slaughtered by their guardians peace killers on. talking tough the u.s. threatens to sanction the international criminal court if it persists with an investigation into its alleged war crimes in afghanistan. hello i'm with al jazeera live from london also coming up weapons of war how starvation is being used as a tactic in the world's biggest conflicts with children the worst affected. fighting in syria's last major rebel held province has displaced more than thirty thousand people the u.n. says it's deeply concerned and several on demand attacked the headquarters of

libya's national oil corporation killing two people. the international criminal court is already dead this just one line from the tough policy speech being given by u.s. president donald trump's national security adviser in just a few moments time john bolton is set to threaten to sanction the i.c.c. if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by americans in afghanistan it will be his first major address since joining the white house or bolton has also confirmed the closure of palestine's diplomatic mission in washington this reportedly in retaliation for palestinian attempts to prompt an i.c.c. investigation into israel well this is the scene now where the national security adviser is expected to address the crowd this is the room at the federalist society

in washington and our white house correspondent is following everything for us tell us more about what john bolton is expected to say. you know expect there are going to be two different headlines the first the announcement about the closing of the palestinian mission here in washington something that the white house has long been threatening and now it appears that the national security adviser john bolton will may be making good on that threat the second point and it is related is the fact that the united states is going to potentially announce that there will be potential criminal sanctions against members of the international criminal court why are these two related well it goes back to november of last year when the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas went to the international criminal court requesting in fact that there be an investigation and prosecution of israeli

officials for its actions and conduct and that is when the united states began to threaten that it would close the mission if it followed through on that and now we see that potentially happening according to excerpts of the speech that is exactly what the national security advisor john bolton will say so what this is is a major escalation by the united states this many are interpreted as an effort to kind of pressure the palestinians to reignite stalled peace talks but given the u.s. actions not only the ones that are said to be announced but the fact that the u.s. embassy has moved from tel aviv to jerusalem it sort of blind eye to ongoing settlement expansion and also the cutting of bilateral aid to the palestinians it seems very hard to understand how the u.s. might believe that this would not only restart stalled talks but even in the eyes of the palestinians have the united states be viewed in any way as sort of a neutral logo sheet or arbiter and what about the other dimension to this speech

the prospect of u.s. sanctions against the international criminal court if they go ahead with an investigation into alleged u.s. crimes in afghanistan what are we expecting on that. well what we're expecting is a very negative reaction from palestinian leaders given the fact that they have long held that it is their right to do so they have long held that with regard to the mission one that we should point out opened in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that none of this in any way would allow them to get back to the negotiating table this would undermine the peace efforts and still we've heard from trumpet administration officials very senior officials in fact speaking to al-jazeera in recent weeks saying that they expect that they could roll out their peace plan in the coming months one that has long been anticipated but which right now the palestinian leaders have been essentially cut out of so once again many in washington kind of scratching their heads trying to see how in any way this could

appear to be progress and we should also point out with regard to the international criminal court you should understand this audience that is about to listen to the speech by national security advisor john bolton has never liked the international criminal court has long been viewed particularly by conservatives in the united states as being a threat to u.s. software and even right rife rather with abuses so with regard to that this is something that we expect that the united states will be strong on in the speech given the fact that not only is there going to be the announcement of potential sanctions but what those sanctions could look like could be prosecution under the u.s. criminal justice system so very serious and certainly likely to not be well received at least particularly by one side and that is the palestinian leader's all right well thank you very much kimberly following everything from the white house and this is the scene at the federalist society in washington where the national security adviser bolton will deliver his first major address since joining the

white house or get to it as soon as it gets under way. well the u.n. says that more than thirty thousand people have been displaced by fighting in syria's last major rebel held province in the north government and allied russian forces of increase that bombardment of adlib in the past few days as well as parts of adjacent hama aid groups say they're deeply concerned about a potential humanitarian crisis in the region which is home to some three million people many of them already displaced from other parts of syria stephanie deca has the latest now from an takio which is close to the border with syria. those are huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside it of most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are

camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according to the united nations are an informal camps and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly touched by turkey of a mass potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain closed as we've said and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on his own and it is that capacity when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense that they can be setting up more camps more tense also medical facilities tree our facilities if that is needed because they do expect if the offensive gets closer to the cities to the more densely populated areas they're warning and a lot of people have used this word of

a potential bloodbath. six hundred thousand children that's more than one a minute are expected to die from hunger in war zones this year this according to a report by the charity save the children it says four and a half million children under the age of five will need treatment for severe malnutrition this year that's a twenty percent increase on two thousand and sixteen the biggest concern is in the democratic republic of congo where three hundred thousand children are at risk of dying say the children want starvation is increasingly being used as a weapon with warring policies blocking food and medicine leading to devastating consequences for tori gate and the reports. in towns and cities across syria forces loyal to president bashar assad have long used a surrender all starve strategy against civilians in rebel held areas. eastern go to is now under government control but earlier this year four hundred thousand

