al jazeera. the battle for data fighting between two things in the saudi iraqi coalition intensifies around the port city. i'm richelle carey this is al-jazeera life into hostile coming out. of the battle for libya's oil their warlord general khalifa haftar attempts to reclaim the terminals from armed groups. conservative candidate yvonne touquet wednesday combi a election that well will this mean for the deal the far. and hanging in the balance a crunch day for germany's chancellor as her coalition partner decides whether to stay in government also. i'm the richardson of the world cup in the russian city of

volgograd what england supporters are enjoying local hospitality rather than facing a still it see ahead of their opening game. the battle for. portis intensifying as saudi and iranian backed forces battle iranian supported who are losing a day to would deal a serious blow to the rebels it could also mean imports of food are cut off for seventy percent of the population in reports. the three year war in yemen has reached what could be a crucial turning point with the battle for the port city of whole data system intervention of a saudi and number on the coalition to stop the rebels in two thousand and fifteen more than ten thousand people have been killed tens of thousands injured and millions displaced. famine and outbreaks of cholera and diptheria have turned yemen

into what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis now an offensive by pro-government forces on what data could result in another quarter million casualties and leave seventy percent of yemen's population without access to food medicine or relief supplies the coalition says rebels have been using the port not only to import food but also ballistic missiles that have been fired at targets inside saudi arabia but the u.n. fears this attack could spark in humanitarian crisis nearly two hundred people have been killed since the offensive for the key red sea port began on wednesday the u.n. says nearly five thousand families have had to flee their homes to stay alive even here we were safe at home and pro-government forces and who are fighting continuously we managed to flee but somehow. stuck. displaced yemenis are seeking shelter from not only street fighting but also aerial attacks

some of the families caught in the crossfire are camping in schools or makeshift shanties you know how. we started carrying out children while the apache helicopters hovered above not knowing when the will be shot or not we prayed we wouldn't get it there was nothing we could do. shuttle diplomacy by u.n. special envoy to yemen march and griffiths hasn't succeeded so far the spokesman has told al jazeera that the u.n. special envoy has not asked with the fighters to hand over their weapons in return for saudis stopping there are strikes that. the saudi government and the us government a lying to people by claiming that the u.n. envoy is carrying such to months this is because they're trying to justify that military defeats and finally it's the discussions are part of an ongoing search for a comprehensive solution and that companies have data and in many other places. analysts believe the best outcome to keep thousands of people from being killed and millions from starving to death is for the two warring sides to reach

a ceasefire agreement somehow. on al-jazeera. the libyan warlord general khalifa haftar has launched an offensive to regain control of the northern oil terminals his forces lost control of the town of ras lanuf on thursday after an attack by rival groups the so-called oil crescent was seized by have his forces in two thousand and sixteen civilians have reportedly been warned to stay away from the area. he is from the university of texas in san antonio he says the fighting will do further harm to the country but the problem is for libya drop in oil libya is in the bankruptcy and the drop in oil production is going to hurt libya is known to be is a hungry more than that more than forty percent of libya is a living below the poverty line thanks to this its stupid war this is taking place let's get more now from the tele hate who joins us on the phone from tripoli along

with tell us more about why the significance of this particular area. this will. let me. explain the importance of the two major forts that have been taken by the. fighters from the two of them to believe that. these by the way the biggest. in libya and the red crescent in the area. that its members. twenty six bodies of dead bodies those who were killed in the fight that took place during the last few days between flew into louisville. and other other forces allies. of the petroleum facility.

just now. currently it security sources in the city does one hundred fifty kilometers to the south with the say that. the lightning and the i.d.f. to launch a new offensive to recapture two major oil terminals of sidra. and meanwhile. the national perforation raised in the capital tripoli has been wanting in vital maintenance so that in the. end the damage. of the infrastructure and the only. wrestling with. a couple of times as i've been set on fire happens forces. have. strikes and they're also putting the emphasis of these guys have been calling on

the united nations the mission in libya. come to the area and check the random shelling conducted by hazardous forces and that led to. the lot of casualties including civilians. yesterday two girls from one family were killed in airstrikes lunch of by happens most. boys children and his bill are just in the country with oil production capacity of around four hundred forty seven thousand. been a day roughly a new. production capacity of around two hundred twenty thousand. battersby day through the over the refinery in. the bettas as you know racial did. production is the backbone of the revenue.

