mission in geneva when they said about this report that there is no it isn't run by united arab emirates in yemen and all but isn't run by yemeni government and this show that the yemeni government actually cannot do anything to stop to stop this but all this blame on the united arab emirates that it will actually is bring in those that take those prisons into yemen if it might remind us with the guantanamo bay to mind us with abu ghraib and united states used to take but is not as and so called it tension events and flights to bring them to other countries to now the united arab emirates is doing it exactly in yemen and i would just add one thing about when i said about the social media so tell me. and this time is the only blot forum for the ordinary people the only product black vote for poor people and we've seen the effect of social media do it in a best bring but what i said about the social media because all this report that has been said now in the associate breast and other agency is we have been hearing this in yemen for forty edits but because united out of him out of actually

mission in geneva when they said about this report that there is no it isn't run by united arab emirates in yemen and all but isn't run by yemeni government and this show that the yemeni government actually cannot do anything to stop to stop this but all this blame on the united arab emirates that it will actually is bring in this tactic those prisons into yemen if that might remind us with the guantanamo bay the mind us with abu ghraib and united states used to take but is not as and so called redemption events and flights to bring them to other countries to now the united arab emirates is doing it exactly in yemen i would just add one thing about when i said about the social media so tell me. and this time is the only blot forum for the ordinary people the only put out black vote for poor people and we've seen the effects of social media do it in the out of best bank but what i said about the social media because all this report that has been said now in the associate breast and other agency is we have been hearing this in yemen for forty edits but because united out of him out of actu

unless there is a clear mandate coming from interpol that say's these people will land in the united arab emirates i don't foresee any or a state deletion related to money laundering in the real estate of dubai or the united arab emirates or k.c. it seems like a very complex almost like a three dimensional spider's web here because it goes to mexico it goes to pakistan it goes to afghanistan we've got the report that i read today was talking about two goal thing projects that bear the logo of the trump organization and it was also talk about a carousel scheme a few years back involving london and switzerland the banking sector in switzerland as well are we saying that everyone involved in this is consciously corrupt i mean one of the reports talks about wealthy russians literally getting off a plane with bags of cash buying apartments they never live in the apartments they seldom see them then they get on an emirates flight and they fly out of dubai are we saying that every individual is corrupt or are they are knowingly taking part in this. i think it's really hard to say who is corrupt and who i

mission in geneva when they said about this report that there is no prison run by united arab emirates in yemen and all prisons are run by yemeni government and this show that the yemeni government actually cannot do anything to stop to stop this but all this blame on the united arab emirates that it will actually is bring in those that take those prisons into yemen it might remind us with the guantanamo bay the mind us with abu ghraib and united states used to take but it's not as and so called it tension events and flights to bring them to other countries now the united arab emirates is doing it exactly in yemen and i would just add one thing about when i said about the social media so tell me. and this time is the only blot forum for the ordinary people the only put out black vote for poor people and we've seen the effects of social media do it in the out of best bank but what i said about the social media because all this report that has been said now in the associate breast and other agency is we have been hearing this in yemen for forty edits but because united out of him out of

to resign another that the beauty prime minister of been dubbed as well when he criticizes united arab emirates he was forced to resign and his name is your body this show you the percent will you and. what you're saying about social media but unite the reality of social media anyone can set up a fake account we can never sort of you know nail down the provenance of individual people and they are operating inside the echo chamber of social media a key moment mari what was your reaction this time last year almost to the u.s. reaction when it said well we haven't seen any evidence of torture we haven't seen any evidence of secret prisons. i was surprised that they were so frank and the reason why there's no evidence is because they're hiding the evidence yes they do a good job in hiding the evidence but that does not mean that it's not there. but this is expected in a country where it's lawless right now a police governments are running the country whether in the in the north on the south whether in aden and thais or also in sana'a when you have a police government that's very rare do you see peo

