element of the democratic process these companies they just want the money europe's forbidden colony episode one on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes reports that the united arab emirates is to reduce its military involvement in the war in yemen. china is demanding the u.s. council's a $2000000000.00 arms deal with taiwan saying the proposed sale would undermine

beijing security. talks between afghan leaders and the taliban and with a promise to reduce violence and what's being called a 1st step towards peace. also ahead will be a me occupied west bank for 15 years on a separation wall that's creating those terms and blighting thousands of lives. and in sport is knocked out of the african nations heartbreak for fans of the 4 time champions lose to miss out on how to end the 6. appears to be withdrawing some of its forces from yemen that's according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there describing it as a quote redeployment and insist they remain committed to the saudi led coalition fighting the rebels since 2015 the rebels are calling for a full withdrawal. i mean activist and nobel peace prize winner to walk all common

says the u.a.e. is trying to repair its international image. 1st this is a cosmetic withdrawal meant to improve the u.s. image it was a result of their failure in yemen both the u.a.e. and saudi arabia will pull out. it is utter failure and they are paying a heavy price secondly it was also due to tremendous pressure from the u.k. it was a piece of advice from the u.k. to the u.a.e. to restore their image 3rd reason was a serious warning or threat from iran to the u.a.e. if they remain in yemen then their luxury is glassy towers will be targeted by any of iran's arms in the region neither the yemenis nor syrians or libyans or egyptians or even the tunisians or any other people within the arab region if not

the world can trust the u.a.e. in their strategy the u.a.e. has only one strategy destruction and defragmentation. ok let's talk to catherine shutdown she's a research for the center for strategic studies she's joining us on skype from crawley in the u.k. catherine welcome to the news here on al-jazeera why do we think. oh i think what 2 recent men number one i think that the new understanding that its involvement in the war in yemen which at the onset of this intervention was under the cover of un resolution 2216 has gone far beyond that particular mandate and i think that there's an understanding now that in view of the many grave allegations of human rights and the loss of life that it's not working and that they need to go back to the negotiating table as they need to try to promote a diplomatic solution to the crisis in yemen ok now let's do pardon me for

interrupting you let's talk practicalities here what does this mean say for those areas like data the port city so crucial a pinch point when it comes to getting aid into. so those people who've been living near the point of starvation for so long know. well i think we could be eating out in terms of the u.n. it's a humanitarian catastrophe because the u.a.e. i believe will now promote some kind of a humanitarian corridor or and try to sort that situation is specially if you bear in mind that you have elements of the muslim brotherhood and al qaida militias who are operating within that particular region and this is something that the u.a.e. has been from the very onset of this war very wary about this saudi have had a propensity to promote and aid and train militias who are quite close to not only the muslim brotherhood but actually are in yemen and the u.a.e. has had a hard time handling and dealing with those because as you know they are quite opposed to sexual then decided to have insisted on doing it so i think this is why

and this is the main reason behind this pull out of yemen number one it's not it's not working number 2 it's actually enabling those powers and those militia that we do not want to see a rise in power within the region if the u.s. is genuinely moving towards a peace 1st stance with this how will that signal be received in riyadh. i don't think very well because this started you know looking at this war in yemen. as a victory that needs to happen they do not want to even appear to have lost the military battle again against the yemeni resistance and their particular so i think it's going to be a really hard sell on that with part that being said i think there's a momentum in the region there's this is a country's on the very fragmented when it comes to how they see geopolitics and the way forward within the region they all mounting tensions with iran and i think that the u.a.e. kuwait and all man we try to push for

a diplomatic solution not just in yemen to try to ease tension in the region as a whole formally trucks really save their own national security and promote stability within their own borders nobody wants to see an escalation of tensions in the region is especially today when iran and the u.s. are at each other's throats but that's when you use the word escalation is there a chance here that it could not get the conflict in a more into a more in the short term i guess a destructive done a destructive path because it might literally create a vacuum where you are you forces were on the ground in yemen they're not going to be there anymore we suppose. i don't think there will be a vacuum is such a thing that they will try to you are you know to plug the hole in sound more nurseries within the region in yemen but i don't i don't think that i think it's only going to lead to further civilian casualties in this sounds that the saudis were through everything that they had to try to win that war quickly and clearly

