here or i have no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the present request on sixty two lar because of the american side of course contest this entirely their legal team left without comment and they'll have their three hours here on tuesday their main argument is likely to be that the treaty that was signed when the u.s. and iran with friends sixty three years ago doesn't apply anymore because in the after nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution all the different sets american sanctions the flirting fifty five days of embassy seem to doesn't mean anything and anyway the americans have the biggest thing in their favor which is that even if in the end this court agrees with iran that decision might be binding but the u.s. doesn't actually have to go by what the court says so it's a good attempt i think by iran to try to get somewhere with this but ultimately likely to not be very successful. u.s. president donald trump and kenya's leader have been talking about trade and security during your herd kenyatta his visit to the white house and as i once more a

iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and it's one of europe's biggest street parties we're going to take you to london's notting hill carnival. soldiers and me i'm on have committed the greatest crimes under international law by attacking range of muslims according to the united nations it's investigators say at least ten thousand people have been killed during military attacks last august hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border into neighboring bangladesh mohammad gem june reports. the un says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge or following their recent fact finding mission on me and more three investigators presented their report in geneva on monday. included among the findings that me and mars armed forces also known as the top of my down took actions that in the words of the un investigators undoubtedly amount to the greatest crimes under international law the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focu

iraq had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the present requests are sixty two large because of the american side of course contest this entirely their legal team left without comment and they'll have their three hours here on tuesday their main argument is likely to be that the treaty that was signed when the u.s. and iran with friends sixty three years ago doesn't apply anymore because in the after nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution all the different sets american sanctions the ability fifty five treaty of amity doesn't mean anything and anyway the americans had the biggest thing in their favor which is that even if in the end this court agrees with iran that decision might be binding but the u.s. doesn't actually have to go by what the court says so it's a good attempt i think by iran to try to get somewhere with this but ultimately likely to not be very successful the u.s. president of trump and his kenyan account of are who are going yet or have held trade talks at the white house and it's the second time trump has met a leader from sub-

and attracted international criticism the route the war takes has been deemed by the international court of justice in the hague to be illegal and inhumane the issue of human rights that the international court of justice brings up is the issue of proportionality have a right to defend your population nobody is saying no but you can't be disproportionate about it you can't completely oppress and destroy another population for the sake of your own population that's really the issue if the wall have been built along the green line which is the internationally recognized border between the west bank and israel israel has the right to build a wall either on the green line or within its own territory there will be about fifty thousand palestinians on the israeli side of the wall when it's complete and again this undermines the security argument. and soft argues that the revulsion expressed by many around the world is sheer hypocrisy. we don't know if your in even your. wars they don't tell you. may lead us with. these bloody. wars. and yet it is not just the international community that has condemned th

prisoners the united states says the un's top court doesn't talk of the jurisdiction to hear iran's case over u.s. sanctions iran wants the international court of justice to suspend the u.s. sanctions imposed three weeks ago its argument is based on an one nine hundred fifty five friendship treaty signed two decades before the islamic revolution when iran was a u.s. ally mr president iran's request warrants another observation before i proceed it rests on the basis of a treaty who central purpose friendship with the united states iran has expressly and repeatedly disavowed since nine hundred seventy nine in its words and actions by sponsoring terrorism and other malign activity against united states citizens and interests. in other words the situation that the parties find themselves in today is nowhere near what was contemplated when the treaty was concluded in one nine hundred fifty five canada's foreign minister is due in the united states for talks off to donald trump announced a new trade agreement with mexico the us president says he hopes the canadians can be part of the new deal to replace the north american free trade agreements known as. mean

