abassador called the u.n. hrc protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of clinical violence -- political bias. bias againstd israel. next, we will show you the press conference where they made that announcement. >> good afternoon. the trump administration is committed to protecting and promoting the god-given dignity and read him of every human being. every individual has writes that during inherit and and viable. they are given by god and not government. because of that, no government must take them away. for decades, the united date has led global efforts to promote human rights. often through bilateral institutions. while we have seen improvements in certain tuitions, for far too long we have waited all that progress comes to slowly or in some cases, never comes. too many commitments have gone unfulfilled. president trump wants to move the ball forward. from day one he has called out institutions or countries that say one thing or do another. that is the problem at the human rights council. as presi

myanmar government and u.n. d.p. agree man there is a set is. there is no transparency on that agreement we as a rohingya as a big team says a refugee is they did not consult with any representative of this community this is very very disturbing and i do not think this is totally you know. it is totally not. it's really not i don't see this is this would walk because you know rohingya they want to be consulted with the u.n. a c.r. sale and from want. anything they need to see mr template what about you. running. through. greece seriously. and mr smith. i agree with mr temple i agree with mr tin can in addition to that i would just add that it's absolutely essential that the secretary general send a very clear message to perpetrators and me and more that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable in the perpetrators will be held accountable this message of accountability is absolutely essential but beyond that there needs to be action and so we would also like to see the secretary general apply pressure to the u.n. security council to refer

it left the u.n. cultural and education body, unesco, the paris climate records in the grand nuclear deal -- the iran nuclear deal. rochelle: according to the u.n., abuses were committed during heavy bombardments and starving over 260,000 people. the report is based on 140 interviewed, and photos and videos, and medical records. time to bring you a look at other stories that are making headlines spirit afghan authorities say the taliban has killed 30 soldiers in an ambush and a western province. base was targeted. it is the first major assault three-dayeid -- since the three-day eid cease-fire was brokered last week. -- seven were intercepted. three fell prematurely landing inside gaza. no casualties were reported. human rights group say clashes have left six people dead and 34 injured. missilesprojectile were used as the government moved to reassert control over the city. after peaceomes talks to stop deadly demonstrations. man -- armed wiwith they fireeapons, behind brick barricade protesters took c

the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and it's weeks away from cutting emergency assistance the agency known as owner is asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york saying it's struggled since the u.s. cut contributions earlier this year the jump administration slashed funding by more than half in january over political differences with palestinian leadership more than five million refugees in the middle east rely on the agency for education food and health services agency says those crucial resources could be cut as soon as august diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. the u.n. has been trying for months to fill the massive short fall off of the us pulled out most of its funding. from the u.n. secretary general of the start of this pledging conference appealed to nations to come up with more funding and the head of honor of the commissioner general pierre credible said

the u.n. world food program says three ships are loaded in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. but there are continuous rises in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data who the leaders have indicated they be willing to hand over management of the port to the u.n. the saudis and being urged to accept the deal and the u.n. says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into starvation. manly. the u.n. secretary general and turning to terrorists has urged all parties in yemen to work with the u.n. all a peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devastating conflicts with clear regional the mentions. my special envoy of martin griffiths has been actively engaged in order to avoid the escalation that could have dramatic humanitarian consequences at the present moment when we

may withdraw from the u.n. so my final question to you is this is the united states heading towards being a row state he praises kim jong un he puts a coach and horses through the iran nuclear deal nafta t p p the g seven which is looking like it's going to become the g six in the g one at loggerheads i mean how far is the united states prepared to go given what nikki haley has done today. i i don't imagine that the u.s. will withdraw wholly from the u.n. indeed i don't think it will give up its permanent seat on the security council because that seat brings with it power i think that where it comes to issues that trump doesn't care about human rights the environment anything essentially that isn't about trade and about wealth creation he's likely to continue to withdraw from institutions or from agreement or simply follow the path of what the u.s. has always done and not sign up to treaties in the first place but i don't believe that the u.n. is at threat of the u.s. withdrawal i do believe that the u.n. needs

