world. this is al jazeera. alone time you say that this is the news hour live from coming up the next 60 minutes outrage in beijing is the u.s. approves a $2000000000.00 weapons deal to taiwan plus. it's been really a great honor to work with my friend the strengthening of time between the u.s. and qatar as the country's leaders hold talks at the white house and sign military

commercial agreements. the conditions are appalling that the u.n. says human rights chief describes housing for migrants and refugees in u.s. detention facilities of the mexican border. i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including a foolish and failed president trump launches a tirade against u.k. prime minister to resign may as the diplomatic route one leaked memos ramps up a notch. in sports arena williams is through to wealth wimbledon semifinal williams beating alison risk in 3 sets to strike on course for a 24th grand slam talk. china is demanding the u.s. council's a $2200000000.00 weapons deal with taiwan hundreds of men. aircraft missiles and

the fleet of abrams tanks would be sold to taipei under the deal beijing insists it's a gross violation of the one china policy that's meant to maintain control over all of what china considers its territory including taiwan it could further risk u.s. china relations as they try to negotiate their way out of a trade war which is costing both countries hundreds of billions of dollars while in haiti has more from beijing taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no different to me is a crude interference in china's internal fears and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions fired and firmly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side. china regards taiwan as

a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiwan in the u.s. continue to consolidate our security partnership together will guard the democracy and freedom of the taiwan strait and stability in the indo-pacific region the type of equipment included in the deal is likely to further anger china in a bid to modernize its defenses taiwan will buy missiles and battle tanks the timing of this deal is also likely to be viewed as provocative by beijing it comes amid a truce in a trade war between china and the united states with negotiations possibly restarting next week the u.s. and china have imposed tariffs on each other's goods over the past year but the 2 presidents agreed to pause hostilities when they met at the g 20 summit in japan

last month you and also reiterated their close personal friendship which may be put to the test again if this latest oms deal goes through. beijing. well let's take a look at how the u.s. has managed to get around the one china policy and keep trade relations with taiwan the one china policy is the devil matic acknowledgement that there is only one chinese government the united states maintains formal ties with china rather than the island of taiwan beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory which should be reunited with the mainland but the 1979 the us passed the war that allowed it to maintain in form of relations with taiwan including being its main arms supplier graham on web is a fellow with the institute of defense and strategic studies at the ass rajaratnam school of international studies he says it's the timing not the arm sale itself which is controversial in the scheme of things this disable rattling beating of

chest is really a lot of productive at the end of the day and i mean everyone is getting hurt but what's happening chiefly the ongoing protected trade war between the u.s. and china is hurting everyone all sites so i think in my opinion this was an unnecessary move back in december 25th even when the openness and station launched its package to taiwan the time it should be easy have decided to defer this package to a later date and sort of spending its energy to focus on the ongoing treats you know come to terms with china on how to go forward but now i think what's happening is a very rapid reeling of the prospect of seeing a trade war coming to any sort of resolution because china and the u.s. clearly are treating all these issues as one under under one umbrella i guess nor this aggregation of the various issues is basically shipping the tenor of bilateral relations right now is at an all time low. the emir of qatar met the u.s.

president in the white house shake to mean bin hamad fanny and dan trump oversaw the signing of a series of commercial and military agreements the white house meeting with trump comes during a difficult time in the gulf with tensions soaring between iran and the united states is also the ongoing blockade on carter by some of its arab neighbors. great honor to be with the amir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world and we've known each other for a long time we've been friends for a long time and we're doing a lot of work now and they're investing very heavily in our country they're creating a lot of jobs they're buying tremendous amounts of military equipment including planes and they're buying commercial planes as you know very large numbers of commercial planes from boeing and we very much appreciate it we're going to be signing a document today

a very large train jet transaction you're going to be invited to the signing it's a transaction that will be purchasing a lot of boeing jets and a lot of money spent in our country and that means a lot of jobs so we just appreciate everything we have a great operation military operation right now in qatar they built one of the great military bases i would say anywhere in the world and it's just been expanded with runways and everything else it's been really a great honor to work with my friend thank you very much for being here thank you thank you thank you. mr president i'm very happy and honored to be here and thank you very much for your hospitality as you mentioned we enjoy a very great relationship between qatar and when i say to america we're doing a lot together as you mentioned the president we're signing a few documents today and we are kind of like a partnership has been more than 185000000000 and we're planning to double the number we have a lot of investments in the u.s.

