this was the world that forged a talent for mediation a talent which would take him to the center of world politics. in the same city almost thirty four years and. count fold had been adults of these people had been born two days into the new year of eight hundred ninety five. his father prince oscar but in the books was the son of king oscar the second king of both sweden and norway. at school in stockholm focus showed himself to be practical rather than intellectual. a gifted linguist he spoke fluent english french and german it was a talent he would put to good use in later life. in one thousand nine hundred eighteen he graduated from the military academy of col.

a skilled horseman he rose to the rank of major in the elite dragoon cavalry unit. but not long after his marriage he was forced to resign his commission on medical grounds. shortly after when the goons words old into the swedish army but no doubt decided to rent the drug god and his unit's former headquarters. estelle the millionaire's daughter transformed this military office into a luxury a swan fit for a prince. but

in one thousand nine hundred thirty four family life dragoon godden was struck by tragedy. the couple's third son frederick died shortly after his birth. two years later that eldest son gustav died. he was just six years old. yeah was after the loss of two of his sons kemp an adult decided to seek a new role in life. there. in one thousand and thirty seven he became the head of the swedish scout movement and. he had two sentences to guide his life.

the first was we have not come to this world that will be happy ourselves but to make other people happy. and the second word was what is possible is already done the impossible must be done. finally. good causes became the new focus of an adult's life. yet the utopian world bernadotte and sweden were living in was about to end. on the first of september one thousand nine hundred thirty nine. the second world war began when german troops invaded poland.

the following year at let's turn to sweden snipets. by the summer of one thousand nine hundred forty the nazis had occupied by just norway and denmark. king gust of of sweden incredibly active at the age of a seventy one attended the recent maneuvers held by his son in swedish armed forces were put on alert fleet unfettered by the nazis and the russians look stunned offensive. soon but an adult was mobilized.

and with his country in fear of invasion he began working to integrate the scouts into sweden's defense plan training them in antioch cry. well. and as medical assistance. but sweden's defenses would not be put to the test. germany did not invade sweden for at least two reasons sweden was not of very strategic role importance the second reason is that sweden was quite willing to supply the german armaments industries with the necessary war materials i am in particular. and sweden at least in the first part of the second world war was leaning towards the nazis the even allowed the german navy to cross swedish

waters. the allowance of german ethane to violate the space street so officially they were neutral in the gloomy mean to what's germany and that was easy for the germans i mean they got most everything they want. but securing one nine hundred forty three the tide of war would change dramatically . the seemingly invincible nazi germany now found itself losing on several fronts. the allies had been victorious in north africa. and had landed invasion forces in southern italy. on the eastern front. the red army had begun a huge counterattack. pushing the german troops back west.

from niger for the feel woods as soon as the swedish government sensed or recognized that germany is going to lose the the increasingly towards the allies. so a change in this week's attitude. in october one thousand nine hundred forty three the swedish red cross by now under the energetic command of file cabinet don't. organized a prisoner of war exchange between the western allies and nazi germany but the swedish pull to gothenburg. a year later a similar intervention the total of prisoners repatterning dated to over ten

thousand. on their way home at last our heartfelt thanks are due to sweetly for the vital part played by that country in the organization of the external. file cabinet dot had successfully established sweden's role as an intermediary. but in germany there were other prisoners in even greater need to the swedish count skills as a mediator. ally they were reported by airport to get radicalized warning of an overthrow right. as allied troops pushed towards berlin from the east and west.

