in seemed to be saying the arab delegations that should have been bigger wealthier more powerful more high profile and yet there's another palestinian voice saying actually you guys should have boycotted it from the get go to show solidarity with us. you know it's this question that's a brilliant question at the by the the answer is so no once let me just try to break it down very very quickly so there are a number of aspects to what is an arab and what is a philistine at this point in time in terms of what is an arab so we have this thing being held in bahrain with the attendance of the saudi finance minister and yet we are told that that kingdom of saudi arabia remains committed to the added benefit there which has just been rejected by the throne and of course the israeli . administration but yet the king of saudi arabia says we remain committed to the miniature that which actually speaks about 2 state solution with adjusts solution

also to the refugee problem. we also understand that a good number of arab officials have appeared them but under pressure not because they want to not because they think it's a good idea not to not because they think this is will will give them credibility and legitimacy in the eyes of their people simply because they have been herded and pressured and not judged by the company mission that has a lot of leverage on them that includes egypt saudi arabia bahrain united arab emirates and soul and so forth and also a number of others like jordan and so on so what moral code and what have you and then there is the 3rd level which is the arab street so-called arab street meaning out of public opinion meaning the out of people they are we noticed by different polls and different opinion polls and so on that the arab street is totally opposed to what's going on it's totally opposed to the american pressure to the american formula to the idea of a no it's not palestinian state and to the idea of arab officials normalization

with israel without solving the palestinian question so back to the very essence of your question the palestinians now understand that the arab world is with them that the official out of order mostly is with them and those who now have to be in are there just because they are under american pressure hopefully moving forward the arabs will continue to hold to that i've been initiative and will to reject putting the cart in front of the horse will reject those formulas that will pressure the palestinians to becoming a periphery of an israeli state for the moment thank you. we move on the u.k. has issued new guidelines to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia after a british court ruled last week the government broke the law by allowing arms sales to saudi arabia citing riyadh's involvement in the war in yemen the british

government is seeking to appeal against that decision for you export licenses are not being issued to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia bahrain egypt the u.a.e. and kuwait well that is the lead to a heated debate inside the u.k. parliament in the past hour or so with the british prime minister faced condemnation for selling his art selling arms used by the saudi emma rotty coalition fighting in yemen. we continue to operate one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. and we take our responsibilities on arms export licensing very seriously indeed in the words of the 27 team judgment the government engaged in anxious scrutiny indeed at what seems like anguished scrutiny at some stages we're disappointed that the court found against the government on one ground and we will be seeking permission to appeal this judgment to your enemy call me. mr speaker the german germany only e.u.

member states is bound to saudi arabia so was denmark in both the us senate and house of representatives of voted to ban arms exports as well the un describes the situation in yemen as and i quote humanity's biggest preventable disaster and the government sees fit to continue selling arms to saudi arabia during that situation so can i ask the prime minister a very simple question does she believe there are serious ongoing violations of international humanitarian law by saudi arabia in yemen yes or no yet the 3 right honorable gentleman knows very well that we consider these issues very carefully when we are dealing with these arms export eisen says as has just been quoted by the court but he references the situation in yemen this cannot go on we need a political settlement in yemen i would remind the right honorable gentleman that the saudi led intervention was at the request of the legitimate president of the

yemen following a rebel insurgency which overthrew the internationally recognized government and the intervention has been acknowledged by the united nations. for saying in the u.k. parliament there was also discussion today about the murder of the saudi journalist jamal after the un report came out just a few days ago held rabia responsible for his killing here's a taste of what was said. just last week the un special rapporteur on mars said there is credible evidence that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so mine and other high level officials are personally responsible for the original jamal khashoggi was the prime minister to accept that assessment. on the gentleman we do want to see accountability for this or if it murder i raised the death of the market shortly with king at the sharm summit that's the 2nd time i've done so i've raised it with the crown prince at the g 20 last year i've stressed the importance

of those responsible being held to account of 2 process being followed we expect saudi arabia to take the action necessary to ensure such violations of international and national rules can't happen again to the right direction in the right way to take this is through a judicial process and we're obviously closely following the continuing investigation we expect it to proceed in line with internationally recognized legal standards. still to come for you here on al-jazeera the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol man arrives in south korea looking to rebuild his country's image. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories. provided glimpse into someone else's world.

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welcome back welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from doha let's recap the 2 top stories today palestinians continue to protest against the white house advisor economic deal they say the so-called deal of the century does not provide a political solution to a decades old problem. the u.k. has guidelines to company selling weapons to saudi arabia for the time being new export licenses are not being issued to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia bahrain egypt the u.a.e. and kuwait. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin saw mom is in south korea on a 2 day visit it's his 1st foreign trip since a un report held the kingdom responsible for the murder of the saudi journalist. the un special rapporteur agnes kalama will present her final report on the shelves she's desk to the u.n. human rights council later mcbride sets up that story for us from seoul.

