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beijing immediate release plus. we want to be secure other countries that don't need to worry about fighting and conflict. also ahead on the economic future me and the building of casinos to help create jobs. talks aimed at ending the war in yemen would use begin in sweden in the last hour but they have been delayed in an interview before the negotiations began a government representative told al jazeera that there won't be peace in yemen unless hoofy rebels hand over their weapons that threaten to close to un aircraft unless their demands are met on the ground a looming famine is also adding to the suffering of millions of yemenis. me. eat. fish one of the hundreds of thousands of yemeni children suffering severe

malnutrition he's being treated at a hospital inside the clinic is struggling to cope with the growing number of emaciated bodies of the young mohammad he's five years old but war famine at banda tradition slowed his growth he may never be able to fully recover. mohammed's health deteriorated over the last year and we rushed him to hospital hoping he would recover doctors are giving him fluids but he doesn't want to wait. the u.n. is brokering a new round of talks between the warring parties in yemen in a bid to ease the humanitarian crisis. after almost four years of fighting between who the rebels and yemeni government troops aided by saudi u.s. coalition fourteen million yemenis are on the brink of firemen. now many no less

than i pad and i pray talks will succeed we have had enough of all see each aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war. he met them another minute and we the yemenis should reconcile and we should end the war in the bring peace. it's the first time opposing sides in the conflict will have met since two thousand and sixteen past talks collapsed because of growing differences between who should play a bigger role in the future of yemen. the internationally recognized government says a deal will only be possible when the whole thing is hand over their weapons and put out of the capital a demand rejected by the rebels who say all parties should be prepared to compromise. we're going to talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the un's special envoy for

yemen martin griffiths has insisted the risen a military solution and that negotiation is the only way to find an agreement but it's unclear if griffiths will be able to succeed where his predecessors failed ok let's cross live now to hashem who's in rimbaud north of stockholm nobody's expecting a breakthrough what are they precisely hoping to achieve. peter let me just feel the situation you see behind me the delegation representing the yemeni government on its way to the talks which we expect to start any time soon the hope the delegation has arrived a while ago martin griffiths has arrived you can see haile the man who is on the picture now who is the yemen's foreign minister mr foreign minister are you confident there will be any progress to the inshallah inshallah we wish all the

best in the agreement of the cease fire. in charlotte that's the word we heard from the iran's foreign minister but we've been hearing some strong statements from. different members of the both delegations like for example. the who is a senior member of the government saying that there will be no peace in yemen as long as the healthy still control what happens there that they have to hand over those weapons before there is any genuine talk about peaceful way out of the crisis in yemen one hundred of the. city a member of the hopi delegation told al-jazeera a while ago that despite all the tension that has been building up he is confident that they will spend as long as it takes here in stockholm to be able at least to get some agreement particularly when it comes to the prisoner swap of humans here in the situation in yemen but i have to say that it's

a really tense atmosphere as we speak and what we're going to see in a moment from now is this much and dissipative opportunity where the whole thing is will be meeting with the government and with the u.n. of a a while ago i was just walking in this particular area i saw members of the hotel delegation talking to members of the government and they said it is this an indication that you want to break the ice and one of them said to me you have to remember that by the end of the day we are yemenis and we are committed to sort out of problems but then i have to say that it will take them quite some time before they can manage to sort of those problems as is the way with this kind of process hashim i guess what people see at a distance and what they see face to face can sometimes not chime one thing doesn't necessarily chime with the other but you mentioned the ceasefire there as you were doorstepping that delegation going into the room that we're now broadcasting from

inside the building off to your right hand side is intriguing isn't it because when it comes to the cease fire both sides have said or signaled yes we would go with the cease fire but the other side has got to initiate it first so the choreography could be crucial here. indeed and then the boys down to everyone's interpretation of how the political settlement should look like in yemen like i was talking to a member of the government delegation who was telling me you know are the expectations should be really kept low because we don't trust the who these full stop i don't think there will be a deal now when you talk to the whole thing is they are tight lipped and they are very cautious when it comes to the statements about any breakthrough here in stockholm but they say that they are determined to make some progress when it come to the most critical issues first of all prisoner swaps thousands of them have been detained over the last few years from both sides there is the issue of

