u.s. perhaps leaving the door open just ever so slightly for the iranians to save face perhaps open some dialogue because both sides of said look we don't want war there is to live it to understand one always try to distance himself of the stablish meant that when we knew see his statement with the canadian prime minister it was obvious that he's trying to leave an option to hemp initially to step back and say actually no need to further actions and also he is he was listening and he was you know trying to. spawn to the beliefs from the stablish mantle and been dug on from the department of state and his side to create balance between this and that i think he has lack of the trust of the stablish and let's not forget he always actually made what he thinks is right not the stuff that you think of himself made the decision i do believe that trump has made his decision not to actually go ahead and discuss and attack and you don't actually. so what is iran's

strategy here then measure the main iran as we know is under painful sanctions it's hurting financially it's hurting economically it's been very close as we've just seen to a military confrontation with the u.s. so what's the thinking in tehran right now how does it run get out of this iran believes that everything happens after it is actually activity or act of war all of this measures are actually done by then mr nation is actually the act of war and i think trump trying to run to try to leave that to the status quo which iran now in so they want to push for a more. international community to act to mediate to push to pressure the united states to have a dialogue because this status school is actually collapsing the economy and will have serious ramifications on the stability of the region on much of just a final thought from you on the key regional players briefly we know that saudi arabia israel would love to see. iran got

a bloody nose from the us but i mean how worried are gulf states and the broader international community about the terrifying consequences of a war between the us and i think the main focus is weakened iran broader than go into a war do you want to be can iran because this is a golden opportunity there is a republican president i don't i'm in the white house it's a golden time to invest in it and to try to get as much as they can of the president the important fact that trump is listening to himself rather than to the other's motives were always good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed. time for a short break here on jazeera when we come back on pageantry but has there been progress on nuclear talks we report on the chinese president's landmark trip to north korea plus. ethnic fighting forces hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in the democratic republic of congo stay with us.

hello temperatures in eastern europe typically around the 30 mark and we set of thunderstorms day after day but we are not going to temperatures back a little bit by a cold front indicating slightly colder this comey in again from the atlantic and that's how it's positioned during thursday the temptress behind high teens low twenty's typically and ahead of it well berlin's up to 28 you'll see that change take place during friday 23 is a max and this mass of green here contains showers some which will be of hail many of which will be thundery and they've been wandering around in other parts of europe any particularly in turkey recently the tail end of it in switzerland in the northeast just plain could well produce or pretty big downpours i suspect never tell you to in friday and saturday overnights this tends to clear up the sun is out and saturday looks quite promising was rising temperatures they've maintained that drop in berlin was also come down $24.00 vienna likely will have dropped as well

the green around here the czech republic for austria for southern germany could well be again the big thunderstorms there are fewer to the southeast threaten the training it looks fairly dry hot in places tunis is 37 but surprisingly algiers despite a breeze as the interior remains at 26 about 22. voters beaten in polling stations stolen 12 european politicians on trial for their role in a referendum on catalan independence their political opponents in the prosecutor's seat for a case that traces crucial questions about democracy and self-determination. but is the outcome already decided by a hostile spanish state. the catalonia trials justice or vengeance on a. welcome

back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is reported to aboard the s. trunks against targets in iran but then changed his mind a planned attacks are meant as a retaliate for ron shooting down a u.s. surveillance drone washington says the drone was down to the international airspace but iran disputes this. underarms foreign minister has released a version of a map he says shows where the drone was intercepted operated violating iranian airspace to iran says it was shot down in southern iraq. now thousands of demonstrators in hong kong are occupying roads around police and

government buildings they want the complete withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill the government headquarters has been closed with protesters outside calling for the resignation of hong kong's leader many of dressed in black in memory of a protester who died after falling from a scaffolding on saturday last demonstrations have been held over the past 2 weeks against the bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial and brian joins us live now from hong kong rob busy so the protesters a back out on the streets again today just bring us up to date with what's been happening on the ground this morning. yes down and out on the streets as you mentioned the name increasing numbers the numbers that really have swelled in the past couple of hours are we estimate probably several 1000 plus mainly students out protesting and as you mentioned they have occupied a couple of the main highways here running right through the center of the city and their main focus at the moment seems to be the police headquarters here a lot of anger being directed at the police for what protesters claim has been the

