Equipment from the chinese tech giant waves. Washington rejects beijings claims in the South China Sea china in turn accuses the u. S. Of undermining Regional Peace and stability. 14 dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us about john and armenia. Im joining with the sports including. The decision is that his grace since strong words from English Premier League manager. European ban is lifted. Now we begin with breaking news from the International Court of justice at the hague its ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf states and have prevented qatar the aircraft from flying over their air space the court said the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. You know. For all. Of. Us too. By 15 both you. Told me that the council of the International Civil levy here organization has duties you can do that they. Need to eat by the government of the day of. The 27 p. And the seat of the occasion he said nice little well it all began in june 27th team in saudi arabia the u. A. E. Buckley and egypt severed ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade doha then called on the International CivilAviation Organization to declare the air blockade illegal but the blockade in countries challenge that moves suggesting the un agency didnt have jurisdiction to handle the dispute but in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction move in qatar as favor the blockading countries then turned to the International Court of justice asking it to reexamine the issue of jurisdiction its now ruled in qatars favor once again it paves the way for doha to possibly sue the blockading countries for compensation or find other ways to end the air blockade. Saudi arabia the u. A. E. And egypt accuse qatar as government of supporting terrorism allegations without evidence that doha has strongly denied every strictures imposed 3 years ago affected several major flight routes the pos through the airspace of the blockade in nations that force Qatar Airways to make longer detours and use limited alternate flight paths out and says the airspace restrictions by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Are a clear violation of International Law and a step vasant has been covering this story for us at the hague and shes joining us live this was an extremely complex case step if you can just talk us through what was happening in court. Well legal experts here call it a very confident in the sense that it was a very clear further that i think many here had expected that some of the appeal might have been rejected and might not have been rejected it comes down to 2 cases that have been filed by the 4 countries against qatar. Deals with she cargo convention from 94. 00 to 4. 00 but also an air Services Transit agreement also signed in 1944 those agreements to deal with the same issue which is a freedom of movement between countries airspace so basically a country is allowed to fly into another countrys airspace exactly as qatar has wished would happen so qatar as you said has filed this case and the i counsel and the countries have appealed against this verdict now the president has explained at length that the Chicago Convention signed by most nations in the world that this is a very right convention to use that it deals exactly with this issue that qatar is dealing with now because the 4 countries had said it wasnt the case they said this isnt a security issue dealing with terrorism it has nothing to do with the asian so the president has made made clear that it has to do it. Also another appeal part of the appeal was about the negotiations the countries had q scott of not doing enough to to come to a diplomatic settlement before taking the case to the i. K. O. Counsel now the president here at the court has decided that qatar did everything it could to to make all the diplomatic efforts possible to avoid going to the i. K. O. Council even until the last minute the president said but it was very clear that the countries were unwilling to reach decide to mend so on all accounts this appeal was rejected it means now that the ball is back. What the i. K. O. Counsel who now has to really go into the content of the case and make a ruling about this blockade so experts here are telling me this could unfortunately still take a couple of years but now for now of course this is a very positive outcome for cuttack. Vasan life for us in the hague i want to talk to aljazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bashar those who serve with us in doha the obvious question of course marwan is what does this mean for the eventual lifting of the book aid because this was always seen as a key step and that. Absolutely happened again as weve heard from our correspondent its just its going to be a question of time its and usually with International Organizations review and. Organization its its quite difficult usually there are sort of frustrating process will go forward because the bureaucracy is quite cumbersome and usually states have lots of leverage now whether they care would actually be able to enforce the thing sooner than later theyre made to be seen but the fact that saudi arabia and they are members of the International CivilAviation Organization means that eventually theyre going to have to come to terms with its ruling. And that actually goes it to a lot of other aspects to this conflict here in the region but it would not be and we have had been at them and they have been stubborn they have failed to admit their failure if you will but enhanced they wont even accept a Trump Administration initiative in order to sit down with a present to get this thing out on the basis of an American Initiative. All in all this was an important cornerstone an important day and the fact that one quarter when you are an arm told the u. A. E. And saudi arabia that another u. A. d army that is already seen this brief to be to have the jurisdiction to rule on it i think thats thats thats huge thats important but as you said were going to have to wait and see how this is just that other aspects