Japanese vases relex Prime MinisterShinzo Abbott but will his Coalition Keep its vital supermajority. Hello this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the program your secure state Rex Tillerson has been discussing iraq iran and the gulf crisis with saudi leaders hes now in qatar. We meet the young syrians who are missing out on school so they can support their families. And facing a growing problem of crystal meth addiction iran opens its first a drug rehab clinic for mothers. To japans Prime Minister shinzo abyei has swept to victory in todays snap election after promising to toughen his stance on north korea and revive the economy polish results a Ruling Coalition has already won two hundred sixty four seats that easily surpass as. Majority in the four hundred sixty five Seat Parliament without barry is hoping for a two thirds super majority to push through his agenda and for that he needs at least three hundred ten seat exit polls have put him on track for that japans constitution limits the military to being a Self Defense Force after its defeat in the Second World War i base says the law is a relic of the past and having a supermajority will help him change the constitution and develop a fully fledged army aljazeera sarah clarke reports now from tokyo thank you. Its a remarkable turnaround for japans Prime Minister plagued by corruption scandals sheens oh abbe and his Coalition Party were on shaky ground last month but on election day they were favorites to win reelection and an exit poll predicted the liberal Democratic Party would secure a parliamentary majority a Coalition Partner lost several seats by look set to become japans longest serving leader since world war two. Two newly formed Political Parties filed to oust an exit poll says the party of hope led by the popular governor of tokyo rica quake it will win up to fifty nine seats and the constitutional Democratic Party looks set to win even more making it the Largest Opposition Party in japans lower house not enough to challenge overwhelming majority the opposition itself that is unfair or unifying ideology it doesnt really. Unifying policy platform and if they did manage to develop a credible narrative of being a better alternative than the current government even though the current cabinet is not that popular voting here in japan is not compulsory at the last election about fifty percent of eligible voters turned out but were talking land delivering great conditions the public has been encouraged to vote early and i have already about fifteen percent have been to the polls before the official election day this day its protections that this election may see a higher voter turnout by midafternoon heavy rain sitting in with flooding in some areas organizers predicted the lowest voter turnout for the third consecutive lower house elections. Are basic you is a two thirds majority that will deliver him the mandate to reform the pacifist constitution and allow japans forces to play a more active role the issue has divided Voter Opinion on the one i support constitutional change i want him to go right ahead with it i dont like the way i hope there wont be any wars because i have a baby although things are very different from the past im still worried. At a time of regional uncertainty and escalating tensions with north korea opinion polls indicate vice is choosing stability this time around. And is ruling party a third term in power sara clock aljazeera tokyo. U. S. Actor state Rex Tillerson is in the calgary capital of doha after a round of diplomacy in saudi arabia where theres been little sign of a breakthrough over the saudi led blockade on gaza tennison has held talks with king solomon and the Saudi Foreign minister i dont know he also met the iraqi Prime Minister how the other party and says he wants to counter iranian influence in iraq and we do see to support as does the kingdom of saudi arabia. Whole of their rock you know that iraq is secure and stable as i indicated has the ability to stand on its own we believe this will in some ways counter some of the unproductive influences of iran inside of iraq certainly errani and militias that are in iraq now that the fight against. Isis is coming to a close those licious need to go home. Ballasts members are joins us here in the studio just listen for a quick look at the scene before we Start Talking here in doha the Qatari Foreign minister or expect to see Rex Tillerson coming out to address the media any moment now but it could be any time really hes going to be with the country foreign minister who havent been to rome you know tani say we can now discuss what they were talking about perhaps in saudi and theres a whole web of in connecting issues that takes in the cattery crisis is where the the u. S. Strategy under donald trump is sort of becoming more and more clear of the day and clearly the Foreign Policy establishment is united on a number of issues for example staying engaged and fighting in afghanistan stay engaged and fighting isobel in iraq containing iran and so on so forth so theres a number of main issues and i think secretary of state teller soon after jim mattis is trying to make sure that sort of a Coalition Building is happening in the region and the corner store and here would be iraq is saudia relations because apparently the Top Administration believes you can distance the iraqi Prime Minister about you from iran by having saudi arabia normalize relations with iraq. And invest in the reconstruction of the destroyed areas in iraq not only in mosul and other places they think this is the best way to really implemented that strategy of containing iran beyond cliches and slogans into Coalition Building in the region ok which brings us all to whats going on in doha right now this conversation thats taking place and what well hear about shortly we hope and how the u. S. Really wants to see this g. C. C. Crisis resolved exactly because in the beginning president from apparently was manipulated by abu dhabi and riyadh in believing that qatar is a destabilizing force supports terrorism on the likes but Rex Tillerson who has long experience in decision as a former exxon mobils c. E. O. Knows all too well the gulf politics knows all too