economy here we do a lot in the infrastructure and we're planning to do more investments yes we host i did great and we're working very close together you're invited to come and see your qatar and also to visit the base at any time sir president and i really enjoyed the personal friendship with you. well let's go over to our diplomatic air the 3rd james bays that joins us live from the white house so james this meeting coming at a at a very tense time for the region and what does that tell us about the timing when he's receiving the emir of qatar which has good relations with both iran and the united states. yeah i think cats are has a pretty pivotal role here clearly that air base they have is the biggest u.s. air base in the middle east seen more troops arrive in recent weeks because of the tension with iran at the same time though cats are has good relations with tehran

core deal relations with iran so as well as a military base for the u.s. it could potentially be a mediator or an emissary although there are other key players in the region oman perhaps or kuwait or iraq who also could potentially fulfill that role. if we get any signals about the evolving u.s. position on the gulf dispute the blockade and which way that might be going. well certainly cats are on iran maybe on the talks with the taliban there are positives that cats are bring to this to show the u.s. as well as the trade deal or so it can do for the u.s. it's i think in return might be looking for some help on that blockade remember where we were 2 years ago very very different president trump right at the beginning of his term went to saudi arabia and then shortly after that we saw the

blockade imposed by cattles neighbors and it seemed at the time there were some in the white house who almost gave it the green light who gave it a north and that perhaps is one of the reasons why qatar's neighbors decided to do something so i think things have changed it was different balance of power here in the white house i think have been some big missteps that have been made by the countries that continue to blockade cats are for example the murder of jamal khashoggi that is seen by many human rights experts to be an act of execution carried out by the saudi state you have the ongoing war in yemen and the civilian cost of that. war those things have been a p.r. disaster for the countries that are blockading catarrh and of course as we've mentioned iran i think the u.s. would like to see the gulf states united at a time of tension with iran mentioned already the biggest case is in cattle the

business naval base of the us is in bahrain it is one of the junior partners in the blockade of cattle there on the other side on different sides so i think this is this is difficult for the administration to live like to see some more unity among the gulf states or thanks so much our diplomatic editor james bass iraq's prime minister says any disruption to shipping in the gulf of hormuz could seriously hurt the country's economy or like sports make up 95 percent of iraq's exports which are mostly shipped through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u.s. and iran lead to disruptions talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended with a promise to reduce civilian casualties does erode the 2 day event is expected to lead to more formal binding this question is with the afghan government shall about

us as more from the talks and our. 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 we're talking schools hospitals mosques mage os's even dams they say 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've 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 likely success and it is a good news for the afghans and good news that we are as a nation able. to solve 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 saudi troops. you might be in was this somebody that they see any 2 sons on that was in the school and yes the. one that that take and also young boys of 778 years old got them back to the participants their vegetables. and. they were also. quite emotional for

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 are they also that they want to make this actionable and legally binding yes they are promises but they won't be getting government involved there's hope that going forward that 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 plenty more sort of heard on the news hour including. so i retreat here there is no such plan. instead on kong's chief executive gives in to protesters and eliminates the controversial extradition bill how the u.k. plans on preventing $100000.00 cancer cases starting in just a few months and it's more than another setback for football fans in garner this time of the africa cup of nations.

the u.s. president is once again attacking the british prime minister and the u.k. ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which sharply criticized the trump white house trump says his officials will no longer deal with ambassador kim derek after he called the white house dysfunctional and dinette or the comments came in official correspondence in a tweet on tuesday the u.s. president said the wacky ambassador to the u.k. forested upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about the failed briggs's negotiation i told to resume how to do that deal she went. away was unable to get it done disaster exclamation

mark i don't know the ambassador but i've been told he's a pompous fall tell him the usa now has the best economy and military anywhere in the world let's cross over live now to rosen and jordan in washington d.c. so some strong words there is it all bluster and theatrical. well it does appear to be a lot of bluster and a lot of politically motivated criticism but as of right now kim darrach is still the u.s. ambassador to the united states he is still welcome here in washington to carry out his duties on behalf of the british government and unless the president were to decide that the ambassador would be persona non grata or p. and g. he is free to carry out his duties on behalf of the british government now it's.

