iran and washington mr comments today seem to indicate what those 3rd parties might actually be discussing when they sit down to have talks here's some of what he said these 3rd party countries explicitly told america not to talk to iran from the position of war because a war with to one practically speaking won't have any winners these 3rd parties have told americans that the islamic republic of iran can handle war time challenges very well so they cannot confront iran in this way now mr comments came a day after supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei in a speech from his residence in tehran speaking to students and academics said that iran's government all of the establishment speaks in one voice when it comes to talks with the united states going to months really because there is consensus among executive officials that negotiating with the united states is absolutely not advised not just negotiating with the current government the obama administration was not fundamentally different from the current government it had

a different appearance but the same nature we won't be deceived by us tricks. on thursday u.s. president donald trump said that iran is a weakening country and that it is looking for some kind of deal with the united states and that is exactly the kind of taking over of the narrative that iran's government is keen to avoid it has to be said that when it comes to the big picture of resisting america's maximum pressure campaign on iran all of iran's leaders do tend to agree on how to go about resisting the u.s. campaign in terms of sanctions and in terms of the military buildup but what mr follow fishies comments tell us is there may be some daylight between what iran's government shares in terms of public policy stated public policy about no talks with the united states and the practical steps the measures that iranian leaders are taking to try to deescalate tensions in the region and iran is just one of the issues that will likely be on the table as

a series of high level meetings gets underway in saudi arabia later on thursday leaders from the gulf cooperation council and the arab league are gathering in mecca they'll be focusing on regional security including the situation in yemen and the recent attacks on saudi vessels regional form and says have already met as the saudis called the muslim nations to confront iran with what they called force and firmness well it's been a particularly tense month in the region with the u.s. deploying troops on the warships to the gulf under simmons has more the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse by the battle of rhetoric between the united states and iran the host for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more if it's to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be

addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering the drone attack which was claimed by new things in yemen in the run up to these talks by foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation john bolton the u.s. national security advisor visiting the u.s. he said naval mines almost certainly from iran we used to attack shipping but he didn't refer to any evidence adding who else would you think is doing it somebody from nepal iran's foreign ministry dismissed bolton's remarks as a ludicrous claim and the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many reasserted we will not negotiate with america because negotiation has no benefit and carries harm.

before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that katsav prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa funny will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contact with saudi the us a power reign in egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by cats leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle but now it's almost nothing

because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the gulf and it's not a way to present iran with a solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repost mong is unclear but the immediate effect of cattle is involvement here could result in a broader debate over relations with iran andrew simmons al-jazeera. so let's take a closer look at the relationship between iran and some countries in the region well since the g.c.c. crisis began in 2017 iran has pursued direct relations with amman q 8 and cattle the countries imposing their blockade on qatar including saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain have all spoken out against iran bahrain accuse it of supporting its shia opposition and fueling unrest while saudi arabia and the u.a.e. say iran is a major regional threat they're leading the coalition against iranian backed to the

rebels in yemen israel as cold iran its number one enemy and condemns its support of the syrian government and lebanese based hezbollah the u.s. and israel both accuse iran of supplying weapons to the group let's talk to her son after idea and he's an assistant professor of political science at university of tehran he joins us live from tehran just talk us through iran's position when it comes to those gulf nations i mean we know that they're on as direct relations with them on kuwait qatar but it's despised by many of the other gulf states like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain so how difficult is it for iran to achieve balanced relations with gulf states. i think iran has been trying to reach out to these nations and all of them with the non-aggression and other initiative and regional dialogue you know initiative and rouhani administration but you know the saudi leadership and the u.a.e.

and bahrain see. more merit in you know a bandwagon and what they in the u.s. maximum pressure on iran so they are pushing against iran less in the region and they are trying to score some you know scores goals in iran on iran during trump's presidency if they see an opportunity there and i think iran is trying to you know reach out to them to say that's where not threatening unlike what the united states is saying why you know proposing proposal like the non-aggression pact but they are falling on deaf ears i would say and how significant is a rainy and influencing policy in the gulf region i mean buck rein in saudi arabia for instance say iran feels unrest and then a shia populations and of course there's the war in yemen with terror and supporting the who feels so iran does have a huge amount of influence region it doesnt it.

