supply to the world before have to buy in the united arab emirates they say they have captured these rockets during the battle to recapture the southern town of their yan from have to visit forces also now according to a diminutive source of the government of the say that they have assigned fact checking mission or fact finding mission to investigate those weapons and also to document all these foreign weapons and work on a report to be submitted to international institutions later we understand that this could be submitted to the united nations or also to the united states we know that the united emirates has been supplying weapons to the warlord haiti for have to include unmanned drones and did that includes the famous

unmanned drone called the horn and also are more vehicles and fighter jets as it almost seemed that. the united arab emirates has been supporting the warlords khalifa haftar since 2014 in fact it has an air base in the eastern city of el manage to support have to the military campaign. head live in the libyan capital tripoli thank you very much indeed let's go to rob reynolds out and washington now this is a report that's emerged in the new york times what are the state department saying . well the state department gave us a statement after we contacted them about this report martine and a spokesperson said we take all allegations of misuse of u.s. origin defense articles very seriously we are aware of these reports and we are seeking additional information we expect all recipients of u.s.

origin defense equipment to abide by the end to use obligations and what that means essentially is that when the united states and a country like the united ever arab emirates reach an agreement to purchase and sell sophisticated weapons like these these were made by the big giant defense contractors lockheed martin and raytheon the receiving party in this case the united arab emirates pledges that they won't sell the sophisticated equipment to another party or to people like general have to are warlords essentially so the state department spokesperson went on to say that the the u.s. supports continued mediation by u.n. officials and that only a political solution can stop the violence in libya so it's unclear as to where this will end up will there be action taken against the u.a.e.

for what appears to be a transfer of the sophisticated equipment to a warlord we don't know at this point the fact finding is still going on we one thing we do know from past experience over martine is that president donald trump is quite keen on u.s. arms sales to countries like the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and he has made those a priority so whether this would result in a complete cut off as a punishment for the u.a.e. that's getting a little ahead of the game but i think that would be quite unlikely all right well . thank you for that well now we can talk to douglas ollivant tuesday in falls church virginia he's a defense analyst and managing partner at the consulting firm international at the site for talking to us and is a surprise given that it's very well known that the united arab emirates supports

general. in this conflict in libya to see that weapons of come from abu dhabi according to the pictures anyway to general have to. just to see that yet again the united arab emirates that the emirates of course general has star is a no known the emirates would choose to violate the terms of u.s. weapons sales rather than say transferring weapons from china or russia that don't have these terms attached to them is slightly surprising that the emirates would feel again you have these reports are true that the emirates with them feel that it can't transfer these weapons without consequence or believe that they would be undiscovered are neither of those seems very likely in the long term right i mean i've just seen the the pictures the television images that have been broadcast by libyan state media and they do clearly show weaponry with the stamp of abu dhabi is

being the recipient of what are lockheed martin. made armaments how serious if indeed this is the case that the united arab emirates has broken this end user agreement how serious is it if they've breached that arrangement. well my guess is that the congress will take it very seriously when the u.s. congress approves a weapon saying to a foreign government approves a certain weapon system in a number of those systems to a certain government being very cognizant of what that does for military balance in the region so for a government to take those weapons and then transfer them to someone else for whom they were not intended i guess says the u.s. congress will take that quite seriously and then them what is within if congress disapproves if you know what is what is it what all the courses of action that are

available to congress well in theory congress could then disapprove future weapons sales of course there are their disapproval of certain sales has been overridden ata mergence the grounds by the administration recently before the long term normal practice of routine weapons sales were congress to note that they don't abide by the terms that the real issue for future sales of us on the phone thank you very much good to tell it thank you my pleasure. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including. protests in south korea where the u.s. president is hoping to meet kim jong un at the demilitarized. shaken into action how the philippines government is preparing people for a big earthquake. and in sport far i will tell you about the player his father

warning shot ahead of wimbledon details coming up. the president is now in south korea as a president as a guest of the president hoping to have a meeting with the north korean leader mcbride from seoul. president donald trump in seoul for his long anticipated visit with the future direction of relations with north korea in the balance. he is the guest of the south korean counterpart moon j.n. who's been a significant influence in encouraging dialogue with the north but since fabrice failure of the hunt only summit between president trump and kim jong un the processes stalled north korea has returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and

seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important into me jury with the u.s. administration or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea that the man still has some sway with the administration. when the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible than the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be. trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war a firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s.

and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decking i think the fact that we're still talking to kim jong un and trusting him at all is a problem in itself. but a number of liberal left wing groups are also out protesting in opposition to trump is it they say he's standing in the way of peace by keeping in place sanctions against north korea by continuing military exercises between the u.s. and south korean forces. after the 1st u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera soul. the 2nd debate of u.s.