a cease fire to be extended across yemen and also give the united nations more leeway when it comes to running the port city of her data which is of vital and for yemen's food imports then they will go and tackle the issue of the political framework which is let's say that all the parties agree on a national unity government who should run the country and how you have diversion views the hope they say that president of the of mosul had he has lost legitimacy he must go the government on the other hand says there is absolutely no way we will allow the healthiest to stay in power because they came in two thousand and fourteen in a military coup and therefore they have to pull out of the capital for us to be able to start genuine talks and i think predecessors of the united nations or voice martin griffith failed when they started tackling this particular issue of who should be considered the legitimate of oddity. and also will. i think the u.n. this time would like to give confidence building measures more time before they start

tackling the political issue but peter. when you talk to yemenis in yemen in sinai and heard a day inside there in subway. in ad then they will tell you that millions of people are suffering on a daily basis we're fed up with this war we have we don't see any way out of this war and therefore the international he has a moral obligation to say after four years enough is enough is that what's focusing minds here do we think it's not the reality that no one side is actually winning this conflict it's that millions of people are on the tipping point heading towards old fashioned starvation it's famine let's call it what it is and on top of that they're tired of this they've had enough of this. indeed the united nations world food program will show reporters a talking about the humanitarian situation and about severe cases of. the

i think they will use the term famine like cases in the northern part of the country particularly in areas under the control of the hoses and also outside of the city of her data but you're talking about an extremely delicate situation the u.n. itself has been saying about forty million yemenis are on the brink of famine and that millions of yemenis could further face more humanitarian issues in the future we're talking about two million the many million children in yemen who suffer from severe malnutrition and today the world food program spokesperson told us that the movement around the city of her day which is a vital lifeline for human has been drastically declined dropped over the last few days because of the intensifying fighting in this in the area and what does that mean it means we're not going to see more food coming into yemen in the coming days and this is something which is going to definitely further exacerbate the humanitarian crisis which has been described as the worst in the world now peter

there is an opening a glimmer of hope now when it comes to the diplomats who are present here in stockholm and also some numbers of the united nations who think that because of the international pressure which is building up against saudi arabia and the u.a.e. who both of them lead the coalition against the healthy is asking them to put an end to the fighting pursuing a political settlement that could be an opportunity that would give the u.n. a chance after four years of fighting to say you know what. let's stop the fighting and seek a peaceful settlement what are the elements there ready for a political settlement i don't i don't i don't see it here like just early in the in the day a senior healthy member in sun i said that if the united nations does not answer the meets the demand does not meet the demand of the earth as it was shut down the port of the airport of santa and i spoke to his colleague here

a while ago and he said no no no no should not really take it seriously because what happens is that we are the ones monday to add with coming up with a final say here in stockholm so it says that the coming three three days four days here in so called will be a crucial breakthrough when it comes to the prisoner swap and the humanitarian situation that would give a strong positive signal to the yemenis if the talks collapse like they did in kuwait geneva many times in the past and recently in september that could just mean there are going to further suffering for millions of yemenis across the country how soon we're waiting i suspect for martin griffiths the u.n. envoy to yemen to basically kick things off as soon as he starts talking we'll take that live for our viewers around the world but it's interesting isn't it because when we talk about the saudis just runs through who's on the the invitation list there today is there are a high profile saudi delegation and if there is if they are to extricate themselves

from what's going on in the skies over yemen and on the ground they will want to get something surely that they can spin if only to themselves as being a face saving exercise but the mindset in riyadh when it comes to the yemeni war the war in yemen wouldn't necessarily make one thing they would be prepared to go down that road. so basically who is attending the the talks you have the two main delegations the government delegation which is in itself excited insanity of arabia represented by president obama so hard he has sent his minister of foreign affairs and other members to stockholm and you have the healthy who control a huge area that stretches from all the border with saudi arabia all the way to ties and the other ones i can see this and how the defacto rulers of yemen by you have diplomats representing the human quartet which is the united states the u.k.

