in evidence across a good part of thailand want to see showers pushing a little further north was the west the weather will make its way across northern parts of thailand white and stay home with showers continue meanwhile across a good part of malaysia but indonesia does stainless you try not so much trouble across india at present but we got a lot of cloud showing up on the satellite picture particularly through the west and pushing up towards the far south of pakistan also cloud a lot of rain that's is central and even into northern parts of india at present more clouds also some rain there from new delhi by wednesday the weather sponsored by katter i always say. this is one of the most. of our judicial system what to do with children examining the juvenile justice he did in adult

crime he's got to face an adult sons adolescents should not be denied. the rest of their lives for actions that are taken at that period of their lives is just as guilty as suffers the same consequences that's the law exploring the dark side of american justice the system with joe burden on al-jazeera. what are not a zero a reminder of our top stories this hour you had governments been thrown into crisis by the resignation of two senior ministers foreign secretary powers johnson put less than twenty four hours after david davis stepped down as chief brags it's

negotiator both are unhappy with prime minister theresa may strategy for leaving the e.u. . in the coming hour the u.s. president's due to announce his pick to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy there's already a conservative majority in the highest u.s. court trance decision is likely to consolidate that position and it could have a significant impact on key court rulings concerning issues like abortion same sex marriage and gun rights. eight of the twelve school boys have now been rescued from a flooded cave in thailand where they were stranded for more than two weeks for more boys than a football coach are still inside the head of the rescue mission says they need three more days to get them all out. the drug administration says it will not meet a tuesday deadline to reunify all children separated from their parents as they cross the us mexico border the separations of undocumented families were ordered as part of the white house no tolerance policy and a shihab rattansi of reports there's concern that authorities have simply lost

track of the children. on tuesday at least fifty four children under five will be reunited with a parent according to the trumpet ministrations lawyer about food as well short of a court order for all children under five in u.s. custody to be reunited but the administration admits about numbers should be ninety six. the american civil liberties union says it thinks the number may be her the government says the need to conduct background checks and logistical problems make reunification impossible in some cases but it will provide a time frame for the remaining children to join their parents in one case the government says it has no idea who the child's parents are the next state mandated by the court is july twenty sixth by then separated children no matter their age are to be reunited with their families it's not clear what the legal consequences will be if the administration fails to reunify all families by the end of the month . calderon is working with a separated family this is something where that we've not had to deal with before

so i'm not sure how you were penalize the government for failing to do their job in this particular case the attorney general announced the zero tolerance policy in early april and by early may all undocumented migrants crossing the southern border including asylum seekers were being prosecuted once detained for criminal prosecution parents lose custody of their children in fact we now know transpiration policies began quietly last year the administration says it has less than three thousand separated children in its care but those numbers are disputed and accurate numbers are just one of many problems in late june this was the congressional testimony of the secretary of health and human services i sat on the o.r. our portal with sit with just basic keystrokes within seconds could find any child in our care for any parent and technically that appears to be true each detain child is given a number that is put in the database but countless reports suggest that authorities have not kept parental records even as children are transferred thousands of kilometers away from their mothers and fathers in our experience there is nothing

connecting a child case to a parent's case some of these children don't know their full names of their their parents so that's hard to help them locate. even if the administration is able to locate both parent and child it's unclear what's next there are reports that some asylum seekers are being told a condition of reunification with their children is for them all to be deported together back to the danger they say they escaped time see al-jazeera washington. the u.s. secretary of state has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan my pump aon made afghan president bush afghani and affirm that the u.s. will offer its full support to resuming negotiations with the taliban says the peace process would be afghan led but the u.s. is prepared to help resolve any differences. strategy said a clear message to to the taliban they cannot wait us out and we are beginning to see the results both on the battlefield with the taliban's momentum is slowing and

in the process prospects for peace with them so that the peace process will be afghan led will be amongst the afghan people we have been very encouraged following the ceasefire but to see how the afghan people have responded that we think that bodes well for the peace process a crossing into gaza that provides an economic lifeline to its residents has been shut down by israel the kind of crossing was the only place between gaza and israel where goods could pass humanitarian aid medical supplies and food will still be allowed through but commercial and industrial products will be blocked israel says it's in response to palestinians launching in century kites into its territory and the who in the video to demonstrate going to hamas we will immediately use a heavy hand against hamas in the gaza strip in a significant step we will today close it getting along crossing it will be more steps but i will not elaborate. hamas has called israel's decision

