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 $51.00 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 but matter driskill is the editor asian aviation news magazine he says commercial airlines are trying to avoid getting caught in the potential crossfire. it's an incredibly busy area i mean. dubai all the middle eastern carriers there's a lot of traffic that goes through that area and i think that that's a problem the short term problem is everybody's going to have to do some rerouting

or routing. so the flights may take a little bit longer they may have to put on some more fuel that may increase costs a little bit for the airlines but i think the f.a.a. and the the airlines are acting out of an over abundance of caution which is a good thing because they don't want to have another malaysian airlines that was shot down over the ukraine in 2014 and going back even further in history they don't have another iran air flight 655 that was shot down by the u.s. navy in july 1980 i'm actually looking at a british airways flight that left from new delhi and normally it would have a pretty straight shot over the gulf to. england and now it's taken a hard right turn and it is flying over the middle of iran right now so it's not flying anywhere near the persian gulf so you'll see everybody kind of flying to different directions. because they want to avoid the gulf. time for

a short break here al-jazeera when we come back defying donald trump u.s. senators vote to block the sale of arms to saudi arabia and the u.s. part of that stay with us. again welcome back to international weather forecasts well across japan unfortunately it is going to be a wet weekend often on rain showers can be expected but really of cross much of the central areas so for tokyo on saturday expect to see about $26.00 degrees it will be warm down towards of suck at 30 but like i said the rain will continue across the korean peninsula though it's going to be off and on showers mostly it's going to be some sunny skies for most of the area so for so expect to see attempts to there of 28 on sunday rain has been a big problem across china over the last few days and as you can see here on satellite image right here across the central and the eastern areas that has been

the biggest problem here in new hand we have seen just in the last 24 hours about 100 in $71.00 millimeters of rain and on saturday that is going to continue by the time we get to sunday though all of those rain showers begin to slip a little bit more towards the south lawn you'll be out of the rain it is going to be quite warm few at $31.00 degrees but plenty of sun in the forecast hong kong though it is going to be a rainy and also humid day with the terms are there of about 33 and then across the philippines we expect to see a little bit a break here on saturday but by the time we get to sunday the rain is back across manila down across the south we are expecting rain as well attempted there of about 31 degrees. they wanted 3000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000. there's no any more because there's always

a small kabul. government. in essence we in the united states have privatized the old public function your shadow on al jazeera. welcome back to the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. media reports say donald trump all that as strikes on iran but then withdrew the order as warplanes were in the air and ships in position tehran's denying reports that it was warned of an immediate attack and given a deadline to greet engage in talks. iran disputes american assertions that a u.s. surveillance drone was down the international airspace the foreign minister says

iranian maps pinpoint where the drone was intercepted after violating iranian airspace. thousands of demonstrators in hong kong lobbed back on the streets demanding the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill the occupying roads around police and government buildings others are outside the government headquarters calling for the resignation of hong kong's leader 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 trial or did it appalling joins us live now from hong kong so did the protest as a back on the streets again doesn't seem to many police around the days that some us what's been happening. that's right. predecessors have been here since early this morning and despite the heat of the day it seems that more and more people are coming to join these protests people who were leaving work earlier was mostly students and young people who had the day off now we're getting

a lot of the older people coming to. join these protests so the numbers have been increasing now i am standing in front of the police station protesters have gathered outside the main headquarters police headquarters here and what they're doing is they're trying to barricade the police trying to stop police from coming out but that is not why we're seeing here and you're not many police here at all of the main reason we are not seeing police is most likely because police are playing this very carefully particularly after last week's protests where. in just a few hours news came out right news came out that pepper sprays fired rubber bullets and water cannon the protesters and there's been a serious backlash against the police for that so the protesters are out here today for several reasons one as you said there are things that the chief executive to step down they want that extradition laws to be and harley's proper and they're also calling the police to account to ask them why there was such a response what they're calling this before disproportionate response during the

last protests there are asking why people are arrested and why the protests have been labeled a riot last week they want that label dropped because that means that protesters can be banged up in jail for up to 10 years and they're also asking for the police chief to come out in just saying release the police chief they also want people to the police to release the protesters that were detained so this protest seems to be focusing on the police actions or right to do this thank you. now 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 that 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 program brown has more from beijing. well when people talk about a cult of personality this is what they mean and it's been playing out on the

streets of the north korean capital pyongyang this is regimented seemless north korean pageantry with thousands of children and many others pressed into service for the occasion i think it probably would have exceeded what president xi jinping experiences in his own country at a banquet on thursday evening the north korean leader kim jong un said that socialism was the unbreakable core of friendship between china and north korea the leaders of both countries indorsing each other systems earlier in the day president xi jinping alluded to the nuclear diplomacy which remain stalled he said china would do all it can as well as the international community to push that diplomacy forward china of course has its own concerns about those talks remaining stalled because it's worried that the north koreans might resume testing of ballistic missiles at least 24 people have died in a factory fire in nature the blaze gutted

a building that was being used to make matchsticks and north some archer it's not known yet if there are any survivors. the president of georgia has cut short a trip abroad after anti russia protesters tried to storm parliament and fought with riot police when a russian politician was allowed to address m.p.'s russia's entrance and georgian politics remains a highly sensitive topic since russian troops went to war in georgia 11 years ago we're going far so walker reports from the capital to basically. thousands of protesters trying to storm the georgian parliament incensed by the presence of russian politicians who had been invited inside protesters faced off with riot police and would then pushed into retreat from moscow on you know to allow this guy to you but they came out you know not only a lot for to talk about to see if he. feels so peaceful sushi. it was

a cycle repeated throughout the night even dozens injured being successive waves of police firing tear gas and we understand from the bullets. protesters we've seen a number of he didn't shoot don't shoot receipts he just kind of sticks all rubber bullets in the face. lifts i never saw a smile pulls away from the scene and then it was as if. the crowd child struck up the tensions on thursday were already running high sergei governor of a russian deputy visiting as part of an international group of orthodox christian politicians had been allowed to address the parliament in russian something that many georgians saw as a provocation will not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate nationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this government

for the last 7. feet 20 percent of georgian territory is under russian military occupation. after georgia lost the war with russia in 2008 moscow recognized breakaway regions south the city and of hard as independent states and built military bases there moscow's influence in a country which wants to join the european union and nato is often a flashpoint in georgia's domestic politics russia there were doubts ethnic cleansing. in the east and distort territories members of the russian duma and it's another question whether the demise of actual parliament because there was no opposition there but these individuals in our view must not have been allowed on to georgian territory. georgia's government has blamed the opposition for thursday's violence but has acknowledged inviting the russian deputies may have been a mistake protesters are demanding resignations or a return to the streets robin 1st it will come al-jazeera tbilisi. and russia's

president has accused the u.s. of attacking telecoms giant to weaken china but in the putin also called a possible war with iran a catastrophe stuff that's in reports now from moscow. that are required to taking direct questions from ordinary russians has become a way for president vladimir putin to boost his image and carefully channel any dissatisfaction at the same time and dissatisfaction there was among the 81 question selected from more than one and a half 1000000 sent in many were about falling standards of living low wages and poor health care put in plain sanctions but also market factors the real income of the citizens has been on decline for several years the biggest of all was in 2016 now incomes are graciously beginning to recover put in sad other countries who are also suffering from sanctions and china was in

a similar position due to the trade war with the united states. on the whole with regard to the attack and while way how did it come about and what's the intention. there is only one intention of the chinese development so new stuff put in seattle was ready to meet with president trump but that upcoming u.s. elections would have a negative impact on the already poor relationship between the 2 countries he warned against u.s. military action on the around watching. we would not want events to evolve according to this scenario that's pretty random in general it fully complies with. the organization which controls the nuclear technology issue does not violate any think we consider applying any sanctions to it on grand it. from what i'm for our president vladimir putin has tried to convince millions of russians who have been

suffering from the economic downturn that things will get better and that this by the do. i will remain an important international player but looking at the content of the questions. people here are less interested in war rhetoric and international issues and more focused on making and. led coalition fighting in yemen says it's targeted who through rebel sides in the port city of her data the attack was in response to who think drone strike on the saudi city of. date is yemen's main entry point for a delivery last month or who these pulled out of the port as part of a u.s. brokered deal u.s. senators voted to block $8000000000.00 in arms sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and other countries have republicans joined democrats in what's being seen as a protest against president trump support for the saudi crown prince and reports on the u.s. capitol. disapproval in the u.s.