has walked out of the u.n. human rights council calling it hypocritical self-serving and a cesspool of political bias the move follows months of threats from president obama will trump to pull out of the un council the united states has long had a conflicted relationship with the u.n. h. ossie and says it has to be reformed the announcement came at a time when president faces widespread and vociferously condemnation for his zero tolerance immigration policy that separating children from their families on the us mexico border well guess what guests in a moment but first the inside story as this report. special a year ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet it adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential tha

has walked out of the u.n. human rights council calling it hypocritical self-serving and a cesspool of political bias the move follows months of threats from president obama will trump to pull out of the un council the united states has long had a conflicted relationship with the u.n. h. ossie and says it has to be reformed the announcement came at a time when president faces widespread and vociferously condemnation for his zero tolerance immigration policy that separating children from their families on the us mexico border well guess what guests in a moment but first the inside story as this report. special a year ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential that t

i deployed as a u.n. police officer in 2008 in east timor. worki as the chief of the national operations center. i used to see the u.n. cars with the blue e ates and all and with the blue berets and all. i i always had like the inquisity of how to work in those countries and all with the police serving in the u.n. so i just wanted to like see and experience and serve. that'shy i applied and i got through the exams and i went. in 2008 in east timor people were still not healed, you know. their relatives were killed and all. so working with the police, the local police over there and mobilizing the police, the international police, it was a big chchallenge and it was a very sensitive case also, sensitive job for me. so it was quite challenging for me, that job was. we wewere working with the local police also, like we had to train them. there were, i think. 52 countries, like police people were there. so, in the national operations center where i was working there, like we had like from all the countries. making them all work together smoothly,

the u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency session later on. a humanitarian crisis made. by a major new military offensive in yemen. troops loyal to president ever drive a man so hard that by saudi and american forces are trying to take the city of who data from his he rebels. the u.n. general assembly has passed a resolution which condemns israel for the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries among them the us voted against it a flare up of girls i have seen one hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces in the past ten weeks the arab backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution in the security council as the occupation intensifies its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by the is the occupying forces and extremists. and as the dangerous political impasse persists the nee

ambassador to the u.n. karen pierce there are just going to go back to our correspondent jane is based i maybe that was the real no but the issue here that the key way to resolution doesn't really recognize hamas is role and what's been going on at all and the other side of things the u.s. resolution doesn't implicate israel. well certainly that i think it shows the divisions around the security council table that already exist always on this issue so you're right that i think it's interesting to hear that the u.k. which all miss issued tends to be one of those that supports the u.s. a little bit more than many others is going to abstain on the u.s. a draft i would think that is not particularly good news for that u.s. draft which will be voted for after we heard the speeches of quite a few more ambassadors probably in about another thirty five to forty minutes i think we're going to probably now my guess work is we're going to see a situation where we have two rival resolutions both of them are going to be

dollars the u.n. body providing assistance to more than five million palestinian refugees faces a funding crisis. also turkey's president is reelected with sweeping new powers as the opposition concedes defeat and. a general strike against austerity brings argentina to a standstill. also the escalating battle over land in central nigeria close to a hundred people were killed in three days of fighting between farmers and then back to curtis. welcome to the program the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and is weeks away from cutting emergency assistance more than five million refugees in the middle east rely on the agency for education food and health services but loaf. ending means those crucial resources could be cut as soon as august unroll is asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york saying it's struggled since the u.s. cut contributions earlier this year the trumpet ministration slashed funding b

the u.n. says there are sixty five million displaced persons most of them in africa often you mustn't have one in africa and is europe truly aware of the dimension of this problem and its repercussions for us in europe but the voice. in that in recent years europe has learned graps more than any other region the consequences of failing to recognize a new refugee crises in time and the need for the international community to act together that. in addition europe is itself having an identity crisis a clash between its values and objectives and the reality of dealing with all the pressure involved that these are real political points of debate in practically every country. at the same time there's a certain helplessness these developments are taking place on a scale that we're not accustomed to the warmth in. europe is being seen as a continent that says development aid has to stop people becoming refugees as in we give the africans money to put up the fences there that we don't want to see in eu

