well the government has actually defended dominic rob's comment saying that this leaked order far was actually clipped and actually distorted the truth but we've also heard from the opposition party the labor party hitting out saying that dominic rob's comments behind closed doors actually completely undermined their public statements at the same time but it's not just dominic rob who has been accused long before of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses but saying something else publicly. we make good on my pledge bringing to force the united kingdom's 1st thomas human rights sanctions regime which gives us the power to impose sanctions on the on those involved in the very worst human rights abuses right around the world so when it comes to the big security and human rights challenges of our time we need this all united nations to forge a bold new multilateralism. so when it comes to championing human rights across the world it seems like the united kingdom can talk the talk but can't quite walk the walk but this week it really does feel as though britain is going through some so

well let's keep focus on britain foreign secretary dominic rob he's under scrutiny after a leaked audio recording revealed in saying the u.k. should strike trade deals with nations even if they have low human rights standards shoddy edward she has been looking deeper into. united kingdom is apparently facing its greatest threat since the cold war that is in calling to the foreign secretary dominic roth who is now warning the britain is heading towards a decades where in which democracy is in retreat apparently because upcoming economic powers like that of china are increasing its global dominance in the world in fact it seems as though the united kingdom's own position in the international world order is now under threat democracy is in retreat. this decade the combined g.d.p. of or to critic regimes is expected to exceed the combined g.d.p. of the world's democracy now the government has been accused of saying one thing and doing another and that comes as a leaked all to fall was revealed to the public in the public domain where in which the foreign secretary could be heard saying that

of course is much further along in its vaccination program than the european union dominant rob the e.u. foreign secretary on hearing the news said he was surprised at the decision taken by the us left on the line. we expect those assurances and the contract it supplied to be respected frankly i'm surprised we're having this conversation is normally what with u.k. and the e.u. team up with to object when other countries are less pretty quick to produce the right gauge and that kind of brinkmanship. well it's not just the united kingdom that has questions for the european union the united states will also be wondering how this could affect them because a bit of a proportion of us a vaccine is are also manufactured within the e.u. away from vaccines being exported from the e.u. there's also some concern amongst a number of e.u. member states over the distribution of vaccines within the block so nasty and caught the austrian chancellor has taken himself as the leader or at least the point man on a group of 6 e.u. member states who want to see a change in the vaccine distribution process he

be allowed to return to the uk as soon as possible to be reunited with her family, the words of dominic robt on this case. let's speak now to the labour mp and shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy. your reaction to the news. it is rounds your reaction to the news. it is grounds for — your reaction to the news. it is grounds for cautious _ your reaction to the news. it 3 grounds for cautious optimism, but we have been here before. 0ver grounds for cautious optimism, but we have been here before. over the last five years nazanin and her family have been through living hell, one step forward, two steps back, so many missteps on the road, as you just heard from jeremy hunt there, there is a real sense from there, there is a real sense from the family that nazanin is really struggling to take any more of this, so what we need to see now, now that there is very welcome progress has been made with the ankle tag being removed, is a personal intervention of the foreign secretary to make sure that these charges are not introduced on sunday, that we don't see another blockage on the road in what richa

condemned there, dominic rob condemned the move as deeply disturbing and this is widely seen as opposition in hong kong. if there is any movement there of course we will come back to events there in hong kong. to the us, where in the past couple of hours donald trump has made his first public appearance since leaving the white house last month. mr trump told a conference of conservative supporters the journey that started four years ago when he became president, is �*farfrom over�*. he also said he wouldn't be starting his own political party. from orlando, florida, our north america correspondent nick bryant sent this. carnival time in orlando. a trumpian mardi gras. latins for trump! but this also had the feel of a revival meeting, a gathering that suggests that if there is to be a battle for the soul of the republican party, then the former president has the numbers to win. the loser of the 2020 election was greeted like a conquering hero. most people in this crowd still believe he won, and the big question on everyone's lips — will he run again? cheering. who knows? i may ev

pressuring dominic rob, borisjohnson, the foreign secretary and prime minister going to be tougher onon and ethics barristers has been touted is because they were responsible for drawing up an opinion that said that china had committed genocide, using the g word, in xinjiang. it shows what of independentjudicial systems independent judicial systems and that is independentjudicial systems and that is that theyjust don't believe in it. why do we know what form these sanctions will take? we do. most people cannot come to china, neither can immediate members of theirfamily, and people here in china and chinese entities cannot do business with them. it is mostly tokenistic because those people are almost certainly unlikely to have those kind of business relationships anyway but nonetheless china is retaliating after a uk sanctions after a coordinated campaign from the uk, eu and us with sanctions of its own. in the last hour we are seeing some developments in terms of a separate story but one that is converging with these sanctions, and that is the targeting of some foreign companies for t