in the country ratio right. away live for us in libya thank you syrian military has accused a u.s. led coalition of bombing military positions in the east killing and injuring a number of people the military claim the attack happened near the album all but the claim has been disputed by the u.s. central command. colombia's president elect has called for unity following a divisive runoff election at forty two conservative newcomer ivan the country's youngest ever leader his main challenger a former guerrilla fighter secure more votes than any leftist candidate in colombia's history and gallagher reports in the capital bogota i may be a fresh face in colombian politics but is of undue k. took to the stage his supporters were ecstatic to gaze young untested at his promise to tackle some of colombia's biggest issues and we've done it going in order with humility and on our i tell the colombian people that i will give all my

energies to unite our country no more divisions let's think about a country for all and everyone for me it's very important to tell you and the whole of colombia that today there are no defeated citizens because i want to be the president that gives the same love to those who voted for me and those who didn't the polls closed across colombia at four pm but it soon became clear that duke a had a commanding lead handpicked by former president alvaro uribe has promised to modify the peace accords with falk revels they ended fifty years of conflict but it's not yet clear what any changes he makes will mean for an already fragile process despite losing gustavo put through his colombia's most successful leftist candidate the former rebel secured more than forty percent of the vote and has pledged to continue his fight for a fairer society and less dependence on fossil fuels. if you can it governs with those who helped him win government suffers a fatal injury hopefully he is able to hopefully i am able to trick myself about

his personality and the one elected has sufficient strength to separate himself from those who helped him become elected because they are the worst associations for columbia this was one of the safest elections in colombia's recent history there were no reports of violence across the country a sign say analysts the democracy here is maturing these are elections that have been peaceful. has been polarized seen because citizens are. not used to have a left option and the right option with very different programs but i do think that this is the first time in columbus history that we're discussing politics. in other democracies in the world if he has a lot to prove his critics say he's nothing more than a puppet of. a hardliner that's both popular and polarizing but it's what he might do with those peace accords with far more people watch most closely because petro

may have lost but the less voice here has never been stronger under gallacher al-jazeera bogota columbia collin harding as director of latin form he joins us live from manchester via skype we appreciate your time so the voters have spoken they have made their choice what do you think it is they are trying to say what is it that they want. security safety i think it was a safe comes against it as it's been going to now those who actually left wing candidates the first time that there's been a serious left wing alternatives there in columbia elections and you've got more than forty percent of the state is going to be a considerable figure in the future using congress and it will be able to wield considerable political influence but. above all it wants to receive. i think the thing the damage to and a factor that damaged very much more was his association with those leyla he used to be. rich obviously at the late president.

and he has tried to distance himself from the disaster that is they were taken prisoner under in recent years but nevertheless the mud has stuck to a certain extent it has made a big factor in the campaign but i get the education right and i think the association. with guerrilla violence that we passed and that's right and then what is it really damaged him very much what is your take then on what this will mean for any agreements that have been made with dark. well the new president the interim president who said this he's going to bring reconciliation and unity in the country bills that are must be justice is going to bring justice and a lot of people who suffered at the hands of the flock and the atrocities committed by the guerrillas. the lamb got just as many as the under the present arrangements the deal signed by the outgoing president. the guerrillas. he laid down their arms

and some of them can take seats in congress that angelica politics and they don't really have to suffer many times since he says that that's not right and it's going to be a proper reparation is that you retribution. how far he decides to try and carry that would be one of the big factors in whether that stability continues in colombia or in the next four years and he said that you believe that security was clearly top of mind for voters and part of security is also a stable and thriving economy what are the challenges that lie ahead in that regard . well the climate coming into dispassionately into conflict into the very back it will and it's not really quickly but it's. it's the only act what's ridiculous or expand it. is that you don't look much just cold in golden realist coffee of course. and i think two case is going to emphasize that the continuation

of that sort of model. which is as pointed out is it just the international press and the starting point i started my apologies for having to interrupt we're going after a break and for a live event now it's a appreciate all your insight on the elections in colombia so now we're going to take you live to the opening of the u.n. human rights council session of the outgoing u.n. human rights change. it is and delivering some remarks right now so let's listen universal. values sourced only from a western tradition on representative of the rest of the road. no a clear rejection of this comes from a look at the negotiating record itself the san francisco conference which is stablished the un was a circus of sound shaped from many tons its result was not a solo tune from a western instrument that had that been the case had the countries that joined the

organization believed they were being pinned to alien west values why then did they not stream for the exits why did they not withdraw from the un but then why is the universal declaration and the whole body of human rights law that followed it the object of so much attack now not only from the violent extremists like the tech feelies but also from authoritarian leaders populist demagogues cultural relativists some western academics and even some un officials. i have spent most of my career at and in the un what i have learnt is this the un is symptomatic of the wider global picture it is only as great or as pathetic as the

prevailing state of the international scene at the time i also have come to understand how weak human memory is that to many people in history matters only insofar as it can be sheathed and flung into political battle they do not view it as a service to deeper human understanding. there is a dangerous remove and superficial and sorry superficiality to so many of our discussions so much so that the deepest core issue seems to have been lost on many is it not the case for example that historically the most destructive force to impair of the world has been chauvinist pig nationalism when raised to feral extremes by self-serving callous leaders and amplified by mass

