you know how many troops the u.s. will provide but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff emphasize this was a defensive deployment and indicated the u.s. would ask its allies to offer this support were contributing to saudi arabia is the french we would be looking as the secretary said for other international partners to also contribute to show me arabia's defense. the secretary of defense continued to insist iran was responsible for the attacks on saudi oil installations last weekend brushing off repeated iranian denials of involvement but at the same time confirming that the u.s. forensic team working with saudi experts had stalled not concluded its investigation. news of the deployment closely followed president trump's decision to impose new sanctions on iran at the end of the day as president trump hosts a dinner for the prime minister of australia it appears that the u.s. economic pressure will be buttressed by a show of military force even if at this stage it is declared to be offered

defensive nature mike hanna al-jazeera washington. army well the head of iran's revolutionary guard has warned that any country that launches an attack will become a battlefield zain he has more from a new exhibition which is showcasing iranian military night. 2 of the senior most figures in the islamic revolutionary guard corps were in attendance at a new military exhibit at the hands war museum the head of the i.r.g.c. hussein salami and the head of the aerospace division i merely hide zazi both on hand to unveil an exhibit titled hunting vultures the vultures american drones hunting them a not so subtle point that iran is no longer on the defensive when it comes to securing its own strategic interests in the region calling up a victim of the yes attack the bitter reality is there is american aggression into our land but the sweet reality is that there drones have been taken down this means that men under sanctions were able to take down examples of american might what

were your drones doing in iran space of course we hit it and we hit whoever violates our borders we have the will to take action and the tongue to claim responsibility for what we do politicians argue over twitter and the foreign minister javad zarif is at the u.n. in new york president hassan rouhani is due to speak at the u.n. general assembly later this week in the waters and skies around iran there are the beginnings of what many fear could become a low level conflict an example of what's already happening we have the wreckage of an american global hawk it's one of the most sophisticated u.s. drones it was shot down by iran earlier this year and this is the very same surface to air missile defense system that did it it was transported here from the south of the country where it was deployed to be a part of this new exhibit at the hands war museum predator and prey on display in the same place a kind of visual equation that seems to suggest that if there are any foreign aggressors that want to continue to contend with iran they should be prepared for

a much more evolved iranian military. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including just 7 days ago until afghanistan's presidential elections but many fear the vote could make a bad situation even worse plus. i'm enters a pallet of research laboratory on the red sea i'll show you what jordanian scientists are doing to save threatened species. and in sport lewis hamilton sets the pace ahead of qualifying for the singapore grand prix. new york is hosting the 1st ever use summit on climate change the summit being opened by the 16 year old campaigner gratitude who inspired the largest ever climate change protest on friday organizers said 4000000 people of all ages took part across the world she says it's clear people want to see action from world

leaders who are meeting at the un in new york let's go live now to diplomatic editor james bays who's following all of these developments for us so a remarkable achievement i mean the display that we saw yesterday a round the world of people mostly young but also others as well galvanized it would appear by this 16 year old girl who started this campaign by skipping school on a friday. absolutely and she's going to be addressing the u.n. this is the scene in the trusteeship council of the u.n. you saw people power around the world led by young people world long young people are going to be taking over this particular global hall of power in the next hour grettir she's become known not only by one name by many will be speaking at this event along with other youth activists in fact the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrorists will be there but for once he's billed as the

keynote listener he's here to listen to the youth not to speak on this. and get not just jump him said james i think live to riyadh where they can see the saudi arabia minister of state the foreign affairs other. oil and astonish and. these as you know we had. characterized the event as a criminal act. perpetrated by iranian hands not only saudi arabia was targeted but it was the interred were impacting supplies in the global market will have an impact on each and every country and each and every human being worldwide that's why this is an attack on humanity on the whole world that's why this attack was condemned by

strongly condemned by more than 80 states it was described as a terrorist aggression just far. from the kingdom of saudi arabia. is. carrying out vest again the findings will prove that these weapons are iranians who had requested the united states to dispatch their own experts to take part in the current investigation is the final find x. will be announced once completed the aim is to identify the origin of the attack we are certain that the attack was not originated from yemen it originated from the not investigations will prove. so just since the whole world will be briefed and this is the attacks will be

taking the united kingdom was attacked by more than $260.00 ballastic most of them more than $150.00 drones this is unacceptable and. them further up the defenses managed to intercept. the missiles and men it's also to intercept the majority of the drones our fellow soldiers. are firmly acting to preserve the safety and stability of the kingdom it's so the tories clued in god installations also the safety and well being of our nationals the international community has a huge responsibility to put an end to iran's policies aggressive venda listen to. policies and practices that undermine the region if not the whole

