there would be blood in the street why would one want to walk on. to that is an issue of what price we're going to resolve this and that is what so the united nations is urging zimbabwe's government to stop its crackdown on peaceful protesters the state authorities have a duty to ensure people's rights to freedom of expression and to facilitate and protect the right to peaceful assembly in addition we urge the senate when reviewing the maintenance of peace and order bill which is passing through the parliament now. we urge them to protect the essential democratic freedoms of peaceful assembly and demonstration by ensuring the bills compliance with the zimbabwean constitution the us isn't giving up its chase of the iranian oil tank held for $43.00 days in gibraltar the department of justice has issued a warrant for the ship's arrest but this ship is now preparing to leave gibraltar

by sunday after the supreme court judges in the british territory ordered its release a new crew is on board in the supertanker results are being given a new name it will now sail under the rainy and flag after its registration was switched from panama and are simmons has the latest from japan. heading towards this renamed the registered ship $44.00 days after she was seized off the coast of gibraltar for identification systems still saying grace wong destination the mediterranean. as you can see there's nothing on the flagpole now the problem am flag has been removed apparently iranian flag will eventually arrive and down below there's no signage whatsoever to indicate what name this vessel has it is the adrian daria it was grace wong but no sign of it now and

the navigation systems all of them indicates that it's still growing swonk so in terms of ma it's on lol this vessel really has no visible identity i think if you believe the media. if they look at the it then midway through friday afternoon came and i looked there was a transmission from the radio system on the bridge here to the port authority is asking for permission to leave that was granted but the anchor which was being in the process of being lifted suddenly went the other way and then came this radio transmission leading up to. the us sunday evening we should do but leave nothing. while this supertankers time still political messaging has been moving at a pace the iranian foreign ministry saying that it could sell its oil to anybody

anywhere in syria needed boil and energy it wasn't going to syria in the 1st place it has to but there was a response from the gibraltar government saying that look at the facts that have been evidence it was going to syria not to be put to the cole was a written assurances by iran that it would not go there. what about the movements here at sea local media is reporting that 6 new crew members they may be offices they're said to include a news hour on their way to gibraltar likely to arrive on sunday which could fit the impression given by the radio exchanges between the port of the ship. and john hendren has more from washington d.c. on the legal action launched on friday by the u.s. justice department. the british government says it has ended this seizure of an iranian ship injured. that was alleged to be violating international sanctions but

now the u.s. government has filed this in court here in washington d.c. this is a complaint that alleges that iran is violating u.s. sanctions after the united states pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018 the u.s. reinstituted a series of sanctions and added some others and the u.s. government is now saying that iran is violating bank fraud money laundering and aid to terrorism sanctions the u.s. instituted as far back as 1977 the united states government says that iran was using shell companies to disguise where this oil was coming from use the u.s. financial system in violation of u.s. sanctions laws and it says that confidential informants have said that the oil on that ship was destined for syria that's a violation of u.s. and international sanctions and it says the iranian government used falsified

papers to allege that in fact that oil came from iraq when it came from iran it also says that the iranian government turned off the transponder on that ship that would alert other ships as to where it was it various times so the u.s. government now wants to seize that ship and once it to be forfeited the big question here is will the british government help the u.s. by seizing this ship will interpol be involved with the u.s. government tried to seize that ship right now that ship has been freed off the coast of gibraltar and all of those open questions remain. well still ahead on al-jazeera a controversial u.s. congresswoman explains why she rejected israel's offer of a visa. rainy weather in hong kong means only the most die hard demonstrators take to the streets.

hello it is mostly fine dry out of course hold across much of the middle east however we're still seeing some fairly active monsoon showers across into pakistan as we go through saturday and on into sunday particularly to more northern areas certainly more antinous areas and then we also have a change across into turkey some much needed rain and that on saturday and sunday will see these temperatures a lot lower look at this by sunday 19 degrees celsius that is actually 11 degrees below the average for this time of year it will of course up back up again as this rain has further towards the east elsewhere it is dry and it is warm 43 in baghdad on a very hot day sunday in kuwait city with a high of 47 celsius one drive through much of the arabian peninsula we could still see if you shot just pushing into the southwest of yemen very nice across into the next couple of days mid twenty's and nice on shore breeze and step father through

the interior slightly to doha it is wholesome fairly humid as well 41 celsius is the high there for you on sunday 38 across in abu dhabi damages pretty good into cape town as well for the next couple of days as a front just sliding by but at this 21 degrees celsius 21 across into what we might see in the next couple days a bit of an onshore flow into central mozambique so maybe a shower with the by sunday. the weather sponsored can't. talk to al-jazeera we ask what guarantees ready will you give to the people will be attending the workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter just 0.