people were besieged there many starving a similar military strategy is being used in yemen both the fighters and government forces backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition deliberately obstruct deliveries of food hunger has become a weapon of war and its use is more prevalent now than it anytime in the last twenty years. save the children has looked at child hunger in the world's ten worst conflicts it's found that four point five million children under five will need treatment for mt nutrition this year but five hundred ninety thousand a likely to miss out on the care they need and die of starvation and disease that's an average of sixteen hundred a day or one child a minute i think what we've seen this time is a book can kind of a two decades trend where double hunger has been decreasing for the first time in that time period is now increasing and complex is behind so. yes it's always been

there but i think we're seeing a much more acute pinch on children across particularly eastern countries in some areas starvation is a military strategy in others war disrupts food production which in turn leads to hunger. in the democratic republic of congo years of fighting has displaced large numbers of people from their homes aid groups a three hundred thousand children are at risk conflicts disrupt people's ability to farm to keep their livestock jobs disappear it can lead to economic collapse that causes food prices to skyrocket so even people who are miles and miles and miles away from any active fighting or find that they are no longer able to afford the simplest of meals fighting in just ten countries is now responsible for overseeing a twenty year decline in global hunger save the children is calling for governments around the world to protect children and hold to account those responsible for

using food as a weapon victoria gave him be al jazeera. several armed men of attack the headquarters of libya's national oil corporation killing at least two people and injuring ten all this is the first attack of its kind against top manages of libya's state oil industry a security forces say they've now regained control of the landmark building in the capital tripoli it comes less than a week after a fragile truce halted fierce fighting between rival groups in the city mahmud up to why it has more now from tripoli. the special deterrence force that is the security apparatus policing in the capital tripoli has announced that its individuals have taken full control of the headquarters of the national oil corporation following that attack that targeted the national oil corporation and killed two of the employees and one did ten others now according to the head

of the tripoli security directorate the attackers belong to ice of but at the same time the interior ministry issued a statement saying that the attack is a terrorist attack without without naming the assailants at the same time the g.n.a.t. that is the government of national accord condemned the attack calling it a terrorist attack now the situation has called of to some extent but there is still security measures security measures have been tightened in front of the state institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bearded the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet and with al-jazeera still ahead on the program iraq's prime minister arrives in

bags right to try and calm weeks of deadly protests over poor public services and unsafe drinking water and several people are reported dead and many more injured in the latest attack in the somali capital market issue. a larger that's could have you back where we are but watching what is happening here across taiwan very carefully we do have a tropical. system a tropical wave that is potentially going to be turning into a tropical storm very soon now that system is going to be bringing very heavy rain to taiwan as well as northern philippines and slowly making its way into the south china sea and with that winds are going to be affecting southeastern parts of china still affecting taiwan still affecting the philippines but we don't expect the storm to really get any more intense than a tropical storm but we do expect it to make its way towards the west and

potentially make its way towards vietnam well as we go over here towards india much better conditions appear towards the north what's notice on the satellite a lot of dry conditions there as well as down along the southwestern coast but what we're still seeing quite a bit of rain is out here towards east call cut a rainy day for you here on tuesday at thirty three staying rainy temperatures there at about thirty two degrees new delhi it is warming up you see a lot more sunshine in your forecast so thirty four is a high there but down towards bengaluru clouds there at about twenty nine degrees then very quickly over here across much of the middle east it is still quite humid we're seeing temperatures here in doha on tuesday at thirty eight degrees not much of a change as we go towards wednesday forty one there and abu dhabi partly cloudy at thirty nine. on counting the cost of austerity in argentina but will better fix the economy and what about before out for emerging markets plus the good the bad and the ugly the

corporate impact on society and the environment i want to let me also paying attention. counting the cost on al-jazeera. and this is to find out whether someone selling or someone is very rich but that's not a wheelchair i think it's how you approach a fictional i don't know if it is a certain way of doing it. by. the out. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories this hour the u.s. is set to threaten sanctions on the international criminal court if it proceeds with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by americans in afghanistan national security advisor john bolton has just arrived at the federalist society

where he is expected to deliver his speech. at the u.n. says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced within syria is a province since the syrian government and russia began as strikes last week and a report by the charity save the children says over half a million children are expected to die from hunger in war zones this year the charity is warning that starvation is now frequently used as a weapon of war. when all the stories we're following a suicide bomb explosion in somalia's capital mogadishu has killed at least six people and injured many others the armed group al-shabaab claims to have been behind this latest act of violence to hit market issue this year morgan reports. the bomber targeted a local government building in mogadishu and was followed by gunshots. on the top of it i was drinking tea when the car hit the key i fell down on the ground and saw

other people on the ground as well i was shocked. this is the second suicide blast and somalia's capital has not. claimed responsibility for that blast and dozens of other previous to start attacks in other spots watches. out they are doctors the they have a doctor they are with. doctors in the condition somalia. it's been all the last week and hello that this looks like killing. and today they are all the districts where they are and it is a. many people are there on their way growing. in daily life like food but this. somalis government with help from the african union pushed its fighters from the capital in twenty eleven but the group still has control over territories in the southern parts of the country and continues to target both government sites and civilians in the capital the u.s.

has also been involved in targeting senior figures of the armed groups. but after more than twelve years people in mogadishu still face the new daily threats of attacks people morgan al-jazeera. well sudan's president says he's trying to improve living conditions and economic stability by sacking his entire government marl bashir dissolved his cabinet and cut the number of ministries from thirty one to twenty one in a bid to tackle a growing economic crisis he says reducing the number of local and provincial administrations will improve the government spending and attract new investment the fragile calm in the southern iraqi city of basra may be under threat armed groups in basra backed by iran a vow to track down protesters who set fire to their offices during a week of demonstrations the prime minister body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect are destroying their lives rob matheson is in the iraqi

capital baghdad with the latest. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs. what happened in bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down votes or a but thankfully that was stopped by the cooperation of the pathos civilians. a body is facing calls for him to step down over the crisis in basra the iraqi government is deadlocked disputes over the result of an election in may have left politicians wrangling over power in basra fighters from the iran by armed group known in english as the league of the righteous have paraded through the streets. their headquarters is one of several private and government buildings burned by

protesters during a week of demonstrations against corruption which also targeted other pro iran shia groups the governor says the destruction is criminal part of many protest organizers and activists have denounced such actions and a criminal act should be denounced by the people of basra regardless of who had carried it out it is only allowed to have peaceful protests in order to deliver the people's messages to the government. three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the hickman political party but were pushed back by police the party's leader is shia cleric anwar al hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric walked out all sudden seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help bus but critics say this short of

a. is it by the prime minister won't achieve much in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite more violence know there are armed groups too that could make politics and security even more complicated in basra rob matheson al jazeera baghdad brazil's jailed former leader louise and osceola december is reportedly set to abandon his presidential bid is barred from running in this year's election because of a corruption conviction the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal lula's hand-picked successor for nanda had dug to set to run for president instead the workers' party has until the end of tuesday to register her dad as that candidate rusher in japan say they're working toward signing a peace treaty to formally end second world war hostilities russian president vladimir putin the japanese prime minister shinzo abbay made these comments after meeting in light of

a stark decades long dispute over an island chain between the two countries to stop them signing a peace treaty before now. a former cambodian opposition leader has been released from prison and placed under house arrest cam sako was arrested a year ago for treason but is yet to go to trial wayne has more on this now from bangkok. after spending a year in a remote prison kim carr was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his home in phnom penh at eight thirty eight o'clock what i'm very excited to hear that he has been released when i first heard the news i grabbed my shirt and came straight here. was arrested in september last year on treason charges in a case widely dismissed as politically motivated as the supreme court then dissolved his cambodian national risky party the largest opposition political party

more than one hundred of its members were banned from politics for five years it came amid a broad government crackdown on dissent independent media outlets closed and rights workers harassed or arrested with no credible opposition prime minister hun sen's cambodian people's party won every seat in the national assembly in july his election. last week swearing in formality confirmed one since thirty three year rule would be extended for at least another five and with that it appears the time was right to release. the release who came so close and other opposition party political leaders like me i hope that they are signing a light a street a path to national unity and reconciliation that seems unlikely at the moment as kim so car still awaits trial and never afraid to intervene in the judicial process when cin says if he goes unpunished cambodia will descend into civil war wayne hay

al-jazeera bangkok. and now to north korea the government has extended another olive branch to the international community with a cafe choreographed event in pyongyang the mass games were part of the country's seventieth anniversary celebrations a showcase the country's achievements while hinting at a more prosperous and open north korea in the future bride reports from cell. taking months to prepare and involving tens of thousands of citizens to perform them the games are an extravagance north korea can ill afford. they haven't been staged for five years but the country's leader kim jong un clearly believes this period of improving relations is worth celebrating. him bracing his south korean counterpart while korean characters declare a new era of reunification. you know this display also promotes the message of strengthening relations with the international community after years of isolation.

