An air blockade on the country increased military activity on the border between azerbaijan and armenia with casualties on both sides. And really well into the sports news and as saudi arabia tries to take over a premier league club. That announces that its canceling the license of one of the premier leagues Biggest Group calls parties be in sports details coming out this hour and billions reaction to. Chinese Telecommunications Giant huawei will be banned from the u. K. s 5 g. Network the move which is a major backtrack on the British Governments previous position were likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the us which claims the company poses and National Security threat qua way denies this of the u. K. s mobile provide. Will not be able to buy any new huawei 5 g. Equipment after the september 31st they have also been given 7 years to remove all while away 5 g. Equipment presently in their systems 3 g. And 4 g. Equipment can stay they ok now joins the us Australia New Zealand japan and taiwan in banning while waste products in their 5 g. Networks canada is considering the ban while pressure is also being put on germany that reports a u. Turn by the u. K. Government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics. Announcing the total ban on huawei kitted britains planned 5 g. Network by 2027 the culture minister said u. S. Sanctions looking quite a ways use of american lycra chips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected one way to quit and to build the u. K. s future 5 networks so to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5 to equipment from huawei and once the Telecom Security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. The move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u. K. To act become pretty had expected it its warning u. K. Mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u. K. Has become politicized this is about u. S. Trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u. K. As a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. The British Government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among Boris Johnsons conservative party are largely happy they say National Security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship and relations will hurt strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. Anyone thinking it would be the still in a golden era of relations with china is clearly wrong but so be it i think this is the right decision and that we should be calm we want to continue trading with continue commercial relations with the chinese but weve got to be perma the same time its not clear how quickly or how angrily china will react to britains decision to get rid of quote way kit but other countries will be watching carefully as they to deliberate on whether to ban the company. Aljazeera london Nigel Inkster is a Senior Advisor at the International Institute for strategic studies hes also former director of operations and i 6 he joins us on skype from london sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so the government says this decision was about practicalities not politics what do you make of that. Well i think its actually both the fact you know the technicalities of the that you have the risks that are now imposed by the prospect of a u. S. Embargo on Technology Sales to power are rebel by the simple fact is that you know this is an issue thats riven by politics and i think its rather disingenuous of my way to make a statement saying that the issue has been politicized because. The whole question of chinas relationship with 5 g. Has become heavily politicized. If you think just the letter a that a little bit more and also address i guess the question that many people have as to whether huawei is or could in the future be a Security Threat if it does gain a foothold which now doesnt seem its going to but gain a foothold in 5 g. Well i think we need to understand that the United Kingdom is so to speak Collateral Damage in what is an emerging contest in the High Technology demain between the United States and china there really are no other players who can compete at that level and what china is clearly aiming to do is to become the global globally dominant. Player in 5 g. Mobile technology which is in a sense a Gateway Technology which is going to enable a lot of other capabilities like enhanced Artificial Intelligence like robotics like Autonomous Systems and any country that is in the dominant position in supplying this technology is going to derive a lot of benefits from this both economic and geopolitical so at the end of the day this is what this is about and the United States has so to speak drop the ball and its because it. Has no suppliers who can provide an end to end 5 g. Networks. As can so the United States obviously has an incentive to try and slow things down for the week and it can catch up so there is a kind of background to this and as to the National Security threats well i think you know hes always been recognized as being there which is why the United Kingdom government has had a cell operating in decor for several years now looking at all components of software that go into the u. K. Mobile networks and by the way i think its worth reminding your viewers whoa is not a monopoly supplier to the u. K. Mobile networks all of them use equipment from europe variety of suppliers precisely in order to avoid being overly dependent upon one. When it comes to. Us when our actual threat of espionage well you know that is a real and present threat already china is doing a lot of industrial Cyber Espionage and they dont state espionage and it does so very effectively without having to rely on our equipment. But there are all a longer term issues here about the extent to which quite a way dominance in this sector would potentially give china access to large sophisticated data sets which taken together with other data sets and put through ai programs might so potentially reveal things about ourselves that we ourselves dont know but would certainly not want another power to find out there does seem to be if the coordination least agreement now between countries the u. K. Joins the u. S. Australia new zealand japan taiwan theyve all banned while waste products and their 5 g. Network some European Countries are thinking about it as well do you see it as that turning point against china now. I think the danger here is and that