world these acts are in violation of the international laws international and customs in iran must. prove that it is not a. country it is a state if so it should respect the sovereignty of other states sort of friend from supporting terrorism refrain from exporting weapons to terrorists militias in the region that are used against civilians. and so long as iran continues to adopt this aggressive approach supporting terrorism it is isolated by the whole world and it is subject to more sanctions. by many of the world states the king of so that everyone has taken a defensive position king of saudi arabia i'm like iran who had fired more than 260 ballistic iran manufactured ballistic missiles through its own

militias and more than $250.00 drones. for. armed militias in the region so there may be unlike them did not launch a single missile or drone or even fired a bullet in the direction of iran neither is the kingdom forming or training or harboring any militias or acting against iran. therefore as i mentioned earlier many of the world states have condemned the attack and now we should continue with our investigations once the final conclusions are reached and necessary measures will be taken in order to address this act of aggression without further ado you have listened to the briefing. made by the minister of energy and the press conference. held by

the chairman of our own corps. and their executive officer of also listened to the brief made by the defense minister here i would like to stop here and up in the floor to question think you probably. well. i took it on the market on. monday. to question him and i let you know should refrain from these practices iran is aiming at dividing the world from london and the. fact that presidents from had

been elected he came forward and said he was going to work on the nuclear this one is relating to the timetable of enrichment of uranium which was about to expire 12 days from that date. it was. known that iran was about to reach degrees of enrichment that will be enable them to obtain nuclear weapons and the other part is relating to an inspection and this is to ensure its compliance with the deal the fact that the. element they're not in compliance with the deal is the ballistic missiles also the support by iran of terrorism and their meddling in other countries own affairs. that's

why president invited iran to come to the table in order to reach workable effective agreements in order. to change the hostile act and to be fully integrated with the international community more than one in one year and many months iran has refrained as a result of president trump scrapped the agreement and imposed more sanctions on iran iran had claimed to have come to the table they had more than one a one year to come to the table before sanctions had been imposed yet they did not iran is. getting a more aggressive behaviors in the region this is not an act of state a state willing to live in peace and stability with its neighboring countries and this such country cannot be accepted by the world community.

and. met with. a look at. what are the actions you intend to take against iran. and those to be taken by the world community. and do these measures include military actions. we said for years. any. complacence with iran and. ok you will encourage them to adopt more hostile acts this is been said more than 10 years and each time we attempt to contain iran their response is more aggressive we also said to

our friends worldwide that if you wish to. provide iran with a little turn a payment method you encourage them not to join the negotiating table in order to discuss the in the clear day we're also told them that the more you deal with iran and trade with them iran would think that behaviors and practices are acceptable all these factors must be taken into consideration we are in constant communication with our friends worldwide and we are examining the steps to be taken however we are waiting for the final conclusions of the current investigations on the attacks namely the origin and the source of the attack and that's why i cannot speculate on particular measures unless the conclusions are reached however we are

prepared and we will take the necessary actions to address the matter. middle east newspaper the how it is an ounce that they will hold all the attacks on the king of saudi arabia. at the same time present from. agreed to send more troops to the kingdom and other to assist in the defense measures. to iran's statements and the majority of such statements are under listed and. true. iran will continue to support terrorist organizations including hezbollah and other militias in iraq syria and yemen iran claims that it is not meddling with countries

. domestic affairs however many intelligence many iranian intelligence of says were caught in many countries. iran is also recruiting the nationals in order to. distract them to carry out terrorist attacks the weapons used in many countries including those used in yemen or bahrain are manufactured in and by it was all they were also provided by them the ballistic militias a ballistic missile has just been released as are also manufactured by the including those targeting the kingdom of saudi arabia that this is per se an act of support to terrorism. after the attack on the rest. so it's come clear that the missiles and drones were launched from the

north. as i mentioned iran may on many occasions claim that they are seeking peace and stability yet they continue to conduct terrorist hostile attacks the whole world witnessed that that's why this is placed on the state supporting terrorist list this was not by the king of saudi arabia it was placed on the blacklist why the world community simply because iran is a state supporting terrorism. when we urge iran to refrain from meddling with other countries' affairs. and with respect to trump's decision to send troops the united states already have drops in the region now there are there is an international. measures taken by the international community to safeguard navigations in the gulf and the arab sea.

