And necessary companion to keys and not its opposite and we must do all that we can to resist these deadly creep urgent measures must be taken by parliament and un bodies to present prevent further and deadly detail your is shown by the thing the protection of human rights and in global peace and security at keast our 102 countries have active stocks of military drones 35 of them post says the most deadliest of all trolls 20 armed nonstate actors or so of access to 2 armed drones drawn some becoming stealthy or speedier smaller more lethal and can. Buried today by teams located south of kilometers away and in my opinion and their opinion of all the experts i have consulted over the last 6 months these is bringing the world to a critical point in regulating the use of armed drones and the use of force to who arent drones theyre poorly farish and the expanding technology called powers are essentially unregulated and they have come to symbolize an increasing disregard by state and armed groups of found them untold humanitarian and human rights principles too many politicians admired the perf perceived efficiency effectiveness at that to billy t. Accept ability and deniability of drones there is no political cost associated with drones unlike the deployment of armed troops there is no cost to the lives of our quotation marks soldiers attached to the deployment of armed drones we are also falling prey to the denture smith of the surge of course strike where superposed lee only the intended target is killed this is far from being their case and Technology Helps crudes the true number of casualties and beth are rarely properly investigated and even more rarely reported on in a transparent fashion. In Theory International human rights low places transient conditions on the use of lethal force however to justify targeted killings by armed drones states have engaged in what i have referred to as legal distortion legal contortion or legal or gymnastics they are really interpreted the principle of self defense to permeate for instance socalled preemptive strikes including on the terry cherry of non believed errant states which will not engaged in any coin door conflict but supposedly where unable or unwilling to deal with a perv sieved threat. The all the distortion easily inked to International Humanitarian law and as been characterized by the notion of a global. Globalized international all known International Armed conflict and the outcome is that low intensity all supposedly low intensity conflict are drawn out beyond any graphic all of temporal boundaries and drones ive been at the heart of those development because of the distance that the drones allow between the parties that strike and the target. Until january of this year drones had been used for the purpose of targeting reprieves and to tip of armed groups that had been deemed a threat by a number of governments particularly under the concept of terrorism on january 3rd 2020 the world moved into a very different space. On that day the United States used an armed drones to target and kill irans top general. Salim annie as well as a number of these companions including largely iraqi president to chief that is a significant and troubling new development it is the 1st known incident in which a state invokes selfdefense as a justification for an attack against a Government Official outside a declared armed conflict. The. International Community Must now confront the real prospect that states could opt on the basis of that precedent to strategy clearly believe me nate i ranking military all nonmilitary of shores outside the context of a known war and to justify that killing on the ground of self defense. Understood in this very elastic fashion which i have just presented. As a result of the development both legal technological and practically on the ground i think we are facing a Tipping Point in these 2nd drone age. The response to to those targeted killings to the use of drones as has been unfortunately largely muted both domestically and internationally internationally the Security Council is largely missing in action in my report i cite the fact that since over the last to 40 to 50 years the Security Council has only spoken in one tenths of the cases involving claims of selfdefense and states Member States are largely silent when it comes to the use of drones for the purpose of targeted killings in a 3rd country they are practical reason to their science but they are also other reasons such as fear diplomatic and Political Considerations the silence of state the silence of Security Council should have no legal meaning but unfortunately a number of states have used that silence to suggest consent to the legal gymnastics and legal distortion i have mentioned before so those are silent even though it has no legal meaning as a political cost and thats also what we are confronting at the moment in in conclusion in my report and therefore are calling for a very robust measures to be taken in response to the use of the multiplication the Party Federation the development and the export of views and of drones and the use of force i. Have called on Domestic Institution parliament and judicial. Ector to respond to that challenge thus far they are really out of the picture largely and im also calling on the International Community to act towards the development and that a robust standard for the control on our own traumas i believe there are a number of opportunities internationally at the moment this includes the secretary general protection of civilians strategy crudes the development of a political statement on the use of explosive weapons in c. V. And territory and i think there is an increasing awareness particularly after the strike against jinnah were certainly many that week weve got to stop we cannot put seed we cannot posts you this line of be a viewer so im hoping that states will hear my call and take their responsibilities and point used and implement the standards that are required for the protection of human rights as well as more generally peace and security thank you very much. Thank you and yours very much and no return to questions or will start a new one in the room yes move in the back go ahead. With the dual core up or divorce dont get covered on the missiles or need Human Rights Council and the. Security. For. Your listening that on your column of the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings we have got to stop were her words there. Thank you we cannot pursue this line of behavior referring to the use of drones in extra judicial killings she highlighted the killing of an iranian general hossam soloman a as significant and troubling lets go live now to iran we have seen in the capital to her arent we getting any reaction from iranian officials to