the united arab emirates and saudi arabia they have always been present during the past talks. trying to broker any way out to the to the crisis and they are determined to see how things will. evolve and but but then again the situation remains quite delicate because i'm seeing a new delegation arriving as we speak here but it remains a quite delicate situation because the saudis are saying that the reason why they have this is. assumed the. the minister of sweden's minister foreign affairs and she's been tweeting over the last few days saying basically that she's optimistic good morning can i talk to you this is passion from al-jazeera english how confident are you about in a political way out of this crisis. well she's tightlipped and she wants to give diplomacy a chance. peter but i was saying that basically the saudis have been saying in the

past that the reason why they have interfered in two thousand and fifteen is because they say the whole things are being manipulated by iran to further expand a radical shia ideology in the region something which has been dismissed as grotesque by the whole thing is they say that there is absolutely no such thing and this explains i think why the americans over the last few years were providing significant intelligence gathering sharing with the saudis invent campaign against the whole thing but now against the backdrop of the congress hearing the pressure which is building up over the last few months i think that could change you know way that could put more pressure on the on the on the on the saudis and the emeritus to try to seek a peaceful way out of the crisis the iranians have expressed over the last few days their support for the talks hoping that they would lead to a peaceful settlement and they say that they remain confident the government delegation and the who thiis will be able to set aside their differences and at

least tackle the humanitarian situation is quite a delicate situation before the international community peter it's no longer about yemen it started as a yemeni conflict with two warring factions that evolved into a regional conflict with the saudi led coalition and with also the potential for a geo political crisis with the with the saudi iranian narrative over what's happening in yemen. we've cut away from looking at you hashem now that's a bad thing to inside it's model strummed the swedish foreign minister flanked by martin griffiths the u.n. envoy to yemen and just as we wait on their opening statements which must not just be a few seconds away i suspect that model will stream the swedish foreign minister will thank all the delegates for being there she will also i say thank the u.n. envoy mr griffiths for having carolled the delegates to be there as well

let's just listen in to what the foreign minister saying. it is my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to all of you to sweden for u.n. led consultations and i must say i am all really proud of you who have come to this remote siri place part of sweden with the great score the. there is a tester fi unfolding in yemen and we have to stop it the people of yemen not least children have already waited far too long for peace far too long for the humanitarian disaster to be i.d.d. eight hundred and four steps to be taken towards

a renewed political process twenty two million people require humanitarian assistance the eyes of the world are indeed upon what is happening in this small community sweden over the coming days. there are hundreds that hundreds of journalists through of or did you notice present here and many more following what goes on here from afar and this attention of course means that there are expectations about what you will be able to achieve but it wants to shows the engagement of the international community we nike you care about yemen and the yemenis future. sweden has for a long time expressed its good support for the tireless efforts of the u.n. the secretary general and his special envoy martin griffith. we are there for

peace to be able to support the theft first by hosting these through and lead consultations and it's good that the issue is on the security council's agenda as well as being the subject of pledging conferences numerous ones and we will continue to through or that is where we are thankful for the united and strong international support that the u.n. has been given without it your presence here would not have been possible and we have deep appreciation for the government of kuwait for their crucial logistical help in arranging the transportation also from santa to stock on and the return trip however it is now of up to you. the yemeni parties to truly in gates's constructively and in good faith with marketing

and this you are in that process and you are in charge of your own future and hopeful that you would make. her gently needed progress during this the coming days here and i hope that you will also enjoy it although it's a cold country you would find of warm heart something called from everyone and i guess that what is needed is concessions compromise this and then some coverage as well so i wish the delegates. who un special envoy the team and all of us best of luck on this important mission. and i will give the floor now to the u.s. special envoy martin griffiths but as you've said yourself this could be an important beginning thank you and again warmly welcome to all of you.

thank you very much indeed. thank you through your excellency the foreign ministers region margaret wrote strum thank you to your government. feel hosting your welcome as you say a very warm welcome in a slightly less warm country. so thank you for having us here in this remarkable location i'm very grateful to you for doing this you're welcome to and that's i think to make this happen thank you so much thank you so much and i'd like also to extend my gratitude to the nations you're here it's not easy it's been more than two years since you've sat together. and we're very well aware that there are many difficult decisions taken even to be here and of course there will be challenges in the days ahead but we're very grateful to you for for your travel of your presence. and i do so like just like the side of the coalition the sultan

of oman and. the government of kuwait for their support in making this happen getting us here. many many governments have been played a large part in making this morning take place. i'm very grateful to them and i know the second general united nations is equally so. today marks we hope the resumption of a political process after two and a half years without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone. it demonstrates to the international community representatives of whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of

a peaceful political solution to the conflict. i have received numerous statements of support for the consultations from your respective leaders. and i'm very grateful to them for that moreover during the past weeks both parties both parties have issued calls for reduction of the escalation to use that word of military operations which is of course important. as a backdrop to the talks that we will be having a consultations we will be having had such a reduction on violence and restraint on the battlefield has a significant impact on the lives of yemenis but it's also a signal to the people of yemen that we're here with serious intent to pursue a particular political solution. today. i'm also