of course it does but not the way the saudis are for trent now it's basically you know they're there were and are rests and their countries during the arab spring iran didn't mettle they crushed the uprising in bahrain the saudis did their military did and they waged a war on their yemenis long before you know iran had anything to do with am any crisis so 4 years of you know devastating war in yemen has caused saudi you know $6000000000.00 worth of weapons monthly and that is coming with blowback and repercussions for saudi security that's war i mean they are waging a war and they are receiving the blowback of that war and they are accusing iran of doing that where is the ofis are doing that both these are fighting an enemy that is invading comment so i would say we should look into that deeper to see what are

the root causes of this you know escalation with regards to yemen and their pumping station that has happened last 2 weeks ago and iran has to not only deal with historic enemies like the us and israel but also now the strong alignment of gulf states like saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but you've just alluded to i mean at times iran has to feel completely besieged from all sides. of course iran has been targeted by you know a difference set of challenges by its rivals and foes in the region including saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and of course is way ally of backed by the united states it has been trying to you know. trying to create a viable deterrent against those threats and the way it deals with these challenges are creating

a sort of you know threat perception on the other side but it doesn't mean that iran is initiating those threats iran is basically dealing with its own set of that it's perceived by creating a sort of deterrence against that that has some of the i let me ask you a final question because we push the time but i mean let's talk about the sanctions that iran is facing i mean when president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal he reimposed and tighten sanctions on iran so what effect has this had on the economy because you have to admit that ordinary iranians are feeling the pinch. of course all iranians are feeling that game they are providing and they are affecting good ones economy but i think the bet is on you know it's not about the pain that iranians are suffering it's about their profession and the results of those sanctions the united states is you know hoping that those sanctions can bring

iran to a table on its own terms where he is in iran the story is totally different the political culture bar anyway and this is a make or to go on under threat to any good shading table and that's been a sort of consensus consensus coming up from different you know power blocs within . iran saying that we want to go to negotiation under threat unless the u.s. change force we don't want you know deal with this administration that we knocked down its nuclear deal commitments somebody and thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera thank you. and as regional leaders arrived in jeddah in the past few hours they've been treated to an exhibition that purports to show the threat posed by who through rebels in yemen missile drones and other military equipment said to be used by the who these were put on display at the king abdullah's ease international airport the saudi press agency says the exhibit included an iranian made ballistic missile launched at riyadh last year where the

talks in saudi arabia come just ahead of the 2 year anniversary of a blockade by 4 arab countries on qatar they include saudi arabia the united arab emirates but rain and egypt and they've accused qatar of supporting terrorism in the region and made a series of demands to end the crisis but catalan leaders have always denied the accusations and called the demands a violation of their sovereignty let's bring in modern bashar is al-jazeera senior political analyst and joins us from london might want to talk about qatar's involvement in these saudi conferences and how significant is it that the qatari prime minister will be attending and what role is cats are expected to play here marwan. well look i think the importance here would be in the gulf regional council because that's the cohesive. tight. organization that basically have these 6 gulf countries that could have or should have been working together qatar is an important member of that council

unfortunately saudi arabia but allies that by manufacturing the crisis with cut off 2 years ago it's bet that if you would be able to isolate cut within the council and the region has backfired certainly kuwait and all man would not join in it's basically split the council and now the invocation of the prime minister of qatar night begin as a 1st step to mend fences with its blockading nations and perhaps if we hear today or tomorrow about lifting the blockade at least the aerial blockade of qatar that means we have entered a new logic and perhaps more steps forward towards some sort of reconciliation where qatar can once again play the important role it teach to play in the gulf regional council along its partners among the blockade on qatar has thrown the gulf

arab states into complete disarray and these meetings in saudi arabia meant to find some kind of consensus on iran so how do you see this playing out in terms of unity and consensus. well look the last 3 years have been a roller coaster for much of the arab world in fact the last 89 years have been since the uprising began in 2011 but certainly in terms of saudi arabia the gulf and the wider region so we get policies under it's an inexperienced pretty aggressive crown prince muhammad and so none has opened a number of front domestically against its own people in yemen against the yemenis the whole thing against iran as well as created tensions with turkey escalated the situation in lebanon against its own prime minister partner as well as in libya and of course manufactured a crisis with cut there 2 years ago so you can imagine anyone with any strategic

sense would understand that you don't open so many fronts and in it so many are allies at once and i think now that the saudi arabia or perhaps the more narc or the elders if you will have will understood that this has this is backfiring and so dear to me i need to start mending fences with the likes of qatar jordan turkey and other arab partners in the region because to face some of the major challenges in the area you need to have partners now does that mean that qatar will simply just fall its. its demands and now that it was betrayed 2 years later and just joined sorry but no because qatar and others also have a position on the gulf crisis and so your abia is going to have to start to learn to listen a final quick thought on recent developments in israel benjamin netanyahu the prime minister has failed to form a coalition government in a fresh election has to be held in september but how much does this complicate