this very strong statement coming out of the un special rapporteur. Well semi much of what was said has been known for a few days since news of this report had already come out but iranian leaders have been largely quiet in response to this report i think waiting for this event today normally when it comes to the u. N. Its the u. N. Mission in iran it is their representatives that will make comments and sort of lead the way in terms of irans response but in the days since the death of money arguably one of the most popular iranian leaders in the country the country did form a task force comprised of the Foreign Ministry the judiciary the Supreme NationalSecurity Council as well as members of silver mines family but so far this body hasnt done much more than make condemnation make condemning remarks towards the United States however domestically the reaction to customs of the monies death has been enormous publicly there was but outpouring of anger an outpouring of grief by people who do have been demanding that their government do something more than simply condemn the United States for their actions i was speaking to an iranian just earlier this week who said that no matter what was going through in iran the matter what was happening sanctions or even the coronavirus it was always a sense of physical security of the borders being secure and qassam so the money truly represented that since his death when many iranians feel is that this year the borders the physical borders of iran are under threat and it really started with the assassination of qassam so the money zain is this likely to strengthen the view that there is perhaps a legal grounds for iran to pursue. Or lets try again with zain no we all right lets try and come back to zain later when we get over the audio bug lets go instead now to simone a faulty and she joins us live from baghdad and of course simone iraq was the place where costs and slow money was killed in that drone strike how could a position does this report by the un special rapporteur leave the Iraqi Government in well iraq has been the main theater of war between iran and us as they settled their scores towards the end of last year but also earlier this year and throughout those tensions iraq has been adamant that both sides should respect the countrys sovereignty and not carry out any aggressions on iraqi soil a wish that has been largely disrespected by evolve side so the report does not so much put iraq into an awkward position but rather it confirms a stance that it has advocated for a long time calling upon both iran and the us to not violate its sovereignty if we go back to january when the strike against customs for the money but also an iraqi official. Occurred immediately afterwards the Iraqi Parliament met and called for the withdrawal off foreign troops including u. S. Troops from iraq it also protested against this intervention which has now been ruled by the un as an arbitrary killing at the u. N. Security council so if the Iraqi Government has done what it thought it needed to do to try to address the situation but its also in a very difficult position because it reveals to relations with both neighboring iran as well as the United States as you mentioned there simona an iraqi commander. And this was also killed in that drone strike will this report intensify calls for action for his death. Well its unlikely at the moment that there will be any further actions taken by the Iraqi Government as i mentioned the parliament has already asked u. S. Troops to leave and its unlikely that there will be any further legal actions on iraqi territory at least because there is currently no status of forces agreement or anything that really justifies for example an iraqi court to file a suit against any american troops here lets also remember that the americans have always maintained that the strike was not carried out by any of the Coalition Personnel that are based inside the country so were unlikely to see any further steps taken here but also its important to remember that the current Prime Minister mr 5 card the me who was appointed in may he is seen as somebody who is closer to the United States somebody who was about that he will try to restrict the weapons in the hands of the state and move against armed elements inside iraq that are perceived as acting outside of the formal command structure so he is somebody who is likely to focus on iraqs future on the relations with both the United States and iran and as part of that there is currently a Strategic Dialogue that is ongoing between iraq and the u. S. And one of the important things that the Iraqi Government has been stressing is that the United States must respect its sovereignty Going Forward if the 2 countries are to have amicable relations all right simona 14 there from baghdad thanks for that now domestic flights in nigeria are taking off for the 1st time in almost 4 months the main airports in a budget and lagos reopened others will follow over the next week but its not known when International Flights will resume. Reports from. It was a cautious 1st day for nigeria no troubles as procedures arrived to check. They were confronted by new flight and safety rules that werent there before the copied 900 pandemic. Nevertheless john was eager to placate. Just so i dont have to sign so far trust in my country and trust the efforts put in place so far i expect my country and i believe in trust in the system and i know that its safe to fly as is safe to fly in any other country. Traffic was the 1st day for the resumption of the british. Government leaders say they have used the past 3 months when airlines are grounded to address Critical Infrastructure needs to ensure passenger safety of sin in our ports we have a marked areas where passengers would be to keep physically distant would reduce the capacity of our. Horse we have seacoast our flights to come in regulated the entry and exit of our ports were doing Everything Possible to ensure the people are safe. Despite increasing coverage 900 factions the government is going ahead with the open space for domestic flights. To airports this one you know and the other in the commercial capital lagos have been chosen to restart domestic flight when they have their ports due to take off soon now youre a similar vision of 40 will decide on want to allow International Flight after seeing how operations walk out in these airports over the next 2 weeks. I do sufficient sector has lost 95 percent of its revenues in the past believe it the feeling here is the longer airplanes are being granted the more the economy will be. This is a country that you have 34 percent little return on your investment this is a country with 450000000000 g. D. P. This is a country a center of africa this is a country that has 20 percent of the african consumption so it sucked in this economy means a total loss for the economy therefore we open it up. Style with caution sure that it was to save. Our vision officials are happy that the 1st day of commercial flight since the commitment to lock down went well what on saturday is how all airport schools would both domestic and International Flights out to get back to their poverty aljazeera picture. Facebook has removed dozens of fake accounts linked to roger stone a longtime ally of President Trump the social media giant said the accounts have been used to manipulate public debate using false information stone is about to begin a prison sentence for interfering with the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. F. B. I. Agents are investigating a chinese billionaire with links to former trump aide steve bannon investigators want to know where to wendys Media Company got its funding hes produced videos and social media posts alleging corruption in chinas elite he lives in selfimposed exile in the United States hired steve bannon as a consultant 2 years ago. The u. K. Government has announced a 37000000000. 00 stimulus package aimed at saving jobs and pumping new life into the economy thats been battered by the coronavirus and their mic journey now from. The seaside town of reaches a faded 19th century resort town with fun times feel like a thing of the past a place counting the cost of coronavirus more keenly than most but most of my money is through from busking a thing that hes made during the summer and so our computer will be of a cushion but this year were not going to have anything like that although. We do see its all very handsome a lockdown may have lifted in time for the Summer Holidays but growth and opportunity seem a long way off. People need to know that although hardship lies ahead no one will be left without. So today we with a plan for jobs our plan has a clear goal to protect support and create jobs its the latest in a series of interventions to support the economy the government here the treasury hoping to put hundreds of thousands of under 20 fives into work by paying their salaries up to the minimum wage for the 1st 6 months of their employment its intended to head off a looming crisis of unemployment with the economy predicted to suffer 14 percent fall in g. D. P. This year. Jobs are just one part of an economy feeling the heat measures announced by the chancellor to stimulate Consumer Spending include a sales tax cut in the troubled hospitality sector welcome news for restaurants but itll take more than that to allay the concerns about what lies ahead cant stand that theyre helping people but its not. For this song its not going to buy any of this because i was. A locks on the recall of this sort of i dont know so much by. See how they can give away billions of pounds over these months and then have to say to somebody actually you know maybe farley some of our folks at taxpayer will back the coach. In such a big such a massive marios disappeared and its not just the jobs of the young at stake there are fears across the economy with Consumer Spending down and furloughed workers in their millions facing possible redundancy when the governments Job Retention scheme ends in the autumn if the money is not coming through the door i cant afford to pay it i never want to get rid of good stuff i want to incentivizing he could staff but i cant afford to take on the staff i want to be able to take on and the Service Staff that you need any sort of industry because the money is not there and people are not spending the picture drome cinemas celebrated 100 years of Continuous Operation in january only for the lights to come down in march and 4 months since coming attractions are uncertain jonah hole aljazeera bogner reaches. Our floods and landslides have killed 59 people in japan since saturday tens of thousands of Soldiers Police and rescue workers trying to reach remote areas where people are stranded priyanka got to reports. Mudslides in the scenic mountains of central japan has followed days of heavy rain homes and are going to once you perfection is why i put the clothes to flooded rivers can deploy. Hundreds of tourists to towns famous for the hot springs and mountain trails are safe but stranded to the food. It was my 1st time seeing so much rain it just kept raining arnon are on her her rocks from the valley were falling and the sound of the river also sounded different. Streets in japans worst affected post i chuckle my mortal aligned with trails of destruction the trench will rain in southwestern japan started last weekend triggering floods and mudslides tens of thousands of rescue workers and soldiers are scrambling to reach the hardest hit areas to help survivors maganda more. Currently units from the Police FirefightersSelf Defense Forces in the Japan Coast Guard are in various areas for search and rescue missions who continue to do our utmost for disaster measures including search and rescue and prioritizing peoples lives Japans Meteorological Agency says heavy rain is likely to continue until early next week and Evacuation Order has been issued for more than 350000 japanese and fear of corner virus infection is increasing the difficulty of rescue efforts tokyo has reported 220. 00 daily infections the highest in the capital since april japan is in the middle of its rainy season and the pandemic is increasing the challenge of coping with natural disaster. Aljazeera. Well thats it from me 1st news hour but kim is back in a novel with another for both ends so stay with us. The health of humanity is at stake a Global Pandemic requires a global response. W. H. O. 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In india identity politics on the rise what were seeing is the construction of partitions in cots and loads of units of the across the country and theres a dark side is to seek the grit from his awful majesty of the him into something more like the team i didnt see of the british but i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of indias soul on aljazeera as protests rage over Police Brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a. How long can the dial in doha the top stories on aljazeera the u. N. Special reparatory on extrajudicial killings has risen to the annual report of the Human Rights Council and its raising concerns about the growing use of drones for targeted killings hygienists column all had earlier declared the u. S. Drone strike on top or a new general calls on sort of money illegal she said the International Community faces the prospect of some countries in limon nation military targets outside of what she calls no one was amiss calamos says the time has come to properly limit and regulate drone use drawn from becoming