ideologies which themselves repress freedom and the un was conceived in order to prevent its rebirth chauvinistic nationalism is the polar opposite of the un it's very antonym and enemy so why are we so submissive to its return why are we in the un so silent the un's resin that is the protection of peace rights justice and social progress its operating principle is therefore you can really clear only by pursuing the opposite to nationalism only when states all work for each other for everyone for all people for the human rights of all people can peace be attainable

why are we not doing this. those of us in the un secretariat originating from all the one hundred ninety three member states work collaboratively and we do not answer to any state. in contrast to many governments represented at the un will often pull in the opposing direction feigning a commitment to the common effort yet fighting for nothing more than the thinly thought interests taking out as much as they can from the un politically one not investing in making it a true success the more pronounced the sense of self importance the more they glory in nationalism the more unvarnished is the assault assault by these governments on the overall common good on universal rights on universal law and universal institutions such as this one and as the attack on the

multilateral system and its rules including most especially international human rights law intensifies so too will the risk increase of further mischief on a grander scale the un's collective voice must therefore be principled and strong not we can whining obsessed with endless wrangling over process the small things as it is the case today if my office of which i am very proud and i have gotten one thing right over the last few years it is our understanding that only fearlessness is adequate to our task at this point in time not ducking for cover or using excuses or resorting to euphemisms but fearlessness approaching that shown by human rights defenders around the world for only by speaking out can we begin to combat the

growing menace of chauvinist nationalism that stalks our future. i appeal to you to draw. hussein who is actually going to be leaving. leaving his position here delivering pretty scathing remarks challenging remarks to the international community at large about speaking out about the growing wavers as he calls it showed when this stick nationalism and saying that people remember history when they want to. and perhaps that can be a bit dangerous that will keep an ear to these comments for you. coming out of geneva let's move on though with the rest of the day's news now israel has introduced a bill that would make it a crime to film it soldiers it includes videos like this one shot by an israeli human rights group showing an israeli soldier shooting dead an incapacitated palestinian that led to international condemnation

a person found guilty could face up to ten years in prison. it's anti-democratic that democracy we allow people to take photos to take videos and to disseminate them on social media otherwise we are not having enough information needed to conduct a proper democratic process this will a military says it has launched an air strike against a vehicle and gaza that was sending burning kites over the border no one was injured in the attack but it marks an escalation in israel's response to the use of kites palestinians have been launching its carrying burning rags across the border as part of weekly protest against israel on saturday the kite's cause fires and more than a dozen locations german chancellor angela merkel is scrambling to hold together her conservative government coalition that follows a deepening divide over her handling of the european migrant crisis now the christian social union is on the verge of splitting the government and it came has

more from poland so dominic it seems this alliance was always fragile sets to start with it was very difficult to even get this coalition where do things stand now. well the thing to say on that note is that it was difficult creating this coalition not with her allies the christian social union that merkel's allies in the c.s.u. but with the social democrats who would be more considered to be illogical opponents to c.s.u. india logical allies at least they were until this route blew up over the course of the last week or so point to make is that today we have meetings taking place here in berlin and in munich here in berlin angular merkel normally in the chancery behind me on a monday morning now meeting the senior elements of her party in berlin but more importantly is the meeting taking place in munich between the leaders of the c s u horst zia hole for is effectively the leader of that party he's also the interior minister and it's he who has in some way in some ice caused this storm to to blow

up because he and his party but particularly he want to reinstitute the sorts of of immigration controls that existed here in germany before angle americal open the borders to refugees and twenty fifteen most as a whole for basically wants to say any migrant any refugee who comes here claiming asylum who has already claimed it somewhere else in the e.u. should be turned back at the border and sent back that angle americal disagrees and she wants to have more time to find a european solution and not how significant is this moment in germany politics. well on the one hand very significant indeed imagine these logical allies who've affectively been almost two branches of the same party for more than sixty years at loggerheads over such an issue very significant indeed and that's mirrored in the newspapers today i have here the front page of diverts while clearly talking about

the poor performance of the german football team yesterday playing in mexico in the world cup where they lost the order their wake up but in some senses the newspaper and many newspapers are suggesting that's what the two parties should be doing there's a reference here it says zero for willing to find some sort of compromise then if you look at the other newspapers around today one for example here we have the facts for to undermine it citing merkel pictured and hear the suggestion from mr as a whole for the situation is serious but manageable and that's a sense. of compromise and finally here tighten you have here is a whole in a situation where he has to make a move and we're returning you now to the outgoing un human rights chief and giving some remarks in geneva let's listen to experts in security forces and armed groups although myanmar has stated that it will investigate allegations and prosecute