disproportionate use of force against their protest which they say have been peaceful that there are thousands of protesters around the front of the police headquarters here where at the back of the police headquarters and there is a sizable crowd here as well and we saw a chaotic scenes here just about half an hour ago daryn do you may recall that we were telling you in earlier bulletins that as the crowd surged onto this highway a police van got caught in the middle and couldn't proceed with police officers inside and just outside the gate here the police were no danger but it was nevertheless a tense standoff and about half an hour ago a squad of police came out behind from this gate to bring their fellow officers on the van into the police headquarters finally there when they did so there was a surge of the crowd it gives you a sense of the anger here and there were some chaotic scenes that the police were

trying to force close this gate here against a surge of protesters it looked at one time as though the police were about to use tear gas or pepper spray the umbrella's went up as we've seen in the past eventually the police did manage to close it it's certainly angry scenes here but i have to say that the police did show and have shown restraint during that episode and we know that they have in the past been out with riot gear they have been very intimidating a code to the protesters. they've used excessive force it does seem as though the police are continuing this practice of softly softly really playing it down trying not to as case about the situation down and rob just briefly i mean as we know this controversial extradition bill remains suspended for now at least so what happens next for the protest movement that. there is something of a hiatus here yes it is suspended but the protesters want it to be withdrawn completely they fear that they'll give it another year or 2 and then try again and

see if there's less opposition and they can work it through all the time of course the protesters believing that hong kong government and by association beijing trying to roll back some of the freedoms that they have been enjoying so there are no mass rallies for now it does seem as though this more targeted civil disobedience action is the preferred method it seems and it remains to be seen just what kind of numbers they might get up as this day progresses and of course they are calling for people to come out after work friday evening to join these protests remains to be seen how long they will occupy if they'll be ugly allowed to walk your party throughout the night down the road to read mcbride there in hong kong for us rob thank you. north korea's state media says its leader kim jong il and china's president xi jinping have agreed to strengthen ties between their countries an announcement on friday came just before she left north korea it confirms beijing support for its ally as pyongyang faces u.s.

led sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs. georgia's president has described russia as an enemy and occupier after visiting russian politician was allowed to address parliament well that provoked until russian protests in the capital tbilisi reports. thousands of protesters trying to storm the georgian parliament incensed by the presence of russian politician surrogate gavrilov earlier inside. protesters faced off with white police and then pushed into retreat. the cycle repeating much of the night leaving dozens injured not only not to allow these guys but they have not only a lot to get to but to see in the. east each week and so now these protesters along with some opposition

politicians want snap elections tensions were already running high on thursday as sergey gavrilov who was visiting as part of an assembly of politicians from orthodox christian countries addressed the parliament in russian something that many in this forum was soviet republic that acceptable not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate rationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this dormant for the last 7. 20 percent of georgia state's 3 has been under an illegal russian military occupation after a war in 2008 moscow recognize. south of satyr and as independent states and set up in its military bases there the 2 countries haven't had any diplomatic ties sense and most influence in a country which wants to join the european union and me too is often

a flashpoint in georgia's domestic politics russia there are doubt if any. in the east all destroyed territories members of the russian duma and that's another question whether the actual parliament because there is no opposition there but these individuals in our view must not have been allowed into georgian territory. georgia's prime minister is blaming the opposition for thursday's violence moscow things radical political forces are behind what happened. its deputy foreign minister says russia will keep trying to normalize relations with georgia that's something these protesters will do anything to fight. al jazeera. but the race for the u.k. conservative party leadership is down to the final 2 contenders frontrunner and briggs and the bars johnson will face off against the foreign secretary jeremy hunt the winner will be announced on july 22nd will become the u.k.'s next mr. that's

exciting in the democratic republic of congo is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to escape around $4000.00 across the border into uganda this month alone. where aid agencies are struggling to cope with new arrivals. after days of running the taba family arrived in uganda they say their village in the democratic republic of congo was burnt down and attackers with machetes had to date some of the neighbors the survivors walked for days trying to reach lake albert which forms the border with uganda across the one of africa's largest lakes it was frightening. we spent the night at the hoping to cross in the morning but when we set off with our boat. and then did up in hostile territory people started shooting at us we ran away and eventually found our way here. another danger is ebola the virus has killed at least 1400 congolese since the latest outbreak began

