from one international organization to another one this is only happened one time in dark history of this course of this court so this is really unusual the civil international civil aviation organization is only dealt with these types of questions a few times and has never reached an actual decision again very unusual then we listen to the arguments that we have today really technical stuff jurisdiction is this body really judicial rather negotiations all this it sounds incredibly dry but has such huge importance for the outcome whether or not this other organization the international civil aviation organization whether it can open up the airways again so interesting case with massive import you're talking about procedure and technicalities but in essence this is a political case the 4 countries decided to take these measures to try and in force their policies now what's strange is that we're seeing a bit of. mixed messages coming out so on the one hand the basis of the blockade in countries coming to the i.c.j. is they're saying that which is the international organization was politicizing gets body by taking this decision but at the same time they're actually saying tha

after the international civil aviation organization earlier ruled in cutter's favor the latest now with show has been in court in the hague today jamal. welcome hour as you mentioned the final statements in a week long central trial or hearings that have been taking place were delivered by qatar's legal team in its they urged the international court of justice dismissed the appeal made by the blockading countries who had been asking that the i.c.j. intervenes claiming that i coude the. international civil aviation organization did not have the speciality or and therefore was not the right body to issue a decree which essentially stipulated that the closing of airspace by those 4 countries was illegal and in fact contravened international treaties before and now the 4 blockading countries were trying to essentially build their case on true essential points on the one hand as i mentioned there they were talking about jurisprudence and whether the international civil aviation organization had the right structurally rule in such a case and that was based on the 2nd point which was their jus

commercial flights from qatar what those countries then said was that i coude the international civil aviation organization didn't have the right to issue such a take such a position and referred the case to the international court of justice behind me it's taken that long now for the hearings to start and the. jury will be hearing those claims from the blockading countries should day tomorrow on tuesday it will then hear rebuttals from qatar and this will go on until friday to hear both sides of this and then it is expected to make a decision whether it believes the cow has the right to essentially issue such a statement or take such a position and jamaal how binding would any kind of a decision at the i.c.j. be on this country's. well essentially if the i.c.j. agrees in qatar's favor and says that actually i coul had the right to demand that the airspace is open it then becomes in. century ensure that this position or this decision is implemented by the blockading countries it has a number of different ways of doing so obviously each commercial airline of different countries a member of the international

after the international civil aviation organization in cattle's favor. has been and court hague over the past 5 days judges at the international court of justice heard the arguments made by the 4 blockading countries that is saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and egypt as to why they believe that the courts should intervene and over rule a decision made by the international civil aviation organization which decreed earlier about those 4 countries decision to block their airspace from civilian aircraft registered to qatar that ruling said essentially that decision was illegal and contravened international treaties the judges also heard those arguments as to why the appeal should be dismissed now essentially before blockading countries are basing their arguments on true main points number one they're trying to justify their decision of collective punishment and the blockade of their neighbor qatar by accusations that sponsors terrorism and it's intervene fears in the domestic affairs a number of true their arguments is based on the fact that they

international court of justice through essentially overrule a decision that's already been made by the specialized body in terms of civil aviation which as i coude the international civil aviation organization which ruled in favor of qatar and qatar complained that this blockade was illegal and a breach of international agreements what these countries are saying and why they've come here to the hague to the i.c.j. is they're saying that i coul it's not in its jurisdiction to make these decision or at least that's what they had said at the outset however once these of hearing started there was a very peculiar claims being made in the opening remarks by the representatives of those countries where they started focusing on qataris policies even bringing in things like the freedom of press that. is exercised through channels like 0 which they claimed was trying to ferment some sort of instability and so forth that was the political side of it and they were trying to give a political justification as to why they took the decision to stop the. civilian aircraft of qatar airways from flying go for their life and there wasn't a clear connection as to how that was tied between the 2 then when their

