interference in internal affairs the humanitarian situation in libya is now the worst it's been in the last decade of conflict according to the president of the international committee of the red cross who made a recent visit. walking through start the outskirts of tripoli but being gassy

internal affairs. >> the humanitarian situation is now the worst it has been in the last decade of conflict according to the president of the international committee of the red crossrecent visit. >> walking through some of the outskirts of tripoli, but also benghazi, i have been surprised by the level of destruction which, in which the cities find themselves. it has reminded me of some of the worst urban settings that i have been seeing over the last couple of years in mosul and aleepo. -- aleppo. >> the u.n. hopes to name a new envoy. the plan is for a meeting of international players at the beginning of next month. and by the 15th of october they want to bring the sides to geneva with a plan for elections for next year but in the past high hopes on libya have been dashed by the ongoing violence and meddling from outside the country. lauren: thailand's parliament has reached a delayed decision on where to amend -- whether to amend the constitution after settg up a committee to study the process instead. more than 1000 protesters gathered outside parliament as the decision was made. they say the constitution was drafted to keep the prime minister in power. after l

of nonviolent offenses. the 2nd wave of the pandemic breaking around the world international humanitarian agencies all warning of the dangers this poses for refugees ruth hetherington from the international committee of the red cross explains why displaced people are especially vulnerable. in many camps they are living in incredibly crowded tents they already are exposed to chronic health problems in many cases just by virtue of the conditions they live in and the hardship they have seen many people in the region have been displaced most of all time so they've lost their has not just once but that many times over average takes such a toll. aid agencies efforts to draw attention to the border refugees is being hindered by a group protests in europe where people are fed up it seems with hosting ever more newcomers in the u.k. there were clashes with police at one protest and in greece which is bearing the brunt of margaret arrivals tensions are particularly high. the give up like isa not stopping no nation including the british government doing anything to make these people go back to their own home we were all whole town plane crash now because these people need to start to feel that i'm crazy and not know how many

interference in internal affairs the humanitarian situation in libya is now the worst it's been in the last decade of conflict according to the president of the international committee of the red cross who made a recent visit. walking through some of the outskirts of tripoli but began as he had been surprised by the level of destruction which in which the cities find themselves it has reminded me of some of the worst urban cities they have been seeing over the last couple of years and in mosul in homs in. all the u.n. hopes to name a new envoy for libya in the coming days the plan is for a meeting of international players at the beginning of next month and then by the 15th of october they want to bring the libyan sides to geneva it's all very ambitious with a plan for elections next year but in the past high hopes on libya have been dashed by the only going violence and meddling from outside the country james plays out 0 at the united nations the audit office in cyprus says thousands of passports may have been issued without proper approval a report found that wealthy families may have exploited an investment for a citizenship scheme to obtain so-called golden passports it comes aft

pretty horrible scene now in libya after 10 years of conflict and i was speaking a little earlier to the president of the international committee of the red cross peter mauer he said at the beginning of this conflict it was a conflict where the humanitarian community was concerned about the african migrants making their way through libya getting caught up in the conflict but increasingly it's the libyans who are being displaced and he told me about the situation on the ground he's been there recently. walking through was down on the outskirts of st louis but began as he hadn't been surprised at all of destruction which in which the city's i'm itself it has reminded me of some of the worse urban settings that i have been seeing over the last couple of years in in mosul in homs in if you know it or as you say james of course we're talking about the fire as i said i was having handed in his resignation and we understand there have been resignations on the side of the government in tobruk which has been supporting colleagues i hafta as you say there is a very very good set of hope that things might be moving forward but there is so much on the grou

of the pandemic breaking around the world international humanitarian agencies are warning of the dangers this poses for refugees hetherington the never middle east spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross explains why displaced people are especially vulnerable but already at the start of the pandemic we knew along with many others that displaced people were particularly vulnerable because it the precariousness of their situation and because of the conditions they were already living in in many camps they are living in incredibly crowded tents they are heavy they have problems to access basic services sometimes they might have access to water all the time and they already are exposed to chronic health problems in many cases just by virtue of the conditions they live in and the the hardship they have seen many people in the region have been displaced most of all time so they've lost their has not just once but but many times over it which takes such a toll in many of these countries in the middle east that have been hit by conflict the health facilities have simply been devastated in syria and yemen half of all hospitals are out of action or not able to perform the way they get before th

