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United states watches from far im not saying that there is or there isnt proof that iran did or did not carry those attacks in the gulf or iran proxies what im saying is it makes all the sense of the world for the you know for our not to stand idly by as the United States is crippling it sanctioning get it canonically so this situation has been clear to the rest of us from the very start its collation is going to be 2 more escalation is going to eat perhaps the unintended consequences thats why anyone who really has the persian gulf or the arab gulf or Regional Security at heart needs to go back to washington and say look the alternative to the nuclear deal is this so we need to get back to diplomacy respect the nuclear deal and ask iran to respect some other issues concerning middle east instability. Analysis from bashar there in london thank you. The rest of the days news is coming up on aljazeera the hong kong protests maybe theyre paying off there are signs legislators may drop their plans to allow extraditions to china i went around so in raptures canadian basketball fans witnessing a big 1st for their country. How there are still some spectacular thunderstorms around the southern coco sis parts of eastern turkey attempt has got quite high now not has to generate these big storms they come and go by day of course now during saturday theyll still be a few in the round not media possibly georgia it looks like by this time iran will be dry even around the southern caspian terra not to 35. 00 baghdad down the plane up to 45 its drawing nigh for weeks on end as you know it is spec is far as the eastern coast of the mediterranean to as i say turkey will see some showers generated so they will talk about really except for the strength of the winter the temperatures which are always going to be about 40 the breeze in the night is a lighter one by saturday Saudi Arabian peninsula this cloud this massive cloud of a man and possibly just touching bits of the yemen its not be no more than cloud i suspect hes thrown up because of the action of the incoming monsoon i was associated Tropical Cyclone but it produced a pretty cloudy picture all the way down towards. The horn of africa. South of it though its driving most of central south africas draw this time the year a few showers will catch the coast of north big otherwise its a matter of daytime sunshine sunshine and nighttime chill. Making millions per month offshore something taxes i was little. More than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis millions of dollars and its like the greatest job you could ever imagine getting without putting any of your own capital best was in the on the story and drove millions of workers into unemployed i said. We need immediately i mean true if the man who stole the world coming soon. Given aljazeera and these are the top stories the u. N. Secretary general says the truth must be established into thursdays tanker explosions in the gulf of oman. The terraces with the arab league chief who drives around and just to iran to reverse its course of action the u. S. Has also released this video it says shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the hull of one of the tankers however the japanese owner of one of the ships says his crew with its flying objects moments before. The Un Security Council has been holding a meeting on its peacekeeping force in darfur the un confirmed the killing of 17 people on the burning of more than 100 houses in the darfur region early this week on the u. K. Says the you know. Ited nations African Union mission in darfur its called united must stay in the region it says removing them would violate existing agreements as well as u. N. Rules more on this with mike hanna whos at the u. N. In new york so you will stay in for it seems but not all the parties necessarily agree. Well the discussion in the course of the day was what to do when the mission ends its mandate ends which is at the end of this particular month so discussions about that the british and the germans are insistent that there should be what they call a technical rollover that is that the un Mission Continues there on the same terms as attack as in the past however others such as the russians arguing very strongly that there needs to be further discussion about the nature of the mandate and as to whether it should continue but over looming all these proceedings of course is a situation in sudan in particular actions by the Transitional Military Council there which last month instructed that the un mission give up all its bases to the Rapid Support forces a paladin of group basically controlled by the sudanese military now in a Significant Development the sudanese ambassador has told the Security Council that this order has been withdrawn this very important because many in the council spent much of the morning complaining about this instruction from the khartoum saying that it cannot possibly be complied with so thats one potential stumbling block removed with that declaration by the sudanese representative but many remain and the discussion about whether or not the missions mandate will be extended be rolled over or be changed in some way that is something that will be happening in the days ahead but remembering as well that the mandate does come to an end at the end of this month so certainly decisions need to be made very quickly in coming days thank you mike hanna at the u. N. The World Health Organization is holding an emergency meeting in geneva to discuss whether to declare the latest outbreak of ebola as a Global Health emergency many 1400 people have died in democratic republic of congo since august and to neighboring uganda the meeting comes amid concerns the virus may have spread from sea to uganda 2 people died after visiting the aussie the victims were a 5 year old child and his grandmother uganda has now banned public gatherings in the affected areas heres more from kampala with. The recent update from ugandas ministry of home is that among those day there were 3 people in isolation 2 of them tested negative on friday one person was still in isolation tests are still being carried out on that individual its believed 78 people came into direct contact with that family they came from the d. R. S. The into