myanmar government and u.n. d.p. agreement there is that is. there is no transparency on that agreement we asked the rohingya as the big teams has a refugee is they did not consult with any representative of this community this is very very disturbing and i do not think this is totally you know. it is totally not. it's really not i don't see this is this would walk because you know rohingya they want to be consulted with the u.n. a c.r. sale and for want. they need to see mr template what about you. seriously. and mr smith. i agree with mr temple i agree with mr tin can in addition to that i would just add that it's absolutely essential that the secretary general send a very clear message to perpetrators and me and more that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable in the perpetrators will be held accountable this message of accountability is absolutely essential but beyond that there needs to be action and so we would also like to see the secretary general apply pressure to the u.n. security council to refer the situation to the crimin

he has served as the u.n. management for u.s. mission for the u.n. since 2014. as deputy keenl lore from 2012 to 2014. also served as u.s. u.n. senior adviser legislative a feels from 2003 to 2007. prior to working for the state department, she was a staffer for jim demint in south carolina. miss chalet. >> thank you. i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee to serve as the representative of the united states of america to the united nations for u.n. management and reform. i am grateful to president trump and ambassador haley for their confidence and for this opportunity. i am joined here today by my husband george, whose love and support has been inter gal to me being a working mother and working for ten years. and my oldest nick a lie being a diplomate after going true meetings after msing mom during all night northbouegotia. my other two daughters could not unfortunately be here they are 3 and 1. also joined by my family, my parents scott an and mary aly norman whose love and support led the foundation that led me here today. as well

yemen both pro-government forces and the feces are accused of enlisting children to join them and the u.n. condemns the saudi that coalition. child deaths and injuries to compose any of the guilty to account this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dubey now it's considered to be the biggest battle of the three year war in yemen the fights for its largest port city which is an aid lifeline for millions the port city of who data is under attack while planes from the side of the emirates the coalition have pounded areas controlled by who the fight says and pro-government troops of edged closer to the city for the past two weeks the u.n. envoy to yemen has yet to find a breakthrough with the warring sides it's feared the port battle will stop ships docking with food to prevent starvation and a humanitarian catastrophe already described as the largest in modern times thousands of yemenis have been killed and millions including many children a u.n. report obtained exclusively by al-jazeera details child victims will white it found at least one thousand three hundred chi

that have been going in for that's also the goal of the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace that's intervening earlier identifying crises as they are merge with it so that we're not reduced to being a fire truck or an ambulance when it's already too late and it's just a this season there are many crises in violent conflicts around the world. the u.n. says there are sixty five million displaced persons most of them in africa. you mustn't have one in awfully is europe truly aware of the dimension of this problem and its repercussions for us in europe but the voice. in recent years europe has learned that perhaps more than any other region the consequences of failing to recognise a new refugee crises in time of the mind and the need for the international community to act together. in addition to europe is itself having an identity crisis a clash between its values and objectives and the reality of dealing with all the pressure involved that these are real political points of debate in practically every country. at the same time there's a certai

a new u.n. report blames both the saudi led coalition forces and the rebels in yemen for hundreds of child casualties. hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up syrian government forces say they've taken control of two towns as they advance further to capture the strategic city of. signs of a truce warring leaders in south sudan say they've agreed on some points as they try to end the civil. diverse such a flooded cave in thailand the missing teenage for pools. the united nations says that it's confirmed that over eight hundred cases of children being used in the fighting in yemen some as young as eleven years old in the report it says as many as seventy six child soldiers were used on the front lines a majority got it checkpoints and government buildings and brought a quip not to military positions but reports accuses both the rebels and the saudi led coalition of recruiting child soldiers let's get to go live now to the u.n. in new york our diplomatic efforts

the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and it's weeks away from cutting emergency assistance the agency is known it's asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york saying it struggled since the u.s. cut contributions this year but ministration slashed funding by more than half in january over political differences with the palestinian leadership more than five million refugees in the middle east rely on the agency for education food and health services the agency says those crucial resources could be cut as soon as august diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. the u.n. has been trying for months to fill the massive short fall off of the u.s. pulled out most of its funding from the u.n. secretary general of the start of this pledging conference appealed to nations to come up with more funding and the head of the commission of general. said time was running out our current s