point one bank you're watching out to see a time to recap headlines there have been more protests in kashmir over india's move to revoke the region's all ptolemy the un security council has held an emergency session to discuss the crisis closed door meeting hasn't led to a diplomatic breakthrough. riot police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and battens to disperse hundreds of demonstrators after a court ruled against a planned opposition protest $91.00 people have been arrested for rallying against the rising cost of living. in rainy and tankers seized by british forces last month

was preparing to leave gibraltar by sunday supreme court judges in the british territory of ordered the release of the grace one a new crew is on board and the ship has a new name. the decision by a us democratic congresswoman to reject israel's offer of of these has been described by president donald trump as a complete set up. said israel whom posed impressive preconditions on her desire to visit family in the occupied west bank israel had initially banned her and fellow congresswoman. because of their support for the global boycott movement the labor requested a visa on humanitarian grounds to visit her grandmother promising not to make any political statements. it was preacher managed to go through what i had to deal with this is something that they were asking. here you know like my grandmother said

i think it really is a very. my dream in france and i don't like come back here you know come come here to come is my country my friends are so proud. to loeb's road thieves in palestine say they support her move. she would do the booms you know for she does visit to her homeland is under conditions we reject that it's rashid is right is a palestinian to come and visit her family in country. also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday to put out a statement saying that her initial decision to accept a visa on humanitarian grounds it doesn't was undercutting the very reason why she chose to run for the us congress to stand up for the rights of those whose rights have been oppressed she said that she could not live with herself even though she very much had wanted to spend time with her 90 year old grandmother and with other

members of her extended family this prompted an immediate response from the israeli interior ministry which accused the leap of essentially trying to play the visa application process for political gain here in the united states the israeli government recently enacted a law that bans those supporters of the b.d.s. movement or boycott divest sanctions movement from visiting israel or the occupied west bank but because of her status as a member of congress and because she had promised that she would not discuss politics while in the occupied west bank the interior ministry had decided on thursday to give to leave a visa to visit her family from this has called for an immediate end to fighting in the syrian city of it lived the plea for lows the death of at least 14

people including children in asked strike volunteers from the white helmets rescue groups say it happened in the town of haas just south of the province groups of people displaced by the violence was in the town when it was struck syrian troops have been on the offensive in and around it live since the end of april. thousands of women of march through the streets of mexico city demanding justice for 2 teenagers who were allegedly raped by police officers i the allegations of led to outrage over the high rate of violence against women in mexico the 1st case involves a 17 year old who says she was raped by a group of policeman days later another teenager accused the police officer of raping her in the museum 6 officers have been suspended as part of the investigation the about a virus is spread to a 3rd province in the democratic republic of congo the 1st 2 cases have been

confirmed in south kivu doctors say a 24 year old woman and her baby contracted a burglar in beni north kivu considered the center of the virus outbreak then traveled 700 kilometers by bus to south kivu where they were tested positive for a bone or. welcome web has more from nairobi. the 2 new cases a woman and the child other 1st cases in the south kivu province the woman died on tuesday and was subsequently identified positively as an abode or patient now her journey began in beni which is the epicenter of the a polar outbreak which started a year ago he traveled by bus and then my boat she traveled through 2 densely populated urban centers firstly the city of goma on the north shores of lake erie which has a population of about 2000000 and we 1st saw a bowl of cases there last month and he traveled by boat to the city of because of

you on the south shores of lake kivu we haven't yet seen any of polar cases there and if you travel to a remote village in south kivu province now this is more than 700 kilometers from where the outbreak started about a year ago more than 800 people have died since then in spite of a very effective vaccine and some recently reported successes of drugs used to treat patients if they caught early enough it's clear that the government still struggling to control the spread of this about the bird outbreak but chief executive of hong kong airline cathy pacific has resigned amid controversy over staff involvement in mass protests cafes board so the group put a hold needed to be replaced because the airlines commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's aviation regulator demanded staff who joined all supported protest be removed from flights through mainland space other global

