not expose those inspectors likewise i think there are a number of specific nuclear just early out iraq reactor expanding enrichment are very productive. the un security council has held and information on the growth of illegal israeli settlements there is member states reiterated that building on palestinian land as it only unlawful it also violates un resolutions palestinian foreign minister maliki added that current u.s. policies aren't helping the stalled peace process it's not diplomatic editor james space the meeting was organized by indonesia the current president of the security council but because it was a controversial subject israeli settlements in the west bank this wasn't a formal meeting of the council instead an informal meeting to which all security council members were invited surprising then that the u.s. special representative jason green blatt one of the architects of the trump peace

plan due to be presented soon came here in person to the meeting he presented a case that was very supportive of israel. we hope to prevent our vision soon and in the meantime we will continue to speak the truth even when it is not welcome the truth is that israel just days ago came under a vicious cynical unprovoked attack that was intended to terrify kill and maim israelis the truth is that there has been no effort in the halls of the united nations to hold the terrorists who perpetrated that attack accountable also the meeting the palestinian foreign minister riyadh. he said the forthcoming plan looked to him more like a surrender plan for the palestinians at the end of the meeting i asked him whether he was any more upbeat about the forthcoming proposals having heard him again speak today mr foreign minister does it give you any hope for this quote absolutely not

i'm really disappointed with that to be know it does heal what to expect if at any time in the in the future there will they would release. a plan but you know it's very clear that you know it's. his thinking you know his his mind is set to be exclusively and the palestinian peace and the logic as he left the meeting special representative green blatt was taking no questions from reporters he would give no more details about the timing of the release of the peace plan something that president trump has called the deal of the century other than to say it would come soon. repenting more ahead for you living in danger when of ramallah to quote of mine to see what some communities that doing to protect themselves how the crisis in venezuela is putting transplant patients at presque. and penalty

shoot out drama child care by five thirty in the year i can make peace that would have more anspaugh. the cia has want friends and colleagues of murdered journalists. that their potential targets of the saudi government the report by time magazine says three people have been given security briefings in recent weeks they include activists in baghdad living in norway and these and canada a third person is in the united states but asked not to be named security service has warned that they may be targeted for continuing calls for reform and fell the arabia. now yemen's un recognized government is accusing the united arab emirates of sending separatist fighters to the other end of the quarter of the u.a.e. which is fighting with the government against what the rebels has denied that it's

trying to seize the quarter. reports. is known for his clear waters and serene environment but his strategic location is creating tensions between nations that up to now have been allies yemen's un recognized government has accused the united arab emirates of sending around one hundred separatist troops to sue cartwright critics say it's an attempt to undermine the local government and ultimately annex the yemeni island. we yemeni usually speak about how the united arab and i want to have a bad man on the ground transform it into another dubai you know the kind of. people who really serve their own economy and so contra lies close to the northeastern coast of africa and yemen's mainland a key interest section of global shipping routes the island which is

a world heritage site also has a military airbase. reports of separatist troops arriving on the island were met with criticism yemen's interior minister said the u.a.e. east. it concentrate on the joint fight against who the rebels are not on sharing administrative powers of the island this is not the first time there's been tension over. last year the u.a.e. central and military equipment to the island but it denies accusations that it was part of a broader plan to take over the territory. yemen is bogged down in a four year war between the internationally recognized government led by president operable months from hardy and with the rebels who've taken over the capital sana'a . the u.a.e. is part of the sorry the coalition that's backing the government in its fight against who these now with new tension between allies yemenis living on so contra are hoping the island doesn't become

a new battleground cards he'll go pursue the jaan al-jazeera. hundreds of protesters have tried to stop the transfer of french weapons to solve the arabiya the demonstrations were organized by rights groups and response to an investigation alleging that french weapons have been used by cell these against civilians that we haven't president emanuel mcconnell's under increasing pressure to review arms sales to the kingdom we see this is a junior war in yemen is a difficult war we are turned into supporters of saudi arabia and if we the french citizens do not try to stop arms sales will be accessories to his business we don't want we don't want to be in the situation the french president shouldn't be allowed to decide on his own whether france should sell weapons this decision should belong to european democracies and. the u.s. says that seized a north korean cargo ship that violated international sanctions justice department officials say the ship one of north korea's largest was trying to transport coal it