that they've sanctioned for chinese people out of a population of 1400000000 dominic robs corner secretly take last week actually supporting increased trade with china. washington's humanitarian credentials don't exactly add up either they're currently linking future sanctions against russia's pipeline to germany to the fate of. even though they've been trying to sink ground pipeline 3 years before he became a cause celeb wonder why the us has argued and in fact excessively with some countries like poland for example that actually there's a lot of us gas and they're happy to look at 5 and send it to countries in europe that sounds pretty lucrative doesn't it well germany got behind the sanctions on china but tensions are running worryingly high between germany and the united states the bone of contention is a gas pipeline. monetary and dedication to novell ms well being doesn't extend to shutting down a pipeline which brings lots of lovely cheap gas international solidarity is pretty much always for sale the reason sanctions have worked in the past is because the u.s. has spent decades as

foreign minister dominic rob says it is unacceptable and unjustifiable that iran has chosen to continue with this 2nd holy arbitrary case against nazanin zacari ratcliffe the iranian government says deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal nason he must be allowed to return to her family in the u.k. with boats further delay. a police investigation into the wife of syria's president is underway in britain as it is accused of inciting and encouraging terrorist acts during the war in syria the case was opens in response to a dossier filed by an international law firm it could lead to her facing prosecution and the loss of her presence this is in ship 20 cameron is a human rights lawyer and founder of the international firm that submitted evidence against us he says she's participated in crimes. our group has been working on this all for the last 67 months and so we submitted evidence that sharon's involvement and incitement i mean current commit. terrorism in syria. some of which is what we would call convention offenses and so these are offensive that involve the use of ch

needs urgent treatment for her mental health well in a blunt statement the british foreign minister dominic rob said it is unacceptable and un justifiable that iran has chosen to continue with this 2nd wholly arbitrary case against iraq with the iranian government has deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal nazanin must be allowed to return to her family in the u.k. without further delay. still ahead here on al-jazeera syria's 1st lady is investigated in a case that could see her stripped of her british citizenship. finding ways to perform her musicians in new york are playing it safe during this time that . sponsored play qatar airways. i like that the skies are clearing nicely across japan at the moment we've had some very heavy rain here recently and we are looking at surprise the weather is a go on through the next coming days as this area of low pressure just pulls out of the way most of the area of high pressure squeezing things for the east was so we'll see more in the way of sunshine and warm sunshine as well tokyo getting up every pleasant 20 celsius there is some righ

foreign secretary dominic rob this puts him in the farming line if you lived.

wednesday about a heated exchange of words between the european commission she 1st live on delay and dominic rob the foreign secretary after the commission suggested that they may well stop exports of e.u. made vaccines to the u.k. while the e.u. sorts out speeding up its vaccine rollout of course the souring relationship between brussels and britain isn't great there has been a real escalation in tensions in the past few weeks with vaccines or the lack of them at the heart of it. time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back despite his downfall the forces entire cabinet to resign the dutch prime minister is set to remain in power after this week's elections and no relief in sight lebanon's economic crisis gets worse pushing more people into poverty among the states. it's time for the perfect jenny. went sponsored point qatar airways how i once again got good news for beijing we have got some rain sleet and snow moving in over the next couple days i say get used because we've had that dust problem recently the sandstorm blowing out of the gobi desert drifting in across that northeaster

yeah the foreign secretary dominic rob has put out a statement from the foreign office i can read that statement to you now he basically says that we welcome the removal of 1000 eons ago rectus ankle tag but iran continues to put her and her family through a cruel and intolerable intolerable ordeal she must be released permanently so she can return to her family in the u.k. and we will continue to do all we can to achieve this we have relayed to the iranian authorities in the strongest possible terms that her continued confinement is unacceptable and this is the crucial thing because there is this uncertainty over the court case that seems to be impending her family her husband her sister in law brothers her husband's sister are saying that the family cannot celebrate yet because there is still this uncertainty there are still many sleepless nights ahead until it know whether that 2nd case has been quashed or you mentioned her husband there he's been very critical of really how the british government has dealt with all of this and at times saying that his wife has been used as a bargai

has every right to hold on to that jobs will dominate rob the foreign secretary has hit back pretty significantly accusing us live on delaying of axing like a north or italian leader of brinkmanship by not honoring in his words the contracts that underline the shipments of these these drugs from the e.u. to the united kingdom we have heard in a statement from pfizer incorporated to manufacture their vaccine in brussels that they will all know all existing supply chains but this route this back and forth does not look good at a time in which most countries just desperately want to get their populations like snakes as quickly as possible need thanks very much indeed that's the barker talking to us from london let's bring in dominic cain who's joining us from berlin to talk of the european element of this needs talking about this this brinkmanship that's going on between the e.u. and the u.k. is this brinkmanship always does the anger over this and the concern one more deeply. the point to make from the e.u. use perspective at least from the e.u. institutions perspective is that they are very clearl