pleased to announce. the signing of an agreement on the exchange of prisoners detainees the missing the fourth to be detained and individuals placed under house arrest this is a huge tribute to. those present and the enormous importance of the many many thousands of families who seek to return to that of those currently lost to them. it will allow us the families for united and it is the product of a very effective act to work from but delegations and i'm very grateful. what we will do here and in the coming weeks is to work on the implementation of that agreement to make it happen. but it's a good sign a lot think it's important. the bar for some sense here. is higher than

this. the people of yemen know much better than me the desperate situation that they face in yemen on a daily basis includes the prospect. includes the continuing degradation of the economic become a health care and education across all aspects of their lives humanitarian agencies have raised. the minister reminded us regarding the terrible conditions the country's children thousands have died as a direct consequence of the fighting and many tens of thousands more. died from malnutrition so the political process that we will have offers an alternative to the narrative of cultures and it begins here and we seek to turn back the parts from that problems and to iraq and the difficulties of life

towards peace during the coming days we will have a critical of the june sixth good momentum to the peace process to move towards a comprehensive agreement based on the three references to the g.c.c. initiative and its implementation the outcome of the national dialogue and the relevant resolutions the security council including to two of six in the coming days you will have the opportunity to present to discuss and make serious progress i hope all the framework for negotiations the parameters of the peace agreements and the resumption of the political transition based on my consultations with the populace and many other experienced and knowledgeable yemenis i believe that we can all serve in the coming days find solutions on specific issues that will improve cooperation and reduce suffering i have. the agreement on christmas we will be

hoping to talk about economic tissues about the reduction of violence in many different parts of the country for data elsewhere. we will be talking about the through of some a porch. and other measures like that and we will have the opportunity to discuss the issues of humanitarian access that humans are programs to be more effective. all of the this series would never be solved without listening to numerous numerous yemeni voices so in addition to the men of the delegation i will personally benefit from the expertise and experience of an advisor visor a group comprising eight leading yemeni women with a variety of professional its ethical backgrounds and they will advise me on the su's address during the faults of patients and in addition i've invited several yemenis of experience and political issues to help advise me too and i believe they will be a great support already they are telling me how to move forward and what to do and

what a lot their international community and we will have their representatives here with us in a minute a fully supportive of the peace process it's a remarkable asset for you haven't security council is united international community is focused on us the presence of the media representatives here is testament to that representatives of the group of nineteen and best of the with african accreditation to government travel to sweden they will join us shortly and i will continue to be as you well in close contact with them during the course of these consultations they've repeatedly called for an end to the war we're calling for is a resolution to the conflict resolution the attitude that led to this war finally as you said. this that has been their dollars that yemen's future is in the hands

of those of us in this from countries institutions are risk. the fragmentation of the country is enormous concern and we must act now before we lose control of the future. you have all expressed your commitment of the school solution to the coming days our muster. it's important it's a significant events don't wave that is not none of us waver it's part of the challenges that we may face as well with good well good faith. and with energy and commitment and conviction a large shore we will deliver a message of peace. thank you very much thank you. thanks very much. martin gryphus the u.n. envoy to yemen there echoing what the swedish foreign minister moghul little straw

was saying interesting they were both using precisely the same language she said this is the beginning or steps towards a renewed political process he was saying today is the resumption of a political process and crucially as well this is all about confidence building measures mr griffiths clearly believes he's already got one of those in the bag because he said today he's announcing the signing of the release of a group of prisoners he then moderated that language that word and then he talked about people who've been detained detainees we're not quite sure if we're going to hear from anyone else i suspect we're not given that mr griffiths and this will strum clearly planning on leaving that auditorium there as they did a temporary goodbye to the various heads of delegation there will stay with these live pictures just in case there's some more news coming to us from inside that meeting hall our correspondent barbara has been listening to that for us passion

that's clearly very significant a prisoner swap at this stage even before they've started breaking down the big issues to discuss those as well indeed and. i can see now mohammed al disallow he's a senior member of the holy delegation tried to do their turns there's another sense and how does that it's about tell them a little with this how does he get in there. the both that let me. it's a caucus and it's about the law school but it's because of a lot of you. want us at the facts about that and i said. yes. when i said it and how do you know when it's a man and it interviewed mohammed i was suddenly saying basically he's very pleased with the announcement of the president swap and he says this is a significant significant step forward just one ask another question as some have it of the sort of about a statement from a senior member of the government. saying that there would be no peace in yemen if