they began to encounter concentration camps. tens of thousands of prisoners living and dying in desperate condition. january nine hundred forty five soviet troops entered our friends. the largest center of the nazi industrial killing machine. rumors were circulating that hitler had given orders to heinrich himmler the commander of s.s. troops for the liquidation of concentration camps. there was to be no evidence left behind. no prisoners to tell the tale. quick and

decisive action was needed. through six years of neutrality during world war two sweden had remained a country of peace. unlike its neighbors norway and denmark. nothing has been able to stop the danish saboteurs were continually blowing up factor buildings starting fires directing trains and so. those called resisting the nazi occupation had been removed to concentration camps in germany. in the resisting ideology of national socialism they were a rian as long as they were not jewish people who had been put to germany into concentration camps out of political reasons because they resisted in norway or in

denmark they were a reaction in the eyes of the s.s. and they were ok many of them were able to understand and to talk german. which made them more human to the s.s. because they could talk to them they could give them order they were understood. exploiting this special status but not taught and the swedish red cross had already managed to get more than seventy thousand houses for food and clothing to scandinavian inmates in nazi camps. the danish government had lists of the prisoners that had been brought to german concentration camps the list was a privilege because people in denmark knew where who was in which concentration camp and this meant that their relatives knew where their loved ones were and that the government was able to send packages for across packages with food and with

clothing to people personally if you sent packages to a concentration camp without a special name on it the s.s. just took them and never gave it to the prisoners but when the official packages from the red cross came the s.s. gave them to the prisoners and that made danish prisoners they had more to eat and they had a better situation. by february one thousand nine hundred forty five all privileged treatment had been overtaken by the threat of total liquidation. as the situation in the camps deteriorated the swedish government stepped in. those identified as scandinavian in turn ease in german concentration camps were to be rescued by a swedish red cross expedition. campfield had better not docked was the man who would lead the nation. the

relations between sweden and germany had by historical memories been very good before the war but i think actually that they were slightly pressed of a member of the king's family. to take all this work. i think there must have been. the man bernadotte would have to impress was heinrich himmler the commander of the s.s. the notorious paramilitary defense falls a leading member of the nazi party he had risen to become a minister of the interior and by now the second most powerful man in germany. on it was orders it was himmler who had set up the concentration camps controlling them through his s.s. troops. this was the man with whom bernadotte would have to negotiate

to secure the prisoners release. but how to reach him that was the crucial question. felix keston was himmler's personal masseur a baltic german physician he lived in stockholm but traveled regularly to germany to treat him as chronic abdominal cramps. felix cast an act as a kind of interview you mean ben i thought it him and as soon as bella daughter offered you know this kind of deal. in the sense that this might be a chance that only to rescue him to save him as a person against revenge of course but also maintain and even increase his power he still had power you have the power over the lives of the prisoners. keston gave

a green light to stockholm himmler had agreed that sweden could send an envoy to germany. on the sixteenth of february one thousand nine hundred forty five bernadotte embarked on one of the most courageous humanitarian efforts in history. as style accompanied her husband to stock homes bramah airports as count falcon bernadotte boarded a german airplane to berlin. it was a journey into. this situation was desperate from the point of view of jim and woody and. from the point of the view of the nazis. of course ben adults who wanted to. take advantage of this and to pressurize the author to the can see the

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in north carolina. hey there conditions really starting to intensify as the eye of this storm moves with the across the coastline give you a look at what we're dealing with there's the rain being pushed by wind that's really been. our fear i mean this has been a relentless attack from florence overnight into what is now the early morning we're dealing with the when we're dealing with the rain a storm surge in some areas that pushes water into places it's obviously not supposed to be and they've been this in they're going to continue for a long time in some areas for a day or more this is a slow moving storm it's going to linger along the coast we're already seeing severe flooding in many areas and that's only going to build we know that close or million people evacuated many watching from a higher perch longer in what's happening in their homes and to their homes that are in the strike zone here the shelters are full in many areas and first

responders ready to move in and help where they can when they can but first this storm florence as to move out super typhoon mancos is gathering strength near the northern philippines winds gusting to three hundred twenty five kilometers an hour are expected on friday night thousands of filipinos in the large time and lose on have already moved from their house. these radiometer has been deployed to the occupied west bank village of qana la motta the move is to prevent a gathering of activists at the site the israeli government has announced plans to demolish the village to make way for the building of illegal settlements yemen's houthi rebels say fifteen people have been killed in saudi emirates he led coalition air strikes in the port city of her data fighting has escalated recently as the coalition tries to take the data from the rebels. as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after killing the count stay with us.

