the un's highest court orders the united arab emirates to allow qatari families separated by the gulf crisis to be reunited. hello and welcome to bigger polony you know watching our desert live from london also coming up. president trumps all caps warning to zero the u.a.e. is one of the four countries that imposed an air land and sea blockade against qatar more than a year ago the international court of justice as the measures taken by the u.a.e. off to the blockade amounts to racial discrimination and that could tare families should be reunited it's instructed the u.a.e. to ensure a qatari students can complete their education in the u.a.e.

and be given access to their records if they want to transfer elsewhere the court also ruled that qatar ease affected by the blockade should be allowed access to courts and tribunals in the u.a.e. the parker is at the hague. well the un's highest court has sided with qatar in granting something isolated itself and it feels that it remains against iran. at the center of this latest escalation in the war of words is trump's vow to block the sale of iranian oil the country's biggest money maker earlier this month rouhani threatened to respond by disrupting international shipping lanes in the strait of hormuz an important part of the region's oil supply chain in or. is it wise that we have sure was under our control we will not be able to export oil and other countries will this is not smart. in a speech on sunday u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o took aim at iran's leaders the level of corruption

wealth among or a leader shows that iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government it has to be said that many iranians would be just as critical of their own government the wealth gap is getting bigger and complaints of corruption are common but for every anti-government protest by nature or by design there have been bigger pro-government rally some people specifically mention general costs money a senior revolutionary guard commander who many here consider a national hero he's been part of iran's campaign against immortalized in this twenty seventeen animated film it depicts a military victory against u.s. naval forces with leading the charge. for many iranians this is the inevitable conclusion of american hostility towards their country and even peace makers here agree the closer these two sides come to open conflict. the harder it will be to walk. the older zero. and kimberly halakhah joins us

live now from washington d.c. so camberley once again. words spoken strong words why is this happening now. well this is happening right now because there are sanctions that are about to be put into place and there are very strict sanctions in there even more coming and that's why we see this rhetoric going back and forth between both iran and the united states the sanctions in three weeks will hit the banking sector but it's the ones targeting the oil markets that are of the most concern to iran that's what we see in iran trying to coordinate with europe for example looking for other avenues for the markets but at the same time the problem for iran is that the united states does carry some heavy weight when it comes to the reserve currency and so as a result there are many nations that the united states knows don't want to be

isolated from the global financial system and as a result well iran can certainly talk talk tough the u.s. holds that card so there's that as well if you know that we have not only heard donald trump talking about this in the campaign trail dating back to twenty sixteen but he's made very clear we haven't heard from sarah sanders at the white house press briefing just in the last hour talking about the fact that the number one goal of the united states is to protect americans there is no secret that it does the trumpet ministration does not like the iran nuclear agreement that's why we saw it withdraw in may and there is also this concern a belief by this administration that iran is fomenting unrest in the wider broader region so when you add all of these factors together what the united states seems to be doing not only targeting iran turning the screws if you will but seeing an opportunity to turn the screws even further given the anti-government protests that have been going on indeed where do you see all of this heading does it look like

this has room to escalate or is this more about trump trying to shore up his support among the republicans. well i don't if he's trying to shore up his his support among republicans that's pretty solid in fact that if you want to talk about the president's approval ratings actually they're pretty solid too they've picked up one percent which doesn't seem like a big deal except when it comes to presidential approval ratings that actually is fairly solid i think it's almost on par with where barack obama was at this point in his presidency in terms of why donald trump is doing this that's a challenge to figure out we know he has impulse control certainly takes to twitter when he's frustrated but again this seems to be about seizing an opportunity recognizing that there is an opportunity and so that's why we see the secretary of state using the very harsh language against iran's leaders thank you very much kimberly how could for us in washington.