it against a legal challenge by iran at the un's highest court the iranians want the international court of justice to suspend the u.s. sanctions they were reimposed three weeks ago after donald trump pulled out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. canada's foreign minister is due in the u.s. for talks after donald trump announced a new trade agreement with mexico the u.s. president says he hopes the canadians can be part of the new deal to replace the north american free trade agreement known as nafta. i mean mars government has dismissed a damning u.n. report which calls for some of its top military generals to be prosecuted for genocide u.n. investigators have documented what they called the grave first crimes under international law against provenge on muslims they estimate at least ten thousand people were killed during military attacks that began last august the u.s. says the probe adds to growing evidence against me and maher mohammed reports. the u.n. says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge are following their recent fact finding missi

sanctions to her on once the international court of justice to suspend u.s. sanctions imposed three weeks ago its argument is based on the one nine hundred fifty five friendship treaty signed two decades before the islamic revolution when iran was a u.s. ally. meanwhile iran's president says the newly imposed u.s. sanctions will be able come overcome and he won't allow what he called the anti iranian plot in the white house to succeed howsomever jaime's explanations didn't get much support in parliament which voted to censure him after a grilling on live t.v. on the country's economic difficulties there have been protests in iran against rising prices and unemployment russia is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council about an expected offensive in syria earlier the kremlin warned the u.s. against taking any reckless steps after the u.s. valid a strong reaction to any chemical or biological attack in it live province france's president is facing a major political blow after his popular environment minister announced his resignation live o

courts that time is running out for iranians first suffering economic turmoil under u.s. sanctions they were making their closing arguments on the third day of hearings at the international court of justice in the netherlands iran is asking u.n. judges to order the u.s. to lift sanctions reports from the hague. it's known as the peace palace but the chance of the court here the highest legal body of the united nations bringing an end to the hostile environments between the u.s. and iran was never going to be high. lawyers from both countries have presented their cases to the course iran arguing that the american decision to pull out of the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions broken agreements of friendship between the countries dating back to nine hundred fifty five. traced the moment to economy crozier and sans attempt to settle the dispute through the parted means did not succeed. iraq had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixty two large two thousand and two and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy and there is ranging from investment in renewable energy to aircraft parts or lex pours on the iranian curren

are at the international court of justice for a third day of hearings are tehran is challenging washington's sanctions the us told the top u.n. court on tuesday that it had no jurisdiction to rule on the case. one person has been killed in a curfew has been put in place in southwest appall after violent protests there is anger about police officers handling of a rape and murder investigation involving a teenage girl it's hoped the curfew will prevent further violence this of mistrust the reports from katmandu. the monsoon rains didn't stop the latest protest against the police artists joined the protesters in solidarity following the rape and suspected murder thirteen year old schoolgirl up on a month ago. we got the government does not compel us to stand here again and again other protests have been held elsewhere in the park demanding change at least three rapes are reported to police every day in a park around fifteen hundred last year activists say many more are reported more than half of all the parties attacked are up to sixty the police are being criticised for their handling of the s

international law is a mixture of courts making decisions that are binding on states and convincing states that they actually will live in many states comply with decisions of the international court of justice in a very routine manner because they see an interest in the maintenance of the international legal order it's not so clear that that's the position of the current american administration so if they were to lose a decision even this immediate decision on interim measures i think there are a big question mark over whether we could expect the united states of america to comply even a little bit such an order and just coming back to this friendship treaty that the iranians are using as a basis for their argument the americans have also used this treaty our back in one thousand nine hundred nine i believe but i wonder you know if iran and america face tense relations today why bother keeping this treaty in effect. well that's it's been i suppose for both of them at different times seem to be a treaty of mutual interests and so they've left it in force and they've used that you know litigation before the court and obviously they could agree to bring it into it or one of them could denounce

iraq had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixty two large because of nato and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy in areas ranging from investment in renewable energy to aircraft parts oil exports and the iranian currency itself the measures are intended to and do bite deeply into key areas of iran's economy and they also bite into the health well being and safety of its citizens as well as of its companies but in response the us said that the iranian claim that it was guilty of unfriendly actions was deeply hypocritical given the empty american sentiments and actions taken by iran since the islamic revolution of nine hundred seventy million and that the iranians were deliberately confusing legal and political issues mr president iran's request warrants another observation before i proceed it rests on the basis of a treaty who central purpose friendship with the united states iran has expressly and repeatedly disavowed since one nine hundred seventy nine in its words and actions by sponsoring terrorism a

iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and it's one of europe's biggest street parties were.

a televised speech to parliament about the country's economic issues iran's asked the international court of justice to suspend the u.s. sanctions imposed three weeks ago. the reuters news agency is reporting that sighting of a.b.s. king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince muhammad bin the solomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as i am quote one of the requirements of a deal like that is that regulators would be able to examine around cause finances but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that. a new cabinet has been sworn in in a stray that follows the ousting of malcolm turnbull as prime minister last week has been replaced by scott morrison tumbles expected to resign from parliament on friday u.s. president donald trump and kenya's leader have been talking about trade and security hudak and yet has been visiting the white house and yet i once more access to u.s. markets for kenyan businesses been wanting to discuss security and china's significant investment in african countries

washington says that the international court of justice has no authority to force the u.s. to lift its sanctions against iran iranian lawmakers have demanded the u.n. court lift economic sanctions re-imposed by washington over its nuclear program the u.s. state department says the u.s. has a right to protect its national security. and thousands of fans are expected to line up in detroit over the next two days to pay their last respects to the soul legend a wreath of franklin the singer's body is lying in state head of a private funeral on friday the seventy six year old died earlier this month from can create a cancer. now in death u.s. senator john mccain has united democrats and republicans who have been eulogizing him as a statesman and as an extraordinary politician mccain represented the state of arizona in the senate for thirty one years the republican was known for his fierce independence and for reaching across the aisle but with the vietnam war hero gone arizona may soon be represented by a very different type of politician. a veteran stands watch at a local mortua

iranian government lawyers are at the international court of justice for a third day of hearings to challenge u.s. sanctions the u.s. government says the court in the netherlands has no jurisdiction to hear the case or argues it's the victim of economic strangulation and the theory imposition of sanctions violate a sixty year old friendship treaty colombia and peru have agreed to set up a joint database of venezuelan migrants both countries are struggling to manage the rapidly growing number of venezuelans crossing the borders they're fleeing a deepening economic and political crisis at home and according to the u.n. more than two million people have fled venezuela since two thousand fourteen those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera and much more to come this is the euro that's next. china is keen to win friends and influence you need oil rich middle east business spark the wrong line of china to secure its resources for the future the i.m.f. said sub-saharan region as a whole dallas expect to grow we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the

sanctions against iran this comes a day after hearings began at the international court of justice where rainy and lawyers demanded that the u.n. lift the u.s. sanctions a u.s. argues that it has a sovereign right to protect its national security from what it describes as iran's nuclear threat. and televised speech the reigning president hassan rouhani blamed quote a bunch of anti arraign ians in the white house for conspiring against this country and he assured citizens that around would overcome its economic challenges. more here. more issues we went on the lawyer one should be under way means going to the white horse to get on the guest of. the. caucus it be the white house will not be happy if the session moves horse. we're moving on to some sports and tennis now and it was a bittersweet match for spain's david farrar at the u.s. open he was forced to quit because of injury for the first time in two hundred eight matches and that at his last grand slam tournament before retirement his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend rafi on the dall herrera was once ranked third in the

jurisdiction over american sanctions against iran this comes a day after hearings began at the international court of justice where a rainy and lawyers are demanding that the united nations court lift the u.s. sanctions u.s. argues that it has a sovereign right to protect its national security from what it describes as around nuclear threat. meanwhile every day around ian's are finding it difficult to cope with the worsening economic condition in their country not everyone blames the u.s. sanctions though many say arounds economic problems are homemade. when marie i'm home i'm far makes you couldn't tell that her family are really struggling her husband does not earn enough to make ends meet. they can't afford new clothes for their daughter or even enough food. so i am member to know if i have to go to bed hungry so be it but not my child our situation is really tough in that respect we're lucky to have just one child i can't imagine how families with lots of children get by. we're already living on the edge i have to pay the rent every month we have a bank loan i'm very worried. says he could lose his job a

