during his visit to the hague last december the u.n. secretary-general was very impressed by what was being done in our city in this domain. all the more reason to continue along our chosen path, path in which, in my view, has also another purpose. which has to do with the other side of the digital revolution and establishing boundaries. rules about what is and what is not acceptable. it is clear that the digital technology is changing our world in countless ways. nothing stays as it was. this also means that measures need to be taken to present -- prevent these technologies from falling into the wrong hands and are being used in the wrong way. or to put it more strongly, it is vital that applications of artificial intelligence, big data and quantum computing are facilitated in a way that will benefit mankind. the hague is delighted to offer a platform for that. this is also something that we are very capable of doing. first and foremost because the vast knowledge and expertise available in our city. and i am referring not just to the h

range from chemical weapons, cyber security and we want to particularly thank the municipality of the hague and those with steadfast support to us in this activity. for this use lecture we have chosen one of the most compelling and competent -- here we go. the interrupted meat which was very good. we will see how this is. do i just keep talking? wait for one minute. i suspect if that happened during an actual emergency, no one would have noticed and we would have continued anyway. l t give feedback to our emergency management folks about the signaling. that was it, i think. we get interrupted again, we get interrupted again. then do not ignore it because i won't know if it is a test. to return to the theme of today's event we picked what i think is the most compelling and complex topics not just for lawyers, military planners but for society itself. it's the rapidly increasing role of artificial intelligence and in this partilar context looking at that with respect to autonomy and the use of force. we've been spending a lot of time on the bookings of late in the security theater watching cl

the visit to the hague is intended to sound out the i.c.c. the activists want to know whether their report stands a chance of opening a preliminary examination the first stage in any action undertaken by the i.c.c. . and as you know in the city stands for justice in this time it's home to the international courts and that the international court of justice of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia the international criminal court that you're. supposed to spend on soft on which hague represents hope for many people. less fortunate look it's not fair that justice doesn't apply equally to everyone what the show has to show most anyone else but i mean that those who deprive their citizens of justice in their own countries receive better treatment here. as you want to hope they should be prosecuted in their own country its place is going to see. right away this is what the international community offers us that when you think that i mean i should not reject it definitely not. in the hague the ngos are meeting with a close ch

in the hague the ngos are meeting with m.l.v. close chief analyst at the office of the prosecutor at the i.c.c. he is one of the most influential people at the court he receives the requests for preliminary examinations and he assesses whether the case meets the criteria of the rome statute. the second most cost cannot produce an exam a critical it starts with what we call a preliminary examination the aim of which is to decide whether an investigation should be opened for the situation in question in the preliminary examination is a phase during which we don't collect evidence. we collect and gather information from multiple sources and we are to pursue. and we attempt to determine whether crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court have been committed sixteen follow but they don't and in accordance with the principle of complementarity we determine whether these crimes are being investigated or prosecuted at the national level. and finally we examine whether there is substantive reason to believe

joins us live from the hague what's the legal team being. saying. they were team has on a critically denied all of the accusations levied against the country by cattle earlier on in the week it is the knowledge that there has been any policy to expel cattery nationals from the us or anything that led to the riots of country nationals being undermined including their inability to be able to access their own property or assets including access to the health care education and legal support to well the first person to speak out this second day of the three hearing was the way. to the netherlands who said that the argument that the country has is not with qatari people but with the government. from. the. well the u.s. ambassador went on to remind the court what the political dispute between the u.a.e. and qatar is accusing the country once again of backing dangerous terrorist groups across the region something cattle vehemently deny. or doha is looking for is financial compensation for what it says is a reprimand damage caused by the blockade the u.a.e.