last august ugandan health workers are high alert to stop its spread every person is screened so far there have been no cases of the virus supported in this area. the refugees are then brought to this reception center with a given temporary shelter and food paid for by the ugandan government the u.n. and international donors many families have been sent and they they say they are desperate and when they present. given. the names of the list they then proceed to the table over here where they get a basic meal of 7. it's called the last name and also given. enough to keep the forest for the next meal this will likely be in the evening. benighted nations has more than 300000 people have been displaced by into ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the d r c c. beginning of this month most

as the to be fleeing into ethnic conflict between him and linda groups the fighting is about access to farmland as well as gold oil and gas resources. already this month aid workers say nearly 4000 refugees have arrived in uganda something that we we realize that we are now seeing like in me we're having a lot of children below 18 so we know you have to understand what is happening so our protection. leaves trying to dig out and understand what was the problem and what is the problem with. uganda has more than a 1000000 other refugees from neighboring countries such as south sudan when your rivals from the d.r. the end of this following in the footsteps will stretch already limited resources how do we pass al-jazeera uganda. buddhists in northeast thailand the neighboring

lao celebrating what may be their loudest event of the year it's meant to give thanks to the gods and it involves firing rockets into the sky forcing some areas to the no fly zones report. clinia are the people here each rockets into the skies is a high velocity message to the gods they're not meant as aggressive or threatening symbols but on state explosive gestures of gratitude some festivals in this region are about wishing for good luck at the start of what they hope will be a bountiful wit season for farmers this one in roy it's northeast thailand is about saying thank you to the gods for answering prayers made at a nearby buddhist temple. my prayers and wishes were answered that's why i launched a rocket today it's a tradition that if you get what you want you launch a rocket to all of the gods and spirits. people like not to pawn pay almost $500.00

for someone to build them. rockets but there are no qualified rocket scientists here just secrets and techniques passed from generation to generation chachi one seesawing for example is an electrician for most of the year now. it's like my family business my uncle was the one who asked me to help him and it's been more than 8 years that start building rockets once to fester wars of a i go back to my full time job in bangkok. at this festival there are 2 sizes of rockets and as well as the religious theme there's a sporting side to it there are prizes for the longest flight time with the winning larger rockets spending around 7 minutes in the air before crashing back to earth hopefully in an uninhabited field but increasingly it's also become about gambling with money bet on whether rockets are launched smoothly or spiral out of control the noise is deafening the smoke is choking and it's dangerous but people come in

their thousands. that different scene here there are hundreds of rockets launched over the course of the day the largest of which are packed with 200 kilograms of propellant. safety doesn't appear to be a main priority but everyone has a good time those who take part say they are determined to preserve the festival will once everyone becomes an expert on flight and some really do become rocket scientists wayne hay al jazeera roy it thailand. part of a quick check of the headlines here the u.s. media reports say the u.s. president donald trump ordered air strikes against targets in iran but then withdrew the order with planes in the air and ships in position the planned attacks on men in response to iran shooting down a u.s.

surveillance drone washington says the drone was shot down in international airspace but iran disputes this iran's foreign minister has released a map saying the drone was intercepted after it violated iranian airspace tehran says it was shot down in southern iran. meanwhile congressional leaders and the u.s. president trying to proceed with caution. we have an untrustworthy adversary the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some by lateral region some. are. 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation the thousands of demonstrators in hong kong occupying roads around police and government buildings they want the full withdraw of a controversial extradition bill on kong's chief executive kerry lamb announced

last week she would suspend the bill but as yet to cancel it completely mass demonstrations have been held over the past 2 weeks against the bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for a trial. north korea state media says its leader kim jong un and china's president xi jinping have agreed to strengthen ties between their countries that announcement on friday came just before she left north korea it confirms beijing support of its allies as pyongyang faces us with sanctions or its nuclear and missile programs. and georgia's president has described russia as an enemy an occupier after visiting russian politician was allowed to address parliament that's russian protests and the race for the nuke a conservative party leadership is down to the final 2 contenders the front runner and pro briggs and m.p. boris johnson will face off against the foreign secretary jeremy hunt the winner will be announced on july 22nd and will become the u.k.'s next prime minister. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story

. on americans are struggling to pay their rent a problem isn't just limited to the cities. a former governor of the good central bank has cost the country grows from. the stories that the economic. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the gruesome details of how the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was butchered by using composite rants have now been revealed in a u.n. investigative report it demands an international inquiry to find those responsible at the highest level so who will hold the saudi authorities to account this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program on morphine dennis now the state of saudi arabia is responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi that's the conclusion of the investigation into the journalist death a un special rapporteur has revealed in grisly detail how saudi agents planned the killing and cold up his body inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october and that says agnes kalama could not have been done without the knowledge of senior members of government and the crown prince mohammed bin sound man. jamal khashoggi was a columnist for the washington post he moved to the us because he feared his writing but getting arrested at home he maintained until the end that he wasn't a dissident he just wanted the freedom to write his opinions let's hear from khashoggi for months before he was sent brutally matted i began to feel

the pressure so i just decided to leave before it is too late just a couple of months right i left friends of mine were listed many people i know from travel so i sense goodness that i did that otherwise they were pleased i would have been at home at my home right now but from trouble at least if not i missed it and that is the thing i want in my retirement i am 60 years old and they want to enjoy life and they want to be free to speak for my country. so that was a man himself now here are some of the main points in the un investigators report it says there is credible evidence that the state of saudi arabia was responsible for the quote premeditated and extra judicial killing it recommends further investigation of high level saudi officials including the crown prince abdullah's kalama says evidence of the crime couldn't have been destroyed without mohammed bin

sa man's knowledge she's calling for sanctions against him and his assets until he is found to be innocent and she wants the trial of 11 suspects who societies say is underway in the kingdom to be suspended ms cullen maher says it's an international crime that could come under the principle of universal jurisdiction meaning that the suspects could be investigated anywhere in the world thanks. right let's introduce our guests now in istanbul we have mehmet chelate koos managing editor of the daily 7 newspaper in washington d.c. courtney raj who is advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists to see p.j. and joining us from islamabad in pakistan toby cadman an international human rights lawyer welcome to you all but mehmet can i start with you in istanbul this is obviously the location of this heinous crime turkey has welcomed the report what is

turkey going to do next. well turkey has welcomed the dury port and this is actually in a way it confirms turkey's position from the 1st day the fact that an international investigation has been lounge and that it needs to be you know discussed at the international level is something that turkey has pushed forward from going forward from from today on or from says the report has been released turkey will continue this added to it in this position that jamal khashoggi case is not something that we can isolate and we can keep it in saudi arabia it is an international incident that took place in turkey and it's an international it's an international issue because you know this is something that saudi arabia has done beyond its borders against a dissident journal absolutely man it was forward to make sure i absolutely these

are the points very clearly made in the special rabbitohs report my question to you is why what is preventing turkey from going to need it to the united nations and requesting this international impartial inquiry. well turkey has taken steps actually to do that turkey has been discussing with its allies and and partners to make sure that this invested investigation and this case is not left aside and but i mean the fact that tookie has been taking these steps is is you know not i mean we can't say that turkey has not done anything yet and and he will not do going forward. but i want to also mention that turkey cannot do this by itself for it to be a strong case in the international community in need support of key players in the international community so that the case is not just some to in turkey again you

know this case is not turning into something that's kind of versus riyadh saw to it you want to be very diligent and very careful when it comes to making sure that disc case is handled but at the same time they keep their diplomatic relations with saudi arabia instead of foreign aggressive confrontation so what it will do is something that the foreign ministry or anchor or will decide but turkey has not been idle when it comes to taking this to an international level right and i think it will keep pushing for this all right and coming to courtney now in washington in many ways you can hear from what mehmet was saying this kind of balancing act that many of those interested in this case are trying to maintain many people see saudi arabia as a key ally particularly western as a kohl's none more so the way you are in washington d.c. where president trump has a personal relationship with mohamed bin salmond and other members of the royal family what do you expect the americans to do in the light of this report. well

the report makes it clear that the u.s. has a responsibility to investigate and to open hearings and to hold those accountable including at the highest level responsible the report actually says that the crown prince mohammed bin salmaan should be held responsible until there is evidence that he was not actually responsible given the power structure in saudi arabia and the unlikelihood that this could have happened without his you know him being involved a finding that echoes what a u.s. intelligence report already found last year now what do i expect in light of the arms deal that president trump is pushing through i don't expect much from the administration i think we'll have to rely on congress this means that congress needs to definitely hold hearings and demand that the intelligence reports related to what was known by whom when what sort of signals intelligence was their duty to

warn needs to be revealed in the report agnus says that she cannot clarify whether or not there was sufficient information in advance tyree duty to warn so these these this needs to be made public and we've actually sued under a freedom of information request with the night center to reveal this information all right coming to you to be in islamabad. so the report is is is pretty clear in many ways but it's not exactly the smoking gun is it whose responsibility is it under international law to now pick up the battle and launch this international impartial inquiry that the report express equals full. well i think 1st of all it's important to say that this is a damning report is one of the strongest or strong as worded reports that i've seen coming from a special report. but that is indicative of the situation under review so

one would expect it to to to set out. it's not a criminal investigations as important to 2 and allies what the special rapporteur actually has a mandate in jurisdiction to look at and what she is recommending is that there is an entire international criminal investigation or there was a criminal investigation so it's important that it's now taken to the next you asked the guest in in turkey what what will the text authorities are going to do well of course it's expected that turkey will want to could coordinate coordinate this with other states to ensure that there is broad support for this but it needs to go to the united nations through the security council if you rights council to to request the formation of an investigative body because it now needs to move to a criminal investigation and then that can potentially lead to a process of justice and accountability be something that's on

a national or international level that remains to be seen sorry to interrupt does it not need to be requested does the process not actually need to be triggered by a member state of the united nations the u.n. secretary general has said that it he said that he's waiting for a member state to come and request the very investigation inquiry that we're talking about. absolutely and this is something that i've spoken on i was there before by saying that he needs to make a formal request for the formation of an investigative committee to look into this we would hope that other states would support this of course we have i have already heard about the diplomatic relations frankly my position is tough you can't have it both ways you can't make statements of condemnation and demand action but then want to retain diplomatic ties with a state that's carried out at an execution of this magnitude in this country because you have

a ways right also the same time we want to see countries like the united kingdom france germany even the united states i appreciate we should expect too much for the united states under a truck to ministration but at same time all of these states that claim to advocate for the rule of law and the protection of human rights of fundamental freedoms and particularly human rights defenders and previous russian well they need to think they need to step forward absolutely hate to put this on the i don't believe they can i just nations can i just go to see you disagreeing rather emphatically what's your point so well i mean i think the point that this report makes clear is that the secretary general has it in his power to launch a criminal investigation that's very clear and yes his findings is that this idea that somehow we are waiting for a formal request by turkey what does that really mean it is a she actually uses the word absurd to describe this kind of equivocation so i

think what makes clear is that the u.n. secretary general has a responsibility given the international crime that has been committed to open a criminal investigation and that is very clear in her report so this ongoing you know discussion about whether a member state needs to make a formal request or not you know we've heard many many comments from member states about the need for an international. we now have a report that shows why the secretary general has that power so now we need to the u.n. to step up and do its job and open a criminal investigation which we've been calling for from the outset all right and mehmet it's 9 months since this crime took place in istanbul which is a quite a long time given the nature and the high profile level of interest in the case do you think that perhaps is this ambivalence or a perceived ambivalence on the part of the turkish authorities to go the extra mile trying to maintain this this balance between with bilateral relations with riyadh

as well as proclaiming the. alarm and and discontent about what's going on do you think it's that that might be in many ways preventing this case being resolved. i think it's a very unfair to say that took his position as and divil and in this case but at the same time we should acknowledge that turkey has been one of the perhaps the most vocal member state at the united name of the united nations about this case and indeed for national community a president out of the on has been one of the most vocal about this foreign ministry has been one of the most vocal but and turkey has not pushed this you know taken the case today an international arena off its table at any time in the past 9 months but it is also i think it's very unfair to just narrow down to turkey's narrow this down to turkey's job when i did that when i went back

aviation itself and but did it happen that way i understand that i understand that but it is also that this is a case that we cannot just simply narrow it down to turkey saudi arabia relationship or a case between turkey and saudi arabia international community and member states of the united states have a very very tough job to actually own this case and support turkey if you had received the turkey had received a genuine support of e.u. member states or of the united nation member states. at a whole turkey would have done that long time ago but i mean turkey also has its own interest that he needs to protect when it comes to its relationship with saudi arabia having said that we cannot by any means say that turkey has put turkish position or unconscious position has been a weak one or an ambivalent want to again has been what i mean what else can they do at this point is i think. to expect what they can do is just i mean to only

expect international community support in turkish position and when it comes in the case ok saudi arabia be specifically in the report. agnes calmar she refers to this case is being suitable to be looked at within the concept of international jurisdiction what does that mean because it's clearly not just a domestic issue as the saudis have been treating it up and up until now what does it mean when she says it could be pursued under the terms of international jurisdiction. yes i think the special rapporteur is actually made a number of comments as to what your stiction is available or which is mentioned universal jurisdiction has already been discussed is calling for international accountability now one of the one of the questions that has previously been raised

