foreign ministry in exile a lot has been said so i was checking in with our diplomatic had sir james bays who has been following this story james joins us now live from the united nations been hearing there a comprehensive picture of perspective from voices for myanmar itself which is quite crucial for the security council given the difficulty that outsiders have had in getting into the country to get the story what struck you from what we've been listening to in the last few minutes. well i think i should make it clear 1st what we're listening to because this isn't a meeting of the u.n. security council they couldn't agree to have a meeting like this in the u.n. security council so this is an unofficial meeting something called an aria format the name refers to venezuelan ambassador who called a meeting like this during the bosnian war and the idea is that the security council meet members come together for a meeting but it's not a formal security council meeting so this one was organized by the united kingdom they're not the president of the security council this month supported by the

our diplomatic editor james bays who joins us live from the united nations headquarters in new york james so this is expected to be something of a long process what are we anticipating. well there back in vienna which nearly 6 years ago was the place the nuclear deal was done but so much has changed since that as you've outlined in the timeline that's happened that is going to be very difficult to get these 2 sides together and it has proved difficult even since the start of the biden administration remember the basis of the iran nuclear deal was iran to limit its nuclear program so it was for civilian use so it couldn't build a nuclear bomb and that was verified by the i.a.e.a. and on the other side there were sanctions relief for iran but what's happened since the trumpet ministration pulled out of the nuclear deal is there's been lots of new sanctions piled on by the united states some estimates say 1500 new designations and sanctions individual sanction items have been added and on the other side iran has stopped complying it's started enrich enriching more and more uranium but also u

partners and in turn are partners with iran is a healthy stepped step forward our diplomatic editor james bays has this update from the united nations. the problem we've had since the beginning of the year since the inaugurations it's generally the 20th is both sides have been unwilling to move 1st to give up something in return for talks so it's the europeans who i think now have been after some extensive diplomacy in recent weeks i've come up with a somewhat creative solution which is what is known as proximity talks so you have a meeting taking place with iran with the p 4 plus $14.00 members of the u.n. security council and germany and iran they're all in the same hotel in the center of vienna for their talks today a 5 star hotel called the grand hotel and the u.s. that just opposite on the other side of the road in another 5 star hotel called the imperial hotel and we understand what's going to happen is the e.u. representative is going to keep crossing the street and passing ideas from one side to the other i think we're going to get around the problem of who moves 1st by coming up with

while different out of quetta james bay is joins us now from u.n. headquarters in new york where he's been following all of this james i see the americans on dave unable to be in the same room as the iranian so this is expected to be a long process what are we anticipating here. well certainly this is just the start of a process but i do think what has happened in the last few hours has gone about as well as it could have done now that's not because there was any sort of breakthrough and we're a long way away from that it's because there wasn't a breakdown and this is this process is going to continue remember what we've got to try and do for both sides is get back to the 2015 iran nuclear deal that's the aim of all this but it has seriously unraveled since 2051st with president trump pulling out and piling on sanctions against iran and then with iran not complying anymore after a year with that deal increasing its enrichment bringing in advanced centrifuges so what they decided to do now after this initial meeting of indirect talks you actually had

not going to really lead anywhere or a chance many thanks indeed i was there as diplomatic editor james bay is reporting live from the u.n. in new york many thanks. the u.n. envoy for me on mas rived in bangkok with hopes of talking to the ruling generals who are refusing to meet her on thursday the u.s. imposed sanctions on the mainstay turned gem company that's an important source of income for the generals meanwhile there are reports of tense fighting in the country the security forces crackdown on protesters the young rescue workers say that at least 4 people were killed in the southern city of go but local media reports say the death toll could be higher rights groups of recorded $614.00 civilian deaths since the military took power in the coup at the start of february the armed forces also imposed new internet restrictions and the military has also pushed back its promise to hold an election within a year i'm going to go at the moment. with state of emergency most are you over within 2 years and the elections must be held within 2 years we must hold elections and transfer power to the