may be why china has reacted so strongly to the prospect that the u. K. Might change its position as indeed it has done already it is not normal in trading issues between countries when a trade deal goes doesnt go in favor of one particular country that country issues pretty severe threats about the consequences for the country lets say or to award the contract to its preferred supplier so this is not this is not a normal practice and i think that tells us something about the reality of relations between whoa wait and the chinese stayed. Visor the International Institute for strategic studies and author of chinas cyber power sir thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us kids take you straight now to the white house u. S. President donald trump will make a statement shortly on his administrations policies on china of course we were just talking about that now we will bring you that News Conference from the white house as it happens. First though lets cross to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett as we wait to hear from President Trump so how is the white house framing the huawei decision which one presumes they are incredibly happy about. Yes in fact we got a statement from the u. S. Secretary of state peo who says the United States welcomes the u. K. s battle while way and now the United Kingdom joins a list of countries standing up for National Security prohibiting what the United States calls untrusted and high risk vendors referring to while away indirectly now this is sort of a campaign that this administration has been waging for some time in fact we know that right now the National Security adviser Robert Obryant is in europe meeting with some of the u. S. Partners there to discuss concerns not just about walk away but broader concerns with respect to china and what has been the arent going allegation here in the United States about its technology is the reason that they are not available here and that is that the United States accuses china of conducting backdoor as been through these technologies and so weve seen the United States taking you know very strong stand against while way we know that the department of justice as far back as february accused it of racketeering but weve also seen more recently in terms of china rather actions taken by this administration and the u. S. Congress and in a very divided america what weve noted is that some of this legislation has had bipartisan approval considering the hong kong National Security law that passed unanimously and we are expecting that the president may sign that legislation in the rose garden also as of yesterday monday here in the United States the u. S. President his administration rejecting chinas claims territorial claims in the South China Sea and also weve seen the United States sanctioning chinese leaders over the treatment of chinese muslims so were watching carefully to see what next steps might come about we have been told repeatedly that there would be more actions against china we dont know if this will involve the tit for tat trade relationship that has really consumed much of the administrations time in the early years or whether. It will take the form of banning particular apps that the United States is concerned about specifically ticktock and we chat so were watching carefully for the president s message in the rose garden absolutely and i will chat after hes spoken for the moment Kimberly Halkett at the white house thank you. Now as weve just heard china is accusing the United States of trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea and thats after secretary of state micro peo said beijings claims to the region are completely unlawful china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the spread of the islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and others the Scarborough Shoal is claimed by china and the philippines that this agreement escalated 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy a pretend that 8 mainland chinese Fishing Vessels in the area when hey reports now 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 o came 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 their 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 us 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. Coming up on aljazeera this news hour of the trial of a mali a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu starts at the International CriminalCourt Protesters in russias far east call for the release of a popular governor taken to moscow and charged with murder and coming up in sports a catch to remember for this baseball player. The International Court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented cathy aircraft from flying over their air space the courtroom the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in this case that this feud began in 2017 when saudi arabia the u. A. E. And egypt severed ties with catherine and impose the land the sea and air blockade the accused catherine the government of supporting terrorism allegations that doha has strongly denied qatar called on the International CivilAviation Organization to declare the air blockade illegal but the blockade in countries a said the u. N. Agency didnt have jurisdiction to handle the dispute in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting it did have jurisdiction a move in katherines favor the blockading countries then asked the International Court of justice to reexamine the issue of jurisdiction it has now ruled in katherines favor once again it paves the way for doha to possibly sue for compensation or find other ways to end the air blockade steadfast and reports now from the hague. It was a complicated case and covert 19 restrictions did not make it any easier only a few representatives of each country were allowed inside the Court Building known as the peace palace but the ruling read by the president of the International Court of justice did not leave any doubt because. One. You know any more project is the other deal brought by the kingdom of bahrain. Of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. The court also ruled that the International CivilAviation Organization the kerio has jurisdiction in the case filed a complaint at the council in 2017 say in saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the u. A. E. Violated in 1944 cheap cargo convention dealing with free passage of passenger planes