companies are also getting caught up in the crossfire of hong kong's political crisis luxury fashion brands versace code changes and shea i've been forced to apologize after chinese social media users posted pictures of brands of the brands t. shirts but didn't properly designate hong kong as part of china. despite rainy weather in hong kong thousands of turned out for the 1st of a series of rallies planned across the city for saturday teachers have organized their own rally another demonstration later in support of the government one of the main protest groups has plans for a mass march on sunday. 55 african elephants are killed every day for their ivory the illegal trade is being discussed as a wildlife protection conference in geneva campaigners are calling for sanctions against vietnam which is accused of being a hub for ivory traffickers and the heywood reports. running wild and free for now

at least while elephants aunt on the verge of extinction more countries could lose their herds altogether destruction of habitat complet with people over land and poaching threaten the elephant down a back street in hanoi the capital of vietnam the floor of a timber plant is strewn with elephant ivory the result of illegal poaching part from here but traded in vietnam where it's possible to buy pretty much anything using your phone. one man told an undercover investigator from a group campaigning against the illegal wildlife trade how he's able to open his container full of ivory inside a customs compound standing next to officials who are supposed to stop him campaigners say more needs to be done to tackle the traffickers m.b.m. which has become the global hub for the illegal trade relating there are compelling

reasons to use these noncompliance proceedings against vietnam so we are calling on all sides parties and world governments in this month to begin these noncompliance proceedings against vietnam with a view that if significant progress is non demonstrated. that they should be slapped would treat suspensions vietnam is under pressure to reform its practices and has bowed to do more there have been modest increases in elephant populations in kenya malawi and uganda but losses in tanzania mozambique and the democratic republic of congo complex with people over habitat loss is a problem but so too is poaching that's despite the $989.00 international ban on the trade in ivory there are estimated to be about $400000.00 elephants in sub-saharan africa it's also estimated $55.00 african elephants are killed for their ivory every day that's $20000.00 a year. there is

a long standing debate about whether i pre stock should be sold or whether that would provide further cover but the illegal trade campaigners say wildlife crime is worsening but more needs to be done before it's too late and the hayward is there are a member of one of the most famous american acting families peter fonda has died 79 year old was best known for starring alongside dennis hopper in the 1969 road movie classic easy rider. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now they're a bit more protests in kashmir over india's move to revoke the region's autonomy the u.n. security council has held an emergency session to discuss the crisis the closed door meeting hasn't led to a diplomatic breakthrough riot police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and battens to

disperse hundreds of demonstrators after a court ruled against a planned opposition protest 91 people have been arrested for rallying against the rising cost of living and iranian tankers seized by british forces last month is preparing to leave gibraltar supreme court judges in the british territory of ordered the release of the grace $1.00 a new crew is on board and the ship will also be given a new name. the u.s. president is condemning a u.s. democratic congresswoman's rejection of an israeli visa as a complaint set up to the 3 said israel had imposed oppressive preconditions on her desire to visit family in the occupied west bank israel had initially banned her and fellow congresswoman normal because of their support for the global boycott movement against it so loeb requested a visa to visit her grandmother promising not to make any political statements. it

was pretty dramatic to go through what i had to deal with this is something that they were asking. him you know like make them understand i think it really is a very you know my dream in france and i don't like come back you see you know don't come near me come is my country my friend down the road. and women have marched through the streets of mexico city demanding justice for 2 teenage girls who were allegedly raped by police officers the allegations of lead to outrage over the high rate of violence against women in mexico spite rainy weather in hong kong thousands of turned out for the 1st of a series of rallies planned across the city for saturday teachers have organized their own rally the news continues at the top of the hour now it's time for talk to

al just sirrah. on counting the cost india $1.00 of the biggest defense spending is in the world but the emerging superpower ramp up its security purely on imports plus the young people tap into the world of in sports and streaming services we are these pay t.v. killing off me sports. counting the cost on al-jazeera. when you see. as the u.s. maintains the pressure on iran tension is on the rise in the gulf raising concerns of a full blown military confrontation. the trump administration is seeking an international coalition to secure the strait of homers which is one of the most important shipping routes in the world but iran is skeptical to iran has dismissed the naval build up as a move that my destabilize the whole region and is calling for u.s. vessels to leave the area america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail the