united arab emirates are making their final arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague qatar took the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice if barker joins us live now from the hague so what are you been hearing this morning a house has been playing out in a. well a very very dense legal debate is underway at the moment katz on the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the highest court the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to actually carry on with this case just explain very simply the u.a.e. is accused of violating the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination the u.a.e. is a key signatory of that nine hundred sixty five convention and when there are accusations of violating the convention there's a protocol to follow that includes firstly negotiating between two opposing sides of two opposing countr

stories for you this hour the world's chemical weapons watchdog is holding a special meeting at the hague this was requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england chemical attacks in syria will also be discussed you in chief and turning to terrorism is calling on the world not to abandon the united nations agency for palestinian refugees organization says it's facing a quarter of a billion dollars shortfall and may be forced to cut emergency assistance within weeks. the german chancellor is discussing at europe's migration crisis with the spanish prime minister before the e.u. summit on thursday merkel is under pressure from a coalition partner to find a new wide solution to stem the flow of refugees and immigrants. navy divers have reentered a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for twelve boys and their football coach they were trapped after a heavy rain storm walked the only way out of the cave on saturday at fishel say they are confident the boys are still alive because that cave extends several kilometers locals have perfor

that very samey in the hague. ever. was. half a year later we return to bangor. new tenants have moved into the small backyard where the book was once creating his. own the remains of the victim self-help book a nice asian or pieces of a signpost. what has become of benedetta saying the president of the association. said changing the baby's. than it did say has become the minister of tourism president goes easy office in this office in exchange she had to give up her commitment to the victims' rights just. the world war may come to life and she was an immoral son back. in. my time so you knew that about me on remember just like him while i'm about the economy going on for dick soon the beaches would have been replaced. they won't be any tourism or elephant safaris anymore. the frame will hold the poor traits of the next pooch. minister say or. she will disappear unafraid edge of history and so will the donation funds of the victims organization. we hear from germany from the north of the central african republic he recounts his observations concerning the new musl

the hague since jamal it's a bank. even before the perpetrators of past or sentence the i.c.c. begins to investigate the crimes of the news. a witness from the group the perpetrator is expected. he agrees to divulge what he knows about the latest pillaging emerges and writes. on condition that his face remains covered jimoh allows us to watch as he sets up a my pal interrogation. and. i'm going to. her. and. she gently show you can you know when you're going to the uk and if you come must see me he tells us about all the places he has worked that he has recorded thousands of hours of interrogation in testimony just to me he tells us about the quality of pride in terms of sound and images to ensure the material can be admitted as evidence before the coolest proximity to republicans republicans who me . jamelle works mythologically when he sits down in the interview his place amazing all directions he wants to make sure the witness is still on camera when he feels cornered well being interrogated by the investigate has the suspect alice he's got something to show consummate he sa

they've barker's out the conference in the hague. the special session of the a p c w is now underway this meeting was called of the of the united kingdom with the backing of ten members of the a.p.c. there one hundred ninety three in total one hundred thirty have registered to take part in this meeting we now know that roughly around twenty countries have lent their support to the u.k.'s proposal to extend the mandate of the p.c. w to allow it to apportion attribute blain for chemical weapons attacks at the moment the organization is simply a technical body that can say whether or not a chemical weapon has been used more often than not it can also say what weapon has been used but it falls short of apportioning blame and in light of recent attacks in seoul spree with the poisoning of former russian agent sergei script in his daughter yulia multiple attacks in syria and also in iraq and of course the fatal poisoning of the north korean leader kim jong un's heart brother kuala lumpur airport there are now calls to tighten the loopholes

a parker now joins us live from the hague so this u.k. proposal to basically enhance the role of the o.p.c. is there any more support for that proposal. well this meeting as you can probably see behind me that's just begun was called as we know at the behest of the united kingdom and then have the backing of ten countries out of the hundred ninety three they have permanent representatives here the o.p.c. w. we now believe the support for the u.k. his draft proposal may have reached around the twenty one or so mark in order for any kind of result to be made here two thirds of countries represented represented here need to vote in support of it we know that one hundred thirty nations are registered to turn up here we've just heard some of the opening remarks of the chairman here the o.p.c. w. has called in the room to consider the u.k.'s proposal but this isn't the only proposal being considered over the course of the next two days russia has one of its own indonesia we know has put forward one to that seems to have much less support than th