the hope is to have weapons have people mostly live with the feeling of being the whole are going to be you know clinical known as a medical system analyse the thicket of human. life and you know. monitor what's up now and i think that you know you're going to be did that. you might have and could get in that in a typically so confident thank you very much so basically he's saying that the issue of weapons is not confined to the these on their own but also to different fashions operating in across yemen particularly in the north and the central part of the country but he seems to be pretty much confident that the elements this is hardly a matter which i would have also told will step up this is the how to do many we are like one of his you know please if you. would have him would have hunted the ammonia short assoon as if it is not. so peter i was basically saying that quite significant moment i mean when you see both delegations there would definitely have

had your money any time soon so basically when you see both delegations meeting today it's a significant step forward is quite an important development they haven't been able to send to sit around the same table since the thousand and sixteen and from a united nations perspective this could be conducive to some further talks in the near future particular when it comes to the security arrangements and also when it comes to the political framework is going to be an extremely long way to go but i think from the statement of this with his foreign minister margaret was strong and also from martin griffiths you can feel that with the announcement about the prisoner swap when you about this a while ago and this to have to go through many details because we're talking about thousands of soldiers and fighters detained over the last four years in yemen and the government and the hokies are saying they need more time to be able to finalize

the list or this is quite a significant now are they going to be able to expand their act towards a comprehensive agreement i think is going to take quite some time but this is quite an interesting development peter hashem as you wait for your next interview we will stay with you because this is clearly a breaking developing story interesting isn't it when mrs walsham talks about concessions compromises and courage anyone in a peace process can display or act on what they term or call courage at the time but when it comes to those concessions and compromises do you get the sense where you are that both sides will be weighing up concessions and compromises they'll be a clear equation a clear quid pro quo as to what they give and what they're expecting to receive. well they do understand that at this particular moment there will be no military

option to the conflicts in yemen they've tried they've used massive military gear in the past four years what we've seen it backfired in a way or another creating one of the worst humanitarian crises in more than times in yemen and this is putting more pressure on all the parties to try to find a way out of this now when it comes to the concessions it remains to be seen what kind of concessions both delegations will be able to make here in stockholm from a government perspective. they say they don't have that much to offer unless the host is hand over their weapons and pull out from places they can to a particular site and then they would be able to move ahead and talk to them about . a final political settlement and the u.n. is pursuing that path which is basically a national unity government a new president in yemen and you authority in yemen for four three years and you can situation. in a democracy is it going to happen in one year to year three years from now i personally have been covering yemen for the last fourteen years i don't think it's

going to happen anytime soon it would really have to take quite some time but they are confident that the potential for a. for a small progress here install core could build up and lead to a comprehensive deal in the near future so this explains why you see some momentum today building here in stockholm and both the government delegation and the gut and the oath is do understand that they cannot go back home tomorrow and say to their own people you know what was sorry we failed we couldn't come up with an agreement people are now really tired of this situation we're talking about fourteen million yemenis on the brink of famine talking about two million children suffer severe malnutrition we're talking about a serious developing situation with the world food program warning that there is a decline in the aid and food coming into the sea for city of her data and that if the pattern continues that could lead to further humanitarian suffering for

the yemeni people peter hashim let's just pause for a second anyone just joining us here on the news are on al-jazeera what you're watching what we're covering for you now is the beginning of a political process of peace process one would hope for the people of yemen hussian making the point there that thousands of people have died in the conflict according to margot wall street the swedish foreign minister tens of thousands more have died because of malnutrition the country on the brink of becoming fragmented according to the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffiths mr griffiths really summing up where the international community is coming from when it comes to trying to get everyone back on track trying to get them on the same page when it comes to a unified and unifying political process here's a little clip of what he's been saying in the past half hour or so. today marks we hope the resumption of a political process after two and a half years without

a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone. it demonstrates to the international community here represented and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution. after what happened here a while ago we came as i mentioned to you we were supportive from the beginning to the efforts of the special envoy we are engaging it's not it's not a new story that we started from from first geneva one and. we came finally after all the secure phase is done by the office of the special envoy three three flights bringing them bringing their wounded to do to support our mind and the kuwaiti flight thinking that the occasion from from some of our

