and. the u.s. says it's working to form a military coalition to protect shipping waters off the coast of iran and yemen. hello i'm daryn jordan this is live from doha also coming up a diplomatic route between the u.k. and the u.s. continues president from calls the british prime minister foolish and labels ambassador stupid. china demands the u.s. immediately counsellor $2200000000.00 sale to taiwan. on the internet finally get switched back on in savannah month after the military crackdown that killed more than $100.00 people.

the u.s. says it's attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen the trumpet ministration has blamed terror and on its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months a 5th of the world's oil is traded through the area only a commander in iran has revolutionary guard issued a new threat against u.s. bases and aircraft carriers stationed in the region saying they'd be destroyed if they made a mistake you know iraq's prime minister says any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz could hurt the country's economy the strait provides the only sea passage from the gulf to the rest of the world oil exports make up 95 percent of iraq's exports most of which a ship through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u.s. and iran leads to disruptions john hendren has more now from washington d.c. . the united states is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general joseph dunford the

highest ranking u.s. military official is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer military forces for that operation president donald trump says the united states should not pay for this that it should be an international military force but that does present the potential for conflict with iran after all it was only weeks ago when the united states almost launched an air strike on iran that's according to president trump who says we were within 10 minutes of a conflict in that region meanwhile brian hook the u.s. special representative for iran policy spoke to al jazeera this is what he had to say about sanctions we have taken iran to new lows in revenue and they're feeling it and they're hurting and their proxies are hurting and we want to deny this regime the revenue that it needs to export revolution to run an

expansionist foreign policy that drives a lot of the sectarian violence we see in the middle east so the united states position has not softened meanwhile iran has announced it is violating the nuclear enrichment levels that it agreed to and that multinational agreement from which the u.s. has pulled out so that standoff intensifies and the potential for conflict only increases on the french president among top diplomatic advisors in tehran e.u. countries that signed the 2015 nuclear agreement of call for a meeting of the tehran's decision to breach the uranium enrichment limit allowed in the deal france germany britain and the e.u. are concerned that iran is breaching commitments set out in the deal that's called intent on to fully comply. which on a whole has more from vienna where the international atomic energy agency is due to hold a meeting on iran on wednesday. in issuing this communique the european signatories

to the j c p o a the iran nuclear deal france germany and the united kingdom the ether e collectively they're known as along with the e.u. of course here issuing their response to iran's latest uranium enrichment moves the communique expressing deep concern over iran's pursuit of activity is not in line with its commitment calling for iran if it wants to stay in the deal as it professes to want to do to come back in line immediately without delay and calling on all the parties in terms of a joint commission to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now broadly speaking 2 points to make about this the 1st is that this is not and this is important i think the 3 triggering the formal dispute resolution mechanisms contained in the j c p o s a it's apparently thought that these breaches are not sufficient to warrant a move like that a move that could in itself escalate tensions and have the effect of shutting down what small room for maneuver there remains the 3 of course remember trying to keep

the nuclear deal alive delicately here playing the middle ground on the one hand they've got to express some concern on the other hand of course they retain some faint optimism that iran can be talked around that some bridge can be found between washington and tehran faint hope indeed perhaps but that leads to the 2nd point which is that france effectively now taking the lead in the east 3 manual macron the president sending an envoy to teheran for meetings on wednesday with the intention to urge the iranians to take a backward step but i think ambition very limited according to the french government official they're hoping at the very least for gestures simple gestures that iran is serious about its intention of remaining within the j.c.b. oh way the u.s. president has ramped up his twitter attacks on the british ambassador as well as outgoing prime minister to resign maybe on tuesday trump called may's handling of bragg's it foolish and said. the british envoy kim derek is a very stupid guy but

a politician in charge of the u.k.'s foreign office has hit back calling trump's comments disrespectful all this was triggered by a leaked memo from britain's top diplomat in the us referring to trump's administration as inept helen fisher reports. president friends it was a high profile jennifer qatar's amir she brought together political and business leaders as well as washington's top diplomats press missing the uki ambassador disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of president donald trump a career diplomat has been the u.k.'s man in washington says 2016 part of his job is to file reports back to london it's been revealed he described the trump white house as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u.s. policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less