it's not working or hasn't worked for years now is not going to work today the only solution for this is negotiating peace and negotiating a way out of this crisis immediately if only for the sake of civilians and i think that the you we understand this today so it's really going to be the case of whether or not he has you know off i would say influence on riyadh. to try to to have mohammed bin solomon to see. reason i would say and i think we need to be careful about how we understand you know this how do you a relationship i think that the u.a.e. regardless of the crimes that they have committed in yemen a bit more rational and reasonable when it comes to solving a crisis as opposed to the saudi who are insisting on being very high and very heavy handed militarily speaking in yemen regardless of the casualty regardless of the crimes that they are committed and that is bothering the international community we have we have had to be an infrastructure is destroyed civilian

casualties are by the sullivans if not tens of thousands it's too much for anyone to hands on right now it's not just cosmetic it's not just a p.r. stunt it's a very strategic withdrawal ok catherine thank you very much catherine checked them there in the u.k. . turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 military officers accusing them of involvement in the attempted coup in 2016 increases for too little and the turkish political figure living in exile in the u.s. was behind the failed coup prosecutors say the military officers they want arrested have links to him so far 77000 people have been jailed and can sort of join us live from istanbul these are almost 200 people we're discussing have the actually been detained by the authorities yet. well there is they have been detained over there suspected the links to her to law school and movement and they're suspected communications with good hand movements covert operatives which the government

calls the sick with him arms of her to laughlin movement of course they haven't been arrested because arrest warrant has been issued by stumbled some a prosecutor's office and izmir prosecutor's office so the operation is still underway the investigation is still underway we don't know how many will be arrested but all those $176.00 military personnel are active military personnel hours and these investigations have been under way since the military coup failed military coup in july 2016 peter because the turkish government believes that they have to continue this crackdown on. the civil servants and the military personnel because the turkish institutions should be cleared from federal law good and snatch work as they pose a threat national security threat according to the government and as you said federal law school and has been in the self exile in the u.s.

for 2 decades that he's a former islamic cleric has been here and his interest has have been running schools universities think tanks and companies across the world and he's been also a controversial figure in the u.s. for the charter schools that they have been running and that west has highly criticized the turkish government about this crackdown because we saw besides those 77 people who have been jailed pending for trial iran 170000 civil servants military personnel and others have been sacked or suspended from their jobs and. justice ministry is planning to finalize the cool the trial the mass trials until the end of 2016 but today shows us that it will be continuing because there took a short. believe that there are covert people actually. crypto people as they say inside the military and besides the western criticism i must say that. the

government of point ends are also criticizing the government for not doing anything against the extensions of our network in the turkish politics including the rolling up party just to be clear cinema only mr this is him reacting i guess to intelligence that he's been passed by his intelligence or soroses it's not him reacting to what happened with the election in istanbul recently because after his party did badly some analysts were saying well he will react and he might react in a rather idiosyncratic way that we can't predict. well istanbul elections and these investigations are totally independent from each other because the failed military coup is actually an issue that all political parties have gathered around because it's not the only ruling party or the government through the fence that's the military coup that is believed to have been orchestrated by fed to lock down

and his and tries. to overthrow the elected government and the turkish turkish state itself through their kids infiltrations into turkish institutions so this is what the portions of the government and the governments stand still together around this but. the investigations the operations against the military are still ongoing it is not about istanbul elections but of course as you said since the ruling party and prisons are gone who has been. the head of the ruling are quite and who has been the main character of the ruling party's election campaign have had a big blow as election results and their reactions are actually in different fields rather than these military coups indictments or investigations that are are currently underway understood senator thanks so much about clarity on the aspects

of what's going on right now in turkey many thanks. lots more still to come for you here on the news hour including point britain's ambassador in washington is being shunned by the white house. and the wimbledon quarter finals begin today far away here to tell you to watch later in the sports news in about 35 minutes. after weeks of mass rallies and pressure from protesters hong kong's chief executive kerry has announced a controversial extradition bill is now called dead muslim admit it or governments work on the. proposed law it been a total failure but pro-democracy activists on convinced that's the end of the bill mcbride has. i have to move around president to protest hong kong's chief executive how a lamb appeared to yield will bring with it admission of failure in mishandling

this controversial legislation she promised it is now dead there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or where is whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council so i reiterate here . that is no such plan the bill instead opposition to the bill has resulted in mass protests with some violent clashes between a minority of demonstrators and police pro-democracy groups fear the bill would allow china to extradite political opponents from hong kong to face summary justice in mainland courts a claim the hong kong government rejects but carry lymes concession doesn't go far enough for the protesters this week feel safe. to. say he should feel. like it's a little. bit sad that if.

