the peace talks are still planned to be hosted by the un later this month alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti after nearly seventy years the united states has cut all funding to key u.n. agency that supports millions of palestinian refugees it's accuse the united nations relief and works agency of being irredeemably flawed and the palestinian leadership is calling it a flagrant assault on its people are a force that has more from allah in the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools goes arriving for class in the journalism refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief on row has been scrambling .

later this month alan fischer al-jazeera to pretty avail corey is a former u.s. diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the saudi led coalition's explanation for the strike isn't credible there was an admission of an error but there wasn't a real explanation supposedly there was some other target and they didn't want to wait until the target was in the clear and away from other civilians but they don't explain what that target was from all other reporting there doesn't seem to have been any other target. i think there are there are different ways of targeting some of them depend on intelligence that is than you know from the ground or from command and control center in riyadh to the pilot and then it's all electronic but there are other targets that are targets of opportunity where the violence sees something and may or may not see permission before bombing in this case the bus seemed to be in the clear there was nothing else around that. it could have been mistaken for. so i'm afraid that. you know this sort of thing has happened so many times befo

later this month alan fischer djibouti a bill corey is a former u.s.diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen he joins us now live via skype from washington the bill good to have you with us what does all of this about the way in which the coalition selects its targets. well i'm afraid it doesn't say very much i fly in their explanation not entirely credible. the there there was an admission of an error but there wasn't really an explanation supposedly there was some other target and they didn't want to wait until that target was in the clear and away from other civilians but they don't explain what the target was from all other reporting there doesn't seem to have been any other target. i think there are different ways of targeting some of them depend on intelligence that is you know from the ground or from command and control center in riyadh to the pilot and then it's all electronic but there are other targets that are targets of opportunity where the pilot sees something and may or may not seek permission before bombing in this case the bus see

close solution that will mean fewer civilian casualties in what is now almost a four year long war alan fischer live in tbilisi thank you. the u.s. is planning to cancel three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan accusing islamabad of failing to take action against armed groups that pakistan denies giving taliban fighters safe haven u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is traveling to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister imran khan on wednesday. now the situation in the libyan capital tripoli appears to be getting worse as rival armed groups battle for control at least forty people have been killed in several days of fighting the u.n. secretary general has called for an end to the violence and the u.s. is really france and the u.k. are warning that those who undermine stability will face consequences we can go live now to tripoli and speak to our correspondent mahmud up to one head bring us up to date with what exactly is going on. will the forces backed by the and back to government of national accord have been losing ground during the last three days now the sevent

the peace talks are still planned to be hosted by the un later this month alan fischer obviously are pretty. we'll korea's a former u.s. diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the coalition that nation for the strikes isn't credible there was an admission of an error but there wasn't aerial explanation supposedly there were some other target and they didn't want to wait until the target was in the clear and away from other civilians but they don't explain what the target was from all other reporting there doesn't seem to have been any other target. i think there there are different ways of targeting some of them depend on intelligence that is than you are from the ground or from command and control center and riyadh to the pilot and then it's all electronic but there are other targets that are targets of opportunity where the pilot sees something and may or may not see permission before bombing in this case the bus seemed to be in the clear and there was nothing else around it that it could have been mistaken for. so i'm afraid that. you know this sort of thing has hap

official investigation has ruled that those responsible want to be punished are just there as alan fischer has this report from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which through international condemnation from the experience of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed when we attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the circulate coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting three leaders no it says it made mistakes. they are that the joint team based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exaggeration order where the execution squadron should have been waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approve rules of engagement in article fifty seven fifty eight of politic

peace but of course coming underneath the umbrella of the united nations thank you for that update alan fischer in djibouti. we've also got hussein here with us who is a yemeni journalist former editor of the news of yemen website he's in so what do you make of this as alan was saying that the words are important unjustified is the headline but it's not an apology. as you say it's not apology and this statement is actually an insult to injury because remember that the saudi that coalition when they targeted the great hall in sanaa in. two thousand and sixteen because the crime that killed two hundred forty people injured five hundred people took the attention of the international led media the so dalit coalition has came with the same statement they say that it was incorrect information and action must be taken against be able to sponsible on who caused this incident the same thing on the twenty fifth of august two thousand and seventeen after the saudi that coalition talking to the homes in sanaa killing twelve civilians including seven kids and one of the injured little girl her name is butan