jamad krishna's plans for this deal of the century i mean the palestinians won't be attending a netanyahu is political survival is now at stake. look even the most staunchest zionists in the united states have already said that the plan was born dead simply there's so many obstacles if you will and they are certainly piling up you know in palestine because that passivity the ship has said no way forget it we're not i think and we're going to ask our out of partners and muslim partners not to act then not only we will not abstain from coming to the bahrain workshop but we're going to ask if you're one else to boycott because there has to be a political solution ahead of an economic one and hence with the delays in israel with the delays in palestine i think we're going to see more and more pressure piling up against this plan that is was born basically deficient because it did not

coordinate with the palestinians from the very beginning and now i think we're seeing the results all right tomorrow on the show al jazeera c.n.n. political analyst and london milan thank you for that. let's get some breaking news out of sudan now one person's been killed when rapid support forces opened fire on an area where protesters have gathered in the capital khartoum it comes as activist groups to clear their 2 day strike a success protest groups are now threatening civil disobedience to try and force the military council to hand over power to civilians al-jazeera ziman khan is live for us in the capital khartoum him and sort of bring us up to date now with what's been happening on the ground. that's why this incident took place in the last 90 minutes what we're hearing is that a crowd of protesters gathered not where the sit in is actually taking place but on one of the roads leading into the city in streets and then there was some sort of scuffle between the rapid security forces and the protesters the are asef i we

think it's the our supper you are hearing conflicting reports it may well have been the sudanese army shooting into the crowd we heard the at least 6 people that were injured one of those was a young man in his twenty's he's now succumbed to his injuries and is in hospital and has passed away now this comes as a similar incident took place. on thursday between story on wednesday between the our asef and the army where a pregnant woman was actually killed as well so tensions on the streets of khartoum have been quite high as a result of this incident however this has an escalated in the way that we've seen in the past so it's likely that there is going to be a lot of people out the street will very angry people out on the streets it's now up to the army and the protest movement to try and bring things down to a calm however we are looking at a very hot country

a very country that is in political turmoil right now so things like this could well spark something bigger thank you. lots more to come here al-jazeera including the bombs keep falling and civilian casualties are rising we'll have the latest on the battle for syria's lost rebel health problems plus tourist cruising the hunger in capital turned into a tragedy. and in sports s.k.f. the women's world number one at the french open that's in a sport still to come more of the same. hello again it's good to have you back well here across much of the levant we are seeing the temperatures actually coming up of course this time of year but they're getting particularly hot across much of iraq as well over here towards the middle east we are seeing temperatures into the high thirty's so for syria aleppo is expected to get about $38.00 degrees there down towards beirut at about 30 with

maybe some clouds but there is no rain in the forecast has been quite dry across much of that area last week we're talking wildfires for parts of israel as well up here towards the temperatures are up for you as well with the time to there of about 30 degrees well speaking of high temperatures it is going to be quite hot here in doha as we go towards the beginning of the weekend so here on friday we do expect to see a time to hear about 43 degrees but that's not the end of it by the time we get to saturday we do expect to see about 45 as a high over here towards riyadh maybe a few passing clouds at 42 but across the southern coast of yemen we are going to be watching the heavy rain and that could be a problem with some localized flooding there and then very quickly as we make our way down here toward southern africa we are watching some clouds passing through cape town also a disturbance just to the south of madagascar now that could bring some rain showers for the southern part of the country but over here towards johannesburg it is going to be a little cooler but sun in the forecast with a temperature of 18 degrees for you.

risk in utah. coming soon. on out juicy iraq. kidnappings and murders in crimea since russia's forced onyx ation of the black sea. i don't understand why he was kidnapped. schools of crimean tatar have been arrested tortured and killed most believed by russian security forces. crimea russia's dirty secret.