we cannot find out what if any of the. protesters believe the chief executive is playing with words and that although her government has given up on plans to introduce this legislation there's nothing to stop a future administration from trying again part of what many people here believe is a gradual erosion of hong kong special freedoms within china the demonstrators are also demanding a full independent investigation into what they claim has been the excessive use of force by the police in breaking down largely peaceful protests. the government's strategy seems to be weathering this period of unrest hoping public support for the protesters will wane and that it's concessions will have an impact this kind of dates are counterproductive it don't end of the crisis is play now has to be when the trust of the old and he has failed to do so.

on ageing support and all of. them will have to own. for the pro establishment camp the fact the people have taken to the streets in such numbers. it's evidence that hong kong's freedoms like the freedom of expression are alive and well. the bad news for the hong kong government the protesters are promising more rallies macbride al jazeera hong kong. china's foreign ministry is asking the united states to quote immediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u.s. state department approved the sale a little 100 tanks 250 craft missiles and related equipment the deal we were thrown $2000000000.00 u.s. dollars doesn't accept taiwan's independence and argues it's a breakaway province let's get more now on the reaction of the beaching when he is there for us when what are the chances do we think this cancellation of this

request of cancellation will actually happen well i think it's probably fairly remote but one it is one i think that will be shelved because this of course comes at a particularly provocative time this is not new arms sales from the united states to taiwan of course they have had many times over the years in fact this is the 4th time that it has happened under the presidency of donald trump but the timing of this one is particularly interesting of course coming amid a trade dispute between china and the united states and the type of equipment that is in this deal and the monetary value as well it is the largest since donald trump became president more than $2000000000.00 the type of equipment that you mentioned peter. missiles and battle tanks will potentially be seen as particularly provocative by the government here in beijing in a short time ago we heard from china's ministry of foreign affairs. if the us selling of arms to taiwan is

a serious violation of international law and the norms of international relations it seriously breaches the one china principle and the rules of the 3 joints in the u.s. communique it is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and harms china's sovereignty and security interests china is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to the us has already made stern representation to the u.s. side. a negative relationship anyway wayne between beijing and washington what does this particular aspects of that relationship do to the broader dialogue going on between the 2 capitals. yeah well it's fascinating timing again isn't it given that we've had this trade war with tit for tat tariffs going on between the united states and china for the past year something of a truce declared last month when we saw donald trump and the chinese president xi jinping meeting on the sidelines of the g. 20 in osaka japan and we have the potential of face to face negotiations restarting

in that trade dispute possibly next week so again the timing of this is fascinating i have no doubt that the chinese will raise this is a major bone of contention when those negotiations over the trade dispute restart again possibly next week it comes at a time of course when china is playing an increasingly assertive role in the south china sea not just involving taiwan but also other claimants in that region the likes of the philippines and vietnam the pentagon in relation to this announcement of this potential deal saying that this does not change the balance of power in its mind in the region specifically i think referring to the tension that we're seeing in the south china sea taiwan feels that it is under increasing pressure we've seen military exercises conducted by the chinese very close to taiwanese territory joint taiwan and u.s.

military exercises over the last few years and taiwan feels that it simply needs u.s. support both logistically and in the form of hardware to prevent any possible attacks from china when thank you. the u.n. says world leaders may not be able to keep their promises to raise global education standards by 2030 according to a new report from unesco one in 6 children are not in world in any form of a school while 40 percent of the world's young people will not finish secondary school as well learning rates are expected to stagnate in middle income countries and less in america and dropped by almost a 3rd in the french speaking african nations by 2030 the un also says drastic measures are required to change projections that show one 5th of young people are nearly one 3rd of all adults not being literates by the 2030 joining us on us are helen clark chair of the advisory board to the global education monitoring report

