that but that is how the communications are going so far marty all right andy thanks for that andrew symonds a flayed just off the coast of. the u.s. democratic congresswoman rashida to labor says she won't be visiting her grandmother in the occupied west bank despite receiving permission from israel the interior minister of israel says she would have been allowed on humanitarian grounds if she agreed not to call for a boycott of israel during her visit bart. maintains that she will not be silenced and she won't be treated like a criminal those words earlier the deputy foreign minister of israel said she would be banned after lobbying efforts by president trump all right we'll go live to rose and jordan our correspondent who's been following this saga for that is what it is 1st of all interesting is that 1st of all she was banned along with the other. congresswoman ileana amar then she was granted permission on humanitarian grounds and she turned around and said no thank you very much saying that the restrictions are far too tough. well let's consider the fact that the congresswoman did send

leave iran says it should be on its way shortly that tank and now flagged as an iranian vessel andrew symonds is also out on the waters off gibraltar hi andrew tell us the latest. well the latest. is this that as you rightly point out it's still preparing to leave gibraltar those waters are headed to international waters destination unknown but definitely the mediterranean know shortly about half ago we were filming when a service boat came alongside the supertanker started putting supplies on board and then also on the port side of the vessel this service but also transferred crew we believe the engineers at least 6 of them in a what was a safety. get quite a perilous operation room. because the seas are much much higher home but the other side of the ship so these extra key members of the crew were on board and we've monitored radio communications there was one technician there who is going to be taken back on us on the service but when it returns he obviously has something to do something pretty important we heard in radio and a very much of a british voice that was it wasn't accented in a

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new on that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of gibraltar. afghanistan has postponed independence day celebrations after a bomb attack at a wedding reception killed $63.00 people eisel claimed responsibility for it at a small ceremony president ashraf ghani said his government is committed to destroying the group most of the victims were from afghanistan's shia minority and support from charlotte ballasts. it's a day for celebration 100 years ago afghanistan gained its independence from britain in kabul remind us if we where. we are very happy that we became independent on this day 100 years ago and that's why we are celebrating it. right i'm celebrating independence day to day i'm happy i like the flag. children also celebrate with cricket calling it the great game it's a hangover from british colonise ation in the region yet these children are unaware of another great game played when the modern history began. in the 19th century afghanistan was caught between russia pushing south and the british expan

where talks are under way now to try to fix the situation in syria our correspondent there is andrew symonds andrew so we're hearing that there is a possibility of of a cease fire in lebanon that there is something has emerged by way of agreements which amounts to some sort of a document or a declaration. well it's a difficult situation to assess really because i've just been speaking to alexander lovely and the special envoy from russia pressing him on the point about is this ceasefire agreement going to hold but he skirted around the question continually saying that the real problem is problem is what he calls terrorists the whole question of whether. sharm can be persuaded he says to pull out of the area well he wants to destroy that group as to so many other forces there right now and the problem is the number of civilians caught up in all of this he denying that civilians have been targeted by the regime or indeed by russian aircraft and also claims that fabricated pictures even have been broadcast he is adamant that they will extinguish these forces no matter how long it takes but he a

be arrested the arrest therefore there is no longer valid and the vessel can leave immediately andrew symonds is that the court in gibraltar. after 43 days grace warm is free to go despite a last minute attempt by the u.s. department of justice to try to get the detention order extended eternal general's office seemed in a spin at the start of the day when the 1st hearing was held because they're effectively there was one application on his desk for one thing and the other words for an extension now the judge ruled that there was no formal application by the u.s. and in any case he said it was out of his hands now because the iran effectively was complying according to the government here with what they wanted there is no longer any sanctions busting going on they carried out by jus law the correct procedure they say they describe it as one of most of the most successful sanction acts for the european union since the syrian war started so this is now the situation the tanker is likely to leave quite soon and the u.s. has to go through a legal body here and to brought an independent legal body