on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on the news hour one person's been killed when rapid support for servants file an area where protests are gathered in the sudanese capital khartoum comes out to those groups to claim to be strike a success. israel will hold a 2nd election off the prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to form a coalition government yet and young is insisting the political situation will not interfere with the u.s. plan for palestine and israel earlier he met with senior white house advisor jarred

to touring the region to gain support for the initiative. and iran's foreign minister monitors zarif has criticized the yet to be unveiled u.s. plan calling it shameful made the comments to representatives of muslim countries on terror ron on tuesday. well let's bring in billings a professor at the hebrew university of jerusalem he joins us now from west to slim . the israeli prime minister finds himself in a very tricky situation i mean he's now facing another election how much difficulty is ian politically given that he has failed to form this coalition. the problem of course is the israeli electoral system and neither neither of the big parties can make a formal coalition without the smaller parties and fact they hold them to ransom so what we saw here are is what we've seen in the past the smaller coalition parties can demand a very high price and in this case the home now was not able to pay the vise one of the small parties the liberal leave of months party demanded but this is

a fault which i think we'll see in the future it happens when you have form a coalition and how much does this latest developments along with ongoing allegations of corruption expose netanyahu is political weakness is i mean his rivals a bit rubbing their hands with glee when they i think part of the background is that one of the bibles that has mr lieberman may be looking for the future when not to now will no longer be prime minister and he's solidifying his position in this sense i think what we've seen here is already preparing for a period that will eventually come when not on you know will no longer be prime minister and the question is who will take over so i think what we've seen here is in fact mr lieberman's trying to secure his base and saying hey i'm a potential candidate in the future when the future will be we don't know and in terms of the broad agenda politics i mean netanyahu has predicament also costs

further doubt over president trump so-called deal of the century man there are already suggestions that jabbered personal may have to shelve his plans given that the palestinians aren't attending and now netanyahu is political survival is at stake. i think we should look at the fact that there are 2 parts to the plan there's the economic plan which could bring prosperity both to gaza and to the palestinians the 2nd will be more difficult the political what i think we're going to see is there will be movement of only economic plan and i hope for our sake and for the palestinians sake that they don't reject it because the plan would be the being to spell it to the area the offer that they'll be the political thing and i don't think we're going to see the political plan presented until there is a new government but we can and i hope we do see progress on the economic side of it rather subtle a final thought to you i mean what about the elections in september i mean benny gantz gave netanyahu a run for his money in the last elections how do you see the vote playing out in

september i think we have to assume the blocs will remain more or less the same there's not going to be many people who are moved from the white wing to the left wing or vice versa and again we're faced the same thing who can create could fix up this jigsaw puzzle of bringing in small partners without paying them too high a price and will there be have to experience politicians that are going to try and again do this jigsaw puzzle which in the past has succeeded rather subtle but it will be a problem ok rosalba we have to leave it there thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera thank you now delegations of the taliban and the afghan politicians have wrapped up a 2 day conference in moscow a joint statement was released emphasizing the need for foreign troops to withdraw the afghan government did not take part earlier this month the 6th lot of talks when the u.s. and the taliban ended in doha. if we discussed a ceasefire then we would discussion so we discuss all important

issues. to calculate progress. if we're counting on our next meeting. yesterday we negotiated for hours and we did come to some agreement but our expectations were a bit more we had at least 9 hours of negotiations our main message was for the ceasefire a ceasefire that could be the beginning of peace meanwhile a bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul has killed at least 6 people a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military training center it's one of the main centers for training recruits india's prime minister narendra modi has been sworn into office for a 2nd inauguration was held in the courtyard of the presidential residence in new delhi modi and his governing b j p secured a shopping creased majority in the lower house of parliament last week modi is due to announce his new cabinet in the coming hours or shooting up in the electorate at the university of cambridge she says many of the challenges facing modi are the

same ones he faced and his 1st. this is going to be these legacy term a term in which he would want to leave long lasting policy and institutional designs for what he calls new india which is in direct contrast to the foundations of modern india in the same area so i think the economy is one piece but what is and what is more clear that the few of the future direction is foreign policy a so-called strong india and that is indicated by the guest list for his inauguration today which is to say he has inaugurated his inauguration is coming with friends from what is called ben stack which is a bit of a mouthful but it excludes of gotta stand pakistan and china but invite has invited all the people of the big belbin goal area so i think foreign policy is going to be very key to moody's next term which also will have implications for the domestic side particularly on kashmir. government asteroids in northern syria have killed at least 3 children in the province but despite the bombardment rebel fighters are

holding their ground so to reports from beirut. prayed that his children and grandchild will be pulled out alive from underneath the rubble of what was their house. they were at but i. more than 250 syrians have been killed in russian and syrian air and ground attacks in recent weeks opposition controlled towns across southern italy northern and western aleppo in the northwest are under attack. every day people are dying under the rubble here in providence. or in air conditioned rooms children women and the elderly a dying look around this is becoming a reality the united nations says further escalation with threaten humanitarian assistance for the region's residents some 270000 people have been displaced since late april. 100 only 30 percent of those in need are receiving aid because the