by who the fighters and pro-government troops of edged closer to the city for the past two weeks the u.n. envoy to yemen has yet to find a breakthrough with the warring sides it's feared the port battle will stop ships docking with food to prevent starvation and a humanitarian catastrophe already described as the largest in modern times thousands of yemenis have been killed and millions uprooted including many children a u.n. report obtained exclusively by al-jazeera details child victims worldwide it found at least one thousand three hundred children were killed and maimed in yemen last year the u.n. also says saudi m.r. ati led coalition air attacks were responsible for more than half of the child deaths and the injuries well who the militia were responsible for killing eighty three children the rest of the casualties blamed on yemeni pro-government forces and. al qaeda both the who sees and the coalition forces are accused of recruiting eight hundred forty two child soldiers some as young as eleven dozens were used on the battlefield the rest guarded checkpoints and government buildin

and the reuters news agency says that the u.n. envoy has proposed a new peace plan to end a three year long conflict a deal that would see them in their weapons including ballistic missiles in exchange for an end to the coalition bombing campaign. turkey has suspended a deal with greece which allows athens to return refugees and migrants who have crossed from turkey it is in retaliation for greece's refusal of this week to allow the extradition of a turkish offices who fled to greece after the two thousand and sixteen sit in because he has more now from istanbul. turkish authorities have requests that the extradition of eight turkish soldiers from the greek authorities turkey says those soldiers were directly in wolves in the failed coup attempt which took place in two thousand and sixteen and those should be tried in turkey but the greek courts say that this wouldn't be a fair trial in turkey that's why they refused to extradite and finally when the greek courts released four of those soldiers that was the last point for turkey f

within a u.n. bureaucracy and just changing mindsets and showing that business has to be done differently and i think those are primarily the impediments that i face on a day-to-day basis. >> in a short period of time, how do you overcome that? >> its constant engagement in promoting what our position is and our values and priorities that we place. i think that the rising -- interestingly, the rising rate are contributions of member states to change the mindset in the sense that has been seen more countries that are more attuned to budget discipline that may have been int. so t will be differces of agreement but if confirmed i will continue to work promoting those on human rights and other areas that fundamentally and philosophically will have differences of some countries. >> as we scussed in my office, the power of an anecdote and examples is powerful. i want to work with you wheth in this community for homeland security to highlight those examples of corruption or waste, fraud and abuse they nee

u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis as we go to yemen where british weaponry is threatening millions. from this week's headlines chaos and hypocrisy in the conservative party all the civil coming up in today's going on the ground but first this might all the anti trump words of jeremy corbin's labor party the leader of western europe's largest socialist movement perhaps indicated his support for the u.s. president's meeting with north korea's kim jong un at this week's pm cuse while channeling the british foreign secretary when the prime minister met president donald trump last week did she do as the foreign secretary suggested and ask him to take over the bricks of negotiations. before the pm could answer the speaker and to intervene i. just have to add mr davis that probably wasn't a reference to breakfast secretary david davis anyway breaks it is going swimmingly we are working to ensure that we can have our future customs arrangements in place on the first of january twent

u.n.alls for action what it describes as the forgotten victims of war. bad apple in australia the tech giant's fine but why were i phone customers misled. however we got plenty of rain in the forecast for central and southern parts of china now lots of cloud showing up on the satellite picture and you can see these big and funded downpours sundry downpours to into the southeastern corner into taiwan more of that as we go on through wednesday central part seeing some lively showers wednesday added into thursday and if if anything thursday those are the showers to become even more widespread hong kong said these things and big downpours with that on shore south westerly wind pushing through the southwest monsoon there continuing to bring plenty of showers in across the region through into india china aims to thailand into me in ma pushing up towards bangladesh and right up the western gas lots of cloud still showing up on the satellite picture here and as one would expect the seasonal rains

that aid organizations the u.n. asking the m.r. ati's not to nourse this attack so do you think that they will take heed of that call while i think. they are going to are. they to see the city the whole city from from the over the line and they are going to put more pressure on the whole it is inside the city i don't think they are going to take it over because it will cost a lot of a lot of things in terms of human sufferings in in on the yemenis in the city and on in on the yemenis outside yeah even encourage the capital of sanaa because of the humanitarian aid will be cut off if the attack of the city misses you may there are reports that the un's on wife or yemen is trying to broker a deal so that there isn't an assault on her data and could possibly see the u.n. take control of the port what do you make of that do you think that the u.n. should be in control of this important port. well that was up a lot more than one year ago when the solid didn't qualify as i just said to the united nations to take the part of for the as som