now the united arab emirates has told the international court of justice that claims made against it by qatar without merit and should be dismissed. ledges the u.a.e. violated human rights through its ongoing blockade but lawyers acting for the u.s. . has misled the court the blockade on the cutter by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt began nearly thirteen months ago. the u.s. vice president's arrived in guatemala the final leg of his tour of central america the region's migrant crisis will top the agenda during my pence's talks with the presidents of guatemala el salvador and honduras manually apollo has more but. when it comes to u.s. support for latin american countries dealing with an influx of migrants it appears humanitarian assistance can depend on just where those people are heading in brazil u.s. vice president mike pence met with venezuelan migrants and announced ten million dollars in humanitarian assistance to the brazilian government for their continued role in accepting thousands of migrants we are with you we stand with you and we will keep standing with you un

from the beginning kuwait has also side arabia the united arab emirates and behind to sit down and discuss their concerns with qatar and whilst doha has repeatedly expressed its willingness for unconditional dialogue the three blockading nations have rejected kuwait's call that doesn't mean however that kuwait's efforts have not come to fruition a few months after the blockade on qatar was announced chiefs of all revealed during his visit to washington that he had managed to prevent the crisis from escalating into a military one. suddenly dispute came into existence thank god now what is important is that we have stopped any military action. adamant is not to allow the crisis to deepen even more kuwait went ahead with hosting the annual g.c.c. summits in december. optimists were hoping that it would provide a breakthrough while the pessimists thought the summit itself would never convene ultimately it did and the fact that coates managed to pull it off albeit with saudi the u.a.e. rain sending junior representation was considered a success olive shows he is a professor of political science

wall street jouournal s reporting the trouble administration is weighing a request by the united arab emirates to expand the u.s. role in the war in yemen by providing direct assistance to the impending offensive against the port city of hudaydah. so you are talking about saudi arabia the united arab emirates. these are the countries also that particulalarly jared kushnr are presesident trump's son-in-w , senior advisor to president trump, is very close to. what does this direct assistance mean and how is this happening without congressional approval? is candidly been a lack of transparency by the trump administration. in the past when secretary mattis has testified to the armed services committee, on which i said, he has been very clear our efforts and yemen are largely limited to counterterrorism operations against alaeda and he has said the united states does not have an active role in assisting the saudi's and the fight against the houthis. we are hearing reports that is not true and there considering expanding our aid to the saudi's and not because of counterterrorism interest, but becaus

doha also coming up accusations of rape electrocution and beatings and prisons run by the united arab emirates and yemen. hopes of a breakthrough to end years of tension between rival neighbors ethiopia and eritrea . from russia with love the happiest football fans as the first two teams qualify for the world cup knockout stages. the u.s. president has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of separating migrant families at the southern border children will now be detained with their parents but for only up to twenty days but donald trump wants to extend that as alan fischer reports from washington. we don't have a lot of happy people. faced with a rear utang from president trump reversing his own policy of separating families who entered the u.s. illegally we're going to have strong very strong borders but we're going to keep the families together i didn't like the site but the feeling of families being separated. those who enter the u.s. illegally will still be prosecuted the continuation of trumps the zero tolerance border policy but families will be

other to the fact that other citizens cannot access their properties as well in the united arab emirates supposedly an open economy the united arab emirates is part of the surge convention that is a convention for hits all sorts of discrimination they shal discrimination and they have also consented to article twenty two of that convention which means that the united arab emirates needs to follow the jurisdiction jurisdiction of the international court of justice i would hope as to distort the rights of other the citizens not only citizens but also the residents of copper and we believe that the violations actually extend even to the citizens of the book in countries including the united at of them at its citizens the u.s. attorney general says immigrants escaping domestic abuse and gang violence will no longer be given asylum jeff sessions refused asylum to salvadoran woman whose husband raped and beat her for fifteen years the decision limits the except of all reasons to qualify for asylum in gratian rights groups criticized the decision saying it could harm women and families. a vast

yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen. we have got the best that the u.a.e. is responsible for. over any arbitrary detention in europe. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons there. the heavy government said it best to go with the u.a.e. has. any rule. but abuses continue and all their prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera. the saudi a moronic coalition and yemen says it has taken full control of the airport and her data that has the rebels are denying that the rebels have posted this video online in recent hours which appears to show that their fi