democratic republic of congo congo fifteen years ago he denies the charges washington says the international court of justicehas no authority to force the u.s. to lift it sanctions against iran iranian lawyers have demanded that the u.n. court stop economic sanctions really imposed by washington over tehran's nuclear program the u.s. state department says the same sions are a matter of national security. thousands of fans are expected to line up in detroit michigan over the next few days to pay their last respects to so legend aretha franklin the singer's body is lying in state ahead of a private funeral on friday the seventy six year old died earlier this month she had been suffering from pain created cancer. which a night in geneva switzerland government experts from around the world are meeting to discuss the future of killer robots now these all thomas weapons systems can operate and they can kill without human guidance critics are calling for the new generation of weaponry to be banned globally before it goes into mass production. germany's armed forces already make use of semi autonomous weapons base a

and iran goes to the international court of justice seeking relief from u.s. sanctions.

are at the international court of justice where tehran is challenging washington sanctions there and says it's the victim of economic strangulation and argues these sanctions violated friendship treaty that they signed way back in one nine hundred fifty five the u.s. argues that the court has no jurisdiction to even hear the case lawrence lee has more from the hague. well they serve this hearing it's been the united states state su iran's core allegation that the us has been in breach of this obscure nine hundred fifty five agreements of friendship between the two countries by the reimposition the sanctions and the overwhelming overarching all human from the u.s. side is that iran's argument is entirely deceitful because it's effectively confusing legal and political arguments in the us his argument is that iran's complaint isn't really about the nine hundred fifty five agreement it's all bus about the united states pulling out of the nuclear deal and re imposing sanctions and based on that it says the call doesn't actually have the power the jurisdiction to rule on this it's also eff

iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and france's president says it's time for europe to stop depending on america for its security.

to the international court of justice in a bid to have u.s. sanctions lifted iran's legal team called washington's decision to reimpose sanctions earlier this year quote naked economic aggression to iran is asking the court to order that sanctions be suspended for as long as is the case as the case goes on which could be years. in germany a syrian and iraqi national have appeared in court in connection with the killing of a german national early on sunday morning the incident sparked a violent far right protest in the east german city of cabinets police said that a crowd of some eight hundred far right demonstrators refused to disperse and marched through the city center the german government has sharply sharply condemned these actions of the protesters who reportedly targeted people that they believed to be foreigners. far right demonstrate his clash with police in kemet city center. versus bottles leading to more officers being drafted in from neighboring dresden and like to to curb go down start. this is a policy they chant in this video sh

khartoum the capital of sudan just the united states says the un's top court doesn't have the jurisdiction to hear iran's case of a us sanctions terror on while the international court of justice to suspend u.s. sanctions which were imposed three weeks ago its argument is based on a nine hundred fifty five friendship treaty signed two decades before the islamic revolution when iran was a us ally mr president iran's request warrants another observation before i proceed it rests on the basis of a treaty who central purpose friendship with the united states iran has expressly and repeatedly disavowed since nine hundred seventy nine in its words and actions by sponsoring terrorism and other malign activity against united states citizens and interests in other words the situation that the parties find themselves in today is nowhere near what was contemplated when the treaty was concluded in one nine hundred fifty five. iran's president says the newly in those u.s. sanctions will overcome will be overcome anyway and allow what he called the un to rein implants in the white house to succeed but has some of his explanations didn't get much support in parliament which voted to censor h