number of displaced in the past month drastically increased the intense bombardment is preventing aid workers from reaching some areas. it's been a month since the bombardment began a cease fire agreed by russia and turkey last year has all but collapsed straining their alliance in syria turkish authorities say there are efforts to revive that deal. we asked and are waiting from our russian partners whom we are in close contact with to use their influence on the syrian regime in order to stop the leaden air attacks on a deliberate soon as possible. the russian backed offensive is seen as military pressure on turkey to force the rebels to create a demilitarized zone around it lip and open highways that run through the province . share.

market. the armed opposition is holding its ground believed to be backed by turkey which gives it a strong position on the table but turkey's participation in the russian led astern i think track may be more important for russia than it live as it seeks to drive the political process to end the war. a judge in spain has jailed the head of mexico's biggest steelmaker while it's deciding whether he should be extradited to face corruption charges in his home country. was arrested at the main airport on the mediterranean island of new york he's wanted in mexico as part of the president's anticorruption drive. hundreds of supporters of a nationalist buddhist monk in protesting in the young gone after a warrant was issued with his arrest on tuesday were also known for inciting violence against the regime and other muslim minorities it was charged with

solution after criticizing me and mass government efface is up to 3 years in prison if convicted u.n. investigators say minimal as army should be prosecuted for genocide against the rethink it. now the un says millions of people around the world are being denied citizenship they're referred to as stateless the growing problem has prompted the un to host a meeting in bangkok to look at ways to solve the problem delegates are expected to pledge action the head of a global gathering in geneva in october well the un's refugee agency estimates there are at least 10000000 stateless people worldwide a 3rd of those children people end up stateless for a lot of reasons but in many cases it's because of ethnic and religious discrimination that's the case of a muslim for me and mom the u.n. describes them as the most persecuted minority in the world scott heil has more now from bangkok. it was so far today on the agenda really is kind of discussions about best practices what has worked and hasn't worked in these 15 nations in asia in the

pacific who have come here for this meeting so they're discussing through this so they can kind of share ideas and share what has worked for them and what needs to be focused on not to discuss this further we're going to bring in melanie khan and she is the head of u.n. aid that's the refugee agency statelessness what really does that mean you know we know refugees are internally destroyed displaced persons i.d.p.'s what are stateless people thank you for that scott and 1st of all thank you for having me on it's a great question and even though i work on the statelessness full time i'm very aware that most people have never heard of statelessness it's a bit counterintuitive to most people have a nationality everybody they know has a nationality so statelessness is a bit of a mystery but it is the situation of people who have no nationality no government on the planet recognizes them as a citizen it's different from the refugee issue because stateless people haven't crossed an international border typically there can be exceptions but most

stateless people live and die in the country they were born and without ever having a nationality here these best practices in discussions will be taken again to the bigger statelessness meeting in geneva in october congolese forces say they have killed 26 rebels may have been in the region of the fighting between government soldiers and the allied democratic forces happened on wednesday night according to the army a military position was attacked and a fight ensued it's final preparations are underway in the democratic republic of congo to receive the body of the former opposition leader at the end he died 2 years ago in belgium at the age of $84.00 after a long illness political crisis in the lead to the delay of his funeral because of fears it would spark opposition protests crowds are expected to gather at the national stadium in kinshasa later on today. now a verdict has been delayed in kenya for 4 men accused of terrorism charges and a 25th you know tut that killed 150 people if convicted the suspects could face

life in prison gunmen ambushed the grisly university campus in northeast kenya in a seeds that lasted many 15 hours it was later claimed by a somali based. police and hungry have launched a criminal investigation after a tourist boat sank on the river danube was carrying south korean tourists 7 were rescued but 7 were killed and 19 are missing the shell of venice. it's a populous tricks of the danube river in the heart of bullet pierced a tourist boat the move made was still carrying more than 30 south korean turfs hts it was involved in a collision with a cruise ship reseating search for survivors the terrorists were wearing life jackets and water temperatures were below 15 degrees celsius police said after a month of heavy rain high water levels in a fast current complicated rescue if it's. one of the most we found some people with serious injuries in a critical condition there were some who got lightly injured and some needed to be