certainly it's becoming much more of a story here in washington but it certainly hasn't risen to the level that you have a lot of public outcry over the president's comments or a bit rolls in and the u.s. president is already tweeting that he's going to be talking all dealing with this ambassador now if the president of the united states is not talking with the ambassador of the special relationship country where does that leave the special relationship right now. well i think it's important to a point out that even though countries even allies have disputes over one issue or another and in this case it seems to be a rather personal issue it is worth pointing out a couple of things one that ambassadors are expected to report to their home governments the actual conditions and there are opinions about what is happening at their postings certainly the president would expect woody johnson who was the u.s.

ambassador to the u.k. to provide him and the state department with similarly unvarnished views of how the british government is operating the other point and i think this is an important point is that there does not appear to be any real danger to u.s. british relations you don't see the u.s. threatening for example to downgrade diplomatic relations between the 2 countries you certainly don't see the members of the british diplomatic corps being ordered to pack up their belongings and their papers and their families and to leave the country within 72 hours that happened when the u.s. wanted to show its displeasure with the ongoing civil war in syria the embassy over in washington wyoming avenue has been empty for the past several years certainly the iranian ambassador building on massachusetts avenue here in washington has been sitting empty for more than 40 years and it's up to the state department's

diplomatic corps diplomatic security i should say to make certain that no one gets into their building there is not that risk of that happening to the british diplomatic corps and so unless and until the president were to say that he wanted to see in canada derek removed from his post and would not allow him to officially stay in the u.s. this may just be a lot of political bluster it's very interesting given the special relationship but in terms of the practicalities the british embassy here in washington is not about to be closed down or i want to thank so much rosen and golden story in the u.s. it's been a story in the u.k. to let's cross over to you can get some u.k. reaction to this and over the bobber sarah european brought costs and barbara. sami thank you yes well prime minister terry's m a s said there are no current plans to discuss relations with the us president bush and their foreign secretary

has called the comments this respectful and raw fish i say he joins us live now in the studio for this one of the reaction has there been to these comments here in the u.k. alliance the diplomatic service in this country is an absolute state of shock i mean the fact that we're having here in conversation is whether or not the get kicked out of the states it's almost surreal and you hear former diplomats former american busses saying on in the media in this country look is it going to be the case if used to actually can't say what we think whether we're in the u.s. or russia or china for fear that some politically minded civil servants a politician in the u.k. might choose to leak of unvarnished comments for political advantage and. they really fear for the. future of the of the diplomatic service and its integrity and of course as well as that that the investigation is now going into who was behind

the leak and the general assumption of course is that he was either a civil servant or a politician who was a supporter of trump who wanted to try to unseat derek and by extension his quarter of bricks in the sort of holy grail of the free trade deal with the united states of the u.k. supposedly of the european union and because of that you then get the 2 contenders next prime minister jeremy hunt's current foreign secretary and boris johnson former foreign secretary both being asked do you support barack jeremy hunt as you said yes absolutely tweeted directly to donald trump if i become prime minister he stays but boris johnson saying just refusing to back him well i'm on the front of the white house. and so a big division have to go between those 2 and the 2 men are about to face each other in a few hours in a leadership debate on television i mean that's undoubtedly going to come up yes it absolutely has to. 2 i mean bear in mind this this is the this is the 1st occasion boris johnson is the clear front runner has actually gone into

a debate where he doesn't know the questions in advance or hasn't been speaking to the conservative party membership who are the people who will elect to elect the leader but by this point in time at least half the conservative party already voted anyway and so in that case the risk to him is is pretty small yes subset of the states will come up but also i think they're both going to get us how exactly do you think you're going to come up with a new deal to leave the european union between now and in the time when there's no time left to do it and to the point about his personality because he's always accused of shooting his mouth off and saying extraordinary things i think given the psychology of the conservative party membership frankly they would always prefer it if he said something outrageous because they see him as a disruptor someone who can totally overturn an appends british politics because that's what they think you have to do in the u.k. national of the european union and of course the u.k. the european union as you mentioned by the 31st of october what happened just in the u.k. but i guess specifically to the conservative party if by that the u.k.

