A campaign to, celebrate a court ruling that britain broke the law by selling arms to saudi arabia. The u. S. Senate moves to block arms sales to riyadh. And protesters tried to storm georgess parliament, angry at a visit from a russian delegation. In a meeting at the white house, President Donald Trump has called it a very big mistake. Accusing the u. S. Of a provocative act. They say the drone was flying at a high altitude. They intercepted the iraniann it violated airspace. Tensions have been steadily rising and the region. Rebels have stepped up missile attacks on airports and other infrastructure in saudi arabia. Reporter footage released by the u. S. Department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. Iranian press tv released as footage of the attack, saying it had been attained by the revolutionary guard. The drone was in iranian airspace. The u. S. Military said not so. Reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran were false. It fell into International Waters. Senior members of the u. S. Congress have been briefed on the situation. Think the president wants to go to war. There is no appetite for going to war in our country. We are told that before they shot the drawn back, they were engaging against our assets. The president does not want a war with iran or anyone else. But he is the commanderinchief. Reporter National Security figures gathered at the white house. The president sent out what an ominous be a tweet. Iran made a very big mistake, he said. But then in a meeting with the canadian prime minister, he indicated that the tweet was not a warning but an observation. Made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general are somebody who made a mistake and shooting that drone down. I find it hard to believe it was intentional. It could have been somebody who was loose and stupid. Reporter the president did not rule out a u. S. Response. You will find out. You will find out. We are not going to be talking too much about it. Reporter he has make clear in the past that he favors some sort of negotiation rather than armed action. Ofs despite the urging forcible action from some in his cap that, in particular the National Security advisor, john bolton. The question is whether some of this well tip the favor in the hawks. What was the message from Congressional Democrats . That meeting was called as an emergency classified briefing. Not many details the bulge there. From nancy afterward, andspoke with reporters said she was convinced that this american drone was shot down in international territory. She said military responses were not discussed with them. The democratic caucuses stressing deescalation. Relying on u. S. Allies. And insisting that congressional approval is obtained. Similar message was sure by chuck schumer. I told the president that these conflicts have a way of escalating. The president may not intend to go to war here. But we are worried that he and the Administration May bumble into a war. We told the room that the democratic position is that congressional approval must be required before funding any kind of conflict and iran. One of the best ways to avoid bumbling and to war, a war that nobody wants, is to have a robust, open debate and for congress to have a real say. Reporter minutes ago, the pentagon released an image showing most of the drones flight path and an apparent screen grab of the moment of impact when it was shot down. As seen on a monitoring computer. This image gave the coordinates of the drone. It shows it was over International Water at the time of impact. The question still is exactly what is in President Trump said Going Forward . Toknow he has a tendency punch back harder when he feels he has been attacked. But he also ran on the promise of disengaging the u. S. From foreign wars and trying to avoid entering new ones. Early in telling that his remarks to reporters, he said it made a big difference that this drone was unmanned. That an American Life was not lost. Anchor thank you. Irans foreign minister gave tehrans version of events on twitter. He set the drone violated iranian airspace. He says, we have retrieved sections of the military drone and our territorial waters where were shot down. The Saudi Led Coalition says that it is launched strikes on military targets and the yemeni port. Saudi arabia says it shot down a drone launched by the rebels. They were targeting an airport in southern saudi arabia. Riyadh has confirmed that its air defenses intercepted the drone strike. It comes a day after a huthi rocket hits a desalination plant. The u. S. Senate has rebuked President Trump for his support of been some on bin salman. They voted to block arms sales. In the u. S. Senates firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack. My relationship with saudi arabias change. It will not go back to the way it used to be. The senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia. You cannot have a strategic relationship with the United States and behave in a fashion that shows no respect for human dignity, no respect for international norms. Reporter President Trump is certain to veto the measure. It is not likely that opponents will muster the two thirds majority in the house and senate to override a veto. With the u. S. Facing a potential military conflict with iran, the Senate Republican leader says it is no time to abandon a key regional ally. Whether we will lash out at an imperfect partner and undercut our own efforts to ,uild cooperation, check iran and achieve important goals. Our weather we will keep our imperfect partners close and use our influence. Reporter for the majority senators, the