dollars the u.n. body providing assistance for more than five million palestinian refugees faces a funding crisis. that all robin be watching out is there a line from our headquarters here in doha also coming up. as fighting rages on in the yemeni port city of her data diplomatic efforts to stop a humanitarian disaster are stepping up. also the escalating battle over land in central nigeria close to one hundred people killed in three days of fighting between farmers and their batek herders also. a general strike against all sturdy brings argentina to a standstill. welcome to the program the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and is weeks away from cutting emergency assistance unroll is asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york saying its struggle since the u.s. cut contributions earlier this year the top administration slashed funding by more than half in january over political differences with the p

u.n. a.c.r. myanmar government and u.n. d.p. agreement there is he said. there is no transparency on that agreement we asked the rohingya as a big teams as a refugee is they did not consult with any representative of this community this is very very disturbing and i do not think this is totally you know. it is totally not. it's really not i don't see this is this would walk because you know rohingya they want to be consulted with the u.n. a c.r. sale and for more transparency and they need to see. mr template what about you. running. through. greece seriously. and mr smith. i agree with mr temple i agree with mr tin can in addition to that i would just add that it's absolutely essential that the secretary general send a very clear message to perpetrators and me and more that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable and the perpetrators will be held accountable this message of accountability is absolutely essential but beyond that there needs to be action and so we would also like to see the secretary general apply pressure to the u.n. security coun

wants to point out that you know the u.n. and the u.n. security council is against israel there really though is nothing else out there in terms of any action that can be taken because there are no other initiatives other than the new u.s. initiative as you know the president's son in law jerry questioner is supposedly coming up with a peace plan no details of that properly emerged yet but it's clear that the palestinians have absolutely no trust in the u.s. they don't see the minister as an honest broker neither it seems do other members of the u.n. security council so maybe a difficult day for ambassador halley but the real losers here are the palestinian people and for that matter israelis to want to see peace many thanks to his base there live for us at the united nations well ahead of that palestinian paramedic was killed by israeli forces during protests along the gaza border twenty one year old volunteer paramedic. i've been volunteering at the border since march when we came out friday demonstrations began several more palestinian

the u.n. world food program says three ships followed in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. fast there are continuous rises in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data. who the leaders have indicated that be willing to hand over management of the ports to the un the saudis number are being urged to accept the deal and the un says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into starvation. the u.n. secretary general antonio as has urged all parties in yemen to work with the u.n. on a peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devastating conflict with clear regional there mentions my special envoy martin griffiths has been actively engaged in order to avoid an escalation that could have dramatic humanitarian consequences at the present moment one week ago we presented to th

shuttle diplomacy by u.n. special envoy to yemen march and griffiths hasn't succeeded so far the spokesman has told al jazeera that the u.n. special envoy has not asked with the fighters to hand over their weapons in return for saudis stopping there are strikes that. the saudi government and the us government a lying to people by claiming that the u.n. envoy is carrying such to months this is because they're trying to justify that military defeats and finally it's the discussions are part of an ongoing search for a comprehensive solution and that companies have data and in many other places. analysts believe the best outcome to keep thousands of people from being killed and millions from starving to death is for the two warring sides to reach a ceasefire agreement somehow. on al-jazeera. the libyan warlord general khalifa haftar has launched an offensive to regain control of the northern oil terminals his forces lost control of the town of ras lanuf on thursday after an attack by rival groups the so-called oil

president donald trump wants to slash the budget his country has been paying to the u.n. . aren't you also afraid that others will follow his example in these times of growing national self interest. and women. in need when i mean we are living in a political climate where nationalism protectionism and isolationism have become a tempting option and one administrator in washington has already begun reducing its funding for the u.n. because i can only repeat my ideal for others in the world to see things in proportion. with what we invest in international cooperation amounts to less than zero point seven percent of the world's g.d.p. . that's the minimum we need to solve these problems together the world cannot be regulated by itself or by one major power so regardless of whether it's the administration in washington or in europe the appeal is still we need your support and we have to work together to overcome these problems of goodwill issues that could otherwise become a massive problem is closer to home and will be about. so what if there isn't enough money for aid like th