still has a left and the most extraordinary thing the both of them been saying to the conservative party membership in the hustings is out loud if we don't do bracks about in of october then we as a political party are done and they're absolutely terrified of not party which obviously beat them comprehensively in the european election and the most amazing thing is now that even though johnston one both say they can't stand national far and don't want him in any possible forward say they're taking all his policies as their own and i think the european view certainly is or just just dismay that one of them are the oldest the most important part in the whole of europe seems to have been taken over by this right wing ideology led by those people who say the design your people nothing to do with you anymore extraordinary times here in the. russian president. or putin says he does not support imposing sanctions on georgia he made the statement in a t.v. address after russia's parliament recommended the sanctions it's in response to

weeks of mass protests in georgia against russian influence in its government put in said he didn't want to negatively impact on relations with georgia. but at least a little sense of mission in the e.u. as for sanctions i would rather not do it has respect the georgian people in the sake of restoring full ties between russia and georgia but not impose anything on the great complicate our relations that vasant is more on the story from moscow. some contradictory statements coming from moscow towards georgia today to stay duma had a strong statement and then a miss lee asking for economic sanctions but president putin says he doesn't want any sanctions he sas people who are inciting these anti russian sentiments in georgia they don't know their history and he doesn't want to hurt by lateral relations this all comes after he took protests for a couple of weeks already in georgia it started when a russian the legislator visited the b.b.c.

and he held a speech in the chair of the speaker of parliament there and this of course angered a lot of people in georgia they went onto the streets and a lot of anti russian slogans were heard then president putin slammed a travel ban on to georgia no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now in this we kind of for example on georgia television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this they do ask for these economic sanctions it would basically basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want to do sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs that that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiments but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation. italy's hardline interior minister has shut down

a large migrant center in sicily but they're severely toward the center as well as it was shut down the center had been due to close for a number of years due to prosecutors uncovering what they said were illegal activities there speaking to reporters 70 emphasise the decrease in migrant arrivals to italy so vienna has refused to allow humanitarian rescue ships into retaliating ports resulting in dozens of standoffs a since the populace government took office in june of last year. greece's new cabinet meanwhile has been sworn in 2 days after conservative party leader kitty akhil smith's otaki swan sunday's elections so cocky says says he wants to get to work right away and has requested that m.p.'s skip their summer break is called a parliament session for next week some of his main priorities are tax cuts and reducing crime. for the 1st time in the united kingdom boys will receive a routine vaccination for the cancer causing human papilloma virus or h.p.v.

vaccination could prevent more than 100000 cancer cases in the u.k. over the next 4 decades h.p.v. is a sexually transmitted infection it can lead to cervical and other related cancers it's already mandatory in several countries for boys to be vaccinated because it protects them from some cancers but also it stops them from passing the virus on to women schoolgirls in the u.k. have received the vaccination of for over a decade and in that time researchers a saw a 71 percent reduction in precancerous cervical disease or old wide around 300000 women died from cervical cancer last year the majority from income countries there can gather is a lecturer in the biomedical and life sciences department to lancaster university is for to us earlier and said that even though the vaccination isn't compulsory in the u.k. parents will likely sign their boys. that there are some countries where vaccination

is mind a tree and we don't of course have mined a true vaccination for anything in the u.k. it's generally something which goes against or culture really over there or medical procedure should be consensual so i think that vaccination will continue to be voluntary in this country but many boys will take up the offer to be vaccinated because they recognise that it is a good thing it protects them it protects their future sexual partners and vaccines that are injected into the body of their inactivated or dead strains of whichever pathogen is that has been vaccinated against and then it produces an immune reaction which in in the case of some vaccines can be lifelong in others it's a little bit shorter for the h.p.v. vaccine itself it seems as if immunity lasts for something like 10 years after vaccination. can be given at a later date but at the moment the children are being vaccinated node school or to have immunity for the h.p.v.