governing body will have to comply to civil aviation or of the respective country and if it is a registered acknowledged under the international civil aviation organization or i.k.o. it will also have to comply with the international standards but have more of the new or types of your could jets in order in line and the falcon jets themselves or and their time were very well built and wary popular aircraft in the airline industry up until the parker industry went into out of business in 1906. next this hour iran china and russia are due to start joint naval exercises this friday in the indian ocean and the gulf of officials previously said the focus was on coordinating anti terror operations but the location of the drill suggests it could mean a little bit more than that now explains. this isn't just a military exercise it's a it's a political statement the strait of hormuz is the world's most important oil field of oil flows through it 21 percent of global supply every day it's a crazy amount and as with oil the strait is highly flammable we begin with it's dramatic escalation of tension between iran and the west for serious provocation tonight in the s

governing body will have to go live to civil aviation or of the respective country and if it is a registered acknowledged under the international civil aviation organization or keogh it will also have to comply with the international standards but have more of the new or types of your good jets in order in line and if i could just themselves were and their time were very well built and we are very popular aircraft in the airline industry up until the poker industry went into out of business in 1906. china and russia are due to start joint naval exercises this friday in the indian ocean on the gulf of however with a location a flashpoint. between iran and the united states in the past some believe there's more to the trolls than meets the eye. coming naval drills are aimed at deepening exchange and corp among the names of the 3 countries on war and displays the 3 sides strong will and capabilities to jointly maintain world peace and maritime security while actively building a maritime community with a shared future. this isn't just a military exercise it's a it's a political statement the strait of hormuz is the world's most important oil field . or oil fl

civil aviation or. of the respective country and if it is a registered acknowledged under the international civil aviation organization or i.k.o. it will also have to comply with international standards but having established 20 years ago in 1909 that air was actually billed as slowly relatively positive going to be patience they've acquired 9 of these focker 100 aircraft and they have more of the newer types of your good jets in order in line and the falcon jets themselves or and their time were very well built and wary popular aircraft in the airline industry up until the volcker industry went into out out of business in 1906. their technology or share similar similar features that you would find in modern modern airplanes including fly by wired knology and it was also equipped with rolls royce engines which are not actually outdated so safety wise i think it will india and it will have to comply with the international standards it's not a particular problem this is an aircraft hasn't been manufactured for more than 20 years now but as you say its safety record has not really particular been in question of the amoun

century explaining to the courts why they believe an earlier decision by that is the international civil aviation organization which ruled that the arab located on qatar contravened international agreements why they believe that this should be overturned essentially the blockading countries are asking that the i.c.c. jury. overturn this decision and their argument seems to be a bit strange because on the one hand they say that i can help by taking a stand in favor of cutting this essentially politicizing the organization and it's taking a political stand but on the other hand they were complaining in their statements made at the courthouse behind me that the reason why the blockading countries took the decision to close their airspace was because of political decisions and were complaining that i coul never took that into consideration. saudi arabia researching the group of oil exporting countries opec to reduce production as it prepares to list its state owned oil firm on the stock exchange sources have told the reuters news agency that the plan would see another 400000 barrels per day and into the existing

explaining through the courts why they believe an earlier decision by i coul that is the international civil aviation organization which ruled that so the arab. contravened international agreements why they believe that this should be overturned essentially the blockade in countries are asking that the i.c. jury or overturn this decision and their argument seems to be a bit strange because on the one hand they say that by taking a stand in favor of qatar is essentially politicizing the organization and it's taking a political stand but on the other hand they were complaining in the. statements made at the courthouse behind me that the reason why the blockade countries took the decision to close their airspace was because of political decisions and were complaining that i coul never took that into consideration. there are growing fears that mauritania hard earned democratic gains might be reversed say follow a sudden dispute between 2 army generals have been warning the country for years. from the capital. president. and his predecessor mohammed abdul aziz are long time friends who staged coups together since 2005

explaining through the courts why they believe an earlier decision by ike how that is the international civil aviation organization which ruled that's of the arab. contravened international agreements why they believe that this should be overturned essentially the blockade in countries are asking that the i.c. jury or overturn this decision and their argument seems to be a bit strange because on the one hand they say that i can help by taking a stance in favor of cutting this essentially politicizing the organization and it's taking a political stone but on the other hand they were complaining in their statements made at the courthouse behind me that the reason why the blockading countries took the decision to close their airspace was because of political decisions and were complaining that i coul never took that into consideration. typhoon camorra is strengthening and making its way towards southeast philippines they are warnings of severe flooding in 3 provinces operations at the manila international airport will be temporarily suspended starting on tuesday jamila linda gun is in by philippines we are in lagos t

