has yet been sick for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know the white house. earlier turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said diplomatic ties will be tarnished by what he called washington's threatening action and language. these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we showed the best solidarity with the united states in nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language moreover pearson's a former us ambassador to turkey he says the sanctions a bun to affect other aspects of turkey u.s. relations in the future. i think at the moment it's an argument over the kind of relationship that turkey in the us are going to have going forward there are three other us employees of the our embassies in turkey and consulates who have been arrested and imprisoned for some time mr bronson was arrest

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti we're just stacy is a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths has forced the u.s. to turn down its support for the saudi led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict of the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed of course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing toll.

and thank you very much alan fischer and as alan says that demonstration due to meet at lafayette square very soon will be monitoring that situation for you thank you alan . polling station worker has been killed in an attack by an armed group in northern mali this as millions vote in a presidential runoff likely to return incumbent abraham go back to power on the first round of voting in july was marred by violence three election workers killed and voting materials destroyed opposition leaders so my life who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud mom at valhalla more from the capital bamako. the final hours of sunday have seen a little better turnout here in this holding center where i'm standing in marco in comparison to earlier in the day and also to what we saw on july twenty ninth body has a bad history of turnouts and this one is not different apparently the opposition has been largely demoralized by the results that many of the opposition leaders got in the first round and many of them have refused to stand behind. the c.c. who is now running against t

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. were just stacey's a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths has forced the u.s. to turn down its support for the saudi led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing full of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing from secretary madn

killed at least twenty two children and young men struck a camp for displaced people in their data alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. civilians again the think tim's after saudi led coalition is strike in yemen. really interact with the fighters say at least thirty one people including women and children have died in an attack on their vehicles in the western province of although some sources say the number of dead is lower. dead children and women are disgusting crime. victims were trying to escape a camp in which the coolish and ses was being used to launch missiles. they hit this was we were on the road. this little boy survived but it's just two weeks since another thirty coalition air strike hit a school bus that killed forty children and eleven adults in what surrey arabia declared to be an appropriate military action it was promised to investigate. as more themes prepare to weep over their children's graves the charity save the children estimates an average of one hundred forty children have been killed every day since the beginning of the circulate coalition strikes against

but this is donald trump's white house if you want something to happen then it could and soon alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. all right so let's go and bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former white house. house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani with no conditions is there some kind of strategy here or is this a spontaneous statement. well it's hard to say for sure with president trump and in particular the wild swings in rhetoric make it more difficult but i think a sober analysis of it trumps moves and what he's done on the world stage and who he actually speaks to and from what we understand listens to in washington i think there is

thirty people were killed in an airstrike near home data at least twenty of them were children alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. civilians again the victims after saudi led coalition air strike in yemen. really impact with the fighters say at least thirty one people including women and children have died in an attack on their vehicles in the western province of although some sources say the number of dead is lower. dead children and women discussed in crime. the victims were trying to escape a camp in which the coalition says was being used to launch missiles. hit us while we were on the road. this little boy survived but it's just two weeks since another thirty coalition air strike hit a school bus that killed forty children and eleven adults in what saudi arabia declared to be an appropriate military action it was promised to investigate. as more theorems prepare to weep over their children's graves the charity save the children estimates an average of one hundred forty children have been killed every day since the beginning of the cellular coalition strikes against the unit

let's go live now to alan fischer who's near the white house at lafayette square allan tell us about what's happening there. well you can see the police are just moving in behind me here that's essentially the step that they will take before they start opening up the roads here the roads here being closed for the last few hours across in the park farragut park which can see right next to the white house just on the other side of the park pennsylvania avenue splits the park from the white house there's still a few hundred protesters but certainly the heavy rain that you can see year and the thunderstorm that we had an hour or so ago certainly took the numbers down not only that but the fact that the number of so-called all right white supremacists who turned up for this event remember they were given a pair met for up to four hundred no more than a couple of dozen actually turned up here so there were thousands and thousands of people here to confront them to drown them out the blood them when they had people speak so the chances of anyone hearing anything at the other rally on the ot

