elizabeth i do need to ask you about the saudi u.a.e. relationship both of them seem to be looking for a way out of the yemen quagmire but how are there strains in the relationship between the 2 we know there's a very good personal report between the leader of the u.a.e. and the crown prince in saudi arabia but other than that are there strains that could also affect any ceasefire. yes you're right to raise this there certainly are strains now of course we did see the riyadh agreement being signed in november last year which papered over the cracks in the coalition and enabled there to proxies on the ground being the southern transitional council supported by the u.a.e. and the head a government supported by saudi arabia and nominally also by the way to mend their differences this was just a cosmetic solution it kicked the can down the road none of the underlying issues have been solved and the southerners still at least the proportion of them represented by the southern transitional council still want secession as their ultimate goal and

is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u.a.e. ll lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. that's why they are trying to sabotage all the planes to make libya prosper the u.n. says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to mediterranean oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and pro turkey syrian fighters to help defend tripoli because of a security agreement it signed with the government earlier this week pro have to media announced the opening of what it describes as an embassy in damascus fueling speculation that fighters loyal to bashar al assad's regime are coming to libya to fight on behalf of off the. conflict has kept foreign tourists away from the spectacular ancient ruins of leptis magna for years these ancient marble pillars a perhaps a symbol of the foreign armies that thro

comes from countries including the u.a.e. egypt and russia. hundreds of civilians have been killed since have to launched a military offensive against the un backed government in tripoli in april. after his allies in their fight against terrorism a few foreign governments analysts all military commanders believe them and many blame the u.a.e. and say russia wants greater influence in the southern mediterranean and africa and also wants to use it to weaken the nato alliance may the u.a.e. is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u.a.e. will lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. that's why they are trying to sabotage all the planes to make libya prosper. u.n. says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to mediterranean oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and pro turk

late last night the united states introduced new sanctions sanctions against 5 companies based in the u.a.e. in terms of iran related oil trade so we can't really talk about anything else without addressing what these men said about sanctions these sanctions were the 2nd in the last week earlier this week on tuesday we saw the united states play sanctions against companies and individuals associated with pakistan russia china and the u.a.e. with relation to iran's nuclear program and now we're seeing sanctions announced late last night against 5 entities in the u.a.e. with regard to iran spoil industry certainly the united states is sanctioning companies and individuals that they see as cozying up to iran now these are all countries that have helped iran in terms of the coronavirus providing some measure of aid and assistance and now it seems the united states is making it clear if there was any question about whether or not they would ease up sanctions at this time of a public health crisis in iran the answer is resoundingly no that's something iranian leaders have said or certainly been w

becoming too close to iran once again it has we have to remind people that pox on russia and china and the u.a.e. were all countries that have helped iran during the corona virus outbreak iran for its part since the beginning has been saying that sanctions are impeding their efforts to respond to the coronavirus so certainly here both the supreme leader and the president of iran addressed sanctions trying to put a positive spin on the continued maximum pressure campaign by the united states supreme leader said sanctions made us better for system proven benefit from self-reliance and he insisted that the country continue to focus on domestic production and consumption a message we've heard in previous speeches as well president hassan rouhani for his part said sanctions have forced iran to be less reliance on oil related income saying that the economic growth and other sector. agriculture and transport has actually been on the positive trend really it's difficult to see however how the economic growth in the country could be positive especially at a time when so many iranians are going through ec

is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u.a.e. will lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. that's why they are trying to sabotage all the plans to make libya prosper the u.n. says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to mediterranean oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and pro turkey syrian fighters to help defend tripoli because of a security agreement it signed with the government earlier this week pro have to media announced the opening of what it describes as an embassy in damascus fueling speculation that fighters loyal to bashar al assad's regime are coming to libya to fight on behalf of off the conflict has kept foreign tourists away from the spectacular ancient ruins of leptis magna for years these ancient marble pillars a perhaps a symbol of the foreign armies that thro

cease fire neither moscow nor in berlin the decision is not in this hands but in the hands of egypt the u.a.e. france and saudi arabia as well as hearing the sounds of heavy explosions libyans in tripoli are worried about a possible i would break of covert 19. food prices are again rising and the value of the libyan dean art is falling the government is advising everyone to stay at home borders are closed. restaurants and cafes after 4 pm people are rushing to markets fearing some commodities might try now it's a hard foul you know you've got used to the war but what we fear the most is possible infection a virus prices have doubled because some people have also started shopping for the holy month of fasting some shoppers are grateful that they can still find what they need but if the war comes closer to the city center they might not be able to shop at all would have to do i hate. tripoli. ok let's wrap up a few. other top stories for man convicted of raping and murdering a student in india in 2012 have been executed large crowds celebrated outside the jail where the men were hanged on frida

