demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. how their i'm the stars here today and how with the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has warned that the corona virus outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it's a mug's departure from the optimistic picture he has projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many states mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . in the past president cost himself as america's cheerleader making rosy predictions about the course of the pandemic that were often at odds with the facts but this was a more subdued president than on previous occasions it will probably unfortunately

get worse before it gets better something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is and a complete reversal on the use of mosques something that in the 1st few months of the pandemic the president often derided at one stage even expressing support for anti mosque protests in a number of states this to it seems a thing of the past i have no problem with the masks i view it this way anything that potentially can help and that certainly can potentially help is a good thing i have no problem i carry it i wear it you saw me wearing it a number of times and i'll continue if there were some familiar claims that the u.s. is leading the world in testing and that it's mortality rate is lower than anywhere both assertions declared false by most health experts and little comment about a startling report from the centers for disease control it says the official figure of some $3600000.00 cases of coronavirus in the us is dramatically less than what

it now is to mates could be as many as $38000000.00 cases it's not clear whether the president's new embrace of reality rests in a recognition not because such as these or whether he's seeking to reverse what top politically damaging polling figures about the public's view of the way he's handled the crisis mike hanna al-jazeera washington. bolivia's health ministry is a purchasing lawmakers controversial plans to allow the use of a belief like substance to treat the virus the senate passed that measure last week and people have been lining up to buy bottles of chlorine dioxide despite warnings from the health ministry that it's not fit for human consumption and police in bolivia have recovered the bodies of more than $400.00 people thought to have died from the corona virus the dead were picked up from streets vehicles and homes over the past 5 days

a chinese made coronavirus vaccine is currently being trialled in brazil the testing program was launched in sao paolo and will also take place in several other states brazil has the world's 2nd west outbreak after the united states and the u.s. has charged 2 chinese men for hacking hundreds of companies including firms developing coronavirus vaccines prosecutors say they carried out a long campaign targeting global defense and energy industries on behalf of chinese intelligence china has now taken its place alongside russia array and north korea in that shameful club of nations that provide a safe haven for cyber criminals in exchange for those criminals being on call for the benefit of the state here to feed the chinese communist party used appetite for american and other non chinese companies hard earned intellectual property including covert 19 research south korea's leading internet service neva has

become the 1st major foreign tech group to pull out of hong kong the company has moved its backup service to singapore after china imposed a far reaching national security deal that he and hostages held on a bus in ukraine have been freed unharmed after a personal intervention by the president the standoff ended after a rather me as alinsky agreed to the hostage takers demand to endorse an animal rights documentary. and saudi arabia's king solomon has held a cabinet meeting via video call from the hospital and riyadh the 84 year old monarch was admitted on monday prompting concerns about his health and the future of the kingdom he is reportedly in stable condition while being treated for the inflammation of the cold data well those are the headlines next up its yemen war profiteers stay with us.

was. it's a school trip. 60 children are traveling going across one of them to thomas. the rest would be filmed by security cameras suddenly the bus is hit by a bomb. the strong blast rips through shops nearby. love me here the moment was low but i won't even think i love that i live in ink

now you. know that i know a lot of a lot of you know another love of god a lot of help i have one on a good time of need you know you go yeah i'm dyin away but. to let me have a nothing. been up here i don't know what i. opened another album up one year ago love love at a. time and even e he about heaven now usually in our human hand i say head oh there's a love of. ali was 11 years old he was buried alongside the other children the airstrike killed 51 people and left 79 wounded. the school bus was hit by saudi u.a.e. coalition jets they called it a mistake and claimed their target was the who the rebels the armed group that

overthrew a democratically elected yemeni government the group has controlled northwest yemen and the capital city of sanaa says 2014 saudi and u.a.e. led coalition is trying to crush the who these and keep their next door neighbor in check it has pounded yemen relentlessly more than 19000 airstrikes since the coalition entered the war in 20151 3rd of these attacks have struck non military targets. it is believed that the fighting from both sides has caused an estimated $50000.00 civilian deaths. saudi arabia buys its weapons from the united states and the u.k. as well as a number of european arms manufacturers led by french and german companies. officially the use of these european weapons is compliance with international law but the truth is far more complex this is a u.k.

manufactured weapon produced in a 2015. minutes all school ended and shipped girl one duck duck go together muffled up to look at the light this is all a. rest for answers europe's leaders are keeping their lips sealed. because if he doesn't do it we don't need it is it a momentous year will also for the phones to be focused on your peers. evidence has been gathered accusation. has to be mechanical the bomb maker of them off go back go join a computer think that lets you know that it the u.k. and france themselves those states are risking complicity in future unlawful coalition attacks.