at unesco for me of course the prime minister of new zealand she joins us from the hague helen clark welcome back to al-jazeera which countries all regions are trending downwards here i think prime concern must be for sub-saharan africa or the demographic bulge is coming through the school system very large populations of the children adolescents and new is in the budgets really do struggle to keep up with that eunice curious to meit's those around a $39000000000.00 get funding for education the countries themselves with low incomes will struggle to find them it really is also a time when done with him he says department and the spending from the donors on the education has designated since 2013 so that needs to change does this have a knock on effect because if you have a child of 9 or 10 years old who's not educated or badly educated when that child then becomes a teenager and wants to go into the the workplace they can't because they literally

don't have the qualifications to say i can do this job. bottom line no country ever developed without a mystical nesting in education for its people just doesn't happen so to break the cycle of poverty the whole country's for communities for families education is ever since critical it helps us achieve sustainable development goals on eradicating poverty hunger on the cheating gender equality everything is good about education for the individual the family the country so it has to be part of us i think there has probably been a bit of complacency because side with some of the health emergencies of people don't get care then only at they die ok you don't get a dive you don't get education but you cannot fulfil your potential or your country's for potential what's the solution and where will the the momentum for that solution come from if it's not going to come from relevant governments or it's

not going to come from the people who are financing this. so money's never everything but it does help we need donors to step up and support for the most vulnerable and poor countries and countries themselves need to be dedicating more money to the us that's about a quarter of the u.n. member states are not meeting the benchmarks for for investment in education from their budgets and in terms of gross domestic product then there's going to be a focus also on quality on trying teach is on plasters a lot needs to be done but i think the real value of this report from the unesco's global education monitoring report is wake up call if we carry on as we are now we reach the goals that have been set for 2030 and that would be tragic for the rise children and young people and actually tragic for our womb do we have or should we have helen clark some sort of global educations are somebody who's got genuine power who can go to the relevant countries presidents and prime ministers and say

look you've got an issue here it may not come to fruition until this generation wants to go into the workplace until those kids want to become doctors lawyers solicitors etc and you're not doing the right thing. we'll have other they have needs a czar but there are a lot of powerful voices out there calling from basemen education you have former british prime minister gordon brown who's made it his mission to push the former strongman prime minister julia gillard who chairs the global education partnership you have unesco hey do you have the eunice if it you have senior people salute the passionate about well i think what the leaders of countries need is that joel to say if we can't get this right we're not going to get development right in our countries and then to look for the partnerships that will make it possible donor countries with the poorest countries will bank coming in as a part of the global partnership for education clearly people want to help but we

need more helen clark thank you. a court in sudan has ruled the country's internet providers must restore the service immediately following a weeklong blackout earlier sudan's military council agreed to end the shutdown it says was required to protect a transitional deal reached with the opposition however the united nations says it's continue to receive reports of social media platforms being blocked its human rights division can then the action and called for the immediate restoration of the internet. talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended with a promise to reduce civilian casualties to 0 the 2 day event is expected to lead to more formal binding discussions with the afghan government has more from the talks in doha. 17 taliban members and more than 60 people from the afghan government opposition groups of society leaders coming out with a joint communique of 1st time that people from the government and taliban have

been in the same room and they see that civilians that civilian casualties should be brought to 0 that both groups the afghan government and the taliban should protect civilian institutions for talking schools hospitals mosques majoris is even dams they see that prisoners who are ill or old should be released and also that women's rights and minority rights should be protected by both groups now this is not legally binding but it does show that afghans from these various groups are on the same page we talked to the taliban spokesperson here's what he said i been very happy that. runs together from all walks of life. and just in 2 days we had this joint statement i think it's a bit sexist and it is a good news for all the afghans and good news that we are as a nation. who saw this long lasting issue the delegates from the

skirt told me that they got to the point where they were able to put forth a unified statement because they talked about what they had in common and a lot of that came down to suffering when my friend. was mistakenly hit by soldiers. you might be in was this somebody that they see any 2 sons on that i was in the school and yes the. one that i take and also young boys of 77 and 8 years old got them back to the car to see if i did was what i. thought they would are so. it's quite a. motional from both sides the taliban and also people from the afghan delegation as they talked about their suffering but also their hopes for afghanistan going forward now they also say that they want to make this actionable and legally

binding yes they are promises but they won't be afghan government involved this hope that going forward this was a good 1st step a positive optimistic 1st step to take it to the next level where this is legally binding and both groups the afghan government and the taliban are in the same room . now in a few moments we'll have the weather for you with kevin and he joins us here on the use of it also still to come on al-jazeera the country me a visit to the united states we'll look at what's on the agenda. and it was a $1000000.00 additional comments by the details coming up with our in the sports news when we come back. it has been a very active week across parts of europe in the last 24 hours have been the same we've had a lot of flooding we've had severe storms with hail as well as tornadoes but i want

