Saddam had biological weapons they were ready yeah but everybody thought they had the International Community has clearly demonstrated that it is fed up way is it a process which has been going on for 12 years trying to disarm iraq from its weapons of mass destruction this report by libyan intelligence the external Security Organization or solo shows details of a meeting with the cia. As it plans to invade Saddam Husseins iraq in 2003 the us needed to prepare Public Opinion for the attack getting libya on govt is key to that strategy. But the iraq war went badly for the western allies. No evidence of dangerous weapons was found and the lack of a postwar strategy plunged the country into calles. Gadhafi then seized the moment in a dramatic bid to ingratiate himself with the west and have sanctions on libya lifted he claimed to have w m ds and offered to surrender them. With. Desperate to put a positive spin on their mission to destroy weapons in the middle east the u. S. And u. K. Led the way in rehabilitating gadhafi almost overnight. Libya was no longer. Part of the axis of evil. In return a Lucrative Oil and gas deal was signed and it was then that the cia and m i 6 began increasing their rendition of libyan dissidents to the gadhafi regime jubilation a vehicle that out of. 104 available. But its now thought the relationship between the head of the e. S. O. And western intelligence went back macho earlier than the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of iraq the problem between the 2 states gathered pace after 911. British intelligence held a meeting with music you said in the week after 911 and the following November November 2000 a while british and libyan Intelligence Officers held a summit over several days at a hotel as an airport in europe and the german austrian Intelligence Officers also present and there was a growing agreement at that point that the libyans could be quite useful to the west being useful to the west was what gadhafi was aiming for and the west fell for it but at a price rendition. This 2012 Human Rights Watch report delivers into enemy hands details the process and several cases including that in our sake on libya. That was an agreement reached that the british and the libyans will start recruiting agents jointly. And from the libyan agents who would would help and spy on al qaida. The rehabilitation of gadhafi took place under british Prime Minister tony blair. 20 gordon brown to go over from blair in june 2007 the friendly momentum continues and. The london based Human Rights Organization reprieve has closely monitored rendition for many years. Lawyer corey creator specialized in cases involving libya. You remember and the deal in the desert in 2004 is that darfur says oh wow im joining the community of nations everybody was right you know the war on ive looked at iraq and you know i dont want to go that way and all the rest of it said this president has given to him but the reality is of course what happened after that the sanctions were lifted British Petroleum and other companies were able to come in and start doing business to the tune of millions in fact billions of dollars. 0 made requests to interview tony blair in 24 team but his office said he was not available. The producers also asked to interview former British Foreign minister jack straw who was responsible for British Intelligence 6 at the time of the rendition but his office said he didnt have time. Neither was therefore able to shed light on when dishan cases like that of. Libby was returned in to libyan custody and. You know we met him 2 weeks before he supposedly kit committed suicide in his cell. And when that happened we raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding his death. We were concerned that it was not actually a suicide libby was allowed a single visit from his family in april 2009 while in libyan detention this video shows him opponent lee comfortable and his family had. No reason to suspect he might soon take his own life. If you should injured injured in the desert and me 9. 100 men. Will. Work in the law liquor will enter limit or con is only had bad and the one im sure id like to hear. Now mr darrow this we go in america another what in the bill and we can the land of the hubble in up. Need to tell it up with what the what that the im an american or have to who are somewhere up on somewhat of a shift in how would a number economy. Or when we have more highly was a lot. Of of the bat. Was overseas and was either that or can you some. Of you hold what are their beliefs and some a signal that. The u. S. Is said to have 100 over abe no sheikh on libya to the libyan external Security Organization in afghanistan. And the smell of somebody having to leave. Them with them a ship in the midst of about them to keep them in may 2009 libby was found dead in his prison cell only 2 days after that gadhafi was 4th son want to seem acting as Libyan National security adviser u. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton in washington d. C. We deeply value the relationship between the United States and libya we have many opportunities to deepen and broaden our cooperation and im very much looking forward to. Building on this relationship so instrumental welcome so much here thanks for the late. For that certainly not to be our well you know what was its and what can be can you look at the full Samantha Scheibe can last of a year. Its difficult and we can. Stated that. Human rights watch asked for an investigation into a suicide but he was birthed and no libyan inquiry was held into his death. So the photographs are very disturbing and when reportedly committed suicide in may be in prison and we question whether that was really a suicide and the photographs reveal things that make it seem as though you know that it might not have the get him in the bin a suicide. Gadhafi never allowed any form of opposition within libya. A prominent dissident group was the Libyan Islamic fighting group the l i f g who gadhafi accused of having links to al qaida. If you can very little rock. Give you. The. Yeah gladly will help. That gadhafi is jails had an appalling reputation for mistreatment and torture particularly of Political Prisoners this mobile phone video purports to have been shot in abu salim prison in tripoli. Human rights watch and Amnesty International have both reported hundreds of deaths in abu salim although the figures have never been independently verified or Human Remains Found if western Intelligence Services knowingly colluded in the torture of libyan dissidents in this way they certainly have a case towards. The western agenda was to establish a connection between Saddam Hussein and al qaeda whereas gadhafi wanted to link libyan dissident groups to walk a. Little less interested in. The new relationship with gadhafi spread and there are allegations that he illegally funded a Nicolas Sarkozys 2007 french president ial campaign sarkozy has been charged with Illegal Campaign financing he denies the charges and the case is yet to reach the french courts gadaffi was welcomed across europe a far cry from his eightys image as quote the mad dog of the middle east. But there it there was i that was never our business. At livi yeah i said mother thought that but at the same time opponents of gadhafi like our door hakim behind and sami al side of the libya Islamic Fighting group l i f g were arrested and rendered by British Intelligence m i 6 to gadhafi is external Security Organization the are going to just turn up our. Supply and. Get most a medal. By then. They are a must for the whole total loss by then what are. They a fair days o. J. T. Going to say you know balad. I mean if you have seen. Hair today. Well it myself and im also a little man whom you know. There are limits over to there was you know but if i knew. That when i was a 209 many. Of. Fema part about cook was used to kind of a citizen and said you know. What if you see. About rendition have the lid blown off it when in the wake of the libyan revolution in 2011 correspondence was phoned the pointed to western collusion. In 2011 after tripoli was liberated some human rights activists and some revolutionaries found an incredible cache of documents in what appeared to be the abandoned office of then the head of libyas Security Services and in those documents for the 1st time ever we saw evidence showing that there was a joint plot in 2004 to kidnap. Him and his pregnant wife as well as the libyan man sami all saudi his wife and his 4 children from exile in Southeast Asia and render them in other words kidnap them and send them back to that. To us and we can see diminished. And bob ross how long. Do you want to see and walk out of the morgue for the true little time. Zones have to confront that are going to turn inward and then you manage to leave the cia took them separated them and held them for several days at a black site thats a secret prison near the bangkok airport both of them were chained to the wall separately mistreated was beaten hooded all the rest of it and then they were put on a infamous cia rendition plane one of these planes that the cia flew people around the world to be tortured on the have to be. I didnt. Know how country or how do you want to if you. Feel you know now could ultimately if you have to worry. Out of. 2 women if you. Well its no. Great arrive in any. Case of Abdel Hakim Bahaji and his wife goes back to 2004 the couple were planning to seek asylum in the u. K. But they were persuaded by the british to travel to london via by call. There they were arrested and tortured before being rendered to libyan intelligence headed by mustafa hussein. Carnally know how often you can to know them. So course. And elysium illicitly where you are now you can imagine how. That have been you know either kind of the command of my. Hodges fellow dissidents sami most of saadi also says he was rendered to the libyans by the british on the grounds that he was somehow connected to the Group Responsible for 911. 