calls andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. and iran is still holding a british flag tanker that sees a ship in the strait of hormuz 2 weeks after the u.k. territory of gibraltar detained. iran's foreign minister says it's up to the courts to decide if and when the british tanker will be released through the as for the release of the violating british tanker we need to wait for the court order there have been several maritime violations made by that ship so the court is looking into it hopefully as soon as possible the process will be complete and the court's verdict will be out whatever that may be it could be a release order hopefully to be released as soon as possible still ahead on al-jazeera and. expansive park in the heart of one of the world's most polluted cities plus. beyond this rock is the entrance to a journal trade here in southern chile where for nearly half a century residents were enslaved and abused now a 117 of the survivors are suing the chilean state puts alleged their sponsibility . i know there are plenty

calls andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of gibraltar. iran's foreign ministry says it's up to the courts to decide if and when the british tanker it seized in the strait of hormuz will be released. as for the release of the violating british tanker we need to wait for the court order there have been several maritime violations made by that ship so the court is looking into it hopefully as soon as possible the process will be complete and the court's verdict will be out whatever that may be it could be a release order hopefully to be released as soon as possible. now the chinese technology giant hallways been given a slight reprieve by the united states its total ban on access to u.s. suppliers is being delayed while we will be allowed to continue buying components from the u.s. which are used in its current products the commerce secretary wilbur ross says it's to give american companies time to wean themselves off what way washington accuses the telecom and phone manufacturer of building a backdoor for chinese intelligence services into

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new one that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of gibraltar. the suicide bombing of a wedding reception in afghanistan has led to the postponement of celebrations marking the country's 100th anniversary of independence i saw claimed responsibility for killing 63 people in saturday's attack in kabul organizers in hong kong say more than 1700000 anti-government protesters rallied through the night it was one of the biggest demonstrations the territory has seen in recent weeks the other way it was a success is the way that it ended not with pilots and now it is in hong kong that's the exception rather than the rule the organizers the civil human rights front of one can't say that that proves that it isn't a radical element that is calling for these democratic reforms in hong kong for the resignation of the jeep sic to carry land and all the legal withdrawal of this contradiction controversial extradition law it is mainstream hong kong it still wants that so that's where we're at we'll see where we go from her

kazakstan the opposition say they will stick to the deal as long as the government doesn't violate it andrew symonds was at the talks in. a communique that didn't use the word ceasefire syrian state media had already announced a conditional truce demanding of the withdrawal of weaponry from a buffer zone a little. the syrian government blames the turkish for not fulfilling their role in the so she agreement last year. how the muslim you term this has not materialized on the contrary the number of terrorists in and lead has increased namely foreign fighter terrorists in and leave. the opposition despite reservations agreed to a truce but accused the regime of violating the so she agreement taking advantage of a withdrawal of fighters so they could launch what it called their cunning criminal attacks and their spokesman gave this war. right now there is no trust and there will be no trust in the future when it comes with during the heavy weapons no heavy weapons will be withdrawn unless there are a written guarantee. that russia says the biggest fighting group brands as terrorists. h.t.s. must be elim

overseas territory work spector to order the vessels release but their decision has been delayed andrew symonds has the latest from gibraltar. that lasted no more than around 10 minutes this court hearing and the attorney general's lawyer looked particularly ruffled because he had effectively 2 requests to make war on the request to actually release this tanker allow it to go into direction of along the mediterranean we don't know where precisely at this stage because we never got the details on the other hand he also informed the judge that he'd heard from the department of justice a number of contacts made on wednesday night only in the early hours of thursday morning 0136 to be precise he said that he wants to proceed with both of those requests it was rather rather confusing to say the least the judge also seemed a bit bemused by it all and said really that the the us application hadn't actually formally been made and he would want to consider the original application which the gibraltar gibraltarian attorney general wanted to make so what happened in the end was an agreement for an adjourn

