been more or less a spokesperson for egypt and saudi arabia more than for the 22 members of the arab league and egypt saudi arabia of course have been. quite powerful within the league considering the basic dismemberment of so many arab countries in recent years now when it comes to iran and its regional policy look it's very very clear and i think our viewers around the world are intelligent enough to carry 2 pair of ideas at the same time on the one hand iran had actually played a destructive destabilizing goal in the region in general whether it's in syria in iraq but ups in yemen and other places but when it comes to the nuclear deal iran is in the right the united states is on the wrong according to the absolute majority of the world countries and to international law because the iran nuclear deal has already been in shrine and in a u.n. security council resolution the idea that the united states walked out of the deal imposed crippling sanction iran and has basically initiated gunboat diplomacy in the persian gulf that does not mean that iran needs to reflect and reverse course if any

it comes to iran than those of the arab countries neighboring iran but be that as it may now the arab league and the arab world can only look observe from the sidelines as the united states and iran decide the future of the gulf and not just the arab countries or the neighbors mowing but i mean we've heard from germany today saying the video is inconclusive russia is saying everyone needs to just hold back until we've got more information the u.s. must have to see at some point that not everyone is going to jump on the bandwagon that they are pushing as it were. absolutely and even if and even if they did see that iran is responsible they're not going to push for war against iran because everyone understands that iran did not walk away from the nuclear deal and everyone has warn everyone has warned that if this happens that there will be a solution because in the end of the day iran is not going to accept to be crippled economically its people starving its oil completely its all exports completely frozen because a new american president showed up on the scene and decided so so look i'm going

perhaps not as focused because we've been a we're talking about 50 plus countries not just the arab league not just the $23.00 countries but certainly the same toward paying lip service to palestine just in general terms of pakistan remains important but of course focusing on the tension in the gulf and as you said on the subject but also trying to perhaps send a. moderate. tone by saying that soldier may be always seeks to bridge between muslim countries but i don't know what that means i think he's gone do definitely look for solutions that support saudi arabia in the tensions with iran but i think the islamic conference is probably more challenging the gulf cooperation council and certainly more challenging than the arab league. because you i mean just looking at some of the images that from the audience you have such a diverse array of leaders present i mean obviously this is this is quite a large organization encompassing countries from different parts of the world different continents and of course everybody has their own strategic domestic and foreign interests absolutely that's why

and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they describe as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. so let's meet the panel for today 2 of our guests here in doha with me in the studio as magid and saadi who is a professor of the. cutter university we have also got a professor of political science from kuwait university and in teheran house on the an assistant professor of political science at the university of tehran welcome to all of you 3 professors on the show so that's get into it majid let me start with you. i mentioned this in my in my set up a little bit earlier the emergency and i am using escorts there because this seems to be this promise of we need 3 summits right now to deal with this emergency is it an emergency or is this in fact a way of almost creating the feeling of an emergency yeah well let's just clarify one thing which is that 2 of the summits were murders he said ok this climate summit is enormous i would always really issue but certainly there is s

and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they describe as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. so let's meet the panel for today 2 of our guests here in doha with me in the studio as magid and saadi who is a professor of the. cutter university we have also got a professor of political science from kuwait university and in tehran house on the an assistant professor of political science at the university of tehran welcome to all of you 3 professors on the show so that's get into it majid let me start with you. i mentioned this in my in my set up a little bit earlier the emergency and i am using escorts there because this seems to be this promise of we need 3 summits right now to deal with this emergency is it an emergency or is this in fact a way of almost creating the feeling of an emergency yeah well let's just clarify one thing which is that 2 of the summits were mergers he said ok this climate summit is enormous i would just always rail issue but certainly there is

and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they describe as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. so let's meet the panel for today 2 of our guests here in doha with me in the studio as magid study who is a professor of the. cutter university we have also got a professor of political science from kuwait university and in tehran has son the an assistant professor of political science at the university of tehran welcome to all of you 3 professors on the show. get into it majid let me start with you. i mentioned this in my in my set up a little bit earlier the emergency and i am using escorts there because this seems to be this promise of we need 3 summits right now to deal with this emergency is it an emergency or is this in fact a way of war most creating the feeling of an emergency yeah well let's just clarify one thing which is that 2 of the summits were murders he said ok this climate summit is enormous i would always rail issue but certainly there is some insight hel