uganda those people are being closely monitored to make sure they havent cts the virus the ministry also say that on thursday 5 people were sent back to the d. R. S. The purely because they were small by the government and began the government there because the drug a drug is being tested out currently in the d. R. It was made up with the family to go back to their home country to get on that treatment unfortunately one child from the family has since passed away now ugandas government is telling people that even though they seem to have contained the situation for now people must still be alert the border us to horrors cases of people are increasing in the d r c and as long as people can still manage to walk in and out of both countries without being properly screened at some point there is still a danger that it could be another outbreak if people on cue. A court in britain has set next february as the date to decide whether or not julian should be extradited to the United States. For conspiring to hack Government Computers and for leaking thousands of secret documents. Watched via video link as the date was set for his extradition hearing the wiki leaks founder said to be in poor health and serving a 50 week sentence for bail violations would have to wait until february 2020 for a full hearing on the u. S. Request this case raises such fundamental questions about freedom of speech we heard in court today its an outrageous affront protections and on that basis we would certainly hope that no journalist or publisher would be extra. In court the 18 county u. S. Department of justice indictment was read out charges including government computer hacking and the soliciting and publishing of classified information they relate to the publication in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of secret u. S. Military documents to do with the wars in iraq and afghanistan. The charges the indictment reads relate to a songes alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States his supporters of course disagree already weve had the report by the United Nations special at the time told scott explaining how the long period of time hes been subjected psychological torture and hes bearing the effects of that hes cutting down the space we feel for this man full up putting his hes our own selfinterest aside we. Gave this gift of knowledge to the people i. Want to call the close up here among supporters all purely massages for the u. K. Government to step in and block his extradition to the United States well earlier this week the home secretary sajid javid signed off on that request warning it legitimate saying it was right but mr zandi is in u. K. Custody now and making it clear that the governments position is that this is a decision only now for the court. In April Julian Assange was ejected from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he sought refuge for 7 years following a swedish extradition request on charges of rape in 2012 with a Court Date Set and a legal battle ahead is several months away yet from finding out whether hell have to answer u. S. Charges in a u. S. Court showdown aljazeera london. A military spokesman for yemens hurty rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. The rebels have already targeted the airport near the border with yemen. He says the operations on airports and military sites will continue as long as the war goes on. Now approach the journalist who believes attacks on saudi arabias airports are a way to get attention from the International Community. I believe this step was taken after 4 years of. War on yemen and i believe now its time for the airlines those w. s in saudi as they stop using santa airport after the saudis started the war against them and i think its time because if there is any civilian civilian casualty in the coming days or coming weeks this means that airlines take the responsibility saudi arabia take that as well as ability because actually it is not in saudi arabia cannot just bomb yemen airport while the airport still open and this is exactly what the Yemeni Government on forces here in sanaa are saying that an airport and i for an eye and if they close our airports we will close all that airports. The International Court of justice has rejected a request by the u. A. E. To grant an injunction over a discrimination case brought by counter cosmetic number of claims to the court in the netherlands after the u. A. E. And other countries imposed a land sea and air blockade as hearing part of a wider legal battle being heard by judges in the hague here is back with more. With the results here the International Court of justice the Uns Highest Court the court has rejected an application for an emergency injunction known as provisional measures by the u. A. E. On the grounds that qatar was in some way prejudicing a much wider case between the 2 countries now that this application for this injunction is being rejected the focus goes back to the white a case a case thats focused on whether or not the u. A. E. Has violated an all Important International convention the convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination during the countrys blockade of qatar now in its 2nd year we are actually extremely pleased of the judgment coming from the court today it recognizes that the true victims of this Racial Discrimination case are the to the people and not the government of the u. A. E. According to legal experts it could take many months if not years before we get a result in the full case but in the meantime last summer the i. C. J. Ruled that the u. A. E. Had indeed been responsible for Racial Discrimination against ataris in the blockade and ordered the u. A. E. Allow qatari nationals separated during the blockade to be reunited and the students be allowed to continue their studies without risk of deportation and those categories that need it access to courts and tribunals that was an obligatory order by the court will last month the u. A. E. Hit back saying that castle was deliberately trying to make it look as if the u. A. E. Wasnt following the courts orders and asked for an emergency injunction of their own on a number of different grounds including the belief that cattle herd deliberately in. Purposefully blocked access to a u. A visa site that would allow Country Nationals to apply for visas and travel potentially back to the us a thats an accusation that the qataris deny saying that the reason why they brought the site was that it posed a Cyber Security risk a risk of mile where it was a number of the claims made by the u. A. E. Claims that have now been rejected by the i. C. J. The reason is whether or not the claims have any validity to them is there really any risk of irreparable harm that justifies emergency measure versus putting off these considerations for the for the later case for the big case in the u. A. E. Have hired some of the best legal teams in the world but recently the u. A. E. Fired its entire team and hired a new one this has been the 1st test of that teams capabilities at the heart of this although its a bitter political dispute a belief from katsav that its citizens have been prejudiced against the case continues. 