a crime against the palestinian people and vowed to continue protests. blocking. the israeli government's decision to close the only terminal leading to the gaza strip is a war crime against our people it will deepen the humanitarian crisis that the people of gaza live shows how the israeli occupation fails in dealing with peaceful marches it also shows how when you mean netanyahu is only able to understand the palestinians try to crush the palestinian people but we will continue the marjorie's until we achieve our target of breaking the sayed of the gaza strip very false that has more from west jerusalem. this measure from the israeli government has come as something of a surprise given all the talk there had been in recent weeks and months about trying to improve the situation humanitarian economic situation inside gaza for security reasons that have been the arguments of the israeli army it has been the argument we understand of jason green blatt and jarred cushion of the u.s. envoys who were here recently trying to get some international and israeli support

for some sort of restructuring inside gaza economic assistance to try and stave off this security problems and indeed give some traction potentially to donald trump's middle east peace plan yet to be public published instead we have this announcement from israeli prime minister in which he said he was acting with a heavy hand against hamas because of the continuing use of kites and balloons carrying incendiary devices burning material over the gazan border and into israel east israeli territory where forests and fields have been burnt for many weeks now there have been a good deal of pressure on him to act more firmly from his own coalition partners but this action will also be felt hugely by the two million residents inside gaza the four hundred or so trucks and day that come to care i'm sure shalem as it's known in israel. as it's known to the palestinians they bring all sorts of goods humanitarian goods food livestock animal feed medicine will still be allowed

through but all industrial commercial goods will be banned the gaza chamber of commerce has told us that that will be catastrophic to the gazan economy there will be millions of dollars worth of goods stranded on the israeli side prices will spike inside gaza already gazan unemployment is running at more than forty percent the economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse so we're told by numerous analysts over recent weeks and months this could be a decisive measure and one which could further destabilize gaza. catalonia is not giving up on any path to independence that's according to the region's leader who's had a meeting with the new spanish prime minister but there are signs she has hosted the separatist catalan president kim tola for the first time in the government palace in madrid the two leaders have agreed to kick start dialogue following a breakdown in relations after catalonia has failed attempt at secession last year more than thirty opposition parties in nigeria are working together to stop

president muhammadu buhari from serving a second term the thirty nine parties say they have signed an agreement to form an anti behati alliance the plan is for all political parties to be represented in a government of national unity seventy five year old bahati says he will stand for reelection to a second four year term in office. south sudanese rebels have rejected a peace deal that the government says had been agreed to by both sides the rival parties signed a cease fire last month but it's been violated several times by both sides that is power sharing plan would have seen the rebel leader react much as reinstated as vice president but the opposition says the proposal doesn't do enough to dilute president salva kiir news power base. longtime regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea say they are no longer at war after their leaders signed a declaration of peace and friendship but it's urgent to restore diplomatic relations came during a landmark visit by ethiopia's new leader ahmed to editorial priyanka reports.

with smiles and handshakes if you o.p.'s prime minister left eritrea and a decades long military standoff behind him at the abbott's visit was high on symbolism but also led to the most significant steps yet to its peace between the two longtime regional rivals at the covered you don't know where you are now the chances and the opportunities were there for us and we were hoping to use them but they were locked away from us for the past twenty five years for twenty five years is not a short time the last we incurred in the past twenty five years cannot be recovered but today we feel like we have not lost anything we fail as if what we've lost has been regained suffered a key. the wall that was built between our people against their will for the last twenty years needs to be demolished the war that took the lives of thousands of waited many years and cost us dearly financially and finally become war without.