was detained in the nation a year ago and is now being taken to american samoa. now or that one hundred people have been killed in the past month during attacks by armed gangs in northern nigeria. what began as a conflict between farmers and cattle herders a decade ago has turned encreasing lee violent they are now regular kidnappings and at least thirty thousand people have fled their homes when the threats went on patrol to some far state would nigerian security forces. i direct it says the nigerian air force on what was a hideout of one of the criminal gangs terrorizing communities in northern nigeria i did when i was on the ground troops patrol towns and villages they took us with them to an area where a large group of armed men or bandits as they're called had been seeing but after a long search they found nothing we're told it's been like this for weeks in this part of them for our state the gangs seem to disappear this village has been

attacked several times lead only them and they kept using out of the towns we've paid huge sums of money as one saying we can't pay any more they said to kill the life would be easier with the rebel soldiers. tired of running some of the villagers are now helping the security forces with information and the question when and what and i lost nearly everything family friends and money i joined to protect what's left. but despite the presence of the army and hundreds of volunteer vigilantes like. the bandits continue to kill and maim does our daily. unfortunate trend sometimes even while to pull attacks in haiti we have about men major towns and about thirty six men who comes you know all over the state to you are taken off of our tents are than or more than lives presently and it's not only the number of armed gangs that's of concern there now went into the use of

sophisticates or weapons such as. if you're forty seven. the evil use aircraft glance they use general purpose machine guns and lids they did launched. on. a military veterans not far from here is a forest thought to be a hiding place where hundreds of gunmen are going to run this are not allowing us this point there will be a fire power in times and planes but one artist like they make up in local intelligence and dollars in ransom money to pay for that. but the military says it's making progress due to our receive the troops fighting part rules ordinance. snap roadblocks it's a set converts communications and. every other man over is

doing making. woods to. move several steps ahead of the. the nigerian military is increasingly being asked to intervene in trouble spots across nigeria it's currently engaged in fighting criminal gangs and armed groups in at least thirty of the country's thirty six states from boko haram in the northeast to all these in the south and suspicion is in the east with a number of attacks increasing this could be a long and difficult campaign not only for the military but for the people here who just want to leave in peace degrees al jazeera northwest nigeria. thirteen people including to russian secret service agents have been convicted for their roles in the twenty six same plot to overthrow the montenegrins government and prevent the country from joining nato minute summer whenever it has more from montenegro its capital. russian secret service agents.

are sentenced to fifteen and twelve years of prison for creating criminal organization and attempt of terrorism in montenegro in two thousand and sixteen from the montenegrin prosecutor they pointed out as main organizers and finance service of a group of serbia and montenegro citizens two of them leaders of opposition democratic front strongest opposition. parliament which mainly represents ethnic serbs in this country according to a very they were planning to montenegrin parliament. elections with weapons take to building capture and kill prime minister. and. leadership in order to prevent point in agro from joining nato even though these were strong accusations against russia moscow denied any involvement in these

events. police in northern ireland have arrested four people in connection with the death of a journalist twenty nine year old was killed during the rioting in london derry last month detectives raided four homes in the city of the suspects have been taken into custody on the terror legislation the new ira that's a dissident republican faction says one of its members accidentally shot the king opening fire on police. pope francis has issued a new law requiring all catholic priests and nuns around the world to report sex abuse and cover ups abuse survivors say it is a step forward but they are questioning why a crime still have to be reported to police. reports. as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people in an institution that governs among many things morality but. how to lead in an age where the moral compass of the church

appears to have been broken by the torrent of sex abuse scandals perpetrated by clerics in positions of power it has caused devastating shadow over the papacy and with the church in deep crisis the latest lord to create by francis shined more light on how cleric should deal with cases of sexual abuse but the vatican's top sexual crimes investigator gave little indication on the penalties that could be faced i think a universal law has to factoring diversity of cultures. you know give to strict because otherwise it will be inoperative you need something. flexible enough to work they're all one million priests and nuns in the roman catholic church all of the must now report any cases of sexual abuse to church to paris and any cover ups even in countries where the law does not oblige them to do so it follows this year's summit on the issue as well as several high profile scandals

