Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240714

Resignation as a government the reason is that i have been invited to be questioned as a suspect by the special court where i will appear next week so i consider that i cannot go to the questioning as a head of a governor but as an ordinary civilian as i did even. Still ahead on the monitor. He came to office promising to clean up South African politics and why is president several obama plans that now under scrutiny and nearly 2 years after harken marriott devastated much of puerto rico i political storm has taken over its capital. And i was still pretty hot in a good part of iran and after turkmenistan as well with and stuff in the sky to stop it lets be honest and not if you show is developing in the caucasus or in turkey believe in that and have side charles so 41. 00 in 10 on which takes you right up to the software the temptress should be at this time of the year whereas i spin the case for a day or so during contrast time on the planes in iraq 43. 00 is da particularly excessive and the breeze is not coming out of the mediterranean will probably not make much difference if anything baghdad looks a bit hotter bastra could well be approaching 50 once again and that heat has just been drawn down to the gulf that the breeze is dying off now and the High Temperature in there has now below 40 suggests a bit more humidity in the air but for the most part its a dry picture as you might expect 27. 00 stands out and solace is a hobby if this is southwest of the wind that brings in clouds and drizzle for weeks on end certain among soon see. And Welcome Change to those who can get there in Southern Africa its recently been a little bit stormy across the western cape only 12 degrees in the forecast as a day the clouds spread eastwards and there will be rain i think somewhere around been 2 in science the next day or so but sunday again its fine. With a sponsor. For. Their own. Problems and besides the instability is corruption we listen. Or push the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global news makers and about the stories that matter. Good to have you with us on aljazeera these are our top stories the u. K. And they seeking information about a british flag tanker which iran says it saved in the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guard says the ships being detained for violating maritime regulations. And earlier iran released a video that it says it discredits claims that the u. S. Shut down one of its strongest the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned to base safely. The netherlands has accepted that its partially responsible for the deaths of 350. 00 Bosnian Muslims and the line 995 minutes a massacre the Supreme Court said Dutch Peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at a un safe haven during the bosnian war. Taiwans president says her government will consider granting asylum to protests from Hong Kong Based on humanitarian concerns sighing when it was responding to reports that a Group Fighting a controversial extradition bill and hong kong were seeking protection but toyah gayton be reports. During recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against him now withdrew an extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. Protesters who stormed the citys legislature was so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support for the kid regarding the hong kong people whove arrived in taiwan we will deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with Mainland China beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but Amnesty International says taiwans government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 theres saying the necessary assistance should be provided to him come in macau residents who saved me and they were i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that taiwan tonys government could step those those of syrians. The protesters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling works critical of the Chinese Government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be there. At least 2 people have been killed and 12 are missing after a massive explosion at a gas plant in Central China the blast shattered windows within a 3 kilometer radius of the plant and left 18 people seriously injured deadly industrial accidents have been common in china. Now south africas corruption watchdog has found that president s are all wrong deliberately misled parliament about a 27000. 00 Campaign Donation from oppose ahead said that he knew nothing of the 35000. 00 contribution of the Public Protector says he was lying farmer the miller has moved from pretoria. Cyril ramaphosa came into office vowing to fight corruption we must fight corruption we must fried fraud and. As well as in the private sector with the same pair pause and intensity that we want to fight in the Public Sector but the Public Protector says he deliberately misled parliament when answering questions about a Campaign Donation made 2 years ago come up also who was defeated president of south africa at the time received a donation of the t. 5000. 00 when he was running for president of the African National congress but he told parliament that the money was for his son and did his foundation it turns out theres no foundation from up close or issued a correction saying the money was for his own campaign and he didnt know about it i have come to the conclusion they do these in marriage to the allegations relating to their suspicion of Money Laundering as alluded to in the complaint last the interested exposed to serve to their risk of a conflict between his private interest and hes of a shared responsibilities the Public Protector says she is evidence that as much as 28000000. 