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but. along the way. reports. critics have called it an expensive display of western arrogance with more than a billion dollars spent on just four convictions so far all of them african some member nations have threatened to quit but supporters argue the international criminal court does what it set out to do provide justice to victims and a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities yes the community has closed it. it may not be perfect it is not perfect by any means but we get going. what happened when there was none at all as the i.c.c. founding statute of rome turns twenty this week commemorative event sent its smart new headquarters in the hague look to the future we must. resolve to create

a world that's six justice trusted to crimes universally applied and blindly. let the other started continue to guide us through what's that better future for all the i.c.c. was founded as a permanent court of last resort from which no leader rebel group or army could hide now despite grumblings among some of its members severe budgetary constraints and the difficulty of arresting indictees without an international police force at its disposal the permanence of this court isn't in doubt but there are significant gaps in its reach and in global commitment to it big powers like russia china and the united states aren't members and while cases can be referred to the court by the un security council all of those countries hold veto powers russia is blocking efforts to send syria to the international criminal court even though the assad government really with putin's backing has deliberately targeted civilians as

a way of waging this war china seems to be standing in the way of sending me on mars. even though it ethnically cleansed seven hundred thousand muslims in the course of the month you know the united states is continuing to try to protect israel to protect saudi arabia so there is a very unprincipled approach to international justice all of which puts alleged war crimes in syria and gaza beyond its reach but the i.c.c. is broadening its scope with new investigations in venezuela the philippines georgia and afghanistan but it must also compete with the rise of nationalism and growing disdain for global institutions organise signs for the strengthening of international justice jona al-jazeera the hague. was the chief prosecutor. is proud of its achievements but says it needs more cooperation from governments to succeed. when i took office in june two thousand and three there

were many doubts about the entire project i was at harvard teaching in those days and i from the me told me don't take the job we're going to do nothing for nine years would be a shame now you saw as a reality i this is involved in different countries around the world and everyone is asking for it is c. so is is the reality now. twenty years ago it was a dream now is the reality the issue is no more existence of this is he likely would have a court i see it like it is telephone ok great invention but it is no wife i thought for not working similarly as you see you in this program i was listening about syria conflict ok syria is no way if i insert in for i.c.c. i see cannot intervene in syria because syria inevitably for the treaty you talk about nicaragua in nicaragua there is no why if i may cause i sneak i with other

state parties so it is not about the court you know the other cell phone its about the wife i how we do a very strong signal on why if i don't the world do we sure that justice is done everywhere. we need political leadership this circular general of the organization of american states just issue a report showing crimes in venezuela asking for countries to refer to this edition to as you see political leaders doing that the president is doing that gays but not the state is standing so is it time for small countries living if then for arab countries imagine if justice for the conflict in syria or in iraq and then you don't need to fight each other we don't need to kill each other that you have to put your community you can use just this and other mechanism that's what we need we need imagination we need new generations understand the how to manage conflict

there advantage is now you have this you see twenty years ago there is nothing now i see exist where the take advantage of it we have a cell phone we will fight time now for the sport with that jelena indo. thank you very much sue gulfs the oldest major tournament the open has underway in scotland in two days' time and all eyes ashore to be on three time champion tiger woods as he makes his return to the tournament the former world number one is set to play his open champion first open championship since two thousand and fifteen after recovering from his latest bout of the back surgery woods made his return to major golf at the masters in april finishing tied for thirty second before missing the cut at the u.s. open in june but the american believes the kanu see course could be where he has his best chance of adding to his fourteen major titles. it's great seeing it on t.v. but it's even better in person and i remember how it feels to come down lost all of

the chance to win it and knowing that i'm i may never have that opportunity again. there were some sometimes there were just didn't feel very good. but now had opted to come back to carnoustie to play here in scotland again. i've said this before throughout this year it's been a blessing. there were some times where i didn't think i would ever be able to do this again and lo and behold here i am playing my third major of the year jordan spaeth was the winner of the clara jog at royal birkdale twelve months ago but it was a americans a fad a major title and saw him become just the second to play out off the jack nicklaus to capture three of the four mages before the age of twenty four. it was almost disbelief there are certainly times during that day the. disbelief that would be a reality but. i remember kind of feeling it in not recognizing how much detail has gone into this trophy and then it kind of hit me that this is the greatest truth

