you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera tracing the fall from prosperity to financial ruin this is precisely the movement where we hear lies that nothing worse first will be incurring the devastating impact to save the banks means also for save the deposits for ordinary citizens and the failure to prevent disaster banks and political leaders are the people who needed to learn over us our gora from democracy to the markets at this time on al-jazeera. it will be the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of

victims a dire warning from the u.n. as the situation worsens in yemen due to the blockade by the saudi led coalition. hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up handshakes and smiles for xi jinping and donald trump as the two leaders find common ground on trade and discuss north korea. the u.k.'s embattled prime minister to resign may lose his her second cabinet minister in a week that's pretty battell quit over secret meetings in israel. and spreading it thin europe's biggest butter consumers but french shoppers are now facing a nationwide shortage. the un's humanitarian chief is warning of the worst famine the world has seen in

decades unless the saudi led coalition allows aid into yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened the situation is being described as catastrophic it's a stark warning from the u.n. official that as james bays reports now the un security council has struck a different tone after three days of quiet diplomacy with saudi arabia the u.n. is now changing course laying out the dire scenario if the blockade of yemen isn't lifted. there will be a famine in yemen. it will not be like the famine that. we saw in south sudan earlier in the year where tens of thousands of people were affected. it will not be like a family in which cost two hundred fifty thousand people their lives in somalia in twenty eleven. it will be the largest famine the well to seen for

many decades with millions of victims. the response from the security council seemed very guarded the current president the italian ambassador read out a statement strongly condemning the missile fired by the who fears but barely mentioning the country responsible for the blockade you have strongly condemned the missile by the who thing is given mr low costs dire warning isn't it now time to strongly condemn the country that is blockading yemen not allowing the humanitarian aid in saudi arabia. the focus by u.s.g. law. was absolutely on the humanitarian aspects of the can flick we also know that any and all military escalation army terry attack is heading back on the humanitarian situation so of course this is why we have decided to issue these

presidents. the u.n. says yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster in the world after years of conflict and an epidemic of cholera people in who data port where aid food and medicine should be flowing into the country have a sense of despair. people have no jobs no life and the world is almost at a standstill almost finished insult to injury they closed down the port a sad case that the price of a bag of flour was seven thousand reales it's now eight and a half there was and reality means you know the price of a chicken welcome we do they guard help us mr comments from this podium brought some of that reality from yemen to the security council but for now they've responded with very carefully chosen words rather than any concrete action james out jazeera the united nations. questions are being raised about the whereabouts of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri following his resignation in saudi arabia on

saturday a source at beirut's airport told al-jazeera that hariri was not on his plane when it arrived in the capital on thursday it's believed that the plane passed through europe rather than arriving directly from the saudi capital on tuesday had only attended talks in abu dhabi before returning to riyadh let's take you live out of beirut as it was in a harder is there. where is he. well now office is even denying that his private jet landed in beirut international airport really it's a question everybody is asking where is the prime minister is he coming back to lebanon as far as we know he is in the saudi capital riyadh the last time he was seen was on tuesday when he was in the u.a.e. holding talks with rulers in abu dhabi his office then said that he flew back to riyadh so a very very confusing picture his aides have been saying he's coming back to lebanon but they're not giving a specific time or date since his sudden announcement that he was resigning from

office on saturday from the saudi capital so his whereabouts are unknown now why is it important for him to return it is important because the constitutional process has been put on hold the president of the country is refusing to accept his resignation until he comes to lebanon in person and explains the circumstances behind his resignation so the process is on hold the president is refusing to hold consultations to appoint a new prime minister and even appointing a new market prime minister is going to be difficult because you need a candidate accepted to all sides in order for stability to return to this country so the country has been destabilized a lot of uncertainty and people are worried. posters are springing up with messages of support for saddam heavy and has been for days since he announced his sudden resignation from the saudi capital this neighborhood the lebanese capital beirut is one of heidi the strongholds. we all hope how do the returns to the

