if you want to help save the world. from a legal victory for qatar the international court of justice rules in its favor in a case involving 4 arab nations that have blocked qatari planes from using their airspace. i'm about this and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up the u.k. government bans the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from the chinese tech giant faraway. washington rejects beijing's claims in the south china sea china in turn accuses the us of undermining regional peace

and stability. 14 people dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us and by john and armenia. we begin with breaking news from the international court of justice at the hague it's ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf state and that prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their airspace the court said the u.n. the civil aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. unanimous. rejected deal brought by the king of bahrain. of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. to. by 15 both you.

told me that the council of the international t.v. that the organization has been doing that they. need to eat by the government of the 38 of. the 27 p. and the c. of the occasion he said listen. a little began in june 27th teen saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt sever ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade doha then called on the international civil aviation organization to declare the air book aid illegal but the blockade in countries challenge that move suggesting the un agency didn't have the jurisdiction to handle the dispute in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction that was a move in qatar as favor locating countries then turned to the international court of justice asking it to reexamine the issue of jurisdiction it's now ruled in

qatar's favor once again it paves the way for doha to possibly sue the blockading countries for compensation or find other ways to end the air blockade saudi arabia the u.a.e. buck rein and egypt accuse qatar is government of supporting terrorism allegations without evidence that doha a strongly denied the air restrictions imposed 3 years ago affected several major flight routes the pos through the airspace over the blockading nations and forced qatar airways to make longer detours and use limited alternate flight paths carter says the airspace restrictions by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. on a clear violation of international law step boson's been covering the story for us at the hague and she says legal experts are calling this a very clear verdict in favor of qatar. it comes down to 2 cases that have been filed by the 4 countries against qatar it deals with

a chicago convention from 944 but also an air services transit agreement also signed in 1944 those agreements deal with the same issue which is a freedom of movement between countries in air space so qatar has filed this case at the i counsel and the countries have appealed against this for a week now the president has explained at length that the chicago convention signed by most nations in the world that this is a very right convention to use that it deals exactly with this issue that qatar is dealing with now because the 4 countries have said it wasn't the case they said this isn't a security issue dealing with terrorism it has nothing to do with the asian so the president has made made clear that it has to do with. also another appeal a part of the appeal was about the negotiations the countries had q scott of not doing enough to to to come to

a diplomatic settlement before taking the case to the i.k.o. counsel now the president here at the court has decided that qatar did everything it could to to make all the diplomatic efforts possible to avoid going to the i.k.o. council even until the last minute the president sat but it was very clear that the countries were unwilling to reach decide to mend so on all accounts this appeal was rejected sort of mohamad all honey for he is an agent of the state of qatar before the international court of justice here outlined the various next steps the court architecture. this is a very important flawless victory for the state of qatar before the international court of justice the chicago convention has clearly illustrated that if a decision was made by the council of the i.q. then the member states that are concerns with that decision must follow precisely that decision and if they did not then it is the authority or the right of the

state that has been affected by that decision is to raise that matter again to the council and there are certain sanctions that the council me grant the state of qatar for example not allowing the member states to vote in the general council or even to certain extent spotters a pete in certain important meetings and that will have its own. harsh side effect on those states but definitely in all cases any decision that has been made or will be made by the i keel as a council then it's allowed and permitted to be appealed in front of the. let's assume for example the decision in the future was not in favor of the seat of art as a sumption then the state of qatar is allowed according to article it is for to appeal the decision of front of the i.c.j. where the i.c.c. has the strong in a binding to enforce ability of their decision in the future so in all cases about has clearly assessed the situation in front of it and believe strongly that the

i.q. as a council is the 1st step right now to resolve that civil aviation dispute. is joining us now for some more insights into this room clearly this is a significant ruling for the qataris but of course the question is how much leverage if any does it give qatar in terms of the longer term fight with regards to the blockade or road this is quite a significant step forward for the qatari government of this explains why short while ago the issued a statement saying that they welcomed the ruling of the international court of justice the qatari missiles. transport and communications just matters lately saying that this is an in this is going to be a step forward for the located in countries to face justice which means of the qatari government is definitely going to move forward towards the international civil aviation authority and ask for the ask them to consider the blockade is illegal if you take all these things into the against the backdrop of the political

crisis from a qatari perspective and you compare it to what happened in on the 5th of june 2017 it's a clear indication of the qataris are pursuing a strategy based on discrediting the whole narrative that has been presented by the blockade in countries at the same time and with those legal victories now they will go to the international community and say not only will i would like to see can position or go to the international civil aviation authority but ultimately the goal is to dismantle the whole narrative about the brigade and ask for an immediate and to a blockade they do understand that this is going to be a protracted legal battle but politically speaking you don't see any indication that we're going to have an imminent and to the political crisis the americans have been trying according to war suit journal about a few months ago to convince the them or it is of the saudis to allow qatar of the right of overflights that didn't happen because the embassies of the saudis said no