crisis all started when president donald trump unilaterally pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last year and reinstated sanctions targeting to herat and countries that trade with it the e.u. is still sticking to the deal offering a mechanism to bypass u.s. sanctions. but today on talk to al jazeera iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif warns while his country means committed to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal he's patience is running out. so far as i would like to start by asking you about the latest developments the naval buildup in the area as the u.s. seeks to build an international coalition to govern freedom and i think asian in the area how do you see it. this is a tiny body of water and the more foreign able vessels you have in this body of

water the less secure it is for everybody. based on experience presence of the united states important neighbor fleet in the persian gulf has never produced security we have all very sad memories of u.s. ships downing an iranian airliner. in 1988 killing 290 passengers so we believe that the best u.s. can do for protection of. maritime navigation is to just leave people alone don't interfere this is. basically a hostile act against iran and i do not believe it will have any impact other than in security we have the longest coast on the persian gulf and on the sea obama and the strait of hormuz and we have historically maintained freedom of

navigation and security in the region along with our neighbors and once again we call on our neighbors to come together for security for 20 years see the string of events that took place in the body of water over the last few months you have drones doll and you have 10 cars mysteriously attacked which is now. putting more pressure on the international committee of the americas in particular to say you know what it's about time to take action now it's about time to stop terrorizing iranian people it's about time to stop creating insecurity in the region and i think doing that will provide security i think the united states is the source of instability in this region i think u.s. allies on fortunately have been the source of instability who is bombing people in yemen who are fighting in aden to get it is iran involved or our friends involved

or are these 2 allies of the united states fighting against each other once the defense minister minister had warned against. any attempt by the israelis to step into this and joins the u.s. led coalition saying that this could have this is worse disastrous can sequences is iran trying to draw a line in the sand here. we basically state opposition israel has been the source of instability and insecurity and aggression and war in this region it is very unfortunate that some countries in our region are trying to buy security of all people from israel. people who have not been able to provide security for themselves their iron dome has not even been able to protect them against. organisations that are fighting for their independence how can they provide security for the countries in the region but aren't you concerned that in this

particular context the potential for a full blown minister confrontation is almost there because the americans are saying for example that the revolutionary guard in iran is using g.p.s. interference still your oil tankers into wandering into the territorial waters of iran to seize them and you know a slight small incident there and there you go could be war but obviously the per we are. protecting our shores we are protecting our water as it is close to us and it is 7000 miles away from the shores now who should be concerned and i believe the president of the united sates in this region is disturbing lazing and if they're concerned but instability they should move away what is very clear extremely clear is that we are

not seeking war we do not want confrontation we want development for our people we want development for our region we depend on this region we depend on the persian gulf on the strait of hormuz it's our lifeline all of our oil goes through the strait of hormuz we need stability here but stability should be for everybody be cannot have stability for some instability for others we need to have stability for all countries in the region and we are prepared to protect stability for all countries in the region and for those who depend on our region the united states is least dependent for its energy on this region it is china it is japan it is korea i think those are the countries who should be involved with us with the countries in the region not with people who are from outside the region and we're prepared to work with them to ensure security and stability in this region many

other countries out of the view that it was biggest problem is that it's uclear ambitions it's in a pursuit to develop. ballistic missile technology and for many countries the americans in particular this is a red line well. and the americans are not in a position to draw red lines for what we do for our defense when our people are dying with iraqi chemical weapons when our we people were being killed by american awacs information reconnaissance information by the british chieftain times by soviet migs by french eggs are said miss us who was protecting us by german chemical weapons who was protecting us nobody came to our protection we were forced to develop our ballistic missiles our missile capability in order to defend ourselves that is why this issue is extremely important for the iranian people because we are not going to allow another aggressor to catch us defenseless we will

defend ourselves but don't you see that sometimes your neighbors particularly saudi arabia the united arab emirates your neighbors in the region the moment they see that you're trying determined to build your own military capabilities they would say we also have to do the same thing we need to protect ourselves because this is a area that could be explosive any time we were not building our military capabilities when they paid $75000000000.00 to saddam hussein to attack us saudi arabia based on their own statements paid $75000000000.00 for saddam's armand's it turned out that saddam after not being able to defeat us in the war targeted those weapons against the saudis and the kuwaitis themselves so if they started a military arms race. a an arms buildup in this region they should not complain we're not engaged in an arms buildup we are engaged in creating the necessary capability to defend ourselves or d.p.

