false statements to the emir of qatar are broadcast on saudi in the morality media despite the qatari government saying it's fake then on june 4th leaked e-mails from the u.a.e. ambassador to the u.s. reveal what appears to be a long running effort to discredit qatar and that brings us to june 5th when diplomatic ties are caught in an economic embargo is imposed the toward the looks at where things stand now. a handshake between saudi king salmon bin abdulaziz and the qatari prime minister but if anyone saw this is a sign of warming relations between the 2 countries they'd be wrong that was a week ago and despite the most high profile meeting between the qataris and saudis in 2 years is the g.c.c. is still in crisis and very much divided. we had reservations about many parts of the statement these elements include 1st the issue of only condemning iran and the escalation against in the absence of any moderate policy to engage in dialogue with

iran from the statement also mentioned the united go where is the united goal for we have 3 gulf states blockading another gulf state ever since saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on cattle in june 2017 the gulf cooperation council has been at olds. the g.c.c. has held 2 summits in saudi arabia and one in kuwait which has led mediation efforts at the 1st summit since the blockade began a catalyst to mean been hammered out that he attended but his adversaries said the foreign minister is there absence was seen as a snub to kuwait city tend to heal the rift throughout the dispute cattle has strongly denied claims made by the saudis and generalities the doha supports terrorism or is too close to iran. be groups have been engaged in cattle's foreign ministry has arranged meetings with representatives from dozens of countries with

the i'm a and foreign minister touring the world riyadh and abu dhabi will say being busy with media campaigns against cattle including one targeting the 2022 world cup yet both have been dealing with crises of their own the killing of saudi jenna's jamal khashoggi in istanbul and accusations that it was ordered by crown prince mohammed bin salmond have damaged the kingdom's image. so has the war in yemen and the humanitarian disaster it's caused. the amorality s. and saudis have been accused of committing human rights violations there and cattle says that's the real reason it's being targeted by its neighbors but the blockade appears to have had little effect in the past 2 years trade between cattle and the rand has increased and qatari media outlet al jazeera and others are operating freely despite demands by the saudis and them or ati's for their closure qatar is a country that has immense lee krohn and has a lot of positive developments since the crisis because they have

a lot more freedom to maneuver freedom to choose their suppliers choose their partners in the region without being hamstrung or tied down to the u.a.e. and saudi dictate is the g.c.c. crisis and is its 3rd year division and distrust between the council's members appear to be becoming the norm and if people in the gulf begin to accept that reality that could make changing it more difficult in the long run victoria gate and b. al-jazeera us presidents as military action against iran is still an option donald trump made the comments are an interview with piers morgan on i.t.v. as good morning they can this tension is rising between the u.s. and iran iran is a place that was extremely hostile when i 1st came into office there were any terrorist nation number one in the world at that time and probably maybe are today and they were a funder of terrorism president obama made a deal the iran nuclear deal which was a terrible deal because it was

a short term deal and i was very much against it i was very much against the deal i terminated the deal and iran is a much different country today you will need to take military action there's always a chance to i want to know a druther not. there's president starting a commemoration ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings but war veterans say the focus should be on the soldiers sailors and airmen who died in the invasion not on trump the 3rd and final day of a state visit to britain donald trump joining 15 world leaders in fort smith it's the home of britain's royal navy from where many ships sail to france parker as more from their. the final day of his state visit to the u.k. he's in the port city of course much. for the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings that all important moments in the 2nd world war but the u.s. and the u.k. and the european allies came together to mark an all important turning point in the conflict they staged the largest i'm phoebe s.

landing ever it was an opportunity finally to push back nazi germany's control of the entire continent it is a moment of shared sacrifice a reminder for donald trump of the longstanding symbolism of the relationship of the so-called special relationship between the u.k. and the united states one that of course predates trump and one that many hope will significantly out lost him as well there are many international leaders present more than a dozen in total including angela merkel of germany justin trudeau of canada and france is a manual to name a few it is of course the last major engagement for the british prime minister to resign maybe for which she steps down it's 25 years since the last u.s. president was here for the 50th anniversary of the normandy landings that of course is bill clinton a very different style of president those are also very very different times as well all than $20000000.00 has been spent on security for donald trump's presence