is violating international law prohibiting racial anational discrimination let's go live to the hague ounces here is leave barca is there so this is expected to take what three days leave what's happening there today. that's right a.j. and we're reaching the final stages of this first day in the three day hearing we have over the course of the morning being hearing extensively from counselors legal team they first of all being crucially establishing in their eyes why they believe the i.c.j. has the jurisdiction to even process this case in this complaint against the u.s. a in the first place and secondly of course to explain exactly what the complaint against the u.a.e. is they say fundamentally this is a case of discrimination against qatar and its citizens they focused on the u.a.e. decision to expel the qatari nationals from the country last year also to restrict their movement across the country to recall u.s. citizens from qatar and also to close off a aspace to qatari traffic this according to catalyze legal team it constitutes a violation of human rights they also argue that th

is now into its second year lawyers for both sides will sit out the arguments during hearings at the hague over the next three days the policy and practice of racial discrimination undertaken by the u.a.e. are extraordinary in the sense that the actions taken by the u.a.e. are express direct and in the words of the convention have the purpose of nullifying and impairing protected rights based on national origin victoria gaping the reports. saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt cut diplomatic relations with cattle last june imposed a blockade and expel qatar ease catalog denies its neighbors accusations of supporting terrorism cattles national human rights committee estimates the blockade affected thirteen thousand people more than four thousand cases of human rights violations have been reported in the past year and it's affected all aspects of daily life in cattle education health the right to perform religious rituals own property or freedom to travel abroad and perhaps most crucially the right to family reunification in a region where family ties go beyond borders the blockading natio

stories for you this hour the world's chemical weapons watch august holding a special meeting at the hague requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england and the attacks in syria will also be discussed u.n. chief attenuated terrace is calling on the world not to abandon the united nations agency for palestinian refugees organizations as it's facing a quarter of a billion dollar shortfall and may be forced to cut emergency assistance within weeks. navy divers are very entered a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for twelve boys and their football coach they were trapped after a heavy rainstorm block the only way out of the cave on saturday. there's growing concern about political tribalism in the u.s. after an incident where the president trumps press secretary sarah sanders was asked to leave her restaurant because she works for have days earlier another top official was forced from the mexican restaurant by protesters alan fisher has more from washington d.c. . to. afternoon she's the public face of the trumpet ministration th

have made their final arguments before the international court of justice at the hague qatar accuses its gulf neighbor of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year doha says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice barker sums up to hearing from the hague three days of hearings have now come to an end here at the hague at the un's highest court cattle had appealed to the court to consider its case a case of discrimination against the state and its people the u.a.e. is accused of violating its obligations under the international convention for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination carse are says that its people were denied access to healthcare education legal services access to to their properties and their assets and the policy of expelling qatari from the u.a.e. there also to the separation of families or cats are on wednesday was the first country to set forth its opening arguments this is what they had to say regarding the allegations against the u.a.e. as a

united arab emirates are making their final arguments before the united nation's highest court at the hague qatar took the u.a.e. to the international court of justice they are accusing it of violating human rights by imposing the blockade last year and says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice as the blockade includes sea and land in bangor more from the hague now with a pocket. there was a tense legal battle underway at the moment katsav the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to continue with this case just to remind you the u.a.e. has been accused by cats are of violating the international convention on the eradication of all forms of racial discrimination to which the u.s. is a key signatory and there are procedures to follow if there are accusations of violation of these key treaty firstly that the nations in question speak to each other directly in order to try and come to some sort of solution secondly that the complaint is referred to the committee in charge of this treaty and finally that

hugely significant here in the hague. rohibition of chemical weapons is the global guardian, if you like, of the chemical weapons convention. it has the power to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tax and the power to investigate the alleged substance used, but it doesn't have the power to attribute blame, and according to the uk delegation led by boris blame, and according to the uk delegation led by bori5johnson that in theory means that those states who are allegedly using these banned = have who are allegedly dsing these banned = have a license to act with chemicals have a license to act with impunity, and therefore their needs to be some kind of body that's able to be some kind of body that's able to point the finger of blame. the uk has tabled this motion in the hague, trying to garner support among the members of the opcw to support this motion. it would give the opcw extra powers to find out who is responsible for using these chemicals. boris responsible for using these chemicals. bori5johnson told us to