so i guess the backdrop of the strained relations between the neighbors in the region i think for qatar the ruling by the i.c.c. is quite a significant movement forward thanks very much. live for us in doha. saudi arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of english premier league club newcastle united but it's just cancelled one of the league's biggest broadcast partners it's permanently ending the license of qatar's be in sports in the kingdom be in is the main rights holder in the region but it's been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since 2017 when that country along with the u.a.e. bukharin and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar saudi arabia has also backed the pirate broadcaster b. out q which has been stealing copyrighted content from b. in sports the premier league is yet to decide whether to allow the city back to takeover of newcastle be in sports has released this statement in response saying

this decision was arrived at through sham legal proceedings that repeatedly violated beings due process rights at every turn we would also question as we have for 3 years of society citizens can watch premier league matches legally in saudi arabia with this permanent ban on the premier league's license broadcaster the u.k. has banned the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from chinese telecoms giant hallway from december the 31st hallway has called the decision disappointing and politicized by mr baez johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u.s. but says the company is a security risk britain's digital minister all over dowden said it was not an easy decision but the right one for u.k. telecoms. the u.k. can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future privacy while we 5 to equipment affected by the change in u.s.

foreign direct product rules the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to equipment to build the u.k.'s future 5 g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so china is accusing the united states of trying to stir up trouble in the south china sea that's after secretary of state michael said beijing's claims to the region are completely unlawful china claims almost the entire area but that's disputed by several other southeast asian countries i hear boats from bangkok. in several areas of the south china sea islands at holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts i want also claims parts

of the south china sea along with several southeast asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month the vietnamese prime minister opened the latest southeast asian leaders summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. while the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight against the pandemic responsible acts and violations of international laws are still taking place affecting the environment of security and stability in several regions including ours the statement from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o'kane after the permanent court of arbitration in the hague ruled that china's claims were invalid the case was taken by the philippines but the verdict did nothing to slow china's assertiveness tensions between china and the united states have been increasing over trade coronavirus. i won hong kong and now the south china sea. the u.s. statement neglects the history and facts about the issues about the south china sea

it breaches the u.s. government's open commitment to not take any position on the sovereignty of the south china sea it violates an distorts international law it is stirring up territorial disputes in the south china sea which is very irresponsible. in recent weeks both militaries conducted exercises in the area with the us saying repeatedly it wants to ensure freedom of navigation beijing suspects otherwise not only is there strategic value in the south china sea but it's one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and is believed to hold large exploitable natural resources china has continued to develop parts of the region largely unopposed militarily while the u.s. statement doesn't necessarily signal a change in that regard it does signal a stronger stance against beijing and will increase tension during these unstable times when hey al-jazeera bangkok still had an all or 0 wartime measures are

brought in to tackle china's worst floods in decades plus. a british socialite facing sex trafficking charges is due to attend a bail hearing at a new york federal court. hello the seasonal rain is still falling in both japan and china but not in the same places that were affected by the particularly bad flooding a few days ago in fact to be the dalton shore of honshu that gets most of the rain during wednesday but there is a thing of stretching out from china toward southern q shoe which will produce some significant rain but probably just in the south back in the chinese end of it is more or less following the course of the yangtze which of course is at flood level of many places one being one in particular and there's more rain to come so that

flood level will do nothing to go down it'll probably even rise a little the seasonal rains really are quite heavy this year now in line with that there is cloud here so you imagine the coming down from will han that's moving slowly west was the forecast heaviest rains like to be over the philippines maybe dissatisfied in the north and have been particularly wet in new song recently but that line takes the dancers siller ways and then borders falls apart before you get further south in for example java heavy showers in nepal and in assam in northeast and india have produced flooding recently it is of course full monsoon season seed expect the heaviest rains will be to be in maharashtra mumbai south was and indeed that's where they are. in the aftermath of the 2011 quake and tsunami a remarkable more trade of

a remote japanese village. that is later how has the community of me. been able to move on and rebuild their lives. rewinds japan aftermath of the catastrophe. on al-jazeera. i want you to see a reminder of our top stories this hour the international court of justice has ruled in favor of qatar in its dispute for blockading arab states which is seen qatar prevented from flying over the airspace in the 2017 in the un's aviation

branch will not settle the dispute. the u.k. has banned the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from chinese from far away from december the 31st by mr bowers johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u.s. but says the company is a security risk. china's called the u.s. a trouble maker undermining peace and stability in the south china sea region that's after secretary of state my pump has said beijing's claims to the area were completely unlawful. 7 soldiers from and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates at the border it's the 3rd day of violence for us about johnny troops were killed and 5 armenian forces were injured earlier the 2 former soviet republics have been locked in conflict over nagorno-karabakh and on klav inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic armenians both the u.s. and russia have condemned the violence and called for restraint. al-jazeera is

robin for us jay walker who has extensively covered the conflict has more from tbilisi in neighboring georgia. b. as aries have grown over time very frustrated with the slow pace of of the peace talks president aliyev saying not too long ago that he felt it was dragging its feet and of course given the huge build up of military forces on both sides of the disputed territory and also on the international border between armenia and azerbaijan which is of course where this fighting has been taking place this huge buildup means that there is always of course the potential for. something to get out of hand so things have been quiet for a while but for a long time these kinds of incidents were taking place losses on both sides but this is certainly the most significant violence that we've seen since the so-called

4 day conflict which took place back in april 26th when some 200 people soldiers and civilians on both sides were killed so it's not come out of the blue and they certainly have been frustrations expressed on usery side about the lack of peace talks but of course it must be pointed out that both sides accusing each other of starting this latest. outbreak of violence which is threatening to escalate now that we've seen an additional 7 servicemen on these areas so i killed including high ranking military officials a military general. protests are running again in far east russia in support of a popular regional governor who's been arrested for murder they say the charges are political because sal gave for gulla secured an upset victory over the governing united russia party in 2018 and i see o'brien reports. the crowds might be smaller but they may see age in the same they demand the regional

governments are going to go be released. the rallies lasting long into the night incumbent office in russia's far east as much as. there is a joke going around the unluckiest person in the hard frost right now is the future and term governor what will he be able to do he'll have people walking under his windows asking for surgery for go. there have been protests here since forgot was detained last week and taken to moscow more than 6000 kilometers away to play it in court accused of murder. according to the investigation forgot was organizing assassination attempts on the murders of a list of businessman the charges date back about 15 years before he got into politics he denies the allegations which his supporters say politically motivated because he was popular and beat the candidate from the governing united russia party in the 2018 election. his victory was seen as reflecting

a growing public frustration with president vladimir putin and mocked and may just say bank. there's some kind of disregard for us in general for the citizens of russia it's like we mean nothing our choice doesn't mean anything everyone feels very upset. over the weekend thousands of people were out in this small city near the border with china and what's described as an unprecedented show of to st towards moscow they were elected him and it's up to watch to judge him we support him and don't understand why he was thinking. going on in russia is completely outrageous we have become it's a tele terry and society for the rest came just days after president putin oversaw a constitutional vote that could extend his hold on power until 2036 the region's mayor has warned the rallies are illegal and told people that for. a fair trial but

with the governor facing life in prison his supporters are refusing to back down brian al-jazeera. a man accuser torturing a woman and destroying ancient monuments. is standing trial at the international criminal court in the hague prosecutors say. out of an al qaeda linked armed group in mali and committed unimaginable crimes in the most brutal way possible is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity defense lawyers say he's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and could be unfit to stand trial. the plan and design was to impose a personal religious and ideological vision by force with a great deal of brutality and abuses constitution crimes against humanity and war crimes under the roma start to use this is the heart of the present case to use violence the commission of crimes against inhabitants who were belittled humiliated

assaulted and subjected to a real persecution on religious and sexist grounds to which there was no end and during which al hasan was the thinking and acting so all of the islamic police and played a central role tributes have been held in the ivory coast on uring prime minister ahmed a roll call of bali who passed away suddenly less than a week ago mourners have been gathering at the presidential palace in abidjan his funeral is scheduled for friday he was a popular figure in the ivory coast and he was due to run for president in october the world health organization fears too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as coronavirus cases top 13000000 its director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future the number of covered 1000 related deaths in latin america now exceeds those in the united states and canada combined it's now the world's 2nd worst hit region nearly 145000 people have died

and 3300000 are infected and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july the 24th those caught not wearing one could be fined as much as $125.00. singapore's economy has slipped into a recession because of the global pandemic its g.d.p. shrank by 41.2 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year it's the biggest contraction on record singapore's economy has been battered by a local rock down as well as the global shutdown affecting trade. in the united states california's governor is really imposing restrictions on businesses and public spaces is ordered indoor restaurants bars and cinemas to close as the state records a 20 percent rise in infections in the past 2 weeks. china's ramped up flood relief efforts in eastern junction province home to more than 46000000 people continuous rainfall along as biggest freshwater lake has flooded farmland and

forced thousands to leave their homes victoria gave reports. rescuers help people pack their belongings the water level around their homes has reached dangerously high levels and is still rising they've been told they must leave quickly but nobody knows how long they'll be gone for or what will be left of their homes when they return to their. local emergency departments across china's eastern province of jan she being up their response in preparation for an influx of people staff are taking delivery of thousands of tents beds blankets and towels. i have received 50 folding beds and 50 blankets so far people from 10 villages have been relocated once the supplies arrive at our town we just reach into villages immediately and many of those whose homes have been evacuated live near pole yang lake the largest freshwater lake in china to rent to rain has caused water levels to rise rapidly