well the personal relations and knows all too well whether qatar is or is not and of course he thinks its not and thats why he wants the four countries besieging or boycotting qatar to normalize relations beginning with a dialogue with carter and so on so forth clearly the secretary of state is frustrated with saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates he thinks this is four months too long this crisis in the gulf he believes you cannot contain iran you cannot fight terrorism in the region by having a destabilized gulf region he needs to bring the gulf region together in a united front ahead of the summit in early december in kuwait and so went to listen comes to talks like this what might he have obviously done so we can see right through this and just walking into the room in the country foreign minister the minister you know appears to be by himself the man of the country foreign minister to. Lets have a listen in to see where they got it. So i want to be upon you. At the very beginning id like to welcome me to the league because access say here at the u. S. Secretary of state. And welcome him here in doha. We had so many meetings between him and his highness the emir of qatar shaikh to maim so i have met him in. A lengthy meeting with. His highness the emir maging with. The u. S. President. Following the. Crisis in the gulf and he thanked him for the. First and for us in visiting the region. His highness with the u. S. President. How much of a concern regarding these clients is that we went for a long time and this. Affects the challenges the common challenges we all face we stressed that the state of qatar is committed. On clear cut supporters that will never violate their International Lo the sovereignty of the states and also the efforts of the sign is the mirror of kuwait in order to sort this problem. This problem that led to the loss of everyone. Also would like to stress. Of having such a solution where wisdom. Is higher than any other viruses and also we dealt with the importance of the relations between the two states got signed in other states based on such. As in defense in economy education and they would like to thank than other states and all its Political Institutions for working hard to boost these relations between the two countries. To. Praise the role of qatar in Development Also we spoke about the regional issues in the region in the syrian issue iraq. And the palestinian issue as well says i was supposed to be an example to so its all of these problems between the palestinian. Factions and. To reach. For peace talks. Based on the Arab Initiative the out of Peace Initiative also we had so many discussions about so many matches. And we need to says the importance of the role of the not the states of america. In fighting terrorism and maintaining this the kids of the reading in cooperation with the region this country was. Sorry to say that so many times ive been here and that because also the crisis in the gulf and like to thank you secretary for president and the float is use thank you very much excellent sea and its again a pleasure to be in doha. A place of visited and known for many many years i want to thank his highness the emir for very generous time he gave me so we could have an important discussion about a number of topics and we just concluded also very useful about lateral with his actually foreign minister autonomy and we did touch on obviously our joint counterterrorism efforts in the region a topic of great importance to all of us they all going gulf dispute and then many other topics which is actually see just listed for you all of those were discussed as well we also. Discussed the progress on towards implementing the counterterrorism memorandum of understanding which has actually say often in myself signed this past july and significant progress has been made in. A number of important efforts in our counterterrorism joint efforts including sharing of terrorist list terrorist financing weve participated in a number of counterterrorism technical sessions and trying and significant steps have been taken to enhance Aviation Security that we have additional work to do but we are quite pleased with the progress and the relationship that has been strengthened between the two countries qatar and the United States to Counter Terrorism the United States will continue to work closely with qatar as we crack down on terrorists and those who are paying their bills as you know President Trump made the financing of terrorism a key out of the important riyadh summit that was held earlier this year all of our Gulf Partners are doing an extraordinary effort to Counter Terrorism all have more that we can do together finally has the gulf to speed does near its five month mark the United States remains can sorrow and as concern today as we were at the outset of the dispute has had negative consequences economically and militarily for those involved and certainly the United States has felt the effects of that is while we think its very important for the g. C. C. To continue to pursue unity. It is most effective when it is unified and none of us can afford to let this dispute linger so we can call on all the parties involved to continue to work towards discussion and dialogue and finding a way to deal with the differences we ask that everyone minimize the rhetoric and deescalate the tensions and take steps to do so its not a healthy environment that we find that the Current Situation. The u. S. Is going to continue to do our part were going to continue to support the mayor of kuwait and his efforts towards finding a diplomatic solution and we will continue to engage all parties as how we can better help them understand their concerns and possibly find a solution also though in closing i want to thank the state of qatar for their very generous thirty Million Dollar contribution that they made toward Hurricane Relief in the United States and they were very quick to come with those contributions and we appreciate it also want to acknowledge the very strong economic relationship that exists between the United States and qatar obviously important u. S. Business interest here in qatar but qatars making important investments in the United States