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Released a photo it claims shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the hold of one of the tankers for iran denies those allegations irans president in fact says the u. S. Has taken an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated thats 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 the Hong Kong Government may be wavering in its support for a new law that would allow extraditions to Mainland China and advisor to government they carry those legislators should stop discussing the bill because of the level of opposition the military spokesman for yemens hooty rebel group is warning civilians to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the u. A. E. The rebels have already targeted saudi arabias airport near the border with yemen mohamed el book 80 says operations on airports and military sites will continue as long as the war in yemen goes on. The u. N. Security councils been holding amazing on its peacekeeping force in darfur the u. N. Confirms 17 people have been killed and more than 100 houses burned in the darfur region earlier this week. World Health Organization has urged the International Community to step up funding and resources to deal with an Ebola Outbreak in d. L. C. And uganda only 1400. 00 people have died in august and 2 in uganda victims in uganda were a 5 year old child and his grandmother and the International Court of justice has rejected a request by the u. S. Aid to grant an injunction over discrimination case taken by Counter Culture has made a number of claims to the court in the netherlands after the u. A. E. And several other arab nations imposed a land sea and air blockade back with the news hour in iran 25 minutes from now right now though its inside story with finnegan. Its an ambitious new on the west and clap for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization holds yet another summit on the heels of a global trade war but what difference does this group make on the world stage and could it be a front thats united against the u. S. This is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization of in kurdistan for an annual summit led by china and russia the 8 member your ration block accounts for almost hauffe of the worlds population the meeting comes as tensions grow between the u. S. And china over the escalating trade war meanwhile iran is seeking support against washingtons maximum Pressure Campaign but regular conflicts between members namely india and pakistan cost doubts on whether the bloc can challenge the existing world order led by the us i was there as robin for us to walk a reports now from bishkek. Now that india and pakistan are members full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization the club would like to be taken very seriously on the world stage because it represents 43 percent of the global population and a quarter of global Gross Domestic Product its about forging new strategic alliances and that became apparent very much today with iran which has observer status attending president rouhani criticizing the United States defending iran against allegations that it was involved in the attacks on those oil tankers and finding very much a sim supports amongst other Member States like china and russia both of whom have their issues with the us russia under sanctions for and it for its an exception of crimea china now under pressure Donald Trumps trade war now these countries are very much interested in Regional Cooperation on the economic trade opening up new trade corydoras and of course counterterrorism they talk about being partners but it is also worth bearing in mind that within the organization there are big differences rivalries between these countries lets take for example russia and china both have very significant interests in maintaining insurance in central asia and with pakistan and india both Member States those 2 countries having continuing difficulties ongoing differences with india accusing pakistan of aiding and abetting terrorism so theres a lot of rivalry within this organization as well as partnerships between those Member States what exactly is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization what its a Political Economic and Security Alliance led by china and russia since 2001 it has 8 members. India and pakistan joined in 2017 other members include kazakstan kurdistan to take a stand and is biggest on iran has been trying to become a full member but remains for the moment an observer along with afghanistan bella roosts and mongolia the organization represents 40 percent of the worlds population with more than 20 percent of global g. D. P. Its role is been expanded from security to other areas like trade Energy Culture and transportation between Member States the block is increasingly being seen as a means of countering u. S. Economic and military power. So lets bring in our guests for todays discussion joining us from moscow alexey clipped the call Foreign Policy analyst with the Russian International Affairs Council david is professor of International Politics at sysop kins nanjing center he joins us now via skype from managing and Richard White security analyst at wiki stress in washington d. C. Richard lets start with you how much geo political heft does the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have is it anything more than a back slapping opportunity and talking shop from your