broke germany. ninety kilometers north of in. a column in place. yet this name isn't from its. synonymous with one of the most notorious nazi concentration camps. specially built to house women and children. by nine hundred forty five over one hundred thirty thousand female prisoners. through rough and. polish women with the largest group incarcerated here

many of them. more than ninety thousand died in ravensbruck seventy percent of those sent in to this day the deserted houses of the s.s. gods remain. homes of offices under the command of one of the most feared and powerful men in germany. i marry him. the man with whom count foca bernadotte would have to negotiate to secure the release of scandinavian prisoners. on the one hand bama doj wanted to save as many prisoners as possible on the other hand in negotiating with the needy nazi kimmel. to some extent

implied recognizing him. as a kind of partner. so it's a dilemma it's a catch twenty two situation. but for bernadotte there was no choice. on the nineteenth of february one thousand nine hundred forty five three days after his arrival in germany he was taken to what was then a sanatorium at home and they can not fall from robin's broke he was brought here to meet him at his villar in the sanatorium grounds. at the negotiating table in the flatly rejected byrne adults proposal for the release of all scandinavian prisoners. but bernadotte achieved one major concession that norwegian and danish inmates should

be moved to a camp where the swedish red cross would be able to support them. the camp was called noida in goma. the camp which was nearest the danish border so he hoped that with whom he was negotiating would say ok take all the scandinavian prisoners back home and then he wanted to be as near to the danish border as he could and this was why they chose as a place. three days after meeting him the doctor was back in sweden working hard to assemble a rescue expedition.

three hundred volunteers were quickly identifier. officers and soldiers from the swedish army. red cross doctors and nurses. among the burn adults one system and. swedish transport vehicles were to be allowed into germany to collect scandinavian prisoners from other concentration camps and move them to knowing. allied forces by now in control of the skies over germany were informed of the plan . their response would give the whole campaign its name. printed up spoke to some commander of the allied forces and said ok we are doing this rescue actions and please don't bombard us and then the soldiers said no we can't guarantee you that so it's better if you take the buses white or if we can see

which buses belong to your arrest your actions. and so they decided on painting the bus as white. and they decided to put the swedish sloc to paint it on the roof so that the planes could see are these are non german buses but these are going to neighboring buses. on march the eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five the first column of swedish buses there white paint still wet boarded a ferry and the swedish court of moma. four days later the vanguard of the expedition reached the place bernadotte had chosen as its headquarters in germany. friedrichs through casal.

the casa was owned by prince otto from bismarck grandson of germany's chance. his wife and married tang boom was swedish. by then what are. the four hundred. meter familiar than i thought other words but i'm a bit foggy about other out there my mother was friendly with the bernadotte family . especially with copernic dr who came here a lot to negotiate with the representatives of the third reich. when he did that vulcan bernadotte always stayed here overnight or he got on with my mother all rather with my parents very well is good for. one bismarck's castle home free to assure was ideally placed close to the danish border and just twenty kilometers from it so.

both are happening here in the ten tallest. of the young for the school. on board. the white buses were headquartered in the xuxa involved forest and time here in friedrichs room for chandeliers sent out to various different areas of germany to pick up prisoners from the concentration camps today and to try wherever possible to take them back to scandinavia navin supplying. the first phase of the evacuation started on march the fifteenth the white buses divided into two platoon. around forty s.s. and get stop only as officers were attached to the expedition. the first platoon headed east to the camp but sachsenhausen over three hundred kilometers away. steve young son

a swedish red cross volunteer accompanied them as a motorcycle escort and. herder because this photo holds for. when we finally arrived in socks somehow some. call the gates were opened and a lot of norwegians came out in a fairly orderly way. motormen. don't do we go first does. and when they took the first steps. towards freedom there was no plan with that was an experience that would open to huge experience put really.

