A warrant executed on the headquarters of the National Public broadcaster in this way i cant state it enough is an Unwelcome Development it is really serious and we take it very very seriously lets bring in mark a storm in sydney hes the president of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance a journalist and media union based and australia thank you so much for your time marcus he appreciate it was there any indication that this type of thing could potentially happen to the media and australia this type of. We knew these laws existed that allowed the government and the federal police to potentially criminalize journalism but this is the 1st time its happened in this way for. A long time and its very disturbing its come right. So you know i mean let me ask you that yes because this report is is a couple of years old what do you make of the timing of this. So the timing 2 days in a row 2 rights the nominally separate issues that come one after the other a clear attempts to intimidate journalists and whistle blows from reporting on and providing information about National Security issues we think its happened right the federal election the timing of it the would be remarkable that was just a coincidence and we worried about the politically motivated. Moves behind trying to criminalize journalism in the Public Interest in this but so what what recourse to the journalists that have been targeted what recourse do they have so theyre being supported by the media organizations a. B. C. News corp which is fantastic and why it was supporting them at the moment its not clear whether these journalists are going to be prosecuted or not the federal government is just collecting information at this stage it would be in a magazine escalation of things if prosecution was against journalists for publishing these things to my son which one relates to an alleged war crime by spying forces in afghanistan and the other one relates to a story where the spreading government was considering allowing saw the spying on its own citizens very similar to what the n. S. A. Was court doing by snowden let me ask you this sometimes you know when we talk about things like this that happen when journalists sometimes say it and they feel like a little bit of inside baseball this is a journalist talking to a journalist but do you think that this type of issue will resonate with the public about why its important. Absolutely this is not really about journalists or journalism and in the final analysis this is actually about the publics right to know what governments do in their 9. Striving should be very chilled to the core that the government is trying to intimidate whistleblowers and journalists reporting this information and we worry that this is a global friend this isnt just inscribe we have restraints it is an honor and a member of our union doing a sons think the suit by the u. S. Or birdies for publishing National Security information in the Public Interest. Intimidation of journalists is a happening right across the world and its a very very worrying trend marcus farm thank you for joining us from sydney we appreciate it thanks very much it is a 2nd anniversary at the start of the arab league c n land blockade on qatar by its neighbors saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain egypt and other secures qatar as leaders are supporting terrorism they have consistently denied that as he talks can settle the dispute peacefully interrogate the reports. A handshake between saudi king salmon bin abdulaziz and the qatari Prime Minister but if anyone saw this is a sign of warming relations between the 2 countries theyd be wrong that was a week ago and despite the most high profile meeting between the qataris and saudis in 2 years is the g. C. C. Is still in crisis and very much divided and also we had reservations about many parts of the statement these elements include 1st the issue of only condemning iran and the escalation against it up in the absence of any moderate policy to engage in dialogue with iran. The statement also mentioned the united ago where is the night of the gulf war we have 3 gulf states blockading another gulf state ever since saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates behind and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on cattle in june 2017 the Gulf Cooperation Council has been at olds. The g. C. C. Has held 2 summits in saudi arabia and one in kuwait which has led mediation efforts at the 1st summit since the blockade began a catalyst to mean been hammered out that he attended but his adversaries said the foreign minister is their absence was seen as a snub to kuwaits attempt to heal the rift throughout the dispute catto has strongly denied claims made by the saudis and generalities the doha supports terrorism or is too close to iran. Be groups have been engaged in cattles Foreign Ministry has arranged meetings with representatives from dozens of countries with the im a and foreign minister touring the world. Riyadh and abu dhabi will say been busy with media campaigns against cattle including one targeting the 2022 world cup yet both have been dealing with crises of their own the killing of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul and accusations that it was ordered by crown Prince Mohammed bin salmond have damaged the kingdoms image. So has the war in yemen and the humanitarian disaster its caused. The immoralities and saudis have been accused of committing Human Rights Violations there and cattle says thats the real reason its being targeted by its neighbors but the blockade appears to have had little effect in the past 2 years trade between cattle and the rand has increased and qatari media outlet al jazeera and others are operating freely despite demands by the saudis and them or atis for their closure qatar is a country that has immense and growing and has a lot of positive developments since the crisis because they have a lot more freedom to maneuver freedom to choose their suppliers choose their partners in the region without being hamstrung or tied down to saudi dictators as the g. C. C. Crisis and has its 3rd Year Division and distrust between the Councils Members appeared to be becoming the norm and if people in the gulf begin to accept that reality that could make changing it more difficult in the long run Victoria Gate and be aljazeera over the last 2 years the u. S. Government has all straight its about qatar and saudi arabia i canna has more from washington on the balance of policy weve become very good friends over a fairly short period of time President Trumps close relationship with saudi leaders appeared to color his 1st reaction to the blockade the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. But within