here there are many many layers of all made fences we've seen snipers at the top of watchtowers. many people here in portsmouth are being deeply concerned that the old terms presidency it would distract away from the solemnity of the cation the main event which of course is to remember the shared sacrifice into war so there were gods to the hundreds of veterans who survived the normandy landings who were here by any of those of course went to war as young men and they were in their ninety's this could be the last opportunity that they have to a time. remember a shims. from scale china's president xi jinping has arrived in russia for a 3 day state visit to mark 70 years of diplomatic ties talks between the chinese leader and his russian counterpart are expected to focus on the korean peninsula syria and venezuela the trip also coincides with an economic forum and st petersburg and us more from moscow. you can say that president xi is quite

a regular here in moscow yes visited moscow more than any other capital in the world and it's in fact the 29th meeting between puts and. since 2013 and the 2nd meeting in just a couple of weeks is also an interesting timing of this meeting because it comes amidst of this trade war between china and the united states which observers say is bringing moscow and beijing closer together if you look at the trade figures from 201818 you see that the trade between china and russia has significantly increase and has actually reached more than 100000000000 u.s. dollars which is still not as much of course as china and the united states so you can say that the relationship is stronger than it's ever been since 1950 s. but as the spokes person off. we won't just look at the east the russian eagle will look both ways and that will also be the same for china the top

administration is imposing major new travel restrictions on americans visiting cuba the treasury department says it will no longer allow educational or cultural groups to travel to the island and that's one of the most popular forms of tourism for americans and also deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats it's part of efforts by the united states to pressure have an over what it calls cuba's destabilizing force in the region including its support for president nicolas maduro and venezuela under former u.s. president barack obama the white house east sanctions travel and financial restrictions and the stablish formal diplomatic relations white house correspondent kimberly how could as more. these are major travel restrictions put in place by the trumpet ministration effectively blocking what was considered to be the most popular form of travel to cuba and that is travel that took place through a loophole in existing travel restrictions allowing for those to transit to cuba through organized tour groups as well as on cruise ships not only has this been

blocked but the state department with its announcement has also ended travel by private citizens u.s. citizens who were perhaps going to cuba on a yacht or even a private aircraft now the reason for this punitive action we're told is that the united states continues to believe as it has said many times before that cuba is responsible for what it sees as destabilizing activity within the western hemisphere that is propping up governments that the united states does not support particularly in but as well as well as in the now this is a major departure from the actions of the obama white house that of course had eased travel restrictions to cuba not only are tighter restrictions in place but now as well the only form of travel that really seems to still be allowed under the trump administration is that of commercial airline flight to support what the

united states is calling lawful forms of family travel there teano coffee no alcohol that is the government warning to heat wave sufferers in india temperatures as high as 50 degrees celsius or causing heat stroke for many and rajastan everyone's being advised to avoid going outside around midday and roll monsoon is late and meteorologists here less rain than usual this year. international organizations are under pressure to speak out on various human rights issues now more so than the tenement square massacre in china but the united nations remained silent on the 30th anniversary of the killings of the magic editor james bay as has more from the un headquarters in new york. in recent months u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has faced criticism for not speaking out strongly enough on human rights in particular he failed to mention publicly the plight of the weakest on his most recent trip to beijing so how would the un

respond on the anniversary of a human rights atrocity the massacre in tiananmen square does the secretary general have any comments on this very important and of a story short i mean i would remind you of our constant call on security forces in governments not to use excessive force when facing civilian demonstrators a very general answer would no specific mention of china its so i tried again does the secretary general condemn the tiananmen massacre does he condemn the fact that no one was held to account does he condemn the human rights abuses against the weakest dizzee condemn human rights abuses about tibetans yes or no i think the secretary general has addressed and we've addressed those issues. in various briefings we've answered those questions is there not some historic resonance here you are not directly condemning the tiananmen massacre and yet at the same time secretary general is calling for an independent investigation into a massacre that's happened in the last few days are in saddam's double standards no

not double standards i think the secretary were commenting on things that are happening. today right now under is. under his watch and again on on the broader issue of human rights in china i would refer you to things i've said previously the other most senior official of the un along with the secretary general is the president of the. general assembly a post currently held by maria fernand espinosa if you thought the ohmss from the secretary general's office lacks substance just listen to what i was told by her spokespersons does she condemn what happened 30 years ago in tiananmen square with don't have anything further from what has been said already to she condemn the fact that there's been no accountability for the massacre i think i have answered your question does the u.n. have a choice the problem i think i have answered your question then i don't have anything else to say on this so why is the un not speaking out in part it's because