the terraces with the arab league chief who drives around and just to iran to reverse its course of action the u.s. has also released this video it says shows iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the hull of one of the tankers however the japanese owner of one of the ships says his crew with its flying objects moments before. the un security council has been holding a meeting on its peacekeeping force in darfur the un confirmed the killing of 17 people on the burning of more than 100 houses in the darfur region early this week on the u.k. says the you know. ited nations african union mission in darfur it's called united must stay in the region it says removing them would violate existing agreements as well as u.n. rules more on this with mike hanna who's at the u.n. in new york so you will stay in for it seems but not all the parties necessarily agree. well the discussion in the course of the day was what to do when the mission ends its mandate ends which is at the end of this particular month so discussions about that the british and the germans are insistent that

but the arab league chief says iran is pushing everyone towards a confrontation. iran also calls the accusations by the u.s. alarming as it is in charge of security in the strait of hormuz and its ships were actually among the 1st to rescue crews from the damaged tank. and a military spokesman for yemen's hooty rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from airports in both saudi arabia and the u.a.e. mohamed says operations on airports and the 2 sides will continue as long as the war in yemen and. the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting in geneva to discuss whether to declare the latest outbreak of ebola a global health emergency and 1400 people have died in democratic republic of congo since august and to have died in neighboring uganda this meeting comes amid concerns the virus may have spread from democratic republic of congo to uganda to people there died after visiting to see the victims are a 5 year old child and his grandmother uganda has banned public gatherings in the affected areas. the u.n. security council has been holding a

really firm stand against the repressive regime but you want your should also ask what about the arab league where are they and they're not active either i mean what's very interesting is the united states has now reached out to saudi arabia and said to the saudis who have put put in something like couple a $1000000000.00 worth of aid to sudan in the last few months please would you intervene can you do something about this and that is one way forward the other way would of course be for the army itself to act against the repressive forces of the judge are we to effectively in power now but at the moment there's no indication of that so unless the army acts or the outside forces maybe saudi arabia acts i can't see.

this coming from arab league chief saying that iranian reverse course right now, one big problem in middle east and it is iran, also saying developments in the gulf deepening confrontations and urges outright restrain. oil prices are up but not that much on this, we are keeping track of it, whether that has any other effect on this. i think it's being mitigated by the prospect of trade tensions with china continuing, in fact, china then -- first edward lawrence at the white house with what all of this portrays for trade talks. >> public officials in hong kong are call to go start delay for for reevaluation of fast track of new amendment for extradition to china is on, the amendment calls one to attention one-country two system philosophy that china has adopted. more protests scheduled for this week, past week protests turned violent and 80 people injured on wednesday. law is threatening hong kong's financial stature in the region. reuters reporting that tycoons are moving massive money, $100 million to singapore, chinese are telling to butt out, internal china issue. chinese ministry highl

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joining us from sydney we appreciate it thanks very much it is a 2nd anniversary at the start of the arab league c n land blockade on qatar by its neighbors saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain egypt and other secures qatar as leaders are supporting terrorism they have consistently denied that as he talks can settle the dispute peacefully interrogate the reports. a handshake between saudi king salmon bin abdulaziz and the qatari prime minister but if anyone saw this is a sign of warming relations between the 2 countries they'd be wrong that was a week ago and despite the most high profile meeting between the qataris and saudis in 2 years is the g.c.c. is still in crisis and very much divided and also we had reservations about many parts of the statement these elements include 1st the issue of only condemning iran and the escalation against it up in the absence of any moderate policy to engage in dialogue with iran. the statement also mentioned the united ago where is the night of the gulf war we have 3 gulf states blockading another gulf state ever since saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind a

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officials apparently the saudis wanted to make it look like there's some kind of unity within the arab league among arab elites and israel but they took it off the table at the last 2nd was not a wise move. it was inevitable because if the palestinians don't show up it was going to look people so one sided so much often american israeli axis that there would be no point in even holding the show but you mentioned earlier the electoral base which. is aiming polisi at this base and jelly and also includes some right wing jewish supporters and for them he wants he wants to show that he is supportive of israel and dismissive of the palestinians and also he wants to show that this is one of his campaign pledges that he at least made a good effort to fulfill if it didn't come to pass so be now looks towards the next elections and he wants to check the box and move ahead you know see under this administration. the trumpet ministration is openly and very forcefully pro israel as the see it ok how does that how is that bad for any kind of peace process when there are so many pieces that we need to have