the british territory ordered the tank is released let's go live now to gibraltar i was here as andrew symonds is there so i'm sure it's set sail but where is it going. that's the $1000000.00 question it is heading east into the mediterranean it's destination unknown its transponder is simply saying mediterranean but there it is now complying with all maritime law having been reflagged and having the names adrian warm on all relevant parts of this vessel with a cargo of a hot $140000000.00 worth of light crude oil the preparations took a long time there were some technical difficulties we saw some crew be winched on to the ship something like 4 or 5 hours ago we were alongside in very choppy waters an engineer specialist engineer was there for around 4 to 5 hours before being shipped back to shore once he bent back to sure then that radio message you played out of the top of the show was heard. was brought up from 80 me to debts and slowly the bulk of the tanker maneuvered out of the anchorage into the straits of gibraltar then swung east into the mediterranean it's getting up to speed now whe

sanctions against syria iran is denying these allegations calling the seizure an act of piracy andrew symonds is off the coast of gibraltar but the latest. all had been in place for the release of grace wong and her 2100000 barrels of like crude oil until the u.s. justice department intervened by making contact with the attorney general's office on shaw and requesting a new order to be made a new detention order to make to keep the ship here along with the 28 crew members however 4 of the crew members the captain. 3 offices were released on bail ahead of that happening and they were free to go effectively that possible. it's unclear what's happening there just as it's unclear what's going to happen with the colts in the next few hours the attorney general in a really difficult position trying to work out which to proceed with the order to release the tonka whole forgetting that i'm putting through what is regarded as new evidence from the u.s. justice department the judge wasn't really impressed the attorney general looked quite ruffled on the judge in the 1st hearing felt he really needed so

may have a job on its hands to try to get another detention order released ok andrew symonds will be updated from gibraltar thanks let's bring in a side banking joining us from tehran so this is what the iranians presumably had wanted to see all along what is the official reaction from officials. well the iranian ambassador to the united kingdom has been commenting and he said that the tanker had been released from illegal detention by the decision of the gibraltar court he said in the past 40 days iran has had a serious of dialogue at the political legal and technical levels with the british a authorities to try and resolve resolve this illegal act so very much still sticking to their guns saying that this is illegal but they will be pleased over the last few days officials have been quietly confident they said that documents had been exchanged and they were expecting the vessel to be released but the fact that it has been released despite the u.s. intervention will be treated by iran as a victory for them and a defeat for the united states but now the attention will turn to the bri

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new one that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of gibraltar. now the u.s. president says around $13000.00 u.s. troops will remain rather in afghanistan donald trump's announcement comes as ice all claimed responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in the last 18 months in kabul it's also hailing progress in talks between the taliban and the afghan government. we're talking to afghanistan oh about the government and also talking to the taliban having very good discussions we'll see what happens we've really got it down to probably 13000 people and we'll be bringing it down a little bit more and there will decide whether or not we'll be staying longer and we have been very good discussions with the taliban who have a very good discussions with the afghan government i think it's very important that we continue intelligence there in all cases because it is somewhat of a nest for him to get us and we have things under control very well with a small force we could probably make it a little bit smaller and t

sanctions by shipping oil to syria but the court ruled the restrictions no longer apply andrew symonds has more from gibraltar. the grace one of will be on a voyage to somewhere we don't know but certainly not syria. they have given the gallant tea to the authorities here but there will be no delivery of this like crude oil to syria furthermore this ship has been reflagged it is now iranian own completely proven as far as the authorities here are concerned and without that destination of syria involved it is free to go right away israel says it will block a visit by u.s. democratic congresswoman. omar under an anti boycott law politicians who are both plan to visit israel in the occupied palestinian territories this coming weekend the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the visit would harm israel earlier the u.s. president donald trump said israel would show great weakness if the visit was allowed to go ahead. india and pakistan have exchanged fire along the line of control in kashmir. 3 of its soldiers and 3 civilians were killed along with 5 indian soldiers india denies that any