abby it took the first step weeks ago by surprise and controversial decision to accept the terms of a peace deal they signed in the year two thousand that ended a two year conflict over their shared border. and now the two leaders have decided to take it a step further by opening that border and reestablishing their embassies busy main flights and developing ports. but the forestall to peace has some sobering reminder there are a number of disputed territories along the border and territories will move direction. and there are. like resists being. transferred to another national jurisdiction or divided by the new order so the implementation is something that's going to be and. the border dispute has

taken a toll atreus isolated regime and its focus on the conflict that it has seen thousands of people flee the country maybe diskeeper mandatory military conscription. via wants to put landlocked a few back on track as one of africa's spots to score economies with access to eritrea threats seaports but for many it's a coming together of the better force that have raised hopes for peace in the horn of africa. al-jazeera. to such a zero these other top stories britain is government has been thrown into crisis by the resignation of two senior ministers both disagreed with prime minister to resign main strategy for leaving the e.u. foreign secretary boris johnson resigned less than twenty four hours after david davis quit as the chief brags that negotiator both are unhappy with may's plan for

a so-called soft brags that the president of the european council donald tusk says he regrets that the idea of bragg's it didn't leave along with davis and johnson politicians come and go. but the problems they have created for the people remain. the caused by break it is the biggest problem in the history. of. the u.k. relations. and it is still far from being solved eight of the twelve schoolboys have now been rescued from a flooded cave in thailand where there was stranded for more than two weeks four more boys and their football coach are still inside the head of the rescue mission says they need three more days to get them all out in just over half an hour from now the u.s. president is due to announce his pick to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy there's already a conservative majority in the highest u.s.

court and donald trump's decision is likely to consolidate that position. the drug administration has told a federal judge monday that the government will not meet tuesday's deadline for reuniting migrant children with their parents the judicial order requests that one hundred two migrant children under the age of five are returned to their families separated in the us mexico border by tuesday the u.s. secretary of state has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan might pompei you met afghan president ashraf ghani and affirmed that the u.s. will offer its full support to resuming negotiations with the taliban. not only is not giving up on any path to independence that's what the region's leaders says after a meeting with the new spanish prime minister that will sanchez has hosted the separatist catalan president kim toda for the first time in the government palace in madrid those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story by phone.

ethiopia and eritrea no longer at war the one face to face that started a new chapter in his prime minister in eritrea president signed the joint declaration of peace and friendship enough but one of the challenges to unlock saying this is inside story. welcome to the program. it's been an unprecedented few days in the horn of africa

ethiopia's new prime minister made as stark visit to eritrea as capsule laura for a peace summit the two countries fought a better war over a disputed border nearly twenty years ago and they've been sporadic clashes of a sense. that this report. with smiles and handshakes if you o.p.'s prime minister left eritrea and a decades long military standoff behind him out he atmospheres it was high on symbolism but also led to the most significant steps yet to its peace between the two longtime reached a rival at the front you don't know or you don't know the chances and the opportunities were there for us and we were hoping to use them but they were locked away from us for the past twenty five years twenty five years is not a short time the last we incurred in the past twenty five years cannot be recovered but today we feel like we have not lost anything we feel as if what we've lost has

been regain. authorities say i saw forty. the hole that was built between our people against their will for the last twenty years needs to be demolished the war that took the lives of thousands of wasted many years and cost us dearly financially and finally become war without death abir took the first steps weeks ago by surprise and controversial decision to accept the terms of a peace deal based side of the year two thousand that ended a two year conflict over the shared border. and now the two leaders have decided to take it a step further by opening that border and reestablishing their embassies physio in flights and developing ports. but the forestall to peace has some sobering reminder as there are a number of disputed territories along the border and territories will move both directions to eritrea and ethiopia and there are going to be communities like resist being finding themselves transferred to another national jurisdiction or

divided by the new order so the implementation is something that's going to have to be handled very carefully. the border dispute has taken a toll atreus isolated regime and its focus on the conflict for the has the thousands of people flee the country maybe diskeeper mandatory military conscription. via wants to put landlocked a few back on track as part of africa's past history connally's access to any ts ritzy ports but for many it's a coming together of the bitter force that every state hopes for peace in the horn of africa. priyanka gupta to zero. let's take a look back on the important events in relations between these two neighbors their train people's liberation front captured us mar in one thousand nine hundred one which was then part of the larger federation of ethiopia two years later in one