that you know i think our country should be very unified soon and go out into the world he said. north korea's neighbors may be prevented by international sanctions from trading with it but tourists face less restrictions tickets for foreigners to witness this spectacle cost hundreds of dollars and thousands are expected to visit during the coming months. kim jong un has personally overseen the development of new tourist resorts as a way of attracting visitors and their cash neighboring china is allowing a record number of tourists to visit north korea providing a much needed boost and pyongyang wants to reopen a resort on its side of the d.m.z. border to allow a return of tourists from south korea. this is an impoverished country still under maximum international pressure not that you would know it from this display

robin pride al-jazeera so. sweden faces a period of lengthy political wrangling after an election which ended with no party winning a majority the center left bloc led by the prime minister and won just over forty percent of the vote but the center right alliance led by the moderate says it's been given the mandate to lead the country they want virtually the same share as the center left bloc but neither group wants to negotiate with sweden's far right party which won seventeen percent of the fires well now to afghanistan where the government is building a town solely for female police offices in kabul there are about three thousand female offices in the country just two percent of the total force now that being offered secure housing in an effort to encourage more women to join charlotte ellis reports. female police officers are a relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen

years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there's danger for a few more police officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day concho coffin which means i accept that the danger i want to be a role model for people to serve them sincerely set a culture change it and lots of women join the police. finding and retaining women is a challenge is a cultural hurdle convincing parts of society that women should work it's also dangerous as eisel in the taliban specifically target the military and police during shift and after hours. one of the nation's most senior police woman brigadier general hekmatyar he had no idea to improve the female to male ratio build a town only for police woman to protect them and their families as

a gift from the government. i am also a mother and i'm looking for the safety of these women i know how difficult it is place to make a city for them it's all for the safety from where i'm standing rise the thirst of ten five story buildings to be built across the site for three hundred police women and their families around the perimeter will be a high security wall with six guards how to protect the people inside. the plans include a daycare center and school for nearly seven hundred children along with a medical clinic and gym for women. the total cost is one hundred twenty million dollars canada has put thirty million towards the first phase of building the issue of security is not a hypothetical one earlier this year al jazeera spoke with the family of nor hire a menorah two sisters who are working as police officers and badakhshan province when they were targeted and killed by the taliban. in kabul the security elite

a watching these stories weary they hurt recruitment even without a brick laid the site is already listed with tao as an armed guards building confidence that they can and will protect women as they push towards the goal of five thousand female officers by twenty twenty i think it's a responsibility and duty for every afghan woman our men should stand side by side and fight for their country there are no short cuts to equality in this nation moving security and gender equality and the right direction comes one shovel at a time shyla bellus al-jazeera kubel. and the women's tennis association a supported serena williams over confrontation with the umpire chairing a us open final loss to japan's naomi a saka it's accusing carlos ramos of showing a lower level of tolerance for williams's behavior because she is a woman she repeatedly clashed with penalized for receiving on court coaching

smashing her racket and verbal abuse the twenty three time grand slam champion was also find seven hundred thousand dollars. quick look at the top stories now the u.s. is set to threaten sanctions against the international criminal court if they proceed with and alleged investigation into war crimes committed by americans in afghanistan the white house has also confirmed it will shut the palestine liberation organization is mission in washington and really out as more on this from the white house. given the u.s. actions not only the ones that are set to be announced but the fact that the u.s. embassy has moved from tel aviv to jerusalem it sort of blind eye to ongoing settlement expansion and also the cutting of bilateral aid to the palestinians it

seems very hard to understand how the u.s. might believe that this would not only restart stalled talks but even in the eyes of the palestinians have the united states be viewed in any way as sort of a neutral logo sheet or arbiter the u.n. says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced within syria is it live province since the government and russian as strike site had last week in libya is the last remaining major rebel held stronghold in syria aid organizations have warned the any military campaign to retake the region could spark a humanitarian crisis. a report by the charity save the children says over half a million children are expected to die from hunger in war zones this year the charity is warning that starvation is now frequently used as a weapon of war it says four and a half million children under five will need treatment for severe malnutrition this year that's a twenty percent increase since two thousand and sixteen the iraqi prime minister has made a surprise visit to basra where weeklong protests have left at least fourteen

people dead protesters accused bodies government of corruption and failing to provide jobs and basic public services about thirty thousand people have been hospitalized from drinking contaminated water. and sweden faces a period of lengthy political wrangling after an election which ended with no party winning a majority the center left bloc led by the prime minister stuff i'm lovin one just over forty percent of the vote but the center right alliance led by the moderate says it's been given a mandate to lead the country you're up to date with all of our top stories coming up next on al-jazeera it's counting the cost you stay with us.

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