people's liberation front is an internal affair but it welcomes offers of help our diplomatic go to james bays has more from un headquarters in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there is going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in t. gray they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls we've seen widespread reports of that it was mentioned in a security council meeting about women in conflict zones a week ago you've seen lots of media reports including on al-jazeera the other factor that the security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitarian res

the security council is due to hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday our diplomatic editor james bay says more from the u.n. . the current president of the u.n. security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council will have a meeting on 2 grey it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the remote mountainous regions of north and central to great women and girls are even subjected to sexual by letting me be leveled at the beyond comprehension ok we're ok documenting new cases of rape and then we begin this fight be a free wifi prize there was an attack but movement. and communicates the operation we have a council must address what are its. military elements abstracts the basic commodities and reports of sexual. refugee camps other the nation it is the us that is called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopian military operation in that time the security council has been ab

in detail it will be having arrangement or diplomatic editor james bays has more reaction from the united nations headquarters in new york. the taliban holiday in their position just hours after the announcement here at u.n. headquarters of a day for new talks on afghanistan they now say they won't attend any negotiations about the country's future until all foreign forces have left the idea of the istanbul talks was to reboot earlier talks in doha to try and get a negotiated political settlement before u.s. and nato forces leave the conference will focus on helping the negotiating parties reach a new set of shared fundamental principles that reflect an agreed vision for a future of ghana stem a road map to a future political settlement and of course an end to the conflict is the u.n. is one of the koch conveners still committed to a democratic afghanistan to an afghanistan with freedom of expression and an afghanistan with equal rights for women and the u.n. committed to those 3 weeks we are committed to the people of afghanistan we are committed to ensuring that the gains that have been

unity government to prepare for free fair and inclusive elections in december our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. in new york. the unanimous vote of the security council means the united nations can now deploy peace monitors to libya they'll be about 60 of them initially they'll be unarmed and they won't be wearing military uniforms i'm told the 1st of them will go to the capital tripoli to set up their headquarters but the majority will be deployed around certain about was the front line of the conflict until the ceasefire which came into force almost 6 months ago this is a big achievement of the united nations building on top of the national unity government they now have in place one of the big problems though still is the withdrawal of foreign forces and foreign mercenaries something that's been demanded by the u.n. security council but i'm told the u.n. monitors won't be involved in this the big goal is at the end of the year when the united nations hopes that libya will have general elections there slated for the 24th of december. kiba will be without a castro at the

step back and allow this to happen we have to keep pushing forward more now from a diplomatic a james bays who's the u.n. in the post the security council has released 2 statements about the situation in myanmar but the generals defied those words and there was further voluntas this time no statement the outgoing president of the security council for march the u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield spoke to reporters. it's the credibility of the security council now it's. i don't think our credibility is at stake i think what has to happen is we have to redouble our efforts what the military is doing in burma to the people to the people of burma the violence the attacks the killings of children they are appalling and and they are unacceptable so we can't just. step back and allow this to happen we have to keep pushing forward in the close in the council was briefed by the u.n. special envoy christine trauner bergan she still wants to travel to me and marta speak to the generals she said i will remain open to dialogue and continue to signal this but if we wait only for when they are ready

is relentless with temperatures moving dangerously close to the cap set by the paris agreement james bays has more from un headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year that for many normality stops the coded 19 pandemic meant many factories and offices across the world closed commuters stayed at home and airports were largely empty as the global and networks were reduced to skeleton schedules you might think the resulting drop in carbon emissions had a discernible effect on the environment he didn't the year which saw the largest ever wildfires in california and colorado and global sea levels rising was still one of the warmest 3 years on record. they think these reports should a lot i'm as old. 2020 was 1.2 degrees celsius hotter then pre-industrial times we are getting dangerously close to the 1.5 degree celsius limits that was set by the scientific community we are on the verge of the obese so why did the slowdown caused by the pandemic not have a more positive effect on the environment according to the secretary general of the world meteorological organization because the effects would