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general.of a moderate some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware about. the russian ambassador insistent that this is a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf and you know pretty much what it's a little loosely would it would there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important goals before us today you know launching regional dialogue into the stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around iran if you rejected at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is sesame this based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree

occasion in which they basically put took a really serious stand against a dictatorship and the arab league hasn't taken any action either so you have to then ask yourself who has any real leverage over sudan and with the saudis and the u.a.e. putting in something like $3000000000.00 into the regime in the last few months then the saudis are the people to go to because they might just have some kind of hold over the generals who are not running the country will it succeed i think it's much too early to tell but it is just possible so how do you see them potentially trying to flex some of that influence. well you know if they really turned to the military and said look if you don't act we're going to withdraw the money that we've promised you then i think the sudanese government to offer all are in enormously difficult economic situation me that is where this all began in december last year with the bread riots that took place because the government couldn't really keep up providing bread at a highly subsidized rate so you know if if you withdraw that subsidy from the from the government of

security council discussing cooperation between the league of arab nations and the u.n. it was addressed by the u.n. secretary general who began his remarks with the warning that blame must not be apportioned before full details of this incident are no. i strongly condemned any attack against civilian vessels facts must be established and responsibilities clarified and they've that is something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region well these sentiments were echoed by the russian ambassador saying that no blame should be apportioned before full details are discovered the meeting was also addressed by the secretary general of the arab league of nations who had this to say. not our not unhealthy or men or god doesn't in these dangerous developments must compel the security council to act against those responsible to maintain the security and stability of the region mr president some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we must be aware of that. the meeting was chaired by the foreign minister of kuwait kuwait hi

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general. of the moderate some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware of that. the russian ambassador insistent that there's a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf and you know pretty much what it's a little studio loosely would it would there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important tools before us today you know launching regional dialogue into the stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view of the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around the ram if you rejected at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is estimates based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with suc

they know the opposition they're getting this go round from the entire arab league. >> after two years, which is crazy, they're still trying to understand president trump. so in previous administrations, a regime like iran would behave badly. the united states or other western powers would make all kinds of blustery statements. usually you'd see something. this administration is not willing to cede things. so if iran will threaten international shipping, a major source of energy for much of the world, not so much for the united states anymore, we're going to stand our ground and tell them that that behavior is not acceptable. people are understanding that position. why iran continues down this path? they're the world sponsor of terrorism, a war in yemen, threatening to attack u.s. interests in iraq. it's a crazy regime. so this administration is fully justified, on the proper path to hold this hard line. >> neil: so the crazy expectations are build in to that. let me ask you about that, gary. it was a weird day when gold was up, interest rates were down. i don't quite get that. >> yeah

. >> the head of the arab league is warning iran to, quote, be careful and reverse course, end quote. the arab leseueetary general tod accused iran of pushing all the regional players toward a confrontation. theankers were targeted near the strait of hormuz just miles om iran. about 20% of all global oil shipments pass through the strait. president trump blames iran for the oil tank attacks. the iranians deny it. the trump administration released video it says shows iran's revolutiory guard removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. suggestion is that wanted to cover its tracks. he pentagon is considerin beefing up u.s. military defenses in the area. president trump told fox news that he hopes iran is willing to negotiate. tensions between the two countries surged after mr. trump imposed tough sanctions. thse sanctions have crippled iran's economy. >>> in the race for the white house, today we learned who will be on stage together during the first democratic presidential debates. it's happening over two nights with ten candidates on each night. night one is weesday, june 26t

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general. of a moderate some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware of that i mean the russian ambassador insistent that this is a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf what gets a little loosely what it will there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important goals before us today you know launching regional dialogue into the stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around iran if you rejected at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is estimates based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. w

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general gate antonio good terrorists said remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believed there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.n. is not the rights to launch investigations only the security council can do it and . in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously the the mood offices of the secretary general always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr terrorist appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good offices where are

this is the 1st state visit by the koichi in me or 2 now he's been here before he was here for an arab league meeting in 2012 but that was under much different circumstances now he's the head of a delegation they are here to talk about bilateral relations to try to improve the relationship more between and kuwait but really we must say that what's topping the agenda here has to do with what's going on in the region right now namely the increasing tensions between the u.s. and iran those countries both the biggest allies. because feeling increasingly squeezed between these powers and you just have to look at the statement that was issued by the news agency yesterday when they announced that shifts about how to hit us about what's coming to us up they said that his visit comes amid rising and unprecedented tensions and developments witnessed by the region particularly the act which targeted the safety of oil supplies through destruction and strikes on oil and commercial vessels now the queta emir arrived about 2 hours ago he was greeted at the airport by iraq's prime minister i've adopted the w