the emails that linked donald trump in the united arab emirates report claims close ties and influence over diplomatic a point. that it supports colombia and japan join the final sixteen as the world cup ready for the knockout stage. italy is putting pressure on its e.u. partners to reach common ground on how to deal with the influx of refugees and migrants to europe in a dramatic escalation in tension between member states the newly elected populist italian prime minister picante has blocked a joint statement and threatened to veto the entire agenda if no solution is found lawrence lee reports from brussels. the european union is in trouble and they although it's the italians are now siding with the hungarian austrians in a front against migration the greeks are trying to keep up a spirit of unity with the spanish and the french and the country trying to keep it all from falling apart is germany that chancellor had already spelt out the danger to the entire block in a speech before she arrived but. europe faces many challenges but migration could become the make or break one for the e

yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen. we have got the best that the u.a.e. is responsible for. over an hour injury attention. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are u.a.e. military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons there. the hadley government said. that the u.a.e. has. used but abuses continue and all the prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom al-jazeera the saudi america and yemen says it's taken full control of the airport in her data it's a key step in its offensive to push the rebels from the city but the people of the data caught between the fighting and dwindling supplies are some reports. the classro

the house a coming up accusations of rape electrocution and beatings at prisons run by the united arab emirates in yemen so in its yahoo charts the wife of the israeli prime minister is accused of fraud and breach of trust. very disaster officials trying to find out exactly how many people died after a boat sank in indonesia. it was a rare reversal for a president who prides himself on being tough but after days of public outrage and political pressure donald trump signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of splitting up migrant families at the southern border despite the president's retreats the order provides little clarity only confusion for the families that want to know when they'll be reunited and what will happen when the twenty day detention limit expires is under when looking for answers in brandon in texas near the border with mexico. after washington announced an end to family separation of asylum seekers at the border there was no celebrating in brownsville texas instead only confusion the law states families seeking asylum that are arrested in the u.s. can only be

some of donald trump's assistants had closer ties to the united arab emirates than previously thought according to a new report the middle east ice says it has e-mails revealing that aides were willing to exchange inside information with the ever r.t. ambassador to the u.s. during the twenty sixteen election campaign helen fisher reports donald trump. a key figure in all of this according to the e-mails the website middle east i says it a pain is tom brock a prominent and influential businessman he's an old friend of donald trump and raised huge sums of money for his election campaign he was allegedly exchanging e-mails with us of the united arab emirates ambassador to washington. it's claimed the ambassador managed to change the republican party platform at its cleveland convention the first draft had a call to least twenty eight pages of classified documents from the nine eleven inquiry. which were potentially embarrassing to saudi arabia a close ally that was removed. after dalton surprise election victory in november twenty sixth in its alleged ambassador a tie but pushed for insi

the region's laid out the four blockading nations that egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates they accuse qatar on this peninsula here of spreading instability and supporting terrorism claims doha strongly denies on june fifth saudi arabia causes causes only land border causing a run on the supermarkets and forcing alternative suppliers to be found excess to the say is restricted as well to bypass the blockade has had to ship directly through ports and i mom and air routes will also close to pushing to make major detours kasuri families with relatives in other countries and vice versa are torn apart at this point calls for dialogue and that's taken up by the emir of kuwait weeks later the four countries released a list of demands they include wanting to scale back its diplomatic ties with iran and close a turkish military base here they pressured to cut all ties with what they call terrorist organizations including the muslim brotherhood and they called for the shutting down of the al-jazeera news channel as well as other media outlets funded by the qatari government. right so

accusations of rape electrocution and beatings of prisons run by the united arab emirates in yemen. a dumping ground for electronic waste how the problem is now spreading to other countries following a band in china plus. russia with love the happiest football fans as the first two teams qualify for the world cup knockout stages. the u.s. president has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of separating migrant families at the border with mexico children will now be detained with their parents for up to twenty days but donald trump wants to extend that alan fischer reports from washington. he did have a lot of happy people faced with growing outrage a real retreat from president donald trump on his controversial policy of separating families who enter the u.s. illegally we're going to have strong very strong borders but we're going to keep the families together i didn't like the site but a feeling of families being separated. those who enter the u.s. illegally will still be prosecuted the continuation of trumps the zero tolerance border poli