the second white house's platoon headed south to duck out sherm barrack at mauthausen. they took with them the detailed lists of danish and norwegian prisoners being held in nazi custody. the list helped the people from the rescue mission to know whom they searched in which camp so they took the lists and went or drove into the concentration camps and they could read out mr anderson mr young and so on must be here so we search for him and he is to come to the bus and we take him with us so it made it very easy in that part for the rescue action that the lists were there. but within two weeks the white buses campaign had become a victim of its own success.

by late march more than four thousand five hundred danish and norwegian prisoners had been evacuated and brought to the noise camp. which was over capacity even before the first white bus arrived. had been billed for two thousand five hundred prisoners and at the end shortly before the scandinavians were brought here there were fourteen thousand prisoners. so the camp was totally crowded and the people were dying. because no one had an own bed and there was not enough to eat and so on. the germans insisted that if the evacuations were to continue the swedish buses would have to transfer two thousand inmates of noise and gama away to other camps.

on the twenty seventh of march the swedish yielded to the german demond. the white buses designed to save scandinavian prisoners were now carrying hundreds of others to an unknown future. as far as we know not many of them made it because they were so ill and dying that many many of them died during the transports in the swat buses to other concentration camps. and this was a problem for those going to neighboring prisoners knowing that those people had been brought away in order to give them space they haven't asked for this. they were not guilty but but they felt they were guilty because they are better life was . made other people die. this

terrible task completes the white buses could return to their job of collecting more scandinavian inmates from camps and prisons scattered across nazi germany and by the beginning of april one thousand nine hundred forty five some seven thousand danish and norwegians had been brought together in one gamma. but the ultimate purpose was still to be achieved getting all the scandinavian prisoners out of germany and away to safety in sweden. once more count full cabana thought the driving force behind the expedition returned to germany. home.

in lower agreed this time to the transfer of the six and of all female scandinavian prisoners. by the eighteenth of april more than twelve hundred six prisoners had arrived in sweden. the following day british forces arrived at the river elbe practically within sight of knowing. by now german control of the camp that evaporate. the beautiful both of them.

go through go through with it for a year before. the german soldiers needed there i think most of them run ahead at that point the war was almost over there was nothing they could do it. and it wasn't easy being a german soldier they will all feel if they were out on the streets they would tear off anything which mocked them as being a german soldier or. in the chaos now engulfing germany evacuation of the camp became a matter of logistics rather than a mission. danish busses had now joined relieving exhausted swedish volunteers and. by a polish twentieth hitler's last birthday four thousand three hundred norwegians and

danes had been rescued from know and. most were brought to a reception center set up in a spot in the swedish city of ram luxury. today this memorial beyond the waves in the grounds of the spa is dedicated to the efforts of the white buses expedition. but the white bus volunteers were not finished. the bus drivers who came from sweden and denmark they told us that it was very cruel to see other people other prisoners who were none scandinavian just standing there seeing their white buses seeing the red cross and laughing and yelling and thinking they would be rescued no because red cross buses

were arriving and then they had to say no sorry we are only taking the scandinavian prisoners. bernadotte wanted to try to save those they have been forced to leave behind. to return would mean facing a danger. allied air forces were attacking virtually anything that moved on germany rather it's. on the fifteenth of april the white buses left friedrichstrasse on their most dangerous mission yet. a long trip south to to rasie and shot in what is today the czech republic. there were no tell you that if.