has walked out of the u.n. human rights council calling it hypocritical self-serving and a cesspool of political bias the move follows months of threats from president obama will trump to pull out of the un council the united states has long had a conflicted relationship with the u.n. h. ossie and says it has to be reformed the announcement came at a time when president faces widespread and vociferously condemnation for his zero tolerance immigration policy that separating children from their families on the us mexico border well guess what guests in a moment but first the inside story as this report. special a year ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential that t

plus the u.n. more global warming is still rising to dangerously high levels despite the paris agreement. the leader of yemen to the rebels has called on his supporters to fight back against saudi and supported government forces who are closing in on the vital port city of her data the un security council which discussed the battle on thursday says the data pool must remain open for humanitarian deliveries lower burden monthly reports. yemen's port city of how data was bustling with people buying food on thursday bought this is also a city bracing for a heavy bombardment and the. people here. living is an improvement in how data there are no jobs a person your works to earn his daily living there will be a big crisis if the facts are moved into the city. with poverty and hunger and the residents will be victims people are dying from hunger the country will be destroyed. the coalition has captured a town south of the data as fierce fighting and as strikes pound the area the un security council has h

that the u.n. says they include pregnant women and children have been left without food or water algeria denies these allegations which it says a part of a malicious campaign again the reports. disorientated and de hydrated these migrants have just been deported by algerian border guards and dumped in neighboring mischa the nearest village is a fifteen kill me to walk in the sahara desert and they have no food or water. the un migration agency says algeria has expelled an estimated thirteen thousand migrants in this way in the last forty months janet camara whose liberian was pregnant when she was deported last month she suffered a miscarriage while walking in the desert she buried her baby in a shallow grave in the sand. baby opinion was killed when he was lying. because there's no one. starvation chair where kids at all. all of. them and another librarian jew dennis filmed his deportation from a detention center in algeria. you can see some of together with a group of other migrants they were loa

is describing the world's fastest growing refugee crisis the u.n. calls it a began with an offensive by myanmar's army in august last year the military said it was responding to attacks by a group but the u.n. says it became a campaign of ethnic cleansing seven hundred thousand one hundred fled their homes most of them now in camps in neighboring bonn that there are doctors without borders believes six thousand seven hundred others were killed in the first month of violence and this international says what happened was systematic organized and ruthless and says culpability reaches the military's top ranks the reports of rapes looting and as the revenge of a muslim minority in myanmar and the long being denied citizenship and basic human rights by the government which for god's them as illegal immigrants mr punkin let me come to you now with the latest report by amnesty international that we've mentioned they have named thirteen top military personnel who they think should be tried at the international criminal court for war crimes including rape for

the u.n. security council is calling on all sides in yemen's war to respect international law government forces backed by a saudi ever us a coalition of fighting to retake the port of call data from. the rebels. and president trump is threatening to impose new tariffs against china trump says that if beijing goes ahead with new taxes against u.s. goods that washington will introduce a ten percent tariff on chinese imports worth some two hundred billion dollars. colombia's president elect has called for unity after winning sunday's runoff vote he wants to rewrite the peace deal with the far rebels and revive the economy the forty two year old will be colombia's youngest ever leader when he takes office in august and he gallagher reports from bogota. the headlines on the streets of baghdad top talk of unification and victory the face of president elect a vandyck a stares back from every page but this political unknown faces decades old challenges he campaigned on law and order and boosting the e

shuttle diplomacy by u.n. special envoy to yemen marchin griffiths hasn't succeeded so far who the spokesman has told al jazeera that the u.n. special envoy has not asked with the fighters to hand over their weapons in return for saudis stopping there are strikes that have the u.n. envoy did not ask to hand over arms in return of stopping the saudi airstrikes he also did not ask us to hand over her data or its airport the saudi government and the u.a.e. government are lying to people by claiming that the un and voice carrying such demands this is because they are trying to justify their military defeats and failures the discussions are part of ongoing search for a comprehensive solution that covers her data analysts believe the best outcome to keep thousands of people from being killed and millions from starving to death is for the two warring sides to reach a ceasefire agreement somehow. al-jazeera came on the story as a political analyst and editor in chief and publisher of the yemen has to joins us on the l