thousand nine hundred three eritreans voted for independence and joined the united nations becoming africa's newest state at that time but in one thousand nine hundred relation soured with ethiopia triggered by a dispute over their shared border that led to a costly two year war which killed nearly one hundred thousand people then relations improved dramatically in recent months with ethiopia's new prime minister agreeing to the terms of the agreement that ended the conflict ok let's bring in our guest now and joining us via skype from at this hour new day program director of a money africa that's an independent policy think tank covering african affairs in london martin plot senior research fellow at the institute of koalas studies and the author of understanding eritrea inside africa's most repressive state and from athens in the u.s. state of ohio abraham zero executive director of penn eritrea in exile which promotes freedom of expression of i will welcome to all of you how aliyah this is

such a momentous moment isn't it that these two countries how significant was that leader's embrace. it was very significant especially you know it was not just a closure to two years of unnecessary and brutal war between the two countries and its hundred years of sentiments. it was also kind of the power of the embrace had a power to heal you know the certain years of war if you have not as if you know of war yet of what if you keep it if you had. the former you can governments so you know for a person who looks at the faces in emotions of the people on the streets of u.t.m. and the reaction of the people you know it's a bubble and many other place across across ethiopia it doesn't look like he was

a peace process between two countries who had a very bitter war and bribery in the past and the past two decades so it's certainly opened a new chapter because the two countries iran what do you make of the speed of this turnaround and how have you seen or heard our trends reacting to it all. i think it's moved surprised everyone in the press has been very very fast very the pace has been a kind of nobody imagined this kind of test because robin in this best tell me for the last twenty years and then we were most people when i was about to kind of give up what that was from was leadership and this happened at a time when egypt was also kind of facing a difficult difficult time while it's a pet it's not as a kind of face and it's got on for a long time. so deceptive as most of us most of the people sorry to process this would be. the development of the two countries just surprised everybody i guess ok

amount of a lot of people by surprise we had fine words from the in eritrea saying the bridge of love has destroyed the border but in reality how much work how much hard work is now needed to implement this peace deal well there's certainly a huge amount that needs to be done there are many many issues and i'm sure we'll explore some of them in the next few minutes but one shouldn't underestimate the huge amount of work that it took to get where we are today this didn't just happen there have been a long history of attempts some by the churches some by diplomats of the united states for example has been working behind the scenes and it's taken a long time to get here but the key issue was the election of the prime minister in ethiopia which really broke the deadlock and that allowed president decides

enough or off working in eritrea to say well you know it's a new government we've got rid of the t. p.l.f. regime that agrarian regime which was in charge of ethiopia for so many years and we can now have a new a new beginning but it's taken a lot of time and there's been a lot of arm twisting so how do you what do you think it was that abby was prepared to accept that was about this peace deal that his predecessor so resolutely rejected. i think that major reason why this piece today was accepted by the government you know smart eyes i believe it was done by he was extended the only branch was extended by a person who came to power in spite of the t.p.m. live for the two pm people who push in front a party that was the forefront of you know the the water that happened with you spock so. the government in syria had this very strong bitter

relations between. a man with with with you can f. and use message was received because the government here believe that he was genuine and they believe that if you tell it was not on the front seats anymore so i will believe that i meant that i'd also be recognition that the twenty years of you know the water and the stalemates the status quo was not sustainable and there were also an element of external intervention there were some going on terrorists that have been pushing from outside to the can side of that into the two countries but i think the most important fact that here is our. people believe that you know what i believe that he was making this initiative even though i mean there were some danger it was not really new i believe they believe that i mean they could engage with him without

a significant influence from the few dead ok. abby is getting a lot of credit. internationally what presents s.a.'s should he be getting any credit for this breakthrough as well i guess he also deserves some credit for this does accept and is kind of this offer. out say because we have a very difficult state before this process and it was also good gigs at football for them this doesn't work and for old ordered you to accept this course is process . so i'll say this come not as an option but it's kind of necessity to just most of the still minute. if we look at some of the practicalities now we've got the border area but there's no line is there's no demarcated border that exists there so most of what happens with this border and those towns that sits along at the families the people i mean are they going to be handed over to one side and the other we're going to see families divided are we going to see them we united what happens now.