of civilians have died since the government launched its operation to retake it live in april andrew symonds is monitoring developments for us at those peace talks and nursultan. on the face of it there does seem to be a will for a ceasefire although there are many questions about how long it could last all parties say they intend to move forward with the agreement but there are technicalities which could cripple it very quickly one of them is whether or not all guns are removed from a 20 kilometer which was agreed in the socially agreement back in september 28th seen this just in from the opposition spokes person ayman samy he says right now there is no trust right now there are no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there's a signed agreement by russia and the turkish sides then we can talk more about withdrawing our weapons now that was a precondition from the syrian regime in actually agreeing to the cease fire in the 1st place so that's one problem and i asked the russian special envoy what he felt about this cease fire. hope that it will last for a long time but the toll depen

well al jazeera is andrew symonds has been following the story closely and has more from outside that court in jaipur alter. after 43 days grace warm is free to go despite a last minute attempt by the u.s. department of justice to try to get the detention order extended eternal general's office seemed in a spin at the start of the day when the 1st hearing was held because they effectively there was one application on his desk for one thing and the other words for an extension now the judge ruled that there was no formal application by the u.s. and in any case he said it was out of his hands now because the iran effectively was complying according to the government here with what they wanted there is no longer any sanctions busting going on they carried out by jus law the correct procedure they say they describe it as one of the most it's the most successful sanction acts for the european union since the syrian war started so this is now the situation the tanker is likely to leave quite soon and the u.s. has to go through a legal body here and to broker an independent legal body which

sanctions andrew symonds reports from gibraltar. the grace warner and co off gibraltar its panamanian registration changed yet the iranian flag still not in place it's thursday the start of the 43rd and final day of its detention but a major legal twist on shore in the gibraltar supreme court had a judge seeming somewhat baffled and the crew on board wondering if they'd ever get away the attorney general's legal team had a plan to release the supertanker but only hours before that was supposed to happen the u.s. department of justice also for the detention to be extended it instead. the case was adjourned for 5 hours a lawyer for 3 of the crew including the captain couldn't see any reason for the detention to continue we've taken advice from 2 q. season london specialists on sanctions and a criminal specialist for what we could tell them their advice was that it was no breach of sanction. as confusion spread from the courtroom grace was reminded on her just as she has been since july the 4th 28 crewmembers on board 4 of them the cap

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new one that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. iran is still holding a british flag tanker and sees the ship in the strait of hormuz 2 weeks after the u.k. territory after baltar detained tehran's vessel iran's foreign ministry says it's up to the courts to decide if and when the british tanker will be released but for the as for the release of the violating british tanker we need to wait for the court order there have been several maritime violations made by that ship so the court is looking into it hopefully as soon as possible the process will be complete and the court's verdict will be out whatever that may be it could be a release order hopefully to be released as soon as possible or not from us a bag in tehran. well they have been some tough words coming from the foreign ministry and the spokesman a bus most obvious essentially issuing a warning to the united states but that should be seen in the context not only for an international audience for a domestic audience here in iran because the

the ship and a further one than the anchorage i would thank you very much really appreciate it andrew symonds bring us all the latest there in gibraltar where that to iranian super tanker is just beginning to set sail and leave those waters now a wildfire in the canary islands is forced at least 2000 people to leave their homes more than 250 firefighters of working to tackle the blazes on gran canaria regional government says they began on saturday and could spread to at least 6 towns around 700 hectares have been burnt forcing the closure of 11 roads spanish island was hit by another devastating fire last week. migrants have attempted to swim ashore from the open arms rescue ship anchored off the coast of italy 4 men in life jackets made a break for the coast before being chased down by crewmembers italy won't let the rescue ship dock and the captain has turned down an offer from spain because of what he's calling an emergency situation on board the ship is carrying 107 people rescued from the mediterranean mainly from africa. a transitional government is expected to be formed in sudan in th

closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new one that's now charting unknown course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. and iran's foreign ministry says it's up to the courts decide if and when the british tanker a seized in the strait of hormuz will be released. as for the release of the violating british tanker we need to wait for the court order there have been several maritime violations made by that ship so the court is looking into it hopefully as soon as possible the process will be complete and the courts verdict will be out whatever that may be it could be a release order hopefully it'll be released as soon as possible let's get some more on that story for you with a side big in tehran. well there have been some tough words coming from the foreign ministry and the spokesman a bus most obvious essentially issuing a warning to the united states but that should be seen in the context not only for an international audience for a domestic audience here in iran because there are many that see the release of the iranian tank as a victory for diplomacy for iran's dip

kazakstan the opposition say they will stick to the deal as long as the government doesn't violate it andrew symonds was at the talks in north. in accordance with a communique that didn't use the word ceasefire syrian state media had already announced a conditional truce demanding the withdrawal of weaponry from a buffer zone or little. the syrian government blames the turkish for not fulfilling their role in the so she agreement last year. how the muslim you term this has not materialized on the contrary the number of terrorists in and lead has increased namely foreign fighter terrorists in and leave. the opposition despite reservations agreed to a truce but accused the regime of violating the sushi agreement taking advantage of a withdrawal of fighters so they could launch what it called their cunning criminal attacks and their spokesman gave this warning. right now there is no trust and there will be no trust in the future when it comes with during the heavy weapons and no heavy weapons will be withdrawn unless there are a written guarantee. that russia says the biggest fighting group brands as t

it's switched its registration from panama to sail under the iranian flag life to my colleague andrew symonds who's there for us on the water just by that ship just off the coast of gibraltar so andrew still there not setting sail quite yet. that's right peter as you can see now all of the original namings of of this vessel grace water as it was or all blacked out now they've painted that out the crew that are on board they've only seen about 6 or 7 so far also the panamanian flag has been brought down there is nothing. in a way of a flag on this vessel right now and now these are all important aspects because they're part of the registration process the reregistration process has been de flag formally it's registered now in iran's name there will be an iranian flag we're told as far as the crew go we're not sure yet whether there's a new captain on board 7 crew were brought out so we know that from bravia communications on thursday nights 7 new crew members are on board but we need 28 to sail this vessel iran does and that is a logistical issue. so far the indications are that it by no means

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new on that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of gibraltar. and let's look at developments in kashmir 1st of all india's prime minister narendra modi has spoken on the phone with us president donald trump 2 weeks after new delhi revoked to the autonomy of indian administers kashmir details of the conversation haven't emerged yet but trump and modi are said to have discussed increasing trade and preventing what they call cross border terrorism. india has eased some restrictions in india then most of kashmir but there are still concerns about human rights abuses in fact a number of civilians say they have been targeted by indian forces during the lockdown zira spoke to 2 people with life changing injuries and child fora has their stories from new delhi. mohammad saavik may never regain his vision in one of his eyes he says he was hit by pellets fired by an indian soldier right after he stepped out of his local mosque because. everything was normal there were no protests security forces chased us away and fi

the closing of one chapter of a crisis and the start of a new one that's now charting a course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. from big who's in tehran welcome back to the news out what's the foreign minister saying about this. well he's been speaking this morning in the weekly press conference that takes place here and he was specifically asked about the u.s. attempt to try and seize this tanker now what what he said must be seen and domestic sense as well because he's also speaking to a domestic audience because the release of the iranian tanker has been seen as a victory for iranian diplomacy by some and a victory for the power of iran's military because some feel that if they rein iranians had not seized the british flag tanker they would not be in a position to negotiate for their own tankers so this specific question about the possible the united states possibly trying to seize this tanker he gave out this morning. if the u.s. sees the iranian tanker or even talk about the issue it's a threat to the security of shipping in international waters and iran through official