the saudi and u.a.e. that coalition has been accused of violating international humanitarian law and the rules of war supplying the weapons used in these alleged war crimes would make the u.k. france and germany complicit. who support and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every dean families fleeing the fighting the poor into the region's biggest hospital in also the ca. most of the hospitals in rebel held areas have been destroyed so wounded

civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here there from her day down a city near the frontline. that. the sleekness 8. 100. 96000 so most of them. is a 6 month old baby's mother she and her husband have been shuttled from camp to camp to escape the bombing with no need to feed their 6 children and for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money time and again i don't let them fight it like this if it is a fish that mines 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this if i. have a hood to leave the without. but alone i am enough of the

hash out am a number that sell them. and at the end i had them when and then i had them with me and cat and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 that i get. one of headless children already died from malnutrition since the war started. to stop the filthy weapons supply the coalition has placed a naval blockade on yemen simultaneously preventing the delivery of food and humanitarian aid to the rebel held areas where these families live. have. failed to love those. kind of. set up for her leave. even. newborns are suffering and before the war this new need 2 units usually cared

for around 10 babies now there aren't enough into beaters to house the ailing infants on the way. and may lack it over something like all good imma say heaven may lend a muttered to himself i had. this mother brought in her baby last night her 5 month old girl is fighting for life london so that. survives. bad now all the. offenders to answered our questions. get a bit of a 100. 1000000 the love baby stuff. is in the you know. of. their land to let it you.

says their sanity duress a las. oh man the air. will. get. things it can see again in my den ink well i'm a helical that. i scented through of the them of it. since the war in yemen started $85000.00 children have reportedly starved to death according to the un it's the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. in 2018 the un appointed a panel of experts to examine the coalition blockade on yemen and the impact of the thousands of airstrikes launched against civilians there. it concluded that these practices could qualify as war crimes it's pointed not only at saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but also at the party supply. in the coalition with weapons based on

a multilateral treaty regulating arms sales that has been enforced as 2014 the arms trade treaty or the a.t.t. stipulates dots a state party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms if it has knowledge at the time of authorization that the arms are items would be used in the commission of attacks directed against civilians objects or other war crimes. but whose weapons are used in these alleged crimes these are keen to put forward their evidence. after air strikes the rebels scour the rubble for bomb remains to identify where they came from. where they started their remains at sites like this. this bomb cemetery in sana'a holds

both american and european bombs. the manager of the store house says these bombs are u.k. maids. as. to how i feel not a vile shotgun so you're not ok at a few of the a lot of that shit. so what oh. it's awful. to look at have to know how that bit funny so number. one will. say your mouth you want me to get out. of a star. well good. for our british. intermission just to get in there how did. i want to miss back. a little while how

the love happened in the uk and i don't have the money the house up more given that about the other. but i don't know if you go look. when cluster bombs like this hit the ground they become land mines which have been outlawed since 2010 by the also convention. but these remains were shown to us by who thiis one of the parties in this conflict we have no way to corroborates where they came from there are very few independent sources in yemen human rights watch is one of the few independent n.g.o.s investigating on the ground.

if you're in a place where they won't let you take photos but you want to get the g.p.s. and you the phone that has to can take g.p.s. for. next sometimes if you just take a photo of the floor then you can get the g.p.s. coordinates at the secret site $25.00 members of the engine room norton i have come together for the 1st time human rights watch experts are training them on how to gather evidence most prefer to remain anonymous for their own safety and that of their families and we're trying to do something like a human rights memory for the violations that happening in the ground to keep it for the future for in the accountability and legal steps. we are all. saved by accident. many of our soldiers such as has been detained more than once and want to know is receiving a lot of firsts and we are facing a lot of hate campaigns from all parties to the conflict what is the 1st way you

would try and find information about what happened with fear strike. over. ok. you know. what do you mean when you say oh. oh oh. ok great so many now you know sam is point is a really good reminder the accuracy of the information collected on the ground is vital it will be used by international organizations in their reports or videos of the strike site they also talked about renditions and physical remains of the types of weapons that were used right so physical evidence can be very very important. human rights watch has only been able to look into 88 attacks that would be deemed illegal under international law in 24 of those attacks it managed to pinpoint where

