A protest against President Donald Trump support the Saudi Crown Prince and solomon john hendren reports now from the u. S. Capitol congressional disapproval in the u. S. Senate republican firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack in 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 trump ally Lindsey Graham and a handful of other republicans this 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 partners close and use our employees are there any sense 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. An american resident in journalist for the Washington Post a we 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 sale and 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 its allies john hendry 0 washington. And saudi arabia is also being sanctioned by the United States of a people trafficking the state department is out of the kingdom and cuba to the list of countries failing to meet minimum standards also in jordan reports from washington. 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 to certain types of assistance to 22 countries that were ranked for tear 3 in our 2018 to proport. That action and the message that goes where that is very clear if you dont stand up to traffic 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. Now buddhists in northeastern thailand and neighboring laos is celebrating what may be the loudest event of the year its meant to give thanks to the gods and involves firing rockets into the sky forcing some areas to declare no fly zones aljazeera as wayne hay reports. Thank the people here each rocket sent to the skies is a high velocity missile to the gods theyre not meant as aggressive or threatening symbols but are instead explosive gestures of gratitude some festivals in this region are about wishing for good luck at the start of what they hope will be a bountiful wit season for. This one in roy its northeast thailand is about saying thank you to the gods for answering prayers made at a nearby buddhist temple. My prison wishes were answered thats why i launched a rocket today its a tradition that if you get what you want you launch a rocket to one of the gods and spirits. People like not to pay almost 500. 00 for someone to build them rockets but there are no qualified rocket scientists here just secrets and techniques passed from generation to generation chachi one see so on for example is an electrician for most of the year. Its like my Family Business my uncle was the one who asked me to help him out and its been more than 8 years that Start Building rockets once to fester wars of a a go back to my full time job in bangkok. At this festival there are 2 sizes of rockets and as well as the religious theme theres a sporting side to it there are prizes for the longest flight time with the winning larger rockets spending around 7 minutes in the air before crashing back to earth hopefully in an uninhabited field but increasingly its also become about gambling with money betting on whether rockets are launched smoothly or spiral out of control the noise is deafening the smoke is choking and its dangerous but people come in their thousands. Its a frenetic scene here there are hundreds of rockets launched over the course of the day the largest of which are packed with 200 kilograms of propellant. Safety doesnt appear to be a main priority but everyone has a good time those who take part say that determined to preserve the festival where once a year everyone becomes an expert on flight and some really do become rocket scientists wayne hay Al Jazeera Roy it thailand. Well i have from the copa america. Put up a fight against japans young samurai. I dont get time to support his father adrian thank you so macho it was a night of drama in new york as the 29000 n. B. A. Draft took place with the new orleans public and getting the number one overall pick. With the 1st in the 2019 n. B. A. Draft the new Orleans Pelicans sound really. Dry and williamson is the reigning quality basketball player of the year the balcones hope the 18 year old from Duke University the new face of the franchise after they traded apne davis to the l. A. Lakers last week. You know those little kids you say you want to go see a m. B. A. You know people basically say you got to late have a plan b. Because the chance of doing is little to none and for me to be selected number one. I mean are there can jimena better than the earlier you spoke to robert le towel of black Sports Online he told us how williamson can possibly help the pelicans become n. B. A. Contenders. And williamson is been kind of a viral sensation going auto him back to his high school is probably the most hyped n. B. A. Draft prospects since you know right james going to duke only china elevated his presence within the media the general fans out there in just a general audience in general so him being drafted number one by the pelicans was not a surprise but you know it really shows how much attention hes got and probably over the last you know 2 or 3 years hes increased or decreased the ratings in College Basketball last year and just by going to the pallet games hes increased their profile and increase the value of their franchise just just right after the draft. The 32nd africa cup of nations kicks off later on friday with hosts egypt taking on zimbabwe in cairo this years event will be the 1st time the tournament has been held in the Northern Hemisphere summer but a change was introduced so that european based players like egypt and Liverpools Mohamed Salah can play out the combinations without missing any games for their clubs the tournament is also the biggest afrikan ever with 24. 00 teams set to take ways. Now to the copa america where favorites year why were held 222 draw by turning gets japan japan bounced back from their 4 nil loss to chile in their group c. Opener she opened the scoring in the 24th minutes. 5 minutes later youre why star luis suarez levelled the score from the penalty spot after a controversial decision by the video assistant referee. You know she came back for his 2nd to give his team the lead again. But the 15 time Cohen America champions of werent ready to give up just yet jose jimenez squared things off with a header of why are top of the world. When she moved in with them into the move in the 2nd half with so many chances and even hit the crossbar couple times our players showed that fighting spirit to avoid defeat they tried to win the game even though things were complicated its never easy to fight back twice and negative result against a very good team and today theyve demonstrated that. Former liverpool striker Fernando Torres has announced his retirement from football the 35 year old spaniard who left Athletico Madrid last year to join japanese side sagan toshi who had ended has ended in 18 year long career he scored 81 goals across 4 seasons with liverpool and won the Champions League Europa League and f. A. Cup with Chelsea Torres also won both a world cup in 2010 and the 22008 European Championship with spain. Welcome stages of the womens world cup in france begins on saturday with 16 teams vying for a spot in the next round on thursday the defending champions the usa finished top of their group with 3 wins out of 3 they were 2 no winners over sweden thanks to goals for Lindsay Horan and tell them he and Britains Andy Murray has made a winning return to action at the Queens Club Championships in london the 3 time grand slam champion is back after 6 months out following hip surgery he wants 1st round doubles match playing partner for the state and. Yeah i mean it was really him to just be on the court pain free. And enjoying playing we had we had a great match today really nice atmosphere and yet most important thing is that for me any was back on the court healthy no pain and in my head and i didnt really think about it much when when i was there on a kind of slippery grass course so. I was up there. 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Meanwhile Iranian State media released pictures of what it says are fragments of wreckage from the drove. Down in jordan this is our live from doha also coming up thousands turn out on the streets of hong kong determined to see a controversial extradition bill completely scrapped. Dozens are injured as protesters in georgia angry over a visiting russian politician tried to force their way into parliament. Welcome to the program a tense standoff continues between the u. S. And iran following the downing of an american surveillance drone in the strait of hormuz u. S. Media reports say President Trump ordered air strikes against military targets in iran but then later changed his mind or terence denying reports it was warned of an immediate attack and given a deadline to agree to engage in talks reports say planes were in the yeah and ships deployed until the order was given for them to stand down while the intended targets of the morning raid were believed to be radar and missile batteries inside iran. Called the downing of the drone a very big mistake meanwhile u. S. Congressional leaders are calling for a robust response but theyre also telling the president to act with caution the pentagon has released what it says was the flight path of the drone the u. S. Says it was flying at High Altitude in International Airspace but it was hit by a surface to air missile but iran. As disputed where the incident took place the countrys foreign minister has released his own version of a map saying the drone was intercepted after it violated iranian airspace well the British Airways quantas and rerouted their flight paths in the gulf after the u. S. Federal Aviation Administration the f. A. A. Ordered all u. S. Operators to do the same. Standing by for us in tehran but 1st lets go straight to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. Kimberly has there been any response from the white house yet to this dramatic New York Times report that donald trump 1st authorized air strikes on iran then cancel them as the planes were actually in the air. No response from the white house or the pentagon it is still very early here in washington and i expect that sort of there is an attempt to at least craft some sort of public response under way but there are a lot of questions as americans are waking up here in the United States about why this occurred why these planes were reportedly in the air and then abruptly pulled back its not clear why the u. S. President donald trump changed his mind but of course he would be the one that would make that order whether he simply changed his mind or if there was some sort of strategic reason for this pulling back now its very clear and when donald trump spoke in the oval office less than 24 hours ago as he was seated by the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he was in some sort of an internal battle with regard to how to respond to the downing of that United States drone by iran the president seemed to be on the one hand talking very tough in social media saying iran had made a big mistake but as he spoke in the oval office he seemed to indicate that it was not a strike that he wanted but in stead discussions he seemed to signal that he and remind his voters that he had promised to get out of foreign wars then of course he had those discussions with congressional leaders who also know the American Public does not have an appetite for war so it appears the president is trying to talk tough perhaps even getting those planes in the air to send a signal to iran that hes willing to use them but at the same time still using leaving some room for those discussions to take place discussions we know he wants very badly given the fact that following his state visit to japan he sent shinzo up a the japanese leader to tehran conveying that message so it seems as if the president is once again trying to start talks with iran while continuing to put on the very ethical atory maximum Pressure Campaign that the unite. It states has been waging against iran for quite some time and kimberly just briefly yesterday we heard from democrats and republicans on their reactions to the downing of the u. S. Drone so what sort of political wind is blowing on capitol hill right now in terms of how to deal with iran. Well this is not north korea this is different well there was certainly some push for donald trump to in many ways be much stronger with the north Korean Leader kim jong un at the same time they were relieved when the fire and fury died down but considering the sort of regional importance of iran particularly visa vi israel and the fact that the u. S. Congress washington is very much in partnership if you will with supporting the Strategic Systems Strategic Interests of israel concerned about its existence will threats that it may be facing this one is different there seems to be more of a willingness to back some of the more hawkish approaches of the trumpet ministration including the thoughts of National Security advisor john bolton and the secretary of state might come pale but there is also this awareness in congress that number one Congress Must decide if there can be conflict in this administration would need to seek its authorization and number 2 that there is not the same appetite for conflict that there may have been from the American People 20 years ago. Bears reminding that the American Public is still very angry that it was led into the u. S. Invasion of iraq with faulty intelligence and there is a lot of questioning going on in washington about the intelligence that is being used thus far to make the case that iran continues to be a threat at least to u. S. Interests so this is the message that the president is getting it is certainly a very controversial what and perhaps that is also making his calculations that much more difficult or it can be held at the in washington d. C. Kimberly thank you for that lets cross about to do so jabari she joins us live now from the iranian capital tehran do so in the last hour the iranian media has released what it says of pictures of fragments of the u. S. Surveillance drone that was shot down what more can you tell us. Thats right there in the state t. V. Reporters were invited to an undisclosed revolutionary guard military base in the capital where they displayed the wreckage of this drone that was shot down now the head of the revolutionary guards Aerospace Division conducted live interviews on state t. V. And he said that the details that he gave about the incidents where very specific and he basically censured laid out what happened according to the rainy and officials in the military in that in the south of the country on that thursday morning lets hear some of what he had to say hope that was as in the past our armed forces have showed that our National Security is our red line and we wont let our land be a place for Foreign Forces for trespassing twice we gave warning to this drone this drone has a system that transfers the messages to its base and unfortunately they didnt respond and for the last time we gave a warning and when it continued into our territory it was shot down and door so whats being made there of these reports from the Reuters News Agency is saying that the u. S. Sent a message to irans leaders via amman overnight asking for talks. Well there are weve placed a number of calls to various officials and the response we got back was from the iranian supreme National Security council and they have categorically denied the reuters reports they have said that it is not true when that there was been no message the liver to irans Supreme Leader by anyone from the oman side and that all the accounts that theyve had that weve been hearing is not true now its interesting to note that this is not the 1st time the u. S. Has attempted to reach out to the Supreme Leader just last week japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe was in tehran he met with the Supreme Leader where he said he had a message from donald trump and the Supreme Leader said that there was no response given he didnt deserve a response the radian leadership is not interested in having any more dialogue with the American Administration based on what they say is their untrustworthy behavior in the past and thats of course referring to the u. S. Withdrawal from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement of last year and theyre saying all the instability thats escalated in this region is as a result of the u. S. Policies and the pressure that theyre putting on iran something they say that very unjust and theyre calling it the sanctions that have been imposed on iran theyre referring to that as economic terrorism inside the country and that is something on all fronts the military and the establishment here theyre saying that they will remain guard their country and their its borders then thats a red line for them and all this rhetoric is not something that will deter iran from its path to do so jabari there in tehran do so thank you. All the United States and boy on iran has said its important to do Everything Possible to deescalate tensions with iran brian who is in the saudi capital riyadh to meet with the kingdoms Deputy Defense minister during a News Conference hope said iran should meet u. S. Diplomacy with diplomacy no military force. Our maximum Pressure Campaign against the Islamic Republic of iran is working iran is feeling the effects of our maximum Pressure Campaign. Its very clear i was able to tour a display of weapons iranian weapons that have been interdicted. In saudi arabia and this is a display that the entire world needs to see we have a similar display in washington d. C. At our department of defense and it is it is without a doubt that irans efforts to use surrogates that they organize train and equip to attack saudi arabia and to destabilize the region needs to be countered. Meanwhile irans ambassador to the u. N. Has called for the International Community to demand the u. S. End what he calls its unlawful and destabilizing measures in the gulf our diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the u. N. In new york they apply their finding it on the iranians are determined to persuade the International Community that theyre the ones telling the truth in addition to the broadcast of this video which the Iranian Press t. V. Says was filmed by the Islamic Republics revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u. S. Military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand drawn map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking iranian 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 airspace where the air Defense System of the Islamic Republic of iran acting under article 51 of the United Nations charter targeted the intruding aircraft at 4 o 5 hours