00 was channeled through various campaign trust and other beneficiary accounts linked to run a porsche and good one this is from a poor search should have declared the donations to avoid a conflict of interest she wants both the president and c. E. O. Of the company gavin watson investigated for Money Laundering this is gone beyond the parameters of simply a parliamentary misdemeanor it has got into the realms of criminal justice and certainly it will provide ammunition for several rommel pauses enemies within them within the a. N. C. Who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the Public Protectors verdict means that im up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says hell study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing African National congress is battling not only is president flew. Facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while South Africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive for leader mullah aljazeera pretoria south africa. To lebanon now where the sunni political establishment is concerned that constitutional powers given to the Prime Minister being undermined by politicians allied to rob the Prime Ministers post is reserved for their community as part of a sectarian power sharing agreement they thought if accord signed in 1989 established a political system under which the president must be a mounted christian the Prime Minister a sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim but that delicate power balance is under strain Prime Minister saad hariri isnt awake positions and his party lost seats in last years general election lebanon sunni politicians accuse the leader of the largest christian party. And his ally hezbollah of undermining the powers given to the Prime Minister and regional rivalry between saudi arabia and iran has also changed the balance of power in lebanon so in the hall there are reports. That the center of lebanons latest political crisis here is the foreign minister and also the son of the president the head of a Christian Political Party and along with his ally hezbollah he controls parliament and cabinet and some accuse him of using those powers to undermine the countrys sectarian based power sharing system all of. Approach important tax is an assault on the status quo which was founded by the thought of a court so busy destroying to find a new place for strong christian leader. Christians once dominated lebanons politics the civil war changed that the time for court of 1989 removed powers from the christian president and gave them to the sunni muslim Prime Minister but steels Free Patriotic Movement party say they are claiming back what is rightfully theirs we have what we have in terms of parliamentary presentation representation confessional. Representation so its just that were taking our part in the system before christians were marginalized so this very very very part. Was going to others. Prime minister seidel heidi is in a weak position he lost. Last years elections partly due to a you torah law that critics favor his rivals and his traditional allies saudi arabia has lost influence here saudi arabia played a key role in brokering betov agreement which was named after the saudi city where it was signed a lot has changed since relations between lebanon and saudi arabia have been strained by the growing political influence of the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon Hezbollah was not a political actor 1st signed and its. Father president michel aoun refused to recognize the deal and was forced into exile really it was a huge crisis its not easy to make changes to the type of accord it was the outcome of 15 years of war and any amendment could start another war which no one wants. But there is already a new reality and it wont be easy to shift the balance of power in lebanon. Beirut. Thousands of people are rallying in puerto rico another day demanding the governors resignation theres a live pictures from san juan governor of a car resellers accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between him and his aides will meet the messages show them mocking women the disabled and victims of hurricane mary well it has been nearly 2 years since the storm destroyed much of the island many areas a still rebuilding their lives that are frustrated by the political storm unfolding in the capital. Reports from the town of. Ok lets talk about lucy and Mariano Pinto survived Hurricane Maria not much else around them did the storm ripped the roof off their house and did permanent damage they still use a tarp to keep rainwater out for a long time their frustration was a slow response from the puerto rican government. Politicians only want power they dont care about the poor it took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria when it made landfall nearly 2 years ago this is what it looked like the town of 35000 people on the far southeast corner of the island was flattened they were without power for many months now there are still some scars from the storm and some rebuilding for the most part life is back to normal here but theres a new crisis and its about politics having lived through the worst of Hurricane Maria the people of yabloko but no natural disasters better than anyone there now watching from afar this political disaster and golfing the capital sanaa. And most people here just like most of the people in the rest of the island want this governor gone. You know he still hasnt resigned hes still there in power but i hope he resigns because the people dont want him graffiti on the streets calling for governor ricardo to resign his vulgar Group Messages insulting his own people leaked over the weekend have thrust puerto rico into its worst ever political crisis for the pinkos the time is now for him to step down. Its very bad