point of view. The organization has always underperformed its potential if you were just to add together the population the end deaths real power of the military power of all the members that aggregate is significantly greater than how the organisation itself has been able to act as a unified bloc this is a good question dollars because for a while when i was 1st set up there were just concerns in the West Berkeley washington that this was going to become some kind of anti nato some kind of authoritarian International Structure that russia china and other countries would join in and act as a unified bloc to balance the United States and also to drive it out of the heart of eurasia but i would argue if the organization has never been able to function that way because of some disagreements among its members a lack of a strong infrastructure or a inherent to itself and other challenges david r. S. A. Would you agree with that assessment how important is this block to china in particular and its belsen Road Initiative with the the still escalating trade war with the u. S. Right now. Yes i think richards right it has been an underperformer but the a c. O. For china is strategically important because it it can do a change in the switches stabilize a central asia and reckons al differences rivalries it has was russia this will go a long way toward helping to be ironic succeed because the the mainland connectivity carders of the. 2 central asia so its very important. Alexi. What one of the organizations aims and ambitions and what does it see itself as and who is in the driving seat russia or china when the 1st place we shouldnt forget that a c. E. O. Didnt appear as a counterbalance to nato or to any other regional or Global Organization in the 1st place its a regional unity which unites regional countries to tackle original problems in the 1st place its counterterrorism security a. Stable development and then economics so this is why its important for those countries who are currently members and are attracting new members to actually to perform as an alternative. To the existing Global Organization but not in a way as a competing one but underlining the value and the rising importance of the original blocks which can tackle more effectively the regional problems. On the regional level whether it is the problem in afghanistan whether its iran or its other problems in central asia which is crucial for all Member States alexas things stand at the moment is it failing to fulfill its potential as a bloc. Well. Of course it wants to gain more weight and political weight in the comic weight in terms of but as my colleagues rightly indicated that it on the performs hugely given that it accumulates a bigger part of the world you know economic power population and in political power it on the before in in in real terms so this is why i would argue that they try to focus more on the regional issues for which our concern for the members at most not for you know the Global Community richard of course a lot has changed since the block meant met in june last year china now finds itself in broiled in a trade war with the u. S. India pakistan relations hit a new low earlier this year got iran coming under pressure from the u. S. And its gulf allies all of that sets the scene for what could be a fascinating meeting what do you think we can expect. No i think that it raises its going to increase the turtle tension is raised within the block so china may wish to secure the bloc support for its position on some of the economic disputes this has with the us you know call for deemphasizing the dollar or building up an alternative economic trade structure and so on by a country like india even pakistan would be has a 10 to back and explicitly anti u. S. Approach russia made for similar reasons want to use the block to attack the u. S. Position on iran and im sure they have iranian support on this but again some of the other countries are going to be a bit hesitant to address this weve also got the interesting issue of some recent internal developments in Key Countries i mean a new elections in india didnt change much but certainly weve had different. Leaders take charge in pakistan and more recently in kazakhstan so the dynamics i think we much more fluid but i think that will lead mostly to paralysis i think the communique will be very bland and i think that some country like china is going to try and focus its efforts on other institutions where it has more control b. R. I for example david you agree that well get a communique just does to the u. S. China trade will give other c. E. O. Members leverage over china right now is chinas position in the block we couldnt because of the trade. Well it has to turn more toward the continent because its in countering had a lot of problems on its you know pacific periphery and with the trade worth the u. S. Strategic tensions but to get back to why its not a former. You know its the problem is that the big 3 china russia and india you know each want to be strategically independent autonomous and you know but chinas in a position to be a dominant power in eurasia its huge its arguably a global power a rival to the United States russia india are sort of want to be great powers their regional powers but they were they would like to achieve great power status and so this because they have these ambitions well its very difficult for them to to agree to any meaningful and important of cooperation between them whether its security or economic because the the the the the ambitions of these 3. Are in a way mutually incompatible even though they all want to promote racial integration the terms on which they want to do it will you know there wont there wont be any common agreement on on how exactly do this does that mean david that that they can never be allies in the true sense of the word that there are many countries who may be willing to work with each other and a loose affiliation thats correct yes because each of these powers wants to remain strategically autonomous which means they cannot. Unless absolutely forced. They they will be very reluctant to form an alliance and particularly if its an alliance against the United States. Although i have to say the u. S. Is doing a good job of driving them together but. But i think there are internal differences