to take you specifically over here towards parts of spain notice those clouds right there over towards the northern part of spain i want to take you just to the south of template to take a look at the video that has committed cross this region the flooding was very very severe we had downpours in a very short period of time that causes this kind of flooding across much of the area one person has been reported dead so far because of the flooding and they have called it emergency action across much of this region today though we do expect to see more rain across much of this area i want to show the forecast map as we go towards the next couple of days notice this frontal boundary right here that is actually what is responsible for all of this very active weather we have a lot of hot air as well as moisture just towards the south and anything along this front is where we are going to continue to see more active weather today as well as tomorrow is just going to shift a little bit more so today the rain continues across spain italy as well as across parts of the balkans and then as we go towards tomorrow

a lot of that begins to shift a little bit more towards the east these showers are going to continue in terms of say weather and tornadoes and hail and destructive winds could be a big problem. with sponsored town. traditional wrestling fan account has a village. now it's a national male and female school board 10 luxury and a big money. colleges there while the focus unifying cultural full. and the way out of politics in. senegal wrestling with reality on al-jazeera. every armed attack. creates fear and division amongst its citizens. stories of loss no one told. a sweeping association of islam with the violence. in muslims facing the stock

reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life. twice a victim on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching the l.c.d. live from doha these are the headlines the united arab emirates appears to be was pulling its forces from yemen as according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there insisting they remain committed to the saudi led coalition which has been fighting the rebels since 2015. after weeks of mass rallies hong kong's leader has described the controversial extradition bill as dead it would have

allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china protest organizers want to show and says the bill will be completely with full form. he's ordered the arrest of $176.00 military officers accusing them of involved. in the field 2016. political figure living in exile in the us was. palestinians being imprisoned in their own neighborhoods by israel's expanding separation wall international court of justice ruled the wall was illegal exactly 15 years ago construction began in 2002 israel said it was to provide what it called better security wall stretches for more than 700 kilometers in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians human rights groups say israelis to confiscate palestinian lands to build more illegal settlements palestinians say the separation wall is

a symbol of israeli occupation and demanding freedom of movement we have correspondents on both sides of the wall bernard smith. who's in. you're joining us from that location changed since the court ruled against the wall 15 years ago. all i can tell you is that the situation has gotten worse for palestinians ever since the decision was made from the international court of justice israel has continued building the wall roughly around 65 percent of it is complete but they are. under construction and palestinians say that. this is and has been. israel continued business. with cutting taking more land and cutting more areas. that has gone to the war now the palestinian authority saying that this is and has been that has come at

a time when it's the 1st time for an international tribunal to consider. the war 4th geneva convention applicable to the occupied palestinian territory. this doesn't really mean much because their lives has been to the town of. palestinians . the tone of the east of jerusalem has been living in the shadow for 15 years. its economy was booming in the 1990 s. when the town in jerusalem to many cities in the occupied west bank. it looks more like a ghost town now. since the israeli government ordered the building of the separation 12002 the wall has blocked the town's main road limiting access to people and products hundreds of shops have closed their doors and thousands of people have left carpenter is one of a few who decided to keep his business open but it's very different to when he

entered the workshop in the year 2009. no the only carpenters there are him and his partner like the town's economy their business has been cut right back. this is one of the most vivid areas and were a few meters away from an israeli industrial area this area was bustling with businesses and people going back and forth now we rely on a few customers the contrast between the 2 sides of the wall can be seen vividly here and also heard on the israeli side there is the loud noise of construction works on the palestinian side that sides. as palestinians are being pushed out on their side of the wall because of land confiscation more israelis are taking advantage such as. in the north of the occupied west bank and israeli military order confiscated palestinian land for building the wall israelis build a stable on it. palestinian fears have increased since israel's prime minister

benjamin netanyahu announced plans to annex parts of the west bank if you don't who will have the main goal in the israeli agenda is to grab more bans push more people out especially those living in east jerusalem the wall helps israel build more settlements extending existing ones and consolidate them in the palestinian territory around 65 percent of the israeli separation wall is complete their arrest is under construction and when it's finished is expected to take up to 10 percent of all land in the occupied west bank many palestinians say the main purpose of israel's policy is to make life so unbearable they have no option but to leave. the occupied west bank. joins us live from. tell us about the significance of the location of where you are as of today and what's happening there today. well peter i am on palestinian