stop the crackdown at a north unofficial meeting of council members out there who i think at the james bays reports. that as the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters they're also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the jointer says although at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now won't take place for 2 more years at the u.n. in new york a meeting was held to give security council ambassadors a picture of the deteriorating situation now most people feel that they are left alone to face the brutal regime armed to its feet start from by the same international actors who preventing action the military nord are condemnations i'll sing a test for the security council with the council well the council are over language in yet another statement are we apt to save the lives of the people myanmar's u.n. ambassador who opposes the generals called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and targeted sanctions leave the the state action. this meeting was organized by the u.k. all security council members were invited but it wasn

and cautious on some of the toughest issues facing his white house but as it is diplomatic editor james bays reports on the afternoon of his inauguration president biden reversed the america 1st policy of his predecessor signing an executive order starting the process of rejoining the paris climate deal the u.s. opted back into the world health organization and the u.n. human rights council the new u.s. president for filling his campaign promise to reengage with the world and bind his country again to its traditional allies. with its adversaries though relations have deteriorated in an interview president biden called the russian leader vladimir putin a killer and amid growing tensions for a time over 150000 russian troops were massed on the border with ukraine. i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking public disagreement with china was on open display during a high level meeting in anchorage alaska in a most unusual exchange the top chinese and u.s. foreign policy officials argue ing over human rights trade and cyber attacks bartz as the biden admini

security council was told that 4 and a half 1000000 people need humanitarian aid our diplomatic editor james bay says that the united nations with more on the security council was briefed by mark the u.n. senior humanitarian official the briefing took place behind closed doors but al-jazeera has obtained a copy of his remarks he told the security council there were reports of mass killings executions and the campaign of systematic rape much of what he said contradicted the official statements of the ethiopian government he told the security council i must say that neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of eritrean withdrawal we have however heard some reports of eritrean soldiers now wearing ethiopian defense force uniforms the situation is clearly grim so what should be done now i put that to the spokes person of the un secretary general what should be done one is increase humanitarian humanitarian access to see real movements on human rights investigations given the restrict reports we're seeing from our own people sometimes even from the ethiopian gov

dismantle some of its nuclear activities before it's prepared to rejoin the deal our diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations he says the actions of the previous u.s. administration have complicated the negotiations between iran and washington. all the key participants find themselves back in vienna the austrian capital is where the iran nuclear deal was signed nearly 6 years ago but so much has changed since that signing in the summer of 2015 it was the trumpet ministration in 2018 that pulled out of the deal prefer to go from maximum pressure policy against iran many experts believe that that didn't end up isolating iran in fact it isolated on this issue the u.s. with some of its closest allies nearly all its closest allies with the exception of israel saudi arabia and the united arab emirates iran waited for a year and then decided that it would start to not comply with some of the details of the nuclear program and now they've got the challenge of trying to put everything back together and the problem in recent months has been the new biden administration says it wants back into

says it wasn't involved at diplomatic editor james bays has more on the tox from the united nations the problem we've had since the beginning of the year since the inaugurations it's generally the 20th is both sides have been unwilling to move 1st to give up something in return for talks so it's the europeans who i think now have been after some extensive diplomacy in recent weeks of come up with a somewhat creative solution which is what is known as proximity talks so you have a meeting taking place with iran with the p 4 plus $14.00 members of the u.n. security council and germany and iran they're all in the same hotel in the center of vienna for their talks today a 5 star hotel called the grand hotel and the u.s. that just opposite on the other side of the road in another 5 star hotel called the imperial hotel and we understand what's going to happen is the e.u. representative is going to keep crossing the street and passing ideas from one side to the other i think we're going to get around the problem of who moves 1st by coming up with a pretty comprehensive list on both sides of wh

