d.w. . this is. a fragile truce in yemen hangs in the balance the u.n. special envoy is urging rebel leaders to respect a ceasefire war and famine has left millions facing starvation and one of the world's poorest countries. also coming up a riot police crackdown on gang violence in brazil. is the first test of new

president. hardline law and order policies. tensions continue in hungary as thousands take to the streets to protest the country's so-called slave law union leaders are calling for a national strike stepping up pressure on prime minister viktor orban. to thank you for joining us the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in the country to try to shore up a ceasefire agreed to last month since then there have been reports of repeated violations of the truce which applies to the port city of data a crucial entry point for aid shipments yemen civil war began in two thousand and fourteen and a saudi led coalition intervened a conflict a year later it's led to a devastating humanitary. in crisis with millions on the brink of famine. the key

hopes to save what is a fragile cease fire un special envoy martin griffiths knows that the longer they can keep the guns silent the more precious aid can be delivered to the destitute country. yet both sides of the conflict report that the other has already violated the treaty with gunshots a daily disturbance in a round hole data and a dispute over the wording of the ceasefire could be its downfall the deal says the port should be turned over to local authorities the yemeni government interprets that to mean their own authorities the rebels however say it means the officials currently running her day to support their allies. at stake are the lives of millions of yemenis who depend on aid to survive like the young patients at this clinic in her job in the northwest abraham is struggling to survive. my flesh and i am none of the aid gets to us none of the

organizations aid or food supplies reach us. i love them even when they stopped at the registration we didn't get anything but here war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the who the rebels with backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the un hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. earlier we spoke to his own my c a political analyst on yemen we asked him whether it's likely the u.n. special envoy can implement the peace deal reached in sweden. there's

a lot of international pressure under his arm of the saudis as well to basically maintain the truce that has actually struck on friday that unfortunately have been multiple violations by all factions and for data that spirit of stock comp is being strained currently with those violations u.n. employees are now also had to come over as they had a u.n. observation team and they that observe the truce is also inside to salvage a deal. there's a lot of hope with the international community putting the pressure on the factions but the thing is that now with the violations what the actions demand putting new demands on table it's a very very ship it he troops. analyst speaking to us earlier now authorities in brazil have sent hundreds of military police to end a wave of gang violence in the northern city of four to lace up it is the first test of newly installed president char balsa gnarls hard hardline law and order

policies the right wing leader has pledged to make the streets safe again. the off the mark of intense vandalism in northeast brazil. for a week they will file an attacks on shops banks and buses in the city of full to lizza. so in response brazil's central government steps in three hundred troops are being deployed across the region to shore up security. the upsurge in violence came as a new government took over in brazil president. who was inaugurated just a few days ago campaigned for a tough crackdown on criminality that is part of his sweeping reforms justice minister sergio morrow announced tougher measures in brazil's prisons prisons often controlled by gangs. the gangs responded by going on the attack.

today i didn't go to work i was scared because i was told that there was no way to guarantee my safety that is what people are living through present both in our is popular although often offensive a derogatory is frank language resonates with millions of brazilians brazilians who hope he can end the years of gang violence. now to some other stories making news around the world at least thirty people have been killed in an accident at a gold mine in afghanistan reports suggest there was either a flash flood or a tunnel collapse at the facility in northern province police say several others were injured. while officials in malaysia say king mohammad the fifth has stepped down they gave no reason for his resignation which follows a lengthy leave of absence and rumors that he had married a former russian beauty queen it's the first time a malaysian monarch has abdicated before completing their rotating five year war.

in myanmar thousands have fled their homes after clashes in the troubled state thirteen police officers were killed in a courtenay to the tax by rebel militants on the country's independence day fresh fighting broke out in the state last month between government forces and separatists. and egyptian police officer has been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near a coptic christian church in cairo several other people were injured when the device exploded the incident comes just two days before the orthodox coptic christmas no one has claimed responsibility. and ukraine's new orthodox church has formally received a decree of independence ending more than three centuries of russian control the decree was handed over at a ceremony in istanbul ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaign for the split which has provoked anger in moscow. pope francis has waded into the deadlock over migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for

them to be given a safe port to dock at the pontiff spoke out while celebrating mass at st peter's square he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of forty nine men women and children who were rescued last month by two humanitarian ships the migrants are currently stuck off the coast of malta as e.u. members decide which country should take the conditions onboard are deteriorating. for two weeks thirty two refugees have been living in limbo stranded aboard a german rescue ship the sea watch three the maltese government is refusing to let it dock until other european union countries agree to accept them so far none have the sea which three is just off the coast of malta due to rough seas many including children are suffering from sea sickness they feel like they're imprisoned and they worry about what lies ahead just international is it

a spotlight on the international war of the sea requires that we're provided with a safe haven as soon as possible guised supplies are being shipped out to the sea watch three the crew now exhausted is replaced by a new team building with them members of the german parliament. doesn't mean. there has to be a solution whether these people are allowed to land in a spanish italian early even maltese port they'll be redistributed to countries that are ready to help its residents of. italy has agreed to let the women and children currently aboard the sea watched three disembark but the rest must wait whilst european governments struggle to agree upon a plan. union leaders and hungary are calling for a national strike later this month stepping up the pressure on hardline prime minister viktor orban opponents have again taken to the streets to protest what they're calling a slave law the measure would allow employers to man the hundreds of hours of

overtime some workers braving icy conditions thousands returned to the streets of budapest with a message for hungary's president stop. they want his right wing government's new overtime law to be repealed it allows a massive increase in how many extra hours employers can ask the staff to work from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours it also lets employees take up to three years to pay the overtime labor union say that slavery. we hunger in is work too much already we just can't bear it anymore wall ok the problem is if the company goes under or if you quit then you lose all your overtime pay. hungary's overtime laws been hugely controversial ever since it was proposed when it came to a vote in parliament the opposition blew whistles and made noise to try to stop it from passing without success since then thousands of gone out regularly to protest

accompanied by an overwhelming police presence in one protest opposition politicians were thrown out of the state television station. people gathered outside for hours calling for free speech and freedom of the press the opposition of joined labor unions in calling for a year of resistance in hungary they hope to increase the pressure on the rightwing government until something changes. football now and the opening game of the asian cup almost provided the first shock of the tournament with hosts u.a.e. needing a late goal to secure a draw against bahrain the lower ranked visitors opened the scoring with mohamed al behind me but with just two minutes remaining. converted a penalty for the one all final score today sees syria face off against palestine players from both sides have plenty to deal with off the pitch with

turmoil in the palestinian territories and the continuing conflict in syria but they're using those issues as motivation sometimes football and politics simply cannot be separated be asian cup match between palestine and syria says two of the most troubled and controversial teams at the tournament faceoff several of the palestinian players were born outside of the territories they see the asian cup as a chance to show solidarity with people in their ancestors homeland at a recent day when we mean. it's something very nice to defend the people. to represent these people that are in a constant battle out on the pitch i think it's good that we'll be out there to defend them. i think likewise the syrian players are focused on bringing a small sense of relief to people in a country ravaged by civil war. we have to keep going with sports in

order to put smiles on the faces of the syrians whether in football or any other game because sports bring syrians together in spite of their suffering during the crisis. syria's german coach panchgani is avoiding talk of politics he wants aside to concentrate entirely on the sporting task at hand it's a great challenge for all assume football players than for lower fans for the syrians to play in the greatest asian cup ever with twenty four teens and for at least two of those squads they know how much more of these matches mean to the people watching back home. in basketball turkish n.b.a. player n.-s. contre will not travel to london with his team the new york knicks out of fear for his safety the knicks will play a league game there is a vocal critic of turkish president. and he believes traveling to europe for his club's match against the washington wizards could be dangerous he said he believes

turkish security forces are active in the british capital his turkish passport was revoked in two thousand and seventeen hours counterclaims is due to his political view. of our top stories here on d w a fragile truce in yemen is hanging in the balance the u.n. special envoy is urging rebel leaders to respect the cease fire and the key port city of hold data. and riot police have been deployed to crack down on gang violence in brazil. is the first test of new president. hardline law and order policy. don't forget you can always get your news on the go. from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w. app to send us your photos and your video. thank you for watching you can also get

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