things happening with this political crisis its hurting everything because the government is supposed to help us but all we can do is keep fighting. We dont have a future with him the people dont want him nobody wants him as governor anymore in a quarter puerto rico once pounded by a hurricane now just wanting the political storm to end gave rosendo. Puerto rico. Germanys chancellor has insisted that she is fit to remain in office until her term ends next year despite speculation over her health and going to burgle has been seen suffering several bouts of shaking in public in recent weeks the conservative leader who turned 65 on wednesday has been in office since 2005 she says she understands the concern but is feeling good. Now july 20th marks the 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing. Of the feat ushered in a new era of Space Exploration and inspired people around the world but only a handful of manned Lunar Missions have been accomplished now the u. S. Says it wants to send astronauts back to the moon as soon as 2024 dr david hill the former nasa astronaut and he says a decline in Public Interest contributed to the end of the Apollo Program. There was a huge effort in the 1960 s. To achieve a huge push it was a Credible Team effort almost a half a 1000000 americans and other people around the world were were involved in getting a man on the moon and if you think about it from 1961 when we 1st landed on 969 it was only 8 years we were struggling just to get into space and 8 years later we were on the moon and so the novelty of having a man human being a citizen of this world set foot on the on the another so lest you object with us. Lots of novelty associated with it but after 6 missions i think. Now will be somewhat more wore off and from a space standpoint i think we were looking in it further options were looking at going to to mars and at the end of the Apollo Program i think we all thought within the space of maybe 10 or 15 years we would be on mars but that hasnt worked for. You know again elizabeth of the headlines on aljazeera evanna seems to push oil tanker and the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guards that the ships being detained for violating match on regulations in case foreign secretary jeremy hunt condemned the move as unacceptable President Trump said the seizure proves that he was right to what the trouble from the iran nuclear deal. So were going to be speaking with the u. K. And this is only goes to show what im saying about iran. Trouble nothing but trouble. And remember this is the agreement the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a very short period of time was a short term agreement. Where youre dealing in countries you have to deal in 50 years in a 100 years you dont deal in the short term that was a ridiculous agreement. Meanwhile iran has released a video it says discredits u. S. Claims that it shot down one of its drones the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned to base safely the netherlands has accepted that its partially responsible for the deaths of 350. 00 Bosnian Muslims in the 1905 instruments a massacre the Supreme Court said peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at a un safe haven during the war. South africas president. Is rejecting accusations that he deliberately misled parliament the allegations center on a donation from a company to run opposes 27000 president ial campaign and to corruption watchdog says drum oppose a failed to report the 35000 dollars donation and denied any knowledge of the funds when asked about it in Parliament Last year. Protesters have rallied outside the puerto rican governors home for the 2nd day running demonstrators are demanding his resignation carter a zellers accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between heaven has a. Well those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us talk to aljazeera is coming up next thank you for watching. We understand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it aljazeera will bring in the news and Current Affairs that matter to aljazeera. The. Hash tag trump is racist and past racist in chief just some of whats been trending on social media platforms after the us president told some women in congress to go back to the quote totally broken and crime infested places from which they came it wasnt long before a backlash began americans from all walks of life from politicians to raising their voices against Donald Trumps tweets warning them racist and xenophobic and how normal the 1st muslim woman to be elected to the u. S. Congress said as a member of congress the only country we swear an oath to is the United States shes been at the receiving end of several of trumps attacks in the past before these latest treats us representative talk to others iraq. Congresswoman thank you very much for talking to our jazeera thank you so much for lets not by talking about todays politics in the United States youve got a president who is arguably the most divisive president youve had in a very long time to say the least that the region has given way to a discourse which is often filled with. Hate speech against minorities and societys most vulnerable but at the same time youve got a congress which is probably the most diverse that youve also had in a very long time 2 hows that happened. The polarization in this country really has existed for a long time and what were seeing right now is the and everything the kind of cancerous that could really present. But. The positive things that every time when there is a challenge there is an opportunity so because we have the most to face if president were living in. Historically traumatizing time at least in my generation in this country so many people are rising up to not only resist the detrimental