Held with charge in Detention Centers in nigeria Human Rights Watch says the arrests were made as part of an anti terror crackdown. Describe severely overcrowded cells 20300. 10 meters by 10 meters. Welcome to the weekly here on our t. V. Where we bring you the top stories in the past week. The iranian president says he wants gulf nations to Work Together to provide security in the region comes after his country standoff with the u. S. Intensified this week washington the qs tehran being behind a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia they made this pledge of support to riyadh. The president has approved the deployment of u. S. Forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and Missile Defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. To enhance their ability to defend themselves it is clear that even the saudis themselves dont believe the fiction of the rainy and involvement. However the drone and missile attacks were claimed by with the rebels in yemen on friday saudi forces launched several air strikes near the yemeni port city of what deida thought a Coalition Spokesperson said the goal was to prevent the rebels from launching remote controlled assault on shipping in the red sea and the saudis and the u. S. Still blame iran for the attack on the oil spill of the artist say it has more. That is being decided that iran did it and that started opinion will find the result of an investigation its a decision guilty secretary do you gather any new evidence that shows who is behind the attacks and do you think it is slam dunk case to bring to the u. N. Next week. I think its abundantly clear and there is an enormous consensus in the region that we know precisely who conducted these attacks was iran i didnt hear anybody in the region who doubted that for a single mom. Is doing what trump does best signing pieces of paper bringing to bear a slew of new sanctions against iran but these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country weve never done it to this level. And its too bad whats happening with iran its going to hell the americans who werent attacked of already decided what happened then who is guilty the saudis who were attacked and have all the day bree and bits and pieces of the missiles are still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that sink in. The attack did not originate from yemen the attack was launched from the move and was unquestioned be sponsored by a wrong its not in the range of yemens capabilities if it was them who conducted the attack this is one of the missiles we have recovered and we have information that leads us to the source of these kind of. Were made in iran. So what they found is the weapons were allegedly made with iranian components they were fired from the north the direction of iran and its neighbors so cutting to the chase it was iran thats what youre going to say right not once during the presentation did the saudis specifically say that iran did it 1 may ask what on earth saudi defenses were doing at the time theyve got the 3rd biggest military budgets on earth but of americas best clients the countries lifted with patriot and other anti Missile Systems 80000000000. 00 a year should protect you from a score of drones and missiles no the only thing that might be iranian related is that maybe some of the equipment some of the technology that the who these have might have been incorporated into the attack but why why or why is anyone complaining especially the saudis since the us has been providing the bombs and the aircraft to the saudis to bomb yemen for 4 years so the who with these are just responding back then again to those saying its iran because theyre alleged iranian components in the daily brief does that mean that the us is responsible for her refit massacres in yemen i mean sure saudi arabia dropped the bombs but those say made in the United States more likely than not has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic is new need to investigate to collect evidence its american bombs it has got to be america. And. Theres. An entire country reduced to misery and paid untold thousands dead more to die but you know what its the oil refinery in saudi arabia the book was vengeance. And time beijing activists in hong kong have staged another protest a semi autonomous chinese territory is in the grip of a 16th consecutive weekend of demonstrations and unrest the protesters have been waving American Flags and destroying chinese ones on saturday police in the city used tear gas and rubber bullets while rioters thermal tough cocktails and started fires in the streets. Back on tuesday leaving name in the Hong Kong Protest Movement appeal to u. S. Lawmakers in Congress Joshua long wants them to pass a bill that would see greater u. S. Support Hong Kong Special status under american law depends on the city being treated as a separate customs area beijing should not have it both ways wrapping all the economy benefit of hong kong standing in the world while erosion of our freedom that is the most important reason why the hong kong human rights and democracy act and just bought some throws off hong kong civil society. Well as a prominent student activists who organized this part to suggest to the Chinese Government and support of hong kongs independence the 22 year old is also a leader of the protests party. And hes already served several jail terms for his activities because i love explains why well this plan for us supervision over hong kong may backfire. They are many theyve won the fight with