00 al qaida. The offer to my law my. Dad. And i are in. On it and what i hear and i lament i mean im. Well im not by and then you know either can i come in and. Work at the enemy living in a kind of. Fear or. Yellow moon in. The alamo and yet now feel i was. Harsh and Sami Al Saadi were released from prison in libya in 20102011 respectively. Convinced of u. K. Involvement in their rendition in 2012 they decided to sue the British Government in the civil court for handing them over to the libyans to be imprisoned and tortured. The British Government is worried about apologising because they feel that if they do that theres a risk the former Security Service people who are involved in this to me prosecuted in my going to jail. One simple mistake could be frenkel. Fishing as a deep sea diver carries immense risk to the lives of those willing to take the chance but for former north korean soldiers the opportunity for a prosperous new life in the south with his family was an even bigger risk to take. A witness documentary on aljazeera. With a big breaking news story can be chaotic and frantic behind the scenes. People shouting instructions in your ear youre trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. Its when you come off air on things seem petty that you realize even witness history in the making. A clan the star and world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects youre talking about a political dimension where the spoils of war are smuggled and sold to walk in houses and private collectors banks are selling an artifact is worth finances to be headaches and misuse in the middle east dont sound dont buy thats one quick solution trafficking on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Every. Hello im daryn jordan in doha and we begin with some breaking news out of iran theres been an explosion on an Iranian Oil Tanker off the coast of jeddah in saudi arabia Iranian State t. V. Says heavy damage has been caused to the vessel and oil is spilling into the red sea aljazeera same bus ravi has more now from the iranian capital of tehran. What state media news outlets are reporting is that an and oil tanker that belongs to Iran State Oil Company suffered some sort of explosion it was in the waters of approximately. 100 kilometers about 60 miles off the coast of the port of jet in the red sea thats what were hearing at the moment details are still coming in we dont know if there were any injuries we dont know if there were who was on board or what that vessel was doing where it was headed that information is still coming in but we do know is that this comes in a very difficult year in the waters of this region weve seen several flashpoints come up not just between iran and the United States but iran and saudi arabia and allies like u. A. E. In may and july of this year all vessels off the coast of the United Arab Emirates suffered attacks allies of the United States in the region including the u. S. The United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia were quick to blame iran iran of course denied it last month we saw attacks on aramco sOil Facilities claimed by yemens hooty fighters but again the blame was pointed to iran so certainly oil and Oil Facilities oil tankers have become a major flashpoint for the conflicts that are ongoing in the region tuckers forces of hit kurdish positions in northeastern syria with that strikes for a 2nd then sending tens of thousands of people fleeing i think 15 civilians have been killed on both sides including im on something that. Forecasters say a typhoon the heading for japan will be the most powerful to hit tokyo in more than 60 years people in the chiba region are securing their belongings ahead of the arrival of super typhoon had this on saturday many are still trying to recover from typhoon fashion which struck the region a month ago organizers of the Rugby World Cup thats being held in the country have canceled 2 games shuttle for this weekend but those are the headlines that hes continues here on aljazeera after aljazeera workstation thanks so much battle. In may 28th a libyan politician and his wife received a full apology from the British Government for having been rendered handed over by m i 6 to the gadhafi regime where they were imprisoned and tortured. They were just 2 of hundreds of gadhafi as opponents who were picked up abroad and handed over in a collusion between western intelligence and the libyan beginning at a time when gadhafi was supposed to be an enemy of the west. Well hodge and fellow dissidents samuelsson. The British Government in 2012 they were represented by human rights lawyers in london interviewed here in 2050 where the case was still going on well the key documents that we saw where what appeared to be facts is an correspondence between firstly what appeared to be from m i 6 to the libyan authorities notifying them of the presence of the king by houghton is why fatima at that time in malaysia well the government has sent very blank defenses so far basically saying. Tonight the events even those events that is supported by the documentation and what they have instead done is try to get the case struck out of course by saying that because the allegations involve the u. S. And other states in libya malaysia. That it would be the cause here dont have jurisdiction to deal with it that it would be wrong because he possibly criticized the actions of other states at 1st the u. K. Government basically said you cant hear these cases at all here in britain because it will harm our relationship with the United States the americans will be terribly upset about it and so forth. Or. Why then. If you have a magna x. Amount of us and i want. To freeze and. Where and. She mostly has over to work on my washing. The hundreds of people are bound by women that were actually normally 7 cards over to my. Mother when i only have you have a whole one of the thousands of papers found after the revolution in 2011 was this one marked top secret it refers to libya u. S. Cooperation and to a list of names of socalled traitors which was given to the americans. Can it all food 1000000. 