eighteen alexion that they witnessed two years ago but that election is still three months away alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house . it is time for sports now here's for elizabeth thank you so much we start with tanis an emotional win for former world number one andy murray in washington of course the squad is continuing his comeback after hip surgery marie broke down in tears after beating romanian marius kopel to reach the last state of the washington open the thirty one year old came back from being a set down to eventually close out the match six seven six three seven six at three am local time his latest ever finish murray will play alexander dimon our last really in the quarter finals his first final eight since wimbledon two thousand and seventeen this is just his third tournaments since having surgery back in january. well there is also a shock upset on thursday a second seed john is or was beaten by fellow american wildcard noah rubin the pair had met just once before earlier this year in the first round french open are open is there one not one but on this occasion would go

let's go live now talk osp on it alan fischer he's joining us from the counter demonstration in washington d.c. and most if not all of the action actually happening way you've been out. exactly and if you look at the park behind me with the white house just over pennsylvania avenue you can see the most people have no actually gone home the heavy rain that we've seen over the last couple of hours played a part in the there was a thunderstorm but also what played a part was the fact that there were thousands and thousands of anti right wing protesters here gathered in the square to make sure that their voices were heard that the drone doat right the white supremacists would go a permit to protest up till eight o'clock but left after probably no more than a noble joining me know life here is an eye on who is one of the organizers with b. y. p. one hundred and i would you consider this a victory for you the fact that there were so few white supremacists who turned up probably no more than a couple of dozen and didn't stay that long yes yes i think that it was a victory not because there was so

before any talks can happen so we have a lot to get to with our guests but first this report from alan fischer at the white house. the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want. any time they were in the u.s. piloted the deal is signed with iran and its international partners when president trump announced in may the u.s. was pulling out even though there was no indication iran was in breach this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he don't get for months it was a terrible deal and vote to scrap it when he became president his offer to talk with iran's president well threw up many more questions and no preconditions means that he's ready to sign on the dotted line so to speak with the iranians so will that be acceptable to the region to the powers in the region to the g.c.c. specifically saudi arabia and the us. i doubt that we've been here before they will be met with fire and fury donald trump verbal attack north korea and its leader

about the thousands of internally displaced people in yemen the festival isn't a time to cheer alan fischer reports from neighboring. there's no place for celebration here this is a time for survival and little more. for thousands of families who escape the fighting who data you know stay in an old school block in sanaa it's somewhere to live. but not a place anyone would call home. eat used to be more joyful is used to celebrate the occasion with our families relatives and friends on the contrary it here in the camp is filled with sorrow and grief as we are leaving the tragedy of being away from home and our loved ones however we thank god for what we have for many here a moment of joy when a smile breaks across the face is a stone moment. a chance to forget the reality of where they are and what they are each of us in the past we used to celebrate aid with family and friends today we feel like we're being imprisoned in this camp we cannot go out or have fun we used to visit our relatives and friends joining used to go to the beach or the park but here there's nothing at all. most of the f

ok for more details on this being cross over live to alan fischer and washington so alan can you give us a little context as to what's happening. well things between the united states and turkey haven't been good for a while if you go back to even the coup in twenty sixteen turkey accuses the united states of harboring the man who they believe was behind all and refusing repeated requests to extradite him if you just go back a week ago then the united states took action against turkey because of the continued detention of an evangelical pastor by the name of andrew bronson he's being held at his home and is mere now if you're the touch you see that he was a key figure who helped for men the twenty sixteen if you're the united states you see he was an evangelical pastor who spoke to many people in his community many people who were interested in this church and did absolutely nothing wrong there was a visit by a turkish delegation to washington just this week and they went to the state department and the treasury department to see if there was some way they could get over this issue of

has yet been set for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know at the white house . well earlier turkish president of egypt to once said diplomatic ties would be tarnished by what he called washington's threatening action and language and it is . these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we should the best solidarity with the united states and nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language or robot pearson's a former us ambassador to turkey he's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for your time sir just give us some context first of all would you is this an argument over the u.s. posture or are the wider issues at stake here i think at the moment it's an argument over the kind of relationship that turkey in the us are going to have going forward there are three o

parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances and arbitrary detentions alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti none of clean. a u.n. panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in a still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or to the international community to stop providing w

alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. changes in coal mining technology could be behind the rise in black lung disease cases in developed nations including the us it's now being diagnosed in many younger miners as dion easterbrook reports last time that you remember that your breathing was perfectly normal that your lungs were fine seventy year old chris byron recently traveled halfway around the world from australia to chicago to find out how far his black lung disease has progressed to heart. he was diagnosed two years ago after forty years of mining i kept getting my new. lady of the lungs from the two thousand. and four. byron was among a half dozen australian coal miners undergoing testing at this black lung clinic at the university of illinois and northwestern hospitals. long term exposure to coal dust causes the disease the respiratory illness began declining in the u.s. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and was thought to be eradicated in australia decades ago because of better regulations but both countries have

alan fischer al jazeera washington. all the news of course on our website there it is on the screen the address al-jazeera dot com. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran will come into force in a few hours it's now ninety days since president donald trump formally was through the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal iran's president is accused washington of waging psychological warfare that's cassy chasm of our kind of heart it showed him that the person who was abandoned because the asians his trump and his government and he is doing something which is against the iranian people against the interests of iran if there was honesty iran would come to negotiation what. the u.s. sanction is contradict any intention to negotiate on a minute how can he be honest about wanting to negotiate if you but. action was against children and sick people in. saudi arabia state airline is suspending flights to and from toronto in an intensifying diplomatic row with canada on sunday riyadh f

satellites and spacecraft from attack alan fischer reports from washington d.c. .trump has been pushing for the creation of a new branch of the military for months he talks about it often that is wrongly we may even have a space force his vice president says donald trump's vision will become a reality while too often. previous administrations all but neglected the growing security threats emerging in space president trump stated clearly and forcefully that space is in his words a war fighting domain just like land and air and sea the new force will be used to protect u.s. satellites in space which provide vital services like communication it can also protect spy satellites which direct military operations and there is the growing commercial space market too it's not a new idea in one thousand nine hundred three president ronald reagan called for a space based missile defense system just a year after congress demanded the establishment of a new space force the defense system dubbed star wars by critics never got beyond the research phase the u.s. already has a space

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti just stacy isthe former state department official who served in the barbara ministration and he says think creasing number of civilian deaths in yemen has forced the u.s. to tone down its support for the saudi and the rotty led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west's and with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing toll of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing both

bomb island in the province the coalition reckons the boats were being used to smuggle weapons alan fischer is in neighboring djibouti sent us this update. as ever with breaking news coming out of yemen the picture is slightly confused what we were told initially was that seventy pressure men were missing after the coalition targeted three ships near this island that has no been revised media reporting that nineteen pressure men are missing presumed dead although no one can get to the area of what exactly what has happened certainly the saudis are saying that they targeted three boats that they believe were carrying weapons to the no that comes just twenty four hours after the u.s. stopped a ship which they say was carrying one thousand seven rifles again heading towards there who think but it's not clear at this point if the coalition tried to stop these vessels all they just simply attack there are those who would suggest that these were simply fishermen going about their mission but certainly it shows the concern that fisherman along the red sea have they believe they're being targeted b

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. aid agencies in india say it could be days before the full extent of flood damage in the state of carol is known there's been no rain for the last three days but the vast areas of the tropical region remain under water many people still don't have drinking water or electricity and thomas has this update. and team has moved away from where the worst of the flooding is in kerala so i'm not suggesting by any stretch that all of the water level has dropped to this sort of level nevertheless it has been sunny across the state on wednesday and that means that water levels are dropping that's good news of course but it does mean that pull out of water like best are being left behind this is getting pretty stagnant it's smelly it's the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes and that's a big concern because mosquitoes of course carry diseases now the relief efforts continue they're not yet into a reconstruction phase they're all about getting food and water and other things like that is essent

parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances an arbitrary detentions alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti. none have clean hands a un panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in the last of that is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or does the international community to st

alan fischer. debility. in other world news canada has rejoin talks with the u.s. to try to salvage the north america free trade agreement or a new version of the patent canada is under pressure after u.s. president donald trump announced on monday he'd reached a deal with mexico that could replace nafta all three countries have been working on a new agreement since last august but mexico and the u.s. recently began negotiating on their own now the north american free trade agreement or now after i came into force in one nine hundred ninety four the trillion dollar dealings half a billion people in canada the u.s. and mexico three countries agreed to remove trade barriers between them along with tariffs is the world's largest trade bloc the member economies generates around twenty one trillion dollars in gross domestic product every year nafta has increased competition against other large economic powerhouses like china and the european union it's lowered the price of many goods and improves diplomatic relations between member countries but it did lead to the loss

