all the stories are going to go on and on going on an al-jazeera is setting out to basically do the reality on the ground the reality on the ground can only be complete with the magic of the people that's what we do nothing of what we do well. there are live from doha i'm on scene dennis also coming out yemeni pro-government forces attacked the country's vital port despite warnings of an imminent humanitarian disaster. demonstrations in argentina as congress debates legalizing abortion plus.

football fever in russia as the world cup gets underway in just a few hours. but first the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions on north korea will not be until it can demonstrate and i quote pulled the new. mike was responding to north korean media reports that claimed the u.s. had agreed and might pompei was touring the region briefing asian leaders following choose a summit between president and kim jong il his first stop was so where a key concern is the u.s. president's pledge to end joint military exercises along the korean peninsula wayne hey is there with this report. after the hype of the so much with. the explanation to the ally. is america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with south

korean president in in seoul before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved the north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way mike pompei o says that's not the case thanks and you cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea

believes the drills are a rehearsal for an invasion but the united states and its allies have always said that defense of japan says it's been assured by the u.s. that they suspend is contingent on progress on denuclearization but tokyo is still concerned about the possible implications chris earning us are ok. we believe and u.s. alliance as well. deterrence based on them play an essential role in security in the north east asia south korean seem to be generally positive about what they saw in singapore they believe it's a step in the right direction but with something is significant is joint military exercises with the u.s. being given up soon want to know what north korea will do in return at the moment that seems to be very little if anything at all similar deals have been done before and the failed only concrete change north of the border will convince most that

things are different this time wayne hay al jazeera sole. both koreas have held their first high level military talks in more than a decade south korean military leaders crossed the demarcation line just a short while ago to take part in the talks on the northern side of the border and the meeting is expected to cover donald trump's commitment to end joint military exercises with the south might compare the secretary of state is currently own route to beijing where he is expected to meet the president xi jinping our correspondent in beijing is florence lewis she joins us there live might compare the incoming into the chinese capital with the chinese establishment pretty much self-congratulation he's saying that their suggestion of freeze for freeze has been adopted by the u.s. president. absolutely and many media many western media have been making have been saying that china really did

come out of the summit in thing of poor as a big winner because it got a couple of things one is it got the freeze for freeze or do will suspension which is something that china has been proposing for a couple of years now and that is for north korea to give up its nuclear testing its missile tests and in return. the u.s. as well as south korea stopped that military maneuvers off the south korea off the coast of south korea this is something that china has been advocating for and this is something that it got and it wasn't even something that was mentioned in the signed document but it was in the remarks that president trump u.s. president trump made post summit in a press conference and not only that he also threw out the prospect formally of blue that the u.s. troops that are now based in south korea numbering nearly thirty thousand could one day be brought home this would be something that the chinese have been wanting to hear they see the u.s.

presence in their neighborhood so to speak as a threat so this will likely be able to bring some chinese good world to the to the summit to what's been agreed and perhaps get them really on board to commit to and to fist denuclearization of north korea the two declaration that was signed was pretty vague was in terms of its language one gets the impression that the secretary of state's mission really is going around to the allies and others to explain in more detail and with more precision as to what exactly has been agreed between pyongyang and washington. that's right but also we have to remember that his his visit to china will probably take in more than just that it isn't just to explain what's going to take place but he also needs to secure china's commitment and this is absolutely crucial because china is not just an ally of north korea china is the economic backer of north

korea in china had long not long opposed tougher u.n. sanctions on north korea just until late last year i mean ninety percent of north korean trade is with china and you know to get china on board with tougher sanctions against north korea to get china to uphold those tough u.n. sanctions for this denuclearization to be successful they really need china to be on the same page and that is going to be part of. mission as well very likely because we've already seen how china may not necessarily be on the same page when it comes to that we've heard how the chinese foreign ministry spokesman say just hours after the summit had concluded that perhaps it was time to consider thanks really for north korea so that will be part of payors mission here in beijing florence's live in beijing thank you very much. well the u.n.