00 an area that it would help us and how can i let me can what i think isnt as you are well for unseeing well its only willingly is mr money for our war. And i mean he played a difficult on. Someone bad then. That could allow me to be in your brain and. Apply need to marry and in and ask about something really really sickly. Based on the mcbride well a bit on the hardest libya obviously. Isnt a 1000000 really really kind of a. One of. Many where they had that a yemeni right. Lisa only. In the scheme. She has no holier parted with. And asked for her to see the t. V. I want to lift the libby walk and wonder. What the. One of the most significant finds in tripoli was a letter written by so moch al and then head of counterintelligence at m i 6 march 2004 to the head of the libyan b. S. O. It says quote i congratulate you on the safe arrival of saudi meaning. This was the least we could do for you and for libya to demonstrate the remarkable relationship we have built over the years i am so glad that the british Security Services the cia and the libyan kidnapped children between the ages of 16 felt 12 and send them to get at. The hole in. It and i want to sit and. There was more and more well maybe. They need. The civil cases. And. Run side by side but also id accepted an offer of compensation by the British Government. Bell house however wanted a full apology from the government the former foreign secretary and former head of counterintelligence at n. Y. C. The British Government settled that case in december 2012 for 2200000 pounds. Then. Out of the. And. So i think that we know really what the truth is here and that the British Government knows that it has a case to answer. Wont accept such a settlement because he wants an apology hes made it clear that he wants he wants a bit of goodwill to politicize what was going to have and also what was done to his wife mr bahamas for his part his offer to drive his case and walk away from his Civil Court Case for just 3 pounds one from some our calendar one from jack straw and one from the government and an apology and thats the real problem the British Government is worried about apologizing because they feel that if they do that theres a risk that former Security Service people who were involved in this kidnapping might be prosecuted and might go to jail and not one of the even who are and yet if a nurse we have a hunch but we have to do one. And if you believe that this we are going to america are all. On board be. If this were mainly i was sceptical we learned in the effort to have a number one of 2 when you cannot tell how often we have. To many where we are to that im here well into him if it is proved that british officials did torture anyone whether in the u. K. Or prohibit or involved complicit in that torch head they need to be held to account under criminal law in the case im actually pretty confident that the Supreme Court of britain is going to say that of course torture victims have to have their day in court but the reality is the government will always seek to delay its an incredibly embarrassing case what case could be more embarrassing than british Security Services kidnapping pregnant ladies and sending them back to dictators like adopt it doesnt get any worse for them 3 while the British Government settled with Something Else saudi the Us Government appears so far to have ignored the whole rendition issue even though papers discovered in 2011 point clearly to their involvement. According to Human Rights Watch documents show that the cia kidnapped khaled our saif and most of our marketing and rendered them to the libyans the men say they were detained and interrogated in afghanistan for over a year. The documents that were from we found in the libyan Intelligence Ministry were very troubling they showed a level of cooperation between the United States the United Kingdom and the cia in their rendition of a number unlawful rendition of a number of individuals who were enemies of gadhafi back to libya it shows a deep level of collusion between the u. S. And the u. K. And libya it rendering individuals into gadhafi as hands at a time when we knew that gadhafi was mistreating abusing detainees in custody you saw our team. Just the man in an alarm. Live europe about him about if you will. Not work as human a shark never used you know i would and we walk arm. And they. Are till i did mean in the middle of nashville and when he american would are they are my god then the men in clue gave them a kind of what a monopoly of us over that they can the men. Only about what im in a muslim. Or by the way that has either come out of the United States believes and promotes itself as a country that believes in the rule of law and abides by its International Legal obligations but we know for a fact that the u. S. Has not done so in many cases especially with regards to its detention practices. In. The year or say they have them. Theres a movement. With their behavior with the comes ashore can be made it more difficult for the Bush Administration to carry out its program of torture they continued to do so but in a different kind of way. And since. The president Obama Took Office he did ban the use of enhanced interrogation techniques and actually has called the practices that