well you have to go back to the peace deal that was signed in algiers at the end of the appalling border war in which something like eighty thousand one hundred thousand people died and perhaps a million people were displaced and when that took place in two thousand the both sides came up with a formula which was that the border would be adjudicated by an independent panel or set up in the hague but that they would do it x. a clear it bono now it's a latin but of latin what it means is without regard to fairness and justice it had to be done purely legal listicle e according to the existing treaties and international law so that is what both sides agreed to and when the border was finally published a couple of years later. eritrea discovered that it had won the kitana of bud bates

a very small town on the border really not much more than a village and ethiopia was absolutely horrified and that was why the ethiopians then said no no no hang on we now need to discuss this a bit further and the eritrean said talking we have nothing more to talk about the border must be demarcated so the border has now been demarcated by the international boundary commission they said the border goes from here to here and they give an exact coordinates and they did it. without regard to fairness and justice it cut through towns it cut through through towns to perhaps to villages through homesteads churches from their congregations but that is what both sides asked for now in the current situation the key issue is will both sides be a little bit more flexible it is of course up to both of them to decide yes that is the international border but it will be generous we'll allow this little area to go this way that will air to go that way because there are big areas on both sides

that both sides can gain. we'll gain and lose the border chunks of land to eritrea chunks of land to ethiopia but what they can mitigate the impact this has on the local populations which are severe. if they want to but that requires a spirit of trust generosity that is what we haven't had in the past do we have it now i hope so but we will know when that when they get down to the detail ok how leah what do you think when you see abby's porthos is what ethiopia this fall is what the two sides together is he prepared to continue being flexible and open. i think there's a general belief among scholars that. the border war was not primarily about the border there where the konami political ideological and structure of the state state structural. reasons for for the warm and i think to go forward

even though there is a high level of optimism and excitement from all sides and there is into the ism and commitment to pursue that the path of peace and reconciliation. there must be a proper reflection an examination of you know what caused the war what was the underlying problem you know that broader to brotherly people brotherly and sisterly people to the conflicts to a bit better bitter conflict to be started in the days of hundreds of them in advance of thousands and the displacement of another hundred thousand so. right now i think we're in a phase of excitement and enthusiasm and we me. more actions more decisions from those both sides that can consolidate its. losses ok how they're going to open that because not everyone's excited of anything we look at people in this town of bad may that have been brought up on the border

they lost they've been fighting on the front lines they've got a lot of people lot of people are buried that they are going to be reluctant to be handed over to the eritrean side. i mean the demand for reconsideration easy to cheer was primarily coming from the degree vision and you know. you know the form for the r. and the still made up for a lot was the single most issue that defined its internet store mistake in foreign policy it was not the same for european its impact was mostly visible in to go right. and most common if you go if we zoom down it's significantly affected the lives and livelihoods of people living in only of the border so all. the strong demand for resources of the conflict was coming from you know activists importante shows from that specific region going to great

region and. so. and you know active simple additions have been making these demands to the problem for the prime minister for example that's going to have its abraham because the president are traveling he's used this conflict hasn't he and in the way that he rules the country uses it to justify a brutal crackdown do you think that that might change now i'm afraid this would be a kind of the beginning of. a long journey because there are lots of outstanding issues and into we need to kind of deploy these people are taking this as a step to cut their improvement that let's have our standing issues of militarization people are expected to have into this in the military service we have made it issue of resume that in that story was never. released but it got prisoners were out dozens of political prisoners in the country now implement the

rule of law implement going to shoot up lots of outstanding issue and asserting that the roads are a very talented special for recess and for it sounds as well. but isn't as one of the most socially and economic isolation country in the world you've written about about that fact do you think this is a chance an opportunity for the country to come in from the cold oh i think that it certainly is i mean something has already taken place there is already a letter from the secretariat of the regional organization in the international internet intergovernmental or forty on development this is the actual letter and it says to the eritreans this is happened we'd love you to rejoin our regional organization so there is already an attempt to bring eritrea out of its isolation

but there are also sanctions which united nations brought up because eritrea was backing in somalia and was interfering in djibouti and as a result there were sanctions against the eritrean government not against the people they weren't economic sanctions they were military sanctions against the people against the government and it is quite possible that the. the ethiopians who are some of the prime supporters of the of the sanctions regime will now say well look we think these issues have been resolved let's lift the sanctions and if that happens then certainly it could easily go through the united nations the sanctions would be lifted but you know there are so many issues that can trip this whole process up and you know both sides are going to be pretty suspicious of each other you can't have this amount of hostility twenty years of hostility and all these deaths and just wiped them away in one moment i hope the there are no stumbling