you know sport and so that that moment on the eighteenth green there was very special. angelica says winning wimbledon is the highlight of her career so far the former wild number one has returned home to germany after beating serino williams in straight fed in fact today's final card was the first german to win the venus rosewater dish since her idol steffi graf back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six after capturing the australian and us open titles back in two thousand and sixteen cup a struggled to cope with the added attention but the thirty year old says she's better equipped to deal with it this time around. it's the now it feels different winning a third grand slam title at wimbledon that's the highlights of my korea because i've always dreamt about winning wimbledon and i'm glad it's the third grand slam because now i know what to expect and i can enjoy it much more i know how to deal

with it and that's what i want to do you know just enjoy every minute of it. the same bolds dream of playing professional football could be a step closer to becoming reality australian club central coast mariners have confirmed they're in talks with the former wild and the olympic champion sprinter about a potential six week trial the thirty one year old who retired from athletics in two thousand and seventeen as previously trained with but to see a dortmund in germany and no wages inside. form australia football captain tim cahill has scored time on his international career after playing at his fourth world cup the thirty eight year old is australia's leading scorer with fifty goals from one hundred seven caps since his debut into. two thousand and four he came off the bench against peru in the group match in russia was unable to lift the team into the knockout stages. after leading iceland to their first ever wildcard.

than has stepped down from his position how come some was with the team for seven years as well as taking them to russia where they were knocked out in the group stage the fifty one year old was also cocoa beach when they reached the quarterfinals of the european championships in two thousand and sixteen. choose day was a busy day for african football with the group stages of their continental champions league continuing let's have a look at the result starting with a group of gyptian giants thrashed botswana's township brawlers three nil to move up to second place in the table to news the inside s. but on state top after beating k c c a all of uganda three two and tara tuesday's are the result wins folk club t.p. mazembe day and gerry and the tafe in group b. in group c. togo port will winners over the sundowns and in group d. to his is decide the swallows of three nil the next round of fixtures take place on

july twenty seventh and twenty eighth. after monday's rest day it was a leap year one stage ten of the tour de france and became the first french stage one of the competition this year it was a one hundred fifty eight point five kilometer mountain the stage the first of three in the alps really dominating it in the end with a fine solo attack he crushed that cross the line more than ninety seconds ahead of the on is again who finished second yellow jersey holder good egg finish the stage in fourth place and exempt his lead in the standings defending champion krista froome came outside the top ten and is now in sixth place overall. meanwhile the world's best female cyclists competed in the fifth edition of the la course on tuesday the one day race followed just similar very through the alps of stage ten of the men's tour and that was a thrilling finish as defending champion and me ground lucian overtook fellow dodge

rider out of on the bag and in the final fifty meters to take the victory it comes just as i often found lucian won the ten day get us a little. this was a race result and believe over to the years ago i still thought i got second but then i started dying and i really like this. oh i did notice i'm in good shape . now for the record also very good but hardly show it was a really tough. tough right but beautiful. relations between north and south korea has been warming of les run the both countries competed side by side the win to get a limpid games just months ago well sport has brought them closer together again on tuesday sixteen north korean table tennis players took part in an international competition in south korea competitors from both koreas also formed mc teams for

the event that goes on until july the twenty second. and that is all this ball for now more later. thank you tatiana well that is it from me so tencent for this news hour i will be back in a moment with much more on the day's news at the half assed bulletin so please join me. in iran waste inefficiencies and a growing population i've led to do in the water supplies. have been determined to