the secretary general in the next few days will be traveling to st petersburg where his g. to meet china's president xi he's also haul for you through his 1st term as secretary general to get a 2nd term he'll need the support of the security council in particular the 5 permanent members one of them is china james 0 of the united nations levers of the chocolate on his own that's right gnutella may have to ration supplies or curse at the world's biggest factory in france they are on strike and 160 walked out to demand better pay and improved conditions trucks are blocked from the factory and normandy a produces 600000 jars of a tele a day. i'm richelle carey these are the headlines on al jazeera. shots have rang out again in sudan's capital khartoum for

a 3rd straight day bodies have been pulled from the nile river and are doctors groups says the death toll since monday's attack on protesters outside the military headquarters is now at least 60 minutes televised message the head of sudan's trenta said he is ready for negotiations without conditions a day earlier abdel fatah boron had said all talks with the protest coalition were all. listen australia have carried out a 2nd raid on journalists and as many days offices of the a.b.c. in sydney have been searched the raid relates to the national broadcaster its investigation of alleged war crimes by australian special forces and afghanistan. it's been 2 years since saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain began a blockade of qatar doha says dialogue can bring about a peaceful settlement of the dispute yes president says military action against iran is still an option donald trump made the comments in an interview with piers morgan on i.t.v.

yes good morning britain they came as tension is rising between the u.s. and iran iran is a place that was extremely hostile when i 1st came into office there were any terrorist nation number one in the world at that time and probably maybe are today and they were a funder of carers president obama made a deal the iran nuclear deal which was a terrible deal because it was a short term deal and i was very much against it i was very much against the deal i terminated the deal and iran is a much different country today you will need to take military action there's always a chance to i want to know a druther not and sharpest joined other world leaders at a ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings or a veterans are say the focus should be on the soldiers sailors and airmen who died in the nation not him these are live pictures of those commemorations veterans have appealed to antitrust protesters not to disturb the war tributes and portsmouth it is the home of britain's world navy from where many ships sailed to france. china's president xi jinping is in russia for

a 3 day state visit to mark 70 years of diplomatic ties oxygene a chinese leader and his russian counterpart are expected to focus on the korean peninsula syria and venezuela as our headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come inside story is next. it's 30 years since chinese tanks and troops crushed pro-democracy protests plus the legacy of the tiananmen square massacre and how have the killings in beijing shaped modern china this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm here dean 30 years ago tens of thousands of chinese people protested in beijing for democracy and freedom the government answered with tanks and bullets that c.n.n. has square massacre is a highly sensitive issue in china security in beijing is tights on the anniversary and any public discussion will land you in jail but sympathizers have been holding vigils in hong kong and macau to semi autonomous chinese territories where freedom of expression is allowed small services are also held in taiwan and washington d.c. . well the 1989 protests perspire expires at the former communist party leader who we are back on who had been pushing for a more open political system and the corner me in april that sheer thousands of

students gathered channel and square to mourn his passing that demonstration grew into a nationwide poll for greater political freedom a month later with more than a 1000000 people taking parts chinese the chinese premier declared martial law after trying unsuccessfully to end the protests on june 4th the chinese army tanks rolled in and soldiers opened fire on protesters to clear the square the government has never said how many were killed others estimate the total at around 1000. well al jazeera syrian prime reported on the massacre at the time here's his firsthand account while tiananmen square was closed on tuesday just as it was 30 years ago a heavy police presence around the ceremonial heart of beijing for this most sensitive of anniversaries i recall on the afternoon of june the 4th 1989 making my

way up chang an avenue with several colleagues using the trees as cover and across the avenue of a turn or piece or china and haven't you there was a line of soldiers behind a protective barricade and they were firing warning shots at people who incredibly were defying orders to get off the streets around us there was a tangle of charred vehicles buses army vehicles i remember very clearly seeing 2 bodies that have been flattened by tanks the tread marks were still visible there was an icky and for a time we really didn't know who is in control as i reported at the time meanwhile the men who control the army and perhaps now the government have issued another all minutes warning stay off the streets or face the consequences no one knows of course how many people were killed in the square but many other people were killed in other parts of the city and during a round up that followed thousands of people were detained now china's communist

party 30 years on still refuses to express remorse for what happened in the reason for that is to do so would be to raise questions over the legitimacy of china's communist party so instead the government remains unrepentant saying if the army hadn't taken the action that it did then china rist slipping into civil war and china never would have joined the world trade organization to stage the olympics or become the world's 2nd largest economy and it continues to insist that the people of china. that verdict adrian brown the inside story in beijing. well let's bring in our panel in hong kong we're joined by courtier more legislator and pro-democracy activists who attended the vigil in washington d.c. in the rates are carroll an american attorney weaker heritage and

a not singham in the u.k. andries fulda author of the struggle for democracy in mainland china taiwan and hong kong welcome to you all if i could start with you could see a more in hong kong howie you were in china straight after the events the crackdown by the armed forces you have witnessed the transformation in the last 30 years how would you say china has changed it was time but china has changed in some ways they claim they would say. staging economic liberalizing put them on a little front. conservative it's obvious they are tightening its rope only chinese people and that is spreading the. ideological good. as well. and if we could cross to washington d c.

how would you say china has chipped tianna man has changed china itself to you certainly we talk about lessons being learns after 989 the world has said never again and yet we do seem to see this repression of people happening right now. i grew up during that period 1000 eighty's and early ninety's i had that firsthand experience enjoying some free. life. in during that period and i was also us college student around that period when the students took to the streets to demand the macv the moccasin for china that over the years in the last 30 years the same government same party. take the country back to the warsaw version of itself as we speak the chinese communist

party under the leadership of xi jinping is committing crimes against humanity by locking up more than 2000000 weaker and other turkey minorities in a modern day concentration camp with an intent to stamp out the weakest ethnic national identity and suffocate and reprogram centuries old tradition religious practices and way of life and what is what is the world need to be reminded of an important fact after the tiananmen square 30 years ago their western leaders decided to engage with china that turned out to be an appeasement if the world has taken a different approach we may have had a different type of china today but with a less problem and let me underscore this reality that china chinese authorities massacred thousands of students demanding democracy 30 years ago and today not only

they oppressing the of their own citizens by using technology but they are exporting these surveillance technologies around the world and trying to create a new a digital of that there is an ok well come on so the way to international percent perspective in a 2nd but if i could turn to you and food at certainly china. it was a very different place in 1989 so the china we see now was very much an economic powerhouse and global player in 2019. how you would use a. vent since yanna men have made the country the country china is today. well i think the activists certainly learned a couple of lessons from the crackdown for example they realize that without a strategy without

a functioning organization it would be very hard to actually engage with the party and so in 1988 there was an attempt to register an opposition party to china democracy party now that was suppressed as well but for example in 2008 some of the former activists of 1989 decided to promulgate the charter or 8 which will it was a pivotal moment in the democracy movement because it's for the 1st time kind of stated the objective to overcome one party rule and introduce the rule of law rights protection federalism and constitutional democracy and i think when we talk about 989 we do need to look at these milestones in china's democracy movement which has really developed by leaps and bounds it hasn't changed the political system evidently however we should not hold that against you know the

political activists who really have exercised leadership and are continuing to exercise leadership to the present day but with the greatest of respect and various foods if we look at charts of recent years that there hasn't changed anything we have now as the leader of the communist party the leader of china. who is he's managed to dispense with term limits amassed comparable amounts of parity chairman mao himself. you know you're absolutely right i mean when i describe the political system right now i would say that ping's ideology worldview and leadership style can be described as follows he is basically a stalinist who's presiding over. leninist party state using maoist tactics and this trinity of stalin is leninism and maoism of course is not

very becoming for china it is a real threat to the social and political development of china but i think what a person like all the overlooking in a way is that chinese society has actually. already developed further to think that somehow trying society can be just changed at will socially engineered and for example we just heard the treatment of the weaker since injun were sent to concentration camps and were basically being assimilated and they have to become hunter and yes that is of course a very very worrisome development and something that. we should resist in the 21st century we cannot simply accept that one part of china of course which does have a democracy movement is of course concordia more you are part of that pro-democracy movement how do you see the effects of. events in

tiananmen shaping the way the communist party and the leadership in china how do you see that impacting efforts to maintain democracy in hong kong. no i hope nobody would want. to ban him. with the. swiss the i perfectly agree with all the points made. certain it takes. this time and that's. in the much farther. ready back in 1990 it's what. we. in china as a british colony and they came it came with all kinds of promises and at the time being this is the extradition arrangement you must have. and that's why they say

extradition of the brinksmanship should ready exclude.