resuscitated police have now released video of the incident fairytale economically are total we can see on the footage that the small boat the mermaid is silent north is the biggest ship the viking when they reach the margaret bridge the mermaid turns in front of the viking for some reason and as the viking touches the mermaid it gets turned on its side and within about seaven sequence it sinks and. cruise line operator viking said it's the 2nd was involved in the incident around 9 pm local time the mermaids wreckage was found on the river bed the hungary's parliament building in the city's famous margaret bridge the surging river and pool whether it hampered if it still bring it to the surface. the mermaid was a 26 metre boat used to sight seeing they could hold 60 people up and i sincerely apologize for having to share heartbreaking news from. the south korean to

a agency who organized the trip to the passengers were mostly families who have been scheduled to return to solve this weekend. we will try to get to budapest as quickly as possible and coordinate with the hungary and authorities and our embassy to save lives. south korean president moon j n has seen foreign ministry officials to put a peace to help should. i urge you to make use of all diplomatic channels to work with the hungarian government so search and rescue operations take place as fast as possible if there are not enough personnel or equipment i ask you to coordinate with neighboring countries are hungry to find ways of bringing more rescue experts and additional equipment. as police launched a criminal investigation the search for survivors was extended far down staring into serbia shallop ballasts al jazeera so to come all the support. ground for the body of the world.

but the times brought his ball down thank you very much for the next 6 weeks crickets leading nations are in england for the world cup the hosts are the favorites and are up against south africa in the 1st much ben stokes top scored with 89 as england spots one reached 311 for 850 overs south africa struggling and reply that effectively 6 down with. retiring after being hit by a bounce at. sports correspondent lee wellings says that the oval in london what

sorts of pressure england and in the total meant as a whole. this england team has got so much pressure on them it's the whites of history and you could have been trying for 40 years more than 40 years so when a world cup on the filed sometimes that's been among the best things and it's a little bit sometimes that looks as if they're going to win it and i never have now this team clearly have been brought to the forefront of one day cricket for the last 4 years they had a terrible well but that particular day has been extraordinary that period in many ways that charge the guy but i have to prove it and it's such a difficult zone and obviously all the big teams that are here annoying all those. are expected so i could have a. fun so it's not win the trophy but i think this i really got to get south africa which that poised to win i might still not obvious really important for that confidence because no matter how much confidence i display with that box in

particular to get that 1st went on to the what we like and don't play. in a position of strength now lady who else is likely to challenge for the trophy is it is it just the usual suspects. so with this for much voters they got 10 seconds and you would put afghanistan down as the weakest spot like in that story progress over the last 10 years and perhaps not quite ready to go on with its own about yet but they give us some problems you would say india look very strong i have done over the past 2 years of course a strain on the defending champions and some people were talking about the problems that have been caused with warner and smith coming back into the frame off the sandpiper scandal. it would be back to that biased straight you of course going to be very dangerous and by you will expect not just go for that expect to win the trophy there are so many tell us that will feel that i can do this if i can win it but what this for my dolls controversial in

a way into the exclude some of the emerging nations is it really does ensure that the top 4 teams are 70 finals now lay the organizers say 95 percent of the tickets have been sold just briefly could you sum up how significant the event is globally that this is the for biggest star. in world sport a single individual sports not a football world cup i want to walk up and you've got this cricket world cup it's not everywhere in england it's not dominating tokyo but there are some hot spots around the world in which hundreds of millions will watch india and think you know particularly so it is a huge event it will be 3 is the contested another say india will be the place which is more of watch my skating. interesting month coming up live for us in london thank you top seed was given a scare and had a 2nd round match at the french open she lost the opening set against 2 time grand

slam one of victoria as a rank and looked in trouble but soccer. and she went on to take the decider 6 story the world i'm on has won the last 2 grand slam tournaments. no problems at all for the men's top seed novak djokovic she breezed through against switzerland laaksonen ranked 104 in the world in straight sets. chelsea are heading home from back after their emphatic 41 victory over all still in the europa league final but could be a very different chelsea next season with management sorry sorry not yet certain to stay at an who scored twice in the wind said i think it's good bye in an interview after the much he's been a target of real madrid for some time because i've been reading your list of the us . doesn't write them the fans love him because he didn't believe it lobby them before for our knowledge gone from our hearts always give you suppose he was very

familiar with the club and that's where the ground is so so hard to see him overseas or be put to new before he has been amazing for us on i hope. you see we struck the gravity. into milan coach luciano splats he has paid the price for a disappointing season the club sacked him on thursday after $2.00 seasons in charge that's despite into scraping into the champions league in 4th place in italy sorry a former events his chelsea and italy coach antonio cantelli is widely tipped to step into the breach brazil is gearing up to host the corporate america but the country is sweating on neymar who's having to train alone the strike a pulled out of team training with pain in his left knee brazil hope he'll be fit for their friendly with asian champions the qatar next week. but another big name striker is back with a bang after serving a 2 game ban slots on abraham of at school as the l.a.

