The sions are they pledges never to repeat the tragedy of conflict. Bought into the program the Un Security Council has overwhelmingly rejected a us bed to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on iran just one other country back to the move while european allies abstained from the vote that means unless further action is taken iran will be able to purchase conventional weapons from mid october kristen salumi has more from un headquarters in new york. It was a quick and im ceremonious and the United States efforts to extend the iranian arms embargo that is out of the war if that followed. Were to watch again 11 and. Thereafter if not being a doctor. Every failed to obtain that required number in a statement u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o called it an inexcusable failure saying quote the Security Council paved the way for the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell conventional weapons without specific u. N. Restrictions in place for the 1st time in over a decade under an agreement negotiated by the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and germany aimed at stopping iran from developing Nuclear Weapons the 13 year old ban on conventional weapons sales is due to expire in october russia and china accusing the us of undermining the deal had threatened to veto the resolution but didnt have to the Dominican Republic was the only other countries to vote for it well its a diplomatic test of the it just demonstrates that President Trump and his team are not only bad at the strategy of approaching iran theyre bad at just the day to day tactics of diplomacy it is unconscionable that they couldnt round up more than one vote for a resolution like this the u. S. Has threatened to trigger the return of all International Sanctions on iran through a snapback provision written into the nuclear deal but other members of the Security Council say the u. S. Lost the right to do that when it withdrew from the deal 2 years ago europeans are warning of adverse consequences for the Security Council if a legal dispute over snapback ensues for them preventing iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon remains paramount kristen salumi aljazeera the United Nations also back has been following the story from tyrol and he says it all it will be treating the failed bid as a window over the u. S. Even going into this vote at the United Nations to extend the arms embargo we had had some strong rhetoric and language coming out from the iran president Hassan Rouhani had warned of a crushing response if the arms embargo had been extended from mr divides the reef had said that the u. S. Approach was feckless and unpredictable and now weve had rain in the back of the to the United Nations call it a day back so the rains were very much see this particular back to let the United Nations as a victory for themselves and use it to show how little support the United States has in its approach to iran but also it would be used domestically by the iranians because this 2015 nuclear deal didnt have total support across the political spectrum here and president Hassan Rouhani and his government did take their political reputations to take a hit when donald trump pulled the United States out of that deal so this will be seen as iran as a diplomatic victory over the United States so this comes as the u. S. Department of justice says it seized iranian fuel because headed to venezuela but if the role of venezuela and the u. S. Sanctions. The u. S. Is calling it the largest seizure of fuel from iran its incepted for tank is carrying more than a 1000000 barrels of oil to venezuela after winning a federal court order last month where for tankers theyre going to use them and theyre there. Theyre not supposed to be doing that or ones are supposed to be doing that and so we did we see the tankers and were moving them and moved to euston but iran says the liberian flag ships have nothing to do with them it accuses the us of lies and psychological warfare 0. 09 north and we know right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media the details of the capture are murky when the seizure order was produce more than a month ago all of the ships turned off the tracking devices seemingly not wanting to be found but whats certain is that trump is running up his campaign against iran in venezuela at sea the public documents suggest that the United States negotiated with the owners operators of those 4 tankers and arranged peaceably and agreeably for the transfer of the iranian oil refined oil headed to venezuela to other ships those ships are the ones that the president indicated have arrived in u. S. Waters or about to arrive in u. S. Waters that its way into has become increasingly more aligned to an oil from iran it previously received shipments in may and june although venezuela sits a one of the Worlds Largest crude oil reserves it unable to refine its u. S. Sanctions corruption and a lack of investment is blamed for the decline of its oil industry the United States hasnt done a set too much to date actually seize the oil but the United States has a policy of. Trying to drive Iranian Oil Exports to 0 theyve frozen iranian revenues from from previous oil sales so in effect that was confiscating it and yes this does ratchet it up another step venezuela and iran act isnt defiance of u. S. Sanctions for now this season at sea appears to stop much easy trade between the allies as a manly aljazeera. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in by the roots for a 6th night of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections president Alexander Lukashenko has refused to open dialogue with the leader of the opposition svetlana the head of skier and shes led to lithuania that is calling for more protests this weekend steadfast and has more from mints. Slowly but surely protesters in minsk are taking over the citys main streets after days of Police Violence as demonstrators were beaten detained and chased away protests came out in large numbers friday they were joined by workers from a state owned tractor factory throughout the country thousands of workers are on strike to protest against a look at. The solution to the over to the fish we cant stand the situation anymore people a friend but they will have my vehicle and now factory has many most locals. Was. Where. They have come out of their factory and are now heading to the city center the protests and not only against the Police Crackdown but also against what they call our rigged elections these are very unusual fellows. Arriving at Independence Square the protesters are met by soldiers protecting the Government House pension starts to build but suddenly one soldier drops his shield and then this happens the. Peace remember you have a mother to my baby you cannot do this why are you standing here. But it was a right it was meanwhile look at shankar is warning of more violence as he accuses foreigners of provoking the protests new suit is we should just notice stay clear of the streets now you have to understand that you and your children are being used like. People have already arrived from poland the netherlands ukraine and russia from open russia and the valley and this old. The aggression against our country has already started do you see in the july spruit detainees who were released talked about torture dance had to be taken to hospital immediately after their release others were treated by volunteers who came to did it dench in santa still help them or most. Of the. Fractures bruises dislocations brain injuries nose fractures abrasions hema toma hemorrhage to brain and even to eyes is a nightmare fascist dont even do these things the government was those of mozart. Well the government has tried to appease protesters by releasing detainees the wounds on their bodies have had the opposite effect throughout the evening crowds at the independent square started swelling if vested and fiery mood in sharp contrast with the threatening words of lookers shanker and his soldiers standing nearby. Aljazeera. Japans emperor has expressed deep remorse for his countrys wartime past a ceremony marking 75 years since japan surrendered to allied forces during the ceremony. Prayed for world peace and said that he hopes the ravages of war will never again be repeated earlier Prime Minister shinzo rb avoided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which has cause division between japan and china and south korea instead he said to rachel offering to the sunni shrine which honors the war dead joining me now is Lauren Richardson director of studies at the Australian National university is Asia Pacific College of diplomacy joins me now via skype from cambridge have you with us on the program loren thanks for your time i mean for the japanese instigating war along with the germans is a hard lesson to teach and learn from but learn the japanese have and theyve been respected really for what theyve achieved since world war 2. Yes thats true i mean japan has made a lot of apology you see both of reparations and to normalize their relations and please many of the and then you have conflicts. There are still some ongoing issues some of the big donors especially china and south korea the countries that well the brunt of Japanese Imperialism still pursuing their own forms of justice indeed it was japan sort of may have been a sort of fascist military nightmare jarring world war 2 but its military is now legally constrained to a selfdefense force its constitution demands a peaceful coexistence something that the current Prime Minister it seems would like to work around to 70 give us do you think in japan to have a more assertive military considering its having to deal with china asserting its sort of strength a round the issues of the south china sea. You know quite a long time the conservative party and the Ruling Liberal Democratic Party has thing. Mullally way in its the fence and Security Policy a lot of officials believe that that piece constitution is outdated but. It was signed in the context that it was kind of imposed upon japan by the occupying u. S. Forces and. It was done sort of enacted in the context of the immediate postwar when the u. S. Was to develop tribes to plan but now that. Almost immediately up that the cold war broke out and the u. S. And japan signed an alliance so almost even by that stage the peace constitution where its sort of keeping at it kind of expire a day and certainly presents the abbot has made it news hes primary objective is to really change that piece constitution and you havent managed to change it its very difficult process that i think he has political legacy will be that he has changed the status quo of japan Security Policy by finding ways to work around it of course china and korea hold particular grudges against japan sort of trying to sort of tries to make amends as you mentioned in many cases over the decades its helped. Financially bolster the region it sends a when theres been natural disasters but its still a lot in other countries like certainly south korea and china apologies are not enough. Yeah i guess whats public ordered about it is that often when japan has made apologies it will then do other things engage in other actions such as you know if you sitting there yes they can shine that you mention that you china and south korea and also north korea the perception that japan was nothing since you know when it apologized sort of its kind of a vicious cycle and also sometimes the street thats depicted in japanese history textbooks which is then sensient by the minister of education up until the very different story to what china and the koreas tell about their history so yeah its really hard for them to. Know richardson from Australian National university is Asia Pacific College of diplomacy thanks for joining us on camera. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Oh by the protests in ivory coast as president out of sight of the time his decision to run for 3rd term. And flying high once again we have the latest from hong kong as this apple resumes transit flights from Mainland China to stay with us. But. Weve got the winds picking up over the next couple of days many parts of the middle east dry as one would expect a chance of the odd shot just around the southern end of the read say the main feature really is going to be that way and spilling out of iraq coming out across kuwait into the northeast of saudi arabia him caught so we could see a little bit of lifted dust and sand as we go through saturday and on into sunday temperatures again getting up into the mid fortys a similar temperature there for baghdad will be one of 2 showers up towards the black sea the caspian sea and once again because he wanted to show is just around the southern end of the red sea and beyond some showers there just around the rich spilling across a theo p. A all the way into the northern half of the democratic republic of congo say some lively showers for a time just making the way across uganda and eventually we could see some showers just starting to push into the coastal fringes tanzania easing up into that eastern side of kenya showers continue over towards the gulf of guinea some rather heavy showers possibility into the Central African republic easing towards the. Further south it is generate dry but there is a change on the way we got a little more in the way of cloud just running towards the southern capes a sweater and windy weather coming in and its a cold wind temp just now hot and 30 something. Global Food Production is wasteful and its training our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and a texture and some that calum ari. And innovative production techniques ive seen are viable fun before but never in a restaurant after say this is great earthrise feeding the billions on a jazz eater. Youre watching officer it means the whole run a reminder of our top stories. To extend an indefinite arms embargo on iran have failed at the United Nations it means to iran will soon be able to trade weapons without u. N. Approval. This comes as the u. S. Says it seized a rainy and fuel headed to venezuela it claims the cargo of 4 tankers amounts to more than 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seen. And tens of thousands of people have protested and done the rules for a 6 day of the disputed president ial election and a violent Police Crackdown the European Union says that in the shape sanctions after a meeting of its foreign ministers. The u. S. Watchdog is investigating the nations Postal Service which has warned it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots and the fact is the election the postmaster general lead to joy denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service as expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting due to the pandemic President Trump has tried to restrict the method because he claims without any evidence that its susceptible to fraud protests by opposition supporters in ivory coast have turned violent for a 3rd straight day demonstrators are trying to hold president al assad that would taras reelection bid but they accuse him of violating a 2 term limit and it just reports. This is what remains of a Police Station in the south eastern town of. Opposition supporters clashes to kill or to force. Is the latest in a series of demonstrations taking place across ivory coast one 3rd consecutive day. The protests threatened to plunge the country once an island of stability into its biggest political crisis since the civil war of 2010 the contention is a declaration by president a lesson what to run again. We are protesting for the president what to go because the constitution has been violated and we dont want to accept a 3rd term we call in the entire population of our because to join us in making what time i live. In a broadcast last week the president announced his candidacy after a student successor. Suddenly died of a heart attack. The fear of the country sinking into political and economic crisis has forced me to reconsider my earlier position not to run again i accept the call by citizens who asked me to stand for president the opposition has warned that ivory coast cannot afford another bloody crisis. We invite the president of the republic to ensure that he can safeguard social peace and stability to do otherwise would be to open up a pandoras box that will give rise to uncontrollable. Former 1st lady simone bug whose husband is still stuck in the netherlands after his acquittal by the International Criminal court of crimes against humanity says providing a level Playing Field for all is the all of thing that can stop a country sliding into anarchy. I call him president of had a to make let on by eligible to run and to free all held for the 2010 postelection violence he should also facilitate the return of exile of those ins everybody ins. With tension building some residents of the Financial Capital has started stocking up hearing for the worse. Still remember the events of 2010 im stocking up on supplies now look at the chicken we buy for 2000 c. F. A. Its now 3000. 