country on to. we hope the government functions again because people put off their plans like buying a car on a flat no one knows what the water will bring. regardless of whether they support or oppose how d.t.s. decision to step down people here are worried the resignation is linked to the saudi iranian rivalry in the regions past attempts to weaken iran's lebanese ally hezbollah has led to violence. and i have a small problem. we were upset when we heard the news of the resignation it was just like when his father was killed there was a political earthquake we fear there could be an attack we want him to return. already people are complaining that the pace of the economy has slowed down in a country already struggling with financial problems. it is ignition is linked to regional developments but it's affecting us from the first day our business suffered we need a new solution to save the. saudi arabia has made it clear it intends to confront

iran and it seems it will start in lebanon. no one knows what saudi arabia will do next there will be a war but they can't for example the tens of thousands of lebanese working in the gulf. saudi arabia no longer considers hezbollah as its only enemy but all those who don't go away and take action against the. resignation was a saudi move against has the last it brought down a government riyadh considered too close to iran now saudi arabia wants lebanese leaders to sideline and curb hezbollah's powers but that is easier said than done hezbollah is a powerful political party with an armed wing stronger than the national army lebanon has seen turbulent years political crises wars late last year there was a rare deal between saudi arabia and iran to leave lebanon at the sidelines of their power struggle that deal is now

a thing of the past and tangling lebanon's future with a deepening regional crisis. so this is really not the first time they tried to curb or clip. past attempts have failed and on some occasions they've led to violence and this is why people are so worried and they're asking you know what are the next steps saudi arabia intends to take to pressure the lebanese to take on hezbollah. thanks to that life in beirut. syria's army and militia from iraq have encircled the eisel controlled city of. it's located on syria's border with iraq that is i sliced urban area in syria this video released by pro syrian government media shows fighting in the surrounding area on saturday let's go live now to turkey syria border of zeros a suburb in java is following developments from there so. what's the latest in who's in control of that city. adrian in the last ten hours we've heard claims and

counterclaims isis fighters saying they have repulse the attack from al qaim border crossing that's from the iraqi side have you been hearing the sunni observatory for human rights saying that the city is still contested but outlets and syrian state media is adamant that they have taken complete control of all become which is the last urban stronghold for ice and it means that i see has lost all it's the sentence towns and cities that it controls not just in iraq but in syria as well and this operation is being spearheaded by lebanese hezbollah and iran backed militias who are also supported by the syrian military and obviously air support from the russian air force this operation according to some sources on the ground that syrian observatory has spoken to is already ongoing according to these outlets that are saying that is under control a scan and sweep operation is underway in the city to try and clear any ice and

fighters from this area so does that mean that some of the fight against my soul is now over. will anything but a dream because i salute has also lost a lot of area in iraq but the fight isn't over because the group has dissipated into. areas into areas which are considered no man's land into vast deserts that are bordering between both iraq and syria so this is there is it's an ongoing. third definitely continue but the day after is going to be very interesting as well because we're seeing competing interests which had the same and common enemy that was iceland and now we will see what is going to be the step next because you've got world powers involved u.s. backed kurdish led as the f.b.i. does are on the east bank of the euphrates and russia back and iran backed syrian government and their militias are on the west bank and they have said that they will get every inch of syrian territory back from kurdish as dia fighters so it is

going to be interesting because now that i sill is gone and the threat from isis may be dissipated but new rivalries are opening up and it is will be interesting to see how other nations get involved in this fight which is going to be prolonged and not will not be over any time soon al-jazeera some of live in gaziantep some of many things. the economy of the kurdish region of iraq has taken a hit of the referendum on to session that the central government in baghdad has closed international air space tourists are staying away and there's been fighting between iraqi forces and kurdish peshmerga stephanie decker reports now from the hook while a cease fire is in place and certainty continues to plague the region. the fresh air and serenity of these mountains usually attract kinds of visitors not just kurds but tourists from baghdad and elsewhere in iraq the bustling mountain resorts which would still be busy at this time of year are empty this ancient cave