of exultant of. One of the key elements of the ruling that the court made was the fact that in the urn initial representation they had been upon no effort on the goshi ation on the part of saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt in order for this to progress is there is there any hope do you think that some sort of negotiation might open up and that night leads to a pot towards more talks. Just to remind our viewers around the world that. The blockade the countries impose 13 conditions or rather preconditions who are sitting down with the companies and has ended and almost everyone in the International Community including paris london and washington who looked at these conditions have said you know and the in the words of then foreign foreign minister secretary of state denison that this were basically ridiculous that there were nothing forcible but not realistic and also cool and just to again to remind our viewers on the world is that one of those conditions was closing a lot of the network aljazeera that is based in qatar so really the idea that the couple could have negotiated with these countries when these countries are but the condition that basically of our surrender makes it all you know to unrealistic to blame god therefore not going to negotiate d thats one too i think what weve heard the last few days about an American Initiative. To bring the parties together you know on on the basis of something thats reasonable at magic that was rejected them or dig to fox news the american presidency for its network that was rejected by the e. U. Each in particular that convinced me but to walk away from the American Initiative that really tells us that the bulk of the countries feel uncomfortable even sitting down with their you know. The United States and this mission it will do to figure this thing out clearly and in in in in some after 3 years of failures it seems out of about be in and we are out of finding it ever too difficult to just admit their mistakes admit their fears and try to work for a Better Future for this region and went through this gulf. Is there any suggestion that this ruling given the fight that as you say that we have to be aware that these things do take time particularly with it with International Law at the same time this ruling does give a degree of leverage on the part of qatar in terms of strength in the amount of International Opinion if you like with regards to whether or not the blockade should be withdrawn. Absolutely and you know its so you know im completely open about this i persist i myself had to get some legal advice if you will about the legal aspect of this thing because i had definitely understand the political implications and why this is a very oughtnt step forward fork i thought in terms of you know unblocking if you were in the blockade but clearly the fact that saudi arabia u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt are arts are i carry or they are part of the International Civil administration. It means that theyre going to have to apply rules the fact that they try to escape that by running away to the International Criminal court judge a force or court of justice did not add much to their gimmicks and then today this has really blown up on their faces it went back to the International Signal mr ition and we know where its leaning so now the question is whether they will treat empty any punitive action on the part of you that the very issue on arms will have to act. Or whether they will wait until they are totally embarrassed that you know with a lot of dressed down by the United Nations arms for them to do something i suggest and seems like everyone else suggests around the world is that a silly arabian there he needs to get to the we need to really admit their fear the need to listen to the United Nations supervision or international. Court of justice and just basically lift the blockade because it is really a waste of time were still in the g. H. And frankly its always a its a lot of Global Warming for all these employees that just have to go through all of what iran in order to go back south and so so forth its just been a terrible 3 years it will be great for everyone if the stream listen to the International Criminal court that they would listen to that theyre not a signal of appreciation and accept the ruling and lift the blockade. As aljazeera senior political analyst marwan shot a month thank you very much indeed and the more ahead on the news including 5 years later we look at the Iran Nuclear Deal is it a thing of the past or does it have a future. A molly and man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu goes on trial at the International Criminal court. And in sport a top n. B. A. Star test positive for covert 19 and all cases inside the leagues socalled bubble at disney world in florida. The u. K. Has banned the purchase of new 5 g. Equipment from the chinese telecoms giant hallway from december 31st its called the decision disappointing and politicized by mr obamas johnsons been under pressure from within his own party and the u. S. Which says the company is a Security Risk britains digital minister all over doubt and says it was not an easy decision but the right one for u. K. Telecoms. The u. K. Can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future life while we fight to equipment affected by the change in us foreign direct product rules the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei quick meant to build the u. K. s future 5 g. Networks said to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not by any 5 to equipment from while away and once the Telecom Security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so when again bob is live for us in london this is quite a u. Turn for the u. K. Government what made it change its mind. It is a big change in direction the government is stressing that things have changed not just because there has been open pressure from politicians in the United States and also from some members of the conservative party here in parliament who are