00 c. F. E. Even snail transport fares have gone up by 30 percent. The president s supporters say a change to the constitution in pretty 16 which also drew violent demonstrations clears the way for him to run again. I dont think ivory coast was considered one of africas most politically stable countries since then it is seen violent demonstrations even mutinous by supporters. President ial elections set forth in the book there are fears that the supporters could grow and place the country deeper into political tomboy comedy grease al jazeera. Theres a big the president has visited the northern provinces cover delgados days after fighters linked to eisele sees a key port town phillipe a new see a valve to create jobs in an effort to prevent young people from joining the armed group when some big sami is still trying to regain control of the gas rich area which has been seized by armed groups 3 times this year. Irans foreign minister has criticised a western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing Financial Aid to the country of its a reef was the latest high profile figure to visit beirut as attention turns to recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of the port explosion Stephanie Decker has more from beirut. A French Navy Ship with more than 700 soldiers docks in beirut shattered port here to help rebuild a broken city. You know if we dont have so many days there are humanitarian emergency challenges and there will be future challenges of reconstruction but there are also challenges on the political side a government capable of taking courageous decisions will be necessary and finally there are also economic challenges to get out of this crisis major reforms will be needed. Frances defense minister went on to meet the lebanese leadership the french have taken a leading role here in the off tomorrow of the catastrophic explosion and here at the same time the u. S. Undersecretary of state for Political Affairs together with the u. S. Ambassador to lebanon here too and clearly a very busy diplomatic day hirani and foreign minister giving his opinion on who should choose lebanons next government. We believe that the government and the people of lebanon should decide if other countries should not abuse the tragic needed to to ation of lebanon big condition. But many here dont see their presence that way i think these foreign powers. Eyes. That are taking advantage of this catastrophic event that that that that happened in bed with a week ago or 10 days ago in order to leverage their position and lebanon and and and that egypt as well to advance their political interests i think they are in for one shot and setting up the political agenda in the country because you know the countrys political faction are intimidated or they have to go that nation support these foreign powers as diplomats negotiate what the next government will look like the people of beirut are having to come to terms of whats happened to their city whats happened to their homes and for those whove lost everything just having to get through the day its volunteers that are doing most of the work here any official help is notably absent and whatever the next government may look like many people will tell you nothing will change and justice for all of this will never come Stephanie Decker al jazeera beirut. Gazas Health Ministry says israeli airstrikes have injured a 3 year old palestinian girl fridays attacks with a 6 such nighttime operation this week israel says its been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into their territory. Turkeys president is threatening to suspend times with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to an explicit indian territory egypt oman and bahrain have welcomed the move palestinians say its a betrayal of their calls and they have been protesting against the deal in occupied East Jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the al aksa mosque compound after friday prayers and some trouble on pictures of Abu Dhabis CrownPrince Mohammed bin zayed and and their r. T. Flying. For the 1st time in 6 months passengers from Mainland China are being allowed to transit through Hong Kongs International Airport the city is gradually relaxing its credit iris travel restrictions its a much needed boost to the citys flagship air carrier Cathay Pacific on wednesday the Airline Reporter the loss of more than a 1000000000. 00 warning that it did not expect a meaningful recovery in passenger in and for some time adrian brown has more. Im in hong kong International Airport there have been plenty of picture metaphors during this crisis over the past 6 months and this is another one of them as you can see its like a vast empty more psyllium right now remember this is one of the worlds busiest International Airport well things have eased a little bit on saturday as you rightly point out passengers arriving from Mainland China are now able to transit in hong kong for up to 24 hours although they cant leave the airport terminal now why is hong kong doing that well it seems that there are so Many University students in china who have to get back to. Europe and north america for the start of the University Year there simply arent enough flights in china because of the restrictions on shared jewels to to help them so the mainland authorities have turned to hong kong where from here of course you can still fly to most places in the world albeit with a greatly restricted shuttle so thats thats one reason now its going to help airlines like Cathay Pacific thats no doubt and this week c x. Posted a half year loss of more than 1300000000. 00 in fact you know traffic passenger traffic on Cathay Pacific has dropped by more than 99 percent compared to this time a year ago cathay of course not the only airline in trouble airlines around the world are also suffering a similar fate right now. Beijings largest whole soul food market is set to reopen 2 months after it was shut down due to a resurgent of coronavirus cases in the Chinese Capital well since june more than 330. 00 cases have been linked to a cluster of infections those Health Authorities traced back to the sinn fein market. Now hundreds of nicaraguan nationals are stranded and possible pleading with boulder authorities to let them go home but the current virus case is increasing across Central America borders remain closed but all republicans will. Stranded with no way of knowing when theyll get home some 200 nicaraguan citizens are growing desperate for panamanian immigration officials to grant them passage into coast rica and from there continue their journey back to nicaragua. Things are getting worse here every day and were not going to solve anything by being here dying and if we do not die of coronavirus we die of hunger so we need to get out of here and they cant stand in our way at least in our country we can be with our family. Crossing the panama coast or rica border wont be easy the worsening corona Virus Outbreak in Central America means border closures are still being enforced Panamanian Health officials have said the only way out is coordinating through the nicaraguan embassy. We explain to them in particular about the migration that is how did not just in panama but in the whole world along borders and that they have to understand that we know they have uncertainty that panama is a kurdish country and they have been treated like human beings. Complicating things further is nicaraguas policy of blocking cross border entry without proof of a negative coded 1000. 00 test result last month more than 500. 00 nicaraguan nationals were stuck on the coast rican border for more than 2 weeks until aid groups arrived to provide testing kits. Nicaragua has one of the regions lowest death tolls with the countrys president. Who rarely makes public appearances faces many criticisms over a lack of transparency in his governments containment policy why no medical professionals in the country say the government is hiding the truth scope of the Health Crisis and retaliating against any voices of dissent in that book. They never gave their real they dont depend on the deceased dr forbidden to put go over them better defeat kate. Human rights observers say nicaraguas government has downplayed a worsening Health Crisis nationwide and also failed to provide assistance to its citizens stranded beyond the countrys borders. Aljazeera. What you have to say with me said holroyd a reminder of our top stories u. S. Efforts to extend and definite hobbs in bargo on iran have been overwhelmingly rejected at the United Nations that means unless further action is taken iran will be able to purchase conventional weapons from mid october the u. S. Says it will seek to trigger return of all u. N. Sanctions on iran in the coming days kristensen libya has more from u. N. Headquarters in new york catch here is that the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal 2 years ago and so members of the council are arguing particularly russia and china that the United States doesnt have standing to make such a claim because it withdrew from the deal unilaterally it cant now come back and claim to invoke part of that so there is no clear Legal Mechanism to settle this dispute in the council if the United States decides to go forward in that way this could be really. Time all too is time for the Security Council and there is no clear mechanism for resolving the dispute and this comes as the u. S. Says it seized iranian the fuel headed to venezuela it claims the cargo hold for tankers amounts to more the 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seizure iran denies any connection with the shipment. Tens of thousands of people have protested in belarus for a 6th day of the disputed president ial election and a violent Police Crackdown the European Union says it will initiate sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and fraud in connection with the vote. The u. S. Watchdog is investigating the nations Postal Service which is warned that it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots in november election the postmaster general louis de joyed denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service. Transit employee that he too has expressed deep remorse for his countrys water time passed at a ceremony marking 75 years since japan surrendered to allied forces earlier Prime Minister shinzo r. B. A. Avoided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which is cause division between japan china and south korea instead he sent a ritual offering to the u. S. As corny shrine which others the war dead those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on out is there next its earthrise do stay with us. Is he oh abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial army. For the socalled comfort women of the 2nd world war decades have passed but the trauma lives on. Witness follows the story of the women who campaigned with unwavering resolve for an official apology for this appalling chapter in history. The apology on aljazeera. Sustainable Food Production is one of the greatest challenges for the future. With Global Demand for food set to increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050. Agriculture is one of the most polluting and ecologically die