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. a massive cleanup is underway in southern india's carolla province after the worst floods in a century more than a million people are living in camps with aid workers warning of more damage even as floodwaters are receding andrew thomas has more from kuala. india's government has been offered more than a hundred million dollars by other governments towards the relief effort predominantly those in the middle east where a lot of people from terror work but according to a report in the times of india india's government is going to essentially say thanks but no thanks india can stand on its own two feet the relief effort is really going at full speed now one hundred million people still in refugee camps and they are being targeted for with food water medicine as we've seen all of that but some people are choosing to leave the evacuation camps and beginning to head home. we've met daniel thomas in an evacuation camp fisherman rescued him from his home on friday now he wanted to go back but

investigating alleged war crimes in yemen saying it's not transparent and it's not independent alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. civilians again the think tim's after saudi led coalition is strike in yemen. iranian backed the fighters see at least thirty one people including women and children have died in that attack on their vehicles in the western province of although some sources say the number of dead is. dead children and women are disgusting crime. victims were trying to escape a camp in which the coolish and says was being used to launch missile. hit this was we were on the road. this little boy survived but it's just two weeks since another thirty coalition air strike hit a school bus that killed forty children and eleven adults in what syria arabia declared to be an appropriate military action it was promised to investigate. as morphemes prepare to weep over their children's graves the charity save the children estimates an average of one hundred forty children have been killed every day since the beginning of the circulate coalition strikes against the united nation

alan fischer al-jazeera washington. more news no shutting on the web site al-jazeera dot com you can also follow us on twitter and facebook as well we will update the headlines for you in a couple of seconds from now. welcome if you just joining us he said i'll be here in doha this hour these are the headlines new u.s. sanctions on iran have come into force exactly three months after washington pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal this first round targets the iranian car industry food production and competent sports and unlikely to further weaken its currency the real but the e.u. which is also part of the twenty fifteen deal has called on its companies to increase trade with iran. we are encouraging small and medium enterprises and particular to increase business with in iran. as part of something that for us is a security priority i want to make this very clear because we're talking about trade and economic relations with iran because this is part integral part of the nuclear deal in indonesia rescue workers ar

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera to pretty well and alan fisher's report you heard from the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis he was asked about the un's report on yemen during a rare press briefing at the pentagon atika has more now on how we responded to multiple questions on washington's role meant in the conflict. this is somewhat different because we don't normally hear very often from secretary of defense jim matheson or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they called a press conference and all the questions really spanned the globe but much of the focus was on the u.s. support of the saudi led coalition that is bombing in yemen secretary mattis said they did a review when they first came into office and decided that they should continue the mission that they said the saudis have a right to self-defense and in his words it was their goal to reinstate the legitimate government in yemen and he was somewhat defensive when asked about the u.s. support for missions that are have gone wrong and seen civilians innocent civilians killed

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. a former cambodian opposition leader has been denied bail chems circa has been in jail for nearly a year pending trial on treason charges those lawyers say they're worried about his declining health so because cambodia national rescue party was forcibly dissolved just before july selection when hay is following the story from bangkok in neighboring thailand. there had been some hope that kim would be granted bail by the courts in phnom penh given that over the last few days we've seen several people released from prison either having received pardons or having being granted bail such as journalists land rights activists and in one case a political analyst but it seems that releasing at the moment was seen perhaps as a step too far for the government and a judiciary that seen as far from independent will remain in jail awaiting trial on treason charges he wasn't in court for the bail hearing in fact he's only been to court once since he was arrested in september last year this all happ