a report from the hague. >> such was the jubilation from jean-pierre bemba's friends a family in thellery. the judge hado asktaff to restore or. >> may i ask the registry to reer to the calm in the courtroom. >> their acquittal was based on two grounds of appeal. the judges agreed the conviction had exceeded the crimes thaten d roved beyond a reasonable down -- doubt and that bemba should not have held liable as a remote commander if his troops deployed to a foreign country. >> the apals chamber, by majority, reverses theon convicf mr. bell be ba. it scontinues the proceedings with respect to those criminal acts in relation t which the trial ch eberntered a conviction, even though they were outside the scope of the factsta and circumses of the case. >> in 2016 jn-pierre bell ba was convicted of -- benefit ba was contributed of rape, pillaging. chirp -- children as young0 as 1 were raped. men violated by multiple men but the judgesesumed the original trial got it wrong, that he was not tolame. this judgment couch a considerable impact in other cases. when a leader argues they c be bla

is responsible that is all about to change the british foreign secretary boris johnson he went to the hague to the o.p.c. w headquarters to a gathering of all the members and he called for the o.p.c. w. to be allowed to essentially name and shame perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks present. the p.c. government experts who say. well with the time. who was responsible. that must be pretty strong backing the for that proposal or strengthens visit to the hague clearly worthwhile it certainly being hailed as a major victory here by the u.k. by france to help to spearhead the initiative but the o.p.c. w is obviously the name of an organization that's been on many lips recently it's had rather a lot of work on its hands in recent months there was that chemical attack in june and also the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei script file and his daughter yulia back in march that took place here on british soil and westminster blamed moscow for it so the u.k. was particularly keen to spearhead this initiative in order to sort of further efforts to apportion blame for incidents like the one

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anna holligan reports from the hague. nd family in the public gallery, the judge had to ask staff to restore order. may i ask the registry to restore the calm in the courtroom. the acquittal was based on two grounds of appeal. the judges agreed the conviction had exceeded the crimes that had been proved beyond reasonable doubt and that jean—pierre bemba should not have been held liable as a remote commanderfor the been held liable as a remote commander for the crimes committed by his troops deployed to a foreign country. the appeals chamber, by a majority, reverses the conviction of mr bemba. it discontinues the proceedings with respect to those can all acts in relation to which the trial chamber entered a conviction, even though they were out side of the scope of the circumstances of the case. in 2016, jean—pierre bemba was convicted of murder, rape and pillaging. crimes committed by his forces in the drc. children as young as ten were raped. women were violated by multiple men, but thejudges ruled women were violated by

that must be was pretty strong backing the for that proposal or strengthens visit to the hague clearly worthwhile it certainly being hailed as a major victory here by the u.k. by france to help to spearhead the initiative but the o.p.c. w. is obviously the name of an organization that's been on many lips recently it's had rather a lot of work on its hands in recent months there was that chemical attack in june and also the poisoning of the former russian spy surrogate script file and his daughter yulia back in march that took place here on british soil and westminster blamed moscow for it so the u.k. was particularly keen to spearhead this initiative in order to sort of further efforts to apportion blame for incidents like the one in seoul's very earlier this year and going into that vote the russian side had said that it considers the proposal self-defeating it was against it because they said it gives western countries the ability to influence decision making within the organization and essentially to manipulate its opinion so for russia china syria and the countries that voted along

russia and its allies syria and iran have strongly rejected the plan leave both of reports from the hague. the emergency meeting was convened at the u.k.'s request to give the chemical weapons watchdog behind the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons concurrently only establish where and when an attack happened not who's responsible britain's foreign secretary urged member states to back the u.k.'s plan and allow the o.p.c. w. to attribute blame this is an opportunity to restore the global ban on the use of chemical weapons and to strengthen the a.p.c. w.'s ability to respond to any violations and i hope the trees will feel able to support the decision tabled by the u.k. . the pursuit city of duma earlier this year schools of children being treated after exposure to an apparent nerve agent has bashar al assad's forces sought to take control of rebel held areas since two thousand and twelve the o.p.c. recorded four hundred gc's of chemical weapons in syria and a year and a half ago a brazen assassination at kuala lumpur airport the half brother of north korean leader kim jon

has more from the hague. the second day of hearings at the international court of justice on choose day cancer or accuse the u.a.e. of discrimination against the country and its people now are about to hear from the united arab emirates lawyers representing cats are focused on the expulsion of qatari national some the u.a.e. the recalling of u.a.e. citizens from qatar and the closure of the u.a.e. space all qatari traffic accuses the u.a.e. of preventing access to individuals and companies when it comes to being able to access their assets and their property of denying people the right to education health care and judicial services and also violating its obligations under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of which the u.a.e. is a key signatory the u.a.e. hasn't said much ahead of this case although at least one amorality minister has accused this case of being simply a stunt to keep the blockade on cattle in the public eye qatar is hoping for a swift resoluti

united arab emirates are making their final arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague qatar to the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on too hard by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice a barker has more from the hague. there was a tense legal battle underway at the moment casts of the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to continue with this case just to remind you the u.a.e. has been accused by cats are of violating the international convention on the eradication of all forms of racial discrimination which the u.a.e. is a key signatory and there are procedures to follow if there are accusations of violation of these key treaty firstly that the nations in question speak to each other directly in order to try and come to some sort of solution secondly that the complaint is referred to the committee in charge of this treaty and finally tha

countries that were against they included china russia and syria and so boris johnson's visit to the hague clearly worthwhile it's certainly being hailed as a major victory here by the u.k. by france to help to spearhead the initiative but the o.p.c. w is obviously the name of an organization that's been on many lips recently it's had rather a lot of work on its hands in recent months there was that chemical attack in june and also the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei script and his daughter yulia back in march that took place here on british soil and westminster blamed moscow for it so the u.k. was particularly key to spearhead this initiative in order to sort of further efforts to apportion blame for incidents like the one in seoul very earlier this year and going into that the russian side had said that it considers the proposal self-defeating it was against it because they said it gives western countries the ability to influence decision making within the organization and essentially to manipulate its opinion so for russia china syria and the countries that voted along with t

in the hope of quotes easing the suffering of catalogs citizens across the region parker live in the hague thank you . britain's prince william is visiting holy sites and. on the final day of his middle east tour he started the day paying respects at his great grandmother princes alice's grave up rescue jews during the holocaust prince william is also visiting one of the most important holy sites for muslims a mosque compound it is the first official visit by a member of the royal family since the british occupation of palestine ended in one hundred forty eight fosset has more from occupied east jerusalem. so the church of the holy circle is the last official engagement of prince william's visit the third of the holy sites cities was that it here in occupied east jerusalem kensington palace made it very clear tried to choreograph this to the maximum that it could as a non political event but of course this visit coming seventy years after the end of the british mandate the first official rule visit to israel has been one which has been politically sensitive that is potentially why the pala

which has ended its second day lawyers for both sides will sit out the arguments june herring's at the hague over the next three days until he can be has. saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind an egypt cut diplomatic relations with cattle last june imposed a blockade and expel qatar ease catalog denies its neighbors accusations of supporting terrorism cattles national human rights committee estimates the blockade affected thirteen thousand people more than four thousand cases of human rights violations have been reported in the past year and it's affected all aspects of daily life in cattle education health the right to perform religious rituals own property or freedom to travel abroad and perhaps most crucially the right to family reunification in a region where family ties go beyond borders the blockading nations forcibly deported qataris and separated children from their parents rashid mother is qatari and his father is bahraini and gulf countries children take the citizenship of their father he believes if he continues to defy an order by bahrain to leave cattle he'll lose his bahraini passport

representing the united arab emirates are appearing before the united nation's highest court at the hague kottaras take in the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on doha. britain's prince william is visiting holy sites in occupied east jerusalem on the final day of his middle east tour he started the day paying respects at his great grandmother princess alice's grave prince william is also visiting one of the most important holy sites for muslims. compound it's the first official visit by a member of the royal family since the british occupation of palestine ended in one thousand nine hundred eight virgin atlantic says it will stop flying from london to dubai from the end of march of next year airlines says it made the decision to withdraw the route because of external factors which make it no longer economically viable keep it here the strain is next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so many times when you call home. we'll bring you the news and current affa

following the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england let's go to the hague live now al jazeera is the barca is that meeting what's russia in particular up to here with this political move in the watchdog has much of a watchdog without the powers were assigned blame is it. yes that's exactly right well after a very slow morning in which russia seem to slow down proceedings by bringing up one technicality after another and another finally we appear to got some movement some a meant to last the u.k. has put forward its draft proposal to allow the o.p.c. w. to apportion blame at the moment it is simply a technical body you can say whether or not a chemical weapons attack is taking place possibly also mame the chemical weapon itself that may or may not have been used but it falls short of pointing the finger and that's what the u.k. has been demanding it says that given the current climate in the last twenty years where we've seen an increase in chemical weapons attacks in the likes of syria and iraq and also of course recently earlier on this year in march in se

chemical weapons watched august holding a special meeting at the hague this was for quested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england acts in syria will also be discussed. the german chancellor has just gusting europe's migration crisis with the spanish prime minister in berlin ahead of an e.u. summit on thursday. under pressure from a coalition partner to find an illusion to stem the flow of refugees and immigrants . the plight ever hands of muslims living in thailand has been highlighted in a new report by the burma human rights network the report titled existence denied details efforts by me and more as a government to make life difficult for a hedge outside its borders large numbers of her hand to have fled violence and poverty and me and mark to live and work in thailand now the thai government has introduced in iraq history system meaning where henschel must be verified to stay in the country because myanmar doesn't recognize them as citizens many now face deportation from thailand and most are too scared to return to their country

bore power they have many things out of there as they have back of their live in the hague. it with zero still to come on the program. a stray sheep in the u.s. of a delays and reuniting thousands of migrant children separated from their parents divers such a flooded cave in thailand for missing teenage footballers. and its force a long awaited win for andy murray feingold be here with the details in the race. germany's chancellor has discussed europe's migration crisis with spain's prime minister in berlin for the e.u. summit on thursday i go to merkel is under pressure from her coalition partners to find an e.u. wide solution to stem the flow of refugees and immigrants she's due to meet the e.u. council president donald tusk later with european leaders recognize that reform is needed on migration but they're divided over the approach germany spain and france want to joint european solution to integration the german chancellor is pushing for a deal that distributes the number of refugees and migrants more evenly across the continent but it's allee's new populist government i

in his inaugural speech invited eritreans and excepted the border ruling which was decided the hague commission the boundary commission some years ago i think this was so far the stumbling step you have for the every trains and now he accepted and want to implement the decision and i think this opened the door for the eritreans to accept to to come to us so because there have been peace efforts in the past but you think this time is different well to my knowledge they have not been by letter a diplomatic meetings within the last two decades yeah there are no embassies in either side so there were no official meetings and this indeed is the first really honest effort that i that i know of. resawing in our report we're also talking about lot of young eritreans trying to make the perilous journey to europe you've lived in eritrea talk to us a little bit describe what life is like for a young eritrean well it is it is a small country conditions are so to say i mean from from climate climate wise but the reason why area trains are fleeing their country i think there are two. one is that th

lead to the biggest shake up in the organizations twenty year history they've barkha al-jazeera the hague and. plenty more ahead on this hour of news from london including. a train officials arrive in ethiopia for the first time in almost two decades bringing with them the hope of sustained. u.k. court grants or a temporary license to operate in london but criticizes the company's gung ho behavior. and in sport defending champions germany prepare for another must win world cup i will have the details a little later in the program. oh it's warming up nicely now across much of northern europe where the heat wave affecting those western past clear skies here absolutely gorgeous stands was the southeast is not quite so lucky as to be said lots of clouds just around the southern parts of italy easing over the i mean sea into greece into the balkans and received a rather large piece i was seeing a report of the water spout castiel tornado over the next day or so you can see it looks pretty poor over the coming days twenty four celsius in athens in the cloud and the right some of that is right t

united arab emirates are making their final arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed on the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice they've barker has more from the hague. there was a tense legal battle underway at the moment council of the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to continue with this case just to remind you the u.a.e. has been accused by catalogue of violating the international convention on the eradication of all forms of racial discrimination to which the u.a.e. is a key signatory and there are procedures to follow if there are all accusations of violation of these key treaty firstly that the nations in question speak to each other directly in order to try and come to some sort of solution secondly that the complaint is referred to the committee in charge of this treaty and finally that it's referred