a kurdish security forces have killed three suspected eisel fighters who attacked the governor's building at or below. the gunmen farted guards before entering the building and taking hostages later security forces around the building were targeted by a suicide bomber a government employee was killed during the clash this two policemen were also wounded erbil which is the seat of the kurdish regional government has largely been spared isolette tax in recent years imran khan has more. the attack began around seven am local time when a gunman burst into the governor a building injuring two security forces soldiers that were on duty that they then moved to the third floor and started to open fire from a third floor window on security forces outside it was at that stage that the kurdish security forces cordoned off the area and mounted their attack they went into the building moving up to the third floor about three hours in four hours into

the into the situation a suicide bomber blew himself up and then snipers killed one of the attackers and then injured another that person then later succumbed to as injuries in the hospital now the attack was all over in about five hours but there are still plenty of questions to be asked who was responsible and how were they able to get into that building will could if politicians blaming eisel for this certainly bears the hallmarks of an islip tack multiple gunmen a suicide bomb so. politicians are very definitely blaming of claimed responsibility as of yet however questions are being asked of the kurdish authorities themselves how would the gunman able to get into one of the most secure buildings in the city of erbil. the syrian government has condemned israel's evacuation of whites helmet's rescue workers as a criminal smuggling operation the evacuation which also had the backing of the

united nations u.s. and britain so more than four hundred members of the organization various overnight through the israeli occupied golan heights and to jordan the outside government has repeatedly accused the white helmets of being a front group for rebel fighters. meanwhile the syrian government and its ally russia have stepped up their offensive against eisel controlled areas in the southwest of the country stephanie decker has more. we've been witnessing an intense air campaign throughout the day also heavy shelling on this area behind us which is essentially the only opposition held area left in southwestern syria is controlled by a group affiliated with ice so there is no negotiations on the table for them certainly at the moment we've seen small groups of people trying to seek shelter close to rocks close to the fence the fence that demarcates these really occupied golan heights with the syrian side the war is very close here and it really does

look like the syrians together with the russians are really pushing this campaign forward now trying retake the entire area of southwest syria the israeli army here more and more alert certain that we've seen in the past couple of weeks more soldiers monitoring the area taking pictures earlier on monday morning rockets are ins were heard here is that gives you an indication of just how close the fighting is. well israel has reportedly rejected an offer by russia to keep it raining and a military force is at least one hundred kilometers away from the golan heights offer was made by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov during a visit to jerusalem israel has been concerned about we said advances into the area by forces loyal to the syrian government ahead of the meeting israel's prime minister warned he wouldn't accept an iranian military buildup and southern syria. much more to come on this program including in his state of the nation address

philippine president rodrigo the pledges to continue its war of drugs saying the fights will be asked relentless and chilling as when it began. panic grows and shares in chinese pharmaceutical companies fall over fake vaccines given to babies . hello there it's still very hot for many of us across europe there's plenty of sunshine to be found but there's also some thunderstorms as well and the majority of them now are just working down towards the southeast these are pretty violent we're seeing some very heavy downpours some damaging hail and some pretty strong gusts of wind as well the whole thing is working its way eastwards though it's still with us on tuesday probably most risk parts of remain so that system sticks around for tuesday and for wednesday as well but further west there's more dry

weather to be found here there's also plenty of hot weather still as well thirty degrees in for london where at thirty years well there will be a few thunderstorms here as well in the western parts of europe just not as many of them as there will be in the southeast the other side of the mediterranean we're seeing a bit more humidity here that's working its way eastwards so fortunate as our maximum temperature is thirty two degrees on tuesday i think we'll see less humidity as we head through the day on wednesday so the temperatures here will rise that little bit higher this time getting to around thirty four for the central belt of africa where there's more showers here is you'd expect some particularly heavy ones over parts of sudan at the moment to those a road rumbling their way towards the west some of them pretty heavy and it looks like nigeria is going to catch quite a few. the world's primary could change producing nation. is at the forefront of the war on

drugs that we're talking about serious organized crime as a country where reaching a critical point while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry the author of this business will go on forever it will not change almost global policies of the who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes on al-jazeera. well again here's a reminder of our top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. highest court has ordered new. families separated by a blockade imposed on the gulf country last year. and the u.s.

president has warned his iranian counterpart rouhani he risks provoking severe consequences for his country to trade threats. after a five hour standoff kurdish security forces have killed three suspected eisel fighters who stormed the governor's building in there. of the focus the president's war on drugs is far from over joining us annual state of the nation address the third set as administrator offensive will be asked relentless and chilling as the day it began about side congress protesters called for his resignation dogon has this report from manila. his government promised president really good attorney does third state of the nation address will be his best it was meant to highlight his administration's achievement over the past two years but it ended up becoming one of the most chaotic national

events in recent times the president was an hour and a half fleet that's because of a political drama the bleed out in congress before his address factions within allies in the house of representatives launched a leadership challenge former president gloria macapagal arroyo was a congresswoman now moved to unseat the house speaker this prevented the ratification of the peace agreement between the government and the liberation front . just signed it into law on monday it was supposed to be an important part of the president's state of the nation address still to manage to deliver his speech the war against illegal drugs is far from over despite public outrage. wardle. name. instead.