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general arma double gate antonio good terroristssaid remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believed there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.n. is not the right to launch investigations only the security council can do it and. in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously the the mood offices of the secretary general always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr terrorist appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good offic

hugo while he's not in the g. 20 is egypt no egypt is not it's there as a representative of the arab league so you actually have by my count 26 different heads of countries there as well as a number of different international organizations the family photo now breaking up and you saw in that photo president xi next to president putin and his but i would say that those are 2 of the central figures with president trump and although there's lots of meetings with everyone involved it's going to be the summits those 2 many that will summit meetings between she. and trump and putin and trump which we're expecting in just 2 hours time that's going to be very very important indeed also worth noting that president trump was standing next to a man who has been in the center of the photo a time when there's been fresh focus on the death of jamal khashoggi grimace because shoji and that report by un special rapporteur agnes cullum art critic critical of saudi arabia as a state for his murder in the consulate in istanbul and of course he was a resident of the u.s. that didn't stop president trump from o

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general arma double gate antonio good terrorists said remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believed there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.n. is not the rights to launch investigations only the security council can do it and . in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously the the mood offices of the secretary general always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr terrorist appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good of

ousted in a military coup, a president that was a member of a state of the united nations, of the arab leagueon, this unprecedented silence signals that democracy and human rights and the violation of the rights of prisoners in the middle east can fall on deaf ears. and while today we are focusing on the situation of the former president, it exists to ask the question, what about the thousands that have died in custody? who will speak for them? thank you so who will speak for them? thank you so much for staying up so late for us so much for staying up so late for us in new york to talk about this. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: the world food programme says the agency will start to suspend food aid in yemen if it doesn't receive the assurances it needs to deliver assistance. speaking to the un security council, the head of the agency, david beasley, said the wfp was unable to act independently in houthi rebel—held areas. a nutrition programme for malnourished children, pregnant women and new mothers will, however, continue. two powerful earthquakes have hit sout

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general arma double gate antonio good terrorists said remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believed there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.s. is not the rights to launch investigations only the security council can do it. in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously the the offices of the secretary general always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr good terrorists appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good office

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general arma double gate antonio good terrorists said remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believed there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.n. is not the right to launch investigations only the security council can do it and. in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously the the mood offices of the secretary general are always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr terrorist appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good

weren't discussed everything was iran iran iran the fact that yemen was not discussed at a meeting of arab league and g.c.c. i think is quite something and it's you know i mean as i understand the leaders were even given a tour of almost like a little museum when they arrived they were showing drawings and missiles from yemen that have been destroyed and almost like showing off and then didn't discuss what is the greatest humanitarian crisis in the region but he was discussed in a way through the whole fees or there was also a white condemnation of the hutus who are everybody knows as a very effective automorph of iran and even the museum that the saudis showed the leaders of the g.c.c. and arab states were all made in iran i mean the problem once again we go back and state that lays on the iranian the iranian side iran has to change its behavior what's the dividing the g.c.c. not only the saudi arabia u.a.e. slash policy but also the practice and the behavior and propping up iran's proxies in 4 out of countries iran brags all the time that they control for up capitals and this is really undermin

addressing reporters alongside the arab league secretary general gate antonio good terrorists said remarkably that he had not seen this video released by the pentagon and broadcast around the world he said he believes there should be an independent investigation into the incident but the u.n. is not the rights to launch investigations only the security council can do it and . in relation to that obviously not the right person to answer your question he also said that high level mediation was needed but again his hands were tied obviously. the most offices of the secretary general are always available but the office of the secretary general of the mandates on the bodies of the. u.n. can only be exercised with the full agreement of the parties the secretary general seems to be placing limits on his own possible actions and they are limits that are not laid out in the united nations governing document the un charter so why does mr terrorist appear to be so reluctant to get involved i asked his official spokes person can you tell me where in the charter of the limits on his good offices where are