after regaining control of the site for the last four years a castle has been used as barracks alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. it's historic it's impressive now it's back in control of the local population. carol castle stands at the foot of the mountain overlooking the city of tire is in the yemen highlands the last four years has been used as a barracks for you back then abu abbas brigades the government military commission has no taken back control. but about is that i believe the reopening of the castle after four years of closure sends a clear message that the state will extend its authority over every inch of the country no faction or party will ever have sovereignty or control over time as. this is a site loved by the locals and loved by the children who know little of its history built more than eight hundred years ago cairo castle is the city's top destination for tourists from all over the world that sound odd but it is always great to paint a smile on children's faces that's what we've seen from the first day the number of visitors is far beyond what was expected

terms european allies are still backing the two thousand and fifteen agreement from washington alan fischer reports. donald trump has heated the iran nuclear deal for a long time he promised if elected president he would immediately withdraw the us from the internationally agreed deal if you could more than a year for the finally did it in me this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made there are those who would suggest that donald trump hasn't even read the iran deal but he's against it because it doesn't cover issues such as iran's a ballistic missile program or its influence in the region those who sat down originally with theory means decided to concentrate solely on the nuclear issue to try and get a deal and they did. when the u.s. pulled out it violated the deal and upset international partners but it also set the clock ticking on snapping back sanctions against the government in tehran anyone doing business with iran a country or company could face u.s. sanctions europe india turkey could all be by. walking away from the naked idea of reimposing sanctions

has yet been set for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know at the white house. well before the sanctions were imposed his present recipe are the ones the diplomatic toys with the u.s. had already been tarnished and it was. these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we should the best solidarity with the united states and nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language. the u.s. is planning even higher tyrus on chinese imports raising them from ten percent to twenty five the move will target two hundred billion dollars worth of goods one high profile casualty of the trade battle is soybeans which are a crucial part of the chinese diet china correspondent adrian brown has more on what that means for farmers in heilongjiang province farmland is precious in china only fifteen percent of the

alan fischer. djibouti what jeff stacy is a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths must force the u.s. to tone down its support for the saudi that coalition well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually very publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed or so these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and cross these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing full of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing both from secr

saudi funded projects in the middle of the civil war people are skeptical of riyadh smooths as alan fischer reports from neighboring puti. the land lies beer and empty but initial work had clearly begun to turn key states in the government into a soda military b s four places have been identified across southeast yemen the local authorities give the go ahead and local stone don't two weeks later be shut down construction the see it as provocation. then admission are going to be handed to lay the presence of these massive forces in so card. can't be understood nor justified either here or there early this month yemen's president and dr newman seward hadley announced eight new infrastructure projects an armada funded by the saudi government but social media in yemen has suggested as well as a hospital in a new power plant the saudis want to expand and control the local port to handle oil exports and that would be protected by saudi soldiers beast in newly built camps locals have already protested about the growing presence of sodium in iraqi forces in the area staging protests demanding their

deal with anyone trying to influence full just or attack election software from the white house alan fischer explains what happened in two shows the sixty's the new news the big piece of intelligence gathering and law enforcement in the u.s. in an unshakeable departments they arrived in the white house press briefing room to insist they were better prepared to call but for an interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the president has specifically directed us to make the. matter of the election meddling in securing our election process a top priority just days ago facebook revealed it had removed fake profiles and pages from its platform and instagram which it also warns the head of the f.b.i. says this shows greater partnership we're sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before we understand better what they need they're sharing information back with us based on what they find this white house is particularly sensitive to reports of foreign interference given the ongoing investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign before

alan fischer al-jazeera washington. still had on al-jazeera sport testing times or marsa lead as late assigning here with that story. time for sport with yourself thank you very much american billionaire stan kroenke he says a deal has been done for him to take full control of english premier league team also will the takeover values the london club more than two point three billion dollars cranky already owns close to seventy percent of all snow and is set to buy the remaining share from russia's of also owns the los angeles rams n.f.l. team on the denver nuggets will french ice well he's holding company k.f.c. is paying seven hundred seventy eight million dollars to complete the dail so what's in it for him while premier league club profits of soared thanks largely to global t.v. deals also is around two hundred sixty million dollars every season gameday income over the season brings in about one hundred thirty million dollars and vats contributed to a late in pretax profits from about four million dollars in two thou