the munitions came from. this is a u.k. manufactured weapon guided bomb produced in may 2015 and the reason the dates are important is because it's months after the coalition began its military campaign as well as human rights organizations in the u.s. and others are raising concerns about the way in which the coalition was operating in yemen so by continuing to sell weapons to saudi arabia or other members of the coalition that are likely to be used in unlawful coalition attacks in yemen the u.k. and france themselves those states are risking complicity in future unlawful coalition attacks. aware of this risk of complicity the european parliament's began calling for a suspension of arms sales to saudi arabia 2 years ago. 5 e.u. member states have stopped sending more weapons to saudi arabia but these exclude the kingdom's biggest suppliers led by the united kingdom. since the outbreak of

the war in yemen u.k. arms manufacturers have sold more than 5000000000 euros worth of weapons to saudi arabia this support has sparked an eye. president and wave of protest from both the british public and parliament. british arms sales are sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the wall it cannot be right that her government this is pretty good aid cannot be right that her government is truly looting in warley united nations says' is evidence of war crimes. 3 months after that speech troubling revelations heighten the criticism over arms sales in the united kingdom arms export permits are in theory granted on a case by case basis specific licenses must be approved by the government and

n.g.o.s the campaign against arms trade investigated the permits granted to export to saudi arabia. as good information for you i think a lot of people don't know about as well that was willing to help him. they discovered that the british government had loosened the licensing process to speed up arms exports. we find out freedom of information requests that bombs and missiles are going to say the forces under open license open licenses are meant to be for goods which are not but which are not particularly sensitive then 5 of these some of the more sensitive exports can be made we're talking about bombs we're talking but missiles in fact government has hidden for true value of u.k. arms exports to saudi arabia.

even a member of the u.k. parliament's committees on arms export controls said that he is powerless. as an m.p. a member of the committee has been able to know how much i mean nation have been sent on these open licenses to saudi arabia you know we have no idea because the government just does not record they are open tickets to send as much of that particular item to that particular country so saudi arabia in this case as that country wants and the company wants and that's a real problem because it could be hundreds of millions of rounds to saudi arabia the saudi case is an interesting but difficult one because the amount of money involved. so you are always going to come up to the front page of ethics.

economics. france faces the same dilemma during the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman's last visit to paris president emmanuel mccall was asked about the issue. to human abrasion of the clare blessed with a secure it did lobby so did he go on the exam thank you many and again the population here in. the french president is pursuing the same policy embraced by his predecessors on both ends of the political spectrum. between 20122017 the volume of weapons supplied to saudi arabia has tripled from 400000000 to 1300000000 euros. in 2015 when the war intensified in yemen it didn't slow arms exports quite

the contrary. it governorship us dollars to refuse to face you go check on the french government has continued to approve arms exports to a country accused of possible war crimes by the un. this sparked uproar in the french parliament in new york called other mulford about for it this is all michael janda really are these the ruling old enough force you just got gold of having said . no only of our buddies are going to come or the only baguette the last leg claire to divulge it down to me don't ever eat sauce or tories as your express is set on. the results show x. plus and if we then examine x. taimanov he who would give us only reason i mean is there really to press is

a moment of silliness i don't know minos will. act. according to flaunt sparkly question during a closed door meeting of the defense committee officially saudi arabia may use french made arms only to defend itself. can our weapons had an impact on the population. to my knowledge the ground equipment sold to saudi arabia is not being used offensively defensively. half.

trust going to get us and if our intelligence if you show the best value think about a shock you don't like a legal external street create another. thread. but how does france monitor the use of arms that it sells. like you. with the french government fail to respond to repeated questions on the matter. it's all official response to the issue of arms exports. i report to parliament issued every year. since you left do you visit down south to see that. seal so you get to go to we can't it will be down in the stuff is there some useful tools there but don't be a catalyst you need to pull your bicycle support i mean. because i don't mess with us i was there to look if you don't want added of a mushroom but she discovered by the weapon i just as well should polluted this i won't see that it will do so screw you and all of us but who want us for that is

what you said yeah sure but the city as it will point to it will say if i don't comply. then they will question you asked me whatever you know the longest walk. you know. every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. along with us u.k. and german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabia led coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment.