such as the conviction of george pell the straight years highest ranking catholic now serving a six year sentence for sexually abusing two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral with a chilling cardinals accused and discreet as they covered up reports of child sexual abuse going back decades the victims of abuse vatican justice still has a long way to go. it's the church once again saying that they are going to investigate these allegations of these crimes but they are going to investigate them so i'm afraid that isn't good enough but what survivors and victims have been shouting for for years is that we cannot trust the church we cannot trust the officials to police themselves and even with a new system in place there is still no requirement to report these crimes to civil authorities a gaping hole in a system that has already failed so many victims of clerical sex abuse. al-jazeera

. among stories still ahead this news out banks want to take stock market debut disc buying never turning a profit. i'm charlie rangel at the venice biennale a where ninety countries are making their own artistic statement the one new arrival is already leading the pack. and then sports can know that john b. the master of madrid for the third time came to have the details. hella rain in the south in the west seems to be a good shoe because i think for the weather in china the moment the brights the tops are those deep the big thunderstorms which seem to mostly over the water

admittedly so they're going to lose all in taiwan but wait tuck in some moisture into china returns to show itself in grungy or union or up in sichuan obviously the hard ground it's not the focus i think on friday is more like to be in vietnam where is a lot of cloud and the potential for some heavy rain but once more it forms in western china comes out today that quite possibly means that you've got a couple of dry days in hong kong and shanghai and it's quite warm to twenty eight twenty nine degrees although the humidity will be felt so you see the masterplan then that covers most of the southeast asia it tends to fall off halfords answer kind of on time in fact most of indonesia is looking dry from the satellite picture all the way back through sumatra but you much a suitable for your screen that is a tropical cyclone a weak one that will probably not do anything around east timor showers and scattered around the heaviest ones most like to be brand thailand and cambodia for the next couple days and the storm the east timor disappears heat is still rising

in the middle of india are seen forty eight recently otherwise it's dry. the weather sponsored by cattle ranch is. the subject of more than half a dozen investigations around. the dog stone from ages southern wild one zero one east investigate how the nation's coffers were rock on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. subzero temperatures the stream altitudes deadly. this is where the hard work is an extraordinary journey from polish to touch it you start braved ordinary joy to avoid what we do high up there's no oxygen. just to experience

life simple pleasures. risking it all in kurdistan on al-jazeera. our top story u.s. and chinese. hold another round of talks on friday to rescue a trade deal that looks close to collapse the u.s. is preparing to increase on hundreds of billions of dollars of goods imported from china. time magazine says the cia has warned friends of mine. that they could be

targeted by saudi arabia's government the report says three people have been given security briefings. and iran's foreign minister. should uphold its obligations under the twenty fifty nuclear. normalising economic times when it comes. to rejected a sixty day i'll to make to protect it from u.s. sanctions. that the u.s. and iran are both important strategic partners for iraq it's finding itself in an increasingly tough position as charles trafford reports from baghdad iraq's foreign minister mohammad al hakim met u.s. diplomats in baghdad on wednesday night for what the foreign ministry said which talks about promoting bilateral ties resolving regional crises and tackling terrorism but no one in iraq is on the any illusion about what that means the increasing pressure by the u.s. on iraq's neighbor and big east regional ally iran iraq's politics economy

military a majority shia population share deep geo political and religious ties with iran. the more pressure that mounts on the iranian government the more difficult it becomes for u.s. ally in iraq. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a came to iraq on an on schedule visit on choose day because of what he said was specifics threats to americans in iraq the statement was directed towards what the u.s. calls iran's proxy forces officially there are around sixty thousand iraqi fighters with pro iran armed groups in iraq known as a popular mobilization forces ohashi the xabi they were highly effective in the battle against isolate in iraq and syria and were formally incorporated into iraq military and security apparatus in two thousand and sixteen on wednesday evening one has shit a shabby commander in diyala province said any attack by the u.s. on iran would be met with attacks on u.s.