s for doing this frankly the fact that you had the entire arab league unable to to help and frankly complicit in the military is really problematic to say the least but i think the professional association may be just realistic about the fact that they're not getting the international support they need it is a is a shame i think they can always go back to the civil disobedience is working it can be used again i think continue transparency by the opposition to its followers its key but some of the very basics of allowing the prisoners to be released some sort counts ability of who is behind all of these murders is helpful but make no mistake sadly the professional association is really i think the one with the shorter the shorter stick so-to speak. yemen's who the media say the rebels have attacked the airport in saudi arabia with a cruise missile the saudis have not confirmed the attack and they have been protests against the presence of saudi troops near yemen's border with oman the demonstrators want the saudi and iraqi coalition to scale back its military presence in the province of amara.

but it should be this is a meeting of the arab league and the siniora. logic dictates that arabs and i believe there should be a concern about what israel is doing so it's palestinians but israel is doing to its arab neighbors what israel is doing in bombing women and children in other strips on a monthly basis basically so that should be a consent only problem is that the dictators that have gathered in saudi arabia don't care about their own people they don't care about palestinians what they care about is president trump and his deal of the century and as of a of diverting this acting attention to what's going on with the palestinian cause they have to have a book the man they have found iran to be a convenient bogeyman for them and they have consented and iran in a sort of concentrating on israel today as you know mark jerusalem the international. jerusalem they had millions of people in tehran and other cities around the world marking the stay in support of the palestinian cause and then you had the arab dictators in saudi arabia more of this support

government military sources say government forces are advancing on the areas of ains are and where the arab leagueafghans warplanes targeted several areas across tripoli overnight turkey's defense ministry says a mortar shell attack by syrian forces in the rebel held province of it has injured 3 turkish soldiers turkish commanders say one of their observation posts was deliberately targeted at labor's been bombarded by weeks for weeks by syrian government forces and russian airstrikes killing and killing several people russian media says the kremlin in turkey have brokered a cease fire in italy. government forces are shut in hong kong as protesters decide their next move the day after thousands forced the postponing of a vote for a new extradition or protest to say they will hold another mass rally on sunday while police are standing by in the central district protesters fear the change of the law could lead to the targeting of critics of mainland china. china's foreign ministry criticize the protests there is. true that it was an organized riot he moves to undermine hong kong's development will b

it's the 1st state visit that he has ever taken here in he was here once before in 2012 for an arab league meeting this of course has much more import mainly because it's coming at a time of such tension in the region that it offers feeling increasingly squeezed right now because of the tensions that are escalating between its 2 main allies the u.s. and iran and in an attempt to try to calm things down the emir of kuwait has come here today and of course there are other things on that agenda kuwait is trying to it to enhance their relationship with it at all because they've been trying to do the last few years they are trying to invest more in iraq they are trying to get more funds for the rebuilding of mosul's since eisel was defeated there but high on top of the agenda rather is the fact that this is coming at a time of such tension now if there were any doubt about that just take a look at what the kuwaiti news agency said yesterday when they announced this visit they said that shift a surprise visit comes amid rising and unprecedented tensions and developments witnessed by the region p

s for doing this frankly the fact that you had the entire arab league unable to help and frankly complicit in the military is really problematic to say the least but i think the professional association may be just realistic about the fact that they're not good and the international support they need it is a is a shame i think they can always go back to the civil disobedience is working it can be used again i think continued transparency by the opposition to its followers is key but some of the very basics of allowing the prisoners to be released some sort counts ability of who is behind all of these murders is helpful but make no mistake sadly the professional association is really i think the one with the shorter the shorter stick so-to speak. now after and many in march on sunday thousands of people in hong kong are building up for another day of protests against a controversial extradition bill crowds out already gathering outside the legislative council by politicians are expected to hold another round of debate on the proposed bill much of the area remains in partial lockdown with pr

as an emergency summit in saudi arabia last week the iraqi delegation refused to sign an arab league statement condemning iran in anbar province many of the towns still lie in ruins a year and a half off to victory was declared over eisel in iraq. iraq cities have long complained of neglect by repeated sheelagh governments and maybe don't trust the iran backed. by noting that the whole family we are of course afraid we are sick of these wars out of towns like a looter have suffered so much contact and all the again it was devastation and destruction sunni tribal leaders say they are concerned about potential sectarian violence if there was an escalation between the u.s. and iran. we hope that iraq will stay away from this crisis it's a turbulent situation iraqis have suffered unlist say a military escalation between the u.s. and iran seems unlikely but it's tension continues many of iraq's sunni fear they may be being marginalized by the iraqi government again as it tries to mediate and restore calm trying to stop it al-jazeera by. a u.s. congressional investigation is looking into t

