We as fishermen are not going to stop saving people even if the tunisian politicians are getting pressure from europe. Despite the incredible danger there will be many who will take a boat from libya just to get to the other side of the Mediterranean Sea in the hope of finding a better life in europe theres absolutely no guarantee that they will even survive the journey and those who dont make it will invariably wind up washed up in this part of the 2 missing coast. This is the makeshift so a tree where the bodies of the dead are laid to rest the graves of the children who drowned at sea identifiable by the small mounds with his own resources shops a dean also tends to the graves and make sure that the victims have a proper burial a final acknowledgement for those who died nameless on a foreign shore with nothing more than hope to guide them so. The u. S. Senate has voted to block 8000000000. 00 in arms sales to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and other countries a handful of republicans joined democrats in whats being seen as a protest against President Donald Trump support for Saudi Crown Prince for havent been silent john hendren reports from washington were 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 the senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia you can art 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 Longstanding Alliance are enough for the u. S. Senate to turn a blind eye toward its allies john hendry zira washington. Stand well back is the advice a buddhist festivals that are currently underway in thailand and neighboring laos low flying aircraft and birds are advised to keep clear 2 way to hate this but to see why. Crew the people here each rocket sent to the skies is a high velocity message to the gods theyre not meant as aggressive or threatening symbols but on stated 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 whit season for farmers this one in roy its northeast thailand is about saying thank you to the gods for answering prayers made at a nearby buddhist temple. And my prayers and wishes were answered thats why i launched the rocket today its a tradition that if you get what you want you launch a rocket to all of the gods and spirits. People like not to pay almost 500. 00 for someone to build the rockets but there are no qualified rocket scientists here just secrets and techniques passed from generation to generation chacha one seesawing for example is an electrician for most of the year now. Its like my Family Business my uncle was the one who asked me to help him and its been more than 8 years that Start Building rockets once to fester wars of i 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 bet 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. As far as safety doesnt appear to be a main priority but everyone has a good time those who take. To preserve the face to wit once a year everyone becomes an expert on flight and some really do become rocket scientists wayne hey al jazeera. Just ahead. The africa cup of nations. Is just a few. Back. To a i. Am. Thankful. Hello again top of the sport his photo thank you so much the africa cup of nations is facing more chaos before its even kicked off the Zimbabwe Team are threatening to boycott the opening game against egypt due to a pay dispute theyre demanding to be paid their allowance for this event along with match he still owed to them from a regional tournament last month comes a day after footballs governing body pfieffer effectively took control of the game on the continent ahead of african football is being investigated by the fee for ethics committee. Well this years event will be the 1st time the tournaments has been held in the Northern Hemisphere summer the date change was introduced so that european based players like egypt and liverpools muhammad salo could play at the cup of nations without missing any games for their clubs the tournament is also the biggest afcon ever with 24. 00 teams set to take part in the homes of egypt are well prepared for this tournament and in the last 2 months weve produced very good forwards and this is a huge boost for us the games gave us the confidence and we will show that on the pitch in the championship or weve picked out for players to watch over the next 5 weeks in egypt no surprises of find most on this list the egypt star has had a great season for his Club Liverpool scoring in the final as the reds won the Champions League that stop is sell as Liverpool Team made to. The senegal forward was joint top scorer with in last seasons English Premier League with 22. 00 goals moroccos hachim z yes she was one of the stars for i. X. In their run to the Champions League semifinals last season the 26 year old scored 14 goals in 25 games for his country finally we have nigerian striker o. D. I. Gallo the 30 year old who plays in china was a top scorer in afghan qualifying with 7 goals to the copa america where favorites year why were held to a 22 draw by tournaments guests in japan japan bounced back from their 4 no loss to chile in their group c. Opener. Open the scoring in the 24th minute. Just minutes later luis suarez levelled the score from the pound spot after a controversial decision by the video assistant referee. The oshie came back for his 2nd to give his team the lead again. But the 15 time copa america champions werent ready to give up just yet jose himym as the. Square things off with a header why are the top of the seat with lights. When she was going with them into the moon in the 2nd half with so many chances and we 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 results against a very good team and today theyve demonstrated that former liverpool striker Fernando Torres has announced his retirement from football after 18 years in the game a steady 5 year old spaniard left Athletico Madrid last year to join japanese side say gantos who is court 81 goals across 4 seasons with liverpool and won the Champions League Europa League and f. A. Cup with chelsea. It was a night of drama in new york as a 21000 and be a draft took place with the new Orleans Pelicans getting the number one overall pick with the 1st in the 2019 n. B. A. Draft the new Orleans Perkins son william. Williamson is the reigning College Basketball player of the year the balcones hope the 18 year old from Duke University will become the new face of the franchise after they traded Anthony Davis to the l. A. Lakers last week you know those little say you want to go see n. B. A. You know people b. C. Say you gotta lay have a plan b. Because the chance of doing is little to no and for me to be selected number one. I mean our kids jimmy know better than the earlier we spoke to robert lets tell a black Sports Online he told us how williamson can possibly help the pelicans become n. B. A. Contenders. That and williamson its been kind of a viral sensation going auto way back to his high school is probably the most hyped n. B. A. Draft prospects since you know brian james going to do poorly 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 that College Basketball last year and just by going to the ballot games hes increased their profile and increase the value of their franchise just just right after the draft. And thats adrian back to you but it takes 2 for thats it for that is ill be back to update you with more the days news in just a mobile. Base is a dialogue im reading about it for you and if im staying at the International Media and on t. V. A pressure stop it comes with skepticism because theres a lot of it on why everyone has a voice mail being taken advantage of the age old just because you know Small Community new doubts in their 12 just eat healthy join the global conversation on out to 0 all they want to do is start the debate the same kind of debate that we have here in st. Across the United States indigenous families are searching for their loved ones for relatives of people who go missing finding closure is often impossible people are meeting here to raise money for the search efforts of the young woman advocates and family members have started to raise awareness about the high rates of violence that disproportionately impact indigenous communities most Tribal Police departments are understaffed and under resourced another factor is that tribes dont have jurisdiction over nonnative americans for all crimes there but a lot of concerns of the federal agencies dont respond that they dont take these crimes seriously a lack of evidence is the main reason federal officials give for declining to prosecute crimes on reservations that should be the end of the discussion. There should be then a ok lets see what went wrong in this case why the is no evidence or why the evidence isnt good enough and make sure that doesnt happen yet. Ive always been fascinated by space but the story of the space race isnt just about the men who risked their lives to travel into the unknown but the ones who held those lives in their. Grandfather. Colleagues worked on the space suits they designed the space suits on the 11 was his triumph. And the patrick he designed space suit but his legacy putting man on the moon on aljazeera. President trump ordered strikes on Iranian Military targets then changed his mind in response to the shooting down of a u. S. Surveillance drone. Iran says that this is the wreckage of the drone and says the decision was made not to shoot down another u. S. Spy plane with 35. 00 crew on. A low again im adrian for the given this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Russia and Georgia Exchange tough words after a rally turns violent in georgias capital over a Russian Politicians visit. Thousands on the streets of hong kong once again determined to see a controversial extradition bill completely scrapped. U. S. President donald trump called off a retaliatory military strike on iran just 10 minutes before it was supposed to go ahead in a series of tweets in the past hour the u. S. Commander in chief also says hes in no hurry to launch any action claiming that any attack would be disproportionate to thursdays shooting down of a drone lets go live now to our White House Correspondent kelly how good is in washington so the u. S. President tweeting up a storm in the last hour or so kimberly what more can you tell us about President Trumps authorization of airstrikes and then canceling it as those aircraft were in the air. Pretty astonishing tweets from the u. S. President in the last hour a series of 3 tweets essentially giving us insight into his Decision Making process on why he abruptly when the planes were in the air turned around those strikes that were essentially imminent he talks about how there was the plan in place to hit 3 different sites that were essentially involved in the infrastructure of trying to taking down that u. S. Drone that he was cocked and loaded and ready to retaliate in 3 different sites when he pulled back on the strike just 10 minutes before the launch now the president makes the argument that he was told he asked a general directly what the human cost would be he was told that up to 150. 00 people could be killed and thats when he decided according to his tweets that it was not proportionate in other words the United States retaliatory response that was in the works was more egregious in terms of the human casualties than irans actions of striking down a u. S. Drone which of course is on mad the president goes on to finish up those tweets saying that is sanctions are biting thats part of that maximum Pressure Campaign by the United States and he goes on to say im in no hurry so 2 this is all very interesting given the fact that most americans woke up this morning trying to figure out why these strikes were in the works and then abruptly called back the u. S. Envoy to iran brian hook has been speaking in saudi arabia and his belief is that the maximum Pressure Campaign that the United States is waging ought to ron which many people believe has caused iran to lash out but in the eyes of the Top Administration they believe its working take a listen. 