taken the united arab emirates to the un's international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights it's been prompted by the blockade of cattle by four countries now into its second year the fucker reports from aig. council has eased the first day of this three day hearing to establish its case against the united arab emirates the country's legal team first of all explain why they believe the international court of justice the un's highest court has the jurisdiction to process this complaint against the u.a.e. and secondly their legal team established exactly what the case is fundamentally they say this is a case of discrimination against khattala and citizens they focused on the u.e.s. expulsion of qatari nationals is this isn't decision to stop them being able to move across the u.a.e. and also the closure of the u.s. airspace to cattery traffic not to mention the recalling of you a nationals from cattle but to the united arab emirates well a little bit earlier on in the day wore on of qatar's legal team explained exactly the statute under which this complaint against the

of this deal of the century to work very closely with the governments of saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and jordan to really squeeze the palestinians to put tremendous pressure on the palestinian leadership to deprive them of any real safety net or basis of care for the palestinian population to really almost really put tremendous pressure on the palestinian leadership to step aside in some way so that the arab states saudi arabia egypt united arab emirates and jordan could fill could fill the void and essentially speak for the palestinians this is been a long time strategy of i would call the hard right hard pro israel hard right pro israel organized community in the united states they have long seen as a huge problem in terms of resolving the conflict between israel and the arab states and so by defunding and putting so much pressure on the palestinians their hope and they have now a powerful voice in the trump white house with jarrett cushion or their hope is to really push the palestinian leadership aside and just deal with friendly arab governments see what happens certainly

accusations of rape electrocution and beatings of prisons run by the united arab emirates and yemen.forced from their homes by fighting we look at the plight of displaced people in libya on world refugee day plus. from russia with love the happiest football fans as the first two teams qualify for the world cup knockout stages. the u.s. president has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of separating migrant families at the southern border children will now be detained with their parents for up to twenty days but donald trump wants to extend a white house correspondent kimberly helka reports. you could have a lot of happy people faced with escalating outrage president trump has reversed his policy of separating families who enter the united states illegally we're going to have strong very strong borders but we're going to keep the families together i didn't like the site but a feeling of families being separated that means those who enter the u.s. illegally will still be prosecuted the continuation of trumps zero tolerance border policy but w

when saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all severed ties with qatar in the fifth of june last year the region's news media were quickly deployed to play their part in the diplomatic showdown the rift was triggered by a piece of news that mysteriously appeared on the website of the qatar news agency although the q. and a denies putting it there the country's amir was quoted in that piece making incendiary remarks about regional leaders and purportedly criticizing donald trump as well as praising iran news reports of since emerged alleging that operatives in the u.a.e. were behind that hack however in the days that followed media outlets in the gulf especially from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. seized on the fake story and rolled out what seemed to be a coordinated campaign to put pressure on qatar the political crisis in the region played out in an unusually public way and over the past year a spat that would have traditionally been managed behind closed doors was aired across the news media coverage designed to portray guitar as a regional sponsor of terrorism and t

yemen but the accusations don't come as a surprise in march human rights groups accuse the united arab emiratesof making arbitrary arrests in southern yemen we have. asked that the u.a.e. is responsible for. over an arbitrary detention. for months many residents demanded to know where their missing relatives are you a military commanders in yemen have repeatedly denied running secret prisons there. the head of government said it best to go with the u.n. he has continued to flatly deny and he will use again but abuses continue and all the prisoners have. rights to. the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to the disappearances in torture there have been reports of executions and assassinations diana carom by al-jazeera well alex semin is a reporter with the online news publication the intercept and covers human rights issues he says the u.s. is ignoring what's going on. what we've learned in this associated press report is t