alan fischer is monitoring the situation in yemen from djibouti and joins us now live there are so alan iraq concession from the saudi led coalition what was said. well it's interesting that just a few days ago they were insisting that this was a legitimate military operation that if you look at the actual wanting of what they're seeing in this report they're not saying that there was a problem with killing children what they're saying is that this attack should have taken place when it did because they were targeting with the leaders and you see they continue their intelligence pointed in that direction but those leaders at that stage did not present a threat to saudi led coalition forces and therefore that operation should have happened at the time the state intelligence was passed to the pilots who fired the fatal missile but never got there in time and that is why we saw in the market sarin fifty one people killed forty of them children as you'll remember there's also interesting that this report comes out just a few days after a couple of critical reports of this thirty led coaliti

control of congress would do rail the nomination can really help get al-jazeera the white house is alan fischer in washington d.c. to keep us updated held potentially could this play out from here allan as we say we're waiting for some sort of decision from dr ford. exactly she has certain conditions that she wants met she doesn't want to give evidence on monday she wants to travel by car she lives in palo alto in california so that would take several days to get here she doesn't want to give evidence before brett kavanaugh she wanted to give evidence afterwards republicans on the committee aren't quite sure how that would work how can you question this proposed supreme court judge before you've heard from the person who's accusing him of sexual assault she wants judge who was the other person in the room when this alleged assault took place to be subpoenaed by the committee to speak under oath to give his version of events and she's also talking about the possibility of an f.b.i. investigation which people tell me could take just two or three days it wouldn't be a long extended thing no she al

they controlled souther in august the coalition said those responsible will be held accountable alan fischer has more from djibouti. well it's interesting that just a few days ago they were insisting that this was a legitimate military operation that if you look at the actual wording of what they're seeing in this report they're not saying that there was a problem with killing children what they're seeing is that this attack should have taken place when it did because they were targeting who the leaders and you see the continue the intelligence pointed in that direction but those who are leaders that they did not present a threat to thirty local issue in forces and therefore the operation should have happened at the time this intelligence was passed to the pilots who fired the people mr but never got there in time and that is why we saw in that market tone fifty one people killed forty of them children. now the u.s. has cut off funding to the u.n. agency which supports five million palestinian refugees nearly a third if you enter fiji's agency's funding comes from the u.s. the trump administ

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later this month alan fischer al-jazeera. yemen analyst danny says saudi arabia admitting error is a significant statement. it could be a beginning of an apology you could make two things out of what they said and claiming that this is in fact a mistake one that potentially they could change their ways and now start claiming accidents which is a really good step because it's the first step to assuring reparations to families of those who were hurt in this incident and that it's also a way to hold them accountable for their actions now another way to look at this and it would be a much cynical way of looking at it it's to say that the international pressure surrounding this specific incident specifically from the united states was really heavy that the saudi arabians had to come out and say that this is in fact their mistake and it is in fact important that they hold themselves accountable to international standards of law it's a first step to making sure that now that we are starting to claim accidents that saudi arabia ideal

a province the coalition investigated and says that those responsible must be held accountable alan fischer reports from djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and left appearance of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting the leaders no it says it made mistakes. they are that the joint team based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exact sheesh an order where the execution squadron should have been waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approved rules of engagement in article fifty seven and fifty eight of political one of the gen

congress would do rail the nomination can really help get al-jazeera the white house updated now with alan fischer who's in washington d.c. this saturday hi alan just for people coming to the story now can you explain. don't afford going before congress if she did has she been invited to you has she said i want to how is the whole thing played out and now as the clock ticked down what could happen. well she's been invited by the senate to present her testimony she has a number of conditions she doesn't want to be in the room she would like brett kavanaugh to give his evidence to the committee first some people on the committee find that difficult because they can't really question him about allegations they don't know the details about so that might go away and there's also another man by the name of mark judge who is involved in this now he was allegedly the other person in the room when this alleged assault took place she wants the f.b.i. either to speak to him or at least him to be subpoenaed by the committee to sit there under oath and answer questions about this alleged incident and so she wo