extract water from any source possible this is what we see as a result now of the country's future at stake. attitude to change and innovative solutions are being followed people in power investigates iran's water crisis on al-jazeera. conservation ease helping kick the stove to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at a touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty snow leopards as the technology improves we're finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected the latest evidence suggests they're more cats than previously acknowledged but the snow leopard trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international list of threatened species the question is of the fifteen thousand people posing an

imminent threat to israel use life with us they work for a flu much talk is. did. you get a what's known over there same thing on the bay are sending them to the it's a costco when they come into this it's a war zone he was attacking his son goes head to hate with daddy and what israel's doing is deliberately choosing to slaughter house. just. a u. turn from the u.s. president says he misspoke when he defended russia over election meddling claims. in this is there a loan from london also coming up iraq's prime minister tries to quell weeks of

protests over poor services unemployment telling them will address their concerns some very expensive span a new report warns british democracy go beyond the threat from the u.a.e. as well oiled and lobbying machine and thousands of south african celebrate one hundred years since the birth of their former leader nelson mandela as wakes on what problems still fights his rainbow nation. we began in the united states where president backtracked from his defense of russian election meddling in the wake of a political firestorm back home u.s. intelligence agencies and lawmakers from across the political divide have criticized his position as weak trump now says he misspoke out thursday's joint press conference with saddam

a person believes russia did interfere in the twenty sixteen election isn't why he won the white house correspondent kimberly how cuts. a stunning reversal by u.s. president donald trump i said the word what incentive would be. faced with nonstop criticism over his press conference with russian president vladimir putin in finland from claims he misspoke and now accepts the conclusion of u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the twenty sixteen presidential election i have felt very strongly that while russia's actions had no impact at all of the outcome of the election let me be totally clear in saying that and i've said this many times except our intelligence community is conclusion that russia's meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place terms of arc's follow

a barrage of condemnation from members of his own political party for his initial acceptance of putin's denial he just said it's not russian of any election interference by the kremlin i remain as. i thought it was shameful i think it needs to fix it mourning the republican speaker of the house of representatives equally unequivocal not only did russia interfere in the past it threatens to do so again they're doing it around the world they did it to france they did to moldova they're doing it to the baltics russia is trying to undermine democracy itself democrats are pressuring republicans to reinforce those words with action if donald trump was such an easy mark in helsinki. president putin will realize he's an easy mark elsewhere. that's why lawmakers are pushing for further sanctions against russia many are also demanding trump requests the extradition of twelve russians indicted last week or charges of interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s.

vote but like previous administrations my administration has and will continue to move aggressively to repeal and they have friends and we will we will stop if we were. any efforts to get if you're a hero like some democrats are calling for legislation to prevent the president from criticizing the f.b.i. and the department of justice as the president has done in the past so that the special counsel robert muller can continue his investigation into russian interference in the u.s. presidential election kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. is the deputy editor of congressional quarterly my can sing he says it's too early to tell if trump's republican party will be satisfied with his latest comments. well this is not the first time we've seen a reversal by president trump on this or any other issue on this issue in particular late in his campaign and early in his presidency he expressed

a lot of doubts about u.s. intelligence agencies and their conclusion that russia had interfered in our two thousand and sixteen election he later backtracked what's caused the greater concern this time is that he made those statements standing next to russian president vladimir putin and so i think that's why you saw the. many republicans in congress express their concerns in such strident terms what we need to see is how the public and particularly republican voters react to what presidents trump said and then if they don't move then republicans in congress are going to move thus far republican voters have been very supportive of president trump in advance of the summit with putin they expressed their support for what he was doing and republicans in congress have to reflect that they don't want to annoy

their base on the eve of the midterm elections. and this means to the nation iraq's prime minister high down the body has promised to address the concerns of protest is in the south of the country angry about poor public services and the lack of employment same and not getting a share of the country's oil wealth and some the bench of eight. even late at night protesters continue to block roads and security forces try to stop the demonstrators lit fires on many streets in oil rich by the prime minister's offer for more jobs and cash for development have failed to convince them why even. we have been listening to the calls and demands of all iraqi citizen and also their grievances we also providing sufficient budget to cover all basics

