it's run by the international committee of the red cross the i.c.r.c. says fewer people with disabilities in the never will have to make several long and expensive journeys to get help look at it. we have been shocked to see the huge number of people who are disabled or have lost arms and legs in the war we have to do something so we have teamed up with aid agencies that are providing artificial limbs. if a prosthetic limb is not custom made it could be painful all the skin underneath could become infected if the patient isn't taught how to use it properly the muscles could get even weaker can earn our name enough we used to suffer because there weren't enough artificial limbs in mosul our lives were so difficult because it was hard to travel to other cities to get treatment and it cost a lot the problem for the center is keeping up with demand the i.c.r.c. estimates there are over four thousand people that nineveh province who need artificial limbs many of them like omar live in camps like this one at the moment the center star can only produce a few l

president of the international committee of the red cross joining us live here on r.t. international thank you so much for your insight today and from all of us here we wish you good luck and your continued efforts for stabilization and aid to some of the most troubled parts of the world peter thank you. thank you very much. a property developer in the u.k. is facing criticism for his latest brochure of an upcoming project concerns were raised after the images of the planned housing development in london fail to show our neighbors the side. reports. we are in hornsey north london mostly residential area about forty five minutes away from central london why not consider moving to a nice newly built high rise here. take note though if you look this one up on line it would miss a building right next to it this mosque which is obviously right here in reality the property developer has been accused of a slum a full b m after personally airbrushing the mosque out of its marketing photos the dome and the minarets are gone instead replaced with a row of trees in the building is

crisis to just start in sweden later on thursday we speak to the president of the red cross international committee about the diet humanitarian situation in that country what this certainly true is that human need to reinspire their road and cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be. indeed of that. a dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found. a worldwide news headlines live from moscow this is r.t. international we do start with this news just in four people have reportedly been killed and several injured in a car bombing this in the southeastern iranian port city of. the explosion happened near the local police headquarters which may have been the intended target of what is thought to have been a suicide attack or some reports say that gunshots were heard near the site of the incident here and when we get the updates you get them to. now washington's a threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance the american administration is going even further now questioning

to start later today we speak to the president of the red cross international committee about the dire humanitarian situation in the country. what this certainly . by their own cannot fix the situation in which today is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found. hello good afternoon welcome it's two pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now washington's threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance but the american administration is also going further to questioning the relevance of other international agreements and organizations with more his more it gets the. it is time for change time for the old ways to die for a new undisputed leader a new american world order our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order the central question that we face is that is the question of whether the system as currently configured as it exists today and as the world is this today doesn't work does it work for a

experts to address the issue of engineered robotics professional shockey as representing the international committee for robot arms control at the talks to demonstrate human soldierly salt almost weapon is that a soldier can be discriminant in the response of the bay the laws of war and be compassionate lethal a thomas weapon is called uncompassionate less and it would fire it could target much more accurately officially no army currently deploys autonomous lethal weapon systems yet in israel it's openly discussed how advanced the state of development is. if you're not to look at the clock it's already technically possible. but our army is not allowing exploitation of this opportunity which will be completely automatic systems with lethal capabilities exist already but ultimately there is still a human attributable. on the battlefield in future wars be devoid of humans following orders of ai programs clever bots could dominate the seas and skies they're able to communicate among themselves and what attack their targets determined by a software program professor shockey says this kind of horrendous s

it's run by the international committee of the red cross the i.c.r.c. says fewer people with disabilities in there never will have to make several long and expensive journeys to get help look at it without a delay we have been shocked to see the huge number of people who are disabled or have lost arms and legs in the war we have to do something so we have teamed up with aid agencies that are providing artificial limbs. if a prosthetic limb is not custom made it could be painful all the skin underneath could become infected if the patient isn't taught how to use it properly the muscles could get even weaker can earn our name enough we used to suffer because there weren't enough artificial limbs in mosul our lives were so difficult because it was hard to travel to other cities to get treatment and it cost a lot of problem for the center is keeping up with demand the i.c.r.c. estimates there are over four thousand people in nineveh province who need artificial limbs many of them like omar live in camps like this one at the moment the center stock can only

shows the international committee. this is progress being made. that were made between the two koreas this year i made a flurry of. disarming. within the demilitarized zone of war however there is still much progress to be made on north korea. and the united states is adamant that the. north korea. now architects some across the globe are competing for design glory of the world architecture festival the event recognizes some of the best buildings and future projects in the world. a report from where the overall been a has been unveiled. this is the world building of the year the company in singapore it's a vertical village for the elderly with care facility shops and all of the warm roof it sets an example for what's possible in the sprawling cities. to create a community of senior citizens who live in. being isolated in a little sort of. very vibrant mixed news mixed use development. to exchange. fashionable spectacles. among them one of the most distinguished design this in the world british architect david j. . there's a kind of tribe it's like