until they're about for 2 years all. the french government is set to introduce an eco tax for all flights from the countries airports the measure is expected to raise around $200000000.00 from 2020 that money will then be invested in less polluting public transport within frets the amount of tax owed will depend on the type of ticket bought to varying from one and a half $1.00 to $20.00 the levies will only apply to outgoing flights and not to those flying into the country. that is it from london i'm going to have more news from this broadcast center in half an hour an hour let's go back to sami and though . i will come back a little bit thanks so much barbara there well still ahead on al-jazeera after 4 years of fighting reports the u.a.e. is withdrawing some forces from yemen. and where in the occupied west bank for a look at how 15 years on a separation wall is creating ghost towns affecting thousands. the lives.

that it's brought paris janardan say the world's most expensive footballer can lay in the club will be here with that story. hello again welcome back we're here across parts of north western turkey things are going to start to get a little bit stormy over the next few days for istanbul you've had some very nice conditions but that's going to be ending and as you can see for ankara to you've been looking at some very nice conditions here on wednesday with the temps are there about 30 degrees as we go towards thursday notice a storm start to come into play affecting parts of istanbul as well as armed and some of the storm could be quite intense with a lot of lightning as well as gusty winds down towards beirut though it's going to be a nice day with plenty of sun in the forecast and a temperature of about 30 degrees well here across the gulf the winds have been a big problem over the last several days they will continue to be here on wednesday

but we do think they're going to start to ease and the dust is going to start to settle as well here in doha expect to see a high here on wednesday of 44 maybe going to about 46 degrees by the time we get towards thursday over here towards the west though for riyadh at $44.00 degrees but must cut is going to be a seasonal $32.00 degrees there and then very quickly as we make our way down here across parts of southern africa really not much in terms of clouds or parts of areas with rain what you can see here across much of the central areas where you see that gray is those very cool conditions in the overnight hours but we are going to sing a nice day for durban at about 25 degrees in johannesburg at 20 degrees for you. i'm going to have you know like everywhere connectivity this paramount and yet more infrastructure in the pen than some foreign corporation speech too many remain offline now a politician and tech activists are building

a homegrown solution to connect live units and secure the nation's technological sovereignty. geeks the citizens network on a just you know. the term pre-crime comes from this movie minority report in which a predicted speak to me about something an individual has not yet done but is going to view and a preemptive arrest is made of someone before they perform that act if you would have asked me 37 years ago if we would have gunshot detection or video cameras in neighborhoods or be able to predict what crimes occur i would have said you're crazy pre-crime coming soon on al-jazeera.

you're watching out just there let's recap the headlines now china's foreign ministry is calling on the united states to immediately cancel a potential sale of arms taiwan the us state department approved the sale of over 100 tanks 250 and yes prof missiles and related equipment part of the media has met the us president at the white house shake to mean but how did that thought he and donald trump oversaw the signing of commercial military agreements comes during a difficult time in the gulf with tensions so. between iran and the u.s. . the u.s. president says once again attack the british prime minister the u.k. ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which sharply criticized the white house branded series of may fullish called british diplomat kim derek very stupid and wacky guy. the u.a.e.

appears to be withdrawing some of its forces from yemen that's according to media reports quoting senior amorality officials describing it as a redeployment and insist they remain committed to the saudi led coalition fighting the rebels in 2015 the rebels are calling for a full withdrawal though jamal a shell has more. after 4 years of fighting reports say the emirates are reducing their troop numbers to pave the way for what they're calling a strategic redeployment plan in yemen the 4th using those opposed to the u.a.e. saudi war say it's a withdrawal a sign that the 2 countries are losing the war in reality it's difficult to know the exact reason behind the troop withdrawal 4 years since the war began what started off as an international coalition of arab and muslim countries led by saudi arabia to restore the un backed government in yemen has turned into

a coalition of true saudi and the u.a.e. bombing yemen and transforming it into the worst humanitarian catastrophe on earth according to the united nations 4 years ago there was almost daily briefings by the saudi led coalition troop numbers were given together with military targets. but since human rights violations have emerged and accusations of war crimes have been leveled against the saudis and their immoralities information has been much less forthcoming. activists have filed court cases in the united kingdom petitioning the government to stop selling british weapons to the gulf countries targets in yemen particularly saudi arabia last month the u.k. supreme court ruled that on sales to saudi arabia were unlawful a decision the u.k. government is appealing. in the united states members of both the house and the senate are demanding that on sale stop true and that according to nobel prize