hasn't recognized his dismissal he spoke to our diplomatic as a james bays whatever that did the asian made by the leaders of the earth. this should take into account of saving lives or in north sensibility and. buying the millet saving life or in north and say billions in ma and they're providing humanitarian assistance to the people in need. we need to stop the atrocity the inhumane act committed by the military this 3 point that the need to take into account whatever decision that the mit because that is very important saving lives in north and civilian is very important for the everyone that is there nobody touched for the human kind please see life or in your sensibility that is the visit point that take into account one never did take that position you know that the commander in chief of me and why our military gentlemen on line is going to be attending this summit what do you want other leaders to say to him and is it as some have suggested time while the military are in control to expel or suspend myanmar from r.c.n. for now. you know all the at the beginning what we want is th

un security council is due to hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday our diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the un. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council have a meeting on to grab it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the rebuilding mountainous regions of north and central to great we men and girls are being subjected to sexual violence with a level that's beyond comprehension. ok we're ok documenting the new cases of rape and then rebuilding the spike there for your replies there and that's all but movement. and community mean operation we as a council must address. force military aspects. and reports of sexual. and refugee camps other nations it is the us that's called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopian military operation in that time the security council has been absolutely silent they haven't managed

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council has been holding a meeting about the humanitarian situation into grey less diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. headquarters james what have we had from them while you've just seen such a disturbing report about what's going on in t. gray the situation on the ground relayed to the security council in the last couple of hours by marlo cock who is the senior humanitarian official of the united nations it was a closed door meeting but al-jazeera has spoken to diplomats and we know exactly what mr low cox said to the security council and it contradicts much of what the government has been saying in public he says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating he says the conflicts not over and things are not improving and he goes on to report what you've just seen that targeted violence mass killings execution as well as systematic rape gang rape and sexual violence taking place in tikrit province remember the ethiopian government said the eritrean troops were being withdrawn but mr lowcock told the security council i must say neither the us nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work wit

challenges in london he'll give us the latest from europe but 1st we'll bring in our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. headquarters in new york james so this is expected to be a long process just talk us through what we should anticipate. well there back in the city where the deal was done but so much has changed since 2015 in the summer of 2015 when those world powers 6 world powers the 5 members of the un security council in germany reached a deal with iran of course it was the us 3 years later and president trump decided to pull out of that deal saying it was the worst deal of the century and then to engage on what was a maximum pressure policy to try and isolate iran many observers believe he ended up isolating the u.s. from lots of its key allies and partners with the exception of saudi arabia the u.a.e. and israel most of the u.s. is our allies wanted the us to stay in the deal the problem is the basis of the deal is that iran gives up its efforts a nuclear bomb in return for the international community in particular the u.s. dropping sanctions and what's happened since 2018 is the u

james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >> russia is invoking the threat of full-scale fightingine as tensions in the disputed border region rise. vladimir putin's spokesperson says he is willing to protect civilians but the u.s. as the troop buildup is the largest since the invention of crimea. the president of ukraine is there. >> a president in the trenches, meeting soldiers on the front lines, rallying the troops for battle. >> [speaking foreign language] >> ukrainian leader don to military look after weeks of fighting with russian separatists. >> there's an escalation in the donbas region and we can see that and servicemen can see that and congress -- commanders in chief and commanders can see that we understand our boys are targeted by snipers. there were 26 killed servicemen. the military -- whereby to do everything possible to defend our country and hold cease fire. but when our soldiers are attacked and there are casualties, it is clear to everyone the army response. >> russian equipment and thousands of personnel are on the horizon. russians are carrying out military d