months a president had come full circle welcoming the emir. At the white house and calling him a very big advocate of the war on terror sigrid honor to have the emir of qatar with us its a friend of mine knew it long before i entered the world of politics hes a great gentleman very popular in his country his people love him were working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think its working out very well our military. Cooperation is very solid very strong as Everybody Knows that the heart of fighting terrorism is from a low data base and. Thank god its been very Successful Campaign against. Terrorist groups around the region. Be out of date airbase is a centerpiece of the u. S. Qatar relationship it serves as a forward headquarters of the u. S. Central command and is the springboard for u. S. Operations in more than 20 countries including iraq and syria. When the u. S. Sought to reduce its military involvement in afghanistan it turned to cutter to play a diplomatic role the capital doha hosting the 1st public direct talks between u. S. Officials and the taleban ministration role. Of qatar to many of its geo political strategic and military to military needs control and interest and objectives. The blockade though continues the us position that outside pressure on either side would not contribute to the parties resolving it themselves. But as us records up its military deployment to the middle east in response to a mounting crisis with iran qatar is once again playing a crucial role. With the knowledge if not at the request of the u. S. Secretary of state cutters foreign minister engaging in talks with irregular leaders in a bid to reduce the tension. And while the military benefits of the u. S. Relationship with qatar are proven the full evidence of cutters diplomatic worth may yet be to come mike hanna aljazeera washington still had on aljazeera japanese tracing news to reimpose some of the sanctions on cuba raised by iraq obama. Prayers under occupation palestinian celebrate with mixed emotions. The weather sponsored by cattle and. Hello there will be things a rather stormy conditions over parts of your recently on the satellite picture you can see 2 main areas the 1st one is in the southeastern parts of europe this has been giving us some heavy downpours and some pretty strong winds as well and then weve also got this line of thunder reactivity stretching up into parts of scandinavia this has also given us the old tornado now ahead of that system its pretty hot at the moment but when theyre getting to 32 degrees on wednesday but this is bringing in the cool air so paris will see the temperatures drop to 17 merits we have through the day with plenty of what weather around and then the cool air will spread fairly quickly eastwards so for many of us in the western parts of europe it will be quite fresh on thursday but still want to showers around the heavier rain will be here of parts of germany and stretching down still towards the southeast where the thunderstorms are likely to carry on being rather lively for the other side of the mediterranean weve got a little trail of cloudy going up through egypt thats bringing us a few showers also kicking up a fair amount of dust as well and were also seeing more cloud over parts of morocco thats working its way eastwards over algeria there as we head through the day on wednesday making the sunshine a little bit gray at times and the top temperature in august of 27 degrees as a marksman. The weather is sponsored by cattle and ways after decades of being programmed with instructions data hungry computers can no know on their own identifying power and predicting human behavior. Official intelligence good moment to moment. And decide on a future the big picture. The world according to ai and exposes the bias inside the machine. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now protest leaders in sudan have called a crackdown by the military to a bloody massacre opposite at least 60 people have been killed since monday at the injured and says hes open to dialogue as long as certain conditions are met. I have raided the offices of the National Broadcaster a. B. C. And relates 282017 investigation on alleged war crimes by Australian Forces in afghanistan. Its been 2 years since saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain began a blockade of cattaro says dialogue can bring about a peace settlement of the dispute. His presence on the trunk isnt on the final day of the shoot a state visit hes attending a ceremony to mark 75 years since the d. Day landings of world war 2 on tuesday tens of thousands protested against his visit on the streets of london auburn and asked for. It was billed as a cause of all of resistance on the demonstrations to. Certainly included elements of performance as well as protest the costumes and fancy dress one group dressed as characters from the hung made tale some cards were simple of this simple many simply to profane to show on television or even trump impersonators we have reached a deal in the shadow. Of. The 6 metre tall trump baby blimp was back after 1st appearing in 2018 of the republican effigy titles dumped trump made its debut this year i do respect in the p. C. But im ashamed of this country for inviting him and treating him with fun and dignity that the British Government is about that kind of thing to be able to welcome somebody whos kind of a new new though fascist a short distance from where the president was meeting the Prime Minister the stage had been set up to host several high profile speakers look around. Look at each other. We are young we are old. We disabled going to be where the whole wonderful mosaic of diversity and inclusion that we represent on this demonstrations and i. Know there were isolated confrontations between protesters and some vocal pro trump individuals but they were quickly contained. Protest organizers had anticipated the degree of outrage from seguin certainly the numbers on this protest are a fraction of the 250000 the president last 28 seen on the last visit to the us president has succeeded in uniting a kaleidoscope of different causes from profeminist the fascists. When he was asked by journalists about the protests outside President Trump claimed to have seen only cheering supporters the demonstration he said was a small protests and the Media Attention obvious fake news i dont see any protests i did see a small protest today when i came very small so a lot of it is fake news i hate to say but you saw the the people waving the American Flag waving your flag it was tremendous spirit and love for the most part the public is being kept well back from the president and his entourage but if President Trump was really oblivious to the chorus of booing