administered land and every building in what elements in this area has got the right permit from a palestinian or already but in a landmark ruling israel's supreme court has decided that those 2 buildings behind me and 14 others can be demolished because these really military says they're too close to the separation wall on the separation war as in a lot of the occupied west bank cuts straight through this community of relatives over that side want to visit people over here then they have to take a long securitas walk around now the significance is this is not the 1st time israel is destroying palestinian homes but they're in palestinian controlled areas and the people living here fear that if these demolitions go ahead and we saw the military around one of these buildings earlier on today measuring up if these demolitions go ahead it will set a precedent that will allow israel to demolish any properties any palestinian proposition it wants that are in the occupied west bank that people who own the properties here or live in them or building them have got until you're 18 that's

next thursday to get out and even demolish their own properties if they don't demolish it themselves the israelis will send in the demolition teams and then they'll send the bill to those palestinian property owners peter thank you. is al jazeera senior political analyst he joins us live from london i mean is this a but in the thing other than a design expulsion. of course if you hear the israeli perspective they would say it's about security the palestinians here he germany the israelis speak over the fence the palestinians see a wall the israelis speak of separation the palestinians here segregation and then of course the israelis see say demographic separations and the palestinians here

racism expulsion ethnic cleansing and so on and so forth so as if we are lost in translation but in fact what we have here is 2 narratives one by the occupier and the other by the occupied what the or the occupier tries to always saddle itself and the world as security the palestinians over the last 70 years and certainly over the last 50 plus years of occupation have seen it more as israeli expansion on their own territory on their own homeland on their own land itself towns villages and so on and so forth and this has been going on now for several decades is there another 3rd notes of fear mo and the international court of justice wants it dismantled realistically is that ever going to happen. absolutely there is a 3rd one and you know we always say when the you have when you have a choice of to look for the 3rd and thankfully the international court of justice

did come out with something that's very clear and very precise 15 years ago telling the israelis they need to back off they need to dismantle the wall and they need to compensate the palestinians for all sorts of damage including. territories or land grab by the israelis illegally and so on so forth but the thing is that what the court says about this very particular question of the wall is a symptom of a larger problem that has to do with is there an international law that's why the palestinians continuously speak of not american initiative not european initiative not balance of power but of international law of course israel is reject that and speak about the realities on the ground of security and so on so forth but for the palestinians international law and justice is very important because this is the 3rd perspective and what the international criminal courts said about the war

actually could be. applied into the general situation in palestine where israel every day violates un security council 2 for 2 or violates the 4th geneva convention that has to do with how it deals with the occupied territory so the palestinians are asking justice and international law which means the occupying palestine is erasing the wall and everything else that comes with it including checkpoints barriers and all sorts of other restrictions on the palestinians moment thank you. regional security in the strengthening of economic times will be on the agenda during a meeting between the u.s. president and the emir of castle i mean been funny in a few hours' time the immediate help talks with the acting u.s. defense secretary on monday at the pentagon this white house meeting with don't trump comes through in a difficult time in the gulf region with tensions soaring between iran and the united states let's talk to. a professor of political sociology at university much of. the relationship right now between washington well of course there have been

a lot of ups and downs in the past couple of years ago in that relationship but it's very clear now that the white house has made its mind on how it feels about that that in the beginning of the crisis in 2017 it was very clear that their white house team trump and never at the time were very supportive of the amount of the agenda in the region especially towards. shortly after that we've seen a flip on the administration's side with various state department and. pentagon officials praising qatar at the time and the white house if any from any more criticism of qatar and i think about 2 things like terrorism and so on now we've seen very clearly for the past couple of months there's actually a positive attitude towards in d.c. and especially by the white house team we've heard the president president up like yesterday a. couple of weeks ago. actively working in

mediation between iran and the united states actively working on mediation between taliban and the united states. american interest in the region is being helped a lot by any initiatives and i think this is will be the main thing discussed today between the 2 leaders how did the chip away at the g.c.c. still officially in place and there seems to be this awkward triangular relationship between donald trump. washington and at that level is it all quit is it a difficult thing to to plot a course through its i think about and to understand that since day one the united states has always dealt with the g.c.c. countries on a bilateral platform rather than a collective platform so i don't think there is an issue regarding how the white house feels about one country or the other the same time however of course the fact that there is this book at the foot i will blockade of the g.c.c. and that is happening between the allies of the states and the specially at a time when the white house would like to escalate more with the with iran of