focusing on that more they then went on to talk about how the procedural aspects of the international civil aviation organization wasn't met by the organization itself and that there wasn't enough time taken by the organization to consider why the country has decided to blockade qatar and close off its airspace so there seems to be a lack of consistency with regards to the arguments. typhoon cumorah is strengthening and making its way toward southeast philippines there are warnings of severe flooding in 3 provinces operations of the manila international airport will be temporarily suspended starting tuesday jamil and organ is an album philippines with an update we are in vegas by one of the areas expected to bear the brunt of typhoon camorra and operations like this one have started as early as sunday morning and the situation is similar all across their rejoin of the call where thousands of families have already been evacuated but those living in the islands remain more vulnerable the beagle region always very the brunt of the beer in the country but over the last few years they have achieved even there's 0 cas

airspace the qatari aircraft now they want to overturn the 2017 decision from the international civil aviation organization which ruled against the closure that that has always argued the airspace restrictions violate international law they've made a number of claims to the court since the land the air and sea blockade started more than 2 years. mauritania has been plunged into a political crisis by the sudden return of a former president who wants to take back power it's the result of a dispute between 2 army generals who been governing the west african nation for the past decade from the capital not cult muhammad. president mohammed and his predecessor. are long time friends who staged coups together since 2005. as he's ruled as president as well as army chief then minister of defense well as he's completed his terms in office he supported the candidacy of us when he was elected in doing what their alliance came to a stop and last week. backed by a few loyalists as he's wanted to leave the ruling party a union for the public which he founded 10 years ago as one his supporters injected the move which they

wanted to adhere to as far as they're concerned they say that i coul which is the international civil aviation organization their decision which essentially ruled in favor of qatar asking and demanding that the 4 countries reopen their airspace that their decision was right and correct and that the international courts of justice and the judges that were sitting in the room behind me should sensually also accept that and supports those decisions what the blockade in countries are saying is that i can go didn't have the jurisdiction to make such a decision they're saying that by doing so i cause political politicizing that international civil aviation body however what many analysts are saying is contradictory in that is that the 4 blockading countries themselves in their statements that they've been making have been using political arguments to justify why they've taken that decision there will be further hearings on thursday and friday thursday will see the blockading countries once again give some more statements on friday qatar will respond to that when exactly real here our final decision from the i.c.

international courts of justice to try and overturn a decision made by which is the international civil aviation organization which ruled that the air blockade on qatar imposed by those 4 countries egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates contravened international agreements in terms of civilian air travel what they are saying is that. it's not in its. jurisdiction to issue such a ruling and even if it was in its jurisdiction to issue such a ruling it didn't follow the correct procedures but it would seem that there are some inconsistency or contradictions at least in the statements that have been made because they were censored on initially the 1st arguments which was those blockading countries saying that's. by making this taking this decision was essentially taking a political stunts but then their defense was that they were saying that the reason why the countries blockaded qatar was for political reasons so that seemed to be a strange kind of contradiction there what will happen now moving forward is that tomorrow on tuesday of qatar has a chance to respond to those statements that were m

airspace the catheter aircraft now they want to overturn a 2017 decision from the international civil aviation organization which will begins to closure that there is always argued the airspace restrictions violated international law they've made a number of claims to the court since the land the air and sea blockade started more than 2 years ago. and i have more from london a little later in the news hour now though let's go back to folly in doha barbara thank you very much for that and still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour donald trump heads to london for a nato summit as the alliance deals with a growing fracture within its ranks. soon everyone interrupts and will get to have a piece of roger federer. welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across turkey has been quite messy a wintry mix pushing in from the black sea now making its way over here towards the east better conditions though as we go towards tuesday we will see gives a break here across parts of tehran with a mix of rain as well as snow into the overnight hours but the break is not going to last for too long as we go tow

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