comes from countries including the u.a.e. egypt and russia. hundreds of civilians have been killed since have to launch the military offensive against the un backed government in tripoli in april. after his allies say their fight is against terrorism the few foreign governments analysts all military commanders believe them and many blame the u.a.e. and say russia wants greater influence in the southern mediterranean and africa and also wants to use it to weaken the nato alliance by the u.a.e. is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u.a.e. will lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. that's why they are trying to sabotage all the planes to make libya prosper the u.n. says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to mediterranean oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and

restore how these government of the scope of their involvement raised many concerns among yemenis the u.a.e supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. the kingdom's hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who are these saudi officials accuse iran of supporting the who are these the shia rebel group that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital sanaa with the help of former president ali abdullah. also known as unsubtle or the partisans of gant have repeatedly launched attacks targeting. all risking them. they have expanded their territory by taking control of well giove province near the saudi border and fight scenes intensifying in the oil rich province of mary forces supporting it side president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks. the un still hopes to convince the warring factions to implement the terms of the agreement signed in still call 2 years ago. as the feuding signs failed to reconcile their differences the stalemate is likely to play more innocent lives. now yemen was already one o

with the journalists jamal khashoggi who was later murdered a new york times reported 20 teen says the u.a.e. had asked n.s.o. to hack into the phones of prominent figures amnesty international says rights activists and one of its own staff members have been targeted by n.s.o. products. ok let's get going joining us here on the program today from washington d.c. we have rafael sater he's a cyber security correspondent for reuters in london we have tanya carroll she is the director of amnesty tech and in brussels via skype we have james shiers he's a professor at the university of needn't researches cyber security across the middle east welcome to you all right feel coming to you 1st is it such a surprise that n.s.o. didn't turn up to this court date. you know peter it is and it isn't. to a certain degree these kind of cross truth fictional lawsuits are always a little bit fraud and there's often the argument that one party or the other is simply just didn't have jurisdiction and doesn't have cause to file in a particular jurisdiction so it's not particularly surprising that there is a disput

the u.a.e. supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. the kingdom's hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who are these. officials accuse iran of supporting the whole of these rebel groups that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital with the help of former president. with the booth is also known as all the parties of government have repeatedly launched attacks targeting the oil rich kingdom i was they have expanded their territory by taking control of the province near the saudi border and fightings intensifying in the oil rich province of. forces supporting it president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks. the un still hopes to convince the warring factions to implement the terms of the agreement signed installed 2 years ago. as a fusing science failed to reconcile their differences the stalemate is likely to play more innocent lives. i should be 0. a lot continuing coverage of the corona virus pandemic is in-depth on our website at al jazeera dot com updated throughout the day. wa

saudi arabia and the u.a.e. said the goal was to defeat the healthy rebels and restore how these government but the scope of their involvement raised many concerns among yemenis the u.a.e. supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. the kingdom's hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who these saudi officials accuse iran of supporting the whole of these rebel groups that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital sanaa with the help of former president ali abdullah saleh. also known as unsubtle or the partisans of government have repeatedly launched cross border attacks targeting the oil rich kingdom i was shocked they have expanded that territory by taking control of well giove province near the saudi border and fightings intensifying in the oil rich province of marriott forces supporting president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks we've seen 40000 people just in the 3 months of this here who have been displaced no

of sanctions are doing are targeting entities in a series of iranian influence like a markets in the u.a.e. iraq china russia august on these are all countries that have in some way helped iran have offered assistance of offered more moral help in terms of dealing with the coronavirus and we're seeing the united states now going after those types of activities that went after people connected to iran's nuclear program then they went after entities that they said were connected to the sale of iranian oil and now they're going after entities that they say proliferate any sort of other market transaction perhaps the gray market that iran has talked about in terms of continuing to be able to deal with the global marketplace so what we're seeing is this continued. pressure on iran if there was ever any question by world leaders including the u.n. officials who have been calling for a stoppage of the sanctions to let iran deal with the coronavirus and that we have to remind people that calls for ending sanctions have come from american lawmakers in the united states as well if there was ever any