is whether the formation of an international investigative committee could could lead to the creation of international accountability that would of course have to be a special mechanism as has been discussed previously the international criminal court would have no jurisdiction over matters such as this so it would need to be a separate body that would be created very much like the special tribunal for lebanon or potentially the the the specialist chambers for kosovo which has recently been created in the hague so it would need to be something something very very new and that's going to require a great deal of support from member states to to to effectively to support such an initiative. going back to very quickly if i may to to qualify the answer as to whether the u.n. can actually do anything without states a poor state initiative speaker in in washington is quite right that you don't have

to sit back and wait that wasn't the point i was trying to make the point is that for initiatives such as this you are going to require international support member states support to get an initiative off the ground that doesn't mean that the u.n. should sit back and do nothing unless turkey initiated this but the special repertoire in her report is quite clear on that on what the responsibilities are and frankly many of us have been calling for this for 4 months right action need to be taken but you've got to you've got to look at the practical realities of how you get off the ground how it's going to be supported what its mandate is going to be. for that you need to state support you can't you can't just do it or sold off of the initiative right even game that would be the ideal solution all right courtney so from what we're hearing the next step to be taken would require a great deal of effort concerted effort on the part of the international community

not just turkey on its own when we're talking about the united states which of course is the major player the major global player if there's an 8000000000 dollar arms deal in the works at the white house is trying to get through despite congress and many of the other western countries have been quite new to it haven't they in terms of this this report and its findings how much appetite do you think that the westerners in particular but the international community more generally will have to take on saudi arabia because that's what it's going to going to require isn't it and saudi arabia of course is a major regional power. absolutely i mean i think you've hit the nail on the head not only is it a regional power but it is also a donor country and supports many countries around the world so it's not only the western countries that are finding it difficult to speak out. i think also in you

know agnes's report she talks about the importance that saudi arabia needs to send a signal that it is committed to finding justice and the non repetition of this type of crime and she suggests a couple of ways to do this one is that this ridiculous closed door trial where we don't even know who is on trial should be stopped and we understand that there may be security council member countries who have been able to observe that country that so-called trial and nothing has been revealed about that 2nd we have seen some european countries talk about restricting arms deals they have put sanctions on some officials but it is not reaching the high level officials according to i guess as a report so it is important that the you know how to state that those in power in the country are held responsible and it's going to be challenging because of the dynamics of the saudi u.s. relationship but we have seen some efforts in congress to assert their role and

ensure that the united states plays a leading role in and ensuring these norms and just a point on turkey you know turkey has really leveraged this you know what happened in their consulate in the consulate there to trickle out information you know they provided information for agnes's report but they're also you know using this to whitewash the fact that they are the leading jailer of journalists and i think it's very important that we see and i'm nesses report she recommends that turkey and saudi arabia release all of the journalists and activists and political dissidents who are in prison in those countries right and that's absolutely something we can see the international community get behind right ok message coming by. actually that in istanbul i mean there is implied criticism within the report not only for his record on on jailing jenice but also for the. judicial process the investigation that's been on that's been carried out to date she said that that

wasn't really up to international standards but let me put it to you the backdrop to all of this of course is one of mounting tension in the gulf involving all of the players that we're actually talking about the united states and saudi arabia rabia of course is pivotal given that how do you think turkey would react if nothing of any consequence really comes about is as a result of this report because it could quite easily be just kicked down the road for another time look i think to answer this question we need to we need to understand in a way why saudi arabia carry out this you know this execution in turkey in istanbul 1st of all i think there was a message given to turkey that you know in the post arab spring the fact that turkey sided with the people against the monarchs i think that message given to turkey hey look you cannot side with the people or the dissidents secondly give

a message to the dissidents from many different arab nations that have been in turkey that you look wherever you go you will not be saved 3rd it also i think if they are trying to give a message to rivals such as iran look i am keep a ball to actually confront even with a super power i mean with the power in the region such as turkey so i am capable and i am powerful so when it comes to. what turkey will do if this is so dear obeah once to confront would turkey aggressively. you know in in similar to what happened in istanbul in the consulate i think turkey will also take its own acts. ns to face the confrontation but this is not as far as i know is what took you once trying to accomplish what saudi arabia turkey wants to achieve a stable relationship with saudi arabia and turkey wants stability in the region

that will serve you know serve the interests of all players ok that is not so its own so is sorry i need to jump in because we are running out of time and i want to get back to you t.j. but fest you call me if nothing comes as a result of this report what are the implications then for gen this around the world look this is this is really problematic that we already have no meaningful action 9 months after a brazen murder and a 3rd party country by a state we know is now responsible for that this has sent a very very chilling signal to journalists working around the world we've already seen that the past several years since the arab spring was mentioned have really been the most dangerous on record for journalists with record numbers of journalists being murdered 80 percent rise last year and record numbers of journalists being imprisoned so the fact that jamal khashoggi has been murdered in cold blood no one has been held responsible and ongoing impunity sends a signal that even if we know who did it even if we know responsibility lies we're

still going to give that and if it were still going to get off scot free how does a chilling message write to be funny to you and if you could be really really brief tease what would be the implications of the up holding of international norms. well i think what courtney said is chilling that is the most in court thing here if we do nothing it is setting a very very dangerous precedent states will all see that they can carry or acts like this and this is this is one of the worst things that we've seen but i think we also need to look at some of the very important points that that has has brought her and her report it's not just about criminal accountability it's setting up an institutional framework under the united nations for human rights defenders free of expression all of those points are very very important the trial we we see in saudi arabia is a total farce it's not aimed accountability and i fully agree that that needs to be

suspended that does like the to be accountability this is not this is not the murder of one man this is a chilling act by a brutal state and i think we should all be very afraid if nothing comes from that thank you all very much indeed a minute challenge in istanbul court. in washington d.c. and toby kevin in islamabad thank you all very much indeed and thank you for watching the program of course you can see it again any time you like by going to the website if you want more discussion there's our facebook page facebook dot com for a special agent inside story and there's a twitter sphere at a.j. inside story is our handle i'm at martinelli's from the whole team here in don't house by phone and. i. because easter sunday bombings reverberated around the world with religious and ethnic

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jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up more protests in hong kong as the deadline passes for the government to cancel an extradition bill completely . to gas is fired at protesters as they try to storm door just parliament of the visit of a russian politician plus. seeking refuge on the shores of to museum but can the country afford to grant asylum to those asking for it. u.s. media reports say president trump ordered air strikes against military targets in iraq. in response to the downing of an american surveillance drone but he later changed his mind reports say planes were in the air and ships deployed until the order was given for them to stand down intended targets of the morning raid where radar and missile batteries it's not clear if the planned attacks may still happen separately the u.s.

federal aviation administration has now banned american aircraft from flying into parts of iranian controlled airspace where the new york times report comes as senate leaders the president from to act with caution democratic leaders are insisting on congressional approval before the launch of any military operation michaela has more now from washington d.c. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class grown argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and chris t.v. released this footage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the iranian airspace not sir and says the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into

international waters. senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some bilateral region some multilateral some alleged high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumbled into a war with told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else but he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house and the president sent out what appeared to be an ominous tweet iran made a very big mistake he said. but then during

a meeting with the canadian prime minister the president indicated that the tweet was not a warning but a literal observation i think probably iran made a mistake i would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down i find it hard to believe it was intentional if you want to know the truth i think that it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid at the same time the president did not rule out a u.s. response because i think you'll find out. you'll find out you'll find. obviously obviously you know we're not going to be talking too much about it president trump has made clear in the past he favors some form of negotiation to resolve the crisis rather than action. this despite the urging to forceful action from some in cabinet in particular the national security adviser

john bolton the question is whether this latest incident will tip the balance in the favor of the administration's hawks at the expense of those who advocate dialogue. mike hanna al-jazeera washington meanwhile iran's ambassador to the u.n. has called for the international community to demand a stop to what he calls unlawful and destabilizing measures by the u.s. in the gulf our diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the united nations if either finding it on the iranians are determined to persuade the international community that they're the ones telling the truth in addition to the broadcast of this video which the iranian press t.v. says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u.s. military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand drawn map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking iranian

territorial waters he says it proves iran acted in self-defense it's a point that iran's ambassador to the u.n. magid tucker of and she makes in a letter to secretary general antonio good terrorists and to the current president of the un security council in the letter he says the drone was in full stealth mode as it turned off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear spying operation despite repeated radio warnings it entered into the iranian airspace where the air defense system of the islamic republic of iran acting under article 51 of the united nations charter targeted the intruding aircraft at 4 o 5 hours in the letter iran says the drone was in the air for almost 4 hours it says it doesn't want a war but it reserves the right take any necessary measures against hostile acts it wants the international community to respond so far though no meeting of the u.n.

