and it's strictly open to allowing european workers to work in farms here think about if seen from there around the world a detailed study by seoul city has shown just how much life has been transformed. 'd in terms of our partnership with saudi arabia as a recalibration it's not a rupture the biden administration defends its decision not to sanction the saudi crown prince for the killing of a journalist. hello i'm daryn jordan this is up to syria live from doha also coming up cutting aid is a death sentence words of despair at the united nations as a donor conference on yemen falls far short of funds needed to help millions caught

between war and starvation. thousands turned out in support of the armenians embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict against azerbaijan. and security forces in chad are accused of killing an opposition leaders mother and son reigniting protests weeks before a presidential election. the biden administration has sidestepped any direct action against saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound modern despite an intelligence report on friday revealing his involvement in the murder of the journalist. al-jazeera state department correspondent roslyn jordan reports. 3 days after the bike ministration declassified an intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal. officials say they're taking a hard line regarding the mastermind named in the report saudi arabia's crown

prince and de facto ruler mohammed bin solomon we have also conveyed very clearly and candidly through diplomatic channels that this absolutely can never happen again that our relationship will be different from what it has been in the past and that we are going to be of course hold the option of holding saudi arabia to it to their commitment to to take reforms in place and make progress moving forward but critics aren't buying it they say the u.s. should have imposed the same punishment on the crown prince that it has imposed on 76 saudi individuals whom the u.s. believes have sought to threaten dissidents overseas including those implicated in the show she's murder at the state department spokesperson argued the u.s. considers king solomon not his son to be the country's ruler and that officials are trying to preserve a critical relationship in the middle east it's important to u.s.

interests and it requires continued progress in reforms to ensure that this important partnership rests on strong fundamentals and continues to advance our shared objectives in the middle east we seek to accomplish a great deal with the saudis to end the war in yemen and ease yemen's human syrian crisis. ending that civil war is one of president joe biden's top foreign policy priorities he's already taken a harder line with riyadh by cutting all future of fence of weapon sales the saudis have long been accused of using u.s. provided bombs to kill again many civilians on monday washington announced at an aid conference for yemen that it would give a know. there are $170000000.00 in humanitarian relief still not enough said aid workers to help the people suffering from 4 years of who are they need to lift the blockade on the blockade is preventing food medicine and essential goods including

fuel from getting into yemen that you under a solution needs to be changed so it's inclusive fair and just by the an administration specifically needs to stop linking the iran negotiation with peace negotiations in the. meantime another human rights question has been left unanswered whether in light of the national intelligence communities report the u.s. will ever give crown prince mohammed bin solomon and his family a waiver to visit the u.s. congress passed a law banning all foreign officials in their relatives from the u.s. if they were involved in cases of major corruption or a gross violation of human rights which many would argue includes. murder rosalyn jordan al-jazeera dreams warren is a political analyst and executive editor of news god he says biden's promises as a presidential candidate out turning out to be more complicated than he thought. as

a candidate he had boxed himself in and he was unrelenting and very tough minded at least rhetorically by the saudis and the need to essentially bring them to him bring the crown prince to open those sooner as is often the case with american presidents they get into the oval office having won and life becomes way more complicated so the other day they use the word we calibrate the relationship not rupture the relationship and it reminds one of how candidate donald trump 4 and a half years ago said he was going to get the u.s. out of all middle east wars it never happened but you know for sure candidate joe biden was very said he thought the crown prince was directly responsible for the murder and now it happens they sort of try to have it both ways because they know how significant saudi arabia's crown prince undoubtedly is is a little chagrined that we've been so at least rhetorically harshly call for

abandoning that particular. military group that covert group but so lots of the saudis say ok we've done away with it they'll just replace it with something else i think ultimately the real problem is that you've got a young crown prince who's probably going to be the king he's going to outlive anybody in the biden ministration and the administration that comes after biden and the administration and probably comes after that that ultimately is his leverage in this long term negotiation of sorts. saudi arabia's civil defense says 5 people have been injured as a result of a who think missile attack on its territory a projectile fired from yemen hit a town in the border region of just on monday rocket fire has increased over the last 3 weeks as fighting intensifies in yemen's region. they're not a nation secretary general says he's disappointed by the outcome of a global donor conference for yemen and one of the terrorists says the event raised

roughly $1700000000.00 that's less than half of the 3850000000 the u.n. was asking for our democratic editor james bays reports on u.n. headquarters in new york's 4 weeks the u.n. has been warning that yemen's darr humanitarian situation is on the verge of becoming the worst crime in anywhere on earth in decades to date i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hanging and starvation from thinking millions of lives to avert humanitarian disaster the secretary general convened a pledging conference to raise almost $4000000000.00 but while big donors did give money in most cases they actually reduced their contributions 3 year earlier in the past the country's fighting as part of the coalition in yemen saudi arabia and the united arab emirates gave the most this year their contributions were down to the