we're seeing such a mission from the saudi arabian led coalition excellent clarity there from alan fischer on the situation in yemen thank you for that our top story now and after seventy years of support the united states is financial commitment to palestinian refugees has been abruptly ended the state department has announced the u.s. will cut all funding to the united nations group known as that is the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees it is a massive blow the u.s. provided a third of financial assistance but it now calls the agency irredeemably flawed harry force that has our report from ramallah in the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on roe was celebrating the start of the academic year of the reopening of its schools girls' arriving for class in the refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding. now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u

unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed when go live now to our correspondent alan fischer he's in neighboring djibouti that is monitoring the yemen war from there and alan starting off with the human rights watch report as a serious accusations leveled against saudi arabia as saying to the chorus of critical voices against the coalition's actions in yemen. certainly some very strong language from human rights watch and a report was issued just in the last few hours there saying that the attack on the bus could perhaps lead to certain people being charged with possible war crimes that of course would be for a court to decide but they say that the attack on the bus in northeast yemen at the beginning of august just adds to the gruesome all of civilians that have been killed by the saudi like coalition during this war another thirty say that they were targeting the leaders human rights watch saying is that they've spoken to people who were on the ground there speaking to survivors and the reality is they say that if they were indeed targeting with the leaders and they have no

during the airstrike that killed forty children inside a province one hour from al-jazeera is alan fischer who's in djibouti. human rights watch uses very strong language to condemn the saudi led coalition operation in northeast yemen at the beginning of august which killed forty children and eleven adults they say it just adds to the gruesome record of killing civilians in yemen now you remember at the time the saudi said that this was a legitimate military operation they were targeting with the leaders who they believe were in the area at the time what human rights watch is saying is that they have spoken to survivors to eyewitnesses to people who were in the area and while they can't establish if they were the leaders were there the saudis must have known that by taking the action they did they were going to kill a large number of civilians because there was a school bus a market and a number of houses there so the saudis conducted their own investigation they say that the recently attack should have taken place is not because it would have killed a large number of civilians but because

in southern province the coalition investigated and those responsible must be held accountable alan fischer pulls from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and the appearance of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting the leaders know it says it made mistakes when they are that the joint team based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exaggeration order with the execution squadron should've been waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approved rules of engagement in article fifty seven and fifty eight a political one of

coalition admitted the attack was unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed alan fischer has more from neighboring. human rights watch see that even if the saudis were. the leaders and that the saudis are insisting then to carry out an attack in a market place when so many civilians were nearby then that is the possibility that the saudis created committed a war crime certainly human rights what you're saying that the devastation from the bombing was so great that many of those who lost their children were not able to bury even one single part of them. the u.s. has announced that it plans to cancel three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan saying it's failing to take action against armed groups pakistan denies helping taliban linked fighters the u.s. secretary of state. go to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister on. syrian state media is contradictory reports of an israeli attack on a military air base. near the base which is close to the capital damascus the state media says the explosions were caused by an electrical fault egypt's president

sparked widespread condemnation the coalition says those responsible will be held accountable alan fischer has more from djibouti . well it's interesting that just a few days ago they were insisting that this was a legitimate military operation if you look at the actual wording of what they're seeing in this report they're not saying that there was a problem with killing children what they're seeing is that this attack should have taken place when it did because they were targeting who the leaders and you see the continue the intelligence pointed in that direction but those leaders that they did not present a threat to thirty local issue in forces and therefore the operation should have happened at the time the intelligence was passed to the pilots who fired the fatal missile but never got there in time and that is why we saw in that market fifty one people killed forty of them children. the u.s. has cut all funding to the u.n. agency which supports five million palestinian refugees nearly a third of u.n. refugee agency is funding comes from the u.s. and the trumpet ministrations says the