china of chain of versus indias Serious Problems russia versus china Serious Problems india russia not so bad but you know china doesnt want the india russia axis to get too strong so you know theyre there theyre at. Their at sixes and sevens inside their organization. Iran has observer status at this meeting it wants in though will it ever be invited to join the grouping do you think and what would that mean for the dynamics of the group that david was just talking about that. Well from the beginning vir as c. E. O. Wasnt that extensive and as we know that Indian Pakistan just recently joined theyre going ization as a full members and now we have 4 observer members including iran so i think ultimately iran will become the part of the organization and that is inevitable for for any kind of the. Organization coming back to the larger picture of a c. E. O. Role and 3 powers which were mentioned but my colleagues would also not forget that it s e o is not the only platform where this parties can talk and negotiate they also have brakes platform they also have g 20 platform and bunch of other platforms so its the importance of such form it is not in in the ability to talk to each other because or i would argue that this country build their relations between each other on bilateral basis rather than on multilateral so and its hard to. Imagine that on the level of breaks or a c. E. O. China russia and india will or any a pakistan maybe if which iran can come up with some you know breakthrough deals or agreements rather we can expect that dont buy that for a basis between russia india russia and china china and iran. So i think thats more important to keep track and also another comment on this argument that this interest of russia china and india mutually exclusive i wouldnt say so i would rather to look at this from a different angle saying that they can more to be complementary to each other of course no one can argue chinese dominance economic dominance. But together with without india and russia on board Chinese Initiative one both on the road is hard to come to fruition this is why china needs to have and developed contacts with all this important act as if it wants its Initiative Economic initiative Integration Initiative to to eventually succeed richard lets i just want to pick up on something the u. S. Saying earlier about the this grouping originally when it was when it was 1st to see it being viewed in the u. S. As a potential rival to other political military alliances perhaps a threat to the u. S. And its interests and what would you make of what david was just saying that at the moment that Foreign Policy in the u. S. Is kind of backfiring with the u. S. To get a good job of driving these countries together. Right so the original context of the concern was during the cold during the u. S. Intervention afghanistan the group being came out with a statement saying well you know now that war is winding down its time for the u. S. Troops to leave and this was seen as an effort to have the u. S. Leave both the bases in a speck of stan and then of and purchased on and both occurred though arguably for Different Reasons and so that was seen at that time which would have been i think around 2005 for a Donald Rumsfeld made some statements in effect that these thought this potential antiu. S. Broad sense than i think is are you know as i like say is that its been focusing less on traditional Security Issues more on transnational countering terrorism various plans for Economic Development more social development they have a c. E. O. Spirit that they like to put forth and its not its not directly moved into the area of military security. And then sense that as you mentioned president trumps been elected and hes pursued policies that have not and that russia china india and other members are not fully agreed with by its not been a military threat to these countries its more an economic challenge and here they each are pursuing basically their own route so china has been relying more on its global proponent rense the b r i initiative and so on and so on to try and ally countering u. S. Actions russia has tried to get china to back it but not been very successful so its been the line primarily on its own your Asian Economic Union and encouraging the russian the mastic production and then india is basically tried to deal with the u. S. Directly still not try and join competing woks and the other members in the middle iran would arguably have the most interest and seeing these countries aligned together which iran being a partner but its not a full member i dont think that will occur soon i think that given the state of iranian relations with the u. S. And other countries that would be seen as too provocative so despite the props u. S. Policies trying to challenge each of them we havent yet seen them aligned together within the s. O. U. That may occur in other areas but not within this block the david some of the 30 issues that exist between Member States and china and politely ignored at these the zambia will summits and deemed perhaps internal matzos to china the weakness in changing. For instance why is that. Well because. The reality is that those most directly you would think most directly interested in defending the weavers that is their their brothers and cousins in central asia and even turkey. Dont really want to say anything to anger china because theyre so economically dependent on china so theyre not going to raise that issue. With one they at least its a Regional Defense when they at least face complaints perhaps. Or will china face complaints behind the scenes in a behind closed doors about for instance that the cost of of the belts and roads projects that that are on the going at the moment and the debts that it places on these countries oh yes i think india no doubt will will have a say because you know india has to also justify why its not a member of the be all right why they havent attended either of the p. R. I. Of florence the most recent one being just just. In april. And so for sure india will bring up you know and you know see it in a sort of sly way the problems of b r i i and you know india is also going to press china on the terrorism issue. Not terrorism is something that china takes seriously but when it come except when it comes to pakistan so you