conventions so would you go i gave an instruction to the foreign minister to contact the international committee of the red cross and to neighbor a third of the possible to send a special mission to check on the condition of our boys as the president was making his latest attack on russia there were some movements of shipping to and from the ukraine's ports in the sea of as of for the first time since the crisis began ukrainian ministers said russia had partially lifted its blockade back in the capital there were moves to put pressure on russia to release the captive ukrainians as their relatives were moving on for talks at the united states embassy it went on into the evening. these men say that exasperated at russia's refusal to show any leniency. we've heard nothing officially about my son's condition only some information from the russian media and messages from crimean activists that he was seriously injured and has had surgery. isn't letting lawyers or ukrainian diplomats see him. lose i'm not angry at the russian people it's the russian government because they allowed this barbaric behavi

advantage of the truce to distribute desperately needed food and humanitarian supplies the international committeef the red cross delivered more than three thousand passengers to the city a cease fire was agreed between who's the rebels and the yemeni government backed talks in sweden on thursday. the presence of our delegation in sweden is very important and we've sent a message to the world that we're with peace and we want to achieve peace talks were successful would put us on the right path to peace and to improve the humanitarian situation in all of human tragedy in yemen is unprecedented. anger against saudi arabia has been rising in the u.s. with the senate voting to condemn its longstanding ally of the war in yemen and its role in the killing of jamal khashoggi washington post is running a full page ad keeping up the pressure over the murder of the saudi journalist who was a regular contributor to the paper. or now to sri lanka where there's been another twist in the political crisis with mahinda rajapakse is set to resign from the disputed prime minister post on saturday rajapaksa son say

were very very lucky to have the full support and involvement in presence in sweden of the international committeeof the red cross and we hope with i.c.r.c. in the lead to for a mass exchange as soon as mid january of up to four thousand prisoners released and able to return to their families. who didn't reach agreement on all the items that were on the table in sweden we were not able to reach an agreement on the opening of sana airport and we were not able to reach agreement on the measures needed to improve the operations and reach of the central bank of yemen as a condition for the full payment of salaries of all civil servants. however we will continue to work with the parties into session today to seek agreement on those issues and finally but not least. the parties have agreed to reconvene at the end of january and this was a particular point raised by the secretary with president had they when they spoke yesterday. but still are present in sweden the public is finally or third discussed my framework elements which i presented to this council in june the key principle of that framework base

we spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross. he says both humanitarian and political measures should be taken to solve the problem in yemen and also in other hot regions. at the present moment with talks in sweden we do hope that we manage the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what this certainly. by their old you cannot fix the situation in which to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals off water systems i think this is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found and there is a slight. a light at the end of the tunnel may be with peace talks going on in sweden. the priorities in syria definitely is to have access to as many people displaced within syria tools support. as ever we can to deliver basic human needs here in assis

mustafa nasser in two thousand and four he and his family received shocking news from the international committee of the red cross most of his brother abdul latif who lived through ward had been imprisoned in guantanamo bay. he only saw one. of our own mother. but you know you look you push also look into a little of who you are in some way you. know you know if got a little bit of a. look in a. corner that you look at me so i love all over the u.s. claimed he had connections to extremists but no charges have ever been brought against him. then in twenty sixteen abdul-latif case was heard by a guantanamo periodic review board a body containing representatives from six u.s. agencies including the department of defense they'd cleared him for release in casablanca his overjoyed family made preparations for his return. for. that and that. but the wheels of bureaucracy ground slowly and as the day of donald trump's inauguration approached noirs made a last ditch legal bid to have other latif released immediately so the court rejected the bid on procedural grounds. since then the american government ha

which itself, not every member of the international committee may care about the ukraine, i'm sorry to say that, but they do care about the international rules of the game. because they protect us all. that is where a big part of our effort should be and it was were a large part of the obama administration's response to the russian invasion of first crimea, not simply because the obama in menstruation is a big friend of international law but because that was an argument to make, that is part of where the response needs to be. finally, what's coming next. is coming next is predictable in the sense that the sea of azov is the immediate objective , i want to highlight two political objectives. political and military. number one is the ukrainian presidential election. the goal i think of the kremlin is to get a kremlin friendly leadership one way or another. and one way of doing that is by creating instability, fear and uncertainty in an atmosphere where it's not clear whether could be further russian military operation. i think there is a moment of high danger in the next couple of mon