the authorities by early submission but they are anything but done the American Flag waving taskforce among the hong kong protesters are sending their poster boy to convince us legislators to do Something Big on autonomy. Well for those of you having difficulty making out the absence of this boilerplate script its that human rights and democracy act and its meant to show beijing that the u. S. Is serious about fighting for hong kongs rights the United States must make clear to china that its interference in Hong Kong Affairs will have consequences this month we must possibly cameron bipartisan on Consumer Rights and democracy act the bill was devised in response to what the u. S. Has been calling a chinese infringement on the regions autonomy and requires for america to review own homes special status annually and if that status is ever revoked the regions autonomy would not so much be infringed but rather new to dust since the early ninetys hong kong has been enjoying huge advantages for wearing washingtons special status badge. And some believe that a small yet vocal group of protesters is laying an explosive tripwire for the whole region which will not enjoy the konami Chain Reaction if its ever triggered in a way that is if theyre just sitting all of the biggest economy in the World Without us this city will always just ordered. It was going to hold a great deal but its not just the whole portly there are thousands of you notice these companies and it would likewise be affected of course its a political war because. Its only or percent of chinas economy he was the. Head of the deal years ago in be accountable more as far as equality is also. Its now but this isnt on the other hand of course we lost i wish the one country to see so as to help china with the internationalization that really d the. Whole american legislators see the bill is designed to punish Mainland China specifically as protesters would not but while the end goal may very well be punishing beijing in pursuit of a geo political supremacy washington my just overlook the collateral damage. Is really present as intervening to break the deadlock around the formation of a new government hes now she added 2 days of crunch talks with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz dance has just won the backing of the arab block or 6 3rd place in the elections. And dance are demanding to head a coalition after step elections fail to return a majority. According to the Election Commission we have received 33. 00 seats and netanyahu did not achieve the bloc that he had hoped to achieve citizens of israel want to the unity government even after previous elections and they want to now i was talking about it almost for the whole year i intend to create a wide unity government with me is the leader. I was surprised and disappointed by the fact that as of now benny gantz still refuses my call to meet the president called for unity and without a meeting between the 2 Major Party Leaders a unity government cannot be formed israel could face the prospect of a 3rd round of elections and less than a year if an agreement between the blocks is not reached Cancer Center left blue and White Alliance won 33. 00 seats won that yahoo center right party was just behind that a bloc of arab parties known as joint list came 3rd the bloc came 5 more seats than in the previous election and its thought that was spurred in part by netanyahu is inflammatory remarks about arab districts and the potential for voter fraud that led to a spike in air voter turnout which hit around 59 percent the leader of the arab shortlist alliance said the outcome of the election was the price of incitement. Without cross live to political commentator neil lazarus for more on this now the joint list leader just back benny gantz to head the government how much impact will that have or thats very important because what hes saying is it will probably mean that the president will turn to benny gantz to try and form a government having said that we know that the president of israel is very keen to form a National JointNational Government of likud and blue and white together hes going to be trying to do that the one thing that everyone is trying to avoid is a 3rd round of elections because theres a stalemate. Now the journalist leader called the outcome of the election the price of incitement and said netanyahu considers arabs as his enemy is are you surprised at those comments no not at all i think in the last days of the election we saw in that in yahoo trying to attract his own base weve seen it before where he says that the arabs are coming out that the left are coming out he blames the press and so on and so forth the reality is i think 2nd time people saw beyond the rhetoric and reached out for hope the fact that these ready arab vote came out much more if it was about 10 percent higher than it did last time and the voices weve heard today is actually showing that israeli democracy is much stronger than the calls of hatred against certain members or parts of the population today the israeli arab voted in strengths to try and bring down the government of netanyahu and work as a democratic country for a better hope but the shortlist officially backing gantz what chance does netanyahu have of keeping his position as Prime Minister and what does he need to do to get that. Well both parties both in that in now who and. Gantz dont have enough to make a majority even even when as the backing of the list the person who is the king will bank is lieberman and he holds the balance