blocks but one can't be sure that they won't be having a what are the main issues that we should be looking out for here. when you know when the war happened in ninety eight the power missions between the governments in a smaller and. we're completely different from the partitions that exist now and it will be has significantly changed in the past two decades economically militarily and politically. not dominant the same cannot be said for four. and there were some i do always got differences for example with open gulf the borders and movement of people there would be movement of ideas as well just to give one one possible point of contention could be you know if you'll be has a federal system that's based on identity and it's in the city and the are farce

one of the national groups who leave boards sides of the border they have an autonomous region in ethiopia they have their own capital they have their own government the and they have the right to use their language for governments for justice for education on meet it so there are these are a ready existing movement. a farce movement that he manned somehow you know some kind of status within. so it could for example you know. it could exacerbate an all this nationalist movement to nationalise feelings and demand for recognition of demand for representation in autonomy in u.t.v. ok however he has been mentioned that this particular conflict has spread to other conflicts in the horn of africa in the region we've got proxy wars happening in in south sudan and somalia do you think that stability between eritrea and ethiopia

could spread throughout the region. i hope so because. this country has been plain ketones in c. but when someone in somalia if i was in the win against. against against the arms or it country had been playing some residents of the country so i believe if this had been sand it also have elsewhere at today they sent this debate in the two countries that it does a secure security and peace in the region in the horn so i believe if implemented properly this could be a kind of again in the region the horn. you mentioned earlier that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are volved in bringing these two sides together just how heavily is their involvement now. oh i think it is very important is you mustn't forget that eritrea really broke out of its isolation

because of the war in yemen the they joined the saudi and u.a.e. effort against the hoofy they broke their ties asmara broke its traditional ties with iran and it established its relationship with saudis and the u.a.e. instead there are even suggestions that there are some air tran troops in yemen fighting against the movies they also gave the port of a sub has become a base for the u.a.e. and the saudis operate from there and there are also planes which fly from eritrea to bomb the goofy positions inside yemen so they've been very much involved in this whole process there are also stories human rights watch say that some of the people captured in the yemeni war are then brought to eritrea and tortured so there is a really intimate relationship between the eritreans and what happens on the other

side of the red sea so that has played a big role and the what the first thing that happened was that president assad's went to saudi arabia and while he was there the saudis said to him or why didn't you just pick up the phone to the. prime minister and i said no no i'm not going to do that subsequently after some meetings which took place in the united states at which dawn the animoto who is the african leader for the trump administration was he's just been he's just been replaced he actually brought some of the air tran's and the ethiopians together there were discussions there and then subsequent to all of that. president assad goes to the goes to the u.a.e. and is basically i think told really you must move you must not take take your chance you make. deal with with promised abby and there was apparently a lot of money was was put on the plate for him to do so that is i mean i don't

have that confirmed but that is the story so you know everybody has been playing a role the other thing that we shouldn't forget is that today the united nations secretary general is flying to at this hour barber he's going to have a talks with prime minister abby who has flown back from us mara so everybody's getting involved the americans the saudis the u.a.e. everybody is trying to make this happen i'm sure the the african union is also doing what it can and they're all trying to buttress this so this twenty year long still made no peace no war constantly undermining each other wherever possible is ended and it would take one huge problem off the plate of everybody in the region if it can succeed but as i say there are lots of stumbling blocks as. put it it's a long journey absolutely we will keep following it closely has been a fascinating look at some very big changes that we have seen very rapidly in the

region thank you all very much for joining us les martin pout and abraham sarah and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website as al-jazeera dot com for further discussion to go to our facebook page at facebook dot com for slash a.j. inside story and you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from me laura kyle and the whole team here it's by for now you .