head of the world food program warned that out of the $385000000000.00 the u.n. wanted there was an absolute bare minimum needed to stop a famine. just over. $100000000.00 per month to help. but in the end instead of 1900000000 they got 1670000000 the un's emergency relief coordinator read out a statement from the secretary general showing his frustration. the best it can be said about today is that it represents a down payment i thank those who did pledge generously and i ask others to consider again what they can do to help stave off the worst famine in the world to see in decades the message from the u.n. to donor countries is pretty clear thank you for your money but it's not enough and

we're going to come back to you to ask for more otherwise there's going to be a massive famine in yemen. al jazeera of the united nations let's bring in the he's the legislative ballenger for middle east policy at friends committee on national legislation and joins us live via skype from washington d.c. how some so is the main issue here that don't affect tea get setting in over the yemen war look it's been 6 years and counting and there's no political resolution to the crisis as things stand right now. thank you so much for having me on my initial reaction is that in oh i have a similar feelings as what we just heard disappointment the u.n. has warning of the world's worst famine that we've seen in decades and the international community was only able to pull together $1700000000.00 out of the $3800000000.00 needed you know many of the actors driving the humanitarian crisis in yemen including saudi arabia the u.a.e. the u.s. the u.k.

france and others you know need to pay their fair share of this donor some it's not charity this is a moral obligation to people driving the world's worst humanitarian crisis on the planet through their military support and weapons sales to the coalition i just add that saudi arabia and the u.a.e. they had you know have got hundreds of billions of dollars to spend on weapons and airstrikes but not enough to support the humanitarian relief and famine has yet to be declared in yemen but the u.n. has warned that look it's very close to that 24000000 people in yemen now rely on food help just to survive so what does this lack of funding actually mean on the ground be a thing. yeah i mean this this could mean massive cuts to programming to address malnutrition hunger colorado dang gay fever code at 19 and other diseases there are 16000000 people living in you know on the brink of famine right now you know 80

percent of the country relies on some form of food assistance for survival so it could mean that we're perpetuating an increasingly making worse the world's worst humanitarian crisis i think the most heartbreaking statistic that i've heard from the u.n. is that 2300000 children in yemen are suffering from acute malnutrition and you know 400000 of those same children under the age of 5 are sort of suffering from severe acute malnutrition and will could die if things don't change on the ground so it's of urgent concern that we restore this critical humanitarian funding it's important to note the aid along can support a population of 30000000 people and that the saudi blockade that's choked off the economy is also a major contributor to the humanitarian crisis and the international community needs to put pressure on that as well yeah and hassan it's worth pointing out that you wrote an op ed published last december that the trump ministration basically turned a blind eye to the war in yemen so how how should president biden now be shaping

his admission his administration's foreign policy on yemen do you think. yeah thank you for that question you know the trump administration mirrors were really tough for people who want peace in yemen and you know unconditional support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition the by the ministration started off on the right foot i'd argue by saying when and u.s. support for off ends of operations in the war in yemen and that they were going to lift the f.b.o. the foreign terrorist organization designation to ensure that humanitarian aid delivery could could continue now the next step they need to do is urgently restore humanitarian funding the trump administration made us a id cuts early you know early march 2020 the by this ration is kept close says that suspension in place that needs to be lifted immediately and i think that may have caused some of the depression and the numbers raised we also need a new u.n. security council resolution that's fair and inclusive that would call for

a nationwide cease fire push for an end to the blockade an end to obstruction of humanitarian aid and calls on every country to stop military support and weapons sales to all warring parties not just the who are these we need to replace 2216 and get a new u.n. security council resolution and that'll help you know bring this war to a close because if it keeps going further and the humanitarian crisis will just worsen ok great to get your thoughts thank you so much for talking to al jazeera thank you thank you so much. now manias prime minister says he is ready to call a snap elections or bring to an end the country's political crisis nicole passion yon address thousands of supporters in the capital on monday just hours earlier protesters who want him to resign stormed the government building from yerevan robben forest and walker hopes for. the street power is how armenia's prime minister forced a corrupt government to resign 3 years ago st power on monday was his way of

answering calls for his own resignation he stands accused of failing all media in its war against azerbaijan you have been marked by rabid are you i throw this challenge to the parliamentary opposition let's call for snap elections let's call for snap elections and i beg you to support the school. has played his card a democratic solution to a political crisis yet by contrast the opposition hopes the army will play a role so far the president has refused to sign passion yearns order to dismiss our media's top general. thanks to everyone who has read us today armenia is reviving the army's reviving we must stand strong here so that the president and the constitutional court do not decide to dismiss the chief of the general staff to