turned cafe used to be packed with customers and not anymore the pursuit of the referendum iraqi forces and shia militias attack the peshmerga forces from that time business has been very bad because now iraqi forces are standing against the peshmerga all the borders the khiladi has with iraq and all the connecting roads have been caught. business travelers are also staying away it's been noticeable in every city we've traveled through hotels are virtually empty imagine khalid used to run sixty to seventy rooms a day now it's ten if that he says the situation has never been this bad. both our airports of international flights have been suspended by baghdad when a businessman wants to come to kurdistan from turkey for example he doesn't take the land right kurdistan is saif there when people see media reports they're frightened every day we see different reports about issues with the border crossings i don't think businessmen will take the risk. dirk's general director for

tourism says visitor numbers are down eighty percent and investment in the region is also shrinking due to the current situation. after military action and the decisions made by the iraqi prime minister about twenty five hotels motels and restaurant owners had to close their doors in less than a month the whole province because they were not able to make ends meet this is all due to baghdad's actions it's not a good move from the. people here have lost faith in those they consider to be their allies especially the united states they say they simply take yes on illegally non-binding piece of paper but the message the referendum on secession sent means the kurds of northern iraq now feel abandoned and completely isolated and they say the consequences for them appear far from over stephanie decker al-jazeera in the province. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then. i'm dan you whined there in the remote brazilian community of barrow it's

known as the kilo mole the home to escape slaves who are again fighting for their freedom and becoming selfie obsessed well the roman catholic pope seems to think so his message to snap happy followers is coming up. with a stormy weather continues across central parts of but it's friday in some pretty wet weather too into the western side of the met as well just about suddenly and cold see that wet weather also spreading up across see a dramatic change a good part of the balkans otani in with this area of low pressure then wet weather clout and right that still continues to drive its way into western parts as well also rather murky for a good part of what western france down across the peyronie's into that western

side of the med as we go through the clouds stretching up pain to england as well london twelve degrees celsius thursday afternoon some of these as we go on through friday quite a great day for that northwestern corner of europe france will see some rain getting into where paris by the states thirteen celsius any seventeen degrees there for madrid now only eighteen celsius in the cloud and the rainfall right further somewhat drier and the cool side meanwhile dry and right fine is sunny across eastern side of north africa have tools west one little cloud coming into northern areas all the area some wet weather just around algiers fourteen celsius the top temperature here on friday tuscaloosa go on into fighting with a high of thirteen degrees and by that stage some rather heavy rain for a good part of today.

well again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the un's humanitarian chief said rather al hussein is warning of the worst famine the world has seen in decades

unless the saudi led coalition allows aid into yemen food and fuel prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened. questions being asked about the whereabouts of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri following his resignation in saudi arabia on saturday a source of beirut's airport has told us in syria that her really was not on his plane when it arrived in the capital after passing through europe. syria's army and militia from iraq have circled the eisel controlled city of book come out which is close to syria's border with iraq that is the group's last urban area in syria. the u.s. president says he's found common ground with the chinese leader over tension on the korean peninsula donald trump is in china where he called on president xi jinping to apply more pressure on pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program he says china could curb the escalating tension quickly and easily we agreed on the need to fully

implement all u.n. security council resolutions on north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korea abandons its reckless and dangerous path all responsible nations must join together to stop arming and financing and even trading with. the murderous north korean regime more from our series adrian brown in beijing where president keating ping laid on a very lavish welcoming ceremony for president donald trump outside the great hall of the people china has really been rolling out a very long red carpet for trump inside the two leaders met for several hours the dominant themes of course being trade and north korea afterwards the two men appeared before the media they didn't take questions but simply read prepared statements trump called on all countries to cease trading with north korea

a direct reference of course to china which continues to provide aid to north korea aid that is not covered by the current u.n. sanctions he also called on china to address what he called the chronic trade imbalance between the two countries well president xi jinping was more upbeat in his message he said that it was time for the united states and china to draw up a new blueprint in their relations to look the pacific region was big enough for both china and the united states china's leaders clearly want president trump to leave here a happy man and they appear to have given him just enough to ensure that happens in return china's state controlled media is saying that it's time for the united states to treat china as an equal partner and that now represented a moment to build a new chapter in their history in many ways this has been a very defining moment for those relations. the u.k.'s embattled government has suffered another blow the resignation of a second cabinet minister within