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tell wastes it became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. the u.s. supreme court is set to move to the right as donald trump prepares to nominate a new justice. under matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up political crisis in the u.k. as a second a minister quits over to recent days brags of plans. four more boys are rescued

from a flooded cave in thailand but five of those still remain underground. and israel seals a key road crossing into gaza blocking a major access point of vital supplies. well u.s. president donald trump's jus to announce his nominee to replace retiring supreme court justice antony kennedy these are live pictures from the east room of the white house where we expect the announcement to begin any moment his decision is going to probably swing the highest court in the u.s. firmly to the right to the supreme court has the final say on matters ranging from the village ditty of controversial laws disputes between federal and state authorities and the final appeals of convicts on death row now in recent years it's decided a divisive issues like same sex marriage abortion and gun rights corporate money in

elections and free speech that's already a five to four conservative majority mung it's nine judges but the outgoing conservative justice kennedy sometimes joined his liberal counterparts on important rulings on abortion and gay rights so republicans are said to be pushing for someone whose vote is more reliable we're going to take you live now to the white house where u.s. president donald trump is about to unveil his pick to replace supreme court justice anthony kennedy that's a decision expected to swing the balance in the highest of u.s. court further to the political right let's listen in. my fellow americans tonight i speak you from the east room of the white house regarding one of the most profound responsibility of the president of the united states and that is the selection of a supreme court justice i have often heard that other than matters of war and

peace this is the most important decision a president will make the supreme court is intrusted with the safeguarding of the crown jewel of our republic the constitution of the united states twelve days ago justice anthony kennedy informed me of his decision to take senior status on the supreme court opening a new vacancy for more than four decades justice kennedy served our nation with incredible passion and devotion. i'd like to thank justice kennedy for a lifetime of distinguished service thank you

all up in a few moments i will announce my selection for justice kennedy's replacement this is the second time i've been faced with this task last year i nominated judge neal gorsuch to replace the late great justice antonin scalia thank . just as course because i knew that he just like justice scalia would be a faithful servant of our constitution we are honored to be joined tonight by justice scalia's beloved wife maureen of the thanks

of the both justice kennedy and justice scalia were appointed by a president to understood that the best defense of our liberty and a judicial branch immune from political prejudice were judges that apply the constitution as written that president happened to be ronald reagan. for this evening's announcement we are joined by ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meese was and then i speak for everyone thank you for everything you've done to protect our nation's great legal heritage in keeping with president reagan's legacy i do

not ask about a nominee's personal opinions what matters is not a judge's political views but whether they can set aside those views to do what the law and the constitution require i am pleased to say that i have found without doubt such a person. tonight it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states for

the i know the people in this room very well they do not stand in give applause like that so they have some respect and. rhett's wife ashley and their two daughters margaret and allies have joined us on the podium and thank you and congratulations to you as

a family like one judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law a graduate of yale college and yale law school judge kavanagh currently teaches at harvard yale and georgetown throughout legal circles he is considered a judge's judge a true thought leader among his peers he is a brilliant jurist with a clear and effective writing style universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. and just like justice course of church he excelled as a clerk for justice kennedy right. the

judge kavanaugh has devoted his life to public service for the last twelve years he has served as a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals with great distinction or thrilling over three hundred opinions which have been widely admired for their skill insight and rigorous adherents to the law among those opinions or more than a dozen that the supreme court has adopted as the law of the land beyond his great renown as a judge he is active in his community he coaches c. y. o. basketball serves meals to needy families and having learned from his mom who is a school teacher in d.c. tutors children at local elementary schools there is no one in america more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. i want to thank the senators on both sides of the republican and democrat for their consultation

and advice during the selection process this incredibly qualified nominee deserves a swift confirmation and robust bipartisan support the rule of law is our nation's proud heritage it is the cornerstone of our freedom it is what guarantees equal justice and the senate now has the chance to protect this laureus heritage by sending judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court and now judge the podium is yours and and one thank you mr

president thank you throughout this process i have witnessed first hand your appreciation for the vital role of the american judiciary no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people for more backgrounds to seek input about a supreme court nomination mr president i am grateful to you and i'm humbled by your confidence in me. thirty years ago president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty i am deeply

honored. to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. i. my mom and dad are here i am their only child when people ask what it's like to be an only child i say it depends on who your parents are. i was lucky my mom was a teacher in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington d.c. mckinley tech n h d woods and.