and the authorities say they're expecting severe flooding in the coming days will know the high water level of 4 yang lake is expected to remain for another 20 days the current priority for flood control work is to enhance patrol forces for round the clock monitoring against risks along the embankments and be prepared with contingency plans in case of any emergency or. there's been 2 wrench will rain and flooding in central china 2 in neighboring province towns are submerged the meat is of police had floodwater across china the extent of the damage the economic loss and the number of lives lost is still being counted the chinese government allocated $85000000.00 of relief funds to 4 provinces and one municipality battling against floods victoria gate and be al jazeera the death toll from flooding and landslides in northeastern india has risen to 77 disaster authorities say 2000000 people have been displaced in state after 2 weeks of heavy rain the deluge has seen

one of asia's largest rivers burst its banks leaving huge areas underwater 40 disaster response teams have been sent to the worst hit areas and the army is on stand by the us federal government has carried out its 1st execution in 17 years it comes after the supreme court cleared the way for the killing white supremacist daniel levy was put to death by lethal injection on tuesday after days of legal wrangling it being convicted for murdering a family in the 1990 s. lee professed his innocence just before he was put to death of former british socialite and long time friend of convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein will face a judge in new york in the next hour killen maxwell had been charged for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking operation a defense is expected to try to get her out of the jail for she's on suicide watch the reports from brooklyn. the metropolitan detention center in brooklyn has

a troubled history last year the entire prison was without power for more than a week leaving inmates without heat during winter last month the detainee died after being pepper sprayed by a guard now several inmates have tested positive for corona virus this jail is now home for good lane maxwell the british socialite arrested earlier this month on charges she lured girls as young as 14 into sex with her longtime associate and boyfriend jeffrey epstein epstein was arrested last year while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges he was found dead in his jail cell in another new york prison it was ruled a suicide prison officials don't want the same to happen to maxwell they've reportedly taken away her bed sheets or anything else that she could use to harm herself or that could be used by other inmates that want to harm her according to

a lawyer that represents 6 of maxwell and epstein's alleged victims such precautions are necessary there are a number reasons why i don't think miss knox will leave prison alive 1st and foremost because of the information that she knows but secondly. i think that. when forced to reflect on her life's activities and what she has done in the past it may catch up with her and whether she decides to take her own life or whether and i guess only set this way you know prisoners are not friendly to child abusers at maxwell's arraignment and bail hearing on tuesday prosecutors will point to the $1000000.00 home she was living in at the time of her arrest as proof she has access to funds and is a flight risk if she's granted bail it's expected prosecutors will push maxwell to reveal all she knows in exchange for avoiding the trial possibly getting

a lighter sentence but for this to happen she has to remain alive keep rosendo. brooklyn. i read rainbow has been spotted in finland the fisherman recorded the rare sighting was out on a lake about 160 kilometers away from the capitol hill sinking red rambos so fond when the sun is low when the blue and green lights of regular rainbows are scattered leaving only reds and yellows. this is all it is even these other top stories the international court of justice has ruled in favor of qatar and its dispute with 4 blockading arab states which is in qatar prevented from flying over their airspace the un's aviation branch will not settle the dispute and turn to 17 saudi arabia egypt u.a.e. and buck rein imposed

a land sea and air blockade on qatar status and has more from the hague. the president decided that the i.k.o. council which the 4 countries who are against scott are and having this that they basically their appeal was rejected did not do a great job but that what they did to us correct so basically i k o has done the job correctly and can deal with the case from now on also the 4 countries had said that got us should have negotiated more before taking the case to i.k.o. well the president of the court also said that qatar did its up to negotiate and have a diplomatic settlement before taking the case to the i.k.o. council the u.k. has banned the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from chinese from hallway from december the 31st prime minister boris johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the us which says the company is a security risk. china has called the u.s.

a troublemaker undermining peace and stability in the south china sea region that's after secretary of state mike pompei oh said beijing's claims to the area were completely unlawful 7 soldiers from us by john and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates at the border the 2 former soviet republics have been locked in conflict over the nagorno-karabakh i don't claim inside the us or by john controlled by ethnic armenians a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in mani's timbuktu is on trial at the international criminal court in the hague al-hassan god is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity and those are the headlines coming up next on all jazeera it's rewind good buy.

richelle carey and welcome again to rewind back in 2006 we 1st launched al-jazeera english our mission was to seek out documentaries that other channels simply were not doing there on rewind or revisiting some of the best of them to find out how the story has moved on in the years sense today there are rewinding to 2000.