a week international development secretary pretty battell stepped down after it was revealed that she failed to disclose meetings with israeli officials while on holiday but else as her actions sell below the high standards expected of her positions these burka reports from london. priti patel arrived at the back door of downing street her government career hanging by a thread the international development secretary was hold back from an official trip to africa to face her boss prime minister to resign may moments later patel resigned. she was forced to apologize on monday after holding twelve secret meetings with this radio officials including prime minister benyamin netanyahu or while she was meant to be on a family holiday to israel in august it also emerged she discussed giving some of britain's aid budget to the israeli army to help wounded syrians being treated in the israeli occupied golan heights a wednesday it surfaced patel had visited an israeli field hospital in the area

despite protocol against british officials traveling there the u.k. doesn't officially recognize israel's presence in the territory land seized from syria in the one nine hundred sixty seven war further revelations followed including details of more undisclosed meetings between patel and two israeli officials in september the al-jazeera investigation the lobby recently revealed close links between israeli embassy officials and conservative members of parliament a report in the jewish chronicle claimed the british government knew about patel's meetings and that she was instructed not to declare them to avoid embarrassing the foreign office downing street says the claims are false the departure of now leaves to resume a with one less ally in government patel had backed to reserve may in her bid to become prime minister she's also a firm euro skeptic breaks it without her to reason may could struggle to deliver on her key breaks it promises without any strong central control people are just

making policy on the head in department and it seems very clear that cabinet responsibility has it to some extent broken down and unless steps are taken to restore it. she's in government but not in power at london's madame tussauds a serene looking waxwork of the prime minister's receiving final touches the real mrs may's battling multiple crises several of her cabinet ministers have been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals and the foreign minister boris johnson is under fire for misleading comments they could extend the jail term of a british citizen imprisoned in iran but tells downfall divert some attention away from johnson but many are wondering how long to reason make him keep a brave face need bark out zero london pope francis has taken aim at worshipers who take pictures with their mobile phones during mass the leader of the roman catholic church has previously urged the faithful to be more spiritual and

his priests and bishops to be more humble after his election in twenty thirteen pope francis said it pained him to see priests striving flashcards and using the latest smartphones but pope is driven around in a ford focus that is not known to ever used a mobile phone in public since taking up the wrong. way the priest during mass says lift up your hearts he does not say lift up your cell phones to take pictures it's a very ugly thing it makes me very sad when i celebrate mass here in the or in the basilica and i see so many cell phones held up not only by the faithful but also by some priests and even bishops please the mass is not a show it's a meeting with the passion and the resurrection of our lord that's why the priest says lift up your hearts what does it mean so remember no cell phone. france is suffering its biggest butter shortage since the end of the second world war

shoppers are faced with empty shelves and stocks are critically low levels the french are the world's biggest consumers of butter some disgruntled customers are blaming the shortage on government regulations the bottom out. few things are is french as croissants customers come early to this fakery in paris to buy them warm from the oven most say it's the butter that makes them so tasty so rising butter prices in europe is worrying because in france. the cost is doubled for us but we can't put our prices because the customers won't understand class on some pastries or part of daily life here so if you raise prices will lose business global demand for butter is soaring as tastes change but milk supplies in europe have decreased forcing up prices and feeling a shortage it's a color a catastrophe for the french who eat the most butter in the world and naturally i'm still managing to find some butter even if there is not much in the shops we love

the taste of butter especially when it's organic and delicious france is suffering shortages because of the rigid rules that govern food supply suppliers and supermarkets decide prices annually in february so supermarkets are refusing to renegotiate until next year analysts say retailers in other countries like germany adapt by paying and charging more in other countries in europe their prices when there are a throng of prices the prices negotiator there. the case for example in germany. it's dairy farms like this one in normandy that supply the milk used in france is famously creamy parter. what most dairy farmers are saying is that they have been forgotten in this crisis they haven't seen any benefit from the high a butter prices and what most tell us is that they're still selling their milk at