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 what sort of political wind is blowing on capitol hill right now in terms of whether the president is taking the right line in dealing with iraq. Prior to the attack on those 2 tankers in the gulf of oman prior to the shooting down of that unmanned drone that belong to the United States it seems that most on capitol hill were quite nervous about the trip administrations sort of march to war that there was fear that hawkish members like the National Security advisor john bolton were sort of waging this personal goal of trying to strike iran and that the president was going along willingly however that all seemed to change as a result of those 2 recent incidents in the last week or so when the members of congress met in the situation room late thursday with the u. S. President there seemed to be a more unified response in terms of how they felt that the United States should relate to iran moving forward now to palosi a very stark critic of Donald Trumps said that iran was a bad actor was convinced of the intelligence that the United States have put forward so far in terms of making the argument that iran is a threat to u. S. Interests in the middle east but at the same time there was also this view that everything needed to be done to escalate so this tends to be the view of most members of congress they feel that there isnt a threat to United States interests but at the same time there is a desire for donald trump to continue to try to deescalate this even potentially sit down with irans leadership something that the u. S. President has indicated hes willing to do to many many thanks indeed kelly how could a White House Correspondent live in washington thats a speech under his creek an assistant professor in the Defense Studies Department at Kings College london. Hes joining us now live from london what do you make of what you just heard there are some members of Congress Keen that the president deescalate the situation that was entirely his administrations. Fault for escalating it in the 1st place. Yeah i mean its a very difficult tough situation for the president here because hes been building up this maximum pressure complain which consisted of more sanctions war belligerent rhetoric for more than a year and absolutely no sign of diplomacy and now one year into that maximum pressure can pay and hes now offering a diplomatic solution for iran out but thats obviously not how it works when youre dealing with a revolutionary regime such as the iranian one the problem that congress is facing that the americans are facing more widely is trying to is is coming to terms with a balancing act on one hand clearly marking and clearly sticking up to sticking certain red lines up in the ground and saying look this is as far as you can go but not for the same time they dont want to escalate to an extent. That the iranians could actually respond and retaliate completely you know creating a full out war situation which is neither the g. C. C. Countries nor the United States want so that kind of balancing act is increasingly difficult but its remarkable how trump who is someone whos always been very impulsive in his Decision Making as actually showing restraint yesterday and saying that this is or would have been a very disproportionate response to the downing of an Unmanned Aircraft to basically cause human death that kind of indicates to us that both the reigning then the americans are now at a point where they dont want to escalate further where they understand that by pushing the envelope a bit further into the wrong direction it can cause retaliation from the other side that neither the iranians nor the americans really want but that in itself creates a situation is very small window for diplomacy i think that needs to be exploited as soon as possible the problem with that however is that so far the americans have not done 0 to actually build trust with the iranians that could have been exploited now in opening back channels for diplomacy i mean the countries the manis the japanese theyve all tried to open these back channels but the issue being. That obviously the iranians dont really trust that the americans are sincere with diplomacy but right now were at this point situation is all positive to asian that both sides can escalate further both of them kind of know that pressure is mounting so potentially this is something where media to should come in and say look lets sit down and its talk what do we make of irans response to all that thats happened of late 1st of all theres this row about where the drone was when it was shot down was it in International Airspace was it. Over it was it in a rainy an airspace and then theres this this other element thats come in iran saying that it refrained from engaging with another spy plane that was that was up there at the same time as the drone which had people im bored. Yes and thats exactly what im saying so if the iranians right now i think of very much in the drivers seat its in their backyard they control the area like no one else both in the air or on land and also in the maritime domain so they have the choice who they attack and who the dont attack and i think the decision to not shoot down a p a plane which had 35 u. S. Personnel on board shows that the iranians also exercise restraint to certain degree now the question is and everything the rains have done so far by the way also with the attacks on the tank is was within the realm of plausible deniability obviously yesterdays incident was not no longer this yesterdays incident was no longer plausibly deniable so the reins of already set they shut down that plane but now it is on the brink of one side is saying it was in International Airspace the other side the iranian saying it was over their territory but the fact here is that this kind of Reconnaissance Aircraft even when operating outside iranian airspace obviously takes image images and gathers intelligence within within iranian airspace and of iranians on the ground so in that respect it is actually infringing on the sovereignty of iran so you could build a case around this and say look this was a threat it was legitimate to shoot it down but this is you know all in the realm of plausible deniability the americans are saying it was in international busy airspace the iranians saying it wasnt but this is really not the point i think the point here is the iranians are showing strength and resolve and now its for the americans to respond to that they have said you know were willing to do anything necessary also military action but we are no law at the moment we dont have a target that would be on the same level in terms of escalation as shooting down Unmanned Aircraft but would the iranians step take one step further potentially arming human life i think that the americans are absolutely resolved and determined to take military action against iran wherever that may be addressed many thanks indeed under a street that london. Irans ambassador to the u. N. Called for the International Community to demand the u. S. And what he calls its unlawful and destabilizing measures in the gulf our diplomatic editor james pace reports 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
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