interests in iraq. and he walk on why should i think all the has to shabby is considered part of the military establishment and there are still on groups that are difficult to control and the government suffers because these groups have so many weapons that there are around five thousand two hundred u.s. service men and women in iraq president trump said in february u.s. forces should stay in iraq to keep an eye on iran iraq a prime minister under lobdell my head he says iraq will continue a balanced policy that builds bridges of cooperation and friendship with all neighbors including iran. iraq a mom of iraq is facing a dangerous situation and is under both us any rainy and pressure but iraq could play a negotiating role between the u.s. and iran and between saudi arabia and iran i believe there is an acceptance for that role to be played iraqi politicians and influential religious leaders who have

repeatedly said they will launch holroyd any threat to iraq's sovereignty by any nation including iran after decades of conflict and political instability here the u.s. iran crisis is presenting the baghdad government with a delicate diplomatic challenge where any mistake by washington tehran or indeed pro iran armed groups here could mean the iraqi people being the victims of violence again charles strafford al jazeera baghdad. a suicide bomber in iraq has killed four people and injured six hours at a market in the father says he does streets of baghdad the blast happened when the bomber was surrounded by security forces the district as a predominantly shia muslim problematic send us an update from baghdad. news of this attack coming as a shock here in baghdad not least because we're only just a few days into the beginning of the holy month of ramadan security forces here in baghdad saying that several people have been killed after

a man wearing an explosive belt detonated those explosives when he was surrounded by security forces in a wholesale market in these a million area of saddam city the south a city is to the northeast of baghdad and it was named after a prominent cleric mohammad sort of. after the fall of saddam hussein and it's become a center for the saddest movement which is now developing into a political party led by the prominent shia cleric. the son of muhammad sadat. now we now know the ice. so is claiming responsibility for this attack but it's also interesting to note that at the end of april. the leader of isolate said to have appeared on a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq government forces in syria pushing into areas and

hama and the provinces that captured the town of. the northwest and the reports from babyhood this has increased fears of a larger offensive so set up another day of airstrikes. and more civilian casualties. as a rescue workers move the wounded and take away the debt was the fact that it's been almost two weeks of relentless bombing in northwest syria denied it nation says at least fifty opposition controlled villages have been targeted in northern hama north a lot and southern provinces. we want to see these people running away from country to help these families with food with my choices people are under the rubble until now. rebels have lost what opposition activists call the first

line of defense of it lip syrian government forces have taken ground in the northern countryside of hama the loss of the town to foreign and are seen as strategic wins rebel supply lines are now vulnerable and the m five international highway linking government controlled cities is a few kilometers east the government wants that road to revive trade and help the economy in nearby aleppo syria's commercial capital remains cut off from most of the countryside and poorly connected to the rest of syria russia which is backing the campaign says its military is employ. the sochi deal that was agreed with turkey in september foreign minister sergei lavrov said that memorandum is not about protecting what he called terrorists and yet another verbal attack against turkey for not creating a demilitarized zone around. love rugs statements indicate the scope of the

military operation implementing the sochi deal does not mean a full scale assault to retake the entire province of idlib moscow knows that would threaten its alliance with turkey which wants to prevent a humanitarian crisis along its border and prevent a new wave of refugees crossing into its territory turkey which has military positions around it live under its agreement with russia has not responded to the latest escalation but it too has criticized russia for failing to remove the syrian kurdish group the white p.g. from tel rafah in northern aleppo turkey considers the y. peachey a terrorist organization. trying to find a trade of if russia will give them more. money but. which is on the table to russian turkey and i think also part of the trying to test the limits of each other to see how far we can go. but serious power brokers are unlikely to push far enough to break in alliance they both benefit from neither

side wants a large scale assault on it but even a limited operation is enough to destroy the lives of many. beirut. the venezuelan opposition politician has sought refuge in argentina's embassy in caracas richard blanco who was one of several opposition figures stripped of their parliamentary immunity last week another was arrested on wednesday supporters of edgar zambrano who is vice president of the national assembly chased foley's cars outside party headquarters as he was detained he is the deputy to opposition leader why though we tried and failed to overthrow president nicolas maduro government last week. now as the political power struggle drags on children with long term illnesses are left fighting for their lives the government says it can't provide vital treatment because of u.s. sanctions the opposition says the health health care system was failing long before that tory is

a boy reports from caracas. giovanni feeder was six years old he died two days ago he was suffering from leukemia. he's father says finding medicines to treat him had become a daily struggle but i have no words we were trying to find the things he needed the medicines trying to keep him happy i have no words. when a swell had signed an agreement with it that allowed children like you have on to receive a bone marrow transplant abroad by giovanni never made it johnny was part of a group of iran thirty children who were awaiting a bone marrow transplant that whole program depended from venice were less stable company with a week's other problem experienced as currently being affected by sanctions imposed by the united states and that's why the venezuelan government is saying that the united states is to blame for any staff. who went to giovani funeral with some of the mothers whose children are also waiting for

a transplant. they see the public health system has been failing long before the sanctions were imposed. in a status as daughter alaina the seven years old she also needs a bone marrow transplant she has a twin sister that could be compatible with her. but he missed canada for the tests that. your name of the health system has deteriorated there's no medicine the tests are too expensive and we depend on private foundations to help us i want to hospitals to get what we need because nothing is working very sweetly has a free health care system that expanded during the government of which i have this . but with a drop in oil prices and a failed economic policy the system has collapsed. so the lawyer that if a state can't guarantee the life of all these children then it can't guarantee the life of the country the system was already failing before the u.s. sanctions they suspended the transplant program

a year ago but full scale sanctions against the research were imposed in january this year from now on u.s. policy is certainly going to have a huge impact on people's lives so some answers follow the government officials say when a swimmer is a victim of donald trump's foreign policy. so interest trouble us very much because most companies do not want to risk angering the united states the world is a globalized economy and the company has links with the united states and what we're seeing is that there are many companies who simply do not want to deal with us because they don't want to be punished by the united states. children are particularly vulnerable in this crisis in venezuela giovanni was not able to survive but there are many others who are hoping they will have the chance to receive the treatment that will save their lives.

to south africa now with a governing african national congress is on course to when the general election but with its lowest share of voice since the end of apartheid twenty five years ago the n.c.a. has won nearly fifty seven percent of the votes counted and that's a setback for president seven of our polls are replaced scandal plagued former leader jacob zuma the main opposition democratic alliance has almost a quarter of the vote malcolm webb is inside the main result center and pretoria. the results are displayed on the screens in the two screens to the side showing results from the provincial elections they were held at the same time people got to vote for provincial governments as well as the national government and the national results are shown in the middle seats in parliament divided up according to the share of the vote that each party gets and any party that gets a majority its leader becomes the president of south africa and all the parties all

have desks over here we have their agents who are watching the results as they come in the african national congress as expected looks like it's going to keep its majority but with a smaller margin than ever before in second place the democratic alliance south africa's largest opposition party in third place economic freedom fighters sitting here dressed in red as their second election the party was founded just six years ago by politicians who were pushed out of the a.n.c. they've used their handful of seats in parliament since the last election to disrupt proceedings and criticized the a.n.c. looks like their vote share is slightly increasing on this side we have officials from the electoral commission compiling the data one of the interesting things that we've seen from this data that it's only about sixty five percent lower than it has been in some previous elections and even that number doesn't reflect about one quarter of eligible voters who chose to not even register for this election and

what we've seen over successive elections as well as the decreasing vote share of the a.n.c. is also a decreasing voter turnout so it seems those voters at the a.n.c. is losing the support of many of them aren't going to opposition parties they're not convinced by the opposition any more than they are by those in power so growing number of them are not voting at all. next stop as the stock market to pick up more investors pulling to bet on right hailing at that is hugely popular are lacking in profits the company expects to be valued at eighty billion dollars which would make it one of the largest initial public offerings or wife of all time question salumi reports from new york if. the hoover app has changed how people get around a bailable in sixty.