security council is due to hold an emergency session later on thursday to talk about the humanitarian crisis that could be made worse by a major new military offensive in yemen troops loyal to president abdul robber mansour hadi backed by a saudi emira coalition a targeting positions just south of her data that this is all part of an operation to retake the city from his the rebels have controlled it since twenty fourteen the red sea port is yemen's second largest and an important point of entry for aide. reports. a major military operation is underway yemeni government troops. to take the port of poti from truth the rebels warplanes and warships of the saudi coalition have also launched strikes on the city and reinforcements are joining soldiers on the ground for what many say

is a decisive battle for control over northern yemen but they do tell a little but they are here on our way to for data and we will liberate it from the who we are determined to celebrate you and mark the end of ramadan there. daters seaports is a vital lifeline for the whole thesis the sardi's say that's where the shia rebels get weapons smuggled in from iran that's denied by both and the host these the united nations fearing what the spokesman called a bloodbath if the data was attacked by coalition forces has proposed and you deal that would see houthi as hand over the support to the un but that wasn't accepted the bourse also a vital lifeline for millions of civilians caught up in the war and aid agencies are now warning of a humanitarian catastrophe there. supply routes for urgently needed aid will be

caught and more than a quarter of a million lives are at risk the fact that we have more military operations going on will just exacerbate the situation which means that not enough we entered for the entire population of yemen we have already today eighty percent of the yemeni people who rely heavily on humanitarian aid. the war in yemen has already claimed times of thousands of lives mostly civilians many have died of hunger and disease but the fighting has gone on so far none of the attempts to have a. house succeeded none of the players are working together or the most of the players so they can bring your money to the table the saudi coalition leads the campaign to drive the who things out of the data and to give any capital sanaa and reinstate the government of president of the law but also

heidi i love the rebels remain defiant firing ballistic missiles into saudi arabia and vowing to do the capital to that. right now let's speak to know her. visiting fellow at brookings and she's here with me on the set nice to see you again this is being portrayed as a vital a battle for the control of this very important port effectively militarily once this battle is over whoever wins controls the north of the country well this is the question i mean even if the saudi and right he led coalition succeeds in taking over her data the question remains who will run her they will it be the coalition will it be thought it solid for the former yemeni president or nephew who's forces are on the ground what role is there for the head the government and so the question remains. who will actually run the data now of course you know other parts

of the country may then fall following the takeover of data but the whole things have shown that they've demonstrated in the past that they do bounce back so even though this may cripple them it doesn't necessarily mean they will be completely eliminated and in the meantime while sis is being arranged between the sides militarily of course we do have this impending humanitarian catastrophe with millions of people quite literally millions of people risk of being deprived of basic everything that is basic that you need for life yes absolutely i mean ultimately there needs to be a political solution now of course given the very deep divides within yemenis within the region and of course as we saw a couple of months ago the killing of saddam has some of the political leader of that with these the prospects for a political solution are are quite grim however. the military solution has the prospects for a military solution are also quite grim i think that the u.n.

plays a crucial role here given these deep divides but alone the u.n. alone cannot reach this political solution without the support and the pressure by countries such as the u.s. and the u.k. who have been quite complicit in this war because it's been suggested that the protagonists on the ground are prepared to bomb each other in into submission and they're not really prepared to sit round the table until such time as one has military supremacy i mean we're in the fourth year of this war it's been a stalemate effectively for those four years and you know as i said the u.n. and the special envoy play a crucial role here however alone they won't really reach a solution without the effective support of the u.s. and the issue that has been pretty much prevaricated a that hasn't by the major powers you mentioned the u.k. in terms of the weapons it's supplies to the arabia and the united states of course and its role in propping up its. yes i mean essentially you know the calls by the

u.s. the u.k. and other foreign entities that are also having to be major arms suppliers to the saudi led coalition the calls to you know protect civilians to ensure you know the flow of humanitarian aid don't really mean anything in the end if they continue to supply these arms and so the approach from the u.n. the outdated u.n. security council resolutions needs to change and needs to better represent the current reality on the ground. thank you very much indeed. including. in rome where the government is embroiled in a diplomatic standoff with from so brits migration policy while hundreds of refugees and migrants turned away from italy head to spain.