period to bring their military expenditure to our level 60 responses $1000000000.00 if saudi arabia is serious at least they can spend double our $32.00 bit you let me challenge them instead of $87000000000.00 that they spent last year they have half of our population best and half of our population spend twice as much as we spend on defense why are they complaining what is it that they're complaining about they're buying the most sophisticated weapons from the united states they're buying the most sophisticated weapons that are available in the global market and unfortunately unfortunately the merchants of death are sending them those weapons will go back to your relation with your neighbors in the region. it seems that we are in a perfect impasse and at the very heart of this whole crisis is the landmark 2015 year clear deal the c p a a can it still hold mr foreign minister i

believe so i believe it's the best deal that was possible it wasn't the best deal for be put because you cannot have a perfect date there is no perfect it was the best deal that was possible and if. president trump is given correct that weiss he would be able to. basically accept the reality that this is the best deal possible and we can move forward but the deal can go on if the other participants if the remaining participants in the decide to simply fulfill their commitments we don't expect them to do anything for us. all we want from them is to fulfill their own commitments the commitments they made in the deed and the commitments they made after the u.s. withdrawal if they believe the commitments they made in the deed was contingent

upon us being a part of the deed what about the commitments that they made after they knew that us had withdrawn what we want them to do and what we expect them to do is to stay committed and we will stay committed as long as they are now the europeans of the same time are saying that we're expecting the iranians to give us more signals that they are willing to engage i'll give you an example you said that you you've issued warnings that you might. remove some of the restraints when it comes to the nuclear deal particular when it comes to enriching uranium be beyond the threshold of $3.00 or 7 percent is a still the case are you determined to go forward well you see when we negotiated the nuclear the it was not based on trust it was based on mutual mistrust and that is why in the we have provided provisions remedies if the if one side or the other

while it's the deed we are using that exact remedy in paragraph 36 of the nuclear deal so we're not while waiting the we are implementing the deal we are trying to safeguard the i can make a general statement for you we will be committed to the. as much as and as long as europe and the rest of the participants are committed president trump has repeatedly said the 2015 year clear deal was a bad deal. and if he decides it's an it's a turn chapter what would be the options left for iran a deed is a deed it is an agreement it's an agreement that a us government a us president elected by the people endorsed we did not have a revolution in the united states we just had an election and it cannot simply say that the agreements of previous administrations do not hold so if we take this

statement seriously there are 2 years left of the 1st term of president trump less than 2 years left and then. we will have a new president or maybe president trump reelected so it's then that you will decide how no no no no no even if president trump is there for another 6 years are we supposed to reach another deal with president trump that can only last 6 years that can only last 5 years that can only last a year and a half is that the type of international environment that president trump wants to create for people for countries who want to engage with the united states i see a rational for your own perspective the bottom line here is do you have any deadline like in 2 years from now if the there is no a time for any genuine the negotiation of the deal we're going to put off from the deal we don't need to pull out from the deal as long as others are in the deal we

will be in the deal but we have options within the deal because as i said this deal was negotiated based on mutual mistrust and even distrust and that is why we have put mechanisms in the deal in the in the j.c. pure way to make sure that the deal would outlast anybody as the diplomatic crisis unfolds your neighbors in the region are produced and sent. saudi arabia in particular and for those who like to ask you how would you describe now your relations with the saudis well not not good. but saudis relations with qatar are not good. now i don't know what's happening to their relations with the u.a.e. in in aid and of course we're happy that there is a cease fire in aden but there's been conflict the situation in libya the situation in the sudan. all of these are where they are really popular not involved in libya

or this or that but they are involved unfortunately what we have called for and repeat is that our neighbors all of us belong to this reach we cannot leave this region others believe this region others really not secure us others will not provide us with the security umbrella that we need we can provide each other with that security umbrella we extend our hand and our hand remain extended to all our neighbors we are very happy that we have extremely good relations with cutter we have extremely good relations with a man we have extremely good relations with kuwait and we want to have good relations with the other 3 countries in the past but you know what the saudis and the americans for example have been saying over the last few years that iran is never has never been genuine about reaching out to us and they would give you examples they would say you are spreading a radical ideology in the region yet you use proxies in yemen for example you are