i believe these measures will contribute to providing more safety in the international and navigation routes so that. transportation. cruises including oil tankers will be preserved in order to continue to protect supplies of oil to the global market the util time restraint will accept only one last question. and i would like to you to address. the request for additional troops to read to them and also to. inform. the prison.

stays strategic allies the have. many. means of corporations over the past. century. especially with the. advent of the former soviet union to the region and the spread of terrorism and also of following the kuwait liberation war we had more than half a 1000000 american troops in the king of saudi arabia we are also having and we have military operations. there is also military corporations with their alliance including the united kingdom i believe that challenges we are facing now. the man for more security and military cooperation between our alliances allies including.

the united states in order to guarantee that oil supplies to the world it will not be interrupted and the oil supplies cannot be halted as a said. each and every country will be impacted and each and every individual will be. impacted that's why the united states has a responsibility to contribute to our efforts towards preserving all supplies to the whole world one last question. as you know the house is announcing that claimed responsibility for that tax. well we judge which things we worry things

well and other parties by their deeds and actions and not by their word mostly because of what we actually will see that it is them who carried out that are not done with respect or not is a little bit of a city. your 2nd part of course and we i believe we'll have more considerations to take thank you. right there you had. the saudi arabian minister of state for foreign affairs giving a fairly short pretty concise press conference in front of what appeared to be international journalists but speaking in arabic interesting enough the last press conference we've had from the saudi authorities following on from those attacks last saturday were in english given by the ministry of defense we can now talk to our correspondent as a big who's in the iranian capital tehran and i said. a really

a familiar list really of accusations against the iranian authorities coming from saudis minister of state for foreign affairs. yes very much so again appealing to the international community like you said interestingly this time in arabic and not in english but they were addressing and taking questions from the international media so again the accusing iran of supporting terrorism having an unjust. attack on humanity terrorist aggression unjustified attack and these are just some of the words that he has used today but the rains will be looking on and they will be confident because so far the saudi arabia has been able to state the origin and source of those missiles and drones are now i know that they're saying that the investigation is ongoing and they were released those findings but the unable to say definitively whether that is iran or

not but also the timing of this briefing it comes before the united nations general assembly where countries are talking to iran especially france and european countries are needing negotiations in trying to deescalate tensions between the united states and iran but he also took aim at them and said that we've told countries that if you offer iran alternatives in terms of payments to circumvent those united states sanctions then you are only encouraging them to support terrorism and fund terrorism so very much so he's singing from the same hymn book as the united states from this briefing you can tell that the saudi arabia support the sanctions but they want more sanctions but he didn't go as far as to say that they want military action much yet but they're trying to get international support garner international opposition to iran but yet the iranians will be looking on and they know they're confident that the reins are confident that they were not behind

this attack all right as it big in tehran thank you for that let's go to our correspondent in washington now john hendren there we saw the minister of state for foreign affairs a saudi arabia. questioned not terribly repast even questioned about the additional u.s. troops that are being sent in not in the troops of course but khalid where as well being sent in a sensibly then to to beef up defenses the saudi arabia and didn't do the. that's right both countries are talking about having a defensive position the u.s. and saudi arabia you heard your bear there just talking about how the saudis were maintaining restraint until the end of that investigation but he held out the option of possible military action although he didn't specifically make that threat he said they're examining steps to be taken waiting for the conclusions of that investigation. and he said he cannot speculate on what action will be taken but he

also said this was an attack on the whole world because it attacked the world oil supply and he said that the u.s. has a responsibility to act so while the u.s. and the saudis are now both speaking from the same page there is still the opportunity for them to have a disagreement in the future on that but right now what we're seeing is the u.s. putting in really the minimum number of troops and equipment that one would expect from the great ray of options the pentagon could have chosen from and now saudi arabia also is saying it is taking a defensive position holding back for now but we don't know what's going to happen at the end of that investigation if they in fact conclude that those attacks did originate from iran or there was significant iranian input into that he's left the opportunity open for further military action at some point in the future right now what we have is defense john hendren live in washington.