of the trees to distribute desperately needed food and humanitarian supplies to have data international committee of the red cross delivered more than three thousand possible still assessing a cease fire was a great between his the rebels and the yemeni government at the u.n. backed talks in sweden on thursday. the presence of our delegation in sweden was very important and we've sent a message to the world that we're with peace and we want to achieve peace the talks are successful because on the right path to peace and to improve the humanitarian situation all of human tragedy in yemen is unprecedented and again saudi arabia has been. rising in the united states with the senate voting to condemn its long standing ally over the war in yemen and its role in the killing of jamal khashoggi or engine post is running a full page ad keeping up the pressure all over the motor of the saudi journalist who was a regular contributor to the paper well now there's been another twist in his political crisis with access set to resign from the disputed prime minister post on saturday rajapaksa son says he made t

mustafa nasser in two thousand and four he and his family received shocking news from the international committee of the red cross most of his brother abdul latif who lived abroad had been imprisoned in guantanamo bay. only by one. of our own mother. but you know you push also look into a little of who you are in some way you. know if got a little bit of a. look in the last quarter that you look at me so i love all the above the u.s. claimed he had connections to extremists but no charges have ever been brought against him. then in twenty sixteen abdul-latif case was heard by a guantanamo periodic review board a body containing representatives from six u.s. agencies including the department of defense they'd cleared him for release in casablanca his overjoyed family made preparations for his return. for. that and that. but the wheels of bureaucracy ground slowly and as the day of donald trump's inauguration approached noirs made a last ditch legal bid to have the two latif released immediately so court rejected the bid on procedural grounds. since then the american government has argued that they

mustafa nasser in two thousand and four he and his family received shocking news from the international committee of the red cross most of his brother abdul latif who lived through ward had been imprisoned in guantanamo bay. he only saw one. of our own mother. but you know you look you push also look into a little of who you are in some way you. don't know if going to be a boy or look in the last quarter that you look at me could say i love all the above the u.s. claimed he had connections to extremists but no charges have ever been brought against him. then in twenty sixteen abdul-latif case was heard by a guantanamo periodic review board a body containing representatives from six u.s. agencies including the department of defense they'd cleared him for release in casablanca his overjoyed family made preparations for his return. for. that and that. but the wheels of bureaucracy ground slowly and as the day of donald trump's inauguration approached noirs made a last ditch legal bid to have other latif released immediately so court rejected the date on procedural grounds. since then the american go

country to the brink of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross who's there is both humanitarian and political measures should be taken to resolve the basic conflict. talks in sweden we do hope that we should the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what is certainly true is that humanitarian spy their own cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals of water systems. disease and indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found and there is a slight. a light at the end of the tunnel maybe. but yemen isn't the only country in the region suffering a humanitarian catastrophe in syria over thirteen million people are in need with six million internally displaced and in afghanistan the u.n. says over si

sweden on thursday the meeting aims twenty four years of war he spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross peter marra he says both humanitarian and political measures should be taken to resolve the situation. at the present moment and with talks in sweden we do hope that we manage the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what is certainly true is that humanitarians by their own cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals of water systems.

international committee of the red cross delivered more than three thousand parcels to the city a cease fire was agreed between hoofy rebels and the yemeni government to un back talks in sweden on thursday. the presence of our delegation in sweden is very important and we've sent a message to the world that we're with peace and we want to achieve peace talks were successful would put us on the right path to peace and to improve the humanitarian situation the human tragedy in yemen is unprecedented. right so. we can now speak to our diplomatic editor james bell joins us live at the united nations and so james there were already existing fears about whether this cease fire could survive and that already appears to have been put to the test. they knew it was going to be difficult this is a very difficult task some reports of some clashes on the edge of data and that i think is why the united nations is working very urgently it has speed it doesn't normally work out in its force generation unit of its peacekeeping department trying to come up with a monitoring team that would go into data a

the truce to distribute desperately needed food and humanitarian supplies to her data the international committee of the red cross delivered more than three thousand passports to the city the cease fire was agreed between who see rebels and the yemeni government un back talks in sweden on. the presence of our delegation in sweden is very important and we've sent a message to the world that we're with peace and we want to achieve peace the talks are successful with us on the right path to peace and to improve the humanitarian situation all the human tragedy in yemen is unprecedented. the un special envoy to yemen has been briefing the security council on the outcome of talks and sweet martin griffiths is warning the task to end yemen's four year long war still a daunting one despite the breakthrough in talks a diplomatic editor james space has more from the united nations in new york. the day after an interim peace deal in yemen a u.n. negotiator at the talks warned the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also come before you today with a call for cautio

arrived in yemen for data as a ceasefire between the warring sides appears to be holding the international committee of the red cross is to live and three thousand parcels to the strategic port city the cease fire was agreed between youth iraq goofy rebels and the yemeni government at un back talks in sweden on thursday well the us ambassador to the un nikki haley says the security council must hold the warring parties to account the world's worst humanitarian crisis demands more than hope from the security council that peace will come to yemen it demands that we take action to hold all the warring parties accountable it demands that we address the iranian aggression at the root of the crisis it demands that lifesaving assistance reach the yemeni women and children who are suffering the most from this conflict and gorgon saudi arabia has been rising in the u.s. with the senate voting to condemn its longstanding are over the war in yemen and its role in the killing of jamal hashad j. the washington post is running full page keeping up the pressure over the murder of a saudi journalist who was a regul

damascus to have it under the shadow of the group whose interests are not the same as the international committee -- community. we are going back and forth on as we are speaking here today. commitment to move forward on this was strictly reinforced in istanbul in october in a meeting of the presidents of russia, turkey and france and the chancellor of germany to press on two areas of concern to everybody in syria. first is at a live and the people who were there who feared they would have no place to go if there was a major offensive. to quote the document "lasting cease-fire." thesecond thing is convene constitutional committee by the end of december. we're almost at the end of december so we will see what happens. two scenarios. scenario a is will get the constitutional committee. it will have a strong effect on the politicizing and diploma ties and the conflict. diplomatizing the conflict frick in every area, it is different. the conflict in every area, it is different. movewe're trying to do is , laid oute direction in a part 2054. because it is what we're focused on, talks about political pr

the international committee of the red cross has stepped in and the absence of any national institution to deal with the missing the i.c.r.c. hopes the d.n.a. samples collected can be used with mass graves are finally identified and open. and will continue storing them until the commission is set in place as long as that this commission is as we spoke about it it's independent humanity. then we are happy to provide. never had a truth and reconciliation commission after the war but what that how is making sure that past is not forgotten over the government. there's a reason for many of those. killings and disappearances but. a general amnesty. during the war remains in place. this is the first time knowledge as the case of the missing now the law needs to be implemented what that is under no illusion that political and sectarian obstacles could yet again leave this chapter in the country's history and resolved. voting has just begun and on many as historic parliamentary election it's the fast of vote since mass protests ended twenty years of one party rule opinion polls suggest a landsli

i gave an instruction to the foreign minister to contact the international committee of the red cross and to maybe a third of the possible to send a special mission to check on the condition of our boys as the president was making his latest attack on russia there were some movements of shipping to and from the ukraine's ports in the sea of as of for the first time since the crisis began ukrainian ministers said russia had partially lifted its blockade back in the capital there were moves to put pressure on russia to release the captive ukrainians as their relatives were moving on for talks at the united states embassy it went all into the evening these men say that exasperated at russia's refusal to show any leniency. we've heard nothing officially about my son's condition only some information from the russian media and messages from crimea activists that he was seriously injured and has had surgery that's all. isn't letting lawyers or ukrainian diplomats see him. i'm not angry at the russian people it's the russian government because they have allowed this barbaric behavior of thei

sweden on thursday the meeting ends twenty four years of war we spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross peter marra he says both humanitarian and political measures should be taken to resolve the situation. at the present moment and with talks in sweden we do hope that we manage the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what is certainly true is that humanitarians by their own cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals of water systems. this is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found and there is a slight. a light at the end of the tunnel maybe with peace talks going on in sweden. but yemen isn't the only country in the region suffering a humanitarian catastrophe in syria over thirteen million people are in need with six millio

the international committee of the red cross has stepped in in the absence of any national institution to deal with the missing the i.c.r.c. hopes the d.n.a. samples collected can be used to a mass graves are finally identified and opened. and will continue storing them until the commission is set in place as long as this this commission is as we spoke about it its independent humanitarian then we are happy to provide all the support to lebanese authorities. levanon never had a truth and reconciliation commission after the war but what dad how when he is making sure that past is not forgotten over the years successive governments try to close the file and declare the missing dead there's a reason for that many of those in power were once militia leaders responsible for killings and disappearances but the new law will not affect them a general amnesty if it in one thousand nine hundred one which covers crimes committed during the war remains in place. this is the first time lebanon acknowledges the case of the missing now the law needs to be implemented what that how when he is under no