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general. of the model some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware of that i mean the russian ambassador insistent that there's a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf and you know pretty much what it's a little loosely would it would there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important tools before us today you know launching regional dialogue into the stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view of the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around the ram if you reject it at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is estimates based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a

body of the international organizations the united nations the organization of african union the arab league the oh i see the united states members of the european council have not called for an independent investigation of the death of a world leader is quite telling and so what this indicates is that this karpal arms that card that president c.c. in the current an egyptian administration has been allowed to operate under of all out war and its own people suppression of voices of dissent upwards of 70000 prisoners the disappearance extradition of killings that this is continuing to happen and a member 2007 tame hama morsi spoke about the conditions of his imprisonment he said he had no access to his lawyers or medical treatment. since the 20th of september i've been in prison and i've been isolated that i've lost minutes in front of me i tried to speak to the court about different problems but the court decided not to have a see me after so many days when the time on the lights it was very painful icons to the coat except in shadows sometimes they had their businesses and sometimes i don't

s for doing this frankly and the fact that you had the entire arab league unable to to help and frankly complicit in the military is really problematic to say the least but i think the professional association may be just realistic about the fact that they're not getting the international support they need it is a is a shame i think they can always go back to the civil disobedience is working it can be used again i think continue transparency by the opposition to its followers its key but some of the very basics of allowing the prisoners to be released some sort counts ability of who is behind all of these murders is helpful but make no mistake sadly the professional association is really i think the one with the shorter the shorter stick so-to speak. these prime minister has described seeing the bodies of children shots in the back and see visited a village where almost 100 people were killed in a massacre who says the attack in the same region of central mali simply perfect gunmen also burned houses to the grinds in an escalation of ethnic violence has been getting worse for months. i

really firm stand against the repressive regime but they want to show should also ask what about the arab league where are they and they are not active either i mean what's very interesting is the united states has now reached out to saudi arabia and said to the saudis who have put put in something like a couple of 1000000000 dollars worth of aid to sudan in the last few months please would you intervene can you do something about this and that is one way forward the other way would of course be for the army itself to act against the repressive forces of the jungle week to effectively in power now but at the moment there's no indication of that so unless the army acts or the outside forces maybe saudi arabia acts i can't see any way forward there's a lot of reporting on saudi arabia and the united arab emirates as well as egypt vying for influence in sudan and we know that saudi in the u.a.e. have billions into sudan just put this into context for us martin cloud what's in it for them for these regional arab states. well for the egyptians of course you know in a sense they put down their own the

here because egypt c been invited he's here because currently they are the rotating heads of the arab league so that's why some of these leaders are here with so many leaders in the same place at the same time yes the focus is on politics and economics and particularly the economic situation around the world and clearly trade will be top of the agenda in the key dynamic there i think is between the u.s. and china in the possibility of that trade war but remember there's also been tension with other leaders as well the president tried. tweeting earlier on about india's trade with united with the with the us but there are other issues that will be dealt with in the sidelines of all of this and one of the biggest ones is iran in the last half an hour or so i was with the u.n. secretary general on toyota terrorist who was giving a news conference and he said that he was raising the issue of global warming but he was also raising the issue of rising political warming and then he went and focused in detail on the situation between the u.s. and iran he said the tension must be reduced it's somethin

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general. of the moderate some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware of that i mean the russian ambassador insistent that there's a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf and you know pretty much what it's a little loosely would it would there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important tools before us today you know launching regional dialogue into the stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view of the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around iran. if you rejected at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is estimates based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a

a thinly veiled accusation of responsibility was made by the arab league secretary general.of the moderate some parties in the region are trying to instigate fires in our region and we have to be aware of that. the russian ambassador insistent that this is a conscious strategy to undermine diplomatic moves aimed at reducing tension in the gulf but it's a live the studio loosely would it when there is a need to come together to achieve one of the most important tools before us today you know launching regional dialogue into stablish in a security architecture in the persian gulf we're currently according to our view of the tensions are artificially fueled and inflamed around iran. a view rejected at the u.s. state department where iran was directly accused of responsibility for the attacks this is estimates based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophisticatio