certainly don't have that sound like just there mike hanna thank you very much indeed and the united nations now dosage are as they said reaction from the iranian capital tehran. raney and president rouhani before departing for his trip to push back made a statement in which he stressed the security of the region is under very severe circumstances and also the intention of the iranians is that they will not be giving in to economic terrorism which is what the u.s. is trying to do this is what the iranian president had to say. today the issue of security has a special importance there in the states of the breach and of the persian gulf the middle east and all around the world and we have been making efforts to protect the peace and security of the region and over the last few years practically we have proven that we care about the security of a neighbor and all other countries and earlier at the same time that these attacks took place in the gulf of oman the iranian foreign minister the iranian president and the visiting japanese prime minister were all meeting with iran's supreme lea

officials were summoned to the white house to discuss a response to the downing of the spy drone mike hanna has more from washington. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class drone argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and chris t.v. released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the iranian airspace not so and says the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation and i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in a country which told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody

officials were summoned to the white house to discuss a response to the downing of the spy drone mike hanna begins our coverage from washington d.c. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. early it released these pictures of a similar class. for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and press t.v. released this footage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the range in a space not u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters. senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some bilateral region some multilateral some alleges the high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here we're told the iranians before they shot t

security council in new york mike hanna has the details from the u.n. proceedings at the u.n. security council were dominated by the news of explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the session wish to discuss cooperation between the league of arab states and the u.n. but most speakers reacted to events in the gulf including the u.n. secretary general facts must be established and responsibilities clarified. and they for that is something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region. 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 what gets a little studio 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 p

widest strategy in a regional power struggle if so then the question remains who is responsible mike hannaal-jazeera united nations understood pearl looks at how the incident unfolded. 2 tankers badly damaged in the gulf of oman raising tensions and oil prices iranian t.v. has been showing what is believed to be the tanker front all tear which had $23.00 crew on board carrying petrochemical products from cats are in saudi arabia to east asia the other japanese own ship the kuta courageous with $21.00 crew was shipping methanol to singapore its management says it suffered whole damage but is not in danger of sinking both when the gulf of oman the entrance to the strait of hormuz where much of the world's energy supplies are shipped through every day. the initial report was all time cast sailing from the straits of hormuz to asia came under attack after that apparently another boat was attacked so all ship tried to maneuver but 3 hours later it was attacked again it became too dangerous to stay on the tanker so our crew members abandoned it using a lifeboat. both iranian and american ships r

headquarters in new york mike hanna what has been said there. well there was a previously scheduled meeting of the u.n. 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 re

officials were summoned to the white house to discuss a response to the downing of the spy drone mike hanna has more from washington d.c. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class drone argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and chris t.v. released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the range in a space not so and says u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in our country we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or s.s. you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody els

accusation from washington we have extensive coverage of this evolving situation our 1st report mike hanna at the united nations in new york. proceedings at the u.n. security council were dominated by the news of explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the session was shuttled to discuss cooperation between the league of arab states and the u.n. but most speakers reacted to events in the gulf including the un secretary general facts must be established and responsibilities clarified and they for that is something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region. 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 t

also stepped up miss on and try and attacks on airports and other infrastructure in saudi arabia mike hanna has more now from washington grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class drone we argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. iranian press t.v. released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the iranian airspace not serve and says the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation and i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in a country where told the iranians before they shut the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or says you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or an

balance in the favor of the administration's hawks at the expense of those who advocate dialogue mike hannaal-jazeera washington let's speak to trita parsi who's a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and the former president of the national iranian american council he joins us now via skype from reston in the genea trey said the president reportedly approved these attacks on targets like radar and missile batteries initially and to take place at a time to minimize casualties if it had gone ahead with this meant to be a proportional response. well you know that doesn't exactly what kind of response would be and even if it was intended to be proportionate if it would end up leading to casualties in iran than that would that nevertheless be more so than what the iranians that by shooting down an armed man drawn regardless we are in territory that is extremely dangerous to present that the right thing are taking a step back i think it's quite clear that he's been misled by his advisors who just like in venezuela have advised him to pursue a very aggressive policy that has

over the last 2 years the us government has bolstered its support for both qatar and saudi arabia mike hannahas more now from washington on the balance in policy. become very good friends over a fairly short period of time president trump's close relationship with saudi leaders appeared to color his 1st reaction to the blockade the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. but within months the president had come full circle welcoming the emir of qatar at the white house and calling him a very big advocate of the war on terror sigrid honor to have the mirror of qatar with us it's a friend of mine knew it long before i entered the world of politics he's a great gentleman very popular in his country his people love him we're working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think it's working out very well our military. cooperation is very solid very strong as everybody knows that the heart of fighting terrorism is from a low data base and. thank god it's been very successful campaign against. terrorist groups along our region. be out of date bases a cent

mike hanna al jazeera washington the syrian government's ally russia has blocked the u.n. security council from issuing a statement on attacks in the province a member states were expected to sound the alarm over the possibility of a humanitarian disaster because of increasing attacks by the government on rebel controlled areas on monday at least 3 people were killed in the town of moderates and on mon government forces long sort of fence or to recapture it in a fraud. still in syria hundreds of wives and children are suspected eisel fighters are heading home from an overcrowded camp in the north east catcha lopez heard a on the story. ready to go home about 800 syrian women and children leave this kurdish run camp in northern syria among them the wives and children of suspected i saw fighters for many the next stop is raka their hometown and what was effectively isis capital city before its defeat i never. thought what we want is to be able to go back to our normal lives the way things used to be we want to live in pace. it's the 1st transfer of its kind organized by the

mike hanna al jazeera washington. in the u.s. state of florida a former police officer has been arrested for failure to confront a gunman during a mass shooting at a high school last year the officer was working as a security guard at marjorie's steinman douglas high school when a gunman killed 17 people in february scott peterson faces charges of child neglect negligence and perjury now the trumpet ministration is imposing major new travel restrictions on visits to cuba by u.s. citizens the treasury department says it will no longer allow group educational or cultural travel to the island one of the most popular forms of tourism from the u.s. it will also deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats it's part of efforts by the united states to pressure have over what it calls cuba's destabilizing role in the region including its support for president nicolas maduro in venezuela under former u.s. president barack obama the white house sanctions travel and financial restrictions and established formal diplomatic re

mike hanna al jazeera washington iraq's government has offered to mediate between the u.s. and iran to reduce tension between its 2 biggest allies but many sunni iraqis say they're been neglected by governments for years and they're concerned their views on the issue are being ignored charles stratford has more from baghdad. these iraqi shia muslim fighters are demonstrating against israel on the streets of baghdad. part of the popular mobilization for seize o.p.m. after it was set up in 2014 to fight eisel. 2 years later the pm f. well integrated into iraq security forces to the united states it's a proxy militia for iran. some p.m.a. factions say they'd support tehran in any military confrontation with the u.s. and that's made many in iraq's sunni muslim community and of us. this is a mosque in fallujah in a province often cold iraq's sunni heartland. ledges that we call on politicians and security forces to save iraq from being dragged into a regional conflict the mud if they can sic tearing balance in iraq during a visit to baghdad last week by the iranian foreign minis

mike hanna al jazeera washington. tens of thousands of people have hit the streets of the czech capital prague demanding their billionaire prime minister step down it's one of the largest demonstrations since the velvet revolution ended communist rule in 1909 protesters are angry at prime minister andre bearish over alleged conflicts of interest involving his business empire and a $2200000.00 in lieu subsidy police have recommended to face trial and a leaked e.u. commission inquiry says his company may have benefited illegally. mexico's president is proposing to decriminalize all illegal narcotics to try to achieve what has so far proved impossible ending the violent war with drug cartels in the final part of our special coverage marking 6 months since president or took over our correspondent my new iraq examines the president's plan. this into the garden consists of about a dozen marijuana plants. they're being grown in a spare bedroom of an apartment near downtown mexico city the people of this the grower will call

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hill and more deaths have been reported among migrants held in camps along the us mexico border mike hanna has more now from washington. protests on capitol hill as public anger months at the treatment of immigrant children on the southern border the hardline policies of the trumpet ministration held responsible you know how the people you're putting them in cages and the truth is that this is all manufactured that ministration is creating this crisis if they actually put the resources where they could put the resources they could support all these individuals the fraction of the cost the number of children were removed from the spill a t. off to a team of lawyers reported they were being killed in appalling conditions unaccompanied children as young as 2 were said to be covered in filth sleeping on cold concrete floors with insufficient food and water we cannot wait we cannot wait we've got to keep our eye on the ball which is reforming t.h.'s but we have to meet our obligation. as human beings and fund the needs for the care of these children president trump has voiced his concern about

charges against him were politically motivated they're trying get some more reaction now and bring in mike hanna who's at the white house in washington forests mike any any reaction from the u.s. administration. as yet no formal reaction to the news of mohamed morsi death but the trumpet ministration very clearly closely aligned to the president of the present president of egypt and certainly within the trumpet ministrations stated comments morsi seen very much as what they term a terrorist are arguing very strongly elements of the administration that as a member of the muslim brotherhood he is as such and there has been no protests from the trumpet ministration as to muhammad morsi treatment while he has been in prison now this was not always the case of the u.s. administration remembering that the previous administration that of barack obama actually court behind that morsi welcomed his democratic election in egypt but then at the time of his ouster by the military the obama administration backed away from any clear support for him admits much disagreement within that particular administration

arabia of the international circles hashem thank you for that hashem my bar in istanbul now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike what about the americans how much pressure will this report put on the tramp administration with regard to its relationship with saudi arabia have been divisions of course within the u.s. establishment as far as saudi arabia and its crown prince are concerned. indeed yes it's been a complete wedged between congress and the white house a constant ongoing argument which is still ongoing this week there are some 22 resolutions in congress that would prohibit arms sales to saudi arabia because of its involvement in the war in yemen as well as its human rights record now president trump defied a formal letter from the senate months ago asking for him to establish exact accountability in the murder of jamal khashoggi he then vetoed resolutions coming out of congress for putting arms sales to saudi arabia he then declared an emergency declaration attempting to circumvent congress and push through an 8000000000 arms sale to saudi arabia now congress absolutely incensed

on tehran leadership the measures go all the way up to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei mike hanna reports from washington. as promised another round of sanctions against iran these in addition to a number already put in place and directed at the country's most senior leaders president trump did not elaborate on the precise nature of the sanctions apart from saying that they would bar the leaders from access to financial instruments i want to thank our military i want to thank all of the people that have been working with me over the last number of months on this there's a lot of restraint has been shown by us a lot of restraint. and that doesn't mean we're going to show in the future no complete details provided by the treasury secretary either but speedman did confirm that some of the sanctions are a direct response to last week's attack on a u.s. drone iran contended the drone had penetrated its space an accusation denied by the u.s. i'm not going to identify which ones or which i've said that some of this was in the works some of this is a result of recent activities deep conce

tehran leadership the measures go all the way up to the supremely it out ayatollah ali khamenei mike hanna reports from washington. as promised another round of sanctions against iran these in addition to a number already put in place and directed at the country's most senior leaders president trump did not elaborate on the precise nature of the sanctions apart from saying that they would bar the leaders from access to financial instruments i want to thank our military i want to thank all of the people that have been working with me over the last number of months on this think a lot of restraint has been shown by us a lot of restraint. and that doesn't mean we're going to show in the future no complete details provided by the treasury secretary either but speedman did confirm that some of the sanctions are a direct response to last week's attack on a u.s. drone iran contended the drone had penetrated its space an accusation denied by the u.s. i'm not going to identify which ones or which i've said that some of this was in the works some of this is a result of recent activities deep concern

relationship with qatar are proven the full evidence of cutter's diplomatic worth may yet be to come mike hanna al-jazeera washington still had on al-jazeera japanese tracing news to reimpose some of the sanctions on cuba raised by iraq obama. prayers under occupation palestinian celebrate with mixed emotions. the weather sponsored by cattle and. hello there will be things a rather stormy conditions over parts of your recently on the satellite picture you can see 2 main areas the 1st one is in the southeastern parts of europe this has been giving us some heavy downpours and some pretty strong winds as well and then we've also got this line of thunder reactivity stretching up into parts of scandinavia this has also given us the old tornado now ahead of that system it's pretty hot at the moment but when they're getting to 32 degrees on wednesday but this is bringing in the cool air so paris will see the temperatures drop to 17 merits we have through the day with plenty of what weather around and then the cool air will spread fairly quickly eastwards so for many of us in the western parts of europ

security council mike hanna has that from new york. proceedings at the u.n. security council were dominated by the news of explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the session was to discuss cooperation between the league of arab states and the u.n. but most speakers reacted to events in the gulf including the un secretary general facts must be established and responsibilities clarified and they feel that is something the world cannot afford is a major confrontation in the gulf region. 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 securi

air james made reporting there from the united nations from new york to washington now here is mike hanna. well the report is likely to record up tension between congress and the administration certainly congress has been incensed at the trump administration's position on the murder of jamal khashoggi its insistence that it regards the matter as closed an issue leave the senate sent the president a letter demanding that he provide accountability for the murder within a set period of time the president simply defied this and never gave a formal response to that senate letter then there's been a series of moves in congress blocking arms sales to saudi arabia as a punitive measure both for its human rights record including the murder of jamal khashoggi and for its involvement in the war in yemen a number of resolutions were passed which was subsequently vetoed by president trump the president then went even further and invoked emergency regulations in an attempt to circumvent congress in terms of pushing through an $8000000000.00 arms deal with saudi arabia congress has responded there are s

for a president trying to win reelection can really help get al jazeera orlando and live now to mike hanna in washington mike immigration was of course a central theme of trump's 2016 campaign how do his current plans play into his reelection bid. well very much the same as you mentioned the whole question of immigration was a central tenet of his previous campaign and very clearly he's going to make it a central part of his campaign for 2020 now as we heard earlier from the guests. made by president trump may well be an empty threat. to wrist all illegal immigrants would require the resources of hundreds perhaps thousands of offices along with weeks of intelligence work before such a roundup could begin that being said one must remember that back in april the then homeland secretary christian nielsen and the acting director of ice were basically fired by president trump because he did not think that they were hard enough in terms of immigration and in terms of specifically carrying out mass rist such as he is contemplating it would appear from his tweet but certainly this issue very much

mike hanna joins us from there and mike how much pressure if any will this report put on the u.s. administration to actually take a lead in this. well certainly nic it's going to ratchet up pressure between congress and the trump administration congress has been attempting to block any arms sales to saudi arabia for example because of its involvement in the war in yemen and because of its human rights record including the murder of jamal khashoggi now congress has passed a series of laws blocking arms sales for example however president trump has vetoed these laws he's gone even further in fact and he's declared an emergency in order to circumvent congress to put through an 8000000000 dollars arms bill to solve the now this is absolutely infuriated congress they indeed have struck back there are some 22 resolutions in congress waiting to go blocking u.s. relations with saudi arabia so certainly this is going to ratchet up the tension between the administration and congress congress absolutely insistent that there must be accountability a potion for the murder of jamal khashoggi no

also stepped up missile and drone attacks on app orts and other infrastructure in saudi arabia mike hanna has this report now from washington. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class drone we argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and chris t.v. released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the iranian airspace not sir insists the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation and i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in a country where told the iranians before they shut the drawing down that if you gauge against american personnel or s.s. you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with ir

operators to do the same mike hanna reports now from washington. grainy footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. earlier to release these pictures of a similar class drone argue for global hawk which costs over $100000000000.00. rainy and chris t.v. released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the ring in a space not so and so as the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the high kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some by lateral region some multilateral some of. the high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here the president may not intend to go to war here but we're