getting its role in the region and its weapons programs it's very clear that the americans would like to send a message to doha that we are willing to work towards bettering the elations. but they are not in the same. let's say enthusiasm towards solving the g.c.c. issue. i think there's a lot of talk in the past couple of months about what the u.s. can do now that late in the game but it's very clear that what the what the white house would like to do now is to not get in tangled into the d.c. crisis while in the same time give every player in the game the correct amount of interest. that i think because now with the current crises happening in the gaijin with iran and with other players that of importance has become much more stronger to the white house but in the same time the only thing

they can do in the g.c.c. crisis they simply keep the same narrative of pushing towards a resolution without any further escalation and they're going to ship with the saudis and their markets we have to leave it there mr al ansari thank you. well the u.s. president says officials will no longer deal with the british ambassador in washington called the white house dysfunctional and inept in a series of leaked diplomatic cables john holmes in london. he holds a pivotal position in global diplomacy yet the words of the u.k.'s ambassador to the united states kim darrick are anything but diplomatic leaving the british government writhing in embarrassment and expressing its deep regret in leaked memos the trump white house is described as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept u.s. policy on iran is incoherent chaotic the ambassador concludes we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less

dysfunctional less unpredictable the prime minister's office said she disagreed with the content of the memos but foreign secretary jeremy hunt was keen to defend the eyes and ears of the government in foreign capitals of course we've met i made it clear that i don't share the ambassador's assessment of either the us administration or relations with the us administration but i do defend his right to make that frank assessment and it's very important that our diplomats all over the world continue to be able to do so. the leaks come just weeks after president donald trump and his family were fated with all the pomp and majesty of a state visit to the u.k. how easily all of that effort the unthinkable expense of it might now be squandered . z.z.

there are concerns in the corridors of whitehall about the possible fallout for u.k. u.s. relations ministers and civil servants here don't need a memo from washington to tell them the president from his rather better at making criticisms been receiving them to resume a has ordered an inquiry to triumph. and the source of the leak with suggestions that criminal charges should apply i think it's 3 me serious and it's serious because it fundamentally undermines the confidence that our envoys can have that the messages they send back will be kept private now that puts at risk the ability of the british government to have the best possible advice of which to make policy decisions in relation to foreign affairs the ambassador may retain the prime minister's trust for now but she won't be prime minister for much longer to resume a successor will prioritize achieving breaks it and consequently the need to

maintain the best relations possible with the united states very soon therefore london will likely be looking for a new ambassador in washington jonah al-jazeera. the un's human rights chief says she's appalled by the conditions migrants face in u.s. detention facilities near its southern border with mexico michelle bachelet says children stopped by border agents should never be held in detention centers or separated from their families human rights groups say many children have no access to showers and their big detained long past the maximum of 72 hours 5 children who died in border patrol custody since december aquino to legal case kicks off today in the u.s. censored on health care in the u.s. state of new orleans a court should hear the arguments in the texas versus the u.s. government case this tuesday is a challenge to the affordable care act known as obamacare in 2010 the u.s.

started providing low cost health insurance to millions of people but the program is under threat under donald trump's administration gabriel elizondo reports now from new jersey. cathy beal has a nice view of a small leak near her home she hopes she doesn't lose it she has a preexisting condition called macular degeneration he requires her to get injections every couple months the cost 2000 dollars each visit then i would be opening myself to the hemorrhaging recurring and the retinal scarring getting worse which could lead to the loss of my eyesight kathy is self-employed money is tight so the injections are paid for by the us government sponsored health insurance plan signed into law by president barack obama in 2010 providing low cost health insurance to low income americans the affordable care act or a became known as obamacare which cathy and millions like her rely on just here in

the state of new jersey where kathy lives there are 350000 other people just like her they receive low cost health insurance through the affordable care act of those 225000 have serious health conditions such as diabetes or cancer but nationally the numbers are even more staggering. 8 and a half 1000000 americans signed up for health insurance through the affordable care act more than half with so-called preexisting health conditions but president donald trump has long said obamacare is unfair too costly and needs to go away so we're going to get rid of obamacare repeal and replace because obamacare is a disaster for the trumpet ministration has tried to chip away at it which is troubled health advocates this is a national problem and not funding health care not having the ca or some other option like that we're creating bigger monetary issues over the long run not to