building the capabilities of the who these to destabilize the region you have been involved militarily in a place like syria when you should have come to that and and looked into different scenarios like a diplomatic way out of the crises that let me ask you a question are our proxies fighting each other in aid or are proxies fighting each other in libya. are proxies putting each other into sort that did really provide $75000000000.00 to saddam hussein did we imprison the prime minister of another country for 3 weeks who has done all of this we have been on the receiving end of their aggressions of the money they spent in order to destabilize us from day $1.00 after the revolution they were hoping to undermine the revolution they have not succeeded isn't 40 years enough isn't 40 years long

enough for them to come to their senses that by paying terrorist organizations by financing terrorist organizations by financing aggressors they're only creating enemies for themselves look at what they've done in syria they finance darvish they are diversion to arm the nostra what did it what did it do to that by the same time there was say you could have also stepped in it's place like syria where you have a huge political and mr leverage and convince president bashar assad to negotiate a peaceful way out of the crisis that's exact with the syrian people that's exactly what we're doing look at the situation in syria yeah it is it is unfortunate but that's exactly what we're doing that's what that's exactly what we have done with russia and turkey for the last 3 years that's exactly what we're doing but they came to syria not to unseat president bashar assad but to push us out they

have to recognize that iran cannot be excluded from this region be a part of this region we are a part and parcel we have been here for millenia we have 7000 years of history in this region we did not come from outside or like others we are from this region we remain in this region and that's a historical fact we need to live together. we want to live with our neighbors we have no choice but we have serious bonds we have historical points cultural bonds religious bonds and as all muslims are coming back from mina. to finish their hatch we call on our neighbors to come back to what joins us together rather than to what. pulls us apart yemen for example you have good relations with her theories in this particular issue how can you step in

and offer a way out of this crisis in yemen you could you could talk to the health is that convinced that she was in april 25th seen a few days after the war had started we offered. at that time. and the united states administration agreed to have a cease fire. and we offered our help unfortunately saudi arabia at that time believed that it could win militarily within weeks that is why it rejected the offer our offer is still on the table cease fire immediate humanitarian assistance yemeni intro yemeni dialogue and an inclusive government that is still on the table they should stop fighting they should stop fighting each other they should stop putting all of this burden on the innocent yemeni people come to then allow yemenis to come to the negotiating table and i can assure you we will do what ever we can

in order to make that happen there's been a meeting between the senior iranian official and in the red fish about maritime security do you see this as a 1st step towards normalization with united arab emirates well we certainly hope that we can have normalization with all of our neighbors and we certainly hope that all of our neighbors can have normalization with each other there is no reason for the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and bahrain to try to strangulate gutter and we make it very clear to them this region is too small and too all the time for these games to be played talking about a very complex political landscape in the region which also brings again the same question could these problems that we've been talking about the blockade imposed of your strained relations with the saudi arabia and with the night out of and the rest of the own going crisis could it be. conducive to

a genuine. debate between the other side is because when we face reality ultimately in the foreign minister saad is consider themselves to be the leader of the sunni islam you consider yourselves to be the leaders of islam and people are saying that after all these years calamity this disaster this civil war bloodshed it's about time for a new chapter is long over it's long overdue we need to do it we are prepared to do it my proposal for a regional dialogue forum is on the table that's exactly what you do when you have a log you don't discuss about niceties you discuss about your differences and i made that proposal 6 years ago i restate that proposal there is a security council resolution 598 which was adopted in 1987 it has a paragraph in it based on the iranian suggestion that we need to have a regional security arrangement we call on our neighbors in the region to join us

in trying to secure our region the problem has been that some in our region particularly in saudi arabia have believed that they can purchase security from outside that they can secure themselves by relying on the worst enemy of the stomach worlds and that is history they have done that they continue to do that it pains me when i see netanyahu saying that saudi leaders are his friends netanyahu is never going to be a friend of the muslim world his hands are bloodied with the blood of muslim people look at what happens every friday in the occupied territories. this is the reality of the situation while you are the relying on netanyahu since you're talking about

right a premise a bunch of intercity ago i had a lot of time in iran's supreme leader describe the us middle east plan as a humanity as a crime against humanity which is which prompted a tough response from year u.s. secretary of state mike pompei you do see the mid middle east peace plan something that could possibly see the daylight. i believe the palestinians are the final judge of that and if you look at the situation right now the palestinians are rejecting that and they have every reason to reject it because it basically it basically legitimises the status quo this is what they have said publicly. this is what. i said publicly this is what others have said publicly that we have to accept reality underground reality underground is regression reality underground is occupation reality underground is an expression reality on the ground is why lation

daily why elation of human rights of all palestinians i do not believe that the palestinians are prepared to accept this reality on the ground and the us should stop legitimizing aggression why elation of human rights and occupation you've been sanctioned after declined. the trump chat invitation is this something that could further impede your work as a foreign minister i mean would you be able to travel to the u.s. meet with senators potentially even this with the president trump if this circumstances are different you see i'm doing my work. i had the pleasure of meeting my counterpart and i'll be meeting with his highness the emir i'm interviewing you so i mean in today's world you cannot shut anybody you can't shut them up you cannot prevent a point a minister from doing his job i never request any meetings in the u.s.