policies that are coming from this administration but also insist on having the america we all know we deserve so thats why youre seeing the rise of so many people who have always sat on the margins of society say this is our time to seek our seat at the table we have to make sure that were representing all of our voices but i mean a lot of people would say that those examples of hope lets say your positivity in the face of. The more thoughtful they dont necessarily represent a Strong Enough trend that would give hope what do you say to them. Oh i think its the contrary i mean weve seen what hope and change can produce with obama and were seeing what hope and change can produce with like you said the most diverse congress. There has been a really great opportunity for people to mass mobilize this particular year in my district we increased for turnout by 100000 and we did that because people were extremely eager to get involved and make sure that their voice was at the table im going to come back to obama on the idea and concept of hope but let me just stay with trump here for a 2nd because hes also been accused of collusion with Foreign Governments right during his campaign and then obstructing justice in the investigation through that collusion do you think that he should be impeached i always said it wasnt the question of whether he should be impeached its when. And we are seeing now so many people are coming to that conclusion and this president said he didnt see any problem in having a 4 and hostile government intervene in our elections he didnt understand how that could be a problem i mean to be fair he said he didnt see anything wrong with a Foreign Government giving evidence or against one of the candidates rights that in itself is problematic we do not accept information that is going to change that to reject 3 of our elections from hostile governments weve made that very clear he knows that even senator Graham Lindsey graham said you know this is a mistake and this is not in line with law and we want to make sure that. That this country that is a country of law remains that way are you worried though that if there was a case of impeachment and it was successful there would be a huge backlash because trump has often position to myself as the representative of the voice of Middle America of working class White Working Class americans that he claims have been marginalized for so long now if you was impeached he would most certainly try and build that as an attack on democracy and an attempt by the liberal elite as he often refers to them to silence White Working Class americans and in the climate you have in the u. S. Where very easily people can pick up weapons and maybe take action in their own hands are you not fearful that attempt at some peach months could create a massive violent backlash absolutely not i mean when we think back to the impeachment of nixon. Over 60 percent of americans did not believe in starting impeachment proceedings. Right now its less than 60 percent by the time within i think 10 months of those proceedings the number of americans didnt think we should have started was at. Heres one example centers on a president who would tell his supporters to attack journalists he wasnt somebody who would write a law that kind of hatred amongst people when it comes to the issues of protecting our nation we cant have it be a political thing i think there are people who are making Political Considerations but this is a matter of protecting our constitution we took an oath and we have to uphold that oath and we cant allow law and lawlessness to rule this nation critics of your party say that the reason why the democrats want to impeach trump is because they cant beat him up the polls you still dont have a cure candidate for the 2020 president ial election is the only one in the Democratic Party that you feel represents your views there are many what we are interested in and excited about is the Progressive Movement that says we dont leave anyone behind. And there are so many amazing candidates that are running on the democratic candidate that are right now getting him in the polls i mean you look at Bernie Sanders senator warren and even some of the other ones there is a great opportunity for us to speak directly to the American People to talk to them about what it means for us to have Economic Justice what it means for us to have the kind of prosperity that is supposed to be guaranteed so youre wrong in this country saunders a more i dont understand i havent decided. Who to support publicly yet because i think it is too early there are great opportunities for people to hear from all of the candidates without leaders getting involved in choosing sides so you talk about this Progressive Movement thats being born out of the. At a Party Together with congresswoman richie dont leap was a palestinian american you have xandra cusser cortez the youngest in congress i believe you were seen as that new generation right. But in reality youre just an exception to the rule i mean you dont really have the support of the old guard of the Democratic Party in fact when you were under attack by many in the right wing media you had the more senior figures in the Democratic Party like nancy pelosi not come out and defend you in fact you know some would say pursue was perceived as maybe pushing you into a corner. When so support i think is measured by the people who do the elected to represent them in congress and so i represent a district that is 70 percent white. I won my general election by 80 percent there are a lot of. People who are not just moderates are also progressives who are not just young or diverse that believe in the vision that i believe in and those are the people that we want to have a conversation with and talk to them about