know i think you can expect modi to to press china on that on that particular issue. Now and then theres the there is the russia india axis is very interesting because and iran has a role to play here because you know indias plan for establishing overland connectivity to europe through russia has to go through iran and as long as iran is facing u. S. Sanctions its going to be very difficult to achieve that so what im what i would be looking for actually is some kind of statement by the s. C. L. Members on the on the iran situation the sanctions it faces because. You know both china and india are heavy buyers of iranian oil and india needs to have further its plans for connectivity to europe and to bypass the. It needs to have iran able to conduct normal you know commercial relations with the rest of the world so you know this is one area i think where. You know u. S. Policies you know i can understand individually why the u. S. Is imposing sanctions on the various members but when you when you add it all up and see the result you have you also have to consider that. You know it may it may in a way. Kind of push the members together. In a way that may actually give the appearance of it becoming antiamerican although im not sure that would be true but on certain specific issues for example on iran you can see some you might see some case something i dont see iran is there as an observer nation do you think do you think that i mean it would be delighted if if if it was mentioned in the final communique do you think that will happen. Well i dont think that old members board you know be that united in using iran as a you know reason for us were toric even without iran already an american rhetorical been on the summits because. Iranian president and chinese wraps and russia underlined already how United States basically contributed to the lack of security in this region in and central asia in the middle east which affects all parties of all members of the a c o so and theyre coming back to the remark on the weather as you know is on 10 american not i wouldnt say or i wouldnt look at this as i mean such organizations created not for the sake of being something theyre rather created to be more for something and here this is exactly the case when a c. E. O. Is created for i mean as a platform for the states to promote and push their agendas and there is a platform to tackle original issues i mean look at the case of india and pakistan despite of being rivals for for decades and even enemies they managed to actually become. Members of the 2nd ization and its another additional channel of communication another platform for them to come together and discuss things to sit together with other members ok also important players in the region and discuss. Issues of common interest ok gentlemen there im afraid we must end discussion many thanks indeed for being with us alexei clipped the coffee david r. S. A. And Richard Whites and thank you for watching dont forget you can see the program at any time just by going to the website at aljazeera dot com for further discussion join us at all. Facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash a. J. Inside story and you can join the conversation on twitter i handle at a. J. Inside story from Adrian Finnigan of the whole team here in doha thanks for watching ill see you again i think. It was the name of the futuristic bullet train that 1st drew me to japan almost 2 decades ago trains are reflective. 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Aljazeera world. Al jazeera. And for you. This is aljazeera. Both from doha everyone on come on santa maria and you are with the news hour from aljazeera iran is vehemently rejecting u. S. Claims that it was involved in the explosions on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman and its effect accusing washington of sabotaging diplomacy. While the u. N. Secretary general says the truth must be established over the tanker explosions while the arab league chief accuses iran of pushing everyone to wards confrontation also in the news the World Health Organization decides not to declare the Ebola Outbreak in uganda as an International Emergency but urges more action. And im Maryam Namazie in london with all the headlines from europe including protests outside the london courtroom where wiki leaks founder Julian Assange finds out the date of his extradition hearing to the United States and in sports england have taken a big step towards a semifinal spots of the cricket world cup a century from joe roots guarding the host nation to 8 which could win over the west indies. There are accusations there are counselors. Times over the explosions aboard 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday the u. S. Has released a grainy video claiming it is proof of iranian involvement but iran denies its to blame and germany says the video is not conclusive the u. N. Secretary general is also saying the truth into what happened must be a step for us all the details now in this report 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 cookoo cut 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 estimates 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 owned 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 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 han on an official visit both tankers were hit early on thursday morning after passing 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 of explosives behind them so 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 iranian president Hassan Rouhani said the u. S. Is pushing an aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated he was speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit 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 more on the iranian perspective what youll also jabari in tehran unilateral u. S. Actions has caused this instability and renewed tension in this region thats according to Iranian Foreign minister javad zarif has been tweeting from the summit in where iranian president Hassan Rouhani has also said that the instability in security in the region is caused by the americans now in reference to the accusations the American Government has made the rains have denied it they say it is outrageous that the americans would even suggest they rein in government