another flight coming from muscat with part of the gate and they came in big numbers we. request to the office of the special envoy they should respect the invitation of the special envoy we managed to remove them from the legation they would be sent out of this complex and we started in the beginning was was ok when it comes to the prisoner swap just for you a significant move forward yes yes yes we signed that prisoner swap we look forward to achieve a ceasefire extends across human look the ceasefire will take place because we tried more than nine times to have truces and you know that we stopped hostilities but it's seems that us is stopping most of it is from one side it's giving the other side the chance to to reorganize itself but if they're never respected the cessation of hostilities and we do believe and even the special envoy office thing that section of cities if it's not functional and if it's not implemented on the

ground and with the monitoring system it will be useless this is my last question this is going to be my last question. i spoke with say a members of the holy delegation about the political framework and they say that the future should be a presidential council would have should have no say in the future nonsense no. twenty two sixteen and nothing more they should respect internet. community well they should surrender their arms in the nations and missiles that they're used to attack the yemeni people and then bring countries and that then that there will be no settlement no solution they should withdraw from the state would and hand back institution of the states to the legitimate government other than that there would be no peace also as you can see peter does the situation has some balik over here i'll try to establish the contact with you but in a way i just wanted to add that this is quite an interesting moment here you've

heard what the foreign minister has been saying just give me a second it comes here can you hear me yes logan clear house and do carry on yes yes so you've heard those strong words from the head of the yemeni has in itself point out fares and basically. they don't seem to be really impressed with the environment i mean the who these are the ones who control the ground control area that's russia's all the way from from side to thais and they say that we've made some concessions we've allowed for their wounded to be evacuated to all man we've paved the way for agreement about about about. an agreement about the prisoner swap but however we are waiting to see more from the hostess and then what it boils down to the idea of how should we solve the crisis in yemen and what kind of role with the who these play this is where the government representatives become

really aggressive saying that these are people who came to power in two thousand and fourteen in a military coup they have to pull out they have to hand over their weapons then we can start serious talks and then let me just give you an idea for our viewers to see situations are these are senior members of the government delegation is. so how much how are you going to see you and other same time to this side these are members of the healthy delegations are the ones who control the capital sun are the other ones who have the upper hand in a way or another you wouldn't see them coming to see other second hand smoke into this other than shows the divide that has deepened over the last few years in yemen and this is the problem that the united nations is grappling to sought to try to narrow the gap to try to bring the two parties and and and negotiate a settlement. it will be extremely delicate it would be difficult to the trust has been the trust deficit has been widening over the last few years and i think

this explains why the international community is desperate for some gains here in stockholm because they do understand that the if there is a progress there would bring some very positive news for the people of yemen who are really desperate to see some good news coming out for so on. hashim thank you so much for your coverage of what's going on there in rimbaud north of just north of the swedish capital stockholm martin griffiths there the u.n. special envoy to yemen and the swedish foreign minister and the taking questions from assembled reporters mr griffiths also announcing that as well as talking to the various delegates and delegations he's putting together an advisory panel of a.t.m. any women plus several other people to give him advice on how he should react to what the reaction is from the different delegations when he begins to break down

and compartmentalize the process with the swedish involvement here ones reminded of martti ahtisaari the former finnish prime minister when he got involved in bringing peace to the balkans what the scandinavian countries generally do their fingerprint on a peace process is to break everything down so that the different delegates and delegations don't have to deal with a war in a country a war like the war in yemen that's been so destructive so ugly it's been going on for the best part of four years now what you do is you break it down into its composite parts and you deal with one issue at a time and you make sure that everyone's on board it's clearly not as well going to be proximity talks which is a plus because proximity talks involve getting delegates into the same location but they don't meet face to face mr griffiths is all on record as saying we haven't had face to face meetings yet but that's a given that will be happening at some point today or into some more about hashem

as well clearly making the point that this is the beginning of a very very long process trying to get the who the rebels and the saudi led coalition onto the same train as part of that renewed political process that maga wall street was talking about the resumption of a political process martin griffiths was talking about lots more coverage on that process for you and we will return on shore to sweden in the coming hours. ok let's wrap up some of the top stories for you so far here on the news hour china has condemned the arrest of the chief financial officer of wade technologies and is demanding her release manga why news you was detained in vancouver in canada on saturday at the request of american police she's facing extradition to the united states on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran as