that same year, the u.a.e. played the israel national anthem, not once but twice. [applause] last year, our berani friends allowed israeli journalists to visit for the first time since 1994. [applause] saudi, crown prince said "i believe -- i believe the palestinians and the israelis have the right to have their own land." [applause] and i remember being in that room when ambassadors from ohman, bahrain attended the white house ceremony unveiling the plan for peace where president trump and benjamin netanyahu both offered remarks. [applause] these are small examples. just a few glimpses of harmony and there's still much more progress to be made. at i think these anecdotes is real shift amongst israel's neighborhoods. the more the neighbors embraces israel, the brighter the future will be. that's true for the entire region. [applause] as i said earlier, there are some around the world who still refuse israel shining example or respect israel's rights as a nation. the number one state sponsor of anti-semitism the islamic republic of iran is undoubtedly the worst. the

the fighting started when the u.a.e. buyers a group attempted to seize a container of military equipment originally from the emirates and have been confiscated by local authorities 2 days ago 13 years ago 2 burglars carried out what's been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art including several other dutch moscow rembrandt in the u.s. city of boston was when jordan looks cold case at the isabella stewart gardner museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions. who bluffed their way into the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of $36.00 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth 500000000 dollars or more and pragmatically that's a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were s

spread of cub it 19 but what i think was really interesting specifically that came from the u.a.e. was that they said that they would be there of course to respond to the actual demand when it picks up again but they did state that actually there is no demand now and that's why they are having to completely suspend all operations an agnostic is only ever able to make money for an airline when there are passengers on board when it is in the air and for the majority of allan's worldwide right now those aircraft are not in the air and if there are some i can guarantee you the majority of them do not have very many passengers at all and so the airlines are having to respond for the now and then of course plan for the next 3 to 6 months how would this impact the airlines that have secured huge deals with abas and boeing for the introduction of your brand new jet yes when they join. one of single empty seat in addition now how will they factor that in in around 3 months that's that that's the challenge they base annele in london would it be fair to say that this is the worst crisis to h

more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u.a.e. accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they play sanctions on a handful of iranian nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u.a.e. signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again we've seen the u.n. help we've seen the united nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i.m.f. loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the international monetary fund and said that we need $5000000000.00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the international community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic

neither moscow nor in berlin look good decision is not in these hands but in the hands of egypt the u.a.e. france and saudi arabia as well as hearing the sounds of heavy explosions libyans in tripoli are worried about a possible i would break of covert 19. food prices are again rising and the value of the libyan d.n.r. is falling the government is advising everyone to stay at home borders are closed. restaurants and cafes after 4 pm people are rushing to markets fearing some commodities might try now it's in the heart of the founding out you've got used to the war but what we fear the most is possible infection of virus prices have doubled because some people have also started shopping for the holy month of fasting some shoppers are grateful that they can still find what they need but if the war comes closer to the city center they might not be able to shop at all with up to. tripoli. syria also yet to officially report a confirmed case of coronavirus but the war ravaged country is taking steps to stop the spread in aleppo provinces kurdish region the location of 3 large camps for interna

government has the support of the egyptian government the u.a.e. and these are powerful countries that that can ensure his hold on power and the americans who are talking to these mohammed bin nayef and are people who are former cia like john button and others who who are trying to get back and be in power especially after loses the election ok that's i think one of the reasons that rove and b. has to take action very quickly so the suggestion is that the younger generation in the upper echelons is pushing back essentially at m.b.'s is failing to produce the reform the i mean refuse the new blood that he sort of promised to do when he came to promising prominence in 2017 is he. has he any. a chance of having his reputation restored do you think roxanna well certainly on that basis i think not but i think it's a telling point that he was underestimated and i think he's showing that he that was a mistake that he should not have been underestimated he is approaching it in a very different way a much harsher and more aggressive way but that he's certain

know so it's a pressing matter for all the football even the europa league and champions league and the u.a.e. for their look at it different formats possibly a final 4 format and you know to close out this but just to give an opportunity and rest for these future football tournaments to take place what about some of the other competitions that are due to take place i mean is everything being pushed back you know they were thinking of pushing back the european under 21 championship was scheduled next summer as well as the women's european championships well the president said they're thinking of pushing those back because they don't want the men's european championship to cannibalize these tournaments they want the tournaments to maintain you know their integrity you know that's one thing and then feeds us president johnny if in tino came out and said one big tournament that starting that was scheduled to start next summer is the club world cup sponsored by fifa well the president came out to say that they're going to push that back as well you know to give him the opportunity for the europea