be difficult us pictures open ton of displaced people including the continue to march the united arab emirates red cross and says it's sending an aid convoy. it's a just. outside yemen. i think i'm national rescue committee says the relief plan announced by so that it be on the united arab emirates to protect civilians living in the data as they are tucked the port city is a publicity stunt meant to draw attention away from the and do suffering the offensive his cause the united nations special envoy for human martin griffiths has just left some after three days of meetings with the whole of the rebels who control large parts of the country he failed to secure any peace deal the u.n. envoy to yemen. in the same request. but if you're. a u.n. envoy to yemen would. like for a cease fire or a truce in a data a planned over the border to. the united nations says more than five thousand two hundred families have fled in the past three weeks here in djibouti aid just watching the enforcing situation in that they are with increasing alarm they've not been able to deliver aid to say that since the off

the united arab emirates is feeling strong and is engaged in number of adventures in yemen and elsewhere of success possibly and they haven't really been threatened sufficiently particularly with the current position of qatar supplying will continue to supply dubai with gas now the qataris are sticking to this because they're they respect the international deal and the suppliers in between and so on ok where does the greater to come from where should the threat come from it's not going to come from so who will pick that up i think actually for to mobilise to think slightly differently about this to look more into the future in a more sustainable ways and one way is to start to build a new alliance i mean they have now tried for a year it's not possible to salvage the gulf cooperation as it was before they now need to think of a different alliance and i suspect maybe something around gas exporting countries in particular russia iran even algeria would help place them into the future particularly now that many of the current contracts are coming for renewal. in countries like japan and kor

and beatings or prisons run by the united arab emirates and yemen. dumping ground for electronic waste a ban in china is causing problems for other countries. and the most sensible we'll have all the latest from the world cup in russia. spain to one to win over iran as far technology again plays a part and the result. was a rare reversal for a president who prides himself on being tough but after days of public outrage and political pressure donald trump has signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of spitting up migrant families at the us mexico border but the order provides little clarity on happens to children who've already been separated from their families and are being kept in detention gabriele arizona went looking for answers in brownsville in texas near the border with mexico. after washington announced an end to family separation of asylum seekers at the border there was no celebrating in brownsville texas instead of confusion. the law states families seeking asylum that are arrested in the u.s. can only be kept together i

or original government backed by saudi arabia and united arab emirates in the north there is a rebel group called that out calmly named as who they control the sun not the capital and most of the country most of the population they have some backing from iran now that war has been waged on and mongst the civilian population what's special about today don is that it is the lifeline to most of the population who lives in the north if that is becoming. is now destroyed and that fighting we will loose the lifeline to millions and millions of people that are already on the brink of starvation so what are you calling for at this point what we're calling for today i will be speaking to. two officials from the united arab emirates that is leading this attack it seems we are reaching out to the united kingdom the united states france who are close to saudi arabia that is also at war in part here and a message is the following we need a ceasefire this attack should not happen this is like attacking a lot of dumb and you know what that is what would be for the for the dutch you cannot have a li

for the different sides continues president donald trump initially backed saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt. and their blockade of cattle article here and that's not the role lobbying has played in efforts to sway trump's administration. the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism it was a shock in washington and across the globe a u.s. president publicly going after cutter a close ally that houses the biggest u.s. base in the middle east siding with the blockading countries. at the time many believe the saudis fawning treatment of him in riyadh played a part but we now know thanks to e-mails leaked to the associated press that the push to get the president to side with saudi arabia and the united arab emirates began months before the emails are from brodie a big time republican fundraiser according to the a.p. he was working with george nader who said he was close to both of the crown princes from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. broady reportedly lobbied the president and later received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defense deals from the u.a

friends and crucial supplies and livelihoods on which they had a light well on thursday the united arab emirates had a chance to respond categorically denying all of the allegations levied against it by cattle it said that he had a problem not with the cattery people but only with the cattery government and denied that there had ever been a policy to expel catteries from the united arab emirates well starting that session was the us ambassador to the netherlands. let me be clear there has been no mass expulsion of catteries from the u.a.e. and the u.a.e. certainly has no policy to separate qatari mixed families. on the contrary as we will show the court using officials. and records we always images are going to stick up to the government are said carefully major to have their least possible impact on ordinary people on friday both countries had a chance to speak in the morning cattle and then several hours later the united arab emirates qatar is hoping that the un's highest court will grant something called provisional measures allowing the court to respond quickly to what qatar says is the immi