a deputy chair on the company's board and the daughter of its founder wrenching for way the company says it's not aware of any wrongdoing by her his partner with almost eighty percent of the world's telecom companies but a shadow of controversy does hang over it the u.s. has accused the company of working with the chinese government to spy on american citizens and of violating sanctions imposed against iran the u.k. new zealand and australia have either blocks part or all of the company's operations because of security concerns michael coverage is a senior advisor with northeast asia international crisis group he joins us on skype from hong kong michael crawford so this is about allegations primarily of sanctions busting when it comes to iran. right there are two issues here peter one is the u.s. government enforcing its own sanctions against iran by penalizing companies that violate those regulations and do business with iran so based on statements we've

seen so far it appears this arrest is related to iran but i think we should be very careful about and speculation in that respect it looks similar to the case that c.e. and other big chains telecom equipment company there was also charged with selling equipment to iran in violation of u.s. sanctions if you recall the u.s. government bar american companies from exporting does it he then forced the company to shut down and then replace that and the ban of a fine if it were a billion dollars and corporate governance changes but separately there is an ongoing concern that huawei and other chinese technology companies could potentially be involved in conducting espionage and illicitly acquiring intellectual property ok when it comes to that idea of espionage how much of this is to do with the rollout around the world of five g. because i mean this company is at the cutting edge of recognizable smart technology it undercuts the the normal produces people like apple people like google phones is that's a worry not if you're a user of the technology bots if you will somebody say in the u.s.

state department who's watching what iran is doing. so now let's just be clear there's no evidence so far that this particular case is related to the that issue of g. but yes there is the general problem of chinese cyber espionage which is huge and has been going on for years in twenty fifteen president xi jinping problems president obama didn't stop and for a while it did decline but now a lot of u.s. experts are saying that cyber theft of intellectual property has started again and the u.s. national security community is concerned is getting a rogue u.s. technological advantage threaten its economy and its national security and that's what's put law and other chinese tech companies in the spotlight because many countries are now rolling out five g. networks and its technical concern is that while one of the networks could be misused to acquire information from the chinese government to report advantage and with five g. technology that's a lot harder to monitor so this at the moment is a judicial process wrapped up within a political process and i guess an international diplomatic process because people

must be talking to other people internationally about this what's the direction of travel here for you. so what relates these two issues right is that these chinese companies are driven to expand their business and they may not always follow the rules as they do so so partly it's a corporate governance problem secondly though it's a political problem because even if these companies are genuinely private and independent their senior executives often have personal connections with senior communist party elites and members and then they have internal party committees and that means that in theory at least the party or the government of china could ask them to do things no it wouldn't really be able to say no so what the u.s. law enforcement and national security community is want to do is change the behavior of these companies to make them understand that violating u.s. laws or illegally acquiring u.s. intellectual property isn't acceptable and is going to be punished so in the context of trade negotiations that's been more politicized but this is a long burning issue and what we're seeing now is judicial procedures because the

u.s. government has gathered enough evidence and is actually pressing these cases so this sort of arrest wouldn't happen for political reasons there would have to be a formal investigation and the bottom line is that other countries want to do business with china with chinese companies but those kind of companies and that country needs to play by the rules and obey the law ok we'll leave it there michael thanks the clarity thanks very much for. the case against the government of south sudan has been brought at the un in geneva accusing us of complicity in the rape of thousands of women during a civil war the case is built around thirty women and girls assaulted by the sudan people's liberation army which became south sudan's military and the presidential guard the victims ranging from twelve to twenty seven years of age to provide detailed accounts of mass rape and sexual slavery the nonprofit group legal action worldwide says the testimony shows a systematic policy of sexual violence towards civilians and rape being used as a weapon of war south sudan's been at war for much of the time since its

independence from sudan in twenty eleven and tony amal the is the executive director of legal action worldwide which brought this case to the u.n. she joins us live now from beirut just explain to us what kind of people are coming forward and are talking about this. good morning p.t.'s thank you it's a young women and girls as you mention we're representing goes from the age of twelve years old to the ages of forty two they've actually had to flee south sudan for fear of reprisals from the government and the refugees they've been subjected to gang rape sexual slavery torture masking rape have there been any cases like this in the past specifically to do with south sudan. there hasn't been any cases been taken against the government since the conflict began in two thousand and thirteen which is shocking considering tens of thousands of women and girls