trigger elections mr will have to stand down as per the opposition's demand but they want an interim government 1st not an election for the prime minister's supporters that is hypocrisy part of our opposition is calling us to transfer power to then we doubt the lections bypassing. they call it illegitimate but they being where legitimate enough to hendon the power to them by the people that's not. going to happen. the opposition have been saying that nicole press in the end is unfit for office finally these are answered his detractors say it's up to the armenian people to now choose who should govern this country at the ballot box. monday's rallies also marked an important anniversary 13 years ago the former government

used force against protesters 10 people died. and has told armenians that that chapter in the country's history must not be repeated robyn 1st year walker i'll just yet about thumb for a short break here now to say when we come back from the president's office to the prospect of a jail term for some grace a. bus back in school often in 18 months we'll tell you why there are theories for the mental health of children in indian administered kashmir more and stay with us . it's time for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways. we got something of a change in the weather across japan over the next couple of days ago some warmth around at the moment but it comes this area cloud wet and windy weather will slide

through as this cold front makes its way further eastward so really popping out the same some very heavy rain coming through q shoo in to haunt she southerly winds will lift temperatures up in tokyo to around 90 degrees celsius but as you can see the weather is not looking too brilliant as we go on through the next 24 hours or so snow on the western side of the country all the way up towards the north that will sweep through and here we got a nazi bad it's all it freshens up 13 celsius but it will be dry and bright strong and bright see across the korean peninsula the northern parts of china by this stage southern china on the other hand will see some showers over the next couple of days some of those showers just making their way down it's a vietnam something of a change going on here cambodia seeing a little bit of wet weather as well thailand see a sharrow too as we go on through choose day and where to stay some showers all the shops across northern parts of the philippines elsewhere coast region usual showers coming through for south asia it is far to dry and it's on the warm side

temperatures running around $45.00 celsius above the seasonal average not poor with a top temperature of $38.00 degrees. sponsible qatar airways. when match day arrives the green army comes to life but football is not all they shout about. a club where society's disenfranchised have the loudest voice. and political dissent take center stage. they are morocco's resistance the ultras of roger cossack lanka the fans who make football on al-jazeera.

welcome back to pick them out of our top stories here at this hour the biden administration is defending its decision not to apply sanctions on saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon for the killing of journalists. it reiterated it is seeking to recalibrate not rupture the relationship between washington and. the united nations secretary general says he's disappointed by the outcome of the global donor conference for yemen roughly $1700000000.00 u.s. dollars was raised that's less than half of the $3850000000.00 the u.n. was asking for. and armenia's prime minister says he's ready to call a snap election to end the deepening political crisis. has been under pressure from the opposition to step down his handling of the conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed they're going to care about the region. for the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption he's been sentenced to 3 years in jail although 2 years were suspended if the conviction is upheld on appeal he

may serve his sentence under house arrest but as natasha butler reports from paris it's made a political comeback unlikely. nicolas sarkozy arrived at caught in paris for the verdict in his trial a judge found the former french president guilty of corruption and influence peddling he was given a 3 year jail sentence with 2 years suspended he left the call to that comment but his noise later said that he would appeal so cozy was convicted of trying to influence a magistrate in 2014 to obtain information about another legal case against him during the trial he denied the accusations but the judge said that sarkozy and his 2 kohak used knew exactly what they would doing the judge told the court he took advantage of his status and the relationships he had made since being voted out of office and 2012 sarkozy has sought a political comeback even ran for the presidency again in 27 saying but the guilty

verdict in this trial is likely to deal a devastating blow to his ambitions some in france's conservative party had hoped that sarkozy would run in next year's election a lot of his face will within his own party remain hopeful that he could stage a comeback today that is over and that is over particularly because even if party faithful will still adore nicolas sarkozy is that the kind of charismatic political leader that commands this kind of control within the country there's no way you can have a president with such a educational case behind him as president sarkozy projected an image of a tough talking conservative with a taste for luxury now he's become the 1st former french president to be handed a jail term and with at least 2 more corruption trial is expected it's clear that sarkozy's legal problems are far from over. al-jazeera paris. the

u.n. is 1st ambassador to israel has met with the country's president reagan revolution in west jerusalem carjack presented his credentials to the president who said israel welcomed him with open arms in august the 2 countries agreed to normalize ties under a u.s. brokered deal it was the 1st of 4 our countries to renew or establish ties with israel. the u.s. is providing ukraine with $125000000.00 in military aid to help it combat what the pentagon is calling russian aggression the package will include training and equipment it's aimed at helping ukraine's forces to secure the border and improve their ability to perform operations to nato standards mexico's president has held virtual talks with his u.s. counterpart stressing the need to cooperate on a range of issues and raise money lopez obrador told joe biden that both nations are safer and stronger together they spoke about immigration vaccine supply and

trade cooperation among a number of other concerns. phone lines on the internet have been cut off in charges capital comes after security forces stormed the home of opposition leader and presidential candidate. they've been accused of killing his mother and son our correspondent nicholas. defiant and no longer afraid supporters of opposition leader yeah do you know attempt to block a tank from the presidential guard from moving closer to his home says elite forces killed his elderly mother an 11 year old son in an attempt to arrest him on sunday he spoke to his supporters from his home police officers came without a warrant and fired on my relatives killing my mother and others it shows the nature of president davies regime we need to continue our movement so that we can get a democracy and justice chaldeans deserve i will not be intimidated after this declaration

deal though a candidate in april's presidential election escaped from his house undetected despite the heavy security presence in 2005 dealer mounted a failed arm rebellion against president idriss deby who has been in power for the last 31 years and is running for a 6th term in office last april published this video where he queues is debbie's family of corruption and miss appropriation of public money a case was filed against which prompted this operation. i mean you know so documented in internet so. chad and to respect your child. child. despite the accusations of rights violation france has

been backing these governments since 1990 and germany is home to a major french military base with charging troops providing support in the fight against armed groups in this hell we jewel stability is important but opposition protestors say so is the call for freedom from the increasing voices of dissent nicholas harkey al-jazeera zimbabwe's vice president obama hardie has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct 2 weeks ago local media reported that the hardy had relationships with a number of married women including one of his subordinates he has denied accusations nigerian officials say they're close to rescuing 317 girls kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state of zamfara it's giving their families hope after the raid early on friday afternoon interest has more now from. it's difficult 317 goals like taken from a boarding school and joined. in jump for

a stage now abortions are underway to recover them on the orders of nigeria's president but they will they should be secured and returned home safe and sound right behind me is a trauma that he's on a surveillance mission there are 2 helicopters actually deployed for this mission based on something the force and they sent them identified the location why these goals and they will want to make sure that they have not been moved so that whatever negotiations or whatever action that needed to be taken is taken successfully we only as hope would be the commissioner of police in time for a state of the search they are doing their utmost best to take up on this 2. suspects fully aware engaged in. all the parties involved. we. progress got up lists talking put specific temps at the point where i know that we can assure you we're going to show the nation

that well top of the situation. the head of the world health organization is warning that global coronavirus cases are on the increase again for the 1st time in 7 weeks to address governor says it's disappointing but not surprising some of it appears to be due to lack of measures continued said relational violence and people letting down their gun vaccines will help to save lives but if countries straight lie on vaccines they are making a mistake basic public measures remain the foundation of their response schools in indian administered kashmir have reopened a year after the pandemic forced them to close even before that students were confined to their homes because of a military crackdown caught up as had a young

a small. students in indian administered kashmir are once again back in school this is the worst it's the 1st time they've been in a classroom in nearly a year after schools were shut down at the height of the pandemic which things are different now and students are readjusting to life under covert 19 to be honest i had gone have a choice of staying at my home now or coming out of my room but then the news came out that the schools are reopening and i was quite reluctant to come to school but then. when i wore the uniform and when i stepped into the school i had a different feeling but even before the pandemic the students were already forced to study at home when india revoked kashmir's autonomy in august 29th team the move led to more unrest in the disputed territory and it also led to a log down in the area such what. for the last 2 years kashmiri children have not been to schools the kashmir valley was going through

a cycle of lock downs after it samee autonomy was revoked then came the pandemic for the rest of the world the lockdown has been for a year but here in kashmir it's basically been 2 parents who worry their children will fall behind with so many gaps in their education. there's also fear of the long term effects of social isolation i would certainly get depressed because the game the corridor of getting out of the home again and then being shot in the home again that that takes out of a person its moral and everything. india is expanding its vaccination drive and some are questioning of politics and longstanding tension in the region will again trickle down to the education system students have already been the biggest victims i think there are on the education there perspective will be dormant if the situation doesn't improve the students say their day to day priority is not about politics but rather getting an education katia lopez of the young al-jazeera.

now as in the u.s. city of new orleans has welcomed a new or rival an endangered some are from around the town was born of the nature institute but now staff are observing from a distance and say mother and baby appeared to be doing well there are a few of them $14000.00 to run the towns left in the wild they have attacked has declined by 80 percent in the last 20 years largely due to palm oil on station it's . not a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the biden administration is defending its decision not to apply sanctions on saudi crown prince mohammed bin saddam on the killing of the journalist. it reiterated it was seeking to recalibrate not rupture the relationship between washington and riyadh we have urged saudi arabia to disband this.