to investigation allegations that french peace keepers sexually abused children in the central african republic. ♪ i am lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live there london. also coming up. >> rival libyan leaders sign a u.n. backed peace deal but not everyone is on side. the government says members of the muslim brotherhood are potential extremists. a street vendor who sparked a revolution, tunisia remembers him.

a u.n. investigation has found after learning that french peace keepers allegedly sexually abused young wows in central african republic. the. daing report says that the allegations were passed from desk to desk, and inbox to inbox with no one willing to take responsibility for the allegations. al jazeera joins us now from the united nations in new york, talk us through the main findingings and what is likely to happen. >> well, this is the report. it is well and highly anticipated report. it is well over 100 pages long, and it lays bear and full detail for everyone to see all of the short comes from top to bottom, that the u.n. had in relation to this sexual abuse claims in the central african republic. it all stems back from 2014,

from french peace keepers were accused of wrongdoing, in the central african republic, a low level u.n. official at the time heard about this, wrote a report, september up up the chain of command, and according to the report, absolutely nothing was done. the key findings are two things. number one, is that there was a short coming by top u.n. officials. not only in the central african republic, starting with the head of the u.n. there, who is subsequently fired this august, after other sexual abuse claims came to right, the peace keepers but also, with the u.n. officials as well, in p geneva, all the way here to new york, at u.n. headquarters going all the way up to ban ki-moon's chief of staff, who is -- was questioned at least in this report, also the head of the u.n.'s oversite internal oversite service, of the report says she quote abused

her authority, in relation to this. now, ban ki-moon spokesperson came out and says that the secretary general accepts the broad findings of the report, and admits that there are problems and that does lead to the second big finding in this report, beyond the individuals that the u.n. questioned -- that the report questions, there's systemic problems within the u.n., on how they deal with claims of peace keeper misconduct, in relation to human rights that's the bigger issue. that the u.n. needs to better acknowledge these claims and put a better system in place, where the perpetrators of these wrongdoings can be brought to justice. so really that is what is being dealt with here, it is a shocking report, a damming report, one that you don't often see. it was conducted by three outside experts, and now the question is, what will the

secretary general do, what will the u.n. do to try to address the findings out of this report the o has a zero tolerance policy on sexual assault and abuse, in 2012, an independent team of experts was brought in to investigate the missions. since then, the number of allegations has fallen, last year there were 79 compared with 96 the year before. 60% of complaints made were found to be unsubstantiated but there have been several campaigns launched pushing for peace keepers to lose their immunity. paula donovan was in the central african republic, when the allegations surfaced. she leaks an earlier report on the matter and says this report is rightly scaling. there is no tolerance whatsoever for sexual abuse,

and that means as soon as you have a hint, that it is going on, and certainly when you have evidence that is given to you in the testimony of young boys. in the level of details that they did, you must act, and every arm needs to act. unicef did not act. it is appalling. the office of the high commission. and then as the reports went up the chain, there was just negligence, and an omission of duty, everywhere you could turn, within the united nations, the secretary general is ultimately responsible, and he is demonstrated that zero tolerance is just a slogan for them. >> the treatment is large and

complex, but these are the key points. it create as unity government. the first priorities will include easing internal conflict, and concentrating on battling isil links groups. it gives the libyans until early february to form a council which appoint a cabinet. >> today is a historic day. five months ago, on the 11th of july, 2015, the initial agreement showed a broad consensus and the frame work for ending months of deceptive violence and political divisions today. by signing the completed political agreement, you are completing this process. you are turning the cage in the history of libya. from today the agreement puts in place, a single legitimate

institutions. the central building blocks peaceful, secure, and prosperous libya. former advisor to the national transition council says it is now important to focus on supporting new elections. >> and really supporting the idea of nine months to a year to have elections across libya, that would produce a new legislative body, perhaps about 200 people, that represent across section of libya, and if we have that in place, and continue to support having that body

operate out of tripoli, and continue to dismantle and move out of the way, hopefully support the new government that will start to build a national army, it is not going to be easy, but it is good to have the right pieces. in the right place, going forward. >> the committee of finance ministers from the 15 mayses on the security council, came one a proposal to starve isil of resources. paul brennen has a look at thens thes. >> there are several u.n. resolutions already passed and the u. n. committee which is meeting on thursday, has already imposed sanctions on 243 individuals. the sanctions including travel bans and asset freezing. but understanding how isil and the front finance their

activities is crucial to making these sanctions effective. it is estimated that isil has a monthly income of $80 million. but the sources are variable, and there are six main categories. taxation on commerce, confiscation of property, trafficking of drugs and antiquities kidnap and isil controlled businesses. and although air strikes have targeted isil controlled oil fields the latest are that oil and gas contribute less than half of isils income, in fact, a recent u.n. study con officialed that the core finances continue to be mainly dearrived internally. through local taxation. for retail, industry, and on financial transactions too. isil demand as tax, payments levied at 2.5% of a person's

capitol. farmers are taxed about 5% depending on the crop. and because they are within the territory, foreign sanctions will have only an indirect impact, but there are weaknesses, look at this, isil fighters use up to 70% of the revenues collected. agricultural is down, and they have dropped from over 100,000 barrels a day, to 0,000. isils tax revenue is suffering. but the u.n. has predict add balloon effect, squeezing one will only see a bulge in another area. and so long as as there are any economic activity at all, isil will continue to extract revenue from it. the conflict in ukraine, the fight against isil and how to end the conflict in syria. the president reflects his country's reemerging status as a key global player, he held his annual state of the nation news conference on

thursday. peter sharp reports. he didn't dodge the big questions. i have said on many occasions and i want to repeat i that we will never agree with the idea that somebody from outside, whoever it is, should impose the idea of who should rule another country. it is simply doesn't fit with any kind of common sense, or international law and secretary of state kerry asked me about this, i told him our position has not changed. >> and he said the expanded military presence will continue the support for the forces just as long as the syrian army continues it's operations. putin returns again and again to the shooting down of one of it's aircraft. it is a hostile act.

our people died when they shot down the plane, what made us indignant, is that if it had been an accident, and they didn't know it was our aircraft, they would have apologized. that didn't happen. s that necessary. >> the sophisticated system is now in place, and he warns turkey, not to cross into syrian air space. and ending the war in syria, they said this week's talks with the u.s. diplomates confirm that the plan was very similar to america's. 2015 will be remembered as the year of resurgence, of foreign policy. the effective demonstration that the ability to project power, in the middle east. peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. >> human rights watch says thousands of photos are

evidence of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed by president bashar al asaad's regime. the group says it has verified the pictures this shows the death of 6,700 people in syrian prisons. the president has dismissed the photos allegations without evidence. the group will now be scrutinized by the government, jona hull reports from london. >> the long awaited review into the working in britain has con claused that the members and associated should be concerns both a possible indicator of extremism by continuing to refuse visas to members and associate who'd are on record as having made so called extremist remarks

to ensure that charities with links to the muslim brotherhood in the u.k. are not miss used to support it directly, and to intensify scrutiny of the muslim brotherhood and groups associated with it. in the past, figures have rejected violence, a statement from the muslim brotherhood in egypt says the government review and fairly condemned millions around the world while lawyers for the brotherhood in the u.k. have called it deeply miss guided and wrong. saying they will challenge the british government findings in court. we didn't have notice of the provocation of the report, and all of that is in this process. >> the muslim brotherhood is now banned in any number of countries including egypt, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates.

all are major trade partners and investors in the u.k., which has led to relegations of undue outside influence on the british government. >> the guardian as we know, details about the pressures applied on the government, to ban the muslim brothers including the package of sticks that has to do with arm deals and so on. >> other governments do not proceed may be or may not be projected in the outcome of the organization. >> the government tread as careful line with this review. the foreign affairs committee says it may run an inquiry that in response to complaints representing the muslim brotherhood in the u.k., and whether this is the end of the matter may depend on responses to come from the

heavy weight business partners in the gulf and beyond. still ahead. buy an armed deal, has top dip lo pate in china summons to explain. on the brink of civil war, the words from ba rouhani as he sends an envoy to the african nation.

libya's rival governments have sign add deal to form a unity government. it will bring paint to the country. the u.k. ramping up scrutiny of muslim brotherhood members in the country, a review into the group links to it should be considered an indicator of extremism. >> news is coming into us about the california gun attack orrier this month in in which 14 people were killed. it has been announced that the man that bout the guns has been charged with terrorism related counts. federal prosecutors say enrique was charged with conspiring to commit terrorism in 2011 and 2012, he is also charged with illegally purchasing two assault rifles used in the attack on december is second. bring you more news on that as soon as we get it.

will change the middle east in p north africa forever. would lead to antigovernment protests revolutions and war, it started with one man, a tunisian that had had enough. >> the police decided to confiscate his cart and scales he was turned away. they refused to speak to him. >> mohammad's goals in life was simple, he wanted to earn enough money to get married, and to help his family. be uh the constant harassment

prevented him from achieving his ambitions. hopeless about the future. haze hissen are decided he wanted to die, right outside the officials that treated him so badly. hid present was close by. >> me set himself on fire, because he felt discriminated against. i saw him on fire, i saw people surround him, and try to put the flames out. it was such a painful scene. >> he was suffering a lot at the time and had a lot of problems. no one was there to listen to the concerns or worries. >> his friends and family took to the streets. we were able to erase slogans

like employment is all right, which spoke out against the injustices and his fate that was the beginning. >> there were protests. mohammad resonated with so many people, because they were also sufficient eking from some of the same frustrations. mohammad dies on the 4th of january, 2011. ten days later. they fled the country. >> i remember how things were, strait after the revolution, people stood together, unfortunately, politician make promises and fail to keep them. we are asking for more national unity. we hope our region gets it's share of development, and the state reaches out to people here. people here are tired. they say life is more difficult now, for the deaths he did give them the freedom

and dignity, that alluded this young man, all of his life. >> al jazeera, tunisia. >> warned the african nation is on the rink of civil war. wantky moon is sending an envoy to press parties for talks. closed 13.38 per dollar this is after the president who was inaugurated last week, scrapped a four-year-old limit on buying foreign currency. paging the mood in buenos aires, let's speak to her live, i gather relaxed reaction to the devaluation. >> he is basically doing

wayhe promised he would do. he has lifted export taxes on some crops for example, they also today lifted currency controls in the a way devalue waited the currency by around 40% and so now there's been at least five different types of exchange rates. the unofficial one, or the one that was sold on the black market. well, that has changed from now on there's only one type of exchange rate in argentina. today we are able to walk around the situation was completely normal, there is no long lines and people in exchange rate houses, there was no tense on the streets so the situation seems pretty normal, and until now there is fear this devaluation, could effect prices in the argentina, and inflation has been a reason to worry for

many of the people here. and of course, there is fear this could cause more inflation. what are the challenges they could face. >> with a very tight margin, with his opponent, so there's very strong opposition on the street, there's also very strong opposition in congress. there's a lot of expectations for regularizing the economy, get this country economy growing, you also have to fight inflation, he has promised very example a zero poverty plan, so a lot of expectations for this new president that he h have to deliver. there's going to be a lot of people on the streets. >> thank you. >> united states top kit lo mate in china has been summoneds to explain an armed deal worth almost $2 billion. the package includes antitank missiles and amphibious assault vehicles.

the past sales to taiwan attracted strong condemnation, which considered taiwan a renegade province. the controversial ceo of a u.s. pharmaceutical company is being questioned by the f.d.i. after being arrested on fraud charges. his company, by inflating the price of an hiv drug by 5000%. the report from new york, says the arrest is unrelated will still be welcomed by many. >> he is led away in handcuffs by fbi agents. arrested along with his lawyer, over a multimillion dollars fraud scheme. he is accused of lying to investors in two hedge funs he founded, his assets and losses. and then, miss appropriated $11 million from another company, retro fit to pay back those disgruntled

investors. the attorney for the eastern distribution of new york, unveiled the seven downs indictment. >> these charges highlight the brazenness, and the depth of the schemes and the outrageous lies. >> the shot no note requirety when his current company acquires the rights to the common h. i.v. treatment drug he then jacked up the price of one pill from $13.05 to $750. far out of the reach of many of those who need it. are you going to change the price? >> no. >> his mood and defiance sparked immediate outrage. the infectious diseases society of america wrote an open letter to executives urging him to back down. u.s. presidential candidates also weighed in.

bernie sanders called him a poster child for drug company greed. donald trump described him a spoiled brat. price gouging like this is outrageous. on thursday twitter lit up again, and the cases are unretted many delighted in what they see as pay back. he and his lawyer pleaded not guilty here in federal court to charges of securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and wire fraud conspiracy. convicted they face up to 20 years behind bars. al jazeera, brooklyn new york. >> has been order to face trial french finance minister at the time that the compensation payment was made, and is accused of negligence the case dating

back 20 years had to do with the miss porch label. thousands of demonstrators have gathered. opposition supporters have been throwing eggs tomatoes in an effort to interrupt parliament, they are protesting against increased poverty and unemployment. israel and turkey have reached an understanding that could improve strained relations. they deteriorated after the neighborhood attack on a, thish aid which is trying to breech the blockade of gaza. ten were killed. israel later apologized and agreed to compensate the victim's families under a u.

brokers arrangement. and address for that is aljazeera.com >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the once high powered capitalist in russia turned human rights activist - bill browder. >> i had more than $1 billion, which was a huge amount of money-- in any circumstance, but certainly back then, and in russia. >> the financier had a spectacular rise with his investments quadrupling - but then browder began calling attention to corruption and crossed the wrong people. >> i was locked up overnight. and then i was deported the next day and declared a threat to national security, never to be allowed back into russia again.