the kind of direction we want to lead this country whats a bigger struggle for you the struggle against trump and the right wing or the struggle against the political establishment that maybe also isnt willing to accept for this progressive politics. I mean i think the bigger struggle that we have is a people who dont want change and so that would be the status quo or anyone who has benefited from the kind of political structure that existed that is pinned against one another that is allowed for few to benefit on the backs of many is really who we are struggling against when we are talking about a lifting all people it doesnt matter whether you are black or white whether youre an immigrant or not. A majority of us are struggling to pay our student debt majority of us are struggling to have proper housing majority of us are struggling to have proper education majority of us are one step away from filing bankruptcy if we were stricken with an illness and so that. To me is the majority of americans in the majority of americans want people who will put them in the center of our politics and not put the few and the greedy in the center of our politics. So just one last question on this point the right wing attacked you almost constantly since youve come into office and some commentators have said its because your body everything the hate i mean your black visibly muslim woman do you think thats true thats the reason behind him also on you surprise now going back to your point about the hope that obama brought him dont you feel a bit disappointed that the man who built that idea and concept of hope and based it on the fact that he was challenging a lot of the inherent underlying racism that exists in the political establishment that he hasnt come up to support and more focused on the massive support. That i have on a Grassroots Level the amount of people that see my story as an inspiration. The kind of rallies that happen in my home state when people like pence or trump. Set food on on the soils of minnesota thats the people that i care about those are the opinions that matter to me and those are the people who i fight for you nancy. But i mean that right now that i think i love russian is problematic because you know if its as if youre talking to a child and you say oh no you dont worry about the support that you have from your parents or you worry that youre not getting support from your teacher where you put plays well over and i for mission is what matters to you and i dont really necessarily care about leaders with titles that might support me what i care about is the people that i fight for and do i have their support one of the things that you were attacked for war were comments you made or part of the comments that were made about 911 can you clearly state your what your views are about the 911 attacks so horrific attacks theres no question about that thats not a debatable thing. Innocent americans lost their lives that day we all. Mourn their deaths i mean it was one of the most devastating days of American Life of my life of my familys of the families that lost. Their or their family members and so thats not debatable and i think its quite disgusting that people even question that and want to debate that i think what is important is the larger point that i was speaking to which is about making sure that blame isnt placed on the whole faith that we as muslims are not collectively blamed for the actions of terrorists i do not blame every single white person when we have. A white man who massacres. Children at a school or you know moviegoers in a Movie Theater and i think this really horrendous marriage if that says that as a muslim im supposed to explain apologize. For the actions of. Someone who is also terrorizing me is absurd ok lets move to more International Issues youre on the congresss Foreign Affairs committee and. Theres a revolution taking place and so damn right now people have been massacred by the military drones are there the reports. Soldiers of militia loyal to the military trying to have raped women before killing them why has the us been so silent about saddam. I wouldnt say that we have been silence and talked about it in committee we. So often there is not paying attention to. The kind of condemnations that are happening i think there are 2 things we all understand that there is an atrocity happening in sudan but comparative i need something to put into context here this is a militia that are massacring people the danger with militia when they were committing crimes in darfur you had the u. S. Calling for sanctions you had much much more visible anger and condemnation and action being taken by the u. S. However now you have those same militia under the military junta cracking down on prodemocracy protesters but maybe because the drug is now allied with us as our allies in the region and the program to suppress calls for democracy or maybe because the u. S. Isnt interested or maybe because these are protesters that we dont necessarily know as americans what they stand for theyre definitely years a much more muted response to what is taking place and so before you cut me off what i was getting to was that. Our response has not been what has been muted is the reporting on our response. You know chairman angle on Foreign Affairs myself and others on the Foreign Affairs Committee Even the. Ambassador. To africa has spoken about this this horrendous. Silencing of democratic movements. And the atrocities that are being committed. But i think you make a point to whose pain is more. Felt and whose pain is more. Deserving of an outcry and i think the blame really isnt about on its unnecessarily on us as members of congress and as leaders but i think of the blame is also placed on. On the Media Outlets that we feel us to have an outreach 