andrew symonds live in thailand thank you very much indeed lots more to come here it out there including embracing peace the movement that signals an and to 40 years of hostilities in mozambique. and the floods are receding but the threat for millions is rising we'll have the latest from bangladesh. hello there's some pretty good sunshine across much of japan for the next couple of days it's been a fairly clear picture here on the satellite there's been a cloud just streaming into northern sections of the korean peninsula and maybe just a shot into seoul $35.00 celsius so feeling pretty well this time which is about 5 or 6 degrees above the average for this time of year drying up on sunday if there were indeed any showers and then you can see some a picture across into much of japan maybe again just an often in in tokyo with a high of 33 celsius not so quiet further to the south into the southeast of asia not this mass of rain that you can see all of this is tied to what is tropical storm now it will continue to weaken over the next few days that is in terms of the winds but the rain wil

issued a warrant for its detention the ship was accused of trying to break sanctions al-jazeera as andrew symonds joins us live here on the news hour again from gibraltar and this issuing of the detention order and then the rejection of it in real terms does this change what the tanker will or will not do at all. probably not in fact 99 percent not because now you have a confirmation from the authorities here in that there won't be an extension of the detention order or not so much of the extension a re re imposition of the of the detention order the court action in the united states has no application here that's really the nub of it the explanation given by the central authority here in gibraltar is this that the legal system here does not apply because the us action is based on u.s. sanctions the action taken by gibraltar on the u.k. was inforced under e.u. sanctions and as far as that issue goes there is compliance now because there was an assurance that this cargo on board. point $1000000.00 barrels of like crude oil is not destined for syria so there's another issue to it as well which is e

but 1st let's go to gibraltar andrew symonds has the very latest for us and i can see that you're actually on the water what is the latest with regard to the face of the greece. well right there there she is grace wong still a sense july the 4th we've seen a couple of crewmembers and we're hearing reports that they have all the fish me being released in terms of any arrest and any action which happened ahead of this approach from the u.s. department of justice now we did see a couple of crewmembers a short time ago back there on shore busy total confusion about really what happens next because the attorney general michael lama who was in court represented by a lawyer he was very ruffled when he appeared at the 1st hearing which was very brief simply because of this he had gone there all prepared for the release of this ship with its 2100000 barrels of crude oil and he was going to put before the court the lifting of the detention however he'd also go before him this approach from the u.s. department of justice in which the cole walls to continue with the detention order but having said tha

calls andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. at urana still in possession of a british flag tanker that sees the ship in the strait of hormuz 2 weeks after the u.k. territory of gibraltar detained her aunt's vessel iran's foreign ministry says it's up to the courts to decide if and when the british tanker will be released but through the eyes for the release of the violating british tanker we need to wait for the court order there have been several maritime violations made by that ship so the court is looking into it hopefully as soon as possible the process will be complete and the courts verdict will be out whatever that may be it could be a release order hopefully to be released as soon as possible afghanistan has postponed independence day celebrations after a bomb attack at a wedding reception killed 63 people claimed responsibility for saturday's attack and call a warning some of the u.s. i find the pictures in this report from charlotte disturbing. awaiting that a suicide bomber turned into a massacre these people are wai

hundreds of civilians have died since the government launched its operation to retake it in april andrew symonds was at the peace talks in our seoul time and has our report. pollution in accordance with a communique that didn't use the word ceasefire syrian state media had already announced a conditional truce demanding the withdrawal of weaponry from a buffer zone or it loop. the syrian government blames the turkish for not fulfilling their role in the so she agreement last year. this has not materialized on the contrary the number of terrorists in and lead has increased namely foreign fighter terrorists in and leave. the opposition despite reservations agreed to a truce but accused the regime of violating the sushi agreement taking advantage of a withdrawal of fighters so they could launch what it called their cunning criminal attacks and their spokesman gave this war. right now there is no trust and there will be no trust in the future when it comes with glory the heavy weapons no heavy weapons will be withdrawn unless there are a written guarantee. that russia says the biggest fighting group