and that it to the agency has spoken to u.n. sources and it says that the plan includes a call on the who the rebels to give up their ballistic missiles which they've been firing into saudi arabia and in exchange the saudi a morality coalition would end its bombing campaign against the hisses which has been going on for more than three years now well this document also reportedly includes a plan for a transitional government which would include the his status well i've been speaking to mission city in the yemeni capital sanaa and he's the country director for oxfam international and he told me about his reservations about this reported u.n. plan we are really aware of these and we also got businesses so i mean in our headquarter i mean we are also even having conversation on this so while we are concerned about this and we're also in an equally concerned that the land i mean does not include the participation of girls and women and our experience there is that i mean where are the places in the world that women's and girls' voic

reputation so they have to stand aside the u.n. must adjust a strong stance and the from there the u.n. three is an independent committee to investigate and visit these prisons because you cannot count on president hadi and his government as we all know they are weak in the south and have no authority as of now who's in albuquerque what are the chances here that the u.n. does something this time yesterday on this program we were discussing the way that the united states has pulled out of the u.n. human rights council so arguably the council never had enough teeth anyway and the u.n. is kind of fighting lots of different fronts here. and human rights council is actually a cannot do anything because if they try to form any investigation team to be sent in yemen like they tried in geneva i had to go it was blocked by the united states and by of our other country and united states has appointed the saudi to head the human rights panel in geneva during the war in yemen so i don't think the united nation can do anything because if they i

described the u.n. human rights council and justified withdrawing from the un body its ambassador to the un nikki haley made the announcement with secretary of state mike pompei o haley accused the council of chronic bias against israel and called it a hypocritical and self-serving organization the us joined the u.n.h.c.r. in two thousand and nine under the obama administration the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council. in doing so i want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments on the contrary we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we did not make this decision lightly the human rights council is a poor defender of human rights. worse than that the human rights council has become an exercise in shameless hypocrisy with many of the world's worst human rights abuses going ignored and some of the world's m

at every u.n. reform and in every un whole i am honored because i would rather the speak in this room everything goes day in defense of my people than give even one eulogy for one israeli killed by hamas that is why i'm here today to stand up for a basic right afforded to every country in the ward the right to defend it to them the general assembly has convened to emergency special session in the past six months both are related to israel the first one was about jerusalem it was the international community of attempt to take away the right to determine our own capital this session today is about our right to defend our people u.t.v. international community of attempt to take away our basic right to defend ourselves the revolution before you today does not protect innocent palestinians it does not protect innocent israelis he does not condemn or even mention hamas. the terror group they read clear responsible for the violence in our region by supporting this revolution you are colluding with that th

pulls out of the u.n. human rights council accusing the organization of hypocrisy i'm not with its name. well i'm down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. donald trump is heckled by politicians ahead of a vote on his immigration policy of separating children from their parents. fierce fighting at the airport in the yemeni city of a date as pro-government forces take on who the rebels and no longer under a cloud canada becomes a second country in the world to legalize recreational use of marijuana. a cesspool of political bias is how the u.s. described the u.n. human rights council and that's why it's pulling out of the u.n. body president donald trump has been threatening to quit the council if it wasn't reformed al-jazeera has enjoyed reports both a year ago the us ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accep

the u.n. considers the war in yemen i'm going to quote the u.n. here the world's worst humanitarian crisis but now the fighting close to the northern city of her data has forced at least thirty thousand people to flee that yemeni troops backed by saudi and iraq forces began operation golden victory against their the opponents on june the twelfth the pro-government forces say they have already taken control of her airport from these and now they have their sights on control of the port just a few miles to the north so far that's remained open but there are concerns that a battle for the port could stop ships from docking a clip from our colleagues that a.j. process is just how crucial it is for supplies to enter who data have a look. the idea is the single most important point of entry for the food and basic supplies needed to prevent damage and a recurrence of the cholera epidemic we feel that as many as two hundred fifty thousand people may lose everything even their lives. joining us via the phone from her day that is hussein and brooke eighty h