martin griffiths gave a grim assessment of the situation in yemen the only glimmer of hope another effort by the un and the international committee of the red cross to try and arrange a mass exchange of prisoners we expect to see the parties this week it's. to continue their discussion of the implementation of prisoner exchanges what i hope is that this meeting will actually result in the release of some prisoners. and some evidence of the implementation of those commitments. particularly given the threat of covert going to places of detention was security council diplomats hope a prisoner exchange would be a confidence building exercise potentially leading to a wider political deal. but the news from the ground is not good violence continues to rage on the un's humanitarian coordinator says they've had to cut funding to the most needy in part because the countries of the saudi led coalition have not come up with the money they promised to give the u.n. several that elements including the king of saudi arabia the united arab emirates and us who have a a ticket a responsibility which they discharged in recent years and so far and nothing and it is

of nonviolent offenses. with the coronavirus still smothering parts of the world aid agencies are warning of the risk that it does pose to refugees ruth hetherington from the international committee of the red cross explains why displaced people especially vulnerable in many camps they are living in incredibly crowded tents they already are exposed to try make health problems in many cases just a virtue us the conditions they live in and the hardship they have seen many people in the region have been displaced most at all times so they've lost their house not just once but but many times over it which takes such a toll agencies to say their efforts to draw attention to the part of refugees are being wounded by anti migrant protests in europe in the u.k. there were clashes with police at one protest while increase which is bearing the brunt of migrant arrivals tensions are particularly high. it looks like here in the east not to speak of the no nation including the british government doing anything to make these people go back to their own home we were all pulled out thank for ourselves these people need to start to feel that i don't have crazy and not know how many years i have been paid if we're

martin griffiths gave a grim assessment of the situation in yemen the only glimmer of hope another effort by the un and the international committee of the red cross to try and arrange a mass exchange of prisoners we expect to see the parties this week in its words alone to continue their discussion of the implementation of prisoner exchanges what i hope is that this meeting were actually result in the release of some prisoners. and some evidence of the implementation of those commitments. but peculiarly given the threat of covert don't seem in places of detention and the the security council diplomats hope a prisoner exchange would be a confidence building exercise potentially leading to a wider political digits but the news from the ground is not good violence continues to rage on the un's humanitarian coordinator says they've had to cut funding to the most needy in part because the countries of the saudi led coalition have not come up with the money they promised to give the u.n. several that elements including the king of saudi arabia the united arab emirates and usa who have a ticket a responsibility which they discharged in recent years and

worked as an investigator for the human rights and geo reprieve as well as for the international committee of the red cross i think the muslims a disproportionately affected by this kind of service simply because muslims are more generally the victim of accusations of board brush accusations unfounded accusations and what some of us like welch at the halls is that hoover this and he kind of online. without much scrutiny about the source of the accusation i don't find any particular. unusual focus on muslims or arabs in any of the 4 major commercial off the shelf databases a high risk individuals but as a matter of practice they're going to contain more and more. of entries are very nationals and muslim nationals because of the global war on terrorism i think what we can say is that this takes place as a risen in the post 911 climates of paranoia about terrorism and of course that is something that impacts all muslims most of all and i think what well done unfortunately is taken some of the worst lies and innuendo about muslims from the darkest corners of the internet may free packaged as reliable informati

their homes as a result of the mild unprecedented rise in levels experts say a large part of that is because of climate change. last year the international committee for the red cross has listed sudan as one of 10 countries to suffer the consequences of climate change climate experts say the increase in rainfall on the few can highlands is caused by climate change that's led to more water flowing down the blue nile which contributes to 80 percent of the miles of water that's where experts who say development along the nile is adding to the effects of climate change well not that are the rains usually come at a certain time and people have been counting on that and they move to areas where the nile board is the banks but this year we've seen an increase in the amount of rainfall because of climate change and so the nile has flooded more than before in addition a lot of trees are being cut down to make place for residential areas of the law affect in the valleys where the water would flow through so dams government says the levels will continue to rise over the coming days people say they hope the water doesn't take long to recede so they can go back to their homes a

their homes as a result of the mild unprecedented rise in levels experts say a large part of that is because of climate change. last year the international committee for the red cross had listed sudan as one of 10 countries to suffer the consequences of climate change climate experts say the increase in rainfall and if you can high lands is caused by climate change that's led to more water flowing down the blue nile which contributes to 80 percent of the amount of water that's were in experts who say development along the nile is adding to the effects of climate change well not that i will listen to the rains usually come at a certain time and people have been counting on that and they moved to areas where the knol borders the banks but this year we've seen an increase in the amount of rainfall because of climate change and so the nile has flooded more than before in addition a lot of trees are being cut down to make place for residential areas near the nile affecting the valleys where the water would flow through sudan's government says the levels will continue to rise over the coming days people say they hope the water doesn't take long to recede so they can go b