court that time is running out the iranians suffering economic turmoil under u.s. sanctions the government so as are making their closing arguments on the third day of hearings at the international court of justice in the netherlands if i was asking you and judge us to want the u.s. to lift sanctions the u.s. has the court doesn't have that jurisdiction lawrence live reports from the hague. it's known as the peace palace but the chance of the court here the highest legal body of the united nations bringing an end to the hostile environments between the u.s. and iran was never going to be high. lawyers from both countries presented their cases to the course iran arguing that the american decision to pull out of the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions broken agreements of friendship between the countries dating back to nine hundred fifty five traced the moment to a corner make pressure. sense to certain that this view through diplomatic means did not succeed. iran had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixteen to lart two thousand eight hundred and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy in areas ranging from investment in

done much too little iran's filing with the international court of justice was an attempt to interfere with the sovereign rights of the united states to take lawful action including the reimposition of sanctions which are necessary to protect our national security. earlier this year total trump pulls the u.s. out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear pact between iran and the number of world powers and announced unilateral pounds to restore sanctions against iran thanks to two restrictions on buying american currency as well as trading metals including precious ones now the sanctions were met with resistance from washington's key allies including many european countries the even updated its blocking statute to limit the impact of the sanctions on the interests of european companies doing that just meant business in iran it came into a fax just over twenty days ago iranian political analyst side mostafa. believes the u.s. is losing its key allies with its aggressive rhetoric but the u.s. is trying hard in order to force to iran to comply with the u.s. demands the u.s. demand include h

international court of justice has so far ruled that the 1955 treaty is still valid. >>> hawaii got a break from mother nature. avoiding a direct hit from tropical storm lane. it was still one for the record books. adversely began as an incredible strong category five hurricane threatening this date with wind gusts's of 200 miles an hour. even though it quickly diminished lane did not spare the state entirely. look at some of this video. the big island got the worst with the national weather service reporting 51.5 inches of rain. that is the fourth most recorded in us since 1950 the island was already hit by that volcano and other flooding so they will have a lot to do to recover. >>> the gunfire at a video game tournament in jacksonville florida for details on yet another mass shooting that unfolded in florida. three remembering john mccain. i'm doug luzader in washington. we will have more on the plans this week to honor the fallen senator. if you're getting on highway four it looks pretty good. westbound highway four is getting crowded on the way to concord. >>> this guys are crowd

on terror on's legal challenge against washington's renewed sanctions iran wants the international court of justice the i.c.j. to suspend the sanctions after washington pulled out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal terror on has accused the u.s. of plotting what it calls economic strangulation currency has this from the hague. well they serve this hearing it's been the united states state su iran's core allegation that the u.s. has been in breach of this obscure nine hundred fifty five agreements of friendship between the two countries by the reimposition the sanctions and the overwhelming overarching all came from the u.s. side is that iran's argument is entirely deceitful because it's effectively confusing legal and political arguments in the us his argument is that iran's complaint isn't really about the nine hundred fifty five agreement it's all bus about the united states pulling out of the nuclear deal and re imposing sanctions and based on that it says the cold doesn't actually have the power the jurisdiction to rule on this it's also effectively trying to get the case thrown out before

court that time is running out for iranians suffering economic turmoil under u.s. sanctions or government lawyers were making their closing arguments on the third day of hearings of the international court of justice in the netherlands iran is asking judges to order the u.s. to lift sanctions the u.s. says the court doesn't have that jurisdiction reports from the hague. it's known as the peace palace but the chance of the court the highest legal body of the united nations bringing an end to the hostile environments between the u.s. and iran was never going to be wholly. from both countries presented their cases to the course. of the american decision to pull out of the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions broken agreements of friendship between the countries they sing back to nine hundred fifty five. the moment a corner recruiter. sounds to certain that this view through diplomatic means did not succeed. iraq had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixteen to lart two thousand and three and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy and there is ranging from investment in renewable energy to aircraft parts or like spores on the