and. if you will. begun already ruled relationship with turnover must not mean. men would be. in the west philippines. as deter to spoke inside there were protests outside this is the biggest anti-government protests since president rodrigue oded who was sworn in two years ago and there is no shortage of anger and frustration here activists say his government is zero press and they want him to resign. these protesters see the state of division speech is an attempt by the government to could see your grave violations against the filipino people these women admit they do not understand some of the issues mentioned in the speech

they say security is a concern but they are more worried about the rising cost of food and other basic goods. i hope that the prices of goods will be lowered especially rice i hope that promise will happen because the poor are getting poorer. the state of the nation address is meant to be a showcase of the government's achievements but the political drama inside congress overshadowed the speech and what it revealed instead are the cracks in deterred his leadership. and i'll just serum and. campaigning is wrapping up in pakistan's most unpredictable election yet over one hundred million people will be voting on wednesday and a pope has been dogged by claims of rigging and corruption former cricketer and p.t.i.

chief imran khan is widely seen as the powerful militaries choice for next leader and he'll be facing a challenge from he's the brother of the former prime minister and i was showing who recently returned to pakistan. has more from rob opened in pakistan's punjab province. of the electioneering brought. down the voice of god will be held on the twenty fifth by the election campaign really have to come to all by midnight on monday evening. surely if the younger brother of no why should he forward get rejected by the court and qualified for life. in a draw. bar to turn if they. win enough would finish strong or one job then the brighter the next prime minister of the country. serious allegations against him her option. the killing of a foreigner and then the duty of the whole. political parties will be throwing

there for the last few hours of the electioneering campaign the pakistan people's party year round gone all trying to y. and try to appeal to the public to get the maximum number of war the next forty eight dodge will be critical and it will be important to see who comes on top as the winner. to india now where ten people have been arrested over the alleged rape of at least sixteen girls by staff at a government funded shelter police and was off for of course city are also searching for a body after one of the victims said another girl was beaten to death and buried within the complex she was reportedly killed after having a disagreement with staff twenty one girls are thought to have been rescued from the home in total. electricity union cement israel are calling for an indefinite strike in protest at low wages and poor working conditions there joining the

nation's nurses sue have been staging industrial action for the past four weeks only attending emergency cases now of the nurses are calling for more supplies for hospitals and a dignified salary which is stipulated in the constitution and as well as suffering from a massive economic crisis and looting hyperinflation. that's an american leaders are meeting in mexico in the hopes of reestablishing trade and economic ties after we send elections in colombia mexico and chile they're meeting at the thirteenth annual pacific alliance summit in port of a lot of john oman is there any now joins us live and so john what are these countries looking to achieve. well they're looking to achieve the same as they've been looking through achieve for the past seven years move free trade more free movement of people and services and also links across the water asia and also australia and new zealand this is quite an important alliance because these poor

countries colombia chile peru and mexico between them have about a third of the g.d.p. in latin america and a population also between them of more than two hundred million people so there's more than fifty countries that have sent observers to this to also try and participate in these tools but this year and this summit is actually especially for mexico there's a bit of added urgency and that's because things aren't going so well with the neighbor to the north there's been more trade there is more terrorists with the united states so it's kind of fissures that we've spoken to so this really is being seen by them as an opportunity to get going move relationships with other countries in latin america and elsewhere and to really develop that not as a plan b. but maybe something alongside their relationship with the united states. so that maybe in mexico and they were expecting mexico's president elect to be there and perhaps be part of this it's all in these talks but he hasn't turned up.

