Territorial waters he says it proves iran acted in selfdefense its a point that irans ambassador to the u. N. Magid tucker of and she makes in a letter to secretary general antonio good terrorists and to the current president of the Un Security Council in the letter he says the drone was in full stealth mode as it turned off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear spying operation despite repeated radio warnings it entered into the iranian air space where the air Defense System of the Islamic Republic of iran acting under article 51. 00 of the United Nations charter targeted the intruding aircraft at 4 o 5 hours in the letter iran says the drone was in the air for almost 4 hours it says it doesnt want a war but it reserves the right take any necessary measures against hostile acts it wants the International Community to respond so far though no meeting of the u. N. Security council has been scheduled jamesburg out 0 of the United Nations planned tomorrow head on the hour to 0 hour including hundreds of thousands free conflicts in the dead. Product republic of congo we report from the Refugee Center and we bring you gandhi plus. Im going to be reporting from northeast in thailand where we tell you why the people here use the rockets as a way of saying thank you. And an upset for the world number one peter the action is the top tennis players prepare for wimbledon. But 1st the saudi u. A. E. Led Coalition Fighting in yemen says that targeted the rebel sides in the port city of her data the attack was in response to a drone strike on the saudi city of. A day does yemens main entry point for a delivery last month the food these pulled out of the order as part of a u. N. Brokered deal on the World Food Program says it has partially suspended its aid program in yemen it toms afterwards failed to reach an agreement with with the rebels on how to deliver food to yemens most vulnerable the u. N. Agency has complained that some of its Food Assistance has been diverted since the start of the war the w f p has been feeding more than 10000000 people there every month. Judges in britain have ruled that government leaders broke the law by allowing arms sales to saudi arabia activists argued there was a clear risk that weapons used in the war in yemen violated human rights laws were discovered ments must now evaluate how and where its weapons exports to saudi arabia are used barker reports from london. British weapons sales to saudi arabia currently engaged in a war in yemen a lot for the verdict of one of britains highest courts. The case was brought by the campaign against arms trade it says the government license arms sales to saudi despite a risk that weapons could be used to kill civilians the u. K. Government has played an utterly shameful role in this terrible war from day one its time to end to end the policies which have allowed was arms sales to continue for so long the ruling doesnt mean the u. K. Has to stop selling weapons to saudi but it does mean the government will need to scrutinize what british may weapons are used for the government says it will challenge the ruling and free issuing any new arms export licenses to saudi while it considers the decision we disagree with the judgment and the secret mission to appeal alongside this we are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for Decision Making while we do this we will not grant any new licenses for export to saudi arabia and its Coalition Partners which might be used in the conflict in yemen son yemen october 26th and the aftermath of an airstrike on a Community Hall the building was packed with civilians attending a funeral when the airstrike happened 140 people died the Saudi ArabianLed Coalition later admitted it launched the attack claiming wrong information. Since the start of the yemen conflict in 2015 the u. K. Slice and 6000000000. 00 in arms sales to saudi including fighter jets and precision guided me. Exports the core believes of course indiscriminate. Saudi arabia says the deployment to produce may weapons in yemen is legitimate and that only iran stands to benefit from ending british weapons exports to saudi. Public scrutiny of british arms exports to saudi has been growing in recent years the governments under mounting pressure to prioritize yemen spiraling humanitarian crisis but the u. K. Also has lucrative weapons deals to protect British Defense company b. A e systems makes 15 percent of its annual profits from sales to saudi 13000000000. 00 deal to sell 48. 00 euros fine to typhoon jets the country is pending the ruling also has implications on other countries that sell weapons to saudi including problems. Of its sales to the kingdom by 30 percent and 28. 00. The death toll in yemen is nearing 100000 people it is time secam pain is for britain to stem the flow of weapons and put people before profits. London well the u. S. Senate has. This support for. A handful of republicans joined democrats in voting to block a 1000000000. 