iranian government lawyers or the international court of justice a third day of hearings to challenge u.s. sanctions the u.s. government says the call to end the netherlands has no jurisdiction to hear the case iran is arguing that it's a victim of economic strangulation and the rain position of sanctions violates a sixty year old friendship treaty let's get more on this now our correspondent is joining us live from the hague so how has the iranian side responded to the us today launce. once again as you said they've been trying to impress upon the judges the seriousness of what they say the americans that the new american sanctions regime has done to their economy yesterday on shoes day the american side was one point trying to argue that in fact in their view the sanctions haven't been anything like as severe as the iranian side had suggested and even put forward the notion of the collapse in value of the iranian ryall the currency might have some beneficial effects. as opposed to being disastrous suited to iran the iranians obviously were absolutely furious about all last and spelt

enough is enough that's the message from the iranian delegation at the international court of justice in the hague. they're hoping to convince the fifteen judges to declare the u.s. sanctions unlawful iran's legal team called washington's punitive tariffs and they could economic aggression. that group is not exaggerated disapprove. of who calls mogs to the dole. that you know obviously shamefully served. after the u.s. sanctions come true for fools. really bottom. line. tehran alleges that the sanctions breach and nine hundred fifty five bilateral agreement between the us and iran originally the two countries signed the so-called friendship treaty to regulate and promote economic and consular ties but there's little friendship left to speak of washington harps the sanctions would temper iran's growing influence in the region and there are signs that they are taking their toll the iranian currency has been in free fall international companies are pulling out of the country and exports such as the carpet industry are in decline. antique rug exports were mostly to america with the sancti

sanctions against iran this comes a day after hearings began at the international court of justice where raney and lawyers are demanding that the u.n. court lift the american sanctions the u.s. argues that it has a sovereign right to protect its national security from what it describes as around nuclear threats. and it televised speech arraigning president hassan rouhani blamed quote a bunch of and here remains in the white house for conspiring against his country and he assured citizens that iran would overcome and see challenges more giving. more which is really not the lawyer going to be on here we needn't go there in the white horse to. call his to feed the white house will not be happy if the. middle of this horse oh . well meanwhile every day a rainy ends are finding it difficult to cope with the worsening economic situation not everyone blames the u.s. sanctions though many say iran's economic problems are homegrown. makes t. you couldn't tell that her family are really struggling. her husband does not earn enough to make ends meet. they can afford new clothes for their daughter o

iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and france's president says it's time for europe to.

jurisdiction over its sanctions against iran this comes a day after hearings began at the international court of justice where rain lawyers are demanding that the u.n. court's lift sanctions imposed by washington in may but the u.s. argues that it has the right to protect its national security referring to the nuclear threat from iran. in a televised speech the iranian president hassan rouhani blamed the u.s. for conspiring against his country but if you're short of people that iran will overcome the economic challenges more than you think it's not even more which is really not in the you are going to be underway means down there in the white coats to. call this indeed the white ones will not be happy if the. middle. oh well meanwhile every day arraign ins are finding that finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the deepening economic situation not everyone blames the u.s. sanctions though many say iran's economic problems are growing. when mary i'm home i'm far makes t. you couldn't tell that her family are really struggling her husband does not earn enough to make ends meet. they can afford new

washington says the international court of justice has no authority to force the u.s. to lift its sanctions against iran iranian lawyers have demanded that the un court stop economic sanctions re imposed by washington over tehran's nuclear program the u.s. state department says that the sanctions are a matter of national security. well experts from around the world are meeting in geneva switzerland to discuss the future of killer robots now these all thomas lethal autonomous weapon systems can operate in kill without human guidance critics are calling for the new generation of weaponry to be banned globally before it ever goes into mass production. germany's armed forces already make use of semi autonomous weapons base and offenses too can seek out targets on its own. for now soldiers still have to give the order to fire but fully autonomous weapons are being developed they can select and attack targets without humans at the controls. they're highly controversial supporters say the new weapons are needed in modern warfare and will help people make ethically responsible