washington appears to have already made up its mind and chapelle al jazeera in a moment we'll speak to mike hanna at the u.n. 1st let's cross to roseman jordan and the u.s. capital i wrote some strong words from the u.s. state very strong words lauren from mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state but not much in the way of concrete evidence pointing to iran as the mastermind of the tack on these 2 cargo ships on thursday morning this is more of what the u.s. secretary of state had to say to reporters at the state department no economic sanctions tell the islamic republic to attack innocent civilians disrupt global oil markets and engage in nuclear blackmail. the international community condemns iran's assault on the freedom of navigation and the targeting of innocent civilians today have instructed our u.n. ambassador jonathan cohen to raise the rands attacks in the u.n. security council meeting later this afternoon a policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring around back to the negotiating table at the right time to encourage a comprehensive deal that addresses the broad range o

widest strategy in a regional power struggle if so then the question remains who is responsible mike hannaal-jazeera united nations. the rebels say they have carried out another attack on an airport in the southwest of saudi arabia the 2nd this week that the sea of use drones target the airport saudi arabia says its air defenses intercepted 5 drones targeting the airport near the town of. it's about 100 kilometers away from the yemeni border. sudan's ruling military council admits it ordered the dispersal of a sit in protest outside army headquarters new pictures of the violence in khartoum on june the 3rd but just been released after an internet blackout operation to clear the protesters resulted in dozens of deaths hundreds of people will do it. the man accused of murdering 51 people in the mosque attacks in new zealand in march has appeared in court via video link and pleaded not guilty to all charges brenton tyrant faces 51 counts of murder and 40 counts of attempted murder public gatherings have been banned in the district of uganda where 2 people have died of the a bowl of virus both

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. has now speak to jeff howes who's executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research is in washington jeffrey good to have you with us on al-jazeera the focus has been. the this center and claimed but it's not the only one is it how big of a crisis is u.s. immigration facing today. the problem is broad the trump administration has decided to try that create everyone across the border even when they are seeking asylum very credibly as if they are a criminal and they are immediately acting to separate parents from children and they are refusing to put people into reasonable accommodations where they don't exist within the government they are not working with charities they are not putting people up in motels or hotels they are treating people like criminals they do not have the facilities to treat children as criminals or should children be treated as criminals and it's a vast crisis involving thousands and tens of thousands of human beings a

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 there should be what they call a technical rollover that is that the un mission continues there on the same terms as attack as in the past however others such as the russians arguing very strongly that there needs to be further discussion about the nature of the mandate and as to whether it should continue but over looming all these proceedings of course is a situation in sudan in particular actions by the transitional military council there which last month instructed that the un mission give up all its bases to the rapid support forces a paladin of group basically controlled by the sudanese military now in a significant development the sudanese ambassador has told the security counci

mike hanna al jazeera washington. much more ahead on the odds are in his hour including moving out somewhere with the wives of suspected eisel fighters as they head home in syria. and sports with mia protests as the result of the african champions league final could be overturned. hello again welcome back we're here cross turkey we are watching what is happening on the northern coast because we do have some thunderstorms that have been popping up in the heating of the day you can see those on the satellite image wednesday another day of that so with those thunderstorms some of them could be locally heavy at times down towards the south though we are seeing some clouds not a lot of rain across the eastern parts of the med aleppo at about $34.00 degrees staying with that more clouds across the area beirut also cloudy day partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with a temperature of $28.00 degrees baghdad though is going to be hot 45 degrees few with quite city seeing winds out of the northwest at about 42 well here across the gu

balance in the favor of the administration's hawks at the expense of those who advocate dialogue mike hanna al-jazeera washington let's speak to mohammad marandi who is the head of the american studies department at the university of tehran he joins us now via skype from the iranian capital mamma then we start by asking you how all of this is being viewed in iran is this and even further escalation despite president transported orders to stand down. well the view in teheran is that all of this is so utterly hypocritical because the united states hasn't been engaging in war with iran for a long time now the americans have been imposing economic warfare on iranian women and children for quite a while they even tried to prevent iranians from importing medicine which is bad to the loss of life and we know that the united states is constantly threatening iran with military action all options are on the table and this is not the 1st time an american drone came into iranian territory and was shot down but if you listen to the western corporate media or western state owned media you'd assume that t