concerns on wednesday about heated exchanges between the european commission she 1st live on delay and dominic rob the foreign secretary after the commission suggested that they may well stop exports of e.u. made vaccines to the u.k. while the e.u. sorts out speeding up its vaccine rollout. that makes the vaccine in brussels says this morning that they will be no delay that they will on a contracts and the drug that has been ordered by the u.k. will still continue to arrive here in britain but of course the souring relationship between brussels and britain isn't great there has been a real escalation in tensions in the past few weeks with vaccines or the lack of them the heart of it need thank you for that need by caroline for us there in london. and still ahead on the news hour despite a scandal that forced his entire cabinet to resign the dutch prime minister is set to remain in power after this week's elections veiled threats why school girls in indonesia say they're being bullied by teaches at their school and in sports the new president advice alone have asked to do all he can to keep the ann

government level the foreign minister was in norway during the last couple days when this news broke he dominic rob was keen to defend the vaccine again to defend its safety record the medicine regulator here has pushed the safety proven on look a lot of scale basis and pointed out that out of 11000000 doses administered in this country they have been no obvious adverse effects of this type it is a big deal of course in the u.k. as you say this is a u.k. made vaccine manufactured by u.k. based pharmaceuticals company put together and designed by british scientists and it is the cornerstone of britain's so far very successful vaccine roller but it is a vaccine the astra zeneca job that has had its share of controversy in the last couple of months political disputes delivery delays and now safety concerns everybody very key thing to try and tamp down the potential for widespread panic here jane have there with all the latest for us from london thank you very much jonah well let's dig into this now with simon clark he's an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading and h

radcliffe needs treatment for her mental health well in a blunt statement the british foreign minister dominic rob said it is unacceptable and unjustifiable that iran has chosen to continue with this 2nd a holy arbitrary case against nazanin zakari ratcliffe the iranian government has deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal now didn't must be allowed to return to her family in the u.k. without further delay. 2 explosions have rocked the afghan capital kabul police officials say at least 3 people were killed 12 others injured no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. on the leader of the ethiopian community in yemen's capital sanaa is calling for an international investigation after a fire killed at least 44 people mostly migrants from ethiopia local leaders have blamed the who these who control the city of neglect of the migrant processing center united nations says more than 200 people were injured facility was holding about 900 migrants at the time the cause of the blaze remains unknown. early results and germany's regional elections point to heavy losses for chanc

foreign minister dominic rob says it is unacceptable and unjustifiable as iran has chosen to continue with the 2nd holy arbitrary case against nazanin zakaria ratcliffe the arena and government has deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal nazanin must be allowed to return to her family in the u.k. without further delay. let's take you back go to our top story arlen suspending use of the astra zeneca covert 1000 vaccine at all to dominic wilkinson is director of medical ethics at the university of oxford center for practical ethics and joins us now from oxford thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera to discuss this i guess the 1st question is a many of our viewers and listeners will want to know this is this astra zeneca vaccine safe. well i think the base statements that we have from the very large trials that the specs you know and others of being true is that the vaccine is highly and is say like many neck scenes and many treatments after the vaccine is being used in a wider population sometimes there are a range of problems that come up and there's a ver

let's go live now to louis which is south of london where we have royal chalons warry so we had dominic rob there is tweet giving his $0.02 but iran hasn't listened to the u.k. government at least for the past 5 years so what are the chances listen now. well having the perception in the u.k. of course is that the danes are gauri reckless incarceration has nothing to do with either guilt or innocence it's to do with. a point that the the iranian government is trying to make sense to me as we've been talking about a break up a hostage situation now they are iraq lives husband richard radcliff has been pretty clear that he thinks that this is absolutely links to the issue of the tanks that i was just talking about and that essentially what we're looking at here is a kind of game of governmental chess and that it's it's about these 2 governments sitting down with each other and trying to work out what the price is the right price for her release now you know that the family and the u.k. government have not always seen eye to why over this and the best way forward richard radcliff over the last

cars the demand for something the whole world's come to depend on is highlighted the dominance of just 2 countries rob mcbride reports from seoul. between them south korea and taiwan have a near monopoly on the world's production of processing and memory chips it's a dominance in a strategic commodity that's been developing over years but now making itself felt as the world becomes increasingly technology driven but from here on out it's going to broader considerately to egypt with everything modern fighter. it's not. your electric vehicle in your cars it's going to have a retreat it's getting old like other car makers this general motors plant outside seoul has been experiencing delays because of a global shortage of chips it's been a wakeup call for many world leaders but the investment of time and money needed to become a chip maker means south korea and taiwan will maintain their lead for years to come it's a global shortage that's been made worse by the pandemic when car factories ramped up production again late last year it coincided with a surge in demand for consumer goods also needing chips a