very worried about chinas human rights record in places like hong kong and in the same jiang region towards its ethnic we go hopi lation but they say that whats really changed is the imposition of new u. S. Sanctions in may has made it harder for who are way to produce microchips which they can trust they might have to turn to a 3rd party and so according to the British Government ahead of that and out some by the digital minister varo agencies are saying that now it is more in secure to allow. In britains 5 g. Network this is obvious see not as quick as some of those conservative m. P. s the china skeptics 12 theyre saying that all 5 g. Kit from hawaii has to be out of the system by 2027 so its a somewhere in the middle theyve given them the certainty that by next year within a year they will have stripped out they will have by and rather a new huawei kit but there is that extension so that the firms do have time. Live for us in london thank you very much indeed adrian maas is a Freelance Technology journalist hes joining us on skype from london good to have you with us youve always saying this is about u. S. Trade policy and has nothing to do with security is that right. Well. There is some inconsistency i would say i mean clearly china is not 3rd terror machine there are several points of conflict the South China Sea territorial claims as been said that we the hong kong clamp down and china does very actively spying against the west of course the west actively spies against china as well. So theres a certain justification there no doubt and both china have been caught in the past plate compromising the equipment that they sell as have the western. Spying agents is picking the 5 eyes the u. S. The u. K. Australia new zealand and canada well no networking kit from cisco has been compromised in christian software from people like r. S. A. Really the mainstays of the people use around the world so you know theres just trick asian on the other hand other companies that on the same basis you would think we would be concerned. Like you know who make a large number of p. C. s many of which they used in government dont seem to be targeted in the same way whilst the fact that america has been targeting d. J. D. J. Only drones which are chinese and they apart from emergency use theyve stopped government using them altogether but they havent been saying that there are a way should stop using them so its confusing i think i suspect theres an element of politics and the element of justified concern i want to ask you about the time scale in all of this because the u. K. Is saying that all hardware gear has to be dismantled by 2027 thats a very long time away and of course in that time we may well see we are going to see elections of course in the United States we may see a different ministration in the United States we may even see a different government. Or possibly a different government in the u. K. Why do you think that this roll out if you like for dismantling is taking so long. Well. It its not just a case for replacing one bit of the quitman with another this kit has to be part of an structure that is sort of integrated in to some extent relies on other bits of the same vendors kit in other parts of the network bt were already in the process and theyve actually said that they would remove 4 way kit as British Telecom from. The core of their network and they they aim to do that but then said it would take longer by 2018 and they were moving to a system that would make it much easier to swap bits of kit in an out and then the most affected by this because not only did they own one of the mobile phone networks in the u. K. He also of the company that supplies most of the mobile phone marks with the fixed connections the fiber optic connections that supply the man asked and vodafone are also certainly in fact affected i think theres been of. Negotiation here really which is more based on what reducing cost of of doing it rather than the actual physical problems of doing it and the big the big benefits are going to be probably ericsson in this looks like bt is certainly switching to ericsson kit nakia may pick up some work as well. As we appreciate your time thanks very much indeed pleasure. John is accusing the United States of trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea thats after secretary of state Michael Pedro said beijings claims to the region are completely unlawful china claims almost the entire area but thats disputed by several other Southeast Asian countries when he reports from bangkok. In several areas of the South China Sea islands and holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts taiwan also claims parts of the South China Sea along with several Southeast Asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month the vietnamese Prime Minister opened the latest Southeast AsianLeaders Summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. While the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight against the pandemic responsible acts and violations of International Laws are still taking place affecting the environment of security and stability in several regions including ours the statement from u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei okane after the Permanent Court of arbitration in the hague ruled that chinas claims were invalid the case was taken by the philippines but the verdict did nothing to slow chinas assertiveness tensions between china and the United States have been increasing over trade coronavirus taiwan hong kong and now the South China Sea. The us statement neglects the history and facts about the issues about the South China Sea it breaches the u. S. Governments open commitment to not take any position on the sovereignty of the South China Sea it violates an distorts International Law it is stirring up territorial disputes in the South China Sea which is very irresponsible. In recent weeks both militaries conducted exercises in the area with the us saying repeatedly it wants to ensure freedom of navigation beijing suspects otherwise. Not only is there Strategic Value in the South China Sea but its one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes and its believed to hold large exploitable Natural Resources china has continued to develop parts of the region largely unopposed militarily while the u. S. Statement doesnt necessarily signal a change in that regard it does signal a stronger stance against beijing and will increase tension during these unstable times when hey aljazeera bangkok. China says it will sanction u. S. Weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin over its latest on sale to taiwan a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry made the announcement on tuesday but did note give more details on what measures will be taken Lockheed Martin is the main contractor for a 620000000. 