the same price as they did thirty years ago. manual gabrielle says farmers are fed up with seeing others in the industry profit. it is a real concern we said about a shortage in the shops but we farmers are not being paid more after some turf years we need more financial help there is obviously a problem between suppliers and shops but when will farmers get their share of the pie. france's government has called on all sides to in the past the crisis and its promise to help farmers get better paid for their produce manual hopes that will mean farmers like him will be able to make a fairer living. al-jazeera. attic or france india's capital new delhi is choking under a blanket of toxic smoke schools shut until sunday and people have been told to stay indoors pollution levels in the city are forty times the world health organization safe limits of embers cool air is trapping and factory emissions at

street level in neighboring pakistan smoke has led to flight cancellations and overcrowded hospitals. columbus' four hundred year old communities in brazil were established as a home to the descendants of escaped slaves but the villagers are facing a new threat from a proposed change to brazilian law that critics fear will strip them of their land rights daniel schorr and the reports. there's a battle for land raging in brazil indigenous land untouched forest colombo land there are an estimated six thousand colombo's across brazil communities of the descendants of escaped slaves noise that about. we have worked very hard to build these communities and are the killing bullock communities are living now with fear . volos is the residence unknown to the supreme court revoking the law in the one nine hundred eighty eight constitution protecting their status and

claim to land. the brazilian state needs to recognize these groups rights most importantly their right to land then all the other social rights should follow their right to schooling to health care and full citizenship. the communities were founded in remote regions far from the sugar plantations that escaped from they mixed with indigenous people and developed a new culture their ancestors escaped slavery to live in freedom and try to build a future in remote communities like this one their fear now is that those hard won freedoms are under threat from hungry landowners and a society reluctance to recognize their rights. the current government is supported by agri businesses and wealthy landowners many don't recognise the definition of colombo's and say land claims should be better regulated that most colombo's don't have official land claims that kill them bolos say they face their greatest threat

since the eight hundred eighty eight abolition of slavery also back and almost everything that is ours is here our land our agriculture a way of life our way of doing things of course our people do not want to lose on that. at least fourteen colombo leaders have been killed this year in land disputes it is a new process there is stain it's a process of resistance that's prevailed for more than four hundred years with all that's been happening in our politics recently that resistance has to grow a lot more. was ill the world's fifth largest country with more than eight and a half million square kilometers seems so vast but in court and on the land it's still struggling to accommodate its many diverse communities down the shrine now jazeera sao paolo state brazil.

it is good to have you with us adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the un's humanitarian chief said right at al hussein is warning of the worst famine the world has seen in decades unless the saudi led coalition allows aid into yemen food and fuel prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened there are questions over the whereabouts of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri following his resignation in saudi arabia on saturday a source at beirut's airport has told of his era that hariri was not aboard his plane when it arrived in the capital after passing through europe syria's army had militia from iraq have encircled it it circled the eisel controlled city of al book a mile it's close to syria's border with iraq and is the group's last urban area in syria. and government media has released a video showing fighting in the area on wednesday the u.s. president says he's found common ground with the chinese leader over the tension on

the korean peninsula donald trump is in china where he called on president xi jinping to apply more pressure on pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program he says that china could curb the escalating tension quickly and easily we agreed on the need to fully implement all u.n. security council resolutions where north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korean abandons its reckless and dangerous path. all responsible nations must join together to stop arming and financing and even trading with. the murderous north korean regime the u.k.'s international development secretary pretty patel has resigned after it was revealed that she failed to disclose meetings with israeli officials while on holiday tel said her actions of fallen below the high standards expected of her

position pope francis has taken aim at worshippers who take pictures with their mobile phones during mass the leader of the roman catholic church has urged the faithful to be more spiritual and his priests and bishops to be more humble and those are the headlines we'll have more news here on al-jazeera after today's inside story next. news has never been more i think but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera it was a decision that shocked many indians he ever got prime minister narendra modi with several high denomination bank notes as a way to combat corruption but as he succeeded and what's been the fallout for the economy this is inside story.