alleged perpetrators its actions to date have not met minimal standards of credibility or impartiality due to continuing refusals to permit access to charge of a country special report the fact finding mission have conducted remote monitoring . in the context of the m are you that the government of myanmar has established through the un d.p. in your niche c.r. for the repatriation of ranger refugees from bangladesh i reiterate that no repatriation should occur in the absence of sustained human rights monitoring on the ground in the areas concerned given the gravity and scope of the human rights violations in venice when a continuing denial of access to my office we will continue remote monitoring and reporting and our second report will be published in the coming days and we firmly

believe the council needs to establish a commission of inquiry since last june the government has issued three invitations to special procedures the first since one thousand nine hundred ninety six however the authorizes having have ignored a long list of requests by others whose mandates are particularly relevant to the current human rights crisis in the country. despite burundi's agreement to cooperate with a team of experts mandated by the council last year the team was expelled from the country last month and has not been able to return access is also denied to the international commission of inquiry set up in two thousand and sixteen and the author already have refused to finalize discussions on the renewal of the m o you with my office meanwhile the human rights situation continues to deteriorate throughout the country the government's continuing restrictions on civic space and

its decision to revise the constitutions through referendum last month have generated a host of human rights concerns including at least forty four alleged cases of arbitrary arrest and detention and may further deepen grievances i strongly encourage the government to reestablish engagement with international human rights bodies i have sought to engage substantively with both india and pakistan over the past two years regarding the situation in kashmir on both sides of the line of control refusals by both india and pakistan to enable unconditional access have led us to conduct remote monitoring with the first report issued last week i encourage the council to consider stablish ing a commission of inquiry for a more comprehensive investigation of the human rights situation in kashmir and

reiterate my calls for access i am tremendously saddened by the assassination last week of. a courageous human rights defender actively working for peace including through his participation in the track to diplomacy seeking to help both india and pakistan put an end to the violence. nicaragua antigovernment protests over the past two months have led to the killing of at least one hundred seventy eight people almost entirely at the hand of the police forces and by armed pro-government groups including allegedly the use of snipers with at least one thousand five hundred people wounded this in addition to reported abductions and disappearances i deplore the violence including the horrific arson attack two days ago the gravity of these developments may well merit

an international commission of inquiry i expect the commitments made at the resumption of the national dialogue on the fifteenth of june to be upheld including the sation of all forms of violence and threats thereof and the commitment to extend an urgent invitation to c.h.r. to visit the country as we have repeatedly requested this invitation should be sent without delay. in the democratic people's republic of korea remote monitoring by my office has found little change in the country's long standing grave and systematic violations of human rights the people of the d.p. r. k. risk their lives and their dignity for the exercise of their fundamental human rights including seeking to leave the country and communicating with individuals abroad. while i regret the persistent lack of cooperation with the country mandatory the d

p r k's recent engagement to the human rights mechanisms through one special rapporteur visit and treaty body reviews is encouraging i call on the authorities to step up that in gauging and significantly and with selectivity including cooperation with the country. the experience of my office has repeatedly demonstrated that making human rights part of peace talks contributes to meaningful and sustainable peace in the long term. doron means open for greater engagement and cooperation israel continues to deny access to the occupied palestinian territory by the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the palestinian territory occupied since nine hundred sixty seven this has been the case for three successive holders of the mandate access has also been denied to all

of the council's previous commissions of inquiry including on gaza in two thousand and fourteen i believe the council's advocacy of impartial monitoring and expert recommendations is entirely justified by the gravity of the situation and i urge israel to provide access to all human rights mechanisms including the investigative body mandated last month to enable impartial monitoring and advance accountability and justice. china despite efforts by my office to establish conditions conducive to an effective dialogue my staff have not been given unfettered access to the country including to the tibetan autonomous region and the sooner we got honest region where the human rights situation is reportedly fast deteriorating moreover although to mandate holders have visited the

country in the past five years china has in that period accumulated more than fifteen pending requests for visits i am therefore dismayed by china's continuing efforts to prevent independent members of civil society from engaging with human rights mechanisms including treaty body reviews this u.p.a. this council is your p.r. and many mandate holders i encourage the authorities to enable all actors to contribute to all the international human rights mechanisms and to cooperate with them in a spirit of open and mutual partnership in order to improve respect for the rights and freedoms of china's people. regarding this situation in turkey an invitation for the high commissioner to visit ankara is not a substitute for access for the office to directly and objective really assess the

situation in the southeast where the or thirty's have consistently failed to conduct credible criminal investigations into the civilian deaths which occurred during security operations in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen in the absence of adequate access the office will continue remote monitoring of the situation i note that turkey received visits relating to torture freedom of expression and enforced disappearances in two thousand and sixteen and encourage the government to allow further visits in the near future. unconditional access to it in continues to be refused to my office and the two special procedures amid continued crackdowns on service.