as pictures often tonally displaced people in who they are continue to emerge the united arab emiratesred cross and says it's sending an aid convoy north from aden it's a gesture only criticized outside yemen thing to national rescue committee says the relief plan announced by so that it be on the united arab emirates to protect civilians living in the data as they all talk the port city is a publicist hunt meant to draw attention away from the and do suffering the offensive his calls. the united nations special envoy for human martin griffiths just left after three days of meetings with the rebels who control large parts of the country he failed to secure any peace deal the u.n. envoy to yemen. in the same request. but if you're. a u.n. envoy to yemen will be. in a data a planned over the ports to. the united nations says more than five thousand two hundred families have fled in the past three weeks here in djibouti aid just watching the enforcing situation in that they. have not been able to deliver aid to say that since the offensive began civilians to hop in court in the crossfire

seven former detainees of prisoners run by the united arab emirates in yemen have described what they call systematic sexual torture that told the associated press they were raped and abused by yemeni guards working on the u.a.e. officers. under a trance president says he's ready to put a decades old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest comes after ethiopia's prime minister announce his country is ready to accept the terms of a deal from eighteen years ago more than seventy thousand people were killed in a two year border war that began in nineteen ninety eight. now the un e.u. and into american commission on human rights say they've received invitations to investigate violent protests in nicaragua at least one hundred seventy people have died in anti-government demonstrations since april security forces have been accused of using excessive force and i reports. in the capital managua. now you are going to have. these desperate mothers crying out to prison guards for the release of their children. has been camped outside these gates for more than a week her son wielded was arreste

taking the united arab emirates to the un's international court of justice for violating human rights it's been prompted by the blockade of cats by four countries 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

to the un international court of justice over human rights violations the united arab emirates saudi arabia bahrain an egypt cut qatar ties with qatar last june they cut diplomatic relations and transport ties qatar says this has violated the rights of its citizens and residents the blockading countries have accused qatar of supporting terrorism something doha strongly denies let's speak to toby cadman nawas an international human rights lawyer he joins us from london thank you for your time so what are we to make of this move by the international court of justice what can you achieve. well i think what we what we've seen certainly over the last few months is attempts to resolve the matter diplomatically which has failed. has taken what what many consider to be a long awaited starts to actually initiate legal action it's important that we focus there was an expert report that came out last week by two leading international legal experts. joan joan dorgan william shavers who who are experts on the international court of justice where they had set out the legal basis for bringing a cla

nermeen: can you talk about the role of the united arab emirates? it is taking a leading role in the saudi assault on yemen, in particular its assault on hodeida, the crucial port of hodeida. >> this is the dilemma of the yemeni government. on one side it needs the emiratis because it is leading the forces that are fighting the houthi rebels who have occupied northern yemen since 2016 in order to liberate and take over hodeida ports from the houthis --hodeidah is known as the mouth of yemen. this is where most of the humanitarian aid and imports get through northern yemen, where the strong majority of the population is concentrated. so the port is very important for the two sides. for the government and for the houthis. the government needs and relies on the emiratis in taking over hodeida. at the same time, in southern yemen where the government should be having the upper hand, instead the emiratis have taken the lead. they set up their own militias in every single city. each of these militias have their own tribal and regional agenda. they set of

cattery government and denied that there had ever been a policy to expel catteries from the united arab emirateswell starting the session was the u.s. ambassador to the netherlands. let me be clear there has been nor mass explosion of categories for you we and the u.a.e. certainly has no policy disappeared or thirty mics from use on the contrary as we will show the court using officials. and records the you we are going to stick up to the government. carefully major to have their least possible impact on ordinary people on friday both countries had a chance to speak in the morning cattle and then several hours later the united arab emirates qatar is hoping that the un's highest court will grant something called provisional measures allowing the court to respond quickly to what qatar says is the imminent threat that its people are under across the region well the court will now deliberate on what to do next to report back at a later date the thousands of people all setting off on a pilgrimage to all of the hindu religions holiest sites in india as minister of kashmir security is being boosted aft