senate republican firewall protecting president trump there is a visible crack my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way it used to be with key support from lindsey graham and a handful of other republicans the senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u.s. arms to saudi arabia you can now have a strategic relationship the united states behave in a fashion that shows no respect. for human dignity no respect for international norms. president trump is certain to veto the measure and it's not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u.s. facing a potential military conflict with iran the senate republican leader says it is no time to abandon a key regional ally so the question the senate will soon consider is really those

whether will lash out at an imperfect partner and undercut our own efforts to build cooperation shock around and achieve other important goals or whether we'll keep our imperfect part of clothes and use our influence are there any for a majority of senators the answer was to punish the world's largest arms importer in the resolution is passed it was a protest over saudi agents killing of german an american resident in journalist for the washington post always so blind to the malign influence of saudi arabia that we just give money and weapons to anybody regardless of what they do you can chop up a dissident you can cut a dissident into pieces without bone saw and will still give you weapons it was also a protest over the killing of civilians by the saudi immorality led military coalition using american weapons in the war in yemen. it is our bombs that are dropping on

those civilians we cannot morally continue to support such a still. the vote might not be veto proof but it sends a message to trump into the crown prince of saudi arabia that neither the threat of a conflict with iran nor a longstanding alliance are enough for the u.s. senate to turn a blind eye toward it's. easier for washington. the united nations office and their gander says it struggling with an influx of refugees from the democratic republic of congo at least 4000 congolese people have fled to uganda to escape fighting between rival him and linda militias competed of a farmland i'm control of golan coltan mines in the past before violence flared up recently. by time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. media reports say donald trump or the air strikes on iran but then withdrew the

order as warplanes were in the air and ships in position tehran's denying reports it was warned of an immediate attack and given a deadline to agreed to engage in talks with iran disputes american claims that a u.s. surveillance drone was downed in international airspace iran's foreign minister says maps pinpoint where the drone was intercepted after violating iranian airspace . i hope. as in the past our armed forces have showed that our national security is our red line and we won't let our land be a place for foreign forces for trespassing twice we gave warning to this drone this drone has a system that transfers the messages to its base and unfortunately they didn't respond and for the last time we gave a warning and when it continued into our territory it was shut down the united states envoy on iran has said it's important to do everything possible to deescalate tensions brian hoke is in the saudi capital riyadh to meet with the kingdom's deputy defense minister during a news conference hoke said iran should meet u.s.

diplomacy with diplomacy not military force thousands of demonstrators in hong kong are back on the streets demanding the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill they're occupying roads around police and government buildings others are outside the government headquarters calling for the resignation of. the bill would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china 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's support for its ally a pyongyang faces u.s. led sanctions over its nuclear and missile program. at least 24 people have died in a factory fire in indonesia the blaze got a building that was being used to make matchsticks in north sumatra it's not known yet if there are any survivors. i mean not a nation's office in uganda says it's struggling with an influx of refugees from

the democratic republic of congo at least 4000 people have fled to uganda to escape fighting between rival lendu militias. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story on subjects whether. the gruesome details of how the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was tortured by using composite tricks have now been revealed in a un investigation before 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 carved 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. was a columnist for the washington post he had moved to the us because he feared his writing would get him 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 4 months before he was so brutally murdered. i began to feel the pressure so i just decided to leave before it is too late and yes a couple of months that i'd left friends of mine where i listed many people i know throughout the rubble so i sense goodness that i did that little boy safe or at least i would have been at home at my home right now but from trouble at least listed and that's the thing i want in my retirement i'm 60 years old and they want to enjoy life and they want to be free to speak what my country. so that was the man himself now here are some of the main points in the u.n. 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 salmond'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 guest now in istanbul we have mehmet chairlift who's 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 report 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 this case is handled but at the same time they keep their diplomatic relations with saudi arabia instead of fun 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 you 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 of coles none more so the way you are in

washington d.c. where president trump has a personal relationship with mohamed bin sound man 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 toby 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 rapporteur. but that is indicative of the situation under review so one would expect it 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 is a criminal investigation so it's important that it's now to take into the next few you asked for the guest in in turkey or what will the text authorities are going to do well of course it's expected that turkey will want to could coordinate that 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 a human 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 maybe something that's on the 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 tech 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 but also the same time we want to see country 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 ministration but at same time all of these states that claim to advocate for the rule of law and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and particularly human rights defenders and previous russian well they need they they need to step forward i absolutely hate to put this on the i don't believe they can i just nations can i just go to say 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 not in 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 me.