electricity water and job opportunities such. as day broke iraqi security forces had to fire in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters at this oil field and for days southern iraq has been seething with high temperatures and public anger a number of demonstrators have been arrested some protests turned violent but the demonstrators at oil fields at the main port in basra and in other southern provinces have largely remained peaceful. this protest was invited problems with people chanting the same demands for jobs and better public services. they are slightly myself we demand that they fix the institutions and i'll admit corruption and we demand also that they complete the i'm finished projects there's been widespread criticism of internet blackout and the use of force iraq's interior ministry says more than two hundred people have been injured and dozens of security personnel have been treated in hospital. we are adamant to protect the ongoing demonstrations against any malice by infiltrators who attempt to undermine the

safety and well being of protesters and state institutions those infiltrators who undermine the safety of our citizens and the people's resources will be dealt with firmly and with zero tolerance. one of the biggest issues people face is the perpetual lack of electricity which becomes worse during the summer. private generators meet the demand with spaghetti of electric cables on every street. for two weeks iran has cut off one thousand megawatts because iraq hasn't paid its bills and the iraqi delegation failed to convince iran to resume supplies. the new government is soon supposed to take charge in iraq and its future success will depend on whether it can provide jobs and basic services solomin job or aid out of their. and u.k. based investigative agency has obtained documents for varying and expensive lobbying efforts by the u.a.e. and britain last they spent much reporting close e-mails from an m.r.i. a lobbying group to influence the b.b.c.'s coverage of the arab spring paul brennan

has. the two thousand and eleven arab spring saw a wave of democratic grassroots protests which toppled longtime leaders and offered the hope of a new vision for the middle east the response by some of the kingdoms and emirates of the region was just as dramatic a report by the spin watch group says that in the u.k. the united arab emirates mobilised a narrative against the muslim brotherhood in britain in the highest echelons of government it says the abu dhabi crown prince and the then prime minister david cameron had several undeclared meetings and it says through a combination of persuasion and threats the u.a.e. campaign produced results one threat which is made by the david cameron was if you don't institute an inquiry into the muslim brotherhood we will cancel the typhoon fighter jet deal from bush's place of will stop british petroleum oil concession in

the law that was successful extraordinary effort by the each actually cajole bully the british government into pursuing its foreign policy the success or failure of the other u.a.e. lobbying is less clear spin watch says that the u.a.e. put pressure on the b.b.c. over its coverage of the arab spring but the b.b.c. in a statement has flatly denied that it caved in to any political pressure it's been watch also quotes a source suggesting that iraqi donations to the think tank chatham house may have affected that institute research but chatham house has vigorously denied that it could be affected in that way but the u.a.e. foreign minister is known to have had close contacts with selected u.k. journalists meetings which led the u.a.e. piaf quilla to claim that views changed. and the report highlights the ways the two thousand and seventeen blockade against katsa saw the intensification of the us p.r. campaign including bitter criticism of catalyst twenty twenty two world cup the lobbying rosell woefully inadequate it seems to me and the greater safeguards to prevent the

sort of influence which seems to be exerted on the on the british government in the way in which is has been and of course you know some of the only time the consequences have been the growth of islamophobia in this country and we're seeing the expression of that on the streets of britain the report notes that now theresa may is u.k. prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. israel is tightening its siege on only people living in gaza by further restrict in the flow

of goods into the territory and spending all fuel imposter there kyra salim crossing the fishing zone open to boats from gaza has also been half to three nautical miles from where ports. trucks gather at the column obl southern border post it's the only official crossing for goods and fuel into gaza from israel but the israeli government has now all but closed it it says it will let food and medicine in on a case by case basis but is not a fuel essential for powering gaza's basic services many of the almost two million people here only get electricity for four to six hours a day and half a minute for the most serious then you know this fuel blockade doesn't last because it will cause hundreds of problems and life will stop sewage and rubbish will pile up and other projects will come to an end people will not be able to go to work the ministry of health will not be able to treat pain.