the uae is a federation -- david: the united arab emirates. the united arab ofrates is confederation seven states, of being the largest. the father of the nation is his highness -- he passed away several years ago. ofwe have a population of abou0 million overall. we have a wealth of resources, particularly in the oil and gas field that has been the foundation of economic development. we have to prepare ourselves for the future. the leadership in this country has focused on maximizing the benefits and the returns from this resource, but at the same time, build a diversification strategy preparing ourselves for the futures. david: your economy now is dependent on oil. 50%, 70%, 80%? khaldoon: many years ago, oil represented 70% to 50%, 70%, 80? khaldoon: many years ago, oil represented 70% to 80% of the gdp of the country. we have been able to move the economy to wear that concentration is now less than 35%. we are a long way away. we are a long way away. david: why do you think that dubai is better known around the world? khaldoon: we are new i

we in spite of this from the united arab emirates and the universe so there's also the company so that's why i thought to bring their culture of to mix it with the local culture. bringing both cultures together is more than welcome platini a putin increasingly relies on kadyrov to assert russia's influence in the middle east. bigger than the runs on could there of provides a bridge to the muslim world for months we would see this bridge might be a little shaky for us it was called third cordero after is becoming more and more present and what you mean you would well over the years she's traveling through the middle east and drums up support for russia's policy in syria ball this to me is the person who feel that putin has granted country rauf a free hand in chechnya the republic's human rights situation will remain done for the foreseeable future. it looks very much like we'll continue business as usual after the world cup. when turkish president rate chip tayyip erdogan called a snap election earlier this year he hoped this move would secure him reelection before the country steadily wo

is insisting it won't back down a year into a blockade imposed by side arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain or a few to their claims that cattle supports terrorism in the special day of programming al jazeera looks at the continuing stand off first foreign minister mohammed been funny says his country won't be intimidated by the latest reports of threats of military action by riyadh if cats buys a defense system from russia first for just let us make it very clear that. the purchase of. any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimate grievance behind this letter and threatening to cut that violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an attack against each other so we believe that this letter has nor any legal basis to justify. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the saudis unfortunately as reckless behavior from what do you make

other to the fact that the citizens cannot access their properties as well in the united arab emirates supposedly an open economy but what would you actually expect from the i.c.j. because. the lights of the usa you probably just say well it's our country we can do what we want we can throw it who we want i don't think so i think it's binding because the united arab emirates is part of the surge convention that is a convention that for hits all sorts of discrimination racial discrimination and they have also consented to article twenty two of that convention which means that the united arab emirates needs to follow the jurisdiction jurisdiction of the international court of justice do you have to notify the u.a.e. as well officially that this is happening what is it to interested in the mechanics of battle i think the court system i mean the court itself the judge would inform the u.a.e. what outcome you sort of expecting and timeframe i mean is this we've had a year of the crisis already this could drag on and on i would hope is to distort the rights of other the citizens not only cit

seven former detainee's of prisons run by the united arab emirates and yemen to describe what they called systematic sexual torture i told the associated press they were raped and abused by yemeni god working under u.a.e. offices. and eritrea as president says he's ready to put a decades old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest comes up to ethiopia's prime minister announce his country is ready to accept the terms of an agreement from eighteen years ago. the un un into american commission on human rights say they've received invitations to investigate violent protests in nicaragua at least one hundred seventy people have died in anti-government demonstrations since april security forces have been accused of using excessive force while wrapping i reports now from the capital managua. but. these desperate mothers crying out to prison guards for the release of their children my d.s.l. danya has been camped outside these gates for more than a week her son we'll that was arrested after attending an anti-government demonstration at one point she change her self to the fence begging for her