get the families back together again the un's highest court rules against the u.a.e. over the blockade of cattle that's kept relatives apart. watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up iran responds to the trump twitter will report from the streets of tehran. last chance to convince the voters in pakistan a twenty four hour stop on the campaigning has now begun. also ahead kicking off a big debate decision to quit the german football team stirs questions about race and soccer.

our top story the un's highest court has described measures taken by the u.a.e. against cattle as racial discrimination its shoot down order in favor of the gulf state over a move that saw families kept apart the u.a.e. is one of four countries that imposed an air land and sea blockade against castro more than a year ago but the international court of justice says families must be reunited in the barker reports now from the hague. qatar's legal battle with the united arab emirates has dealt a defining blow the international court of justice says the measures taken by the u.a.e. after the blockade of qatar amount to racial discrimination according to. the u.a.e. has failed to respect the obligation is the i.c. j.s ordered the u.a.e. immediately to allow qatari families expelled from the country to be reunited students to finish their studies and those qatari affected access to courts and

tribunals the order said the i.c.j. president is compulsory the core fairness that this all of that is. and that article forty one of these that. effect. and there's a international legal obligation is for any part to her the provisional measure is that it's last june the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt sever diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade accusing catarrh of funding extremism accusations it denies qatar says its citizens were either illegally expelled or denied access to the u.a.e. separating families and denying people access to health care education their properties in assets of course the u.a.e. is the only one of the four countries to have imposed a blockade on cattle but it's the only one out of the four to be brought here

before the international court of justice why because it's the only country out of the four that signed up to the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination but bahrain egypt and saudi arabia will be watching this case closely and drawing their own conclusions this is a statement that there is a likelihood of discrimination so one would think that the other states in the region would say that means something again likely that this is a violation in earlier hearings the u.a.e. denied any policy of expulsion saying it's measures were designed to have the least possible impact on ordinary citizens it said his argument was with the qatari government not the qatari people but the u.a.e. must comply with the court or face further legal action qatar could go to the u.n. security council and demand an informant order this is one of a string of legal challenges mounted by qatar to try and end the blockade

a ruling the country will welcome but whether it will help end the blockade now in its fourteenth month is less certain nieve back at al-jazeera the hague. hussein is an expert on politics for the truman national security project she says the decision shows the blockade can be fought and won through legal means this is a very significant ruling by the international court of justice there are fifteen judges that weighed in on this decision eleven of those fifteen judges ruled in qatar's favor on three main issues the first issue was the issue of reuniting families that have been separated as a result of this inhumane blockade the second is to allow students who have had their studies interrupted as a result of the blockade to either continue their studies or obtain their records and the third is to allow qatari citizens to own property in amerinds to be able to access judicial systems in order to pursue their rights within the united

arab emirate the qatari government is essentially fighting back but they're not using violent means they're using legal means just to purely defend the rights of their citizens of their people and i think that the other parties to the blockade saudi arabia bahrain egypt should be concerned because i don't think that this bodes well for their legal future before the i.c.j. before the i.c.c. at the hague. the iranian foreign minister has released a tweet mocking donald trump threats mr trump warned the republic of consequences never seen before but the u.s. president says he's unconcerned that he may be heightening tensions she had britons he reports from washington. the iranian foreign minister's tweet mimics of the all caps late night tweet from the u.s. president color us unimpressed it said the world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago and iranians have heard them albeit more civilized ones for forty

years we've been around for millennia and seen full of empires including our own which lasted more than the life of some countries be cautious exclamation mark be cautious is how donald trump's tweet ended as well thanks at the white house donald trump was asked if he had any concerns about provoking tensions with iran this was his response. things have changed in the administration every there are now those around on from who've long advocated for violent regime change in iran notably national security advisor john bolton he released the following statement if iran does anything at all to the negative they will pay a price like few countries have paid before the white house press secretary sara saunders argued that the administration's approach to iran has been consistent the ultimate goal and the focus of the president is making sure that we keep nuclear weapon weapons out of their hands and that we focus on the protection of americans the president's tweet came at a time though when much of the international community is arguing that withdrawing

from the iranian nuclear deal has made everyone less safe not more diplomatically i think a lot of countries are very resentful of the united states they think the u.s. pulled out of a perfectly fine nuclear deal that iran was complying with i think they're diplomatically maybe iran feels like it's with europe and russia and china saying that the u.s. is overdoing it here the world has become sunday secretary of state mike said the u.s. would attempt to stir unrest in iran by beaming antigovernment broadcast into the country but beyond that it's still unclear what the long term strategy of the trump administration is almost three months since the u.s. withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal you have returned washington. correspondent zain best rafi is in tiran for us he's been following reaction from the iranian government. a late night tweet from the american commander in chief to the iranian president was a textbook example of donald trump's twitter diplomacy a warning in all caps the u.s. president is angry never threaten america again he said or else. now give me