unpredictable i work for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with what our superiors here in washington about our interactions with government officials with whom leaked out so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and in a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool came down and could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and it's unlikely he's the only foreign diplomat sending back stock assessments of the u.s. administration but if a new u.k. prime minister was to decide he had to go because of donald trump's anger there's a what that would create a dangerous precedent of foreign leaders being able to veto countries ambassadors

there's a lot of history here there's a lot of shared interests and values. this this is a relationship that can withstand you know an awkward period of time. over these cables. just last month donald trump enjoyed a state visit to the u.k. and talked of the historic and deep links between the 2 countries this diplomatic spat has undoubtedly damaged those links alan fischer al-jazeera washington or tom's comments about the u.k.'s ambassador in washington and the outgoing british prime minister came up in a final t.v. debate between the 2 men have been to a place to reason may are as johnson and jeremy hunt also clashed of a briggs it is largely. given the seriousness of the situation it is genuinely extraordinary that this is the very 1st time these 2 faced questions from the public they haven't seen in advance as to what the next prime minister should do to get through the maze of bricks it and yet again the same false promises to

boris johnson arguing that the u.k. would leave with no deal in october and then implement a trade deal with the european union even though one wouldn't exist so the problems of the irish border where they properly belong in the context of the free trade agreement that we will do after we come out on october 31st jeremy hunt try to attack john's with this kind of thing he presented himself as a details man despite that not by his opponents being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want to hear and the difference between you and me is you are peddling optimism and i'm saying we can make a tremendous. week we're going to make. the diplomatic war that's broken out between the u.s. and u.k. came up of course once again demonstrating a gap huntin sisted he would stand up to trump and support his ambassador in washington sometimes things that you have to say to your friends that you rather

not say like i said to president trump today because i think his comments about treason may well unacceptable and i don't think he should have made them. while johnson refused to promise to defend the ambassador and. used to say that he would keep his posts well i'm not going to be so presumptuous as to thank you i got a good position the programme was called britain's next prime minister much of it was excruciating to watch yes or yes i will i will get here yes i'm sure you know is the question allow him to respond boris you haven't answered any of my cries about this ongoing question about what it was you don't know both asked to raise their hand if they believe the u.k. will leave the european union at the end of october well that's the spirit jeremy there and. of course the one thing that both johnson and hunts both have in common is an insistence that through sheer force of will they can balance the european union into coming up with a new brics it deal before the end of october and when those people in brussels understand that they mean business they will surely capitulates of course those

people in brussels watch the television too and know perfectly well that that is the threat they now face and nothing has changed and both the kind of the snow as well even though they won't admit it that there is no time whatsoever to come up with a new deal before the end of october. once come across is the more serious candidates but johnson remains favorites the old find out soon enough if he's telling the truth about his intention to say goodbye to the european union without spending don't sleep al-jazeera when the. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back it's been really a great honor to work with my friends boosting ties between the us and countdown deals a sign that a time of heightened tensions in the gulf region. and we look at the fate of the affordable care act as a case kicks off in court more on that state's. hello

the thunderstorms have been producing flooding rather than hail damage recently up the eastern side of the u.s. news even a satellite picture there's a massive cloud in the plains states and fall a few rather few of these and those in the plains states are drifting down towards kansas city chicago to illinois and the ohio valley and then if you look at the boston the dark green spots i think as a shower cluster having come off the land might develop into something more substantial marry of significant rain not far away from any of the coasts of the gulf states but it leaves behind drier weather still reading in toronto 26 in the pacific coast the sun still at a steady 19 or so for san francisco so all the actions in the gulf of mexico the next couple of days really which might have an effect on the showers in keep in cuba in fact there are some good green dots all the way through the central