00 an arms sales to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and other countries john hendren reports. Disapproval in the u. S. Senate republican firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way it used to be with key support from Lindsey Graham and a handful of other republicans the senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia you cannot have a strategic relationship the United States. And behave. In a fashion that shows no respect for Human Dignity no respect for international norms. President trump is certain to veto the measure and its not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u. S. Facing a potential military conflict with iran the Senate Republican leader says it is no time to abandon a key regional ally so the question the senate will soon consider is really those whether will lash out at an imperfect partner and undercut our own efforts to build cooperation shock around and achieve other important goals or whether well keep our imperfect part of clothes and use our influence are there any for a majority of senators the answer was to punish the Worlds Largest arms importer in the resolution is passed it was a protest over saudi agents killing of german an american resident in journalist for the Washington Post always so blind to the malign influence of saudi arabia that we just give money and weapons to anybody regardless of what they do you can chop up a dissident you can cut a dissident into pieces without bone saw and will still give you weapons it was also a protest over the killing of civilians by the saudi immorality Led Military Coalition using american weapons in the war in yemen ideas are bombs that are dropping on those civilians. We cannot morally continue to support such a still. The vote might not be veto proof but it sends a message to trump into the crown prince of saudi arabia that neither the threat of a conflict with iran nor a long Standing Alliance are enough for the u. S. Senate to turn a blind eye toward it john hendry 0 washington. Another day of protests is underway in hong kong with hundreds staging a sit in around government buildings to continue the fight against a suspended extradition bill the government headquarters has been closed as crowds gathered there calling for the resignation of hong kongs leader many have dressed in black to honor protester who died after falling from a scaffold on saturday mass demonstrations have been held over the past fortnight against a bill which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to Mainland China for a trial robin wright is joining us from hong kong were looking at the life picture of protesters out in front of the government building rob tell us what youre seeing. Thats right there in the crowd here is probably several 1000 people now as you mentioned that the idea was that this demonstration being called by student groups and also social online groups was meant to bring the government to a standstill completely surround these Central Government offices in the Legislative Council in a way thats been prevented by the government by bringing it self to a standstill they basically have given their workers the day off today also suspended the workings of the Legislative Council here so that has probably reduced the numbers of students turning out its very good natured the organizers are still have to be careful because of course if this demonstration does lead to roads being blocked then they could make themselves liable to prosecution so theyve been finding all sorts of in. Ingenious creative ways euphemisms if you like of calling people out to demonstrate what we were attending this morning this friday morning here is an all Day Breakfast across in the park other protesters have been calling people to come out for a picnic and this friday evening in hong kong yet another group is calling for people to come out for what they are terming an annual dinner always of making their voices heard having a protest without being prosecuted very how much momentum would you say this this protest Movement Still has rob. Its difficult to say you do get a sense during that at the moment we are reaching some kind of hiatus interestingly the organizers have not called for another mass rally part of the problem is of course that how do you beat 2000000 people if you do call another mass rally and you get a 1000000 or a 1000000 and a half people coming out thats still a vast number but it would be considered something of an anticlimax so the problem is trying to work out just where you go from here the organizers are calling for big numbers again on july 1st that is the Public Holiday in hong kong it is also that commemorates the handing back of hong kong to chinese rule and it is traditionally a day of protest but between now and then its difficult to see exactly what the organizers will do they have organized events like this other groups are calling for awareness campaigns and so on but part of the problem for the protesters is that the reason of their protest the cools that has got people out onto the streets in such numbers has somewhat been diffused by the government itself of course by suspending this extradition bill for the moment at least the government has backed off and stop trying to push this controversial legislation through the Legislative Council here during. Thank you. North koreas leader says hes waiting for a positive move from the u. S. To get stalled clear talks back on track comments reported by the Chinese State media were made as kim jong un chinas president xi jinping to pyongyang for a state visit reports. Its a visit its been a Long Time Coming but was only confirmed on monday the welcoming ceremony for president xi jinping and 1st lady punk came with military honors and seamless pageantry Chinese State media said peon yang was awash with exuberance. A reception that possibly exceeded anything she could even expect in his own country. The last time a chinese head of state was here was 14 years ago a reflection of a relationship that in recent years has often been strained mainly over north Koreas Nuclear bomb and missile development. So i think this is about repairing the relationship between pyongyang in beijing which has been very rocky area since. Korea. And the 1st wave having its about that in the shorter term about. North korea and china getting on the same page. With the u. S. Which have installed president she said the International Community wants those negotiations to succeed and china is willing to help during the past 15 months hes met kim 4 times in china but this was their 1st encounter since kim met u. S. President donald trump in hanoi 4 months ago which ended without any agreement on north Korean Nuclear disarmament officially president xi is in pyongyang because its 70 years since china and north korea established diplomatic relations but the visits also happening just days before hes due to meet the u. S. President donald trump who so far been unable to persuade kim to give up his Nuclear Arsenal but a former Senior North Korean diplomat believes kim is using she as a messenger to pass on a new offer to try the could end the impasse they want to use the presidencies in as a kind of maybe in g 20 brzezinskis in ping use coming to our joe pan next week and president season playing may deliver this new offer directly to President Trump so now its up to President Trump were there she would accept this new proposal or not so shes visit to pyongyang appears timely what happens here could well determine the outcome of his planned meetings with President Trump next weekend adrian brown aljazeera asia. Still ahead on the i was there a news hour. Im gabriels on to Portland Maine in the ford northeast of the United States where this gymnasium has been turned into a makeshift shelter for Asylum Seekers from africa that story coming up. 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Hellers the clear up from recent floods is still going on in Southern China but the next well survey in georgia developing i think it will be in a different place you can see from the satellite picture the likelihood of showers in Southern China but this is where its gallery thats of course a seasonal rain so it tends to produce very big big downpours by a life in shanghai westwards towards sichuan seems likely the darker green the heavier potential rainfall it is drifting south youll notice and be on saturday could indeed reach hong kong but up until that point you should be dry if overall the humidity is that hes 3 degrees now saso that not so many showers much of the images taken of the atmosphere over china this time the year so funny dry in the philippines particularly new song and probably good news its drawing now on in the forecast the summer as the good part of borneo java and bali this massive green here yes thats rain is hitting something vietnam heading towards Southern Thailand singapore your your chance of showers has certainly increased as a singapore more so than elsewhere i would like to say the same for the monsoon rains of india but as you know they are late you could say theyve failed so far as a result its still pretty hot inland and was to waiting for the writing to show itself. 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Down low again the top stories on the aljazeera news hour President Donald Trump was called the downing of an american drone over the strait of hormuz a very big mistake washington says these Surveillance Drones flying at High Altitude in International Airspace 34 kilometers off the coast of the wrong when it was hit by a surface to air missile. In the wrong as foreign minister on the other hand says the drone to a call from the u. A. E. Was shot down by the revolutionary guard violated iranian airspace they say it was him a bar and foremost down province in southern iran. Another day of protests is underway right now in hong kong where hundreds of demonstrators are staging a sit in iran government buildings to continue the fight against a suspended extradition go. Dozens have been injured in violent demonstrations in georgias capital Tbilisi Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to protesters who tried to storm the parliament they were angry after visiting russian politician who was allowed to address the house. Reports. Thousands of protesters trying to storm the georgian palm and incensed by the presence of russian politician surrogate gavrilov earlier inside. The protestors faced off right police and then pushed into retreat. The cycle repeating much of the night leaving Dozens Injured and we must go on not to allow these guys but they have nothing. To hold you to but she. Was. The shoes of the week and so now these protesters along with some opposition politicians want snap elections tensions were already running high on thursday as Sergey Gavrilov who was visiting as part of an Assembly Petitions from Orthodox Christian countries addressed the parliament in russian something that many in this forum was soviet republic fall that acceptable but this is the expression of the this was version of the brothers to shelter they are one that will not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate rationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this dormant for the last 7 and 20 percent of Georgia State tree has been under an illegal Russian Military occupation after a war in 2008 moscow recognized the satyr. As independent states and set up on its military bases that the 2 countries havent had any diplomatic ties sense and most influence in a country which wants to join the European Union and nato is often a flashpoint in georgias domestic politics russia there are doubts if it plays in. In the east old historic territories members of the russian duma and its another question whether the revised actual parliament because theres no opposition there with the. Individuals you know of you must not have been allowed into georgian territory. Still just Prime Minister is blaming the opposition for those. Things radical Political Forces are behind what happened its Deputy Foreign minister says russia will keep trying to do nice relations with georgia thats something these protest is will do anything to fight Priyanka Gupta on to syria. Saudi arabia has been added to a list of countries that have failed to meet minimum u. S. And trafficking standards thats according to an annual report from the u. S. State departments frozen jordan has more. The u. S. Government is calling on other countries to more vigorously enforce their anti trafficking laws the secretary of state Michael Pollan peo said this isnt just an expectation but there will be consequences if other countries dont do more to address the problem last year president represented to certain types of assistance to 22 countries that were ranked 4 tear 3 in our 2018 to proport that action and the message that flows where that is very clear if you dont stand up to traffic that america will stand up to you a notable shift on the list this year saudi arabia it had been on the tier 2 watch list for the past several years but the u. S. Assessment is that saudi arabia has not addressed the problem of trafficking within its borders and so it has been downgraded to tier 3 its worth pointing out however that saudi arabia is not on the list of countries that employ child soldiers even though the report does note multiple media reports indicating that sudanese teenagers have been employed in the civil war in yemen. Protesters in sudan have returned to the streets demanding an immediate transfer of power to a civilian government theyve rejected calls for its office by the military theyre calling for justice after Security Forces killed dozens of activists in an attack on june the 3rd. Investigating the crackdown and the African Union has been meeting in ethiopia to try to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis is more from. What to do in sudan were at the African Union headquarters in ethiopia where different regional neighbors and other International Powers are meeting to try to decide what they think is best to happen within sudan so this meeting is closed to the media but i was able to speak to the former ethiopian ambassador to egypt whos part of the negotiations here i asked him how the negotiations are going so far he said that he is on mute ethiopia has said that what they think is best would be to have a civilian led Transitional Government on the other hand we have egypt who are very important in all of these negotiations so egypt chair you and what they have voiced is that they would prefer a military Transitional Government so why is this all important why is this coming to a head will on wednesday egads a regional bloc here in africa they met sudan is also a member of that though they were not present at the meeting but they met in the agreed that what they think as a regional bloc that would be best for sudan would be to have a civilian led Transitional Government so those members are now inside a you meeting with a u. Members trying to not only convince egypt but that a you as a whole for what they think should be done within sudan now even with a unified voice there can only be political pressure from these groups within sudan any real change would have to come from within the country hundreds of thousands of people who are fleeing their homes in the democratic republic of congo because of interest an exciting around 4000. 00 kong ollies have crossed the border into uganda this month alone or with. A reception sons or were aid agencies are struggling to cope with the new arrivals. After days of running the taba family arrived in uganda they say the village in the democratic republic of congo was burnt down and attackers with machetes hacked to death some of the neighbors the survivors walked for days trying to reach lake albert which forms the border with uganda across the one of africas largest lakes it was frightening. We spent the night at the sure hoping to cross in the morning but when we set off with our boat and then did up in hostile territory people started shooting at us and we ran away and eventually found our way here. Another danger is ebola the virus has killed at least 1400 congolese since the latest outbreak began last august Ugandan Health workers on high alert to stop its spread every person the screened so far they have been no cases of the virus reported in this area. The refugees are then brought to this Reception Center with a given temporary shelter and food paid for by the ugandan government the u. N. And International Donors many families have been sent and they they say they are desperate and when they present. Given. The names of the list they then proceed to the table over here way they get a basic meal. Its called the last name and also given. Enough to keep them for a few hours until the next meal this will likely be in the evening. Benighted nations has more than 300000 people have been displaced by into Ethnic Violence in North Eastern areas of the d. L. C. Since the beginning of this month most are state to be fleeing into ethnic conflict between him and linda groups the fighting is about access to farmland as well as gold oil and gas resources. Already this month aid workers say nearly 4000. 00 a few genes have arrived in uganda so. Something that we we realize that we are now seeing like in me were having. Children below 18 so we had no yet to understand what is happening so our protection. Leaves trying to dig out and understand what was the problem and what is the problem really. Uganda has more than a 1000000 other refugees from neighboring countries such as south sudan when your rivals from the. Following in the footsteps already limited resources how do because aljazeera uganda. A court in hungary has sentenced for human traffickers to life in prison over the deaths of 71. 00 refugees and migrants the bodies a fisty 9 men 8 women and 4 children were found inside an abandoned truck off an austrian highway in 2015 they had suffocated to death inside an airtight refrigerated vehicle while being transported from hungary to germany u. S. Immigration Officials Say theyve seen a surge over the past week in the number of Asylum Seekers from Subsaharan Africa crossing its southern border theyre unsure whats behind the trends. Visited an Emergency Shelter in the state of maine. It was not a choice but rather a matter of survival to his native democratic republic of congo he tells me Police Officers back home stabbed him in the stomach mistakenly thinking he was taking part in antigovernment protests. He decided the danger was too much for him and his family earlier this year they left the d. R. C. Boarding a boat for south america in search of a better life in the u. S. At one point they walked through the jungles of colombia for 7 days with no food fish mistook i mean of a we were very hungry and all our food ran out so i would grab a banana off a tree and start a fire and cook the banana eat and kill the hunger so me and my children were able to sleep thats all we had. As 8 year old daughter jessica witness something along the journey that no child should ever have to see and like stand men. One night people were trying to cross a river but the water was strong some people die i saw this. Nearly 5 months later this is now home a few cots in a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium in Portland Maine 3700 kilometers from the southern border at last count this Emergency Shelter is also home to 223 other Asylum Seekers all from Subsaharan Africa most of the d. R. C. And angola theyve all arrived in the last week and requested to come to portland while there are a silent cases are being reviewed. This gymnasium is now completely full there are beds everywhere during the day the migrants usually leave here go out into the city and try to find work outside the shelter we find this man a 31 year old taxi driver also from the d. R. See it was been in portland for a levon months but still is not legally permitted to work. But im still waiting for my documents to be able to work and make my life better without work its a little hard so right now i am volunteering at a place in exchange for a place to stay with children and some food and he says his dream is for his daughter to be able to go to college someday. A human drama playing out in real time far from the southern border but with families from africa just seeking peace gabriel assad aljazeera Portland Maine. The leaders of the e. U. Have failed to reach an agreement on who will take the blocks top jobs pointed to head the European Commission will steer the e. U. For the next 5 years on issues including Monetary Policy migration and trade leaders will meet again at the end of the month to try to reach a consensus greece and cyprus have urged the e. U. To issue sanctions against turkey after it deployed a 2nd drilling ship off the north east coast of cyprus the vessel is looking for oil and gas and what cyprus says is its territory john says more from nicosia the Greek Cypriot leaders and not been saying what they expect action at the european summit underway in brussels yes if a new summer like we agreed to prepare the ground at the european summit and take the appropriate decisions even going so far as to impose sanctions against turkey if it is proven that there has been drilling inside the city breaks loose of Economic Zone turkey says its drilling ship has started exploring the sea floor in an area 45 nautical miles west of cyprus its far from the areas cyprus has licensed Multinational Oil companies to explore but still within a 200. 00