story right now kimberly howard at the white house will be with you shortly starting that with mike hanna at the united nations in new york we heard a little bit of what antonio terra's had to say earlier take us through the rest well this was a previously should yield meeting a one between the league of arab nations and the u.n. discussing cooperation but the incident in the gulf certainly was referred to by most of the speakers in the course of the morning among them the u.n. secretary general who warned against drawing any conclusions before the full investigation is carried out i strongly condemn 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. the meeting was chaired by the foreign minister of kuwait kuwait should be held in the chair for the security council this month he expressed deep concern as did the general secretary of the league of arab nations this is what he had to say as he thought they were not unhappy or when or got belzoni in th

mike hanna al-jazeera washington still had only on to 0 in news our major league baseball player shows why it's important to always keep your eye on the ball. halloa. thank you very much kane williamson produced the captain's innings as new zealand beat south africa in the closest finish so far at the cricket world cup with south africans batted 1st age best in birmingham thanks to a half century from hashim amla and 67 not out from a rusty funded person they were able to post 241 for 6 in a reduced 49 over innings because of wet weather beaten bowlers kept the run rate below 5 and over with lucky ferguson taking 3 wickets this is funded this and getting a 6 on his way to their top school for the proteas have a scoring was slower in reply as well martin guptill made 35 before he was out in unusual fashion by hitting his own stumps press morris gave south africa hope with 3 wickets but it was williamson who fired an unbeaten 106 to steer new zealand home by 4 wickets and with 3 balls to spare as they go top of the group table. there's been a setback for india were putting better than ch

mike hanna, al jazeera, washington. thousands of people have hit the streets of the czech capital, prague, demanding their billionaire prime minister step down. it is one of the largest demonstrations since they ended communist rule in 1989. protesters are angry at the prime minister over alleged conflicts of interest involving 2.2 business empire and a $ million eu subsidy. they want him to face trial and an inquiry, saying his company may have benefited illegally. the mexican president is proposing to decriminalize all the illegal narcotics to try to achieve what so far has proved impossible, ending the violent war with drug cartels. part of our special coverage marking six months since he took over, our correspondent examined the president's plan. reporter: this consists of about one dozen. they are being grown in a spare bedroom in an apartment near downtown mexico city. the grower, we will call him has asked us to hide his identity, and these plants he says are only for personal consumption. grow my ownreason i pla

the last 2 years the us government has bolstered its support for both catarrh and saudi arabia mike hanna has more from washington on the balance in policy. become very good friends over a fairly short period of time president trump's close relationship with saudi leaders appeared to color his 1st reactions to the blockade the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. but within months the president had come full circle welcoming the emir of qatar at the white house and calling him a very big advocate of the war on terror sigrid honor to have the mirror of guitar with us it's a friend of mine knew it long before i entered the world of politics he's a great gentleman it's very popular in his country his people love him we're working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think it's working out very well our military. cooperation is very solid very strong as everybody knows that the heart of fighting terrorism is from a low data base and. thank god it's been very successful campaign against. terrorist groups along to our region. be out of date air b

deep concern about the attacks which could impact on an exceedingly tense situation in the gulf mike hanna in the united nations from there we had to teheran his dosage of also a tweet from the foreign minister earlier has there been higher reaction than that . yes come all we've been hearing from iranian president hassan rouhani who is currently on his way to a security conference in carrick but prior to his departure he made a statement about his upcoming trip about his plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin but also about the security of the region the current state that iran finds itself in and he reiterated iran's position that it's in their economic terrorism but also he expressed his views about the current security situation in the region and this is what he had to say. today the issue of security has a special importance are there in the state to do breach in of the persian gulf or middle east and all around the world and we have been making if it's to protect the peace and security of the region and over the last few years practically we have proven that we care abou

mike hanna al jazeera washington. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. police say a disgruntled employee has killed 12 people at a local government complex in virginia beach the suspect died after a gun battle with the police we do know who this suspect is we have not been successful in notifying certain family members and once we are able to do that busy we will release his name once we're going to mention his name once and then he will be forever referred to as the suspect because our focus now is the dignity and respect to the victims in this case and to their film. officers who are processing through what this could be described as a war zone there along with. u.s. businesses are warning that billions of dollars of trade could be affected if president donald trump's threat to impose tariffs on all mexican goods goes through mexico's farm ministers heading to washington for talks on the taxes which trump says will stay in place into the flow of microbes to stop u.s. seaports of started collecting higher tariffs on chinese goods us president trump incr