our army and government lawyers were at the international court of justice for a third day of hearings to challenge u.s. sanctions iran says it's the victim of economic strangulation and argues the position of saying sions violate a sixty year old friendship treaty u.s. government says the court has no jurisdiction to hear that case the un estimates around four million refugee children in this school last year that says a role that is failing to keep up with the growing number of displaced people the governments and aid agencies to make education a critical element of the international response to refugees and u.s. military drills look set to resume on the korean peninsula they had been suspended since a landmark meeting between donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il in june after that meeting north korea committed to end its nuclear weapons development program but the u.s. says there has been a lack of progress towards denuclearization. keep it here for much more to come on al-jazeera those are the headlines in the meantime the strain as the next thanks for your time. unless

all ronny and government lawyers are at the international court of justice for a third day of hearings to challenge u.s. sanctions u.s. government says the court in the netherlands has no jurisdiction to hear the case ron argues it's the victim of economic strangulation and the reimposition of sanctions violating a sixty year old friendship treaty. lawyers are making their closing arguments in the crimes against humanity trial of a former kong a laser warlord known as the terminator but it could be months before judges at the international criminal court deliver their verdict. to ground zero was a rebel militia commander in the democratic republic of congo fifteen years ago he denies supplying drugs and alcohol to child soldiers before sending them to kill and rape his enemies but google and facebook are both being accused of political bias more than one hundred facebook employees are reported to have joined an online group to challenge what's described as an intolerant liberal culture at all trumps accusing google of hiding conservative news and promoting negative stories about him wh

rule on terror legal challenge against washington's for new sanctions iran wants the international court of justice to suspend the sanctions after washington post out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal terror on has accused the u.s. of plotting what it costs economic strangulation lawrence he has more from the hague will they serve this hearing it's been the united states states to iran's core allegation that the u.s. has been in breach of this obscure nine hundred fifty five agreements of friendship between the two countries by the reimposition ascensions in the overwhelming overarching all came from the u.s. side is that iran's argument is entirely deceitful because it's effectively confusing legal and political arguments the u.s. his argument is that iran's complaint isn't really about the nineteen fifty five agreement it's all about the united states pulling out of the nuclear deal and really imposing sanctions and based on that it says the call doesn't actually have the power the jurisdiction to rule on this it's also effectively trying to get the case thrown out before it gets any furthe

rule on tehran's legal challenge against washington's renewed sanctions iran wants the international court of justice to suspend the sanctions after washington pulled out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal tehran has accused the u.s. of prodding what it calls economics chank elation. iran's request warrants another observation before i proceed it rests on the basis of a treaty who central purpose friendship with the united states iran has expressly and repeatedly disavowed since one nine hundred seventy nine in its words and actions by sponsoring terrorism and other malign activity against united states citizens and interests. in other words the situation that the parties find themselves in today is nowhere near what was contemplated when the treaty was concluded in one nine hundred fifty five. meanwhile iranian members of parliament have rejected the president's blaming of u.s. sanctions for the struggling economy hasan rouhani was summoned to parliament for the first time to explain why prices and unemployment rising while the value of the currency is falling on him and voted earlier this mont

be happy with the end of today's session meanwhile they are all in the us are at the international court of justice where tyrol is challenging washington sanctions iran says it's the victim of economic strangulation and argues the sanctions violate a friendship treaty that was signed way back in one nine hundred fifty five the u.s. argues that the court has no jurisdiction to even hear the case iraq's government is planning to send a delegation to washington d.c. it's looking for exemptions from recently imposed u.s. sanctions on iran prime minister hyderabadi says baghdad does not support economic sanctions against any country iran is one of iraq's biggest trading partners the us sanctions were imposed in may after the trumpet ministration withdrew from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. an urgent u.n. security council meeting has been considering the threat of syrian government offensives and the country's last remaining rebel held province russia which is allied to president bashar assad says rebels and it led province may stage a chemical attack and blame it on government forces western governmen