The u. S. Says its attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen the trumpet ministration has blamed terror and on its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months a 5th of the worlds oil is traded through the area only a commander in iran has revolutionary guard issued a new threat against u. S. Bases and aircraft carriers stationed in the region saying theyd be destroyed if they made a mistake you know iraqs Prime Minister says any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz could hurt the countrys economy the strait provides the only sea passage from the gulf to the rest of the World Oil Exports make up 95 percent of iraqs exports most of which a ship through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u. S. And iran leads to disruptions john hendren has more now from washington d. C. The United States is developing a military coalition to police the strait of hormuz general Joseph Dunford the highest ranking u. S. Military official is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u. S. Is working with a number of nations to identify who has in his words the political will to join in this coalition and offer military forces for that operation President Donald Trump says the United States should not pay for this that it should be an International Military force but that does present the potential for conflict with iran after all it was only weeks ago when the United States almost launched an air strike on iran thats according to President Trump who says we were within 10 minutes of a conflict in that region meanwhile brian hook the u. S. Special representative for iran policy spoke to al jazeera this is what he had to say about sanctions we have taken iran to new lows in revenue and theyre feeling it and theyre hurting and their proxies are hurting and we want to deny this regime the revenue that it needs to export revolution to run an expansionist Foreign Policy that drives a lot of the sectarian violence we see in the middle east so the United States position has not softened meanwhile iran has announced it is violating the Nuclear Enrichment levels that it agreed to and that multinational agreement from which the u. S. Has pulled out so that standoff intensifies and the potential for conflict only increases on the french president among top diplomatic advisors in tehran e. U. Countries that signed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement of call for a meeting of the tehrans decision to breach the uranium enrichment limit allowed in the deal france germany britain and the e. U. Are concerned that iran is breaching commitments set out in the deal thats called intent on to fully comply. Which on a whole has more from vienna where the International AtomicEnergy Agency is due to hold a meeting on iran on wednesday. In issuing this communique the european signatories to the j c p o a the Iran Nuclear Deal france germany and the United Kingdom the ether e collectively theyre known as along with the e. U. Of course here issuing their response to irans latest uranium enrichment moves the communique expressing deep concern over irans pursuit of activity is not in line with its commitment calling for iran if it wants to stay in the deal as it professes to want to do to come back in line immediately without delay and calling on all the parties in terms of a joint commission to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now broadly speaking 2 points to make about this the 1st is that this is not and this is important i think the 3 triggering the formal dispute resolution mechanisms contained in the j c p o s a its apparently thought that these breaches are not sufficient to warrant a move like that a move that could in itself escalate tensions and have the effect of shutting down what small room for maneuver there remains the 3 of course remember trying to keep the Nuclear Deal Alive delicately here playing the middle ground on the one hand theyve got to express some concern on the other hand of course they retain some faint optimism that iran can be talked around that some bridge can be found between washington and tehran faint hope indeed perhaps but that leads to the 2nd point which is that france effectively now taking the lead in the east 3 manual macron the president sending an envoy to teheran for meetings on wednesday with the intention to urge the iranians to take a backward step but i think ambition very limited according to the french Government Official theyre hoping at the very least for gestures simple gestures that iran is serious about its intention of remaining within the j. C. B. Oh way the u. S. President has ramped up his twitter attacks on the British Ambassador as well as outgoing Prime Minister to resign maybe on tuesday trump called mays handling of braggs it foolish and said. The british envoy kim derek is a very stupid guy but a politician in charge of the u. K. S Foreign Office has hit back calling trumps comments disrespectful all this was triggered by a leaked memo from britains top diplomat in the us referring to Trumps Administration as inept helen fisher reports. President friends it was a high profile jennifer qatars amir she brought together political and Business Leaders as well as washingtons top diplomats press missing the uki ambassador disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of President Donald Trump a career diplomat has been the u. K. s man in washington says 2016 part of his job is to file reports back to london its been revealed he described the Trump White House as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u. S. Policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we dont really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable i work for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with what our superiors here in washington about our interactions with Government Officials with whom leaked out so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and in a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u. K. Forced it upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i dont know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool came down and could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and its unlikely hes the only foreign diplomat sending back stock assessments of the u. S. Administration but if a new u. K. Prime minister was to decide he had to go because of Donald Trumps anger theres a what that would create a dangerous precedent of foreign leaders being able to veto countries ambassadors theres a lot of history here theres a lot of shared interests and values. This this is a relationship that can withstand you know an awkward period of time. Over these cables. Just last month donald trump enjoyed a state visit to the u. K. And talked of the historic and deep links between the 2 countries this diplomatic spat has undoubtedly damaged those links alan fischer aljazeera washington or toms comments about the u. K. s ambassador in washington and the Outgoing BritishPrime Minister came up in a final t. V. Debate between the 2 men have been to a place to reason may are as johnson and jeremy hunt also clashed of a briggs it is largely. Given the seriousness of the situation it is genuinely extraordinary that this is the very 1st time these 2 faced questions from the public they havent seen in advance as to what the next Prime Minister should do to get through the maze of bricks it and yet again the same false promises to Boris Johnson arguing that the u. K. Would leave with no deal in october and then implement a trade deal with the European Union even though one wouldnt exist so the problems of the irish border where they properly belong in the context of the Free Trade Agreement that we will do after we come out on october 31st jeremy hunt try to attack johns with this kind of thing he presented himself as a details man despite that not by his opponents being Prime Minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want to hear and the difference between you and me is you are peddling optimism and im saying we can make a tremendous. Week were going to make. The diplomatic war thats broken out between the u. S. And u. K. Came up of course once again demonstrating a gap huntin sisted he would stand up to trump and support his ambassador in washington sometimes things that you have to say to your friends that you rather not say like i said to President Trump today because i think his comments about treason may well unacceptable and i dont think he should have made them. While johnson refused to promise to defend the ambassador and. Used to say that he would keep his posts well im not going to be so presumptuous as to thank you i got a good position the programme was called britains next Prime Minister much of it was excruciating to watch yes or yes i will i will get here yes im sure you know is the question allow him to respond boris you havent answered any of my cries about this ongoing question about what it was you dont know both asked to raise their hand if they believe the u. K. Will leave the European Union at the end of october well thats the spirit jeremy there and. Of course the one thing that both johnson and hunts both have in common is an insistence that through sheer force of will they can balance the European Union into coming up with a new brics it deal before the end of october and when those people in brussels understand that they mean business they will surely capitulates of course those people in brussels watch the television too and know perfectly well that that is the threat they now face and nothing has changed and both the kind of the snow as well even though they wont admit it that there is no time whatsoever to come up with a new deal before the end of october. Once come across is the more serious candidates but johnson remains favorites the old find out soon enough if hes telling the truth about his intention to say goodbye to the European Union without spending dont sleep aljazeera when the. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back its been really a great honor to work with my friends boosting ties between the us and countdown deals a sign that a time of heightened tensions in the gulf region. And we look at the fate of the Affordable Care act as a case kicks off in court more on that states. Hello the thunderstorms have been producing flooding rather than hail damage recently up the eastern side of the u. S. News even a satellite picture theres a massive cloud in the plains states and fall a few rather few of these and those in the plains states are drifting down towards kansas city chicago to illinois and the ohio valley and then if you look at the boston the dark green spots i think as a shower cluster having come off the land might develop into something more substantial marry of significant rain not far away from any of the coasts of the gulf states but it leaves behind drier weather still reading in toronto 26 in the Pacific Coast the sun still at a steady 19 or so for San Francisco so all the actions in the gulf of mexico the next couple of days really which might have an effect on the showers in keep in cuba in fact there are some good green dots all the way through the central caribbean but this sort of the avoiding haiti and hitting jamaica so draw a picture least for the next day or so for most of the caribbean islands if you happen to be anywhere from panama through costa rica up to south mexico chances are to be wet for you particularly if youre looking at all to the coast to the south. From cutting edge medical technology. Research the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. Innovative solutions to Global Health care problems. Maybe all of these were good sure we sold the cure. Algis it. Out of our top stories here on aljazeera the u. S. Says its trying to form a military coalition to protect shipping the coast of iran and yemen early modern irans revolutionary guard issued new threats against u. S. Military assets in the region. The french president of. Iran trying to deescalate tensions with iran over the nuclear deal in you countries that signed the 2015 agreement a call for a meeting. And u. S. President donald trump has once again used twitter. To washington the british Prime Minister comes days after diplomatic cables leaked critical administration. That the u. N. Special who conducted an independent probe into the murder of the saudi journalist. Is actually us to act on her findings column on made the comments at a conference in london last month she released a report that found credible evidence linking Saudi Crown Prince man have been sound man to the murder and attempted coverup and he has more now from london. Ahead of a major conference here in london on press freedom Jamal Khashoggi its name has featured very highly indeed attending this discussion with those who knew him very closely indeed including his fiance and these former editor of the Washington Post not to mention the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes kalama she presented her findings in june and concluded that his murder was a state act and that there was credible evidence linking senior figures within the saudi leadership including the crown prince himself well earlier i guess colum are told me that because it was an international killing it should be dealt with in an International Way and the more pressure should be put on all members of the u. N. Security council including the saudi kingdoms closest western ally the United States to find out exactly what happened to Jamal Khashoggi i am alarmed by the fact that the 5 observers on each of the Security Council countries are added loud themselves to to be silent and therefore in my view what twee our weakness seeing here is saudi arabia possibly very as strategy key and very. Smartly trying to make the Security Council complicit in a possible miscarriage of justice will saudi arabia continues to refute the claims saying that the murder happened as a result of rogue agents who panic during a botched interrogation we know that a number of individuals are on trial behind closed doors in saudi some of them facing the Death Penalty but i guess kalamata is worried that whatever is happening there for significantly short of International Judicial standards she has recommended that the International Community puts more pressure. On the saudi leadership shes also suggested that the un creates its own investigation that would lead to individual liability for his killing but that requires momentum the moment she believes is somewhat lacking a spokesman for yemens who thinks rebels says they have new weapons to strike targets in saudi Arabia Aljazeera cannot independently verify the images shown in this presentation i have on but it is a recognition drone that can fly over the skies of saudi arabia would it death of over 500 kilometers as you can see on the screen it is the recognition some odd one you can reach into a very deep areas in Enemy Territory and it is a huge achievement if you can transmit everything it recognizes and all the information it collects directly from the operation theater qatar has signed several economic deals with the United States as the 2 countries look to strengthen their relationship their grievance were announced at the white house where the emir of qatar shut i mean been hammered out thani met President Trump the visit marks a turnaround in ties between both nations as our diplomatic editor james bay is now reports from washington. What a difference 2 years makes in front of the emyr of character and President Trump trade and defense agreements between the 2 countries was signed said to total billions of dollars but these long term allies didnt look so friendly and 2017 just weeks after President Trump made his 1st foreign trip to saudi arabia that country