And stability. 14 people dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us and by john and armenia. 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 state and that prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their airspace the court said the u. N. The Civil Aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. Unanimous. Rejected deal brought by the king of bahrain. Of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. To. By 15 both you. Told me that the council of the international t. V. That the organization has been doing that they. Need to eat by the government of the 38 of. The 27 p. And the c. Of the occasion he said listen. A little began in june 27th teen saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt sever ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade doha then called on the international Civil Aviation organization to declare the air book aid illegal but the blockade in countries challenge that move suggesting the un agency didnt have the jurisdiction to handle the dispute in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction that was a move in qatar as favor locating 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. Buck rein and egypt accuse qatar is government of supporting terrorism allegations without evidence that doha a strongly denied the air restrictions imposed 3 years ago affected several major flight routes the pos through the airspace over the blockading nations and forced Qatar Airways to make longer detours and use limited alternate flight paths carter says the airspace restrictions by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. On a clear violation of International Law step bosons been covering the story for us at the hague and she says legal experts are calling this a very clear verdict in favor of qatar. It comes down to 2 cases that have been filed by the 4 countries against qatar it deals with a Chicago Convention from 944 but also an air Services Transit agreement also signed in 1944 those agreements deal with the same issue which is a freedom of movement between countries in air space so qatar has filed this case at the i counsel and the countries have appealed against this for a week 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 have 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 with. Also another appeal a part of the appeal was about the negotiations the countries had q scott of not doing enough to 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 sat but it was very clear that the countries were unwilling to reach decide to mend so on all accounts this appeal was rejected sort of mohamad all honey for he is an agent of the state of qatar before the International Court of justice here outlined the various next steps the court architecture. This is a very important flawless victory for the state of qatar before the International Court of justice 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 right 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 Member States to vote in the General Council or even to certain extent spotters a pete 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 i keel as a council then its allowed and permitted to be appealed in front of the. Lets assume for example the decision in the future was not in favor of the seat of art as a sumption then the state of qatar is allowed according to article it is for to appeal the decision of front of the i. C. J. Where the i. C. C. Has the strong in a binding to enforce ability of their decision in the future so in all cases about has clearly assessed the situation in front of it and believe strongly that the i. Q. As a council is the 1st step right now to resolve that Civil Aviation dispute. Is joining us now for some more insights into this room clearly this is a significant ruling for the qataris but of course the question is how much leverage if any does it give qatar in terms of the longer term fight with regards to the blockade or road this is quite a significant step forward for the qatari government of this explains why short while ago the issued a statement saying that they welcomed the ruling of the International Court of justice the qatari missiles. Transport and Communications Just matters lately saying that this is an in this is going to be a step forward for the located in countries to face justice which means of the qatari government is definitely going to move forward towards the international Civil Aviation authority and ask for the ask them to consider the blockade is illegal if you take all these things into the against the backdrop of the political crisis from a qatari perspective and you compare it to what happened in on the 5th of june 2017 its a clear indication of the qataris are pursuing a strategy based on discrediting the whole narrative that has been presented by the blockade in countries at the same time and with those legal victories now they will go to the International Community and say not only will i would like to see can position or go to the international Civil Aviation authority but ultimately the goal is to dismantle the whole narrative about the brigade and ask for an immediate and to a blockade they do understand that this is going to be a protracted legal battle but politically speaking you dont see any indication that were going to have an imminent and to the political crisis the americans have been trying according to war suit journal about a few months ago to convince the them or it is of the saudis to allow qatar of the right of overflights that didnt happen because the embassies of the saudis said no so i guess the backdrop of the strained relations between the neighbors in the region i think for qatar the ruling by the i. C. C. Is quite a Significant Movement forward thanks very much. Live for us in doha. Saudi arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of English Premier LeagueClub Newcastle united but its just cancelled one of the leagues biggest broadcast partners its permanently ending the license of qatars be in sports in the kingdom be in is the main rights holder in