mention the fact that they're there just we're not taking care of people we're just looking. people. well why would we want to do that. as for kathy she's stressed about the thought of losing her health insurance i had the 1st ever panic attack of my life real survival threat like i don't know what will happen i've never thought before this could kill me leaving people feeling sick about what comes next. when we come. up with the africa cup of nations. has made it to the final 8.

time for the sport if you joined by far thank you so much peter 4 time champions ghana have been knocked out of the africa cup of nations by tennis yet and the last 16 result follows a trouble start to their campaign and has left their fans unimpressed so hell malik reports was anguish for ghana in football fans they stayed up late enough to follow the action in egypt as ghana faced tunisia in the round of 16 what they got was the elimination in the cruelest possible way the 4 time champions crashing out on penalties. i'm so disappointed i've heard good things about what respect we've lost because you can have your being done or when you have that stuff want to

stick it out to us it looked like the black stars might pull through trailing one nil a late own goal by tunisia sent the game into extra time but when it went to penalties forward caleb ebel can couldn't hold his nerve his missed saw 2 needs to take the shootout 5 for it concluded a campaign that began turbulent me. the black star's all time leading scorer asamoah gyan had threatened to pull out of the squad as he was replaced as captain with andre are you. jan eventually agreed to go and was given a largely ceremonial title of general captain to work alongside are you more over their preparations or taken place on a backdrop of chaos than ghana in football last year the country's f.a. was disbanded following a bribery scandal the bodies former president questioned touchy he was banned from football for life and a committee installed by pfieffer has been running gun in football since september the corruption allegations and things just. opened up the

problems i'm gonna you know where germany was a couple of years ago before the and i went to make a whole spanish football was before the eno went to systemic overhaul and so on and so forgot why guys at that moment so this is is because you know a few corruption allegations and. system and i'm talking about starting from the grassroots football is problematic such an early exit from the tournament would be difficult for many fans to exempt with ghana reaching the semifinals of the last 6 additions of the africa cup of nations they'll be hoping that things can get back on track soon of qualification for the 2022 world cup in qatar starting later this year so while malik al-jazeera. ivory coast for a while now winners against mali he missed several good chances in the match well for the only goal of the game 14 minutes from time they'll play algeria in the last

8. serena williams has fined $10000.00 by wimbledon for damaging one of its courts with her racket prior to the start of the tournaments made while on court the 7 time champion safely reached the quarter finals at the all england club 11 sibi colors suarez navarone st sads drop in just 4 games so phased out and risk in the last 8 that match begin shortly. choragus incredible run at wimbledon has come to an end the 15 year old was beaten by former world number one smote howlett the youngest player ever to qualify for wimbledon lost in straight sets again in the last 16 but it's been a great 2 weeks for gough who beat venus williams in her opening match show collect $220000.00 in prize money for getting the 4th rounds of the fighter. and i hope they learned from me that i mean anything is possible if you work hard and just continue to dream big i mean like i said if somebody told me this maybe 3

weeks ago i probably wouldn't believe it. and on the men's store defending champion no bad jock that chatting easy ride into the quarterfinals of world number one beating go on there of france and 3 sets jockey rich will take on belgium's david golf next. and roger federer reached his 17th wimbledon quarter final with one of the easiest matches he's ever faced at the championship this match with mick taylor their take lasted only be an hour and 14 minutes. it was a $1000000.00 night for new york mets rookie alonzo bluejays i'm glad i'm there guerrero jr hit $91.00 homers smashing a record at the all star home run derby taking place in cleveland ohio a 20 year old rookie ran out of steam in the final round to it left alonso to claim the no new dollar prize. ok and that is all your support for now peter back all

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iraq. with and for us. china is demanding the u.s. cancel a $2000000000.00 arms deal with taiwan saying the proposed sale but undermine beijing's security. and richelle carey this is al jazeera life and doha also coming at reports that the united arab emirates is reducing the number of forces in yemen raises questions over whether saudi arabia can fight the war on its own. talks or an afghan leaders and the taliban and what the problem.