have been subjected to brutal sexual violence we're representing thirty which is just a drop in the ocean and we're hoping that the strength courage and conviction that they have had to come forward will encourage other women and girls to come forward and also make a complaint against the government complaint against the government i guess that's the key takeaway from what you're just saying to us there and to you because this kind of thing doesn't happen in a vacuum somebody ignores it or somebody organizes it surely. exactly i mean from the statements that we have had as well as from u.n. reports it's clear that the government has had a policy of sexual violence towards its civilian population not only of the perpetrators but they're not protecting the civilian population and there's not been an independent investigation and prosecution there's only been one prosecution in relation to rape since two thousand and thirteen and that was in relation to eight international humanitarian aid workers and one of course we welcome that but

doesn't address what has happened to tens of thousands of south sudanese women and girls we have to leave it there until you're in beirut thank you very much ok heavy news day has to be said but there's always time for sports thank you so much peter we start with cricket in indian batter to test for a bridge or a smash this century on the opening day's play of the first test match between india and australia and adelaide came in after a bad start for india who had elected to bat they were one down in just a second over he went on to score a hundred and twenty three with his fifteenth test hundred sadly for him he won't continue into day two he was run out on what was to be the final ball of the day india are two hundred and fifty for nine at stumps. well it is one of my openings in test cricket i could say top five. i hope a country did with it was one of the best but. we had a teammate appreciating. that this was one of the best shows

a marine who has admitted he's struggling to get the most out of his manchester united team after watching them draw with arsenal on wednesday it was their fourth straight league match without a win win you know saw his side come from behind twice with a game ending to two jesse lingard getting the crucial equaliser with his first united goal this season the draw leaves united in eighth with arsenal while arsenal dropped to fifth when i am or east team do have or extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to twenty games and i think. the feeling of everyone connected. with the club is good that at that level maybe you if you frustrated with. the result if you frustrated with. some mistakes if you frustrated it's a moments where a little bit more quality. would be needed but we have to be happy with. we the spirit there were six games in all liverpool beat burnley to cut man city's

lead to two points chelsea dropped down to fourth in the table after a two one loss to wolves tottenham moved to third after a three one victory over southampton. at lego jr of columbia and athletic oprah nancy a brazil drew the first leg of their copa suit america final on wednesday in colombia the visitors took the lead in the fifty first minute problem for leaping a pair and then say the one no leaves less than three minutes later youngins alice equalized to level things up at one zero rafael had the chance to give the house only missed a penalty one one is how it ended the copa save america on a south america's second tier club competition the second leg will be played on december the twelfth in brazil. argentinian team boca juniors have arrived in spain head of sunday's copa liberty doris fun all the way taking on city rivals river plate in madrid after found violence forced organizers to shift the game off the

continent the original take off was founded twice after founds fought with police and broken bus was attacked on route to river plate stadium the two sides are playing for the most coveted prize in south american football. eight u.s. cities will host the access fell an alternative american football league to the n.f.l. when it relaunches in two thousand and twenty met life stadium in jersey along with dallas houston l.a. st louis seattle tampa bay and washington d.c. will host the comeback season the league has already registered internet domain names for a further thirteen cities but what exactly is the acceptable it's an american football league that will run during the off season of the n.f.l. the relaunch is a second coming after it's an initial disasters launch in two thousand and one it only lasted one season with stadiums often being have to empty all t.v. ratings were low the league was criticized for low quality games excessive violence and for the over use of raunchy advertising featuring cheerleaders to promote the

product the venture is being fronted by chairman vince mcmahon hahn who is more well known as the owner of world wrestling entertainment in which he also performs . the drano raptors beat the philadelphia seventy six ers one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and two they've now one nine of their past ten games in milwaukee bucks each through a hundred and fifteen tonight to win over the detroit pistons eric bledsoe led with twenty seven points for the box while g.m.'s and tito puente calls scored fifteen the malki bucs are second behind the toronto raptors in the eastern conference and memphis my colleague scored twenty two points and eleven rebounds to lead the grizzlies to a ninety six eighty six when over the visiting l.a. clippers. jackson german add thirteen points for memphis who had entered the game having lost four of its previous five and that's all your support for now peter thanks very much lots more news on the web site is always there for you al jazeera dot com is the address you need also you've seen g twenty is here on the other side

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newsstand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al jazeera. that has been there done that yemen future is in the hands of those of us in this role the u.n. special envoy says the agenda as talks begin in sweden to end the war in yemen. company back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead.