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Assange will have to wait to find out. That al jazeera joins migrants in mexico on the night my journey issues of the american dream. And it has been much flooding recently in Southern China i think you got a day or 2 off you can see the main brain bank is gone science now leaving hong kong in the sunshine and thats a focus on today hong kong and shanghai and so on that stretches back so probably about half a 2nd chunk of the next massive rain developing in sichuan to answer your non. Moving slow east was sore i suspect it will be a cloudy and the weekend for you in hong kong maybe a thunderstorm just to share in the following week to the west of that on the main protagonist of whether the moon has been this. Circulation here now that of course has been having its effect on the coast. But its moving slowly west was the newly forecast drift is away from the land so this is of across the south today still plenty of on shore wind and rain and big ways its not going to make landfall at least not in the immediate future study away all the way down this western side of indiana was affected by the monsoon rains showing itself giving 100 minutes or so per day but to the north it still hot and largely try which generates occasional big showers and around new delhi 43 degrees you may well hear thunder and feel the effects. There is a dialogue reading about it for want to get on International Media and on t. V. Why should we stop this conversation with skepticism because theres a lot of it on my everyone has a voice we are being taken advantage of just because we are Small Community without any network help join the global conversation announces iraq all they want to do is start the debate the same kind of debate that we have here in st. I dont know what you know it is there are much more top stories that the United States has released a video it claims shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing what it calls an unexploded mine from the hull of one of the tank just the japanese owner of one of the ships says his crew with his flying objects were. Ironic kohls accusations by the United States and around also says its in charge of security in the strait of hormuz and it ships were among the 1st to rescue crew from the damaged tank. A military spokesman for yemens heathy rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Mohammed. Says peroration is on airports and military sites will continue as long as the war in yemen goes on. The International Court of justice has rejected a request by the United Arab Emirates to grant an injunction every discrimination case taken by cutting stake the state of qatar has made a number of claims to the cole to the netherlands to the u. A. E. And several gulf countries impose a land sea and blockade the hearing is part of a wider legal battle being heard by judges in the hague in the netherlands is that. Delegation will be very happy indeed with this ruling by the i. C. J. That was rejected an application by the u. A. E. For an emergency injunction known as provisional measures the focus now goes back to the main case as to whether or not the u. A. E. Has violated a Key Convention convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination the u. A. E. Is the only one of the 4 blockading countries to be a signatory of that convention and overall result in that case could be many more months in the pipeline and could even take years but in the meantime last summer the i. C. J. Ruled that the u. A. E. Was indeed responsible of some form of Racial Discrimination and ordered the u. A. E. To allow families that have been separated by the blockade to reunite students to be able to continue their education without fear of deportation and those catteries that need it access to tribunals and courts what happened later is that you are a hit by a can said well qatar is going out of its way to make it look as if the u. A. E. Is deliberately not doing what the court has ordered it to do particularly by blocking an all important u. A. E. Website in cats are a website that could be used to apply for visas to allow countries to go back to the United Arab Emirates the catteries always insisted that there was a Cyber Security risk through this website and that was the reason why they blocked it but despite these requests by the u. A. E. It has now been rejected here the i c j there are on the grounds of leave the courts to interrupt the main case any further the focus now is back on whether or not the United Arab Emirates has breached the all Important Convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination or mohammed out who i feel is the counter agent of the International Court of justice and he says that carter has been vindicated. We witness today. A very important judgment from the court the International Court of justice. Favor of. For rejecting the provisional measures request submitted by the United Arab Emirates and marse 2019 that requests to specifically the court consider it unjustified and did not fulfill the requirements of article 41. 00 of the courts statute that. Seem to be important for the court to grant a provision in vouchers we are quite happy about this victorious. Judicial judgement received in this court and now the case should proceed should continue for the court to discuss jurisdiction and then following that their merits hopefully the court will be able to reach a level where they can view and examine and make a judgment on the witness submitted by the state of in terms of the victims the true victims of this Racial Discrimination case on poles on the 5th of june 2017 from the United Arab Emirates v a last 5 suspects in the sri lanka Easter Sunday bombings are in Custody Police brought them back from saudi arabia on friday or 5 austrian lankan nationals more than 250 people were killed in the protect Police Say One of the suspects is a leading figure in a group they blamed for the attack at least 600 people are now being held in connection with the bombings i saw had claimed responsibility the man accused of the most shootings new zealand has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 51 worshippers under thomas now has this report from christchurch. A a a 51. 00 People Killed 2 mosques on march the 15th on friday the man accused of the shootings pleaded not guilty to murder Brenton Tarrants lawyer said his client also pleaded not guilty to 40 charges of attempted murder and one of engaging in a terrorist act tyrant seen here when he was 1st in court the day after the attacks appeared via video link from where hes being held in oakland he stayed silent but often grinned all smirked at one point he winked his camera more than a 100 family members of victims and people who were shot but survived wearing cool to see him for them it was difficult everyone. When you see the smiling face of the joyride say. His lawyers say hes not a guilty that makes me that after more after it and you shall not going times yeah in the al normal yeah and there you were seeing the man accused of doing that so yeah im strong what in new zealand they say stay strong and we are we are stronger than him and in his deal and in the weakest link he is going to be a loser in we will win in march yama not be invited aljazeera to his fathers funeral on friday he came to see the man accused of killing him can get angry you just have to take a bit come in i work in the day after leaving the father loved one when i have family look any day now but others are angry we lost our. We love. Our. Clearly very very upset thing its very upsetting. And. I really need to have this penalty this is the only way that wont happen new zealand abolished the Death Penalty 989 and hasnt executed anyone for more than 50 years but tarrant does face life in prison if convicted trials in new zealand normally start within a year of an arrest but the judge said that would not be possible with this one given the complexity of this case and the amount of evidence it wont be until next may that brunson tyrant astroids and that trial could last as long as 3 months under thomas aljazeera christchurch. Next february is the date set by a court in britain to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States or not the wiki leaks founder is serving a 50 week sentence for skipping bail when he hit him that goes on to see in london for 7 years hes wanted in the United States for conspiring to hack Government Computers and leaking thousands of secret documents general has more now from london. Well behind me at the Westminster Magistrates Court supporters of Julian Assange and the media are hearing from his legal Team Following this extradition hearing that the magistrate presiding has decided that julian our sons will face a full 5 day extradition hearing in february of next year and remember that even the result of that hearing can be appealed by either side which indicates of course that it is many months now if at all before mr assad will actually have to answer any of the charges put to him by the department of justice in a u. S. Court he was not in court to listen to those charges being read he did join via video link because of ill health were told from belmarsh prison in southeast london where hes serving a 15 week for bail violations now what the charges that he was listening to were part of an 18 count indictment issued by the department of justice including charges under the espionage act among them soliciting and publishing classified information and conspiring to hack into a government computer those charges of course specifically relating to the publication back in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of classified u. S. Military documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan published by wiki leaks the organization the mistress are founded and heads he his team wiki leaks and his lawyers all contend that he is a journalist a publisher who did what other publishers in his position would have done and indeed he says did do by publishing this leaks material in the public. Interest while the u. S. Department of justice sees things differently a quote from the indictment itself says the charges relate to mistrust on just alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States. And mexico has decided to delay sending National Guard troops to its southern border until the end of the month an official overseeing the fall is told out to sarah and increase military presence is still weeks away its one of the conditions of a deal with the u. S. To stop migrants trying to cross over from Central America the deal was struck to stop threatening tercel mexican goods. The u. S. Government says Border Patrol agents in Detention Centers are overwhelmed with more than 140000 migrants crossing the southern border last month no evidence to surface that some like once of being held outdoors in the summer heat without access to basic services i did hear castro reports now from el paso in texas. 3 months ago the u. S. Government kept migrants who had recently crossed the border locked under a bridge that makeshift camp closed after public outcry but in recent weeks and new one has appeared no longer under the shaded bridge that glared under public scrutiny but rather hidden from sight under the glare of the sun im going to use the phrase concentration camp these photos were taken by neil rosen dorf a government professor who says he discovered the camp after walking through an unlocked gate and they were all men in their twentys and thirtys were able to scrounge for themselves its a silver mine or sheets of. Pieces. That. Just concocted together in order to provide themselves with a little bit of shade the area is not accessible to the public the government wouldnt allow journalists in either all you can see from here are the tops of the tan tarps beneath them people hidden from sight algae. Secretly shot video shows the camp through the slats of a nearby pedestrian bridge thousands of people walk past each day most unaware of the migrants who are just outside earshot they have been in there for about a month 30 days and more that they have not washed once they have not been any access to washing facilities at all the entire time that they were in there a government spokesman did not answer questions about the camps condition and number of detainees but said in a statement during the Current Crisis us Border Patrol has had to take extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of our agents and those in our custody as such and to avoid severe overcrowding of u. S. Border patrol temporary Holding Facilities every Available Space which provides both freedom of movement safety and security for those in our custody are used as necessary what we are seeing the systemic by ole shows of human rights in the past we would argue that just some bad apples some bad aid and so by the officers that were us mistreating people today the mistreatment has become part of the systemic strategic. Problem the ngo Border Network for human rights says its never before encountered such widespread abuse and neglect at u. S. Border facilities and government inspectors themselves have documented dangerous overcrowding the conditions have contributed to illnesses and deaths and continue to deteriorate heidi joe castro aljazeera el paso texas. Police in thailand have charged the captain of a boat carrying range of migrants from mimmo with people trafficking 65. 00 people were found on an island in Southern Thailand on tuesday after the boat had engine failure it was heading to malaysia where many ranger tried to escape he recently where he has more now from bangkok. This boat came ashore on an island off the coast of Southern Province in Southern Thailand the boat developed engine trouble and crashed on to rocks as it was on route to malaysia further south where more than 20000 have been given shelter in the last few years after fleeing violence and persecution in Rakhine State in western me and so in this particular case the police have charged the thai skipper of the boat and 5 crew members from me and ma with assisting Illegal Immigrants entering thailand and it seems they will also be charged with Human Trafficking because the police have already said that there is enough evidence to do so this is of course all driven by desperation in many cases the rich in your pay relatively large sums of money to get on board these boats often run by trafficking rings the promise is that they will be given security and shelter possibly even citizenship in another country if they make the journey the reality can be very different they can be sold into slavery they can wind up being killed in 2015 there were many graves of raping you discovered on either side of the thai malaysia border or they can be abandoned if the thais find them in the ocean they are often towed back out to sea so they can continue their journey further south if they come ashore in thailand it can be very difficult for them thailand does not recognize the rights of refugees or Asylum Seekers so it seems likely that the 65 men women and children will be spending quite some time in immigration Detention Centers while they wait for possibly transfer to another country. For a time for a quick update of the headlines here in the United States has released a video it claim shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing what a. It was an unexploded mine from the whole of one of the tank is so your statement compass says explosions were carried out on thursday and only iran had the weapons and the expertise to do it tehran is describing all that as sabotage diplomacy and the japanese owner of one of the ships said he does not believe a mine or torpedo were involved holes and more than a group the crew is saying that it was hit by flying object there saying that something came flying to put a bomb on the side of the boat is something we are not considering irans president said the United States is pushing an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated it was speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in congress. As the government of the United States over the last 2 years is using economic and military capacity and is creating an aggressive approach the United States has stepped over all the norms and regulations of the International Community and has created new threats for the region and the world a military spokesman for yemen the rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the. The rebels have already targeted saudi arabias port near the border with the amman mohammad. Says the operations on airports and military sites will continue as long as the war in the yemen goes old. The Hong Kong Government may be wavering in its support for a new law to allow extraditions to Mainland China another mass demonstration on sunday is planned to stop the bill becoming law and advisor to government leader kerry says legislators should stop discussing the bill because of the high level of opposition. The International Court of justice has rejected a request by the United Arab Emirates to grant an injunction have a discrimination case taken by cutting the state of cuts and has made a number of claims through the court in the netherlands after the u. A. E. And several other gulf countries imposed a land sea and air blockade the hearing is part of a one to legal battle being heard by judges in the hague in the netherlands all right you know if they will news or announces or more news coming up right after the stream from the clock its by far. Were making millions off for nothing taxes i was looking for. More than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis millions of dollars its like the greatest job to ever imagine getting without putting any of your capital best who was in the store and drove millions of workers into unemployment i think. We need to be able to find the interest in the man who stole the world coming soon. I found out i really could be here in the stream today we explore the impact of antiabortion policies around the world including 100 us this total ban on the procedure and a prohibition Rights Campaign and Northern Ireland a 1st a look at the trump of ministrations enforcement of a global gag of war otherwise known as the mexico city policy and a report by a Womens Health organization that says it is potentially a leaf threat have a look at this video explaining the post say a tweet us your thoughts. Fast the u. S. Hasnt funded abortions since 1973 because of a law called the homes of men the global gag rule goes much further it prevents the federal government from funding organizations that provide access to all information about abortions it doesnt matter if the money were actually spent on Abortion Services republican president s since Ronald Reagan have imposed that of the gun but president trumps and is the most extreme instead of only targeting Family Planning the ban applies to any organization regardless of what services they provide in other words if a facility that provides Cervical Cancer screening even mentions it may be forced to scale back or shut down for lack of us on then. A recent report by the international Womens Health Coalition Says that the trump administrations reinstatement of the mexico city policy is ultimately killing Women Joining the stream via skype in new york to help us unpacked report france was not so far as president of the international Womens Health coalition was the biggest headline from this report is what would you say really should be catching our attention around the world. The report documents the impact of the global gag rule in kenya south Africa Nigeria and nepal 4 countries that received they receive a lot of Global Health assistance from the United States governments and what we see are Health Services being reduced women losing access to sexual and Reproductive Health information and Services Including contraception. Treatment for hiv. Tuberculosis and other services so its not only about limiting access to abortion to safe abortion its actually damaging the provision of Health Services for women and as a result women are already dying as a result of the global gag rule dramatic findings there francoise but i want to show you this tweet we got jamie she says i would encourage the official name of the policy protecting life and Global Health assistance calling this the global gag rule is a talking point of International Planned parenthood and marie stopes and is not unbiased reporting shes talking to us at the stream there and she goes on to say other countries dont want the us forcing abortion policies on them talked to us about that view that giving money from the United States to fund organizations that deal with Womens Health and Womens Health care and some of that might be abortion is in her view forcing u. S. Abortion policy on them its rather the opposite i think what were what the u. S. Is doing with the global gag rule is contradicting the National Policy of these governments for example south africa which liberalise its abortion on in the 1990 s. Up to deliberation of the country in fact has one of the most liberal abortion Laws Worldwide and the global gag rule is preventing Health Providers in that country. From actually mentioning abortion providing abortion referring for services Abortion Services and even engaging in National Debates on abortion policy and abortion law and so that is contradicting the policies of south africa the same is true in nepal which liberalise its abortion law in 2002 and to a certain extent also in kenya where the constitution to 2010 constitution provides for a right to abortion when the help of the woman is in danger has a policy on a political or a story about. Real women. Tell us one story covered by the reporter who want to share our International Audience so for example as a result of the global gag rule organizations have had to make the very difficult choice to either accept us funding and stop providing abortion care and information in referrals or. To accept us funding and then turn women away when they show up at the clinic with an unwanted pregnancy and that has meant that organizations have been put in a very difficult position of turning away clients so in kenya for example a group that is working very closely with young sex workers on hiv prevention. To sign on to the global gag rule because they didnt want to lose their hiv funding but as a result have turned away young sex workers with unwanted pregnancies and they already documented a number of cases of deaths from unsafe abortion including a young woman who had tried to insert knitting needles in her cervix to try to terminate her pregnancy so its already killing women and we can we can document. Stories like difficulty here with thank you for sharing that thats why we got this video coming from a carmen but also shes the interim executive director im global doctors for choice and she talks about the rest. The global gag rule is and conscionable because it drives women to unSafe Services word abortion because they dont have access to Safe Services for abortion and then why we dont think womens lives and Womens Health should be subject to this terrible threat our thanks to carmen for that comment will pause our discussion of the global gag rule there and into a campaign by proabortion rights activists in Northern Ireland where both women and medical professionals can be prosecuted under antiabortion legislation crafted in 861 heres a doctor and i make up a data had to say. And you send the always looking. Into these men. And it doesnt make any sense for them to want to dont move forward you may not know that i. Was the leaders of that island and the United Kingdom had this problem how do you. Think youre going to produce child abuse and you have. Last years referendum in the neighboring republic of ireland which legalized abortion has given proabortion Rights Campaigners in Northern Ireland hope that change is possible so how are activists pushing to bring the region in line with the rest of the u. K. And with us now from belfast Northern Ireland kelly odowd is the cochairwoman alliance for choice an organisation advocating for the bodily autonomy of women transgender men and nonbinary people and Elizabeth Nelson is a writer and activist for the belfast minister Network Welcome to both of you want to start with this new we got from a member of our Community Joe on twitter says i think the issue is finally being recognised in the rest of the u. K. Because of things like irelands referendum and sadly because of the backward steps in some us states i predict most people would support the law being changed from westminster while there is no Northern Ireland executive so help break this down for us alyssa bit the issue being recognised what does he mean by that. Well what he means is that trial long time abortion on that island has been and i sposed continues to be a very controversial issue but weve seen a massive shift in Public Opinion over the last decade i would say. To a point where most people in Northern Ireland according to several opinion polls that have been conducted would support abortion in Northern Ireland very some people would only supported in cases of rape and fetal fatal fatal fetal abnormalities where some people would support our campaign for decriminalization for abortion but regardless its absolutely true to say that Public Opinion has shifted and it now seems that people are that rather that the politicians are out of step with the public and Northern Ireland who want to see the human rights for women actually delivered k. Why is nova not in still operating and a law that of 150 years old. And get even yes its quite bizarre that we are about and 1967 and the rest of the u. K. And had an abortion act and im not at was never extended to Northern Ireland so we find ourselves in a very precarious situation that we are perceived as you can see the decisions we head to c. N. N. Taxes but were only able to access the stamp Reproductive Health care of the rest of his business and and we also and today the department of health actually released figures of women who travel from Northern Ireland so today we find out that 1053 women traveled in 2018 from their home in Northern Ireland to england and we lost access to legal abortions there and those figures have gone up but i think nearly 19890 since 2007 saying so thats a situation that we find ourselves and we are exploiting women and to travel to access Reproductive Health care which they should be able to access and Northern Ireland and so thats why were asked people online are upset about that at least some of them helena says i feel that politicians in the u. K. Are handling this issue atrociously parties against the abortion laws in Northern Ireland are not making this enough of a priority this is a human rights violation on our doorstep and yet we hear so little about it can you understand that view but to see taking their elizabeth out yet theres also a lot of anger and partly out of this kelly i hear you said as well so its elisabeth you go to prison kelly you come in after. Theres a lot of anger i think particularly because of the way that politics are set up at the minute in westminster after the general election in 2017 the Democratic Unionist Party which is the Northern Ireland party has actually been involved in propping up the conservative government and that has without a doubt led to their priorities for that island being implemented or rather things that they dont want to see happen in Northern Ireland being blocked so they would be very much an antiabortion party very conservative and the equal marriage all sorts of things like that and because they are so interested to the survival of the conservative government it means were. Facing an even harder uphill battle because they have been able to block the government from interceding and delivering human rights as is their responsibility human rights are not good it is absolutely the responsibility of the westminster government whether human rights of which abortion is one and they are the ones who are advocating the responsibility just to stay in power came out just to add to. That we have we have the specter that is breakfast so we have had and to be a lot of the u. K. Is moving towards decriminalization so 967. 00 abortion act is not decriminalization but theres an even westminster to say the 67 act is no longer fit for purpose and decriminalization is where we should be out and i think people are now more cognizant that Northern Ireland should not be left behind but because of drugs that because of the tory chaos and you know leadership you know leadership competitions going on at the minute Northern Ireland and again our women are fundamentally left behind and again weve had no storming of family for 2 years but as it lays already said this is a human rights that she and pseudo have said just about lesion of our human rights and it should be dealt with in westminster again elizabeth and kelly just like in it earlier conversation is almost impossible to separate abortion policy from politics people are noticing and im going to shave his head im reading from the Guardian Newspaper abortion or in Northern Ireland hes cautioned that in alabama alabama the state of alabama now has the strictest abortion policy in the United States can you see how that compares to what youre dealing with in Northern Ireland kelly. I mean absolutely i once or twice actually wrote an open letter to alabama to say we share your opinion we share your solidarity and to come up with a few ideas in terms of what you need today to fight back i mean besides and stigma that has surrounded abortion in Northern Ireland for the past 50 or 60 years remember if weve axworthy one lives of women this year thats around an average of 50000 women who have left Northern Ireland to access of course and you know for a civil legal abortions and the u. K. So we wrote an open letter to alabama and it was entrenched and the people were able to comment on alabama people probably from these areas we didnt realize that at the last in Northern Ireland are more strict and they actually are and. Theres more to talk about we will do that in just a moment but i also want to bring in another story from honduras where the Group Human Rights watch has documented the stories of women and girls who have experience difficulties when trying to terminate a pregnancy has one of those stories. Then you must be able to. Get in on but as for the best among us. If youre the school make him head on the same look i dont remember it or. Not the. Daughters of the other do not want nor do you mean what do you. Think about that. Joke you know. Sometimes im going to medical that im 3 months and. They dont want this. Book and i want to approach really working with. Under noir poses prison sentences of up to 6 years on women girls and medical professionals who in g. Support us according to Human Rights Watch the government also bans of urgency contraception and since nearly one in 4 women in honduras victims of physical or sexual abuse by upon the media forced to terminate pregnancies in secret and im discussing joins us now from Human Rights Watch she is the acting director of the womens rights division. Do you want to make that connection between what is happening and no one joyce regarding abortion and abortion policy and human rights absolutely what we know is when you ban abortion you dont actually in divorce and you drive it underground when you drive it underground women and girls are criminalized for trying to seek basic health care and they take greater and greater risks to try to actually terminate the pregnancy and doctors cant actually perform their duty their duty of care for fear of criminalizing themselves as well so weve got this tweet from computer thats their handle they say all abortion ban does for women in 100 us put them in danger danger from the potential side effects of seeking unsafe abortions danger from pregnancy itself and danger of violence against themselves and their families and they go on to say all of this can be summed up as an abortion ban keeps women in tuned in a society which does not recognize them as people it covers up serious systemic problems by focusing on a symptom and forcing the victims to bear the burden of the problem can you talk to us about some of the difficulties that women are facing because of this law you have specific examples so we have 11 woman in particular that we highlighted and our report her name we called her letter m. And thats not her actual name she didnt even know she was pregnant and she was experiencing a lot of pain and bleeding and she went into the hospital and where when she was in the hospital they actually suspected that she had tried to induce an abortion and she. He was suffering from a miscarriage she received the care she needed but she left the hospital in handcuffs she was referred to the Police System and shes currently awaiting trial under house arrest thats one example but what we know is that women are alone and afraid and often trying to induce abortion themselves using pills and are then afraid to seek care precisely because of what happened to lead and others they are coming lives when they do what all women and activists within honduras able to do to change of policy and the law in honduras right now its a really difficult political environment and to talk about abortion we talked to one woman who had tried to really bring in the evangelical and Catholic Church and other Leaders Within the religious movements together to talk about and think about decriminalization of abortion and shes received Death Threats just for trying to speak out we also see women stepping up to try to provide access to information theres actually a hotline that is staffed by volunteers to give women information on how they can pardon me how they can safely terminate abortions we got this tweet from liz in spanish twitter is already translated for us in 100 us abortion is still taboo whether it is legal legalized or done in secret because it is not considered a Public Health issue or womens rights rather its seen from the religious aspect this is why there is no Sex Education of course to theres also not. Abstinence is preached because there arent contraceptives that are allowed so how does this law compared to other latin american countries so the law there are other latin american countries where there stream bans against abortion as well ill solve it or as a great example of the Dominican Republic but what we see it different in honduras is just the extreme stigma and taboo. About talking talking about these issues so if you look at argentina that also has its not as extreme it has abortion bans women are able to march in the streets and really talk about why abortion needs to be decriminalized and have conversations with politicians and there be real debate about the issue hundreds just isnt there yet it is such a stigmatized issue and so that means that women are really suffering in silence and in secret i mean i want to bring back a guest because we talking about abortion policy in different parts of the wall so france was and also kelly and also Elizabeth Elizabeth in overnight and francoise was talking about the mexico policy of the global gag rule which impacts much of the developing world ladies when you back together because im wondering what youll saying. About different possible is it resonating with each of them out to you stop yes absolutely this is a theres 2 Global Trends that were seen one is that there are women that are braver and braver in speaking out and really advocating for change theyre doctors that are stepping forward and saying this is a Public Health issue theyre human rights activists stepping points and this is a human rights issue and there are some governments that are taking the steps to address it like ireland like chile and then theres a 2nd trend one that is against womens choices against womens rights and i guess Womens Health and you see that the mexico city policy of the global gag girls a great example of so far as well as is not in kellys living fossil as you go fast. Yes absolutely and what were seeing is a global. Movement fighting womens rights basically because i think we shouldnt confuse the bans on abortion. Being about abortion what we see is that theyre really about controlling women women. Womens lives and theyre usually part of a much broader agenda. Cutting access to contraceptives to Sexuality Education and generally having your view of women being. Mothers 1st and foremost its so its important to understand that not context and not this issue what it is you know what i meant. I want to play a video comment from barbara in it to me from decolonized contraception and abortion rights and shes talking about ireland but i think this can be extrapolated to other places to have a listen to what she said abortion is about Reproductive Health care joe sentences for medical staff who help individuals procure abortion ceased to destroy and erode the patient and doctor relationship legitimise in the idea that individuals can make that choice for themselves and what is a safe medical procedure so elizabeth that means you jumping in for you of course shes talking about Northern Ireland here but this is something were also seeing or potentially could see in the u. S. Because all of these bills and these laws make it difficult for doctors to step outside of those boundaries. Absolutely and its rather cynical and ironic in a way that so much of the of the rhetoric that antiabortion activists employs around morality when really what theyre doing is immoral when theyre divorcing doctors from their parents from their patients from the duty of care that they have when theyre forcing doctors to not give women the care that they need and putting them in situations where their lives and their health is at risk and that in itself is immoral but i also want to just comment quickly on what francois said about the the fact that abortion is just one small part of whats being happened of what is happening to women and absolutely is is about control its about taking freedom away because thats what abortion is for women who need it its freedom is freedom to continue living their lives its reading the access education to go to work to do what with their lives what they choose to do and thats why we start to talk about something that is reproductive justice instead of human rights which is a very powerful tool talking about abortion but when we put it into a reproductive justice framework were able to understand that its not just about abortion its about access to contraception its about the right to parent a child that you already have in a safe and Healthy Community its a holistic look at womens lives that at the lives of anyone who can become pregnant and its theres no accident that this is happening on a global scale its very much deliberate ok i dont need to tell you because youre sitting there in nova not end with with the the impact of the Catholic Church the impact of societal to norms its a very tricky thing this is a very sensitive topic to even bring up and to campaign about when people talk to you about what about childrens lives what about babies lives how do you discuss that with them because you have to come together in order for policy to be made thats good policy for every woman. Absolutely i mean Northern Ireland is a very morally conservative society so human rights arguments body autonomy argument that us arguments dont necessarily said very well with the general public so what we find is that talking about womens lived experiences talking about where they need to access of course and why they are find themselves with crisis pregnancy and and why they need to be able to access this Reproductive Health care so when we put the woman at the center of the debates and discussions everybody where not agree with abortion but its not about everybody agree and its a bike it may not be a choice for me but i absolutely not stand in the way of anyone who needs to access an abortion and also we would not criminalize or i mean what were seeing is womens bodies again are political grounds and the price of a quality is constant vigilance and this is what were seeing as well just because we have abortion rights in some countries does not necessarily mean that we hold on to them so the price of any quality is constant vigilance Elizabeth Nelson amanda classing francois should are really making joining those dots between politics and abortion policy in many places around the world mika will end with 2 comments from you tube live here lydia says abortion bans are not about controlling women how selfcentered you have to be to think that and injuries on the other side says illegal abortions mean abortions in secret and in worst conditions which in dangerous women thank you guests for joining us thank you for watching rico and i will see you next time take care. 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Are starting this news hour with the accusations of the counterclaims over explosions aboard 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman donald trump says the u. S. Has exposed iranian involvement irans calling the u. S. Claims sabotage diplomacy and now russia and germany youre edging everyone not to jump to any conclusions in a moment we will be live in washington muscat and teheran with the very latest at our correspondents were starting there with the support from stephanie. What happened to the 2 tankers in the gulf of oman well it depends on who you ask. In iranian t. V. Video shows the norwegian own tanker altair on fire. And u. S. Central command released this footage early on friday came in it shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese own courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessels crew had been rescued nothing is clear but the message from the Us Administration is iran was behind it it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman today. This is sesame this based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar raining attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy Group Operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. In tokyo the breakdown from the japanese who own the kuka courageous seems to shed some doubt on the american version of events the Company Official shows where what he calls a shot hit the tanker in 2 areas the head of the company gave more detail the holes and more were going to the crew is saying that it was hit by flying object theyre saying that something came to light to put a bomb on the side of the boat is something we are not considering iran has dismissed the u. S. Accusations that it was behind the alleged attacks calling the incidence especially as its foreign minister accusing the americans of trying to sabotage diplomacy as the incident happened when the japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abbott was into hall on an official visit both tankers were hit early on thursday morning after posturing through the strait of hormuz all crew members were safely evacuated both tankers suffered damage around the waterline i mean the main thing to note is that theyre quite small warheads whatever they are so those are not enormous entry entry penetration mox they clearly havent. Had a huge amount explosive behind them so yes it was something much. You would expect a lot more damage on the ship at the moment there are far more questions than answers but what is certain is that this is a provocative and Dangerous Development in an already tense geopolitical environment Stephanie Decker aljazeera. Well iranian president Hassan Rouhani says the u. S. Is pushing an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated he was speaking at a meeting of asian leaders in kyrgyzstan as the government of the United States over the last 2 years is using economic and military capacity and is creating an aggressive approach the United States has stepped over all the norms and regulations of the International Community and has created new threats for the region and the world ok so lets start with the chorus one still such a bari 1st in teheran how much support would you say iran has gotten the moment it is taking the stance of well the United States is being aggressive with us but were trying to hold back here to got support from others well it appears that the iranians are not alone in their fight against the americans and when it comes to the Economic Warfare as they call it thats been waged on them the weve heard from the Russian Foreign minister and the German Foreign minister who was here earlier this week and theyve supported the iranian stance that its actually too early to say whether or not theyre responsible for this and this is something the iranians are saying all the evidence thats been presented here by the American Government is very very weak its not concrete they cannot make these hasnt been verified yet until there is a proper investigation it is alarming how quickly the americans have blamed the iranians for something that they claim they havent done having said that the Iranian Foreign minister has said this is just another example of how the americans and their policies have actually created insecurity in this region hes referring to of course the american withdrawal from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement and the all the sanctions theyve been post since then on or on have put them in the situation where the iranians say that its created extreme instability in this region and theyre blaming it solely on the american policies. Dosage of the intel thank you we move to muscat now in oman with Mohammad Vall mohammed the video was put out by the u. S. Apparently of the iranians removing a mind how significant is that particular video and how much does it ratchet up the tension in the area. Well come on its very significant because even if it is not true it means the americans are seriously about to do something they are planning something thats otherwise they wouldnt come up with this. If it is true or so it is very dangerous and is that you know iran has done something very dangerous the world will not accept it americans could now a call on their allies to create a coalition against iran we have seen examples of that in the past the previous gulf war as the us you know creating those alliances to strike against iraq or other countries so i mean its all i mean people are very concerned across the region here in the in the in oman even on money is even though mine is a neutral country it has today issued a statement of concern saying that all parties to this conflict tough to return to negotiations to peaceful means to dissolve the conflict and that it is going to be a devastating war if it happens so all money is concerned and if. And money is a neutral country as i said other countries like the United Arab Emirates they have much to lose in this war and it is strange according to many observers that they are pushing for a conflict a major conflict with iran saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates so i mean i mean were talking about a state where most of the or not more about 3rd of the oil supplies are channeled thats not something that can be played with or tampered with according if not the americans but also other world powers we have see americans sending warships to the siege and the latest was a destroyer that is that on its way to that it is they have already sent. A little less than 2000 troops they have sent an Aircraft Carrier so now this editorial from the United States alongside the military buildup on their side these are very very ominous signs according to observers here and they dont want war to happen here they think that hes going to destroy that agent thing. Mohammad vall and finally to our White House Correspondent kimberly how could in washington d. C. When we say kimberly that the u. S. Is adamant that this was iran we are actually saying more to the white house that is adamant im wondering is there some skepticism in other quarters. There is a lot of skepticism because of history but in terms of the finger pointing its something that has been reiterated by the u. S. President he called in on his birthday today as we should point out to the program fox and friends that is a Network American network favorable to trump and his white house and he was asked the civically about the iranian attacks he pointed the finger at iran calling him a nation of terror he was repeatedly asked how the u. S. Respond he wouldnt answer that question directly only say were going to see what happens we dont take it lightly that i can tell you a ride did it you know they did it because you saw the vote referring to that grainy video that just miraculously appeared within hours of reports of the attacks which is why so many are calling into question the american intelligence the president also says that the my and the device that was being removed from that ship allegedly in the video in his words had iran written all over it now this is just echoing the statements came out that came from the u. S. Secretary of state one day earlier that the United States alleges that iran is trying to disrupt the flow of oil in the strait of hormuz but in the distant minds of so Many Americans is faulty intelligence of 2003 that led to the u. S. Invasion of iraq so Many Americans questioning this fearful that this maximum Pressure Campaign that the United States and specifically this white house has been waging is really having the potential to lead to not only dangerous confrontation but potentially leave u. S. Citizens and their interests at risk thank you kimberly how could the white house were going to add one more element into this and that is russia and we will do that without guestimate troop babiche joining us from moscow a political analyst at. News agency nice to see you to me tree what is the official russian position at this moment and is its outwardly supporting iran or is it sort of trying to position itself as a lets just wait and get all the facts. Well from the Foreign Ministry you hear very cautious statements like lets wait lets see what the facts are lets not jump to conclusions but the bubbly could be and is of course very critical of mr trump and the United States but most of their lists point to the fact that the star the white house doesnt have the American Media and most of the western allies behind it previously please note that the war started when there was almost a complete consensus in the west about that taken a certain country even with iraq the United States had britain on its side in Canada Australia this time you have so many critics of mr trump even washington you know the major American News the press are criticizing. You know jumping to conclusions so russians have pretty optimistic because please know were just so far mr trump has not started a new wars it was a bomber who started several wars you know the war in libya in fact the war in syria the war in ukraine so russians are hopeful that this time the was drawn to happen how much of a balance can russia provide in this situation the moment i just think about the fact that the u. S. Is obviously up to its military presence in the gulf so