response was to punish the Worlds Largest arms importer. It was in protest over the killing of jamal khashoggi. So blind to the malign influence of saudi arabia that we just give money and weapons to anybody regardless of what they do . You can chop up a dissident . You can cut them into pieces with a bone saw and we will still give you weapons . Reporter it was also a protest over the killing of civilians by the saudi Led Military Coalition using american weapons in the war on human in yemen. Aret is our bombs that dropping on those civilians. We cannot morally continue to support that. Not ber the vote might veto proof, but it sends messages to the Trump Administration and the crown prince that the threat of a conflict with iran and a longstanding appliance are not enough for the u. S. Senate to turn a blind eye toward its ally. Judges here in britain ruled that the government broke the law by weapon in allowing weapons sales to saudi. Reporter british weapons sales to saudi arabia, currently engaged in a sale war in yemen, are unlawful, according to one of britains highest courts. The case was brought by the campaign against arms trade. It says the government license arms sales to saudi despite a risk that weapons could be used to kill civilians. The u. K. Government has played a shameful role in this war. The ruling does not mean the u. K. Has to stop selling weapons to saudi. It does mean the government will he to scrutinize what british made weapons are used for. The government says it will challenge the ruling and freeze issuing any new arms exports licenses while considering the decision. We disagree with the judgment and we will seek permission to appeal. We are carefully considering the ramifications of the judgment for decisionmaking. We will not grant any new licenses for export to saudi arabia and its coalition partners, which might be used in the conflict in yemen. Sonata, yemen, october 2016. The building was packed with civilians attending a funeral when an airstrike happened. People died. The Saudi Arabian coalition admitted it launched the attack. Claiming wrong information. Since the start of the conflict u. K. Has u. S. Licensed 6 billion and arms sales. Saudi arabia says the deployment of british made weapons in yemen is legitimate. And only a ron stands to benefit from ending british exports to saudi. Growingcrutiny has been in recent years. The government is under mounting thesure to prioritize spiraling humanitarian crisis. But the u. K. Also has lucrative weapons deals to protect. Systems makes 15 of its annual profits from sales to saudi. The court ruling also has applications on other countries who sell weapons to saudi, including france. It has boosted its sales to the kingdom by 30 in 2018. The death toll in yemen is nearing 100,000 people. Anchor still ahead, interethnic fighting forces hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the democratic republic of congo. And kim jongun welcomes xi jinping to north korea. After the coldest night in every state, you will be surprised that it is cold everywhere despite the sunshine. We are at midwinter. Let your eyes follow up through sydney to brisbane and townsville. We are below average by five or six degrees in places. 20 all the same. Sydney has gotten colder. Even though it is rather more sunny. The rain has gone offshore. This existing circulation is drawing air down to the north. It tends to be relatively mild. There is more clouds around the west coasts. Not much on saturday. We will see the increase in the amount of cloud, especially on friday. That will bring rain to tokyo. Anchor welcome back. A quick look at headlines. President trump says irans shooting down of a military drone was a very big mistake. Videontagon released this and said the drone was international airspace. Dilated itse drone airspace. The revolutionary guard has sent out its own video of the missile sent to take out the drone. Judges in britain have ruled that the government wrote the law by allowing weapons sales to saudi arabia. There are concerns that the weapons are contributing to the deaths of yemeni civilians. In georgia have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters trying to storm the parliament. Anger was fueled by a visit from a russian. What is happening there . Our protesters still out on the streets . Reporter if the picture quality is good enough, you can probably see the people stretch out by me. And the ambulances in the distance about 200 meters away. The on that is the parliament, where all evening, crowds have been gathered. Also still hearing now what may be teargas canisters being fired. Or plastic bullets. Reportedof people have those to me and i have seen injuries consistent with being hit by plastic bullets or teargas. What has happened is the police have come out from the parliaments, which is in a , and they have been firing tear gas in this direction. Toch forced the crowd disperse and misdirection. Every time that has happened so far, there has been for successive rounds of to us. Gas. Arg and every time the protesters have returned to the parliament to confront the police. The response by the police has not really achieved its goal, which is the people to leave the same. Quite a it has angered few of the protesters, who are riled up by what happened earlier. From what we have been observing other the last few months and years, people are very fed up with the way their government has shown such a weak response to russian this information and influence in this country. Many people in georgia consider that russia occupies, according to international law, some of the countrys territory. Thee were wars here in 90s. And now Russian Troops occupy those territories. This is been building up for some time. This is quite an unprecedented seen on the streets of the police the tblisi. Protesters are still out enforcement of the Parliament Building their there. Here in the u. K. , the contest to replace theresa may has been whittled down to the two final contenders. Front runner and probrexit mp face offnson will against foreign secretary jeremy hunt. Members of the conservative party will now decide between them. The winner will be announced on july 22. Haveu is being urged to sanctions against turkey. The country is looking for oil and gas and its zone. The greek and cypriot leaders are not mincing their words. They expect action at the u. S. Summit underway in brussels. Thee agreed to prepare ground of the european summit to take the appropriate decisions. Far as to impose sanctions on turkey if it it has been proven that there was drilling and the cypriot economic zone. Reporter this is far from the area cyprus has licensed Multinational Oil companies to explore. Notstill within a 200 mile go radius, where cyprus says it has the sole right to exploit mineral wealth under the sea. The eu and United States have called on turkey to stop the explorations, which they call provocative. Do not chase illusions that will yield no results. No one will stop turkey from following its path of determination. And turkey have not had normal diplomatic relations in 1974, when turkey invaded the island in response to a greek coup attempt. Occupies lots of ciphers cyprus. Turkey says it will share whatever oil and gas it finds with cypriots. But it has not provided any guarantee. Now, the prospect of money israel. Is real. Suddenly this is real. Turkey could end up out of the picture. In terms of the official estimates, it is about 4. 1 trillion cubic feet. But thenot the norm is, government says it is worth 9 million billion. Greek and Turkish Cypriots that their newfound wealth could hasten a political settlement. There is a danger they may find instead that it makes their divorce permanent. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in the democratic republic of congo because of interethnic fighting. Are fighting over farmland as well as natural riches such as gold and oil. About 4000 people have crossed into uganda. Reporter after days of running, this family arrived in uganda. They say their village in the democratic republic of congo was burned down. The survivors walked for days, trying to reach lake albert, which forms the border with uganda. Crossing one of africas largest lakes is frightening. We spent the night at the shore, hoping to cross in the morning. When we started off with our boat, we ended up lost in hostile territory. People began shooting at us. We ran away and eventually found our way here. Another danger is ebola. It has killed thousands of congolese since the latest outbreak began in last august. Ugandan Health Officials on high alert to stop spread. So far there have been no cases of the virus reported in this area. Brought to this reception center, where there given temporary shelter and food paid for by the ugandan government, the u. N. , and international donors. Many families have not eaten in days, they say they are tired and hungry. They can get a basic mail meal. It is enough to keep them going for a few hours. Reporter the United Nations says more than 300,000 people have been displaced by interethnic violence in northeastern areas of the drc since the beginning of this month. Their fighting is about access to farmland as well as gold, oil, and gas resources. 4000 refugees have arrived in uganda this month. Seeing a lot of children. Below 18. We have to understand, what is happening. What is the problem, really . Reporter uganda has more than one million refugees from other countries. The new arrivals from the drc and others following and others following in their footsteps will stretch already limited resources. Anchor chinese president xi jinping says he hopes north korea can hold successful talks with the u. S. Over the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. Xi was speaking at his first ever visit to the korean nation. Reporter this is a visit that has been a long time coming. It was only confirmed on monday. The Opening Ceremony for the visit came with military honors. And seamless pageantry. Nese state major thing media said he on young was awash pyongyangrance was awash with exuberance. The last time a chinese head of state was here was 14 years ago. That is a reflection over a relationship that is been strained. Thehis is about repairing relationship. It has been pretty rocky ever since chairman camtek over kim took over. And the shorter term, it is obviously about north korea and china getting on the same page about denuclearization negotiations with the u. S. Xi said the International Community wants those negotiations suits succeed. And china is willing to help. This was their First Encounter since cam met u. S. President donald trump in hanoi months ago. That ended without any agreement on north Koreas Nuclear disarmament. Pyongyang since china and north korea established diplomatic relations. It is also just days before he is set to meet donald trump, who has been unable to persuade cam kim to give up his nuclear arsenal. A former diplomat believes that kim is using xi as a messenger to pass along something to trump that could end the impasse. President xi jinping may deliver this new offer directly to President Trump. Now it is up to President Trump whether he would accept this new proposal or not. Pyongya xis visit to ng seems timely