Protests. 3 years since the blockade of qatar by its neighbors we look at how the dispute continues online. All creatures great and small we look at the role biodiversity plays on our planet and the unprecedented threat its now facing. Im going to get your skill with the sports including. And so on and i will do better and i will be part of the solution and if our star quarterback drew brees say shes another apology after being criticized by fellow athletes for his comments on u. S. Race protests. Some breaking news out of libya where its Deputy Defense minister says Government Troops have taken control of top thats the last stronghold a wall of. In western libya about 65 kilometers from the capital tripoli on friday the un recognized government announced it had regained full control of tripoli heartens forces still hold a large swathes of territory in the east and the south of the country. Sami harmonies the editor in chief of the online Magazine International interest is joining us now from london sami good to have you with us as always discover send indication why tell who not particularly is so important to have those offensive on no tripoli had 2 key strongholds it which was launched from 2 key strongholds the 1st was that what the base that was taken not too long ago and the 2nd was that. After the fall of a lot the half those forces knew that they could not hold on to. Tripoli offensive so they began to withdraw some of the troops and dont want to know the news from total one of comes after the g. N. A. T. Went to moscow and after the meeting between and again and said i was the president of the g n a where its believed that turkey and russia are now negotiating a framework of cooperation so i dont know today its unclear whether it fell because of the military attack by the g. N. A. T. Forces or whether this is part of a negotiated exchange between the russians and between the turks with regards to libya but in terms of its significance it means the end complete end of half that as tripoli offensive and the military solution that has to offer it to those powers that wanted a military solution is no longer on the table and were back to the status quo as it was before the beginning of the tripoli offensive east and west this summer you say that this is significant in terms of the balance of power by to have to are still control significant parts of libya itself so what happens next are we likely to see some sort of resurgence from hotels forces. I think it its important not to get carried away with i dont know theres a lot of people very happy with the end of have those military solution and anybody who wants to negotiate a political solution should celebrate the fact that half that is triply offensive has failed however as you said its important to put it into context this is the end of half that is bid to completely win in the civil war this is what were seeing today is a return to the status quo the stalemate that we saw for many years between east and between west and this prospect of an military campaign eastwards is very unlikely and the reason i say this is that the biggest dynamic is not necessarily in the military terms the biggest dynamic is the change in power brokers its no longer you its not only European Countries its not only u. A. E. Your egypt all these countries its now russia on the eastern side and turkey on the west and say almost a repeat of syria in the sense that these are the countries that are going to be pushing the parties to decide what the future of libya should look like and thats why were hearing talks of partition talks of autonomous regions talks of a status quo whereby west will be turkey influence g. N. A. T. And east will be took influenced russia so in other words what were seeing today is not to completely alter alternating of the dynamics of the war were seeing a return to the status quo that was in 2001000 before the start of the tripoli offensive and the road ahead to find some sort of solution to the war is still very long and if anything even more complicated now because of the of the ferocity of the International Struggle a resurgent u. S. A very angry france a confused germany and italy that is scrambling russia which is asserting itself turkey which is now the dominant power in other words it looks far more complicated and far more complex than it looked through 2 or 3 years ago lets talk about the potential political solution what role if any kind Khalifa Haftar hope to have in that political solution. Its interesting that the d. N. A. Or members of the d. N. A. Have actually called for the m. P. s and tobruk to come and join them in other ways this idea of trying to merge the 2 institutions what is also interesting is that supporters of the g. N. A. T. And supporters of the government have absolutely lambasted the suggestion with many supporters of jenny saying that too but it should be held to account for the crimes that it has done and it is these attitudes that are very worrying the attitude that isnt doesnt hasnt change from 2011 where we saw revenge attacks reprisals we saw punishment this idea of compensation that 80 made to them polarize Libyan Society and created an environment for 25. 