jump into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic violence that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he keeps human way to a business if we're going to adapt to climate breakout this dream on out is the era . afghanistan is on the cusp of a new chapter in its history. as to the us on the telephone signed an agreement to pave the way for the withdrawal in the mansion troops. high cost was paid to go to this point. over the past few years the u.s. has increasingly conducted its part of the war from the sky with more bombs dropped last year than any other year in the past decade. but with that came

a rise in civilian casualties. this is war i couldn't stop and mistakes do happen and that this is about owning all mistakes this is about things are in this about accountability in the in the last day on account of war for families we interviewed not receiving adult humans from the u.s. left without closure. they told us that they so like what happened to their loved ones was a crime. and they want justice and answers something war too often do not. grow in god and harsh an unforgiving circumstances children learn to play dangerous games they existed before our very studies that destroyed the house and take worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment but took me to the jeep and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison life inside and out

. on al-jazeera. you're the owner. hello there i'm a star and with the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has warned that the corona virus outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better he is now urging the public to wear masks and has also promised to deliver a vaccine as soon as possible the u.s. is the worst affected country in the wild and is dealing with a huge surge in infections mike hanna has more from washington d.c. it was a somewhat measured president compared to previous performances at these briefings the 1st one in a number of months but once again the president believing the role for the most part that he describes himself as america's cheerleader something contrary bosy

picture. that continues to rip through the majority of us states still climbing cases of coronavirus recorded and certainly the death rate as well people in bolivia have been lining up to buy a bleach like substance to treat the coronavirus lawmakers are pushing a bill to manufacture and supply chlorine dioxide but the health ministry is warning of its dangers and says the toxic agent is not fit for human consumption and police in bolivia have also recovered the bodies of more than 400 people thought to have died from the virus the dead were picked up from streets vehicles and homes over the past 5 days the government has been advised to delay presidential elections due in september. a chinese made coronavirus vaccine is being trialled in brazil the testing program was launched in sao paolo and will take place and several other states brazil has the world's 2nd west outbreak after

the us. and the u.s. has now charged 2 chinese men for hacking hundreds of companies including firms developing coronavirus vaccines prosecutors say they carried out a long campaign targeting global defense and energy industries on behalf of chinese intelligence 13 hostages held on a bus in ukraine have been freed unharmed after a personal intervention by the president the standoff ended after the other news olinsky agreed to the hostage takers demand to endorse an animal rights documentary . south korea's leading internet service neva has become the fast major foreign tech company to pull out of hong kong the company has moved its backups of us to singapore to china imposed a far reaching national security you know while now it's back to yemen wolf profit is.

this country's begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few. neighborhoods and

many fear the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall of good will come yet again the focus is on doubt here about spiking public 19 craigs we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus content a special coverage on al-jazeera. every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal pods to show off their newest and best armaments. along with u.s. u.k. and german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabian led coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment. both the coalition led by saudi arabia and the u.a.e.

and the hope the rebels have been accused of war crimes raising the possibility that their suppliers are also complicit. at the last arms trade show this these are how would serve was on display used by the saudi national guard it has a 40 kilometer firing range and the one meter strike accuracy this powerful weapon has been a big seller for the next her group. none of the groups are presented to us would answer the filmmakers questions. but an extra worker spoke out. with a clear push ellis already realize you want to know makes their. if you don't was already sort of human because they go speak to the others or eric bruni is a union delegates at next are driven by his convictions and protected by his union

mandates he travels around france telling arms industry workers how french made arms are being used in yemen where you see no notice i just was a different is it really is that i was that there was enough of oculus that you referred to your comment is that there are more suicide of us what is the us wish real good in the us required of us like there is no human. has been protesting. the orders continue with more expected soon. in late august 2018 another next to employees the is that a new contract has just been negotiated with saudi arabia. to protect our stores this dialogue has been reenacted.

this contract was signed while the un was raising the possibility that the coalition committed war crimes. none of the details of these contracts have been made public it's not the 1st controversial defense contract between france and saudi arabia oh yeah yeah. yeah. in

2014 france signed a contract to sell 2400000000 euros worth of military equipment to saudi arabia officially the saudis were supposed to give them to their ally lebanon to help that fight so-called terrorists. but 2 years later the saudis decided to keep the weapons for themselves with france's approval they claim the situation in lebanon had become too unstable. but this decision appears to have been premeditated. norsworthy it in winners and losers here. job or a long day. purportedly

instead of helping lebanon saudi arabia was preparing its war in yemen with help from friends the filmmaker spoke with one of 24000 sources. the informant still works in the arms industry and prefers to remain anonymous in 2015 he or she helped prepare the communications systems for the vehicles to saudi arabia. a source that the french arms maker knew the weapons would be used in yemen .

i mean sure that has been so bigoted. so plentiful bill dreamed did the people said it yet to do fancy pursuit and hard to nuss a b. h. belief for us so we know our previous you said year. 0 mark and hold was prime minister when the donors contract was negotiated. he was then appointed foreign affairs minister and held the position when the military weapons shipments to saudi arabia began. his arm of the orchestra was of your view if you. need to point to the soup of so called resource it was a bottle is true that egalitarian booker's any basic you can keep the seagulls you want to preserve the book best is it if you stop to think it's ok to pollute the zone craze when he said the connection is understood element of only nuclear

development of the body might die and the only question you haven't examined on the question to be able is because it was simply. a thief in a window you will say. you see because from possible position where put it. it was a very difficult part to. miss is that because it gave us a cigar comparable to you know what i was going to come out in a lab so we base it up see what i think of myself on property a check for than exam oh cup of global quirkily good as you like to do you know me lounge also all about the over deliver school as usual mo you know he could most. street movement to a nazi so we have off at the afghans each as you more could be. on jail or audrey or human counselling but you never progress from south from the view that met. the dulness contract provided for the delivery of

munitions 1st is there how would series $24000.00 spotted them in footage filmed by a saudi t.v. crew at the border with yemen. over me. i see you don't walk. and chances are known jones longtime cheery scituate a financial sojourner from spelling do you sit down a different city. home tonight i know we're going to go more of a d.v.d.-a. but i wonder what your birthdate of concern about only. the chances are. thanks to his inside sources and social network sites that focus on armaments he identified french weapons and used on the frontline. all out. nuclear on next.

day the human belgian republic it was it was on the pulse of the humanitarian. force encountered a total of 11 weapons that could have been used against civilian populations but couldn't get anyone to officially confirm his list. it is classified information deemed top secret. no one can check on the executive branch's arms deals not even members of parliament who are supposed to monitor the government's actions. so the un. my goodness saws it your best took it to your sort of joe hockey. they are due to get us after this for the year and go into a bit of a turn against questionable places that don't work there destroys. all up with the

additional rigs you can change post a to school that was a day or is this all see. but you said and you. saw it all to fix your way home value. me presentation it will president remember and i haven't wanted to defame a fish your best you're feeling really sure is going to use it all when you sit by the me shortly only to put us in my own force of assuming that and then also there's an admission that says after some time that's how it was or did what he had to wait on i spent time with that quite a few ways as his role of almost nobody montel novel but that was. to increase transparency in july 2018 a deputy proposed creating a committee to investigate the use of french weapons in the war in yemen fabian good to fast oppose the move the committee of inquiry never got off the ground.

one arguments used to justify the contracts these arms sales helped france maintain its strong geopolitical foothold in the region. the 2nd argument is a canard make the arms industry employs 165000 people in france. this center in france is looking region has been set up to train saudi soldiers on how to use our influence purchased from france it was subsidized by the local government and is expected to employ 100 local workers just last longer you senator for the muse supported the project while serving as french defense minister in 20112012. he increased french trade with saudi arabia substantially you have known who couldn't do an on camera interview but had this to say be a telephone. official. as an issue that's.

the reason. all except a little bit as. i think is if i said i'm to get on television it's a good place to go. to me but it's going to be. all . nothing seems to have slowed down the sales not the accusations of war crimes nor the thousands of civilian deaths not even the murder of a saudi dissident in october 2018. isn't that his judgement crashing into a train bus taxi that's really an issue that i decided to taste accurate history because i had to demarcate loudly so did. german i should be again it is true it does something straight out i still mood. in france. skilling's

per the official protests but its effect trade with the saudis. in germany the reaction was harsher. that's. been done to name them all nixon. and the chance there's decision to the promise she made 7 months earlier but never put into practice and going to merkel and was putting together her government at the time ishmael one doesn't mind the coffee voided just to sit. at the prompting of social democrats. to stop exporting weapons to countries involved in the fighting in yemen. has to.

survive. exposed because it's all. in a few forbidden to the show. by a district suleman so we're still mostly for woman for. good reason but for me she is all i know. i know political. and. when you see him get america pleading. because of the case how do you feel. the good. in the as the same and.