recipient and rights activist through a cool car money is the main reason for the u.a.e. withdrawing troops. in agon and there this is a partial withdrawal intended to improve the u.a.e. is image in front of the international community this withdrawal has come as a result of the emirates failure in yemen i'm certain that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia will retreat and shame from yemen after they fail completely there was real pressure from the u.k. on the emirates that forced them to withdraw in order to repair their public relations image another important reason is the iranian threat if tension in the region continues the u.a.e. would be a prime target. it's not just international pressure that's been applied on the emirates the 4th u.s. backed by iran have proven to be a formidable enemy taking the war to the u.a.e. they claimed responsibility for an attack on international airport last year when an unmanned drone was able to reach its target without being intercepted while debates will continue over the reasons behind the reduction in forces many will be

asking after 4 years of death and destruction what exactly has been achieved the un recognized government remains on able to govern the cooties maintain control over yemen the only difference is more yemeni men women and children have been killed or had their livelihoods destroyed. the u.n. suman rights chief says she's appalled by the conditions migrants and refugees face in u.s. detention centers near its southern border michelle says children stopped by border agents should never be held in detention centers or separated from their families rights groups say many children have no access to showers and they're being detained long past the maximum of 72 hours 5 children have died in border patrol costs of the since december she has made it very clear that several un human

rights bodies have found that the detention of migrant children may cost you cruel inhuman or degrading treatment that's prohibited by international law and she also made it clear that any deprivation of liberty of adult migrants and refugees should be a measure of last resort or even a sham sudan is the deputy spokeswoman for the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights she joins us via skype from geneva good to have you with us so the u.n. human rights chief is quoted as saying detention should not be the norm even for adults what's the alternative to what i'm sure you've heard the u.s. president would say how they should deal with those he says are dangerous people coming from mexico. and the border management and the entry and exit individuals from of state and sovereign prerogative they are responsible for their burial in florida management policies but states are also

obliged to ensure that these policies are aligned with their international human rights nor allegations. do you see children separated from their families being detained in quite awful conditions without access to adequate food health care. adults as well are treated in a horrid detention conditions this is certainly not in 9 with the international human rights law obligations are what i'm trying to get if i may jump in here as a light to get you to respond to that you know the devil's advocate here for a moment that the the line put out by the trumpet ministration is quite often that these are dangerous individuals they're using children as cover or the reason trafficking these kids that's the official line that is often put out is there any truth to it and if not how or if there is how should they deal with that kind of situation the migrants and refugees who are attempting to cross the border in many

cases they have crossed several. american countries to reach mexico to try to reach the u.s. border many of them taking very perilous journeys with their children we've also seen the end of the partner in the child who drowned on route to the u.s. for them to then i arrive at the border and b.g. able to be separated from their families be detained in horrible conditions let's take your argument that some of these cases maybe are you know children being trafficked do they then deserve to be put in her conditions of detention where they do not get adequate food health care sanitary facilities and are you know held in overcrowded cells certainly not. just to be clear this is not my argument per se i just wanted to put to you the argument from the other side. or i will have to leave it there thanks so much for coming and sharing your thoughts on that. palestinians say they're being imprisoned in their own neighborhoods by israel's expanding

separation wall the international court of justice ruled the wall illegal exactly 15 years ago construction began in 2002 israel said it was to provide what it called better security the wall now stretches more than 700 kilometers in the occupied west bank in east jerusalem affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians rights groups say it has allowed israelis to confiscate palestinian land to build more illegal settlements palestinians say the separation wall is a symbol of the israeli occupation demanding freedom of movement for reports from one palestinian town which has felt the devastating effects of the war the town of the neverland who is 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. says 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 back. this is one of the most vivid areas. 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 a. in the north of the occupied west bank and israeli military order confiscated palestinian lands there 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 have to fit the main goal in the israeli agenda is to grab more lands 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 rest 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 i'm bearable they have no option but to leave.