is behind anything like this because the Iranian Revolutionary guard are all along with the navy is in charge of the security of the strait of hormuz and that this is a very vital area for the Islamic Republic now the iranians have said the events of thursday morning are alarming but also it looks even more alarming is the fact that the American Government was so quick to point the finger at the iranians without any substantial evidence for the time being the main iranians maintain that they will not be pressured into any kind of negotiation despite all the attempts made by the American Government for them to come to the negotiating table. Of comments and statements coming in on this most recently the United Nations secretary general and the arab league chief of both weighed in and james has been hearing from them at the u. N. In new york james. Yes kemal 2 secretaries general talking about this when they met together the secretary general of the arab league will gates say said that he was concerned about the situation and concerned about irans role in this incident and its role in the region generally the u. N. Secretary general antonio could terrorists somewhat surprised the reporters including myself were in the room when he said he hadnt seen the video that was released by the pentagon has been broadcast around the world he then went on to say he thought there should be an independent International Investigation but he said his hands were tied he didnt have the power to set one up that would have to be set up by the u. N. Security council he also said there should be high Level Mediation but again he added this. Obviously the office of the secretary general always available but the office of the secretary general without the mandates on the bodies of the u. N. Can only be an exercise that with the full agreement of the parties. So the section of the United Nations seems to be putting limits on his own possible actions and its worth telling you that not limits that are laid out specifically in the uns governing document the un charter he seems to interpret this document in a way that means he cant really do very much without getting the Security Council involved im getting them to come to a unified position to authorize him to take action and i think he knows that its not going to happen any time soon because already weve seen on this issue the u. N. Security council appears to be deeply divided thank you james bays and from new york we had to washington his kempley how could our White House Correspondent anything further from the corridors of power in washington kimberly. Well we have had a readout from the white house apparently u. S. President donald trump having a phone call earlier with shinzo abbay the japanese leader where the 2 talked about the recent developments but provided very few details of course it was since abi that was president in tehran when these attacks occurred trying to deescalate tensions between the United States and iran donald trump also making a birthday telephone call it is his birthday today he phoned in to his favorite fox and Friends Program program here in the United States this favorable to Donald Trumps white house where he was asked about the attacks hes called iran a nation of terror says he doesnt take what has happened lately that i can tell you iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat the mine in the video had to run written all over it referring to that video that the United States has put forward and made public alleging this is proof that iran was behind the attacks on the tape. Kearse not everybody in the United States feeling that way feeling somewhat nervous that the rush to judgment by the Trump White House of particularly since we saw the u. S. Secretary of state coming out accusing iran of trying to disrupt the flow of oil in the strait of hormuz and saying that this is a blatant assault on the United States and its interests and it would defend itself against iranian aggression so certainly many are feeling that this could be a response to the aggressive maximum Pressure Campaign that the United States has been ramping up for some time but again feeling very nervous about the quick rush to judgment and the putting forward of socalled intelligence that many people in the United States believe is not in any way conclusive that iran is behind these attacks ok thank you kimberly how in washington now just on with us from washington the executive director of the arab center on skype for us kind and nice to see you as kimberly outlines that there the u. S. Or should we really say the white house the trumpet ministration is pushing this adamant adamant line that this was wrong do you see or do you anticipate any pushback from that from any other quarters in washington. Definitely even though there is broad condemnation in washington in terms of the possibility that iran has actually conducted these attacks in the gulf. There are some serious up against it here in town at least on 2 counts i would say the 1st is directly related to what is perceived as a premature accusation by the administration with the highest level whether by the president or particularly the secretary of state. They laid the blame totally on iran without necessarily sharing any evidence particularly with congress and that is raising some doubts in the media and in the halls of congress and a 2nd one with regards to the fear that this incident even though the evidence is not totally gathered yet. And it could lead to some b. H. In military wise without producing the evidence for that yeah i think kimberly said this earlier today theres that feeling amongst some that theyre watching an old movie here from 2002 leading into the iraq war of 2003 with questionable intelligence took the u. S. Into conflict i mean i dont want to jump the gun at all that there is that familiar feeling isnt it. Feeling and frankly its not just going back to 2003 in terms of earlier confrontations with iran but even more recently in terms of the administration itself i mean you know you. Find listening to the secretary of state discuss or base his allegations intelligence assessment this is the same secretary of state and the same ministration turned down and despised assessments of the intelligence agencies of the United States just a few months back when