democratic presidential hopefuls has set a record more than 18000000 people tuned in to watch thursday's debate and that's the highest audience ever for the party the debate featured front runners joe biden bernie sanders and camelot harris immigration climate change health care and civil rights the key topics voting for the party's nominee begins early next year and the election the general election that is in the. 5 children are among 8 people killed in yemen in air strikes led by the saudi and coalition warplanes struck a residential area in the hooghly controlled part of thais city fighting in southern yemen also killed 12 yemeni soldiers and 8 the rebels the u.n. representative for children in conflict says yemeni people are being held hostage by the war which is now into its 5th year. the

fighting between ethnic groups in the democratic republic of congo is forcing more people from their homes or most half a 1000000 congolese have been displaced at least 400 have been killed in fighting in a tour of province this month alone the president kerry is expected there to assess the situation raila mohammed has more. about the thousands of congolese patiently waiting in drugs for answers from the government near the border between the democratic republic of congo and uganda they skate fighting between lendu and hammer armed groups in the eastern province of eatery many have been left stranded with barely enough to get by seeking safety and shelter in this catholic school families who managed to escape say lendu fighters armed with machetes attacked their village. lender militias came to my village killing people including my 2 children i don't know why this is why we run away to hide with all these other people without food or basic necessities but we are happy to see the arrival of the

1st humanitarian aid humanitarian aid has been slow getting in militia any turi blocked roads which the army has reopened more than 400000 people have fled the province since the fighting started 3 weeks ago many trying to make it across the border there is growing pressure on the government to restore stability to the region. what happened in this region is a real disaster and is presenting a real challenge we need to deal with this is quickly as possible in order to bring back peace so that these people who go home and live a normal life. the motive for the latest attacks is unclear some congolese say they are fighting over farmland fishing rights and mineral wealth the conflict goes as far back as 20 years when tens of thousands were killed in similar tribal conflicts . congolese army commanders say an offensive launched a week ago has killed or captured dozens of rebel. fighters weapons were seized and

civilian hostages also freed the military continue to patrol the forests and mountains in wa go. we've lost many of our family members and friends and all our belongings to the attacks we thank our soldiers for chasing the ship from the area. we are happy that the army is here and we call on our authorities to maintain a military presence so that we can finally live in peace. the u.n. is calling for an investigation into the attacks by the government and the army tries to regain control peace and stability can't come soon enough for many here. al jazeera. military rulers have accepted proposals to work towards a civilian led government that this is a proposal that's come from the african union as well as a. so that's a kind of breakthrough but yet the opposition calling for

a demonstration the calling for maybe a 1000000 people to come out to the streets in order to keep up the pressure for change and rights groups they want safety guarantees from the military following the killing of around 100 protests as earlier this month when i've been speaking to the former a former deputy ambassador u.s. ambassador to. his name is david shane and he says competing interests are making the difficult. well the key is always to trust but verify or frankly no one has any choice but to go forward with this and hope that indeed the transitional military council is sincere about pursuing an agreement with the opposition one must keep in mind that it represents many many different groupings in the sudan so it's it's really not realistic to expect them to be in full agreement on everything this is to some extent

a disorganized group but on the other hand it's surprisingly well organized in view of the slasher they continue to put on the military and to move forward with this important breakthrough of continuing negotiations and trying to pursue an outcome that will avoid the the deaths that occurred on june threes so it's a very important step forward for the military could play a waiting game and this is where organizations like the african union the government of ethiopia which deserve great credit for moving this issue forward come into play in addition to the entire international community and the united states putting pressure on the transitional military council to to take all of this seriously and to move forward with a democratic transition in sudan which is in the interest of everyone. so to come here on the al-jazeera news we report from flint in michigan where the crisis is a vent contaminated water is far from the. regional security and

violence in mali as well as the rest of the region tops the eco west meeting in nigeria. ferrari set the pace ahead of the austrian grown craig data of the car and install. hell i would commit to july now so temperatures are about the highest possible level that will spark a few showers and if you get a water source like the caspian seas of a sudden caucasus yes eclipse this heading towards tashkent maybe a shower to hear thunder storm from the oversea local dam pool could be a flash flooding situation otherwise it's dry baghdad's bit little bit colder it's all relative and less hot than before but down towards the south 4648 is typical in southern iraq and kuwait may be

a cooling trend with that breezes coming from further north aleppo's down to 33 for example though in the sunshine it is hotter still and again unsurprisingly in the arabian peninsula 46 may have 45 in their whole long shore breeze keeps it cool in abu dhabi and onshore breeze in the southwest could increase the cloud in some typically along the coast from which is a seasonal thing event she was set in permanently in solid africa rain is not the thing this time of year some saw some pretty stormy weather trying to cross the the cape here and cape town does exhibit that in the forecast you go 14 degrees more especially that line of green is significant rain on its way in st sunday elsewhere of course is dry and sunny. on counting the cost trump deal of the century $50000000000.00 to kickstart a more abundance ready promise to be a peace process but not

a single dollar pledged plus the chinese electric car maker about to take on the white of the job but also with history counting the cost on al-jazeera. the pages of this exercise book unspeakable manoli compiled testimonies of victims of congolese. as this intimate evidence finds its way to international courts the central african republic is plunged into further. and intricate tanev of people and a nation crippled by recent history. africa on part 2 of a 2 part series on al-jazeera.

