we have seen this happen before in aleppo in eastern even in the homs district of the region executes and arrests people despite assurances that is no different we have the names of the victims and our witness accounts they kill children and the elderly on the basis that their sons or relatives participated in the fight against the regime. the takeover of daraa is another win for assad who now controls around sixty percent of the country but these victories are doing little to foster peace and security for all syrians russian commanders say military police are being sent to guarantee the syrian government won't exact retribution on civilians who lived in rebel areas it's a promise that has been made in the past and a promise the opposition doesn't trust. beirut any more ahead on the news hour including libya's moving to reopen its oil terminals weeks after they

were closed by fighting. protests in uganda after the government moves to tax social media. is taking legal action against a company that's pirating world cup broadcasts an entity called be out q has been using the twenty eighteen world cup broadcast signal without having purchased broadcast rights the company is using a saudi owned satellite for its broadcasts and its allegedly based in the kingdom fifa and other sports federations including the government bodies of tennis and formula one racing urging the saudi government and all countries where illegal broadcasts are taking place to support the fight against piracy. saudi arabia has issued a royal pardon to troops with disciplinary penalties for actions in the war against

yemen forces from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are backing the yemeni government in the fight against the rebels saudi state media didn't mention any particular crimes but says the move was to show appreciation for what it called the heroics and sacrifices of its soldiers all sides in the conflict have been accused over human rights abuses. after more than a month of fighting that shut down petroleum production libya's national oil corporation is finally reopening its key oil terminals forces led by warlords ali four have to bow to public pressure and agree to hand over the sites to the internationally recognized government like most other walk heard reports from tripoli after nearly three weeks of blockade by forces loyal to her leave her have libya's warlord has handed over control of oil terminals to the internationally recognized national oil corporation based in tripoli or very quickly be out of the

i congratulate all libyans for the resumption of oil exporting hopefully it will return with profit for everyone i personally thank all those who contributed to end this crisis especially those who acted rationally and wisely pressure from the u.s. the u.k. italy and france as well as a regional powers seems to have forced it have to relinquish control he was planning to keep the ports under the supervision of the. corporation which is allied to libya's rival parliament based in total the handover of the oil terminals and the resumption of exporting operations is opposed for the oil dependent economy some would say the hand over saves it from collapse but it doesn't mean the end of the conflict in eastern libya would have the enemies remaining nearby the so-called oil crescent who controls libya's oil is questionable because the country remains

divided between two governments one beast in tripoli the other in the eastern city of the latest conflict started on june the fourteenth when forces loyal to the former chief of the petroleum facilities gold a pro him just ran briefly took control of the largest oil terminals sidra and ruslan moved. at least. to oil is told to tanks were set on fire and exports stopped as tankers were turning away from this week tina and harry got terminals the food ports were recaptured by have to his forces reportedly with the help of the gyptian and you a air force despite handing over the ports have to retains control of oil fields the latest fight over the life blood of the exports is estimated to have cost the economy more than a billion dollars previous battle since the death of a good death the seven years ago good production to fluctuate resorting to full

power to put is a top priority boost for foreign customers and libya's national oil corporation which is promising production will be back to normal soon with. tripoli ok let me take you back to that previous story i was telling about where fief is taking legal action against a company that pirating world cup broadcasts let's talk to tariq punjab is a global sports reporter for the new york times is joining us now on skype from moscow thanks very much indeed for your time fee for and other sports organizations seem to have identified that this company in some way is connected to saudi arabia what is the likelihood that they're going to be able to bring some sort of prosecution in this case. it's a really good question. and i think the likelihood quite limited. by what being major is. out there. they try to

get legal representation in thousand year radio where they have had months and months of saying to be represented and the reason they want to do it. is the fact that the media through that time arab satellite mission company which is based in riyadh of course they can only act in saudi arabia quite as in a way. if you can't get a lawyer on legal action you're not going to get it this is been going on now for the best part of the year it's interesting isn't it that it's not just about fee for in this case isn't it's the governing bodies of tennis's governing bodies of formula one as well what are the wider implications of this. what repercussions for all the spent erection you mentioned the the majority of their ring. tennis

only the one is from television broadcasting right. for example the world cup that we're enjoying now in russia approaching it. now is worth about five point six i would say more than sixty percent almost seventy thousand that all. this is money that companies like the fourth. grade have spent hundreds of millions of dollars. so this is an interesting moment now can the right. values be saying now that alan is a poor example the world with all the premier league league this is the money that pays well is that a reason the. some of the best players that we see in the world all the salaries of the top ten is the only golfers. i finally found it correctly saudi arabia suppose to be part of a consortium that at the moment is behind because

a twenty five billion dollar funding initiative it was information on this was released back in april the initiative is for a fee for to set up global matches that's an awful lot of money does that make it difficult do you think for the board of to try to balance whether or not it's actually going to put. pressure on a prosecution against saudi arabia or the company if it is based in saudi arabia. it's a really good question i mean people still haven't confirmed exactly. but this is just in that there is a saudi interest. in this project and it would change the landscape all considerably twenty billion dollars or so that is that is really really money and then we are also ways that the relationship that. the president has been building with saudi arabia to. take the open sports minister over there.