00 to thrive it appears that many genie supporters have not learned the lessons from 2011 if we want to political solution the g. N. A. T. Now has a golden opportunity to present a unified front this idea of a unified libya but it needs to have the magnetic miti in order to set aside those grievances and it looks like the g. N. A. T. Will not be able to do that and this is why a political solution will look more distant we have to remember that a political solution cannot come about until the narrative on libya changes until it becomes one in which all the libyans have grievances all the libyan suffered all the libyans suffered under 2011 and it needs a leadership that recognizes that not a leadership that believes in its right to rule and not the leadership that believes that it has the right to take revenge on other sections of the libyan population the g. N. A. T. Has a golden opportunity to bring about some unified stance to invite the people of the book but i fear that the genie has not learned the lessons of 2011 and whereas it now has an opportunity to reach out to the east to reach out to the libyan people it seems that g. N. A. T. Understandably so very caught up in their own grievances very caught up in this in this midst of this victory that theyve secured on the military type that they are about to lose a golden opportunity to help facilitate a complete altering of the socio political dynamics that none of the International Powers could ever hope to bring good to get your thoughts on this as always sammy hyundai we appreciate it thanks very much indeed. Of course were going to keep bringing you the latest on this story were also going to be speaking to our correspondent on the wall head live from tucker and i later in the program ok lets go to the u. S. 10 nights of nationwide protests have given way to a somber Memorial Service for george floyd as life was celebrated in minneapolis by civil rights leaders and family members while thousands of others across the u. S. Paused to remember him his last words i cant breathe ive now become a rallying cry against Police Brutality and systemic racism john hendren reports from minneapolis the Minneapolis Police chief took a knee as the hearse bearing george floyd passed a barrel of respect for the man whose death at the hands of his officers launched a national movement. Inside a minneapolis Memorial Service george floyd was remembered as a family man a gentle giant who would doored his 6 year old daughter giana now fatherless its crazy. All these people came to see my brother and thats amazing to me that he touched so many people hawt. He was also remembered as the spark that set off often fiery protests in more than a dozen cities across the u. S. A movement the reverend al sharpton urged mourners throughout the country to continue its time for us to stand out in charges made and say good job and meet. This crowd of hundreds of people didnt come with invitations they came to pay their respects to george for it and theres such a demand to do so that there will be multiple Memorial Services one in his state of birth North Carolina on saturday another in his former hometown of houston on monday and then a funeral on tuesday. As the memorial took place a key demand of the floyd family was fulfilled 3 of the Police Officers who detained floyd in his final moments faced hearings for new charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder the 4th officer derek children who knelt on floyds neck saw the charges against him elevated from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree a charge that suggests the killing of floyd was intentional but for those mourning the 46 year old man the charges mark just the beginning. Of this going on. With the floyd needs to live soon as floyd family prepares to take him from his adopted home city for the last time the demonstrations that began when he uttered his final words i cant breathe continue john hendren aljazeera minneapolis. Well tensions have eased in many cities across the United States one time instructions have continued theyve been largely peaceful and some nighttime curfews have been lifted brunells reports. Large peaceful protests like this one at the Martin Luther king memorial in washington continued around the u. S. Demonstrators are demanding justice for george floyd and other africanamericans killed by police an end to Police Brutality and the dismantling of institutionalized. Ised racism. Rallies marches sit in and other forms of protest filled the streets in new york city in Houston Texas philadelphia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Charleston South Carolina among many other cities. There has been more fallout from the heavily criticized order for police to violently clear the streets outside the white house before President Donald Trump performed a staged photo of 2 republican senators broke ranks with following a scathing rebuke from former Trump Defense secretary james mattis who blasted trump for deliberately seeking to divide the country and undermining the constitution by threatening to deploy the military to crush protests general badasses letter was a stunning and powerful general mattis is a man of extraordinary sacrifice hes an American Patriot general john allen the former commander of u. S. And nato forces in afghanistan also harshly criticized trump stunt saying it quote may well signaled the beginning of the end of the american experiment unquote House Speaker nancy pelosi sent trump a letter demanding to know what federal Law Enforcement agencies are confronting protesters personnel from agencies that never deal with protests have been thrown into the mix in washington raising an outcry in congress i think we know that many of the unmarked security. In downtown d. C. Were bureau of prisons riots police begs the question why the hell are bureau of prisons riot police down working a protest trip spent Time Thursday conferring with his Campaign Team polls show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden nationally and in key swing states new polling also Shows Americans disapprove by wide margins of trumps handling of the protests rob reynolds aljazeera. In new york state 2 Police Officers have been