exactly that president lopez obrador was invited to this by the now outgoing president enrique pena nieto president elect lopez obrador i should say he hasn't turned up on a bit of a technicality he said that he hasn't received the confirmation that he's president elect but that really wasn't expected to turn up until a couple of months later in september so he think concentrating more on the relationship with the north american neighbors the united states just on sunday he read out with his pick for foreign minister of a letter to president trump really praising him talking about the things that they have in common and also he said he wants to get renegotiations but not as a free trade agreement that makes her shares with the united states and canada as quickly as possible so that's very much on his mind and that's probably because about eighty percent of mexico's export do go to the united states or as important as latin america and these other countries are committed to the focus is almost you

know the neighbors the united states and canada but he has also sent his representatives here and we're going to be talking to other countries as this summit goes on john heilemann with a look ahead to that pacific alliance summit. japan has recorded its highest ever temperature as a dead heat wave continues to grip the country the temperature rose to forty one point one degrees celsius and the city of gaia which is northwest of tokyo it's where all the just say it's nearly twelve degrees hotter than the average for this time of the year at least thirty people have died over the past month because of the heat. gree says it will call on the eve for assistance as a battle to large forest fires near athens a state of emergency has been declared in two areas and residents have been told their homes so far is close one of greece's busiest motorways and blanketed the capital and smoke strong winds that keep changing direction are hampering efforts to fight the bully. police in china have launched

a criminal investigation after the merge that hundreds of thousands of children may have been given faulty vaccines health regulators found a drug maker violated safety standards it's the second scandal to have the company in the past week it and brown has more from beijing. it is a worrying time for parents across china outside beijing's top children's hospital we found many still absorbing the fact the china second largest pharmaceutical company has been producing vaccines for babies that are fake you know your god you know the people who made this fabricated vaccine should be executed right away without any hesitation they did it to babies not adults he added this mother is especially concerned her one year old son was inoculated for rabies last month he has a fever and the scandal has heightened her anxiety my son was born very weak he always has fevers now his dad and i don't know if it's related to the fake vaccines in

china or vaccinations to prevent diseases like tetanus hooping cough and rabies are free but now some parents no longer trust the made in china versions. of the media these free chinese vaccines cannot meet correct safety standards i would have to think about buying imported vaccine so far there have been no reports of children harmed by the vaccine or having contracted rabies. the trunk shroom biotechnology company in northeast china produced the fake vaccines executives have now admitted falsifying test results for its rabies vaccine production is halted all vaccines are being recalled were still just last thursday this same company was fined over its substandard production of other vaccines so a tiny she at the end after we found out that the company forged the records of production and production inspections and modified technical parameters and

equipment at will the actions seriously violated there a live one stipulation of chinese law this scandal broke four days ago but it wasn't until sunday night the china's premier league chang spoke out urging severe punishment but all those responsible now the government says that all companies that produce vaccines in china will be subject to unannounced inspections this industry was already in trouble just two years ago another pharmaceutical company was found to have improperly stored tens of millions of dollars worth of vaccines many of them had expired but in unusually open coverage china's state controlled media have called for an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing and you can always find much more news and other features on our website to find that go to our w.w.w.

dot com. hello again here's a reminder of our top stories and al-jazeera the un's highest court has issued an order and in favor of qatar in the case of brought against the united arab emirates the international court of justice says the measures taken by the u.a.e. amount to a show discrimination and they should allow qatari families to be reunited the u.a.e. is one of four countries that imposed an air land and sea blockade against qatar more than a year ago by eat voters to seven. the united arab emirates is must be sure that one familiar. separated by the measure is adopted by the united arab in the piece on five june twenty seventh. unite. president don trump has warned iran never to threaten

the united states again warning it with provoking consequences which few throughout history have suffered his tweets came hours after iranian president hassan rouhani whine that trumps hostile policies could lead to the bother for wars on its face increasing economic pressure and possible sanctions following the u.s. withdrawal from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal kurdish security forces have killed three suspected iso fighters who attacked the governor's building and. the gunman fired at guards before entering the building and taking hostages later security forces around the building were targeted by a suicide bomber the government employee was killed during the clashes and two policemen were wounded irbil which is the seat of the kurdish government regional government has largely been spared i saw attacks in recent years. the syrian

government has condemned israel's evacuation of white helmets rescue workers as criminal smuggling operation the evacuation which also had the backing of the united nations u.s. and britain so four hundred twenty two members of the organization ferried overnight to the israeli occupied golan heights and to jordan now this came in the wake of advancing syrian government troops and the growing threat from other armed groups oh those are the headlines but do stay with us the stream is on the next.

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