hussein is a senior iranian national security official and says trump is really angry at himself. americans have been trying for two to three years now to convince other countries to confront iran instead of cooperating with iran but they haven't succeeded even that commercial partners like the europeans and china they clearly announce they won't go with the sanctions naturally russia won't cooperate nor will other countries in our opinion america is angry because it is an isolated itself and it feels that it remains alone 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 while we

have shores under our control we will not be able to export oil and other countries well 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 routes some people specifically mention general qassam so the 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 back. to the old a zero. tens of millions of pakistanis have just over twenty four hours to make up their minds before they head for the election many see as one of the most contentious of campaigning has now officially ended candidates must now what's called a day of silence ahead of the vote on weapons day the campaigns being dogged by violence and claims of rigging the party been run column is widely tipped to do well come on hard the reports now from raul pindi in the province of punjab. nearing broad and bogged down the voice of god will be held on the twenty fifth by

surely if the younger brother no why should he get rejected by the board and qualified for life now in a drama when you're going at it party and can turn if that bar did a pretty good win and now ward finished strong. job then you can pick up right at the next prime minister of the country why do you gauge and again put up your job the killing of a foreigner and entity over the whole all go out up when you're going to be throwing there for the pakistan people's party and around gone or trying to y. and try to appeal to the public to get the maximum number of war the next forty eight god will be critical and it will be imported to keep going as the wind. the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of white helmet rescue workers

calling it a criminal smuggling operation itself four hundred twenty two volunteers and their families ferried through the israeli occupied golan heights and then on into jordan and a top secret international mission the evacuation of the backing of the u.n. the u.s. and the u.k. the assad government has repeatedly accused the white helmets of being a front group for rebel fighters the syrian government and its ally russia have stepped up their offensive in i still can troll there is in the southwest stephanie deca has more now from the israeli occupied golan heights. 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 one iter in the area taking pictures earlier on monday morning rockets sirens were heard here is that gives you an indication of just how close the fighting is. wildfires are burning close to the greek capital athens and it's bringing fears of what the summer weeks ahead could hold for the country a state of emergency has already been declared in two areas and a government spokesperson has just announced that twenty people have lost their lives. as the story. smoke spreads across the greek capital carrying fear of what the summer will bring around athens fires have engulfed

several towns homes burned to the ground thousands of people have evacuated. houses cars until flies are no match for the flames. the fire has led greek prime minister alexis tsipras to cut short an official visit to bosnia. was there with but it's i want to believe that despite the adverse weather conditions we will do whatever is humanly possible to get the fire under control in spite of this i'm still concerned by the parallel outbreaks in the east and west of africa this is what we've done but what are we going to do firefighters the coast guard and army are teaming up to respond to the state of emergency the fires are burning in several areas including the small resort town of kmita about fifty kilometers from athens northeast of the capital the area over a fino is also affected as well as the southern island of crete the low visibility has led to flight delays and the closure of roads and

a main highway in greece is asking the european union for help not to make any excess because of the size the intensity and the dangers the fires pose greece has submitted a request through the european civil protection mechanism for international ground and air assistance. still fresh in the country's memory are the devastating two thousand and seven wildfires. more than eighty people died as fires burned for days across greece. over a decade later firefighters know it's a race against time with unforgiving flames destroying everything in their way katia locusts will yawn. still to come here on al-jazeera parliamentary chaos a new on his drugs war after the philippines president turns up late. it's just amazing how many children have been born through the process also ahead look forty

years on the medical marvel who was the world's first i.v.'s baby. oh you just told. me today the weather sponsored by qatar airways hello there some tin is still causing us problems in the southern parts of china for you look at the satellite picture we can see this massive cloud haven it's within that that we're seeing all storm it's gradually working its way northward very very slowly and easing as it makes its way over land but it's got a lot of moisture to give so for the southern parts of china and eventually into the northern parts of vietnam we're going to see a lot of heavy rains over the next few days and that is likely to give us more problems with flooding we're also seeing some very heavy downpours a bit further south as well a force in the philippines we've already got flooding and we've got plenty more