right let's move on to some other news now and protests is a 4th with police in hong kong during what was expected to be a peaceful rally rise of distance from the barricades as thousands of people march towards government offices some demonstrators had been seen tearing stones at the police and setting up barricades hong kong is in its 4th month of protests that started with opposition to propose extradition law which has now been scrapped meanwhile probate supporters have also been out in the ballots they told down say lennon walls and named after the late beatle singer john lennon the attacks on post is calling for political reform rangers fears of a conflict between these rival groups would go live now to scott. is there for us in the home column scott you are in a particular location where people have gathered in order to mark a particular. survey. i have

marketing is wrapped in a mall that's adjacent to the m.t.r. that's the train service here in hong kong you are in long station that is because 2 months ago on this day that's where protesters when protesters were attacked by a group of men wearing white shirts and masks in their attacks with with the tons and pipes that is something that has turned into a rallying cry for these protesters here now earlier now we're in a mall that's just adjacent to that train station now earlier within the last 2 hours there were at least a 1000 people in here chanting slogans singing the anthem for the protestors here but what's very interesting in just i'd say the last 15 minutes you might be able to hear that a general alarm has been triggered and there are protests leaders here who are among the people this about a 1000 people that have been here for the last 2 hours they told everyone to leave because they were concerned it sounded like some people were coming in to remove them so they actually told the people to leave and again you know this is a multi-layered mall here and you had at least

a 1000 people in here for about 2 hours is quite an amazing sight. now for safety they say they're getting everybody of them all now right and we're looking at live pictures from another part of the territory scott where we can see riot police lining up as well but generally skull to mean the fact that we are now into the full month of sustained protests is quite remarkable isn't it to the 5 core objectives still hold all of these protests is and. all rule of them on the same page or all of them still in agreement with one another. right absolutely and what's interesting that those riot police you're seeing now live is probably just right outside this mall that is the main reason we got the call the protesters were getting the call to leave because they were concerned that those protests those riot police you see in those images were going to come in and clear it out so they're going out now and obviously we're looking at probably

a standoff outside this mall that when you look at the unison of the voice of these protesters yes it's very much on target if you will you know they have those 5 demands one has been met and that is that this bill that the controversy or extradition bill that launched all of this back in june that has been removed but they are adamant these protesters that those 4 other issues are dealt with and there's been no movement on those whatsoever and there are some pretty hard decisions that the government needs to make it hasn't been making so it's very interesting and the one of the most important ones to these protesters and why we're here today and that is because of the violence they say against the protesters yes by what we saw in that gang that attacked them 2 months ago today but also the police they say police brutality that these protesters have faced over these several months of protesting here all right scott thank you for that. is a man in hong kong today. that is pacific nations have cut diplomatic ties with taiwan and in favor of china the solomon islands and kitty about and they have both

3. agreements establishing diplomatic relations with beijing taiwan says china is using investment to lure away its allies and reduce its international presence beijing claims taiwan is part of its territory anyway and the 15 countries now recognize a self-governing island as a sovereign nation. the further taliban attacks have fared in afghanistan where there's only 7 days ago now before the presidential election while many people hope it will lead to greater stability others fear the vote could make a bad situation worse but mcbride reports from the capital kabul. this election opposite glimpse of afghanistan's ethnic diversity testing allegiances and divisions at a time of growing instability. the front runner is the incumbent president i stress ghani a pashtoon from the country's largest ethnic group. but like the other 16 candidates

in this race he's carefully picked running mates to get support from other ethnic groups. and why they're scared of the unity of this team scared of our plans for government gandhi's vice presidential running mate is a prominent tajik to me hopes will take votes away from his biggest rival dr abdullah abdullah he served in all afghan governments since the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. at this rally received backing from one of the major pashtoon tribes. our main purpose is we use the selection and this campaign as an opportunity to share different voices different hopes different visions with afghans a form of warlord abdul rashid dostum from the community is also backing up to. this election is a reminder of the country's decades old conflict with another former prime minister

and warlords standing for election. but playing on so many fault lines this election has the potential to worsen an already precarious situation. stale it offers the chance of a new start. there were many purposes. of this election in this campaign the sniper to meet. to share different voices different hopes different vision with us as a former head of afghanistan's spy agency drama to an appeal is a fierce critic of the government's endemic corruption and also accuses ghani of misusing official results is to help him campaign in spite of his unpopularity he has the advantage of being in power and can take credit for what little progress there's been over the past 5 years able to bring together probably more groups than most in this diverse country many say he's the only choice at

a time but few options robert bright i'll just say are a couple. of 14 year old palestinian boy is being buried after his body was kept in israeli custody for more than a month dozens of palestinian blood is a still being withheld some of which are being temporarily buried in israel palestinians are condemning the policy saying that everyone has the right to a proper burial need abraham has more now from the funeral in the occupied west bank a funeral that was delayed for over a month is happening now in the town of lighting that after the israeli authorities released the body 14 year old man the ability to be very. close was fired after attempting to see the soldiers in the old city of jerusalem individual august the. like it there just illustrated it is right.