so these things are all in conflict with the. court acted in saudi arabia on the one hand while courting the saudi government on the other hand apart from the legal ramifications of all of this what is the technical side one assumes that the signals are already scrambled somehow anyway so that they're limited to a number of subscribers and yet somebody has been able to take those signals broad rebroadcast them and in a very professional manner how do you how do the broadcasters try to get the jump the gun as it were and try and get ahead of that. some are having a really difficult time clearly i mean like i said it's been going on for the best part of the year this is not something that's in the bedroom and soon this is a very sophisticated operation. as well as part of their broker. have been able to stream this on the internet as we're talking about now which is through a staff like this cost millions of dollars. and instantly from the take that they

must have access to most of. the competition and it seems like it's not just the be in sports channels that are affected it's like there are other other other sports right. and it seems they feel they can do whatever they like because they've been able to what ever they like. terry foundries global sports reporter for the new york times we really appreciate your time thank you very much indeed thank you still ahead on al-jazeera the island senate takes a stand against illegal israeli settlements. a new book offers a window into nelson mandela's years in prison. and in sports world number one rafael nadal battles his way into the wimbledon semifinals edging his way closer to a third title.

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president donald trump has told nato leaders they must increase their defense spending to four percent of their economic output that's double his previous demand time the group's current target he launched a public attack on germany accusing it of being too dependent on russia. we're getting the first pictures of the twelve time boys and their football coach in the hospital and since their dramatic rescue from a flooded cave the thai n.a.v. has also released new video of the complicated operation divers say the boys were sedated to avoid panic. zimbabwe's main opposition party and thousands of its supporters have rallied in the capital demanding free and fair elections the party's leader is accusing the ruling zanu p.f. policy of trying to steal votes ahead of the poll on july the thirtieth. more now on our top story on trump's controversial comments at the nato summit white house correspondent kimberly hall that has reaction from the u.s. congress. as president donald trump chastise u.s.

allies in brussels over trade policy and defense spending u.s. lawmakers here in the united states are underscoring their support for the transatlantic alliance in the republican controlled senate as well as the house of representatives the lawmakers there have approved a non-binding measure that affirms support for nato but democrats in both chambers are going a step further you can donald trump for criticizing allies putting relationships at risk i said drive to the view that we should not be criticizing our president was overseas but let me say a couple of things nato is indispensable i'm very concerned that we have a rougher meeting with nato. and then some kind of civil authority maybe. and it works against our people anderson this statement would be. ostrich sleeve laughable if it were not so serious that germany has stood

by our side. given the lines and sacrificed resources for us in. wars that we continue to fight. this kind of reference absolutely despicable now many members of congress believe that president trump is right to point out that some of nato members are not hearing to their security commitments but at the same time it is the rhetoric that is concerning both democrats and republicans particularly when there is a singling out of a key u.s. ally like germany in fact some democratic members of congress saying that the u.s. president is not only embarrassing the united states calling his behavior a disgrace. lawrence korb is a former assistant secretary of defense and he's also a senior fellow at the center for american progress is joining us from washington

d.c. thank you very much indeed i want to talk about the finances involved in nato at the in a second but it's just seems that donald trump almost seems to have pople he treated for organizations like nato and seems to be working to undermine it at least that's the way it appears in public why would he do that well according to his view and unfortunate supported by his base these groups take advantage of us you know we pay all the bill we provide everything and we not only get nothing in return but actually and they have a trade surplus with us we saw him earlier on being very critical of germany in a public meeting with public breakfast in fact with the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. of course in front of journalists and cameras which i'm sure is no coincidence how great is the risk to you think that patients amongst world leaders

is going to run out of the way that donald trump decides that he's going to handle this kind of thing. well i think it is already beginning to run out even before this horrible public. criticism of chancellor merkel she had been talking about the europeans you know providing for their for their own defense and it's going to also make it very hard to work with the european union on dealing with some of the trade issues some of which are legitimate but this is not the way to to to do it if you have those concerns you should express them in private he seems to do this on the basis one gets the impression that this is the case that there is going to be no retaliation that he can see these things pretty much with impunity if there is retaliating if world leaders get fed up with the way that they're being treated by him what kind of autonomy ation is there going to be do you think well i

think what would happen is basically they might start dealing with russia themselves and and not get the united states states involved they may decide that they're no longer going to help us for example in a place like afghanistan remember nato involved article five only once and that was one the united states was attacked on nine eleven they've already had over a thousand. nato members soldiers died in in afghanistan and also the support that they provide to us in other middle east operations like syria for example so i think this is what what what could happen or if they do it they won't work together with us and so the hole will not be greater than the sum of the parts of course he's going to see president putin in finland in a few days do you think that that has any bearing on the tone of his comments that a nato. well again if it was i mean he

basically i think hopefully is trying to say we shouldn't be you know helping helping russia but then he has said well yeah but i get along much better with you know putin than i do with a lot of these countries i'm dealing with so he's sending conflicting message.