we stayed overnight in that assumed spot and there were four hundred jews i think it was families we were picking up there and the. or the not that the other saw and during the night while we slept they loaded up the busses they were everything was ready there were there were some complaints one baby carriages what in fits and we had to throw them away that i remember. after a perilous return journey they achieved what looked impossible just weeks. in fact you're waiting for one hundred twenty four danish. the jews didn't come for us this is a fact it's nothing to make us about because

a situation was and i should understand the situation in germany also under what conditions they could squeeze the s.s. and himmler but other couldn't stuff way of saying well i'm coming here too i want to rescue videos you could do that but after a while quite a number of those were rescued. byrne adults next goal was ravenous broke and the release of french women held there. with the advancing soviet army just days away himmler unexpectedly agreed to the evacuation of the entire camp. women of over twenty nationalities. there are hoarders. but make a point of ska. or there were many polish women on the other

wouldn't really and among them there were three women that were a while their pregnancies were well it oust. to their way and so wonderful that their little bucked that there was someone else to cards it was a pub come there was so many pregnant women over there the boy. and the german said that it was a holy spirit to go. to the other way if they fit in my own old phone hit the we have this chief medical officer with us on hold some with a smile and he told the president charged up one of them would probably become a mother during the night for him didn't know the route all those. who live here or not here this could. all do in the way that though many endorse. so much of a good so they fitted out a bus which they called albon they fitted it out like

a maternity ward and the three women were kept in there. with anyone who told them put it on one of them cape birth to a song about night. in the closing days of april the white buses transported some ten thousand women into sweet. at the end of the month with soviet troops battling their way into. i don't feel

content since. the war in europe had just a few days to run. on may the first the swedish white buses came. to mt. all except one volunteer. they spend it of course to document that. out of it so if you fit it. in you obviously that. when you. need. it. that's forty eight outs on a week. that's a. up at me.

or advocate here that. or yeah in fact. you don't kid get. out of it that that bit of news that. i do me you don't get me. off to the german surrender the buses would return to bring another ten thousand prisoners to sweden. of thirty thousand lives saved by the white buses at least ten thousand jews.

in the months that followed count foca bernadotte was honored by countries whose citizens had been saved by the campaign. jewish organizations were among the first to celebrate his achievement. bernadotte was now an international star. three years later he was called on again. heading this time to the middle east which had been plunged into a war. of white plane with u.n. and red cross markings was carrying the brave count nephew of the swedish king

organizer of the white house's campaign. on a mission that would seal his fate. was on his way to palestine and to his death at the hands of jewish militants. al-jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of counts folk abene dot. tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his death would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace in the middle east. killing the

count on al-jazeera. from flowing on in winds to an enchanting desert breeze. out of the autumn rains have started in paraguayan southern brazil the satellite picture captures and it's a developing system thing so there will be some was far right already seeing that forty fifty millimeter is being reported in power quiet as assistance tossed circulate they'll be rather more rain and thus far north. of the day after in rio as it goes slowly off shore league a certain amount done in buenos aires as well significant rain probably use for

rain in southern brazil north of the constant most active weather has been the caribbean tropical storm that recently came through the leeward dolls' is still there it's track will take of the next two days just south of jamaica and then staying over water effectively they will be throw off showers catching dominican republic for example eventually catching jamaica otherwise it's a relatively dry looking picture including for cuba but i think more develop over mexico in the next day or so daytime shots are generated by the sun the story in the u.s. is of course what's happening in the carolinas the big hurricane florence larry circulating so close to the coast it will make landfall and although the winds may not be of ticky down as you already know the amount of rain light come from this still it's only reached nearly six hundred millimeters it could easily double and that's over the carolinas. the weather sponsored by cattle and nice. weather on line this isn't some abstract issue we need to pay attention to their

stores or if you join us on sat rather than stopping terrorism. creating it this is a dialogue and just the community is want to add to this conversation we need a president who's willing to be a short while everyone has a point and part of civil society i need to tell you i never get listened to by those in the corridors of joining the global conversation. on out is iraq. this is al jazeera. hello i'm sam is a dan this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. i protests in syria against the asset government and its planned military offensive to retake province. rebels in yemen say