i respond to requests now if they continue to make requests from me i will respond positively why don't you see the opportunity people would say that well if one said this was just going to be a photo op with no substance who knows it could be also an opportunity for you to at least listen to the man in person and then see how it how you can come up with some concessions then you say. really. mean really busy people i spend days and nights negotiating a deal why should they spent again the same time if that is going to hold only for one and a half or 5 and a half years. you said you're a very busy person you've been iran's chief diplomat for most i think 6 yes you've gone through the marathon talks to for the land back to 1015 nuclear deal there's been the spring war in syria war in yemen the own going crisis with the trump

administration isn't this a tough job for you mr foreign minister trying to build bridges with a world that does not trust iran well. they mistrust is mutual not with the world with a few countries. and i think the rest of the world don't trust might but it's a tough job but it's it's a sweet toughness to be trying to serve your people this is going to be my last question to you so. much i'm sorry if iran's foreign minister how do you see the future deep in your heart when you look at the situation when we see that the next months could be really decisive in the in the region do you have any hopes that we might see a peaceful political way out of the crisis with the us or are you concerned that the potential for a war is also there i'm certainly concerned but as a diplomat i always need to look for

a peaceful way out and that's what we are trying. to do as what he feels for him is a thank you very much. the kashmir crisis prompts an emergency session of the un security council as protests are held in the disputed region. as a band this is al jazeera live from dollhouse are coming up. police

in zimbabwe used tear gas and battens to break up demonstrations. the arabian oil tankers seized by british forces more than a month ago gets ready to sail this fight objections from the u.s. . taking aim against more restrictive laws we check out of california city that declared itself a gun sanctuary. the u.n. security council has held an emergency session to discuss the crisis in kashmir but the closed door meeting ended without a joint statement being agreed in the end minister of kashmir authorities say they're beginning to lift some of the restrictions put in place in the 2 weeks ago we begin with mike hanna in new york russia's representative pointed out he was born in the year the security council last minute to formally discuss what

was listed on the agenda as india pakistan question. i was going to 71 so. i don't know we'll see sometimes it's better not to touch upon certain issues the meeting lasted just over an hour and in the absence of any joint statement china's ambassador outlined the position of his country alone because schmidt used to should be resolved to properly through peaceful means in accordance with the un charter development security council resolutions and bilateral agreements this represents the international. community's consensus the indian ambassador quick to argue that china was claiming consensus when none exists insisting that any resolution lies not in international mediation but in bilateral discussion as set out in the summer agreement reached with

pakistan in 1972 we're ready to edges these issues in a manner that states who have normal approaches to international ties should address them. and in our case we are committed to the same legume it it's now for pakistan to make that commitment to stop terror to start ducks pakistan's ambassador made clear her country would continue to press for greater u.n. involvement claiming the meeting itself as a victory in this process the fact that this meeting took place is testimony to the fact that this is an internationally recognized dispute there was an effort to stop this meeting from convening. and we are grateful to all 15 members of the u.n. security council for the green to having this meeting. but in recent days protesters

have gathered outside the u.n. building demanding greater international involvement in the crisis and calling on the u.n. to enforce its own resolutions on the kashmir dispute the lack of consensus in the security council a bleak response offering only the possibility of another 50 year wait before the matter is taken up again mike hanna al jazeera united nations. the indian government says it will gradually end the communications blackout in indian administered kashmir but some kashmiris say this skeptical that will happen says to me has more from new delhi. anger spilled onto the streets of sri lanka following friday prayers nearly 2 weeks after india stripped the region of autonomy and imposed a communications blackout. hundreds vent to their pent up frustration being unable to move in their own home shut off from the outside world. how many do not