occurred during the cia torture program torture the u. S. Unlawfully rendered numerous individuals into libyan custody where they knew that they were going to be. They were going to be likely tortured and abused but in addition before they even did that they held several of them in cia detention and tortured them brutally themselves so yes its a double standard and a double standard that the u. S. Absolutely has to account for if it ever wants to put this dark chapter in its history behind it and the muslim in america. And the meticulous and. Move them of the who are. Human rights warts or one of them to the with. Aljazeera to the cia to comment on all of these allegations but they did not reply. Theres evidence that it wasnt just british and american intelligence who colluded with the libyans canada may have also been involved most of a korea a canadian citizen of libyan descent says he was tracked kidnapped and rendered to libyan intelligence he says he was accused of having links with socalled International Terrorism but that this has never been proved. It is melissa to move. I dont marry more i mean im worried it could have the bus that im ira. And read then and then i met my you know if you can it. At least im going to need it and i must be good who least i mean you made it to the rule of law in this in order to them to do it on the island in a month on the ceiling in todays list of things if you cannot if you know what im quoting you can you read any of the mini aca the faint allusion about the maverick with the other. Kennedy in correspondence between libyan intelligence and the canadians is a letter from the libyans saying thank you for the information about the arrest of the canadian citizen most of our mohammad korea otherwise known as father of the ally f. G. And the summer of 2002 we greatly value the information we have received on it and what it has about a bullet in the feet it was that. Has the feel of c. N. N. Can bury them obama moment and at their word they set it off for quite a long time and well how would it not for the better the. Well to any key that would lend us any of. These and look around and do it for a limit on. What occurred when i feel sick if you get a. Bucket how early the senate thing sort of thing was i have a. Law you are a fool and me you must. Be. A loony and theyre going to cut come to be. While for me to. Go to medical and democrat the influence of learning for that was not to learn a little of. Learning from it. But that journey at azure. In military for. Female. Bill in kelly morton well how about maybe a modified lover according to korea the libyans had information on him that they could only have obtained through collusion with canadian or american intelligence this would again have been at a time when gadhafi was still considered an enemy here of the west had in my room a minute mr heel and you coolly she has and how to be a rally for be here. To meet you has more how. Can it be a little thought. About how can it of the earth and if the. Feel of the you to him fear of the weather may only you for about a no brainer. And a good night as a witch well implemented in the city and. All the free. Food and soft of it until. You had a gentleman and i and i made a mess and. You would work. With a sheet of. Should work and should be you can. See wolf ill go get it this document says that the americans wanted to know whether most of our mohamed clear had any information that might assist the 911 investigation. But that mary. Had there was a lot that omara had a little been going gerty you know and credit of the delegates. Where do. The. Work was done what. And most of them knew the contest to be a man who what when where and when cher were in jail by the unjust but you know last. They look at the look at the look at well im ok well there was a lot i dont know us but i. Asked the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to comment on most of her clothes allegation they replied to say they do not comment publicly on specific cases but they added our exchanges with foreign agencies are always guided by a political law ministerial direction and a robust suite of internal policies all to ensure that c. S. I. S. Is not complicit directly or indirectly in the mistreatment of any individual and that everything we do to keep canadas safe is consistent with canadian values aljazeera came across another case that of abraham we see another libyan opponent of gadhafi this time in our land. He says he was detained for questioning by the irish authorities before the visit of george w. Bush to arm in june 2004 this led to media stories saying he had links to al qaida. But the. Death of them one by the time we dont have met. All. Or do him a dead man ought to and that might. Help a little bit learn the lesson more on what they. All want to doria or the commission on it most of what walk of it he said that he. Can feast officious can be in auto how many or most or all of the diffusion i had thought that in a little cell phone coffee down. America we love the. Or yeah i mean the layby out of it was of course on 30. Odd boosie is says that none of the charges against him in ireland was ever proved but that he was nevertheless put under house arrest and subject to travel restrictions. On some of their you know they had their credit. But i thought i thought i love the love