24 hour reporting on atrocities that have been muslim countries in muslim soil when the atrocities being committed by an ally so let me ask you this. Venezuela and youve spoken about venezuela. U. S. Has imposed sanctions on it has called for emergency u. N. Security Council Discussions on it in fact was president mike pence addressed one of them even though that its very clear that there is both support and opposition to the government there. Yet with the. Most International Observers and human rights organizations a vast majority of people are actually opposed to the military. Its not as clear cut or its a lot more clear cut rather than venezuela when you look at these 2 examples where you have a very clear concerted Political Program to isolate a government that still enjoy some support within its people on the one hand and was elected through what many would consider to be free and Fair Elections in venezuela and on the other hand you have a military terms of wasnt elected has committed massacres yet you have a much softer response explain that for us so now i think i understand your question more clearly i mean when were thinking about the way that this administration is handling our Foreign Policy that i think is where you notice these extreme hypocrisy that that have existed and made of existed but now are very clear that theyre not gray anymore its very black and white and so in the case of you could see that black and white between our reaction in sudan and then our reaction to venezuela. The interesting piece i think here is the regional actors within within this conflict in sudan i mean we have saudi arabia in the m. R. I. Its who have had a long history at least 24 year history. Of shutting down democratic movements in the region who have had a hand in the oppression of people who seek. To have liberation and Self Reliance and selfdetermination in their interest really is what we seem to advance when it comes to that region and i talked about how can we make a decision to sell. Ive been to saudi arabia knowing that they have been part of causing one of the most atrocious humanitarian crises in yemen when we know that they have a hand in. In whats happening right now in sudan whats happening in libya and i mean the list can go on and on and on and continue to say that they are an ally when we. Know that there is more that needs to be done to make sure that we tell them as always that we want them to carry out an interest that represents our values why do you think that arms are still being sold to saudi arabia in the United Arab Emirates why is it that despite Congress Even trying to maybe limit some of those arms deals youve had the president circumvents congress and what should be done to put an end to that because a lot of people. Congresswoman have been talking about Russian Commission with a trumpet ministration foreign intervention from other powers like russia but the influence of the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia on the political. Start of serum the United States today has a largely gone even though maybe a bit reported in the media but has gone on checked by by lawmakers are allied with everybody and says the more. I believe that. It is one of the most absurd. Ships that doesnt fit with any of our values and you know when we think about what is in the interest of our National Security it is. In trusting them to help us with that so i think having. Trusting a thief to watch over your shop. We know that they cant be trusted in that process and so this is this profiteering process and and the kind of interest that we havent even talked about between the trumpet ministration and and. The m. R. I. Its really is one that we are hopeful will get to the bottom of it we are on the in the process of investigating really how. This particular our light ship and this relationship. Is is not in the best interest of the United States and the American People how do we bring that to light so that the American People are aware of. The kind of really corruption that might be involved in it and how do we. Make sure that our weapons are not getting in the hands of people who are going to use them to commit more us wassa these examples. Of. Weapons that are. Offensive and not just for use of defense which the state department. You know is saying that the have been interested in helping saudi arabia defend not only their interests but the interests of americans but were selling them off and of weapons these are weapons that have been used to attack schools theyve been weapons have been used to attack hospitals yet many of those bridges sanctions should be imposed on them oh certainly. We you know should. Have an arms embargo and be able to sell weapons to countries that are committing human rights atrocities and i want to end with a personal question if you dont mind you your journey started off as a refugee and adopt a lawmaker in the worlds most powerful country tell us a bit about maybe the secret behind it was this always your passion was this always your how did you reach to where you are who has influenced you most in the strong. My journey is. One that really has been about just fighting to see a brighter day. And i dont think i really had a destination i was always very present in the journey at a very beautiful childhood in somalia up to the age of 8 lived through the horrors of of life in a refugee camp. When through the disaster is transition of not just teenage hood but learning a language in a new country. And found i think. A space where i could thrive as someone who. Really really believed that you have a role in in what used to moral looks like and so my work in trying to make sure that i wasnt just there in seeing a better tomorrow for myself but for my neighbors for my children for everyone around me has let me on on a path of political organizing and activism that got me elected into the state house the feeding of 44 year incumbent and now has given me the opportunity and the privilege of serving my state and my country in the United States of congress congresswoman thank you very much for talking to others here. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most on aljazeera. Recruited to. Exploited to on the battlefield the call the new regime faced a different value an effort from the right you given your peers and then abandoned for a lifetime we should be ashamed but for the truth for for all country on this big over 3 people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops begin now the forgotten heroes of empire 0. 1 sees a u. K. Flag oil tanker prompting a stern warning from the british government. If the situation is not resolved quickly there will be serious consequences. Hello and welcome to aljazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me it is a big problem also ahead the dutch Supreme Court upholds overwhelming that the netherlands as partially responsible for the massacre of muslim and strabane at. Taiwan says it will consider giving asylum to protest of fleeing hong kong class. Oclock. Hour by hour at a time as the world marks 50 here since man 1st walked on the moon nasa says theyre working on plan. Its to go back. The u. K. Says its seeking information about a british flag tanko which iran says its based in the strait of hormuz u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt says a seizure as unacceptable is warning of serious consequences unless the situation is resolved quickly irans revolutionary guard says it captured the ship because it was violating maritime vacations another tank of a stopped early it has since been released the u. S. Says its developing a Multinational Task force to increase surveillance and security in the regions watches on thursday President Trump said American Forces shot down an iranian drawn meanwhile and Iranian Oil Tanker remains impounded and gibraltar a court there extended its detention for another 30 days we begin our coverage with this report from patty call hain and washington. This british tanker and presumably its crew is now in iranian custody as announced on state t. V. A British Oil Tanker called stana imperial was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz because of failing to observe International Maritime regulations at the request of ports and Navigation Authority of a moose gun proppants the tanker was guided to the coast after being stopped and was handed over to the ports and Navigation Authority iran had 2 tankers one british like the other liberian we will respond in a way that is considered robust and we are absolutely clear that if the situation is not good it will be serious cause iran later announced the liberian tanker had been warned and release news of the tankers being seized in iran broke shortly before u. S. President donald trump left the white house for his new Jersey Country Club his reaction was muted there will be working with you gave no avenue bribery which is a good thing i will be working with you. But we have no written agreement but i think we have an agreement which is longstanding that was in contrast to his remarks just a few hours earlier where he showed his usual bravado we hope and thats a couldnt do anything for which they do they will pay a price like nobodys a better place. This all comes as the 2 countries dispute in earlier incident in the strait of hormuz where the president insists the m. P. V. Ship the u. S. S. Boxer was threatened by an iranian drone so they took it down in response iran released this drone video that it says proves their drone conducted surveillance and returned to base and now news of the tankers reportedly taken in iran likely a response to the british detainees in iranian tanker weeks earlier another clear escalation but the u. S. Secretary of state is signaling a way out to get me the president trying to make decision about how to proceed hes made clear it prepared to conduct negotiations with no preconditions he waives continue to say well lets talk but only if and only if the United States does something we need them to come to the table its the right way to resolve these challenges iran says it will talk if you a sanctions are lifted 1st so for now the standoff continues calling aljazeera washington. Now the british flags tankas operate a stain a ball says the vessels no longer under the Cruise Control and cannot be contacted thad allen says its been transferred to an iranian polter as the also explains while 8 this seizure apparently took place earlier on friday and there were a few events that led to the reign of revolutionary guard seizing this british vessel 1st the local officials in hong was gone province south of the country said that this vessel hit ok main contact with a small fishing boat and that is when they tried to contact it and a few attempts were made but no response was received by the iranians and thats when officials called the revolutionary. Heart to the scene thats when the revolutionary guards said that the vessel was in a number of violations 1st that it was going in the wrong maritime direction 2nd that it had turned off all its tracking the g. P. S. Devices and 3rd it was not responding to any of the warnings that was being issued that is when they decided to seize the tanker and it is now sitting in the port city of bam there are possibly 23 crewmembers on board now laws about and as professor of know at Fordham University in new york and he says that the escalation is troubling i think we have to go back to the prior statements by the Iranian Foreign minister and other officials which are very clear that iran would seize british tankers or british