the opposition says they will abide by the deal as long as the government doesn't violate it andrew symonds is monitoring developments at the peace talks inertial tahn. on the face of it there does seem to be a will for a ceasefire although there are many questions about how long it could last all parties say they intend to move forward with the agreement but there are technicalities which could cripple it very quickly one of them is whether or not all guns all removed from a 20 kilometer buffer zone which was agreed in the socially agreement back in september 28th seen this just in from the opposition spokes person ayman samy he says right now there is no trust right now there are no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there's a signed agreement by russia and the turkish sides then we can talk more about withdrawing our weapons now that was a precondition from the syrian regime in actually agreeing to the ceasefire in the 1st place so that's one problem and i asked the russian special envoy what he felt about this cease fire. will hope that it will last for a long time but it all

the british royal marines last month with iran accused of violating oil sanctions against syria andrew symonds has more from gibraltar. i was in court and everyone was expecting the release of this oil tanker then dramatically has to be said because the attorney general michael a mouse was quite ruffled he told the judge that in the early those days morning late on wednesday night there had been contact with the department of justice u.s. involving go documents involving requests on a declaration that there will be in these legal terms a supplemental request of detention power well to the existing detention. china's military drills in a sports stadium just across the border from hong kong the maneuvers took place as anti-government demonstrations continue in the territory china says the protest movement has reached near terrorism. prime minister narendra modi has used independence day to say that removal of india to minister kashmir is autonomy is to benefit the people of the region he says his government fulfilled a promise with the decision despite facing criticism as kashmir has been under

territory supreme court on an alleged promise from tehran that its cargo was not headed to syria andrew symonds reports from gibraltar. the grace warner and co of gibraltar its panamanian registration changed yet the iranian flag still not in place it's thursday the start of the 43rd and final day of its detention but a major legal twist on shore in the gibraltar supreme court had a judge seeming somewhat baffled and the crew on board wondering if they'd ever get away the attorney general's legal team had a plan to release the supertanker but only hours before that was supposed to happen the u.s. department of justice asked for the detention to be extended instead the case was adjourned for 5 hours a lawyer for 3 of the crew including the captain couldn't see any reason for the detention to continue we've taken advice from 2 q. sees in london specialists on sanctions and a criminal specialist for what we could tell them their advice was that was no breach the sanction. as confusion spread from the courtroom grace was reminded on cut just as she has been since july the full 28 crew members on bo

oil to syria iran denied those allegations calling the seizure an act of piracy let's bring in andrew symonds who's joining us live from. despite that last minute u.s. request to keep this ship detained it's been set free just talk us through what happened down through. well 43 days on a decision was made here the chief minister's office here in the center of gibraltar to actually apply for the lifting of this detention order now when the legal representatives went into these supremes caught short distance away there was another aspect of all of this that application as it was termed at the time from the united states department of justice to extend the deferential order rather than lift it now that was not a formal application the supreme court judge threw it out immediately that it was no formal application made and it didn't apply to the proceedings anyway because this was a this was a case that revolved soley around the breach of sanctions he use sanctions over the syrian war which was that will be. no longer a pick up all because of assurances from the iranians that the grace one was not

its word respected and then we'll see how the whole thing plays out going forward al-jazeera is andrew symonds has been following this story closely and brings us more from outside that courtroom in gibraltar. after 43 days grace warm is free to go despite a last minute attempt by the u.s. department of justice to try to get the detention order extended eternal general's office seemed in a spin at the start of the day when the 1st hearing was held because they affectively there was one application on his desk for one thing the other words for an extension now the judge ruled that there was no formal application by the u.s. and in any case he said it was out of his hands now because the iran effectively was complying according to the government here with what they wanted there is no longer any sanctions busting going on they carried out by jus law the correct procedure they say they describe it as one of most of the most successful sanction acts for the european union since the syrian war started so this is now the situation the tanker is likely to leave quite soon and the u.s. has to go throug