saudi arabia and the u.a.e. said the goal was to defeat the healthy rebels and restore how these government but the scope of their involvement raised many concerns among yemenis the u.a.e. supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. the kingdom's hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who these saudi officials accuse iran of supporting the whole of these rebel groups that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital sanaa with the help of former president ali abdullah saleh. also known as unsubtle or the partisans of government have repeatedly launched cross border attacks targeting the oil rich kingdom i was shocked they have expanded that territory by taking control of well giove province near the saudi border and fightings intensifying in the oil rich province of marriott forces supporting the president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks we've seen 40000 people just in the 3 months of this year who have been displace

turbulence in the global aviation industry singapore airlines is grounding almost all its fleet and the u.a.e. suspends all passenger flights. plumb fully back to bo this is al jazeera live from doha with continuing extensive coverage of the corner virus pandemic coming up more signs pointing to the 2020 tokyo lympics being postponed us canada says they will not stand athletes to the game.

speaking with us earlier today our sports news the finals of the u.a.e. the champions league and europa league competitions have been postponed as a result of the pandemic you wave announced today that the 2 finals along with the final of the women's champions league competition would be rescheduled due to the ongoing health crisis here in europe no new dates were set for the showpiece matches which had been skids that take place in may the european championships have already been delayed until next year and all of europe's major domestic leagues are currently suspended indefinitely. it's becoming increasingly likely that the tokyo olympics to take place in july and august will also be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic several qualifying events are already cancelled and pressure has been growing on authorities to consider a delay today japan's prime minister shinzo acknowledged that rescheduling the games may be the only way forward for weeks and even japan knew the international olympic committee was prepared to countenance it now prime minist

more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u.a.e. accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they placed sanctions on a handful of iranian nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u.a.e. signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again we've seen the u.n. help we've seen the united nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i.m.f. loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the international monetary fund and said that we need $5000000000.00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the international community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realisti

the u.a.e. shuts down most passengers since for its emirates airlines one of the world's largest to fall victim to the economic impact of the time that. the human and economic cost of the coronavirus pandemics mounting by the hour as the outbreak continues to sweep around the world in europe the epicenter of the crisis spain has decided to restrict entry into the country for most foreigners via air and sea ports for the next month the prime minister has also extended the state of emergency until april the 11th after seeing the only $400.00 more deaths a 3rd in 24 hours germany's chancellor angela merkel has just been giving in. media conference outlining the range of measures to limit social contact and essentially restrict people gathering outside and the financial fallout is getting worse the dubai based carrier emirates one of the world's biggest airlines is suspending most passenger flights from wednesday keeping on a small number of destinations jobs won't be lost that stuff are facing pair

the u.a.e. shuts down passengers this is for its emirates airlines one of the world's largest to fall victim to the economic impact of the pandemic. saying good bye a team of cuban doctors head off to help treat patients and it's only. the human and economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic is mounting by the hour as the outbreak continues to sweep around the world the latest news we're getting now is that turkish airlines is holding almost all of their international flights we're going to continue to cover that story but in the meantime in europe the epicenter of the crisis spain has extended the state of emergency until april the 11th after seeing nearly 400 more deaths that's up a 3rd in 24 hours the worst affected. country italy is tightening restrictions that day after its single biggest surge in fatalities and the financial fallout is getting worse the dubai based carrier emirates one of the world's biggest airlines has announced significantly scaling back passenger flights from wednesday j

i know 20000000 people don't have basic health care but saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and britain and the usa they're actually giving lots of aid or be it as well as they are supplying arms to the conflict you have enough paracetamol little ungrown of ours testing kids yeah i'm not sure about the figure but the idea of giving aid in one hand and. encouraging the war in the other hand is just ironic and it it's funny even the only way that can help yemenis is to stop the war aid can also a can only a fill the gaps but you can't help 30 millions of people by providing humanitarian aid why the whole state is collapsed this will never work the only thing that can work is to stop the war and to go to peace process and help yemenis to have a state again this is very possible and it's needs to just i mean the i'm straight it's part of it there is a lot of work against arms trade. because of the word in yemen and yemen it turned to be like a headache for those who are selling arms to saudis and teasin in general but in spite of this still the war is going on and arms trade stil

the u.a.e. shuts down passengers listens for its national carrier one of the world's largest airlines to fall victim to the economic impact of the virus.

turbulence in the global aviation industry singapore airlines is grounding almost all its fleet and the u.a.esuspends all passenger flights. fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead all signs pointing to the tokyo postponed as talks begin about the future of the 2020 games australian athletes have already been told to plan.