as well and we welcome those and look forward to expanding the economic relationship between our two countries important to the longer term relationship as well thank you actually. Have him on that question from has the mobile side the from edges into. It say that he had to. Get to the state you have invited. From riyadh to find a path and wants the details of these. Then whats the practical steps to sort out the bloke a and again this guy we need to express him to i am the hope but washington has to play a bigger role how can washington impose in a way solution its washington is the friend of everyone. Listening to his axis of the cut to the phone a minister there any kind of god in the summit and whats has the kuwaiti voice told you a few days ago thank you. Well first let me make clear that the u. S. Does not have any intention to impose a solution on anyone in the current dispute we are staying in very close contact with all of the parties President Trump himself speaks to the leaders of the countries that are involved and he has stressed to all of those that he believes that it is time to find a solution to this dispute the u. S. Is prepared to facilitate it in any way we can whether it be facilitating the discussions im selves are offering a possible roadmap for solutions but fundamentally the parties have to come to a point that theyre ready to solve this think again we have expressed our view that we think its time that is time this solutions be saw and were going to continue to make those points were going to continue to offer whatever assistance we can whether it be hosting the dialogue or facilitating dialogue and support the ongoing efforts of as i said of the american white but it is not for the u. S. To impose an answer on anyone for that lets just get it on this. Earth and that. Regarding the gulf summit we havent had any official letter regarding the postponement of the summit but we hope the summit will be. On time as his legs and cement shone and few minutes ago there you see is quite important for the collective security and we feel sort of that uses it would be the victim of this crisis again this is the state of qatar and this has affected directly the collective security of the g. C. C. Because of the behavior of the blockading and contras. Sees this i mean the g. C. C. Will constitute a golden chance you know to start the dialogue and the civilized way according to the civilized diplomatic well known channels but there is a post moment for the gulf summit it could be because of the behavior of these countries and also feel sorry to say that they are not ready to face in this connection to tackle with the dialogue about the raises of this crisis that they have invented because they are these countries have resulted to none diplomatic ways that has nothing to do with the modern diplomatic there was and probably. This is no good their results or religion or the result to the tribes it. Takes guts to say its of god is quite committed to the g. C. C. And was says that the g. C. C. Is fantastic for the collective security of the region and we hope the brocaded contras will take potshots with us and will be up to the response abilities in a positive way to put an end to this crisis that we can see no reasons whatsoever behind it and for its. Mission. Yes hi i have a question about first of all care cook. How much are you worried about the iranians helping iraq retake parts of kirkuk and whats next with the kurds i mean they feel kind of abandoned by the administration tell me a little bit about what you tried to do it to head off the referendum and and how you deal with this situation now well with respect to excuse me with respect to iranian president s and iraq Prime Minister a body is in full control of his country hes in full control of the movement of certain military operations for our par we have encourage every stripe and we have encouraged minimisation of any type of conflict between forces involving either the current kurdistan forces the peshmerga or forces that might be part of the Iraqi Government coalition. The leading up to the referendum itself the us was quite clear that we did not support the kurdish independence referendum we did not believe it was time given that the battle to defeat isis is still underway and while there have been significant victories and significant progress in iraq that that task is not yet complete and clearly what we were concerned about is the referendum would lead to a distraction from the fight to defeat isis or desh and that unfortunately is im afraid what were now experiencing with these efforts to move forces back back to prior positions so we hope that the parties will find find themselves in a in a position of restraint of our view is that there was a lot of movement of forces whether they be Peshmerga Forces or movement of iraq the Coalition Forces during the war to defeat isis and this was all very well coordinated under the Prime Minister foreign minister a bodys leadership also working with call Coalition Forces as well to defeat desh i think there was always a general understanding though that once the the war to defeat that was completed in areas were liberated and they were secure that everyone would return to their positions where they were located prior to the emergence of dash in two thousand and fourteen so a lot of this movement that youre watching and in and reporting on is really special American Forces repositioning to locations that they were prior to that fighting and iraq the forces deigning to relocate to locations prior to the fighting as well and respect what had been the agreed upon boundaries between the autonomous kurdistan region and the rest of iraq so we have encouraged that the parties do that that they risk tabish themselves in. Accordance with those previously agreed boundaries and then we have encouraged the party strongly to gauge in baghdad to fully implement the iraqi constitution for the Kurdish People have a number of unfulfilled expectations rights that were there were promised them under the constitution that were never delivered upon and so there are a number of actions that need to be taken by the parties to fulfill the iraqi constitution itself Prime Minister a body has made it clear his commitment to follow through on those constitutional obligations and we hope the kurds willing gauge with baghdad in a very productive way to see that the constitution is fully implemented i think many of the kurds concerns will be addressed through that process so we encourage the parties to not ask the situation not lead to conflict and stake ordinated and not forget that the war to defeat desh is not yet over and that remains the greatest threat to iraq. Double added not only to it out of. Memory does a lot of. A lot of. Questions to expose the. Mohammad but ive heard that the media of the blockade in milan it was have say a lot and they have made a lot and things are not. Working i said quite clear. The. Again typical almost say of the blockade income tree and i need to mention here. The foremost raimi who say that the. Crisis. Is not only because of the Qatari Foreign policy but also because of recidivism and poverty in qatar what do you say what do you think. The gries is has shown. So many american. Loading the claims of the so called chief diplomacy has. Never shown us again the diplomacy its funny to say that these claims are. About russian president is that not. A country spoke about refs are there not here. Our message is if you dont have you can give. Dealing with. Paperless and this is it. Of course of the b. B. C. Thank you mr tudor soon you very strongly indicated in an interview before this trip that you felt the saudi led core test was responsible for the impasse in the feud with qatar you said they werent yet willing to engage so i wanted to ask you one did you say that to the saudis too is there any sign they are willing to go for those face to face talks youre talking about and did you extend an invitation to the white house like mr trump said he said he was willing to invite them to the white house to mediate and three do you think the iranians are benefiting from this crisis and a question to share any mr tillerson in riyadh was talking about countering the spread of irans influence especially in iraq do you are you worried about the spread of irans influence in the region and do you think it is a threat thank you. With respect to the talks getting underway yes i did and by meetings with the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon asked him to please and gauge please and gauge in dialogue. There is not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. And so we cannot force talks upon people who are not ready to talk so there has been no invitation to the white house because its not clear that parties are ready to engage and were going to continue to work towards that dialogue and towards that engagement but as i said in response to an earlier question we we cannot and will not impose a solution on anyone with respect to iran gaining i think the most immediate and obvious gain that iran has is that it is qatars only air Space Available for qatar to operate and so it puts qatar in a position of having to engage with iran in a in a positive way to meet qatars needs but this really removes a lot of other alternatives for qatar to see whats best for its own people as well so thats just a simple example of what we are concerned about but beyond that any time there is there is conflict in destabilization among countries that are typically allies someone will always come in to exploit those differences. Well regarding. Your question about countering the airline and killing. I believe that position has been clear before the crisis during the crisis and even ports the crisis we are against any negative influence in the region and any interference in the region and in and out of countries and we have been very clear expressing those concerns with iran and with anyone who has. Any nigga to influence that we believe that the Current Crisis is really undermining our efforts to solve the issues here in the region its undermining our efforts and in countering terrorism since they were claiming that they are spearheading the counterterrorism efforts we see. The opposite here that they are affecting. The continent of efforts in the region by imposing such a man in a country which was just a few months ago considered a strong ally sort of them. Has been. Carried a very clear policy on different aspects with the on but remain committed that all the problems here in the region we need to resolve to a dialogue and this has been not the position only but qatar and other g. C. C. Countries position. Last meeting in december two thousand and sixteen and behind where their leaders committed that they have to engage with iran in dialogue in a serious dialogue which is based on a price a bit off not interference off each other affairs and stopping any negative influence and that we are remain committed to. The suppressive was and to resort to the dialogue. Said one button to zoom out of england from a lot of the t. V. So hard it was you know how to jail qatar you. Got to clothe them in a sort of the Kuwaiti Initiative all daily geishas that have visited the lot of old Foreign Ministers and put themselves behind the kuwait initiative to have support of the what initiative they quit. So youve been watching a country foreign minister mohammad been a tiny and secular state Rex Tillerson holding a press conference the Country Foreign Ministry sector state had been to saudi arabia to riyadh to have discussions there about various issues the Qatari Foreign minister talking about the commitment to dialogue on the gulf crisis and saying that the Current Crisis is undermining their efforts to deal with problems in the region and to indeed dealing with terrorism. Rex tillerson for his part talked of how its important for the g. C. C. To pursue resolution and to encourage dialogue and minimize the rhetoric ok so thats a recap of the Current Situation lets return now to that press conference and the Qatari Foreign minister. Of the g. C. C. Brok as. It is an important element for the collective security of the region we need other sametime to. That these. These. For certain relations have to be within the International Relations and we are not divided as we can. With the twenty six thousand people who have been displaced in the easy way we need to open