cloud with us at the moment that clouds going to stick around so for many of us across lose on it is looking wet for tuesday and wednesday as well so the flooding here is likely to get worse before it gets better towards the south is more breaks in the cloud here and some dry slots as well and as you head down through parts of borneo should be fine and settle for many of us as it should be across java and into bali so plenty of sunshine to be found here as we head across towards india a lot of cloud with us at the moment that stretches across into parts in a poland you could also see some clouds over parts of pakistan as well so these regions own thing. plenty of wet weather at the moment which is that a typical for this time of year because if this little circulation here we're seeing enhanced rains and the potential of flooding. the weather sponsored by cattle waste. whenever i see something that has happened in the news my first reaction is to please god don't let this person have been someone that we released on parole gatekeepers of the parole system you're asking us for a second chance right what's important to me is on the other side of things and our

go to the other side of it was amazed at argument all of our many times you've been in prison exploring the dark side of the american justice system with job on al-jazeera. welcome back these are your top stories so far this hour the un's highest court has ruled in favor of cattle in the case of force against the united arab emirates the international court of justice says the measures taken by the u.a.e. after the blockade against qatar amount to racial discrimination. there on the foreign minister is warning the u.s. president to be cautious after donald trump threatened iran with severe

consequences on twitter tensions between the two countries have escalated since the u.s. withdrew from iran's nuclear deal in may and said we impose economic sanctions. on twenty people have died in two wildfires closed the greek capital athens officials have to clear to states with strong winds are hampering efforts to fight the blaze . the philippines president says his controversial war on drugs is far from over during his state of the nation address for a gringo to turkey so the campaign will be as relentless and chilling as the day began but his speech got delayed thanks to his political allies in congress reports now from manila. his government promised president really good attorney 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 late that's because of a political drama that played out in congress before his address factions within detective 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 a peace agreement between the government and the more islam. liberation front rebel group two thirty had planned to sign it into law on monday it was supposed to be an important part of the president's state of the nation address still the tear to manage to deliver his speech the war against illegal drugs is far from over despite public outrage. warrigal. name instead. and surely.

if you will. gun or improve relations with turnover does not mean. men will be. in the west philippines. as deter to spoke inside there were protests outside this is the biggest anti-government protest 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 a press of and they want him to resign. these protesters say the state of the nation speech is an attempt by the government to conceal grave violations against the filipino people these women a bit 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 overshadow the speech and what it revealed instead are the cracks in detective leadership. duggan al jazeera manila. nicaragua u.s. president is refusing to step down despite months of violent protests against his government demonstrators want daniel ortega to call early elections which are jus in twenty twenty one but in a rare interview with u.s. t.v. ortega said moving up the vote would increase stability he's accused protesters and the catholic church of colluding with the u.s.

to force him from office. a major debate on racism has erupted over the german football mess that decision to quit the national team who is of turkish descent says he suffered racism and disrespect from berlin dominic kane reports. his international career is over now club duty's with arsenal have taken mesut ozil to the far east but in his absence the fallout from his retirement is reverberating around germany the newspapers have seized on his statement in which he pointed the finger at the german football association specifically and its president hein hardaker linda accusing him of having a racially discriminative background earth still has been in the spotlight for his off the field actions since this moment posing with the turkish president both alone and with other german players who have turkish roots red chip type area one is a divisive figure in germany as are the policies of his government but in the turkish

community in berlin even among those who oppose aerotow on many support earth will and i think. begin fighting racism begins with showing people where the limits are we've had enough someone needs to say that to the german football federation that all players with nine german backgrounds are welcome and we will make sure that you feel well in germany if you have a second or third home that's ok but you're here and you're a part of our society some in the football world here remember what happened after france won the world cup in one thousand nine hundred eight how that multicultural team acted as a catalyst for the then german hierarchy to change its thinking first of all they try more integration they tried to build up more schools and as you see it worked and whether you were twenty one in four thousand or nine and whether with the team in two thousand and fourteen in brazil. you know that if there are success nobody discusses where they come from. and yet after this summer's french

victory in russia some did highlight the racial background of that team with one comedian describing the victory as africa winning the world cup something french officials angrily dismissed saying there is no hyphen in people's nationality they are french and only french. here in berlin mesut ozil does have one very powerful ally angle americal says she values him as a great footballer who did a lot for the national team and in his career he wore the national jersey ninety two times scoring twenty three goals and helping his team to win the world cup but now he says the levels of racism and disrespect he's received mean he will never wear this again dominic cain al-jazeera berlin italy's foreign minister says migrants rescued from the mediterranean will be allowed to come ashore while the e.u. nations tackle the issue of migration these new government has taken