cautious on some of the toughest issues facing the white house argues there is diplomatic editor james bays reports on the afternoon of his inauguration president biden reversed the america 1st policy of his predecessor signing an executive order starting the process of rejoining the paris climate deal the u.s. opted back into the world health organization and the u.n. human rights council the new u.s. president for filling his campaign promise to reengage with the world and bind his country again to its traditional allies. with its adversaries though relations have deteriorated in an interview president biden called the russian leader vladimir putin a killer and amid growing tensions for a time over 150000 russian troops were massed on the border with ukraine. i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking public disagreement with china was on open display during a high level meeting in anchorage alaska in a most unusual exchange the top chinese and u.s. foreign policy officials arguing over human rights trade and cyber attacks barters the biden administr

action to stop the cracked same as an unofficial meeting of council members or diplomats can't stand james bays has this reports. the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters there also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the june to assess all though at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now will take place for to use at the u.n. in new york a meeting was held to give security council ambassadors a picture of the deteriorating situation people feel that they are let alone to use the brutal regime armed to its feet. start from by the same international actors who preventing action the military and nord are condemnations posing a test for the security council with the council well council who are over language in yet another statement are we apt to say the lives of the birds people myanmar's u.n. ambassador who opposes the generals who called for a no fly zone unarmed symbolic 0 and targeted sanctions leave the nice take action. this meeting was organized by the u.k. all security council members were invited but it wasn'

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people's liberation front is an internal affair but welcomes offers of help or diplomatic editor james bays has more from the un headquarters in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there has going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in t. gray they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls you've seen widespread reports of that it was mentioned in a security council meeting about women in conflict zones we could go even seen lots of media reports including on al-jazeera the other factor that the security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitaria

and ukraine have been discussed well to cover all that for you we have our diplomatic head start james bay standing by for us at the united nations patty kohei and as i say the u.s. food and drug administration in silver spring but 1st let's head to our white house correspondent kimberly. camberley of just lying there a very wide ranging briefing what did you make of that. you're right many topics and of interest was the fact the president in that briefing room was dr anthony found she that we've not seen in the white house briefing room for some time and so reporters getting an opportunity to ask questions in light of the recommendation by the c.d.c. to pas administering the johnson and johnson vaccine. what is notable from his comments there is that he believes this pos has been recommended will last days not weeks but there were also foreign policy issues that were also carefully being discussed and within that was a bit of detail on this announcement that the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan will lot meet that may 1st deadline that had been put in place by the trumpet ministr

you're watching "today in the bay." james brown and bill cowher welcoming you back to the midnight snack run. this is one tricky obstacle course. he's reaching... but he pushes it away! he's approaching a plate of iced cookies... he blows right by 'em oh the fridge looks like he's headed for the soda. wait! he jukes left! grabs the water bottle now he's just gotta get out of there. look what dropped from the sky! don't do it dennis. that's the way you execute a midnight snack run. stand up to cancer and rally want you to reduce your risk for cancer, go to takeahealthystand.org. >>> a very good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside, you see the bay bridge there in the distance, a lot of lights glistening. the camera is shaking a little bit. we'll check in with kari to see if there are any wind factors out there. everybody had a good easter weekend, mike, you were with your family? >> yes, and you? >> good. good. yes, it was gorgeous. it was really nice outside, too. it was nice just to have a little bit of a break.

james, we'll send it over to you. thanks a lot, let's talk more about that. that is the big breaking news out of the south bay, 2 people dead in that overnight car crash. let's go to conference. yulia sevens, who's in san jose with the details. yoli. >> yeah. james lawrence expressway continues to be closed off. because they're still investigating that two-car fatality crash that happened around 10 o'clock last night. you can see my picture right officers are still on the scene. they're still trying to investigate. i do see. >> tow truck over here on the side. so they're thinking that this is going to be closed off or maybe at least another 2 hours. unfortunately, we still aren't clear on why or what caused this accident. they do know that it was a 2 cars here that were basically met in the intersection and hit each other at full force. but. it is still unclear what you know, whose fault it was what was happening at the time. so that's why this investigation continues. the out here. so a big section of lawrence expressway just coming off of the 2.80 is is basically blocked off so it could just see here goes t