ships if the tanker grace one were not released from seizure and gibraltar. If this were a civil arrest for a maritime tort the collision between the alleged collision between the tanker and a fishing boat perhaps a normal arrest by a court would be proper but this was not an arrest by a court it was a premeditated act by the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps its not a judicial proceeding as the proceedings and roll to were and in the commercial sense a small collision like this presumably from the information that ive just heard would result in either an exchange between the ship owners representatives or their insurers in a commercial document a letter of undertaking a promise to pay a certain amount in damages would be tendered instead of the rest of the ship this is very troubling in light of the 9 or 10 incidents since the middle of more a may and each one continues to escalate out of out of hand each response being worse and more more dramatic than the prior. Lets move on to other news now turkeys that this will play into and draw and have had multiple targets in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq the airstrikes were in response to the murder of one of its diplomats on wednesday a gunman shot and shot and killed turkeys deputy consul general and 2 other people natasha good name has more on the investigation from there. The assassination of turkish diplomat all small on costa was filmed by restaurant security cameras 2 Iraqi Kurdish civilians also died in the shootings now police are widely distributing these photos of a man they say is the primary suspect and what theyre describing as a terrorist attack this is muslim dagg sources say the 27 year old turkish citizens cover was working as a cafe waiter in erbil but he was really a member of the armed Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k its deemed a terrorist group by turkey and the United States on friday morning turkey conducted air strikes on a people making a camp in Northern Iraq where sources say dag trained he allegedly visited the camp 4 times last week some analysts say pinpointing the p. K. K. s involvement in the shootings is premature a spokesman with the military wing of the p. K. K. Denies involvement now is that hanna a political analyst says typically that he admits responsibility for attacks in this case he thinks this well executed hit exceeded the groups capabilities. Wolf this operation surprised everybody including the newly formed government. In the Kurdistan Regional government and also targeting the ration ship between ankara and. The suspect is the brother of a turkish member of parliament representing a Pro Kurdish Party the party released a statement saying the accusation is politically motivated and intended to undermine its peaceful agenda security analyst murat aslan believes this attack underscores the need for turkey to continue its goal to get rid of the p. K. K. In iraq and beyond. And then he goes to trolls them selfs said try to iraqs unity try to iraq and also to chokey and also to syria so why should. You know that single joke. As the debate continues over exactly who and what motivated this attack there are 3 grieving families waiting for police to track down the people who killed their loved ones natasha going to aljazeera erbil. The netherlands Supreme Court has ruled that dutch peacekeepers were partly liable for the deaths of 350. 00 muslim refugees and threatened its and 995. 00 but its also reduced their level of responsibility angering the victims rather says paul brennan reports. The bereaved relatives of the mothers of srebrenica group of 44. 00 more than 2 decades for justice emerging from court they were bitterly disappointed. Im shaken im surprised but i will never forgive them i will never let go of this. Part of charlies server need surgery line 1905 a crisis became a massacre thousands of terrified muslim civilians crammed into the u. N. Compound seeking refuge and when Serbian Forces entered the town for 400 dutch un peacekeepers were outgunned and outnumbered women and men were separated and the only 8000 men and boys were taken away and murdered the Supreme Court case focused on 350 muslim men who the dutch peacekeepers had handed over to the serbs despite knowing the man would probably be murdered but the judges estimated that the men would have had only a 10 percent chance of survival even if theyd been allowed to stay inside the un compound the outcome is that the state bears very limited responsibility in the case of the mothers of subpoenas. That responsibility their liability is limited to 10 percent of the damages suffered by the remaining relatives of 350. 00 male refugees who are staying at the compound of dutch about the dutch cases regarded as groundbreaking in establishing the governments can. Be held liable if the peacekeepers they send on un missions fail to protect civilians during Armed Conflicts but its also been legally controversial on the dutch advocate general had called the liability irrational the claimants believe its the 10 percent decision thats irrational all one day or whatever those that are called be admitted 10 percent of liability but that still means that the admitted responsibility the Defense Ministry of the netherlands and their government are responsible for genocide and srebrenica it doesnt matter one percent 10 percent or 100 percent they are responsible its not clear what level of financial compensation the relatives might finally get that will be decided in a separate court case paul brennan aljazeera. Costcos Prime Ministers resigning for a 2nd time because hes been called to appear in front of a War Crimes Court in the netherlands next week ramos how the name was a rebel commander in the course of the Liberation Army who went on to become