galaxy beat sporting kansas city to mail on wednesday slots on fans in the crowd enjoying the swedes 10th m.l.s. goal season. the sun louis blues of want to game in the stanley cup finals for the 1st time ever they leveled their series against boston with an overtime victory in massachusetts the bruins took the lead twice before being pegged back to meet tara sinkers goal sending the game to overtime. don't know son was the hero for the blues firing in from long range the current bunch of 3 to 2 victory salutes will now have home advantage for the next 2 games. they trance iraq as a building up so that 1st have a parents in the n.b.a. finals the raptors will take on the golden state warriors in game one of the best of 7 series the lights at. the warriors are in the finals for the 5th straight time no canadian franchise has ever won it and be a championship. just. south africa have lost another wickets in that

cricket world cup opener that 167 to 6 with 18 overs remaining more a bit later thank you very much indeed only is of course not web site the address al jazeera dot com that's it for me down in jordan for this news hour down that way though in a moment with much more of the day's news. the pollution is palpable. delis shares the symptoms of many modern metropolis but its unique features have been gotten

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the soviet union. to the kazakh people who lived in the vicinity the motives might be little different rewind silent news going on to say. he should go to one of the believe in one of took a look what's more it is just unbelievable just unbelievable a major defeat for israel's prime minister for the 1st time in history parliament votes to dissolve it so calls for a new election. i

wonder in jordan this is our desire at live from doha also coming up. with a very weak they. want to make. us president says sanctions are forcing iran to the negotiating table. little talks are set to begin in saudi arabia to discuss recent tensions including the u.s. and iran the talks on saudi vessels and the war in yemen plus. i am. we have the story of a young migrant boy in italy who helped save the lives of his classmates but he's now fighting to get citizenship. for the 1st time in israel's history parliament has voted to dissolve that cell phone call a new election just 7 weeks after the last one benjamin netanyahu won a highly contested race last month but he could not form a coalition government before midnight deadline on wednesday israelis will now

return to the polls on september 17th 2 weeks before netanyahu was pretty indictment hearing on a series of corruption charges meanwhile a senior white house adviser jared push now is in israel and he's met netanyahu he's trying to drum up support for donald trump's highly anticipated middle east peace plan more on that in a moment but 1st how the force that has this report from western absalom. but after a bruising final day trying to magical last minute coalition deal benjamin netanyahu spoke he said it all failed she beamed out of. israeli parliament and netanyahu urging gloated to dissolve itself and take israel into an unprecedented 2nd election in the same year it's now his best hope of clean on to power but he insisted voters shouldn't blame him the blame belonged to his former defense minister avigdor lieberman partial global amount of didn't even want to travel to look my small it is just unbelievable just unbelievable avigdor lieberman is now

part of the left he's from the left blocked you give him votes for the right and he doesn't give his vote to the right wing government this is what we see. lieberman needs a secular party opposed to what he calls attempts to make israel a religious state he was insisting on the passage unchanged of a bill that would increase the numbers of ultra-orthodox jews being drafted for national service the ultra-orthodox parties also a key part of any right wing coalition want the law softened the women held firm and the coalition was doomed liquid. the kudos failed in this task to form a coalition to form a government together with their turn to the altar orthodox they bear full responsibility for the fact that israel is now going back once again to an election failure to form a coalition would usually put the question back in the hands of the israeli president he would then select a member of the knesset in all likelihood a different one and give that person the chance to form a government but these aren't normal times benjamin netanyahu is facing pending

indictments in 3 separate corruption cases in order to give him the best chance of fighting that off only the top job will do last weekend tens of thousands took to the streets of tel aviv for a rally against netanyahu is apparent attempt to legislate immunity from prosecution and ensure the courts couldn't overturn such a law once passed with his 1st indictment hearing due in october even if you win is the september election and manages to form a government and he hopes of ensuring immunity will be seriously dented it might make it harder for him but he's. very. strong. political capabilities so it's not his last word for sure he will try to maneuver opposition leader benny gantz so as the elections are all about netanyahu is bid to survive prosecution stable and b. but. really this is all happening for only 2 words only 2 words legal fortress