so far at least all i need to have back thats my but thats the looks ignitions. Kind of telling me that i remember them too i mean we have a. Link a lot of old but it was said by really human who looked at it. And then message had they were afraid i think im 70 i think the stuff that doesnt fit and you make it here i am a buffet and im a whole lot more can the unlit help or talk of getting out of. The south oh i thought of some of the short talk of the new senate but very clearly has said look i dont know if i can help and not the offer can move the. Aljazeera asked the irish authorities to comment on mr albritton your statement the Justice Ministry replied to say that they do not comment on individual cases they went on to say that given the International Later of threat from jihad this type of terrorism the authorities here work closely on an ongoing basis with their International Counterparts in identifying and managing threats in this area. Different vein this is a dish best served cold in the 40 years of the hockey. Meanwhile back in the u. K. The. Just as had been turning in the case of the hakim bell. On the 10th of may 28th there was a dramatic development. The head of the British GovernmentPrime Minister to resign may sent a letter of apology to bell harsh and his wife fatima and in the British Parliament the Senior Lawyer the attorney general made an announcement. On behalf of her majestys government i apologize reservedly we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal that you both suffered and our role in. The house had been waiting 14 years for this moment so his response was direct you are the one good attorney. And i think if you were to very her. Be would be there was a t. And no one would have any if it is the fact that you had the visual. Fighting and their lawyers showed the Prime Ministers letter of apology to the assembled journalists. The u. K. Lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and then to get off a dissident but today i think it stood on the right side of history by recognizing its mistakes and by apologizing. Its important to note that although the British Government apologized for rendering the baha g. s to libya former foreign minister jack straw and former head of Counter Intelligence sadam i 6 so mark allen have not admitted personal responsibility or any wrongdoing in the case of bob. And fatima bush. Furthermore in october 20th the former head of libyan intelligence. Publicly denied any complicity in the torture of political detainee or in 1996. Massacre at abu salim prison. Aljazeera spoke to Corey Krieger after the British Government apology for me the most important moment when the British Government apologized and may was the part of the Prime Ministers letter where she essentially says we believe you. Abdullah came in fact and i had to relive the absolute bottom the worst moments of their lives for 6 and a half years to fight this case and we know how survivors of torture and abuse like theirs are often silenced and disbelieved so for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to say in her apology we believe what you have said we believe that the cia and the libyans tortured you that for me it was the most powerful moment i dont think that the apology does totally close the rendition issue altogether for under the human fatuma it does it ends the chapter it ends the case they are satisfied thats the end of it but this isnt just a historical issue anymore is it so for example we know that gina has somebody who is at the very heart of the american torture and Rendition Program has been promoted to be director of the cia now and we also know that all around the world there are still security agencies with which the u. S. And the u. K. Cooperate every day who torture prisoners so right now as we speak in yemen the United Arab Emirates is running black sites in which detainees are tortured and which rape is used as a technique of torture and these are people within the u. S. And the u. K. Is in coalition and so i think that theres a real moral ethical and legal question for the Security Services in the u. S. And the u. K. About how closely theyre going to fly to Abusive Security agencies and what the line in the sand is really going to be. The Prime Ministers apology may have restored the British Governments reputation showing it was willing to try to right previous wrong. About how did not to be for the tenacity of human rights lawyers it may never have been achieved and the same cannot be said of m i 6 and the cia 8 years old from the death of gadhafi its worth remembering that not every opponent of the gadhafi regime and victim of unlawful rendition by western intelligence agencies has a joint say on. However i think you will have felt or will feel again a change in weather in the caucasus weve seen one from go through that was more or less a change of season now not that obvious in the satellite picture a bit more count around the normal maybe nor indeed from the forecast for friday but backers a 23 degrees on the it is 10 and still 28 and by that is 41 but i think were far more in the way of cloud and more likelihood of rain in the northern caucasus we know the breeze make you feel a bit colder in baku and may be prompting some showers around the south coast off of the caspian sea so thats northern iran tempers and changed much in tehran but the Weather Research thinking about it nothing much has changed for the south it set along the im on the coast is no longer the hof in salalah temp has risen again with the chance of showers in the Higher Ground mountains in the west inside of yemen or southwest saudi otherwise quiet not much moving south africas a different story altogether the seasonal rains are starting a great shot in angola d. L. C. In tanzania and this for other actives own its darling rain through mozambique now leaving the sunshine behind and it should be warming up afterwards but around well for cape town eastwards more cloud is building. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the Intelligence Services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information theyre listening post on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks into this market started peacefully but the major confrontation is taken from his father and of course our borders with details coverage there they get not be having dealt with that 110 meters which is so deep that only have 15 minutes on the seabed from around the world the remains are may never be found that is your they still exist yes his legacy lives on the. Cheap travel office a photo opportunity for many. And big profits for a few but his tourists flood europes must see destination tensions are rising. With local communities paying a heavy price for popularity people in power asks what are the true economic and environmental costs of europes tourism overload on aljazeera. And iranian tanker explodes off the coast of gender in saudi arabia there are reports and they have been hit. By missiles. Hello welcome to aljazeera live from doha im martin that is also coming up at the u. N. European countries called on turkey to stop its offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces warning it would destabilize the region. Growing calls for President Trump to be impeached as soon as his Lawyers Associates arrested it. Addresses in ecuador are furious about fuel price rises they capture several Police Officers and the indigenous groups are rejecting talks with the government. Has been an explosion on an Iranian Oil Tanker off the coast of jeddah in saudi arabia this is according to Iranian State t. V. Which is also reporting the heavy damage has been sustained by the vessel and that oil is spilling now into the red sea lets go live to the iranian capital tehran our correspondent zain is ravi zain were getting reports of this only within the last hour or so what is the current situation. Well weve got a few updates weve gotten information from irans National Oil Company and here are a few things that theyve told us this is what we know so far irans National Company saying that all personnel on board the vessel are safe that 2 explosions did take place the target was one of their Iranian Oil Tankers and one explosion took place at around 5 am local time and the next at 5 20 am local time approximately 2 g. M. T. Is what we think has happened now what theyre saying is in the last hour weve heard from them saying that the leaking has been stopped that there was no fire on board anymore and that the tanker is in stable condition now just a little while ago we saw on state t. V. A photograph of what appears to be the tanker a large smoke overhead but from what we understand from the National Companies that the fire has been put out the condition is stable and everybody on board is safe at the moment technical experts on board the vessel are still investigating the matter initially they think it may have been an act of terrorism weve also heard from state media reports quoting officials on board the vessel investigators saying that they think perhaps 2 missiles struck the vessel at some point causing those explosion those explosions that were set 20 minutes apart but we have to say that officials continue to say that the cause is still undetermined theyre still not certain what happened to lead to these explosions and we know that the investigation is underway now this vessel was in the red sea we know that it was approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of the port of jed according to a tanker tracking website a tanker trackers it is a sways max tanker that means it is the largest possible tanker that can fully loaded with cargo pass through the sways canal it carries approximately 1000000 barrels of oil and it no. Does deliveries to syria does the syria route in according to the website this is the 3rd time an Iranian Oil Tanker in the last 6 months has been incapacitated in these waters all right thank you for that does a measure of the giving us the very latest on a stricken oil tanker in the red sea that seems to have stabilized thank you. The u. S. House republicans on that theyll introduce sanctions against ankara as Turkish Forces push further into Northern Syria tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the offensive which is against Kurdish Forces turkey is reporting its 1st military casualties since the operation began on wednesday the Defense Ministry says more than 270 kurdish fighters have been killed. Meanwhile 5 members of the Un Security Council are calling on turkey to stop its offensive in a joint statement from germany britain belgium and poland all said that the fighting will further destabilize the region we call up a turkey to seize the unilateral military action as we do not believe it will address chuckies underlying security concerns renewed still it is in the north east will further undermine the stability of the whole region exacerbate civilian suffering and provoke further displacements which will further increase the number of refugees and i. D. P. s in syria and in the region. For the turkish president try to tie bedouin has dismissed International Criticism hes due to meet the nato secretary general yan stoltenberg a little bit later on today thats friday that has the latest from the turkey syria border and a warning his report does contain the 70 images. The injured girl lies in hospital one of her legs missing her family overcome with grief the human cost of turkeys military incursion into North Eastern syria. Turkish air strikes and artillery a targeting the defenses of the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition Syrian National army pushed a few kilometers south capturing a number of villages. Despite being outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in nato the kurdish led s. D. S. Falsies are resisting. That there are civilian casualties on the turkish the border to. The government says a number of people including this 9 month old baby were killed by s. D. F. Artillery. The Turkish Military says the 1st phase of its air and ground operation is 100 kilometers strip of territory between the Syrian Border town of tel aviv and russell i aim to the east. It is the same area the u. S. Military withdrew from earlier this week. International aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement of people. Took his commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure not the targets of the Campaign Thousands of syrians already on the move but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is about ending a Security Threat he considers the Syrian Kurdish group the white p. G. Which forms the backbone of the s. D. F. A terrorist organization the turks also want to millions of refugees it is looking off to move to the safe side. Both the men seen on us for years syrians fled from rock out and other areas they fled from isolate the y. P. She took his province of song is home 2400000 serious and 825000 of them live here and this Turkish Border town they need to be able to go home. The west and arab countries have been deeply critical of turkeys military campaign the president received type. Hate back. Him games david and theyre doing me with 3600000 Syrian Refugees in our country whiting to go back to their homes the European Union look at yourself i repeat at the moment you cannot call or define the operation as an invasion our job is easy we could just open the doors and 2600000 refugees weve seen them back to you. Sued out of some numbers in saudi arabia should look in the mirror they put human in the situation and look whats happening in the 10s of thousands of people are dying in yemen saudi arabia you should talk about this 1st you cannot criticize our operation also egypt you cannot talk at all you are the murderer of democracy in your country. The United NationsRefugee Agency and aid agencies operating inside syria say thousands of people are fleeing the fighting as turkeys military Campaign Continues there calling for International Pressure on ankara and restraint from all sides involved the turkish government says it will continue its campaign until its objectives are achieved charles struck at aljazeera near the turkish Syrian Border. Our being go live now to our correspondent whos there in that border area pacifically jackle a on the border area between turkey and syria and zaina. With day 3 has now dawned over this operation as far as the turks are concerned its going rather well. Yes theyre saying that the operation is moving ahead and it has been successful in fact of there has been a lot of military activity over the past few hours heavy artillery bombardment targeting 2 towns 2 Syrian Border towns the towns of tel aviv and russell and Ground Forces the turkish army as well as their local allies the opposition Syrian National council are close to storming those 2 border towns now these 2 towns are significant because theyre going to be really the perimeters of the initial safe zone that turkey wants to create statements coming from the foreign minister is now making it very clear what the plan is the initial phase is to control the territory 120 kilometers in length 3rd happens after turkey takes control of this area this area we have to remember is where the u. S. Military withdrew from earlier this week so is there an agreement between the u. S. And turkey for this operation to expand in scope or will there be further discussions when the turkish president meets his u. S. Counterpart in washington next month we heard the trumpet call on the possibility of mediating between the s. D. F. And turkey so it seems that there will be further negotiations after the initial phase of this operation is completed. They live on the turkey syria border thank you very much indeed and a line just coming in now were hearing that the french saying that europe is also considering imposing sanctions on turkey as a result of this operation in northeastern syria that of course along with the. 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