go through if no prime minister or the sees everything is fine here then he should leave the curfew. the protests happened as indian officials in the region announced plans to ease restrictions imposed they said to counter security threats hello everybody which has been. gradually east and. keeping in mind the constant threat posed by terrorist organizations in using mobile. bill organize their actions. this journalist who spent decades covering to schmear doubts the government's explanation so they can give whatever excuse they want to give whatever they want to give and people. can be suspicious of it. but we

don't know whether it's true or not whatever the truth it's aspiration is on display in srinagar the indian government says some of its offices have already resumed operating in the region and schools will reopen on monday it also says it will gradually lift restrictions on communications say they'll believe that when and if it happens that the many of these kasmir e students studying new delhi haven't been able to speak to their families back home for nearly 2 weeks. they're wary of indian government promises to loosen restrictions they do lose on the conditions that will let us talk to family so you're hoping that mature lead time it's happening where you actually have religion for their home is. under siege by peers. especially this. kind of mental siege. while restrictions were relaxed for friday prayers which allowed for these protests. in the push near valley seem aware of the plans to ease

the lockdown all they know is that right now they can't move or live freely as jamil al jazeera new delhi. pakistan has held the u.n. security council meeting as a diplomatic victory come on high there is in the pakistani capital. they may be different in about the outcome of the meeting of the un security council. china concerned about the humanitarian crisis and also the fact that this is an issue that should be stored bilaterally and that this was something which was started issue between the 2 countries also important or nor did the pakistani foreign minister spoke. press conference by the pakistani ambassador to the united nations. in which he said. indicating august on split edition that the awards of the people of bush made was being heard internationally the foreign

minister saying that. should be lifted immediately restrictions should be lifted the leadership of the bush major agreed at least so dead people to find out their truth about the feelings of the people of the day now it is also important in order that the pakistani prime minister made an urgent call to the u.s. president and which he apprised the united states about focused on. on this particular crisis what did important or nor the fact that the budgets on the military chief federal judge said that india was trying to die would be a danger along the line of control and towards august on an order to continue with the designs in indian administered kashmir tension stand remaining high to day's developments in the united nations security council. and progress done as a major diplomatic breakthrough when to get in pakistan's position that this is no longer a by lead to an issue but one that needs international intervention. the brother of

the afghan taliban leader has been killed in a bombing in southwest pakistan. died after a remotely detonated bomb exploded at the mosque in the town of could truck he was the younger brother of. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack riot police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and battens to break up a protest over the rising cost of living the demonstration of being banned from large crowds still turned out in the center of harare how to most us are reports in the capital. what was meant to be a protest over the economy turned into chaos police in zimbabwe had banned the demonstration saying they were expecting violence alleging some opposition supporters were armed a high court judge dismissed an application by the opposition movement for democratic change to overturn the ban opposition leaders then called off the march

but some of their supporters were defiant saying they had a democratic right to demonstrate in a show of force right please remind people what happens in a country with a history of brutally silencing voices of dissent. in boys not free where are we growing as a country we are suffering we're hungry we can't afford to send our children to school. but every time the police dispersed the crowd some of them kept trying to come back some opposition supporters are refusing to disperse so riot police are slowly trying to push them back the aim is to get them out of the city center the police fear that if people are to stay in this area they could be looting and damage to property many zimbabweans blame president was government economic mismanagement soaring inflation rising food prices and growing unemployment they say they want an end to their misery and to be heard every road

leading into iraq is good police stops. we have thousands and thousands of people that are stopping people come come from all we're asking for was just an hour. they're marching along. somewhat or much of a can of kind of being in a position of opposition to parliament that wasn't going to last for more than one hour but it is good to believe it has been stopped much of harare city center was unusually quiet on friday shops and businesses were closed many people stayed home fearing violence president says fixing the economy will take time and that zimbabweans need to be patient but it seems for some patience is running out. so bad boys main opposition leader says his m.d.c. party backed down from protests over the rising cost of living to avoid bloodshed we don't want to. wait for the day because there will be blood in the

street but we don't want to walk on. to there is a crisis we're going to resolve the crisis and that is what so and the united nations is urging zimbabwe's government to stop its crackdown on peaceful protesters the state authorities have a duty to ensure people's rights to freedom of expression and to facilitate and protect the right to peaceful assembly in addition we urge the senate when reviewing the maintenance of peace and order bill which is passing through the parliament now. we urge them to protect the essential democratic freedoms of peaceful assembly and demonstration by ensuring the bills compliance with the.