there is no other reason here. gans was mocked for declaring victory early on election night in april but now it's clear. premature the fight he thought he'd won 7 weeks ago has months left to run. al-jazeera west jerusalem let's cross over to ramallah where need to hear him as live for us certainly not just talk us through our jerrold question i did not meet with palestinian officials. so the palestinians have stopped engaging with the u.s. administration ever since the u.s. president donald trump announced he's want he's willing to move his embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem which he did last year and that he announced that jerusalem is israeli capital that we've heard from many palestinian officials who said that not only do they to jack the american peace deal but they also reject the soul mediation of the americans of the palestinian israeli conflict and they say that the americans instead of becoming

a part of the solution they became part of the problem and leader we know that. is of course looking to sell his deal ahead of the bahrain conference so whether the palestinians stand on this conference. so the palestinians have repeatedly said that they wouldn't consulted in that conference and they're not going to be joining it they say that the main solution to the palestinian israeli conflict should include a political component they talk about ending the occupation of course also having east jerusalem as the capital of their future state and this position has been reiterated by president mahmoud abbas who has met a special invoice of their behavior yesterday he told him that the palestinians do not want to join that conference and we've heard from many palestinian officials urging other countries not to take part in that conference as well to that meeting that was held between about and the special envoy of the king the envoy has said that but it was simply hosting the conference and not organizing it thank you

man iranian official says the u.s. has been using mediators to send messages to his government the member of parliament made the comments on thursday he says the americans have also asked to hold negotiations with tehran contradicting their own actions the u.s. blames iran for some of touching for oil tankers of the u.a.e. coast earlier this month tehran denies it has accused the americans of trying to start a war and u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran are working and could force terror to the table. china is becoming very weak. just. a very weak. one the radio. then was probably has more now from tehran. mr foley. is a senior member of parliament and the chairman of the national security and foreign policy commission of the iranian parliament he's the same man who tweeted about 2

weeks ago that iran and the united states needed a table somewhere in the region to sit down and discuss how to deescalate ongoing tensions not just over economic sanctions but that was around the same time that we saw the u.s. military buildup gaining steam here in this part of the middle east he had suggested that iraq or qatar could serve as that place since then japan and pakistan have also said that they'd be willing to mediate tensions between to iran and washington and mr comments today give us a sense of what those 3rd parties might actually be talking about let me read you a part of the statement that he gave to a local news site he said these 3rd party countries explicitly told america not to talk to iran from the position of war because a war with it with ron practically speaking won't have any winners these 3rd parties have told americans that the islamic republic of iran can handle wartime challenges very well so they cannot confront iran in this way now mr full of pieces

seemingly contradictory comments come just a day after the supreme leader said that iran's establishment iran's government speaks in one voice with regards to talks with the united states. there is consensus among executive officials that negotiating with the united states is absolutely not advised not just negotiating with the current government the obama administration was not fundamentally different from the current government it had a different appearance but the same nature we won't be deceived by u.s. tricks. now even though mr fatherhood bush's comments have been received in tehran as possibly somewhat controversial the fact is that iran's leaders all of them across the board are on the same page when it comes to the big issues they all agree that the united states and america's maximum pressure campaign needs to be resisted it needs to have a full front of the iran establishment put up against it but mr fall had to show his comments does tell us is that there may be some daylight between what iran's

government is saying in terms of no talks with the united states and the practical measures that iranian leaders are taking to try to bring down the tension bring down the heat in this region saudi arabia meanwhile is hosting a series of high level meetings to discuss rising security concerns across the middle east leaders in the gulf cooperation council and the arab league are gathering in mecca later on thursday the aim is to focus on regional security as tensions between iran the united states and its gulf allies escalate well on wednesday regional foreign ministers met as the saudis call the muslim nations to confront iran with what they called force and firmness it's been a particularly tense month in the region with the u.s. deploying troops in the warships to the gulf under simmons has more. the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse but the battle of

rhetoric between the united states and iran the host for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more efforts to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi all tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering the drone attack which was claimed by new things in yemen in the run up to these talks by foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation john bolton the u.s. national security advisor visiting the us he said naval mines almost certainly from iran we used to attack shipping but he didn't refer to any evidence adding who else

would you think is doing it somebody from nepal iran's foreign ministry dismissed bolton's remarks as a ludicrous claim and the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many reasserted we will not negotiate with america because negotiation has no benefit and carries harm. before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that cattles prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa any will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contact with saudi the us a bahrain and egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused cata of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied.