say that they have already withdrawn from the from the sea ports they have withdrawn 5 kilometers to the east of the seaports so that's why the say that they have launched these which are also this large scale retaliate 3 attack. usually use this kind of for guerrilla wars specially in the southern borders of saudi arabia. don't always capture the military positions and stay there during this military operations the saudi fighter jets have had the fighters with with over 72 air raids so that's why the the they continue to use this kind of for attacks and retreat in order to to inflict as much as. they can on the saudi backed forces also in the saudi army ok mohammed other live from santa thank you and some u.s.

senators are trying to block weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan president donald trump circumvented congress last month by declaring an emergency g. to growing tensions with iran and he approved $8000000000.00 worth of arms sales which the bipartisan group of senators want drops well let's get more on this particle he joins us now live from washington d.c. at passy why are both parties here trying to block this weapon sale. well there's a couple of things they've already voted majority did to and u.s. support for the saudi coalition that's bombing in yemen because of the terry crisis that is created that was overridden by a presidential veto the other thing is they're trying to send a message to saudi arabia after the killing of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in turkey and both measures they've been blocked

by president trump he's basically gone around them on weapon sales now presidents do do this it's not very often but the standard practice is congress gets to approve these weapons out this is $8000000000.00 deal has been on hold in the u.s. senate by a senator since last year so now the president say citing iran as a national emergency and saying he's going to go ahead with this so now we see this bipartisan group of senators and what's interesting is the republican sponsors of this are some of the president's closest allies on all things they are rebuking him on this the question is well other members how many other members of the republican party join in that's a question that the senate minority leader was asking on the senate floor just a few minutes ago a number of senate republicans are beginning to say we need to constrain the president the way the congress has traditionally constrained the executive branch i'm hopeful but i'm also skeptical let's hope that this time it's different let's hope that these murmurings among republicans about the saudi arms sales and about

the tariffs on real. and they will actually stand up to him which is what a congress should do even when they're of the same party as the president so that's the question are enough republicans going to jump on board that it would be a veto proof majority if that did happen that's not the entire battle the house of representatives would have to get a whole lot of republicans on board to override a presidential veto and they have been unlikely and willing to rebuke the president pretty much anything to that extent the other option democrats are talking about is changing the law that would allow for these national emergency exemptions that is a much tougher fight as well because republicans control the senate and have been unwilling to check the president of their own party so what they could do here what the play likely is this will hold up debate in the senate they can talk about this for weeks months and pretty much grind the agenda to a halt of the trump administration that could be enough leverage to try and force them to push this weapons deal back through congress but by no means clear that the

white house is going to budge on this ok passing go haine for now thank you. so it's a come on al-jazeera at least 2 people were killed in flooding in libya we'll have more on the emergency situation. i know there were plenty of showers they were the southeastern parts of china recently the satellite picture is picking out some bright white areas of cloud will gradually marching their way eastwards and giving some of us some very very heavy downpours there with plenty more as we head through the next few days some heavier rain in the fall eastern parts also affecting us in shanghai and then further south also some heavy showers here and as i say there's all working their way eastwards so we could catch quite a few even in hong kong over the next few days for the northern parts of vietnam

also plenty of showery weather here hanoi is looking rather wet however towards india just incredibly hot for some of us here temperatures in new delhi made it over 50 degrees really incredibly hot here elsewhere and it's not quite so hot because there's more in the way of moisture around so we all seeing a few showers now in the northeastern states through polls in a port and into bangladesh we're also seeing more cloud over the central belt as well as in the south where we've got more persistent rain those showers really coming now over parts of sri lanka the southwest monsoon has dug in here now for the year further towards the west it's hard here in doha as well our temperatures topping at around 42 degrees at the moment abu dhabi's about $41.00 that's more cloud and solar so here are maximum is just there she went to greece. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other

stories. provided glimpse into someone else's world. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers and the front lines i feel like i know it i have the data to prove. witness on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera the minds are all the headlines for you this hour in sudan at least 100 people have been killed since monday's crackdown by the military giunta 40 bodies have been retrieved from the knowledge river talk to say they were dumped

by paramilitaries the rapid support forces for the gun far has been heard in khartoum. they say fighters in yemen say they've crossed the border into saudi arabia and of taken control of more than 20 locations bases reportedly killed dozens of society troops during the heavy fighting near the city of measure on. and some u.s. senators are trying to block weapons sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan president donald trump approved $8000000000.00 worth of arms sales when he circumvented congress last month by declaring an emergency over iran. russia's president says time. with china unprecedented level. president for a 3 day state visit to russia. on the korean peninsula syria venezuela

are expected to top the agenda in moscow. following 70 years of development relations between china and russia have reached the best level yet faced with opportunities for a new development we decided to make full use of our experience together mentation our friendship and opened up a new era of comprehensive strategic cooperation. is of the last year we set a goal to reach 100000000000 of bilateral commodities turnover due to the efforts of our teams our 2 governments we exceeded this number we have 108000000000 in this year in the 1st quarter of the year trade is also on the increase is already more than 3.4 percent. now it's the 2nd anniversary of the start of the air sea and land. by its neighbors

saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and others accused of supporting terrorism they've consistently denied talks can settle the dispute peacefully. reports. 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 and also 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. the statement also mentioned the united goal whereas the night of the gulf war 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 adversary said the foreign minister is their absence was seen as a snub to kuwait city tend to heal the rift throughout the dispute catto 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 been 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 journalist 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 a mentally grown 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 saudi

dictators as the g.c.c. crisis and does 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. well bernard smith is qatar a cultural center right here in doha burnouts katie just give us a sense of the impact of the blockade on cats are and its neighbors. well our help so for cancer that is sitting on 14 percent of the world's known reserves of natural gas putting it only behind russia and iran so as a significant vote for the international monetary fund the just released report saying that counters economies weathered the initial hits of the blockade on the economy is expected to grow by 2.2 percent are also now self-sufficient in

production of poultry and dairy products before the blockade is out only about 10 to 20 percent of its own production vegetable production is up as well and has a new port so it's not reliant on the shipping that came in mainly via dubai on the converse though the retail sector has been badly hit as are hotels they would normally be very busy at this time of year particularly holiday visitors from saudi arabia from egypt and from bahrain and elsewhere but the hotels much quieter the shopping mall is also much quieter than they would have been before so there has been that impact and also over the water yes in dubai it's estimated he's losing $5000000000.00 a year in trade in shipping before you even start counting for tourism bahrain also affected by the loss of tourism and trade in both those countries much more reliant on income from those sources than they are cats are which is able to fall back as i say on its natural resources ok but it's fair to have to leave you there but thank

you very much indeed for that states. let's stay with this with me in the studio is abraham fry hat the associate professor of conflict resolution at the door institute great to talk to you on the subject of this blockade we've been hearing from bernard smith it does seem to be a lose. loose here and yet we don't seem to be any further forward why has no progress been made over the past 3 years well unfortunately i think we have a stalemate probably one month after this crisis started there was a lot of interaction in the 1st month and even actually some as condition options were on the table as they made of quit stated later that actually a military option was by the blockading countries on the table you know for them but little when this became not at all possible and you know the international

community or any sort of escalation i think we hit the stalemate meaning that you know the partners will not be able to achieve the bookkeeping such as would not be able to achieve what they wanted to achieve in order for qatar to surrender to the 15 options or the 15 demands that there was given to qatar in order to end the crisis which is including like closing or a civil of. you know changing its foreign policy in the region and that all of these demands which obviously these demands were extremely on b.l.s. think that actually value live the sovereignty of an independence they apply cut out of that we're just rejected strongly now that situation lives are still nowhere with it became it became one reason actually about face saving of the countries of how they would change positions about the fate of the in demands that they made

the clearly and openly publicly but that the same time did not achievable and the no one supported the. demands and for that reason i think we have to stand that that the partners have been unable to make progress but at the same time unable to go back to their origin of positions so it was a going to take to break this stalemate because. it's it's clear the demands that were made as he see an independent country will not submit the same type he writes for chance release a report that scathing on all parties not just the book eating countries but also of qatar what the world think of it thinks it's a break this day that's correct well i think human rights report is very important it's a starting point is that that we acknowledge that no seat or so forth has been put into this in order to end the crisis and to change the course of action. and here actually i think the starting point would be is to have

a log unconditional dialogue open the door between all the parties you know all the parties come to the negotiation table no preconditions in order for the parties to communicate or piddly and have you know these open channels of communications unfortunately the communications not is not as not very good actually we saw last week we had a summit cut out participated on the level of a prime minister and also you know the other countries where there but actually there was also a report from bloomberg expecting something big to happen on this crisis but nothing happened nothing happened we did not see any action and frustrated by the outcome qatar came out to this live and withdrew its support to the final statement that came from the summit than for that reason i think we're still where we are now with no progress but ok we're still in the situation thank you very much indeed for

your thoughts there joining us live in studio. now emergency talks are about to begin between the u.s. and mexican officials in a last minute has sent stop threatens american tariffs mexico's foreign minister wants to stop the 5 percent tariff increase due to start on monday president donald trump is threatening to increase charges every month unless mexico's stops the flow of migrants wanting to cross the border with the us a former catholic cardinal has been back in court in australia to appeal his jail sentence for child sexual abuse george pell was sentenced to 6 years in march for abusing teenagers when he was archbishop of melbourne 20 years ago lawyers for the 17 year old said the jury's verdict was unreasonable and argued the defense was blocks from showing a video in their closing arguments. this

is al jazeera and these are the top stories in sudan at least 100 people have been killed since monday's cracked and by the military giunta 40 bodies have been retrieved from the now river talked to say they were dumped there by the paramilitary rapid support forces for the gunfire has been her it's in khartoum. they see fighters in yemen say they have crossed the border into saudi arabia and taken control of more than 20 locations there it is reportedly killed dozens of side trips during heavy fighting use the city of not sure on some u.s. senators are trying to block weapons sales to saudi arabia the u.a.e. and jordan president donald trump approved a $1000000000.00 worth of arms sales when he circumvented congress last month by declaring an emergency over iran. a number of senate republicans are beginning to

say we need to constrain the president the way the congress has traditionally constrained the executive branch i'm hopeful but i'm also skeptical let's hope that this time it's different let's hope that these murmurings among republicans about the saudi arms sales and about the tariffs are real and they will actually stand up to him which is what a congress should do even when they're of the same party as the president and donald trump met with more veterans as a ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the d.j. landings before you freeze arlen's after his 3 day state visit to britain the president joined 15 world leaders in portsmouth the home of prisons while navy as friends appeared protesters not see to stir the war tributes. and russia's president says ties with china are at an unprecedented level ransomware president welcomes president for a 3 day state visit to russia the nation on the korean peninsula syria and

venezuela are expected to top the agenda in moscow well those are the headlines these continues on al-jazeera after witness. yeah.

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