a hard line on like ration and has turned away rescue ships carrying migrants and refugees over the next five weeks e.u. countries will discuss how migrants rescued at sea can be distributed across the e.u. . and forty people remain stranded on a supply vessel just off the coast he left libya on july the eleventh they were rescued several days later this ship these are asked was refused permission to dock in italy france and malta. ten people have been arrested over the alleged rape of at least sixteen girls by staff at a government funded shelter in northern india police in the city of mazar for poor 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 shelter workers and in a controversial move the british government has decided not to object to the united states seeking the death penalty for two suspected british members of eisel

alexander coty and shall feel shaikh have been blamed for executing several captives including journalists while with eyesore in syria human rights groups of criticized the move because britain abolished the death penalty more than fifty years ago. it's forty years since the world's first baby was born through i.v.'s louise brown was conceived in a lab in the u.k. since then more than six million babies have been born using i.v.'s around the world has katherine strauss. i know christina and martina mccarthy have their hands full. their children zoe and santina are two energetic happy and healthy toddlers but they and their husbands would never have been able to experience the joys of parenthood if it weren't for the development of in vitro fertilization i've put this is to cause a very. yeah it was my only my only chance of

conceiving if it wasn't for the treatment being if i had it but he wouldn't be here i think it's amazing that through this miracle of medical intervention we were able to have a beautiful healthy daughter it all began with louise brown she was conceived in a british laboratory in november one thousand nine hundred seventy seven after robert edwards patrick steptoe and jean purdy spent nearly a decade trying to fertilize a human egg outside the body and was just shy of her fortieth birthday louise a celebrated at london science museum she's the focus of an i.d.f. exhibit which features the very desiccate or where her embryo was developed it's just amazing how many children have been born through the process and jaimie lights in families is created and hope and joy is just. a mind prices be the first i.v.'s may be commonplace now but there was a lot of controversy when we as brown was born many religious leaders denounced the

use of any kind of medical intervention and other critics said i.v.'s could pave the way for so-called franken babies louisa's family received many letters of support but they also received hate mail including letters splattered with fake blood not only has. perception of i.v.'s changed so has the availability it grew from one small clinic in the u.k. to a multi-billion dollar global industry i've has changed the landscape of humor production eight is talking about six million babies i am a believer that it is much more because i've technology has reached the more areas in the whole world and it's probably a likely for us to get feedback of how many babies were born in these remote areas so it's an underestimate it's important to appreciate that currently predicted that by the end of the century there would have been four hundred million babies that is out as i from my view for a wide christina and martina that pioneering technology gave them families they

would otherwise never have had catherine stansell al-jazeera london. ok let's recap our top stories for you so far today the un's highest court has ruled in favor of cattle in the case it brought against the united arab emirates the international court of justice the measures taken by the u.a.e. after the blockade against cats are amount to racial discrimination the court says the u.a.e. should allow caffrey families to be reunited iran's foreign minister is warning the u.s. president quote to be cautious after donald trump threatened iran with severe consequences on twitter tensions between the two countries have escalated since the u.s. withdrew from iran's nuclear deal in may and said it will reimpose economic sanctions. campaigning has ended for the pakistani general election candidates now mark what's called a day of silence as more than one hundred million people prepare to go to the polls

on weapons during the campaign has been dogged by violence and claims of vote rigging the party of the former international cricketer imran khan is widely tipped to win the polls. more than twenty people have died in two wildfires close to the greek capital athens strong winds are hampering efforts to fight the blaze and officials have to clear the state of emergency dozens of homes have been destroyed . the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of white helmet rescue workers calling it a criminal smuggling operation it's all four hundred twenty two volunteers and their families ferried through the israeli occupied golan heights and into jordan and a top secret international mission the white helmets say the evacuation was the only option for their trapped volunteers because of the systematically targeted by the syrian government the nicaraguan president is refusing to step down despite months of violent protests against his government protesters want daniel ortega to call

early elections there june twenty twenty one but in a rare interview with american t.v. ortega said moving up the vote would increase instability. italy's foreign minister says migrants rescued from the mediterranean will be allowed to come ashore while e.u. nations tackle the issue of migration it's a these new government has taken a hard line on migration and has turned away rescue ships carrying migrants and refugees forty people stranded on a supply vessel just off the china sea and coast they left libya on july the eleventh they were rescued several days later more news on the web site al jazeera dot com up next it's inside story season by.

i knew iraq for china africa relations xi jinping promises to strengthen economic ties that he makes his first visit to west africa as president but how will africa benefit as beijing seeks new markets and is it a win win situation this is insight stick. and welcome to the program i'm fully back to china has had a strong presence in africa for years beijing has built countless roads buildings and provided economic support right across the african continent now it looks set to conquer even more markets as a result of u.s. president donald trump's new trade tariffs chinese president xi jinping is on a four nation tour of africa.