that we're just reporting have way that the sudanese military has agreed to a proposal that's been put forward by the african union and ethiopia to restart the negotiations with the opposition including the sudanese professionals' association we're now hearing that the sudanese professional association itself has been trying to hold a news conference and that might have been disrupted let's speak to a spokeswoman for the group someone here. she's joining us on the line from call to some some here tell us what's happened. today when 7 o'clock. 8 routine press reach that. is in preparation for 8 tomorrow's big rally big march millions march in the 30th of june with. 9

8 the s.b.a. . this big center in costume and after the press conference started. 8 to 5 surprise. 8 8 8 8 security forces entered 8 8 8 into the. conference area and they stopped the conference from. going on the conference phone but they ended the conference abruptly d. it turns out the songs from the journalists that. c 8 the broadcasting the life broadcasting was was. from the broadcasting corporation they were not allowed to live from the conference and the same applied to the african. mediators conference it was not allowed 5 to be a live broadcast. although here in our case that the if

a compass was stopped abruptly and they still reeling they have not arrested anyone but they still really in the vicinity of the conference area and at the s.b.a. read them and some a has there been any violence. no there has not been any violence 5 but d taken over. this right now there they are they are. c they still doing meetings over there is a they have. 5 sort of on credit the place. they are not allowing any activity any form of activity to proceed and bearing in mind that internet services are being blocked any form of communication between the a and the public is. the stuff this is not a show of goodwill in any manner. so some here do you do you believe that this is

about trying to prevent the big moments that you've got planned for tomorrow do you think that what they're trying to prevent disrupt the east yes they're trying to prevent there's been trying to prevent all sorts * of 5 communication between s.t.a. and members. # # i.s.p. and the general public it's obvious that 9 they're worried about too long to watch . 9 0 but we are confident that a large march is going to be a big march d. and they are confident. that these people the problem is that they're trying to look. out to the world and prevent any form of communication right ok summon him about thank you very much indeed. right up to date with events in khartoum thank you. now the continent of eternity rescue ship has been

arrested in italy off to directly defying government orders by docking on the island of lampedusa that i am the most he is here now from a european brokaw's center with more. yes that's right martine carroll has been accused of deliberately ramming a police boat that was trying to stop her from entering the ports eighty's far right interior minister has called it an act of wall 48 people were onboard is shipped off to being rescued from the sea more than 2 weeks ago and. judging by the welcome that she received on the italian island of lampedusa corona rickets 8 was seen as both a hero and a criminal. the captain of the sea watch 3 was arrested after defying the italian government and bringing the german charity and rescue ship into harbor she could face up to 10 years in prison for defying military orders. 40 migrants were finally allowed to disembark 16 days after their rescue off the libyan coast 13 others had

earlier been allowed to leave the ship for medical reasons the rest were left marooned in the mediterranean during a fierce a heat wave. solo toasters sleeping under my floor and though it came out every morning realizing he was still in the middle of it was. the story of italy's far right interior minister condemn the ship's crew as outlaws accusing them of people trafficking praised the so-called bidding for the book a woman these are criminals because a ship of hundreds of tons has round and damage to the investigations is now under way to fund a big loss patrol boat with placement on board so more force to get down others to escape to save their lives this is a criminal act and act of war the captain was arrested she's under house arrest in a 48 hours for italian justice to decide whether she'll remain in prison or not. italy's government had told the ship's captain to take the rescued migrants to mull

to tunisia or anywhere else instead the german charity that operates the watch 3 says the captain declared an emergency but was ignored by the italians captain ricketts they said she. had no other choice because of the worsening conditions on board comp i'm sure that the courts will recognize that the law of the scene it's much more in part of the rights of the people to the safety and to their lives . and i'm just going to play it it's more important than the right especially to the territorial waters. the migrants are expected to leave lampedusa soon other european countries including france germany look sumburgh and portugal have agreed to allow them in. the sea watch 3 is the latest symbol of the refugee crisis on europe's southern front tier but the challenge is much greater than one ship and its defiant captain hundreds of other migrants landed on italy's coast over the last 2 weeks despite cell beanies warnings to stay away and schapelle 0.