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out of our top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. says it's trying to form a military coalition to protect shipping the coast of iran and yemen early modern iran's revolutionary guard issued new threats against u.s. military assets in the region. the french president of. iran trying to deescalate tensions with iran over the nuclear deal in you countries that signed the 2015 agreement a call for a meeting. and u.s. president donald trump has once again used twitter. to washington the british prime minister comes days after diplomatic cables leaked critical administration. that

the u.n. special who conducted an independent probe into the murder of the saudi journalist . is actually us to act on her findings column on made the comments at a conference in london last month she released a report that found credible evidence linking saudi crown prince man have been sound man to the murder and attempted coverup and he has more now from london. ahead of a major conference here in london on press freedom jamal khashoggi its name has featured very highly indeed attending this discussion with those who knew him very closely indeed including his fiance and these former editor of the washington post not to mention the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes kalama she presented her findings in june and concluded that his murder was a state act and that there was credible evidence linking senior figures within the saudi leadership including the crown prince himself well earlier i guess colum are

told me that because it was an international killing it should be dealt with in an international way and the more pressure should be put on all members of the u.n. security council including the saudi kingdom's closest western ally the united states to find out exactly what happened to jamal khashoggi i am alarmed by the fact that the 5 observers on each of the security council countries are added loud themselves to to be silent and therefore in my view what twee our weakness seeing here is saudi arabia possibly very as strategy key and very. smartly trying to make the security council complicit in a possible miscarriage of justice will saudi arabia continues to refute the claims saying that the murder happened as a result of rogue agents who panic during

a botched interrogation we know that a number of individuals are on trial behind closed doors in saudi some of them facing the death penalty but i guess kalamata is worried that whatever is happening there for significantly short of international judicial standards she has recommended that the international community puts more pressure. on the saudi leadership she's also suggested that the un creates its own investigation that would lead to individual liability for his killing but that requires momentum the moment she believes is somewhat lacking a spokesman for yemen's who thinks rebels says they have new weapons to strike targets in saudi arabia al-jazeera cannot independently verify the images shown in this presentation i have on but it is a recognition drone that can fly over the skies of saudi arabia would it death of over 500 kilometers as you can see on the screen it is the recognition some odd one

you can reach into a very deep areas in enemy territory and it is a huge achievement if you can transmit everything it recognizes and all the information it collects directly from the operation theater qatar has signed several economic deals with the united states as the 2 countries look to strengthen their relationship their grievance were announced at the white house where the emir of qatar shut i mean been hammered out thani met president trump the visit marks a turnaround in ties between both nations as our diplomatic editor james bay is now reports from washington. what a difference 2 years makes in front of the emyr of character and president trump trade and defense agreements between the 2 countries was signed said to total billions of dollars but these long term allies didn't look so friendly and 2017 just weeks after president trump made his 1st foreign trip to saudi arabia that country the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain launched a land and sea blockade of cattle the suspicion was that some around president

trump had given this the green light the president himself was talking tough stop funding stop teaching hate and stop the killing for guitar we want you back among. the unity of responsible nations today it's all very different like it's a great honor to be with the emir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world as you mentioned we enjoy a very great relationship between qatar and the benefit of america we're doing a lot together so what's changed the energy aviation and defense they all signed here at the white house a part of it president trump sees every relationship between the u.s. and other countries in transactional terms what is the profit and loss on the

balance sheet but it's also about the missteps that have been made by the countries that continue to blockade cata. saudi in the u.a.e. a bogged down in a war in yemen and the military operations there continue to cause the death of civilians the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi is believed by many human rights experts including a un special rapporteur to have been a planned execution conducted by the saudi state and the reputation of egypt's president sisi continues to be tarnished by his country's repression and human rights abuses the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is well aware as tensions rise with iran that cattle has a pivotal role hosting the biggest u.s. airbase in the region doha is also the venue where american diplomats and the taliban are talking no breakthrough yet but it is the diplomatic initiative that's made the most progress towards ending the longest war in u.s. history james pays out 0 washington. a funeral has taken place for the youngest

known victim of the philippine so-called war on drugs 3 year old michael pina was killed in a police operation last week officers say the girl was used by her father an alleged drug dealer as a human shield during a shoot out east of manila the girl's mother denies this 6000 people have been killed since president rabbani go to ted to introduce the crackdown in 2016 china is demanding that the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 arms sale to taiwan china considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports now 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 difference is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and

a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. 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 they also reiterated their close personal friendship which may be put to the test again if this latest oms deal goes through. beijing. the u.s. is urging turkey to stop drilling operations off the coast of cyprus the warning comes after ankara sent a 2nd ship to drill for oil and gas on monday cyprus is divided between an internationally recognized republic and a turkish controlled part in the north which is considered occupied territory huge gas reserves are recently discovered officer for coast. nigeria's national assembly went into lockdown earlier on tuesday on to shots were fired during fighting between police and a group of shia muslim protesters demonstrators say 2 people were shot by police

when they tried to enter the assembly building islamic movement of nigeria calling for the release of the lead it has been in detention since 2015 or so don has begun to restore internet access to mobile phones services were cut off more after more than a 100 people were killed by government forces during a peaceful sit in last month disturbing images of the military crackdown and now surfacing on social media. has more. for the 1st time in more than a month these type of images are be shared through mobile phone. they show the aftermath of sudan's military crackdown on protesters during a peaceful sit in in khartoum more than 100 people were killed by sudan's military joint on june 3rd. much of the violence was recorded on so far videos internet services were caught shortly after on the orders of sudan's transitional military council. lawyer adela seem hazan filed

a lawsuit requesting the internet be restored the court agreed services were brought back 1st to fix landlines on tuesday the ruling was extended to mobile phones he along with several human rights groups believe the shutdown was an attempt to hide evidence of crimes committed against civilians but. the argument was that interrupting internet services would protect the general public but in fact it was the opposite it was for the protection of private entities and full people that have committed crimes. social media platforms like facebook and twitter were widely used to organize protests that ultimately toppled longtime leader omar al bashir in april once the military took control for weeks protesters took to the streets demanding the formation of a civilian led government. since the military crackdown

trust between the military and civilians has been damaged. but last week progress was made generals and protesters agree to form a joint civilian military ruling body together they plan to install a new government for a transitional period of 3 years oh despite recent violence many civilians say they will keep pushing for change but these pictures that can now be shared on mobile phones prove the path forward could be challenging katia little. al-jazeera. russian president vladimir putin says he does not support imposing sanctions on georgia he made the statement in a television address after russia's parliament recommended the sanctions as in response to weeks of mass protests in georgia against russian influence in its government. instead. of listening to it as for sanctions i would rather not do he has respect for the georgian people the sake of restoring full toss. or anything

that complicated. now a keynote legal case will kick off in the u.s. centered on health care it's a republican backed challenge to the affordable care act known as obamacare and 2010 the u.s. extended low cost health insurance to millions of citizens but the program has been death threats since president trump took office. reports now from new jersey. kathy feel 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 old. bamma care 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 if 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 workers with sickly sweet sick people well why would we want to do that this is a nice place thing out as for cathy she 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 gabriel is on joe. new jersey now the u.s. billionaire and 2 time presidential candidate ross perot has died he was 89 param made his fortune in computer services and the 1980 became the 1st successful 3rd

party candidate since the you know roosevelt in $1012.00 died after a 5 month battle with leukemia. but it's not a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. says it's trying to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen. come on down iran's revolutionary guard issued new threats against u.s. military assets in the region. the french president top diplomatic advisor is in tehran trying to deescalate tensions with iran over the nuclear deal e.u. countries that signed the 2015 agreement cool for a meeting. the favorite to become the next u.k. prime minister boris johnson has refused to rule out suspending parliament to force a no deal breakers it tuesday was the final t.v. debate between the 2 candidates vying to replace to resume

a as conservative party leader johnson on foreign secretary jeremy hunt the winner will be picked by party members on july 22nd and take office later this month u.s. president donald trump has once again used twitter to attack the u.k. ambassador in washington and the british prime minister comes days out the diplomatic cables were leaked critical of trump's administration qatar has signed a deal with the u.s. to buy aircraft from the plane make a boeing agreement was announced at the white house where the emir of qatar shipped i mean been hammered out there any man.