course andrew symonds al-jazeera off the coast of japan. afghanistan is marking its 100th and dependence day but celebrations had been postponed after saturday's suicide bombing at a wedding reception i saw as claimed responsibility for the attack in kabul which killed at least 63 people and injured nearly 200 charleville us has our report but a warning some viewers may find the pictures disturbing. awaiting that a suicide bomber turned into a massacre these people are waiting to hear with that their relatives and friends survived stephen we're going to go i want to sit at the back i'm here to find out about my son to find out if he's ok some people say that his neck is injured some people say his hand is injured he's not answering his phone i don't know what to do . more than 1000 people at the waiting for a young couple from afghan shia muslim minority to his aura the marriage certificate had just been signed when i saw a suicide attacker wearing a vest packed with explosives dition a ship in near the stage. muslim office sort of were don

gibraltar has set sail no longer called the grace one left under its new 9 adrian daddy i want but as andrew symondsreports it's still unclear where the tanker is heading. yes. lifted and underway at last in the darkness heading east into the mediterranean. a few hours before the departure supplies had been loaded on the adrian daria warm in the choppy waters a specialist engineer had been winched up along with at least 5 new crew members the engineer was brought on board to attend to a technical issue planning to return to shore later nightfall on the swell of the sea is getting worse yet the technician has yet to return to the supertanker the ai asked systems that automatic identification systems are now showing the adrian da real war they to the technician had finished his work and returned to shore but who will end up with $140000000.00 worth of crude oil this is obviously going to be one of those tracks vessels over the next few days and therefore we have a very clear idea of where it goes and we have a very clear idea of any vessels that come alongside in order to transit the cargo last thursd

northwest syria since late april a talks aimed at ending the syrian war taking place in kazakstan andrew symonds is following developments for us in north. a sunni delegate from the syrian national coalition has told al-jazeera that there can be no concessions from them on any political settlement until there's a full ceasefire announced by russia and the syrian regime in italy there's already major pressure from the united nations or all parties to stop the fighting and a call from 2 thirds of the u.n. security council earlier this week for. the security general of the u.n. to mount an internal investigation to attacks on medical facilities the russians counter that this is propaganda that there is not anything going on other than attacks on what they call terrorists now as far as the meetings here go the iranians and russians have had a meeting the syrian national coalition will be meeting united nations delegation which is an observer status mission the u.n. is trying to broker a deal with the syrian regime to have all parties together in a committee a committee for the constitution but there

commit on our end and there will not be any need to talk about heavy weapons in the area and andrew symonds joins us live now from the capital nursultan so we have this joint statement tell us what are the highlights and what do we know. well put simply there is a ceasefire in place is more or less holding all parties to these talks agree that there has to be some level of peace in it live it is a deescalation zone the sochi agreement dating back to september 28th scene was put in place and it should have led to a 20 kilometer buffer zone in which no guns were put in place but both sides disagree with each other for he meant the over who broke that agreement way back and now we have this whole offensive that's been going on for the past 3 months since the end of april that's led to so many civilians being killed can it hold well it's tenuous but there is an agreement there i asked the russian special envoy if he felt there was going to be a long term ceasefire. hope that it will last for a long time but it all depends now you should understand on those radicals because the main problem is t

one but it is still unclear where the tanker is actually going this report from andrew symonds. yes. lifted and underway at last in the darkness heading east into the mediterranean. a few hours before the departure supplies had been loaded on the adrian daria warm in the choppy waters a specialist engineer had been winched up along with at least 5 new crew members the engineer was brought on board to attend to a technical issue planning to return to shore later nightfall on the swell of the sea is getting worse yet the technician has yet to return to the supertanker the ai asked systems that automatic identification systems are now showing the adrian real war they to the technician had finished his work and returned to shore but who will end up with $140000000.00 worth of crude oil this is obviously going to be one of the nice tracts vessels either the next few days and therefore we have a very clear idea of where it goes and we have a very clear idea of any vessels that come alongside in order to try and ship the cargo. last thursday gibraltar the supremes court lifted the dete

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