8 people are now confirmed dead as a direct result of the heat wave that hit western europe for the past 6 days including a farm worker a roofer and a homeless man in spain firefighters are still battling wildfires near catalonia in the capital madrid although temperatures are now believed to have peaked and will start to fall on sunday france has recorded a wreck or national high of 45.9 degrees celsius and special cooling measures were put in place at a gay pride parade in the capital paris almost macedonia is held its 1st ever gay pride parade thousands of gay and human rights activists marched through the center of the capital sculpey in an event also attended by state officials and foreign diplomats it's a test of the conservative bill in countries wreck on respecting minority rights as it seeks accession to the european union meanwhile albania is preparing to hold local elections on sunday in a test of democracy that could affect its own bid to join the e.u.

as well but there is a danger of the vote descending into an embarrassment for the government preparations are almost complete for the vote which will elect mayors and local council then albania is $61.00 districts but most of the results will be near total walkovers as the opposition is refusing to put up candidates in protest of prime minister eddie rama's government john psaropoulos is following events force in the capital tehran. there have been a lot of security warnings and concerns there are even been a few small flashes of violence here and there throughout the country particularly . in opposition held town halls where groups of people from the opposition attempted to resist the placing of ballot boxes in public buildings on 2 occasions in the northern city of chicago which is one of the biggest democratic strongholds opposition supporters attempted to burn the ballots after they had been delivered and stored in school buildings these incidents however have been

relatively isolated no one has been seriously hurt there have been a few arrests made including arrests of 2 mayors the democratic party has lost its people to remain united but to stand down not in the not to intervene not to protest not to demonstrate god even to present any kind of peaceful passive resistance to the process that's going to happen on sunday so we don't expect any serious violence or disruption to sunday's election but clearly this is a postponement this is a hiatus we are going to have a constitutional situation on monday whereby half the country supports the their elections the other disputes the result is unconstitutional and that is going to have to be resolved in a jail the british iranian woman has ended had 2 week hunger strike in an iranian prison after eating some breakfast now as a means of garri radcliffe was arrested at teheran airport more than 3 years ago

and sentenced to 5 years on charges of spying and richard also held a hunger strike in solidarity outside the iranian embassy in london and her family strongly deny all the challenges. now popular music and politics have also always had a close relationship but the current fractured political climate in the united kingdom has given many of the nation's musicians a whole new level of inspiration breaks at soaring levels of knife crime and widening inequality and some of the issues now being tackled by performers at this year's class and brain music festival we've barker takes a look at the influences behind some of the acts. this is how the world's biggest crime artists took to one of the world's most famous stages in a stop vest blazoned with the british flag the work of artists and activists banksy .

storms east the 1st black british performer to headline the glass to be music festival his lyrics are serious look at the darker side of london life gangs drugs violence is the sound of britain in cities music of resistance there were a lot of storms these biggest inspirations is the celebrated poet benjamin said he was among the 1st black british writers to challenge social and racial inequality i mean when you think of the injustice who that have done to people through the banking through through and through politicians who all kinds of people in power own people in. institutions i'm surprised that we don't rise up more often so. when we do feel free music that's a good thing but. i have to tell you talking to revolution around i think we've got to start all over again music and protests appealing to for generations particularly here at glastonbury offstage thousands of festival goers join climate

change campaigners extinction rebellion in the march the group's lead the fight against what it say's is an impending environmental catastrophe and in another corner of the festival protesters on veiled breaks a billboard featuring boris johnson who's leading the race to become the country's new prime minister in a few weeks' time. also performing british punk idols the group tackles breaks it racism and toxic masculinity with a visceral intensity. in recent years british society has been focused on breaks and in recent internal struggles within the leading conservative party but the old problems haven't gone away and some would argue that they're worse now than they were before talking about things like knife crime social inequality housing crisis worries about the

environment the list goes on all of this all of this frustration has found a voice on stage. these are turbulent times for britain rarely has the country been so divided over its future concerns now at the core of british culture . leave barker al-jazeera. that's it from london for now but will be back about 15 minutes let's get back to. marian thank you very much indeed now prosecutors are defending their decision to drop criminal charges in one of the worst manmade environmental disasters. in us history says he does in flint michigan are accused of a crime against humanity fine knowingly piping drinking water poisoned with lead into people's homes. has more from flint. in

flint justice is long awaited and elusive after thousands of the city's residents were poisoned with lead tainted tap water some dying in others with long long illnesses the government officials accused of knowing about the danger but say nothing have paid little for their mistake key to the criminal case is the decision of government workers to begin piping water from the flint river into people's homes it was cheaper than the old water source but due to insufficient water treatment at least led into the drinking water prosecutors argue that certain officials should have known better if this is a plan if you and he talked about your marriage was it would not be in. a hall says his one year old nephew died from the poisoned water that his mother unknowingly put into the baby's bottle and it was. other children showed.