security council has been scheduled jamesburg days out jazeera at the united nations. well all this comes as the turkish foreign minister and his iranian counterpart manage of odds are even met in iran in the past few hours as he was doing such a bari joins us live now from tehran dorsai how are the iranians like to respond to these reports that u.s. warplanes were actually on the way to carry out air strikes on iran but donald trump then canceled the mission. well there and there's certainly a lot of alarm this morning as people wake up to this news there's a sense of disbelief really at this information we've heard that the deputy foreign minister of prosperity has recalled the swiss ambassador in tehran to the foreign ministry where we believe the iranians have been laying out their version of events for this in bassett or another swiss embassy in tehran deals with the u.s. interests inside iran because of course iran and the u.s.

don't have to play magic relations so we believe this is the 1st that they were iranians want to get the message across to washington about what they believe happened their version of events that's the 1st thing the 2nd is that we've been hearing from the iranian defense minister he's since talking to local media and he says what's happening is very suspicious i'm going to quote him he says it's a very complicated and suspicious conditions exist in the region and that it seems that all this is in line with an overall policy for creating iran phobia and creating a consensus against the islamic republic now the meeting that you mentioned between the iranian foreign minister and his turkish counterpart has wrapped up in the one we believe in the 2 did not have anything specific to say about this incident i believe that there's a lot of caution at the moment inside iran about how to move forward there is this smallest misstep can really escalate the situation further and in the current climate i don't believe anybody wants to see that happen or adults in tehran but

also thank you for that were joining us on set is mushrooms where he's director of the gold studies center at university. so we had this extraordinary report in the new york times that president trump 1st all surprised strikes on limited targets limited military targets in iran and as the planes were in the sky on the ships were in position he then cancel the order what do you make of it and why why would trump of counsel that i think. in the last 24 hours since he heard about the news. he was struggling between 2 main positions one his believe and his own his own interest as a president of the not is that and also listening to that position is listening to the stablish men to the minister to the printer going to the bomb of the state to the cia about that assessment between this and that he took his time actually i think at the end of the day he made his mind based on one main fact that he already announced you know he's running for the elections and he wanted to focus on this

campaign which is already a star will start to november officially and he want to focus on this let's not forget trump. has announced that he's all purpose is to make america 1st and this this this actually is also related to what's happening in with iran so how much this will affect his ministry as an american 1st if this will affect his ministry other than his base he will not go for military action and we're just seeing pictures on our screen here of president trump and justin trudeau the canadian prime minister meeting yesterday at the white house in that meeting trump made those remarks yesterday that he believes that the u.s. drone was shot down by mistake by the iranians that perhaps some some some sort of lower ranking general was acting alone and would have been responsible so the americans. perhaps i'm asking you are they leaving the door open just ever so slightly to the possibility of open dialogue. because both sides have said they don't want war interestingly what we hear from from from to iran the minister of

defense of iran actually he was took in the using the same language in a different way of saying that you know it is level of tension that is suspicious activities he was trying to say the environment is not helping he was saying he doesn't say throng something happened or by mistake but he was saying actually he's walking in the same way with trump explain nation that something wrong may happen i think trump wants to say wants to keep the door open i think you'd see description used i. so let's you're right you want to keep the door open you want to keep all options on the table for him as the president of the united states he wanted to be not to be a radical in his statements but even in his face the statement he was very general he was in iran made a mistake that's you know that's that's a very normal reaction but i think he what he doesn't want to be a radical his positions and measure it's very difficult to get a handle on the american foreign policy on iran if there is such a thing but but what is iran's strategy here i mean iran as we know is under

painful sanctions it's feeling the pressure economically financially it's been close to very close to a military confrontation as we've seen here last night so what's the thinking in iran how does iran get out of this iran believe this this kind of chapter of confrontation with the united states has started from washington when trying decided to withdraw from the deep and they want to actually to tell the americans and that you made a mistake you have to fix it i think they believe that if this pressure economy the pressure on them continues there will be a serious ramifications on the stability and of the country and that's the reason i do believe that why they push this kind of confrontation to the edge because they want different parties different you know countries to intervene to to to have an effort that's the reason why what we when we saw the advisor of the senior advisor of the. microloan into iran we use we see now the military minister of turkey in and around the.