a full ceremonial welcome to saudi arabia's crown prince all a visit to south korea mohamed bin salmond wants deeper trade ties but also to rebuild his and his country's international reputation. it's his 1st trip abroad since a report by a un special rapporteur accused saudi arabia of being responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul last year it was a verdict the brought this response from chris show she's fiance well documented and. we need to underline that this is not an exceptional situation and this is not the 1st crime committed by saudi arabia we gathered here to make sure that this will be the last incidence a crime committed by saudi arabia. killing may have been condemned by other countries and international bodies but from south korea there has been little

criticism the government of president moon j.n. seems to have no intention of bringing up the issue here instead signing a range of proposed deals that could lead to billions of dollars in new trade as south korea tries to become an important player in saudi arabia's restructuring of its economy away from reliance on oil saudi arabia also owns one of south korea's biggest oil refineries s. oil the south koreans can't really afford to make a big issue of show deal or any of saudi arabia's other activities we can only expect the international community might find disturbing mohammed bin solomon goes on from here to the g 20 summit in japan it was at last year's summit in the wake of course shrugs he's killing that he was shunned by some world leaders it's not clear if he'll face the same reception this time or if the world as south korea

seems to have done has moved on robin cried al-jazeera so. the iranian president hassan rouhani has rejected u.s. calls for talks saying he doesn't believe washington really wants to negotiate to the u.s. to impose new sanctions targeting the iranian supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and other senior officials but mr rouhani has told the french president that iran isn't looking for war following the latest tensions with the u.s. zain bus ravi is in tehran. these are the 1st comments we've heard from supreme leader ayatollah ali coming day since he was added to the u.s. sanctions list on monday he addressed american sanctions not specifically sanctions against him but about american sanctions he acknowledged that they have indeed over the years had a devastating effect on iran's economy he said iran has been oppressed but that does not mean iran is weak it is mighty and will achieve its goals and in a seeming reference to the shoot down by iran's military of a u.s.

drone last week on thursday he said iran has shown its power not just through recent events but in its resistance over the last 40 years he said iran remains mighty and dignified so very strong comments coming from him and with regards to the idea of talks he said that the united states only goal is to weaken iran in any way possible and any sort of call for a dialogue is a little more than deception and u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 is meeting the indian prime minister foreign minister to discuss trade and energy and defense tension in the gulf is also high on the agenda. we all know that we need to keep that that waterway open. for that reason that we're just described we also know that iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terror and we know the indian people have they have suffered from terror around the world so i think there is a shared understanding of threat and

a common purpose to ensure that we can keep energy at the right price and deter this threat not only is the threat. narrow confines of the middle east but the threat that this terror regime poses to the entire world saudi military officials say they've intercepted and destroyed a hoofy drone targeting homes close to the border with yemen the drone was brought down near the residential area from isthmus shape which is also home to a military base it is the latest in a series of attacks on saudi airports and infrastructure by yemen's who see rebels . the reason for what you describe is a nice collection as that we had introduced a truce and when we ceased our drones and missiles the aggressive states through their spokesman alleged to have one mess of victories eliminating the missile and drone bases meanwhile the aggressive states went on with the crimes against our people we saw the truce as pointless therefore we resumed l.

operations and used what we have at hand to do to the aggressors as a result this cannot be described as an escalation from out and it is the states that despite our proposals for peace. amnesty international says the police in indonesia tortured at least 5 protesters off the april's general election the human rights group says it's verified the incidents which happened in jakarta drink 3 days of demonstrations in may several witnesses and videos of torture and beatings leading to the investigations and calling on indonesian police to hold offices accountable for their behavior the unsuccessful candidate in the election proposed to be on top has gone to court to try to overturn the results saying there were millions of fortune votes florins louis has more from jakarta. ran against indonesian president. in april's presidential election had filed an application with the constitutional court last month alleging widespread

irregularities in the. president. 155 vote 11 percentage points ahead of. $17000000.00 votes which has led some analysts and academics to point out that if there had been cheating it would have had to have been fraud perpetrated on a massive scale and they say there's no evidence to suggest that international observers have also declared that the elections held in april in indonesia and. the constitutional court. verdict which is final and cannot be appealed on thursday and the day before that decision. supporters have started gathering. surety just like i said to the. roads are closed for about 45. for a little bit. to. the lady in the middle of your screen the special u.n.

report on the death of the journalist. this is her final report into what happened to the washington post columnist let's listen in to what she's saying and human rights the vendors including those who have sought asylum abroad include. my inquiry and. journalist. part. to protect. and their duty to protect against a credible threat coming from doctors. i would propose new mechanism the us canada france germany the you can sweden an extent my gratitude to the government of those countries and to all who have corporate. i requested authorization to visit saudi arabia and meet with people but today to have received

no response. the evidence gathered by the inquiry suggests that the killing of mr castro constituted an extrajudicial exact and then forced to disappearance and possibly an act of torture for which the state of the kingdom of saudi arabia is responsible for their own numero series us to the cecum stances of mr castro his death but known leads other than to the response ability of the state 15 saudis stated gente acting under cover of their official status used state means to exit cute mr castro each killing was the result of an elaborate mission involving extensive coordination and significant human and financial resources it was overseen planned and endorsed by eyelevel a few shots and it was premeditated the inquiry further concluded

that the killing cannot be considered as a domestic matter only the murder occurred extraterritorial even took place in a consulate in turkey motivated by your desire to silence a drone at least in self imposed exile in the united states the killing of mr castro gave us constituted a violation of the vienna convention of consular relations of the poor would be shown against the extra carry through your use of force in time of peace and of a tenant of the united nations support the action of freedom of expression accordingly the rights of turkey the united states.