00 upgrade for taiwans surface to air missiles china opposes all autumn sales to taiwan and accuses the us of meddling in its internal affairs in other soldiers from other by john and 2 from armenia have been killed during fighting on the border tension between the former soviet republics has been simmering for several years the disagreement over the disputed territory of nagornokarabakh which is in azerbaijan but is controlled by Ethnic Armenians for us by john the officers were killed on sunday robin 1st year walker is joining us live from tbilisi in georgia and robin why have things got to this stage after theyve been simmering as we mentioned for so long. Yes there had been a period of time. Revolution in which a more democratic government came to power under nichol pressure and there had been hopes for the potential for resolution of this longstanding conflict between armenia and azerbaijan over that disputed territory you mention then you go no karabakh but i think the azeris have grown over time very frustrated with the slow pace of of the peace talks president aliyev saying not too long ago that he felt it was dragging its feet and of course given the huge build up of military forces on both sides of the disputed territory and also on the International Border between armenia and azerbaijan which is of course where this fighting has been taking place this huge buildup means that there is always of course the potential for. Something to get out of hand so things had been quiet for a while but for a long time these kinds of incidents were taking place losses on both sides but this is certainly the most significant violence that weve seen since the socalled day conflict which took place back in april 26th when some 200 people soldiers and civilians on both sides were killed so its not come out of the blue they certainly have been frustrations expressed on usury side about the lack of peace talks but of course it must be pointed out that both sides accusing each other of starting this latest. Outbreak of violence which is threatening to escalate now that weve seen an additional 7 servicemen on these every site killed including high ranking military officials a military general Robert Walker reporting for us from tbilisi in georgia thank you very much indeed. Still ahead an aljazeera a british socialite facing sex trafficking charges is due to attend a bail hearing at a new York Federal Court unless search for a new name for washingtons n. F. L. Team is underway thats coming up in a sports with joe. Its been drizzling on the coast of amman installer for a few days now and it will be there for a few weeks and see how the for which is the edge of the monsoon winds now the rest the middle east of course is hot and dry and very dependent on the strength of the wind as to whether its dusty or not its just a little dusty through iraq the temperatures in the high fortys that were forecasting 50 again for q 8 so hot and because theyre that high its got to be dry as well and sometimes dusty the same is true throughout north africa but the showers it goes back as far north were going to get now up into the sahara you can see the big blobs moving through chad for example back towards the west coast weve seen some heavy rain recently in senegal and the gambia it looks like the heaviest is going to be a bit further south at least for a day or 2 but it will work its way back up for the south and that and in south africa in particular on the west coast cape town has had some interesting weather niguel force winds those are well they waves actually but covered in foam just crashing on the shores of cape town and thats all gone through now so things are quite ning down the breezes dropping down to in fact is a dry looking picture unless youre in mozambique and then some rare winter rain but not much of it is working its way slowly up through the country. But. What is the price of luxury. An Undercover Team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast Simple Solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor culture chocolates hearts of darkness and count as unpaid child labor is working in a 100000000000 dollar industry where overhaul of the countrys cocoa produces live below the poverty line. Coming soon aljazeera wild meats full remarkable both mean women survived this after those closest to them were taken away never to return. Some of the 8000 muslim men and boys killed in the strep anita massacre 25 years ago heartfelt accounts from those left behind trying to move on from the pain of the past women who refused to die on aljazeera. Georgiades here a reminder of our top stories this hour the International Court of justice has ruled in favor of qatar and its dispute with for locating arab states which is in qatar prevented from flying over there is very easy since 2017 there is a relation branch will know settle the dispute. The u. K. Has banned the purchase of new 5 g. And from chinese from far away from december the 31st one is about as johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u. S. Which says the company is a Security Risk. China has called the u. S. A troublemaker undermining peace and stability in the South China Sea region and thats after secretary of state my pompei or so is beijings claims to the area are completely unlawful. Looking back now to our top story and the ruling by the International Court of justice related to the gulf crisis dr Mohamad Al Khalifa he is an agent of the state of qatar before the International Court of justice and hes joining us live here in doha i thank you very much indeed for being with us sir how important was it to qatar to get this legal ruling in this case well thank you so much this is a very important flawless victory for the state of qatar before the International Court of justice as you know in mid of the 2018 the 4 states the states decided to appeal the decision issued at the international a Civil AviationAuthority Organization which is going on as the i. Q. In favor of the state of permitting the jurisdiction to all over the case so that was a 1st step towards settling this issue under the heel for the state decided to appeal that decision according to article 84. 00 of the Chicago Convention and article 2 of the i. A. S. There. In front of before the International Court of justice a court of justice to day by anonymous vote of all the judges decided to reject that appeal and returned the case back again to the i. Q. To deal with the merits of the case. If i understand it correctly so the ruling of the i. C. J. Is mandatory but the ruling of the i. C. A. O. Is essentially advisory so there may be we may get to the case where the 5 appellants in this case dont feel obliged to follow the ruling of the i coach k. O. Whats left legally for qatar to do if that is the case. Well there are certain assurance within within the. The Chicago Convention the Chicago Convention has clearly illustrated that if a decision was made by the council of the i. Q. Then the Member States that are concerns with that decision must follow precisely that decision and if they did not then it is the authority or the rights of the state that has been affected by that decision is to raise that matter again to the council and there are certain sanctions that the council me grant the state of qatar for example not allowing the last Member States to vote in the General Council or even to certain extent participate in certain important meetings and that will have its own. Harsh side effect on those states but definitely in all cases any decision that has been made or will be made by the the i keel as a counsel then its allowed and permitted to be appealed in front of the. C. G. So lets assume for example that decision in the future was not in favor of the state of art as a sumption then the state of qatar is allowed according to article it afford to appeal that decision of front of the i. C. J. Where the i. C. C. Has the stronger binding force ability of that decision in the future so in all cases about has clearly assessed the situation in front of it and believe strongly that the i. K. O. As a council is the 1st step right now to resolve that Civil Aviation dispute one of the impacts of the restrictions that we have seen over the last few years is of course that Qatar Airways and other airlines who have been affected have been forced to fly longer routes thats incurred greater costs particularly in fuel costs is there any loophole for concern loophole if there is there any ability for qatar to try to reclaim some of those costs. From the 5 appellant countries well definitely the state of qatar is. Allowed to file any appropriate claims in front of the i. K. O. And we have already made that in the in the 1st. Documents submitted to the ikea as a 1st complaint against the 4 states and. Again. As an independent Company Company is also allowed to put to any possible being to solve that dispute and request compensation against the damage that suffered during the beginning of the crisis we really appreciate your time sir thank you i did say earlier on in error that there were 5 locating countries of course that are for saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed thanks for having me. Well its been 5 years since the Iranian Nuclear agreement was signed in vienna but its future is uncertain after president decided to withdraw from the deal in 2018 cents then as lead to increasing tension between washington to iran and the other signatories diplomatic editor james bays has more. July 2015 these are the signatories of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on of the 8 top officials only the Foreign Ministers of iran russia and china are still in their posts but the real survivor some would say against the odds is the deal itself it was the culmination of years of negotiation and the final round of talks in the july heat wave in vienna was intense and difficult the key participants only glimpse briefly between meetings all you want but if you can get it this is the right. I have to be hopeful were his words before returning to the talks in which according to a number of accounts the french took the toughest line with iran their chief negotiator at the time was ambassador Nicholas Riviere ambassador if you look at it now do you think you could have got a better deal. I just happened point 80. 00 it is so its like that. Youre out there shooting at us reach an agreement and if you dont you have a choice i got it get me my hands are. Faith and i think we decided all of us to dream that i think it rich respectively it is a good thing that it is a rather stick remount if you were to ask me 5 years later what was my set of mining those days i was still skeptical and 2015 that tried to get movement it would work for one man has made no secret of his view of the deal the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the United States has ever entered into President Trump finally pulled the u. S. Out of the deal in 2018 it survived even though iran is not now fully complying with all its conditions the biggest test though is still to come here at the u. N. Security council u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly craft wants the Security Council to extend the arms embargo on iran that expires later this year if she doesnt get her way shes threatening to use the Nuclear Deals most draconian clause whats known as snap back triggering the return of all International Sanctions on iran former french negotiator nickel of the riviera is now his countrys ambassador to the u. N. What happens if the u. S. Try to trigger snap back because this is sticky nation we see my priority i think trying to read to your issue we sure thats the u. K. And germany. Is to keep this you catherine working place its thought the u. S. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden would likely seek to rejoin the nuclear deal. If hes elected in november that diplomats fear if snapback has been triggered by the trumpet ministration there may be no deal left to rejoin james aljazeera at the United Nations and to ryans in bus driver has more on how iranians are feeling about the deal 5 years on. When the nuclear deal was signed 5 years ago the mood in iran was very different people literally celebrated in the streets there was a feeling of hope and optimism that this Landmark International agreement would help bring iran out of the woods both on the Global Political stage and economically iranians were excited about the prospect of ridding themselves of sanctions and having more normal interactions with the rest of the world but that is far from how things played out u. S. President donald trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018 and for iranians who were sold this deal as the cure all for the countrys problems for them its only lead to disappointment in cheesey here in tears are those that the smallest thing our nation expected was not achieved and shame on america and europe it was a test for them that they could not pass theyve been as in my opinion the nuclear deal has not been a useful agreement at all and if we had insisted more that the Nuclear Program is our rice maybe wed be better off today and in my face then we could fashion if it was supposed to be useful we should have seen this in our lives that we still face difficulties now maybe its been politically useful sometimes but the condition of society as i see it economy no i dont think its been useful theres anything but we mustnt its not just my opinion if you ask anybody everybody would say what impact has it had nothing what has it done for us its been 5 years since the j. C. P. O. It was signed what has it brought for us weve just spent our time on something that has had no impact for us. The disintegration of the nuclear deal has made president Hassan Rouhani and irans moderate politicians who supported it deeply unpopular with the general public the country now has a conservative chief justice the new parliament is dominated by conservative m. P. s experts say the presidency is likely to go the same way in next years election in a matter of months. The International Community could be faced with a Leadership Structure in iran comprised entirely of hawkish conservative political voices who are likely to point to the broken promises of the nuclear deal and say that negotiation with the International Community has proven to be a waste of time. A man accused of torturing a woman and destroying ancient monuments and mollies timbuktu is standing trial at the International Criminal court in the hague. The charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity let me give you a warning and nicholas honks report contains some content the viewers may find disturbing. That. In the city of timbuktu alqaeda linked forces call on crowds to witness the killing of a man this footage secretly shot by aljazeera in 2012 has never been broadcast the man in the green turban is a former villager veterinarian turned to a leading figure of the religious police during the occupation of northern mali by an al qaeda affiliate. This man was along for stealing food from a shop this woman without any explanation on the orders of. Hes now at the International Criminal court accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes including the torture rape and sexual slavery of women and girls forcing them into marriage with Al Qaeda Linked fighters in an interview with al jazeera at the time he said that he was only applying islamic law in defending muslims to his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of the saints so he goes black Civilization Museum director calls the destruction despicable crimes that also needs to be punished. It is more than a crime against humanity it is a crime against faith he destroyed monuments that are important to timbuktu before our harvard were imagined timbuktu was the center of learning students from europe persia and the middle east would come to listen to lectures from black muslim teachers on subjects such as science chemistry and medicine in this museum are just a few artifacts from that time this room is dedicated to black civilization and religion but look at it its almost empty because a proportion of it was stolen during colonial times and can be found in museums in france and in the u. K. France just returned this sward belonging to religious leader omar tall and this quran belonging to his son there is still a substantial part of Islamic Heritage and history that can be found right here in west africa in the ancient city of timbuktu were fewer trying to preserve and protect. This important chapter of both islamic and african history. While all her sons religious police bird 4000 agent manuscripts dating from the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out over 300000 of these historical manage scripts in a bid to protect the citys history to defy those who are taking over nicholas hawking aljazeera. Tributes have been held in the ivory coast on ring Prime Minister ahmed are gone coulibaly who died suddenly less than a week ago mourners have been gathering at the president ial palace in abidjan about his funeral and shuttled for friday is a popular figure in the ivory coast and is due to run for president elect over. The World Health Organization fears too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as coronavirus cases top 13000000 the number of covered 1000 related deaths in latin america now exceeds those in the United States and canada combined its now the worlds 2nd worst we can only 145000 people have died and 3300000 are infected and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july 24th those caught not wearing one could be fined as much as 125. 00 singapores economy has slipped into a recession because of the Global Pandemic its g. D. P. Shrank by 41. 2 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year is the biggest contraction on record singapores economys been battered by a local lock down as well as the global shutdown affecting trained. In the United States californias governor is really imposing restrictions on businesses and public spaces is ordered indoor restaurants bars and cinemas to close the state records a 20 percent rise in infections in the past 2 weeks. The u. S. Federal government has carried out its 1st execution in 17 years it comes after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the killing white supremacist daniel levy was put to death by lethal injection on tuesday after days of legal wrangling it being convicted for murdering a family in the 1990 s. He professed his innocence just before he was put to death former british socialite and long time friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will face a judge in new york on tuesday again maxwell has been charged for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking operation or defense is expected to try to get her out of the jail where she is on suicide watch on the reports from brooklyn. The metropolitan Detention Center in brooklyn has a troubled history last year the entire prison was without power for more than a week leaving inmates without heat during winter last month the detainee died after being pepper sprayed by a guard now several inmates have tested positive for corona virus this jail is now home for good lane maxwell the british socialite arrested earlier this month on charges she lured girls as young as 14 into sex with her longtime associate and boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein epstein was arrested last year while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges he was found dead in his jail cell in another new york prison it was ruled a suicide prison officials dont want the same to happen to maxwell theyve reportedly taken away her bed sheets or anything else that she could use to harm herself or that could be used by other inmates that want to harm her according to a lawyer that represents 6 of maxwell and epsteins alleged victims such precautions are necessary there are a number reasons why i dont think miss knox will leave prison alive 1st and foremost because of the information that she knows but secondly. I think that. When forced to reflect on her life suck tiffanys and what she has done in the past it may catch up with her and whether she decides to take her own life or whether and i guess only set this way you know prisoners are not friendly to child abusers at maxwells arraignment and bail hearing on tuesday prosecutors will point to the 1000000. 00 home she was living in at the time of her arrest as proof she has access to funds and is a flight risk if shes granted bail its expected prosecutors will push maxwell to reveal all she knows in exchange for avoiding a trial possibly getting a lighter sentence but for this to happen she has to remain alive gabriel is on doe. Brooklyn. Still ahead on aljazeera one of italys most famous football clubs is on course for its best finish in nearly a decade joe is going to be here with the details next in sport. Q 6. Weeks or. 6. 6. 6. 66. 6. 6 you are wrong with. Its time for the sport heres joe rob thank you very much for start with fallout from manchester citys european band being overturned its prompted some strong words from rival team manages with a marine youre calling it a disgraceful decision and you can top saying its bad for football a monday the court of arbitration for sport reversed the 2 year suspension imposed on city by you a for who allege that theyve broken financial fair play rules it means that now free to compete in the Champions League kestrel says he should only pay 11000000. 00 for not cooperating with investigators why you pay 8. 00 or 9000000. 00 or whatever if you are not guilty so if you are not if they are not guilty the decision is that is great if they are guilty the decision is also a disgrace because if you are guilty you should be banned from from the competition so in any case the decision is is a disaster well the decision is also criticised by your cop manager of premier League Champions liverpool he says hes got nothing against city but believes the financial rules of africa reason. I dont think it was a good day for football yesterday around us just because. I think every piece is a good idea its there for protecting teams protecting their competition and the boss the idea in the start. Nobody overspend stuff like theres a paper clubs camp before the season began on we have to make sure that the money they want to spend. Is based on rides horses well not surprisingly the maid is different at manchester citys News Conference on tuesday hes that manager Pep Guardiola would have the right to defend ourselves when we believe that he what we have done is correct this. Is right and 3 judges independent judges said this so today is a good day yes it was a good day for the football because we play with the same rules of financial play for all the blood in europe. Saudi arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of premier League Club Newcastle United but its just cancelled one of the leagues biggest broadcast partners is permanently ending the license of qatar be in sports in the kingdom being as the main rights holder in the region but has been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since 2017 when that country along with the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt imposed a blockade on counter saudi arabia has also backed the pirate broadcast to be out q which has been stealing copyrighted content from b. In sports the premier league has yet to decide whether to allow the saudi backed takeover of newcastle be in sports has released this statement in response saying this decision was arrived at through sham Legal Proceedings that repeatedly violated beans jew process rights at every turn we would ask also question as we have for 3 years how saudi citizens can watch premier League Matches legally in saudi arabia with this permanent ban on the premier leagues licensed broadcaster. 33. 00 times spanish champions around madrid could be just one win away from clinching their 1st league title in 3 years on monday rael defeated granada 21. 00 for the 9th victory in a row goals from ferland mehndi and Karim Benzema helps put rail 4 points clear of bitter rivals barcelona city as it turns men could secure the championship on thursday when they host villareal as part of the they were meant to know more we havent won anything yet but this is a very important women weve got tonight and were very happy with that but we still have 2 games left to go and well have to see what happens and for now we can only focus on recovering and resting well ahead of tuesdays for our next game. Over in italy into milan have kept their slim set a our title hopes alive after a 31 win over to reno on monday and turn your country side at 8 points behind leaders eventis with only 6 games left to play the victory sees into move ahead of last year in 2nd place in the standings into have not finished in the top 2 in italy since 2011 which is also the last year they want to major trophy as for turino they are down in 16th place 5 points above the relegation zone the n. B. A. Basketball season is set to restart at disney world in florida at the end of july but one of its star players has tested positive for corona virus Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets did not travel to florida says he feels well and looks forward to joining us teammates when hes cleared but all is not well inside the n. B. A. Bubble 2 more players have tested positive while in orlando and 2 players including sacramentos rashawn holmes a facing a 10 day quarantine after crossing the campus lines to pick up take wife food several players have complained about the quality of food inside the n. B. A. s safe zone. Meanwhile the n. F. L. Players Association Says it will not compromise Player Health as the league prepares to get underway in the middle of the current virus pandemic the league introduced a new helmet facemask design that features a mouth shield the players arent happy with it the league and union a still discussing testing and screening protocols as well as play a payments as it stands Training Camps are set to resume in 2 weeks time with the season scheduled to begin on september the 10th. Native American Community leaders are calling on more sports teams to change their names after washingtons n. F. L. Team dropped its redskins name and logo following decades of criticism mondays decision by the team came after its may just sponsors asked them to change it a new name hasnt been announced yet a dozen night of american leaders also writes the n. F. L. Commissioner last week demanding an end to washingtons use of the name theyre putting pressure on teams in other sports to do the same and this is just a lesson to what all the other leagues and all of the other are you know the leagues and the teams that are out there dont wait for people to knock down your door to do the right thing you can take some leadership. And to be honest if youre that if youre the Kansas City Chiefs or the Cleveland Indians or the Atlanta Braves the Chicago Blackhawks the list goes on or are theres an opportunity for you just to step out to do the right thing and to be honest is probably the best thing for your back its probably the best use of your league because if youre not you can be called as well as a chemist and races and its a victory if you know that actually you are not in the mecca logan who is an associate professor of Public Relations at Virginia Tech university expects others all reexamining their own names and logos now. I think youll see others teams continue to make that change ive seen. Some information and interviews in the news media talking about how the Cleveland Indians are also considering making a change of this kind i think you are going to see across the board Corporate America responding to the issues of Racial Justice is one of the things after 1st recognized this no matter what they change the name to the mere fact that theyre changing the name is going to elicit some backlash and they need to be ready for that and comfortable with it beyond that i think its also important that they in similar organizations and gauge with your local community and gauge with the native American Community engage with all of your stakeholders in the process of the name change and ensure that its something that authentically aligns with your corporations values history is history the past is past we cannot change it but what we can do is learn from it and figure out how to use it to create a more productive and a more inclusive and a more harmonious future for everybody all right that is a useful phenomena with me like to grow up so thanks very much indeed and thats it for me for all madison for this news hour but i will be back in a moment with more of the days news and see them like. 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A malawian often. Raised in a chinese buddhist orphanage. Faces a momentous life decision. A personal story of competing identities. The chad light on a growing cultural ties. In africa a witness documentary on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. A legal victory for qatar the International Court of justice rules in its favor and a case involving 4 arab nations that have blocked qatari planes from using their airspace. Im about this in and this is obviously a live from doha also coming up the u. K. Government bans the purchase of new 5 g. Equipment from the chinese tech job