suspended after a video showed them shoving a 75 year old man to the ground it happened in the city of buffalo as police were clearing the area where protest was finishing. The elderly man is in a serious but stable condition in hospital the citys mayor says hes deeply disturbed by the video while the State Government condemned the incident as quote utterly disgraceful. More than half a 1000000 people have fled violence in democratic republic of congo in just 9 months thats according to new numbers from the United Nations more than 1300 civilians are being killed there and almost the same amount of time attacks by armed groups and retaliate every operations from the military of marjah the countrys keep the region the u. N. Says some of the incidents could amount to crimes against humanity. But about ahead on the news hour including iran releases an American Navy veteran days after i know rainy and scientist is freed by the United States and disney world becomes the happiest place on earth for basketball fans as the n. B. A. Announces we start whats coming up with joe the sport. 23 years since an air land and sea blockade was imposed on qatar by egypt bahrain and its neighbors the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia but despite recent efforts to deescalate tension theres no end in sight to the worst political crisis the gulf region has seen reports. May the 28th 2017 donald trump arrives this sunday rabia his 1st trip abroad as u. S. President trumps aim was to have wealthy gulf nations join the u. S. Bid to defeat i still to help and the war in syria and contain what the u. S. Described as irans growing influence but that was a short lived hope 4 days later the website of qatars news agency was hacked and fabricated statements posted tributed to the emir of qatar critical of u. S. Policies in the region the Washington Post subsequently cited u. S. Intelligence officials saying the u. A. E. Orchestrated the hacking that was just the beginning on june the 5th saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt severed diplomatic ties with qatar and it posed a land sea and blockade which continues until now. The qatari government strongly denies allegations of supporting extremism qatar also condemned a list of demands from the quartet as a breach of sovereignty the 13 demands included big relations with iran closing a Turkish Military base and shutting down the Aljazeera Media Network there is no appetite at the moment in the International Community to to get involved in the gulf crisis the covert 19 condemning it has really consumed pretty much any policymaking capacity in western capitals and other International Capitals everybodys looking at dealing with that pandemic any insecurities across the middle east and the gulf crisis just one of many crisis in the middle east have been put on the back burner this is the man widely seen by qatar as the architect of the blockade mohammed the crown prince of all the b. And effectively the ruler of the United Arab Emirates benz date and saudi arabias crown Prince Mohammed bin said man both strongly oppose calls for democratic reforms that have gained momentum in the region since the arab spring uprisings 9 years ago this is the law and were going to do that to small to live on the challenges are huge were talking just not about the. Challenges then but i guess that we are talking about. Well. You know you can are mix. And that mix social environment and all of these as well as of course the hard security all of these only. Reason works together as well you know. Qatar has ruled out withdrawing from the g. C. C. And says it welcomes talks with its rivals but only when the blockade is lifted. According to the wall street journal trump has recently called on sandy arabia and the u. A. E. To and their ban on Qatari Airlines using their space but this was turned by the saudis and emirate is who believe the wrist riches are their only leverage to extract concessions from qatar the role kate has left lasting wounds for qatar raise they hope their gulf liable as well manned the diplomatic rest one day but the sandy lead quartet remain divided over a wide range of issues that reconciliation may take a long time how about aljazeera doha well as you heard there one of the incidents that led up to the blockade was the hacking of qatars news agency 3 years on this Information Networks are still active spreading rumors that tend to jump from twitter to newspapers printed and located in countries most are aimed at discrediting qatars ruling royal family in the past few months for example carter has denied unconfirmed reports it was planning to leave the Gulf Cooperation Council before that there were rumors of a coup attempt all based on a fake video in april saudi owned a lot of bia sky news arabia and b. B. C. Arabic all reported that a qatari dissident had been killed in a door her prison all have since deleted their reports the qatari government told the a. F. P. News agency that the 1st this Information Campaign back in 2017 was unprecedented but that people no longer take them seriously now lets talk to aljazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bashar here in doha as always good to have you on the program lets talk about the descent from ation campaign 1st of all what do we read in read into the fact that this campaign seems to have intensified over the last few months. Well look theyre lost but theyre continuing to gamble. On many factors some progress some make sure none 5 think that as a pretext to bring along the not that states and others in order to isolate the besieged in order to bring it down to its knees that did not work so theyre continuing its clear from the last 3 years that th