the region but its been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since 2017 when that country along with the u. A. E. Bukharin and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar saudi arabia has also backed the pirate broadcaster b. Out q which has been stealing copyrighted content from b. In sports the premier league is yet to decide whether to allow the city back to 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 beings Due Process Rights at every turn we would also question as we have for 3 years of Society Citizens can watch premier League Matches legally in saudi arabia with this permanent ban on the premier leagues license broadcaster the u. K. Has banned the purchase of new 5 g. Equipment from chinese telecoms giant hallway from december the 31st hallway has called the decision disappointing and politicized by mr baez johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u. S. But says the company is a Security Risk britains digital minister all over dowden said 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 privacy while we 5 to equipment affected by the change in u. S. Foreign direct product rules the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to equipment to build the u. K. s future 5 g. Networks so to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5 g. Equipment from while away and once the Telecom Security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so china is accusing the United States of trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea thats after secretary of state michael said beijings claims to the region are completely unlawful china claims almost the entire area but thats disputed by several other Southeast Asian countries i hear boats from bangkok. In several areas of the South China Sea islands at holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts i want 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. I won hong kong and now the South China Sea. The u. S. 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 is 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 still had an all or 0 wartime measures are brought in to tackle chinas worst floods in decades plus. A british socialite facing sex trafficking charges is due to attend a bail hearing at a new york federal court. Hello the seasonal rain is still falling in both japan and china but not in the same places that were affected by the particularly bad flooding a few days ago in fact to be the dalton shore of honshu that gets most of the rain during wednesday but there is a thing of stretching out from china toward southern q shoe which will produce some significant rain but probably just in the south back in the chinese end of it is more or less following the course of the yangtze which of course is at flood level of many places one being one in particular and theres more rain to come so that flood level will do nothing to go down itll probably even rise a little the seasonal rains really are quite heavy this year now in line with that there is cloud here so you imagine the coming down from will han thats moving slowly west was the forecast heaviest rains like to be over the philippines maybe dissatisfied in the north and have been particularly wet in new song recently but that line takes the dancers siller ways and then borders falls apart before you get further south in for example java heavy showers in nepal and in assam in northeast and india have produced flooding recently it is of course full monsoon season seed expect the heaviest rains will be to be in maharashtra mumbai south was and indeed thats where they are. In the aftermath of the 2011 quake and tsunami a remarkable more trade of a remote japanese village. That is later how has the community of me. Been able to move on and rebuild their lives. Rewinds japan aftermath of the catastrophe. On aljazeera. I want you to see a reminder of our top stories this hour the International Court of justice has ruled in favor of qatar in its dispute for blockading arab states which is seen qatar prevented from flying over the airspace in the 2017 in the uns Aviation Branch will not settle the dispute. The u. K. Has banned the purchase of new 5 g. Equipment from chinese from far away from december the 31st by mr bowers johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u. S. But says the company is a Security Risk. Chinas called the u. S. A trouble maker undermining peace and stability in the South China Sea region thats after secretary of state my pump has said beijings claims to the area were completely unlawful. 7 soldiers from and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates at the border its the 3rd day of violence for us about johnny troops were killed and 5 Armenian Forces were injured earlier the 2 former soviet republics have been locked in conflict over nagornokarabakh and on klav inside azerbaijan controlled by Ethnic Armenians both the u. S. And russia have condemned the violence and called for restraint. Aljazeera is robin for us jay walker who has extensively covered the conflict has more from tbilisi in neighboring georgia. B. As aries 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 have 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 4 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 and they certainly have been frustrations expressed on usery 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 areas so i killed including high ranking military officials a military general. Protests are running again in far east russia in support of a popular Regional Governor whos been arrested for murder they say the charges are political because sal gave for gulla secured an upset victory over the governing United Russia Party in 2018 and i see obrien reports. The crowds might be smaller but they may see age in the same they demand the regional governments are going to go be released. The rallies lasting long into the night incumbent office in russias far east as much as. There is a joke going around the unluckiest person in the hard frost right now is the future and term governor what will