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look at the top stories here. north korea will not get any sanctions relief until it demonstrates full. korean counterparts in the south korean capital following the singapore between donald trump and kim jong. and the two koreas holding their. decade. in the northern side of the border and is expected to focus on president's pledge to end joint military exercises with. the u.n.

security council is due to hold an emergency session later on. a humanitarian crisis made. by a major new military offensive in yemen. troops loyal to president ever drive a man so hard that by saudi and american forces are trying to take the city of who data from his he rebels. the u.n. general assembly has passed a resolution which condemns israel for the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries among them the us voted against it a flare up of girls i have seen one hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces in the past ten weeks the arab backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution in the security council as the occupation intensifies its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation

and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by the is the occupying forces and extremists. and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people out of this occupation remains urgent and unquestionably. there's a south africa where two people have been killed in an attack on a mosque they were stabbed by a suspect who was then shot dead by police this happened in mon sprit which is close to johannesburg argentina's congress has been debating whether to decriminalize abortion laws hundreds of people gathered outside parliament in the capital bonn osiris whilst the session was taking place it's an

issue that's deeply divided a country that remains strongly influenced by the catholic church argentinean law only allows for abortion in cases of rape or when a woman's life is at risk. today's a bow sent us this from just outside the congress and what a side has it's a historic day in argentina as congress was debating for the first time the possibility of legalizing abortion in this country there's thousands and thousands of people here now in the evening waiting for congress to vote on one side are those supporting and demanding that abortion be legalized in this country and on the other side there's those who are asking lawmakers to vote against it abortion is illegal in argentina except in case of rape or when i woman lives if this risk the law would allow abortions to be carried out until fourteen weeks of pregnancy and off price public hospitals to carry them out only rich people can afford to an

abortion and a lot of women die. in the hospital because they can go to the hospital really because they can go to the jail and it's something that it's not right women can face after four years in prison if accused of having had an abortion but in spite of this around half a million clandestine abortions are carried out every year the. pro-life groups say that the two lives should be protected and very saying that legalizing abortions is not the way. for them but as a guy you want in the process there are a lot of steps that should be taken prior to passing this law a lot of education needs to happen and people have to know that if you do something there are consequences and one of those is getting pregnant as a consequence just look at him as a bonus for and against changing the law were separated by a metal fan from by the police in order to prevent confrontations women rights groups say that legalizing abortion in this country is

a matter of public health because thousands of women are hospitalized every year because of botched abortions most of them are poor the debate is expected to go on all night long and the vote is expected to happen on thursday morning people here are saying that they we're waiting here for the results. haiti has banned the charity oxfam great britain from operating in the country after itself was accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the company violated the country's laws and insulted the dignity of its citizens some of the aid workers including a former country director use prostitutes whilst working in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake seven oxfam staff members have since resigned or have been sacked. well the nine hundred refugees and migrants who were rescued by the italian coast guard have now arrived in sicily this fall is france his criticism of italy for not allowing another foreign rescue boat to dock if his new interior minister has

demanded an apology from the french president over those comments to the hall reports from rome. disembarking in italy nine hundred thirty two migrants and refugees rescued in the mediterranean by the italian coast guard on the crossing from the libyan coast among their number more than two hundred miners and two dead bodies. heading instead to spain hundreds more on the ngo rescue ship aquarius the italian government believes it's borne the brunt of this crisis alone for long enough and international rescue vessels like aquarius now banned from italy it says an invitation to people smugglers and this is what it amounts to in practice file pictures of the u.s.s. trent on a navy vessel currently on patrol in the med with forty shipwreck survivors on board and twelve dead bodies it's unable to transfer them to a german rescue vessel because italy won't give them safe harbor real time

consequences real lives at stake facing criticism from n.g.o.s the u.n. and some fellow e.u. members the italian government is unbending the far right leader now interior minister mattel's salvia new who authored this change of policy has shot back at the french president for calling it cynical and irresponsible salvias a view that's pure hypocrisy here's what he told the italian senate that you request. from january first into the end of may moment ten thousand people have been turned back from france into italy in the relocation agreement of twenty fifteen france agreed to take nine thousand eight hundred migrants instead it's taken six hundred forty so i asked president micron to take in one thousand migrants tomorrow morning the show of real generosity not just words. meanwhile civil society has been joined by civic society in pushing back the mayor of palermo

in sicily is among a number of mayors declaring their cities remain open to all we remember our grandfather remember called remember relatives and with remember the. difficulties when the way bedroom with germany with awareness is for america to because of the human beings there will not be italy has a proud past in which immigration played a major part in each future perhaps less so join a whole al-jazeera rome. thanks . and one of the world's biggest sporting events the world cup gets underway in russia in just a few hours from now president putin says it's a chance for his country to show its unique culture to the world there are

a challenge reports the kremlin is likely to use the tournament to improve its reputation. the fans are arriving football chancer reverberating around city squares one of the biggest sporting parties in the world is upon us once again and. it was eight years ago that fever announced the two thousand and eighteen host would be russia amid allegations of corruption in the world cup bidding process nevertheless by the way putin was pleased enough to accept with a rare speech in english been ordered to leave in the south and in fact. you can make it work. we will come but eventually we'll get. to that highest standards. world cup moments is now here russian

business news site estimates the full cost fourteen point two billion dollars and for that gets a chance to generate some much needed goodwill for the country because internationally russia has something of a reputation problem the annexation of crimea and the war in eastern ukraine the sports doping scandal allegations a russian interference in foreign elections the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in england all these and more the list of perceived transgressions is long enough that political analyst andre kolesnikov suspects any world cup image boost will be limited to the home front. it's extremely important to to make such a gift to a domestic audience but for four in the audience russia will not change its image as a toxic toxic paul or toxic country. because there were so many events of other kinds that even the good organization of. can change and

sometimes for. but as he spoke at the feet of congress on wednesday putin made it clear hosting the world cup isn't just about pleasing russians or international politics it's about giving visit is the best impression of russia to. our goal is that all our guests from football stars to simple fans feel the hospitality and cordiality about people that they learn the authentic multinational culture and unique nature of russia and that they would like to come back to us again it's something he's tried before four years ago russia hosted the winter olympics in sochi the region was flooded with cash to smarten it up for all the visitors for the world cup that's been done on a much wider scale in total eleven world cup cities have received investment money from the huge metropolises of moscow and simpy does work to smaller cities like rounds and some model the aim is to get fans and money to parts of the country far

off the usual tourist trail making sure visitors get a russian experience is something that's filtered into the choice of this year's official world cup instrument see these. and they're an update on the speed played in traditional russian folk music the sound of a full stadium banging these together. it's something you're going to hear a lot of in the weeks to come. for visitors to have the best possible time here of course involves keeping them safe at the european championship two years ago in france violent clashes between english and russian fans were broadcast around the world since then russian police have come down hard on local hooligans they want no repeat of such violence here and you're a security measures such as a strictly controlled id system are in place to prevent bombs and other attacks for a month the eyes of the world will be on russia everything has to go smoothly rory

tallinn's al-jazeera moscow. time has taken over the top stories here in. the u.s. secretary of state is reiterating that north korea will not get sanctions relief until it can demonstrate full. my pump is been holding talks with these japanese and south korean counterparts in seoul following the singapore summit between donald trump and came. we believe that anyone understands the urgency of the timing of completing this the new course zation that he understands that we must do this quickly and that sanctions relief we should recall these are un sanctions the sanctions relief cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely the new crisis. meanwhile the two koreas have held their first high level military talks to move in

a decade the meeting took place on the northern side of the border does it and was expected to focus on president trump's pledge to end joint military exercises with the south. the u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency meeting later on thursday to discuss a humanitarian crisis made worse by a major military offensive in yemen troops loyal to president hadi backed by saudi and ever r.t. forces trying to take the city of who data from the rebels. t.v. people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in south africa they were stabbed by a suspect who was then shot dead by police it happened the moment spree in the western cape. the u.n. general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with girls a one hundred twenty nations very judean favor eight countries among them the us voted against

a flare up of violence in gaza has seen the hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces in the past ten weeks argentina's congress is debating whether to allow abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancies hundreds of people gathered outside parliament in what is cyrus whilst the session is taking place abortion is illegal in argentina except in cases of rape or when a woman's life is at risk haiti has banned the charity oxfam from operating in the country after itself was accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the company violated the country's laws and insulted the dignity of its citizens. all right here today those are the very latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's inside story. boom boom boom boom and i sound tandon from many members i'm going to turn a hundred and remember the war is possible. people in

power i mean it's the women heading an eighteen man militia. and dispensing justice with an unforgiving hand and an eye for an army in iraq on al-jazeera. dubai is identified as a real estate money laundering khalid a new report says it's a haven for war profiteers from m.c.s. of terror and drug traffickers just like u.s. sanctions so what's the government doing about it and what's the security risk for devising neighbors this is inside still. hello and welcome to the program today with me peter dubey now.