the occupied west bank. or john doe god is a former united nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied palestinian territory joins us by skype from lisbon good to have you with us so if we look at the picture that emerges from reports like the one we just ran the palestinian towns in the occupied west bank becoming ghost towns in some cases illegal israeli settlements in the same west bank increasing is this to you does it look like a deliberate policy of repopulating the west bank. of course a good. temperament part of the road to de facto and that's the west bank. who today we commemorate the 2045 we need to wonder over the way it was the internet but we as an artist happened we couldn't be

warner community garden going to support her the war was illegal and settlements were illegal and couldn't one. meet with internet to community to take measures to know that this was going to really dialogue and and in the rip through the construction of the wall and of course especially not been done to top it hasn't been done and i'm wondering you were a former un special rapporteur on this how frustrating was it for you to witness the exact scenario you're talking about. with a good 3 straight into tripoli where not that not only were the israel and united states. attempting to block compliance with the advice people needed but the united nations did so we're going to 50 i think about. it so in that get by if we don't want to respect it point since the quote it would give response

above all at once and we. essentially meant in the middle east has deliberately refrained from the 3rd thing to do and tries to produce or take any action to force . and now we see hundreds of prints not this is the international criminal court who did more to considering the question of the illegality of settlements refusing to take. advice when we do not believe that. so we'll see that we really as a whole has deliberately ignored the opinion and that is. the opinion nukes that the international community has taken the view that as far as the war settlements are uncertain israel is about been snatched nor can i jump in there and present to you again devil's advocate line here the israelis would say

look they had to build this wall for security reasons there was a time when the was in the wall but as they see it the actions the operations the attacks by palestinians of what necessitated israel to try and think about building a wall. when i was a special report and the words started to be brought into the to out war that this was de facto annexation on the part of israel and the same the government with this the international court of justice to consider the argument and said that mark will be the case of course since when and then we have seen that war as we sit to the future boundaries between the. united states and israel and palestine and so the one sees that the wall is in effect become an act of an exaggeration. or i thank you very much john darcy your thoughts on

that thank you. now after weeks of mass rallies hong kong's chief executive has announced a controversial extradition bill is now dead carolan admitted our government's work on the proposed law had been a total failure but pro-democracy activists on convince that's the end of the bill mcbride from hong kong. after all run president to protest hong kong's chief executive harry lam appeared to yield. with the mission 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 it 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 the safe. city should feel. like it's a little. bit sad that if. we cannot find out what the kids. protest is 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 and 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 just out of kate's comfort rolled back here you don't and all of the crisis is play now has to be with us all and he has failed to do so. on agents of all 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. he'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 protest is

a promising mole rattlings mcbride al jazeera hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera in spalls india take on new zealand in the cricket world cup semifinals with the british weather the final say. coming up. thank you. thank you.

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fellow american allison risk in 3 sets so this was the furthest this could ever been at a slam and she reckoned at one stage to pull off a major shock the 29 year old levelling the match by taking the 2nd set 6 paul williams are hit back to take that aside a 63 and move into the last 4 at the all england club for the last time. thanks out for serena is a match with. 33 the czech player hit a career high with victory over britain's joanna contest because of her win in this match 7661 to reach her 1st grand slams very far. so now it is the highest seed left in the women's role the fall well number one and current 7th seed was a straight sets win a game trying to change play the remaining back in the semi for the 1st time in 5 years. and how to play lena's for telenor in the last fall of the 8 c. became the 1st people praying woman to reach the standing to win with

a straight face being a pattern with 2 of us. against cricket and india new zealand will resume their world cup semi final although wednesday after rain ended play early in manchester on tuesday before the rains came it was new zealand who won the toss and decided to buy the box it was the indian bowlers who seem to enjoy the conditions once again does captain kane williamson and veteran batsman russ. taylor rescued the innings by stating it was unbeaten on 67 when the players were forced off the field for the kiwis 121145 of 46 point one i was playing well now resumed weather permitting at 930 g.m.t. or on wednesday. or parasites around sporting director. can leave the club if they receive an acceptable also but he added that no deal was imminent and only superficial talks with neymar former club barcelona had taken place. to start with football going to be knocked out of the africa cup of nations by 2

nears you know the last 16 exit and is a trouble campaign for the 4 time champions at a time when the country's football association is the subject of a corruption investigation so how might it not reports. anguish for guy named 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 after it didn't give us the respect. and as you can well robin gonna. have to stop want to look at 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 saltiness to take the shootout 5 for it concluded

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