fifteen people have been killed in saudi amorality coalition air strikes on a day the. park in florence batters north carolina as it threatens to destroy billions of dollars worth of property on the u.s. east coast. the philippines prepares for super typhoon one coat winds of over three hundred kilometers per hour. i'm paul reese with the sports as the umpire who made serena williams angry in the u.s. open final gets back in action ramos takes charge of a davis cup tie and gets the support of the usa team captain. we begin in syria where several demonstrations have been held to a protest against the government one is in hama where rebel positions have been targeted by government airstrikes the other is in neighboring province the last

remaining rebel stronghold in the country the protesters are angry at the government's plan to launch a massive military offensive to retake the territory the u.n. has repeatedly warned against the military assault saying it could unleash a humanitarian crisis unseen throughout syria's seven and a half year war more than three million people live in most of them civilians displaced by conflict in other parts of the country. this is one of the protests look like in hama dozens of people have gathered to condemn the continued shelling by government forces the u.n. estimates nearly forty thousand people have already fled the area as their strengths intensified over the past two weeks. from all of this let's cross over live to stephanie decker and on talk here near the turkey syria border so we know that these areas are strongholds for the opposition why do people feel they need to come out and organize

a protest what's their message there for me. the message is one of the same and i think it's actually quite extraordinary some of the scenes you're seeing coming out some i'm not sure if you guys have the particular one in medical man which is in southern italy of just north of where those airstrikes took place a couple of days ago enormous amount of people sami thousands taking to the streets calling for the same chant that we've heard over the years in all the arab revolutions really people want the downfall of the regime we haven't seen these kinds of protests they really remind us of the early days and my little man is a place where over time people have protested against various groups particularly h.t.s. . that's the group proven controversial at the moment i think also you know the thing is the narrative gets lost when we talk about the military offensive the politics the different groups who deems who a terrorist organization many people on the ground sami are tired of war they don't

support the government but they don't necessarily support the rebel groups in charge of them either and the message seems to be coming out today from at least thirty five places in the province also in north how much as you mentioned also in west aleppo which remains under opposition control is that the people are tired and they want to change in government which is of course a court that they have called for for almost eight years now. are there any sort of preparations under way for these areas so for as we've seen all the opposition areas for all you people really think there's a chance for that slogan for the downfall of the regime that they're calling for. well the people we've been speaking to inside you know what they hope and what they know is the reality are two very different things and people don't really have a choice in what's going to come to them and that is going to be decided at the political negotiating table sami and of course it will take some form of

a military offensive how are we how are they preparing well you know the aid agencies are preparing somewhat in the sense that they are preparing further tense expanding the council on the border with turkey but these will remain inside syria we just heard from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov he is in berlin saying that russia was going to work on opening humanitarian corridor as well again where there's going to be to most of the areas around it live is government control and i can tell you the majority of people will not want to be going there the other area is under turkey's control to the north under groups that turkey controls and we've been speaking to aid organizations here they say they will be pairing also perhaps those areas but no one wants to leave sami these people have been displaced again and again and again so this is why some form of political negotiation is still being effort should but people will tell you that it doesn't look good in the sense of damascus has made it very clear they want to take back the entire province all right so and so much stuff in the back of it. yemen's who the rebels say

fifteen people have been killed in saudi a morality led coalition airstrikes in the port city of a day the fighting has escalated recently as the coalition tries to take data from the rebels and are simmons has more from djibouti. hooty rebel forces say these are civilians caught in the saudi immorality led coalition's line of fire in her data for her to say at least fifteen civilians were killed on thursday evening and twenty injured. this man asks why have these people being killed who it is say this is kilos sixteen the main road link between the red sea port of her data and the capital sana'a are controlled by hutu rebels if fully verified these deaths and injuries will add ammunition to a different battle one that was waged this week in the united states congress us politicians convinced by a report that blamed the coalition for unnecessary civilian deaths failed to pass

a resolution to stop u.s. support for the saudis. further down the road in sabine hospital where supplies are meant to go different images burnt into the fearful thoughts of parents and would be mothers and fathers all across yemen there's no need for confirmation here the most vulnerable suffer in war in yemen it goes to extremes aid agencies warn that if the supply line of food medicine and other aid stays cut then mount intrusion could kill more babies than weapons do it's the united nations official though who explains what's at stake. the conflict has made yemen a living hell for children over eleven million children or about eighty percent of the country's under eighteen population are the need of humanitarian assistance they face the threat of food shortages displacement and acute lack of access to

basic social services hutu rebels have posted video which they say shows an ambush on government fighters in the saudi amorality led coalition near her data so the reports say who it is have been fleeing the battlefield the rebels deny that there is a warning that could come under attack on the pretext of coalition claims that weapons are stored there whatever the truth in this war the attempts to bring calm and some hope of dialogue still rests heavily on the shoulders of the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths he met the hooty delegation that should have been in geneva last week in the yemeni capital muscat on thursday that was andrew symonds reporting from djibouti for more on this i'm joined now by amanda bryden humanitarian and conflict advocacy adviser for save the children joins us live now from london good to have you with us your organization of course warning that now four point two million children may be on the brink of starvation tell us why you

are exceptionally worried now or not those ever been a good time in this conflict for children. thanks for having me and as you say we're deeply concerned for four point two million children on the brink of famine and yemen and why we're so concerned now is seeing the escalation and fighting over the past week or so in order to. recapture data city and port itself and the ports is a lifeline for the rest of the country over eighty percent of the country's commercial imports are coming through this country through this ports ari and what we're seeing with the fighting is the critical junction sixteen is that artery towards. other parts of the country and so really this is a situation of life and death for yemeni children and their families they can't

access the food fuel and medical supplies. the huge numbers critically at risk in the coming days or coming months so as we sit here right now are you able to get any humanitarian supplies into yemen. yet there are other ways in which to bring in some of the humanitarian aid although as the you him put out in their press releases seventy percent of those humanitarian supplies are also coming through her day and so leave port just to the north of the city there are other means to come through in terms of aid him and. some of the lifelines there but essentially this is a critical. juncture in the country with these supplies need to come in so for us what we're seeing is that. four hundred thousand children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition for the most severe form of my interest in by the end of the

year if we see this lifeline cut off. what is it that you want the parties to do short of calls stop the fighting which is unlikely to happen. while it is unlikely to happen i think it's so important that the international community continues the strong message that there can only be political solution and not a military one for this conflict and sadly we are seeing that it is of aliens and children that are trapped in the middle of the firing line so not only do we want to see a stop to the fighting a genuine commitment to peace talks and a comprehensive cease fire but we were. convinced the international community is serious about sending that message i mean we're seeing in country after country agreeing to continue supplying parties of this conflict with weapons how confident are you in the position of the international community. it's

a very good question what we've seen at the u.n. security council the messaging coming out is that the unanimous in their support of the special envoys if it's but you're right and what we're seeing is the continuing supply of arms to parties of the conflict and that very much needs to stop and we also need much stronger calm didn't nation of all parties to the conflict to stop violations of international humanitarian and human rights law so to stop attacks on civilians to ensure that they are protected. and this is something that really there needs to be action as much as fast from the words thank you so much amanda for coming in talk to us welcome. florence has made landfall on the u.s. east coast it's weakened to a category one storm but it's still expected to cause widespread damage forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding and storm surges in three states north

carolina south carolina and virginia north carolina's governor is warning the storm will cause havoc for days the worst of the storm is not your. with the ease or the early warnings of the days to come surviving this storm will be a test of endurance teamwork common sense and patience i'm began a good joins us now live from wilmington in north carolina and i understand you're close and the to the eye of the storm there what does it look like what are conditions like right now. i mean it's very different because i. think you see some of these gusts i can certainly feel let me speak at the pump still now that he's got some around one hundred forty four kilometers i think to probably see in the field.