relationship with qatar are proven the full evidence of cutter's diplomatic worth may yet be to come mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the u.s. government imposing new travel restrictions on cuba the treasury department says it will no longer allow educational or cultural groups to travel to the island it will also deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats as part of efforts by the u.s. to pressure her vanna over its support for the venezuelan president nicolas maduro . you tube says it will ban or describes as hateful videos the video sharing platform owned by google will block content that promotes or glorifies racism and discrimination at lots of ban and remove any videos that deny well documented historical events such as the holocaust the announcement is the latest in a series of tech industry moves to filter out hateful or violent content but some free speech advocates say hate speech should not be censored or goldberg is an assistant professor of law at the university of dayton in the u.s. state of ohio she says the move could provoke some consequences. but there are a

mike hanna al jazeera washington. so head to him by the penalty after just 20 seconds of the champions league final as liverpool at trophy number 6 today year pin collection will have that story and will. play. to. cut in. june on al-jazeera people in power returns with an investigation into why india's capital delhi has some of the worst air pollution in the world. 2 years into the blockade we look at the future of the g.c.c. crisis and its impact on life and how tom join us for special coverage of the big picture examines the power potential unprejudiced of elegy official intelligence as it used to shape the world leaders from the group of 20 nations will gather for the 14th g 20 summit to be held for the 1st time in japan and in brand new episodes we follow people from around the globe who are risking you told just to make a living june on al-jazeera. time now for your sport we really. thank you merriam liverpool have been crowned kings of european football for the 6th time in their history after beating tottenham

mike hanna al jazeera washington leo will be here in just a moment with the sports news she'll tell us how these dolphins joined a surfing competition. in the philippines the black market for gold is worth hundreds of millions but not everyone is reaping the rewards to sell them paying the ultimate prize when i want to investigate why people like dying for gold on al-jazeera. 2 years into the blockade. we look at the future of the g.c.c. crisis. and its impact on life in qatar. joiners for special coverage of the qatar blockade on al-jazeera. challenge the brazilian dictatorship democratically run team. change the course of. the center is a revolution resort. to local. football rebels concludes with a celebration of the life and legacy of some pretty grim cience democracy movement . just. hello again time for the sports news with leo thanks terrain well we're just minutes away from kick off in the european champions league final liverpool up against fellow english team tottenham your clubs liverpool were beaten finalist a year ago in this competition and narrowly missed out on the prem

widest strategy in a regional power struggle if so then the question remains who is responsible mike hanna al-jazeera united nations yemen's who the rebels say they've carried out a 2nd attack on an airport in southwestern saudi arabia who they say they've used drones to target the ab port saudi arabia says it's at defenses intercepted 5 drones targeting the airport in the town of homs macheda it's about 100 kilometers from the yemeni border the latest drone strike comes just days after a missile hit the port injuring $26.00 civilians several saudi airports have been targeted in the past year including the king khalid international airport and the capital riyadh well william lawrence a professor at the george washington university is elliott school of international affairs he says as peace talks fail the fighting continues. the yemen war and the yemen saudi conflict have their own dynamics yemen had grab some territory in saudi arabia of course these drone attacks are escalating and increasingly targeting civilians and successfully so and increasingly we're seeing that with the failure of

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. tanzania has become the latest country in africa to ban plastic bags the measure came into effect on saturday all imports sales and use of plastic bags are prohibited africa is leading efforts to tackle plastic pollution now with 34 countries imposing restrictions a state funeral has been held in the democratic republic of congo for veteran opposition leader etienne tshisekedi tens of thousands of mourners joined regional leaders anticipate his son who is now leading the country harriman tasa reports from can shasta. supporters of 18 she's a cutie say bearing day here on home soil is a victory against the former government the veteran opposition leader died in belgium 2 years ago but the political turmoil at the time and disagreements with joseph kabila the former president delayed his homecoming to be there is no longer leader of the democratic republic of congo she's a k.b. son felix's his father was given a state funeral it we did we are very proud because. from no till to morrow a