of power in a lieberman has been saying that he wasnt going to recommend anyone to the president to be the form the coalition what we do know he has a personal dislike for netanyahu and actually was responsible for bringing down the government and cause and 2nd elections or the momentum that led to it at least so we really are in a stalemate i think we should be looking less at how these arab vote is but which way lieberman is going to actually be voting will in the end move from that right secular right and move to bring down that and yahoo thats a question which is facing these road today there were claims that netanyahu has moved to set up cameras and point stations and mostly arab districts actually brought out more arabs to go out something we touched on earlier how it was such an insult to them whats your take on that. Absolutely i think the whole campaign by Benjamin Netanyahu of incitement against the israeli arab vote and the left and the media backfired on him and certainly got more people out to vote against him lets remember that netanyahu is major concern is that hes going towards trial were in the in the next few days were going to see whether its going to be recommended to put the Prime Minister of israel former Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu on trial hes been desperately trying to get a law passed a lot of immunity which would say that any sitting Prime Minister could be prosecuted so that headline is it looks like hes failed to do that so we could see netanyahu today in the near future ending up in court and being judged on crimes of clash of interests and so on and so forth if that now who does manage to pull through will he be able to deliver on his more controversial election promises like and occupied territories. Well i think again we can put this call to i mix. The Jordan Valley as part of the rhetoric where he was trying to approach his ground based on the right we have to wait and see other than netanyahu trial i remind you that trumps deal of the central socalled deal of the century seems to be in the process of being announced that could see america recognizing settlements as being an ex by the state of israel or israels right to an expose settlements thats why i think netanyahu felt confident about making that call and moving his party further to the right. And the center left gets in certainly that wont be happening political commentator neil lazarus thank you for your time and your comments there weekly continues after this short break. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. Some want to. Let you go right to the press its like them for free in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the waters about how. They said. Tensions between the masses and clauses have existed ever since most states came into being they often serve as a driver political change with Russian Civil Society growing larger and louder against the excesses of the government it leaks what does the future of the political system look like. A comeback a long term crackdown on terrorists in nigeria has seen thousands of children being detained thats according to Human Rights Watch we spoke to one of those behind their report. Since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june a Human Rights Watch went to the northeast of nigeria where boko haram its most active and we interviewed more than 30 children who had been detained the vast majority of these children were never charged with a crime in fact they were never taken to court they never had the opportunity to see a judge the children were denied contact with their families and held in orrible conditions they described so little space that they couldnt turn over at night they were you know piled one next to the other they described it like being razor blades in a pack many of them something began losing hope that they would ever be released some thought that they would die in detention children as young as 5 were reportedly held in overcrowded facilities spending months or even years there there are frequent reports of sexual physical and mental abuse the children had been accused of involvement with the bulk of her own terror group they were radical Islamist Organization is based in northeastern nigeria that carries out attacks throughout west africa in 2015 a pledge allegiance to Islamic State many of the imprisoned children were rounded up during military operations against the group. They are smee if i was a member of booker and beat me up when i said no they tied my hands and legs and hung me to a tree and continued to flow camy they flogged me and left me tied to the tree from morning to evening one person from my village was killed during the interrogation if you make a noise if you drink water without asking them if you go toward the door to get fresh air they beat you. The soldiers had girlfriends one of the girls from all village was a girl friend of a soldier she would usually take her out of the compound some ladies got pregnant in the cell and delivered while i was there. More than 2000 children have been released from Detention Centers 2013 but joe becker again believes more effort should be made to free those still being held without charge nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the United Nations or independent organizations like Human Rights Watch to access the military Detention Centers but what Human Rights Watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian Child Protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities the Nigerian Military