alan fischer al-jazeera washington. and get about that visit our web site al-jazeera dot com in the meantime keep it here for a recap at the headlines in just a moment. i'm richelle carey let's take a look at the headlines right now the u.s. sanctions on iran have come into force exactly three months after washington pulled out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear tayla tehran they target the iranian car industry production and carpet exports and are likely to further weaken iran's currency but the e.u. which is also part of that two thousand and fifteen tail they have called on their companies to increase trade with iran. we are encouraging small and medium enterprises in particular to increase business with in iran. as part of something that for us is security for you and i want to make this very clear because we're talking about trade and economic relations with iran because this is part. of the nuclear deal saudi arabia state airline this is spending flights to toronto in an intensifying diplomatic dispute with c

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti just stacy is the former state department official who served in the obama administration he says increasing number of civilian deaths in yemen has forced the u.s. to tone down its support for the saudi and the rotty led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually arry publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed force these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and cross these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing toll of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing from secretary madnes

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti saudi arabia is seeking the death for a female human rights activist for the first time. was arrested two years ago she took part in protests against the discrimination of the shia minority in two thousand and eleven she's one of five activists facing execution human rights watch says the charges against her don't resemble any crime. a newly printed currency has done little to stop hyperinflation in venezuela most businesses remain closed as they tried to work out what to charge for goods after the ball of all was devalued by ninety five percent latin america. venezuelan government supporters tried to rev up with enthusiasm for the newly introduced economic measures described by president reagan as an economic revolution to defeat hyperinflation conspicuously absent from a rally in front of the presidential palace this model himself hasn't made a public appearance since an apparent assassination attempt on august the fourth. if the right wing crosses a path will run over them like a train nothing will stop. just blocks away many s

the gates for the last four years the coffee has been used as barracks alan fischer reports from labor in djibouti. it's historic it's impressive now it's back in control of the local population. carol castle stands at the foot of the mountain overlooking the city of tire is in the yemen highlands the last four years has been used as a barracks for you back to abu abbas brigades but a government military commission has no taken back control. but that is that i believe the reopening of the castle after four years of closure sends a clear message that the state will extend its authority over every inch of the country no faction or party will ever have sovereignty or control over time as. this is a site loved by the locals and loved by the children who know little of its history built more than eight hundred years ago cairo castle is the city's top destination for tourists from all over the world that are sound. it is always great to paint a smile on chill. faces that's what we've seen from the first day the number of visitors is far beyond what was expected it's the city's most important

will include and a billion dollar funding request for their new space force in the next budget alan fischer al-jazeera washington. let's now get the thoughts of our guests joining us in lubbock texas via skype oliver mcgee an advisor to donald trump and former u.s. deputy assistant secretary for transportation in beijing in our tangan a china political analyst and sidney morris jones a space analyst and author of when men walked on the moon a warm welcome to all of you all over again let me start with you i mean it does sound like something out of a star wars so what did zach lee is a space force and in what is it different from the current space command. well this isn't time for us to move from reagan star wars which was really about ending the cold war two trumps space for parts which is about ensuring global peace world peace. the space. force is really like you said in your opening segment the six military agency and it's very important for securing a space it's about navigation we're talking it says and. communications and this is all about trying to make sure that we don't have. harbo

alan fischer live in djibouti thank you. now the u.s. has told a top u.n. court that it has no jurisdiction to rule on terror on's legal challenge against washington's renewed sanctions iran will see international court of justice the i.c.j. to suspend the sanctions after washington pulled out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal tehran has accused the u.s. of plotting what it calls economic strangulation we go live to our correspondent lawrence he's there at the hague as a yesterday we saw the arabians put forward their legal argument today is the turn of the americans lawrence. yes it is and they're trying as hard as they can to demolish entirely the iranian case by arguing as you as you said that it has no basis in those standing in the court has no jurisdiction the overarching american point really is that the iranians have been dissembling in trying to say that it's a legal dispute by bringing up this nine hundred fifty five agreement when in reality the americans are claiming the iranian complaint is actually about the u.s. pulling out of the j.c.b