as mine as a line before here woman the human stopped in. and always was dissolved disappointed ticked side fed you think your novel for the internet's another put it took but boy. the goodness comes love i'm so lucky. in germany 136000 people work for the arms industry and number of this decision was numbed the knesset applauded by the german public. and open. with a member of the committee on foreign affairs and the disarmament commission for 8 years i'm going to back and i'd like to give a kind of often i thought here i mean if i'm not. going hard to bidding on creatures in the harmony it does.

invite i've often export economy to having another geelong amanda come to god it's a whole saudia have been vetted by that point. some weapons makers didn't even wait a few months. heineman time germany's 2nd biggest defense contractor apparently devised a strategy for getting around the back. behind me time executive refused to answer requests coming. the information came out by accident discovered by a former italian and. 29th 2015. p.t. and a colleague were getting ready to take off from calgary airports. say

a medicine man. meant better over. the side of the border to the. beat of the bomb that. was the bomb but. then more on the. document that meant they're going to starve and. we're going to. turn around. but. even then it. depends. on the. stuff to be complete got to be stopped a quest. for cost i went i meant that.

he then discovered that more bombs were about to be shipped out this time and boots belonging to the body shipping company which belonged to saudi arabia. container is again we don't know. a container. entering shayna visually for. that. he filmed more than 20 of these convoys where. he also made a key discovery the bombs are manufactured by an italian company that belongs to germany's hine mittal group. they are m.k. series bombs identifiable by the code stamped on them during manufacture 84 for

47. with this code a link was made to a war crime committed against civilians in yemen. in october 26th the saudi and u.a.e. led coalition bombed a house where a couple and their 4 children lived. the strike killed the entire family. the bomb remnants found in the ruins carried the high midtown subsidies town. any proof or of course that. china completes a 10th of that so that it. did a ski lift for the acquittal it provoke little sort of. local saying the. saudi doctor will not call list for subject us equipment to their sky ain't that.

the investigation prompted germany's peace networks to take action. it confirmed the findings of arms expert next hour he spent the past 2 years investigating the arms exports which is fine mittal channel to saudi arabia through its alyan subsidiary. in asking. a visa from a different i know less one f. me on auto can lock fundamental. in forgotten man yeah but talk to owns of radio one lot all. black. up like us. on the help that it is big or mean from that union all's legal to get you see you in the audience have been have most of us all job in a fooling. with politicians feeling to stem the tide of arms flowing to saudi

arabia some activists have turned their efforts to the courts. among them a team in the group painted by andrew smith and experts with a campaign against arms trade. in march 2017. 18 filed a complaint contesting the legality of uki arms sales to saudi arabia they were once 1st. for these only to cool legal action is because we believe fees arms sales are not just a mortal we belief it also illegal u.k. arms export criteria is very clear it says if there is a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law and an arms sale should not go ahead the case brought several classified emails to light like this one considered a defense secrets. in the head of the export control joints units

a government organization expresses doubts about the legality of the arms shipments concluding. to be honest and i was very direct and honest with the secretary of state my gut tells me we should suspend. the n.-g. o. lost the 1st round in the case but was allowed to file an appeal. on june 20th the u.k. court of appeals ruled on the case declaring brit. arms deals to saudi arabia for use in its war in yemen unlawful. the u.k. government has halted licenses for weapons exports to yemen while it appeals the ruling. this victory has provided fresh hope for human rights advocates in yemen as they push forward to relentlessly with their investigation. despite the chaos they

have not given up hope that one day the perpetrators of these crimes and their accomplices will be brought to trial. for the victims' families the mourning will not end until justice has been served. hello there mostly house and draw of course throughout much of the middle east we have had wanted to showers in the last few days across areas of yemen also these coastal areas of oman we could see a few more of those as well in the next few days but to the north is then clear and

dry and it has been warm so you can see why people are cooling down in this fountain in it to be seen and actual fat also showers all the way across into georgia as we go through wednesday heavy downpours as well particularly towards azerbaijan maybe going to 2 showers on the way to to run as well but a warm day a high there of 38 degrees celsius and you can see the blowing sand and dust through iraq and for the south across into saudi temperatures of course here typically in the mid to high forty's celsius but the winds a sunny kicking up out sun just for the next couple of days and as i say be prepared wanted to showers in and around santa and also across towards a solid then down into southern africa plenty of rain through those central tropical regions but we're also watching this this mass of cloud here it's a possible tropical cyclone developing in the next couple of days it doesn't make a great deal of headway tools madagascar but even so through these eastern areas and of course the usual say across seas the central tropical regions them by thursday the rain becoming a little bit closer to nor the madagascar but staying fine and dry across south

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