call data province the coalition says the boats were being used to smuggle weapons more now from alan fischer who's in neighboring djibouti. the picture is slightly confused what we were told initially was that seventy pressure men were missing after the coalition targeted three ships near this island that has no been revised to the media reporting that nineteen pressure men are missing presumed dead although no one can get to the area of what exactly what has happened certainly the saudis are saying that they targeted three boats that they believe were carrying weapons to the no that comes just twenty four hours after the u.s. stopped the ship which was carrying one thousand seven rifles again heading towards the good thing but it's not clear at this point if they circulate coalition try to stop these vessels all they just simply attack there are those who would suggest that these were simply fishermen going about their mission but certainly it shows the concern that fisherman along the red sea have they believe they're being targeted by this so you like coalition but also they have to navig

terms of her testimony after a friday deadline was extended have a not denies the allegations well alan fischer joins us live now from washington and so on does it look as though this deadline for this afternoon will be met. well we don't really know what we know with that the professor has done several requirements she has before she will give testimony she wants to give it later in the week not on monday when chuck grassley and is judiciary committee wanted to meet she wants to be able to drive to washington d.c. that will take a while she wants to give evidence after a break having a gives his evidence to the committee on this instance there are a number of publicans and say well we can't really question him until we know what you've got to see she wants the committee to at the very least subpoena mark judge choose the other person who was in the room when this alleged assault took place and she's also saying that she would like some sort of f.b.i. investigation which could take just a couple of days to conduct all of those things have got to be added to the mix and whether or not the commit

sparked widespread condemnation and the collation said those responsible would be held accountable alan fischer has more from djibouti well it's interesting that just a few days ago they were insisting that this was a legitimate military operation that if you look at the actual wording of what they're seeing in this report they're not saying that there was a problem with killing children what they're seeing is that this attack should have taken place when it did because they were targeting who the leaders and they say they continue their intelligence pointed in that direction but those who the leaders at that stage did not present a threat to thirty local ition forces and therefore that operation should have happened at the time they say the intelligence was passed to the pilots who fired the fatal missile but never got there in time and that is why we saw in that market fifty one people killed forty of them children. the u.s. has cuts all funding to the u.n. agency which supports five million palestinian refugees nearly a third of u.n. refugee agency is funding comes from the u.s. the trumpet

killed including forty children and investigation has ruled that those responsible must be punished alan fischer has that story he's reporting from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and their appearance of forty children crying over near graves eleven others were killed in a crowded market in with you know they and in the north of yemen in early august initially coalition was it justified military operation was targeting lukey leader no it made me think. they are a subject that the joint team of based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exact sheesh an order where the execution squadron should be waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approvals of engagement in article fifty seven and fifty eight a political one of the geneva convention and the

judiciary committee next week ahead of cavanagh's confirmation hearing he denies the allegations alan fischer joins us live now from washington so confirmation that christine blazin ford will testify what more you hearing allan. all details still have to be watto you remember that professor ford was given a deadline of two thirty on saturday afternoon about forty minutes ago to confirm whether or not she was willing to testify well it to seventeen into the judiciary committee inbox dropped a message from her attorneys to say yes she would be giving evidence but the added although many aspects of the proposal you provided via e-mail are fundamentally inconsistent with the committee's promise of a fear impartial investigation into allegations and we are disappointed with the leaks and the building that have tainted the process we are hopeful we can reach an agreement on details so the two sides are going to talk at some point over the next few hours to try and finalize those details you remember that professor ford wanted to give evidence on thursday north and monday that's because she intends

control of congress would do rail the nomination can really help get al-jazeera the white house alan fischer also following the story for us allan why is the process of delaying so much. well she wants certain reassurances this is a big step to step into the forum remember she's had death threats over the past few days since her name became public she wants to make sure that she's able to tell her story in the way that she feels more comfortable and so she doesn't want brett kavanaugh in the room she wants to give evidence after a break governor has addressed the allegations that she has made and she wants to make sure that the f.b.i. carry out an investigation as she would like mark judge the other person who was allegedly in the room at the time of the assault to be subpoenaed by the committee to give his evidence to the senate as well and her lawyer says she doesn't want to meet arbitrary deadlines that are being set by the committee the see that this is essentially bullying her into a time line that is of their making it doesn't have to be done this quickly and so for all of those reason

admitted mistakes were made during the airstrike that killed forty children in saddam's province alan fischer reports now from djibouti. human rights watch uses very strong language to condemn the saudi led coalition operation in northeast yemen at the beginning of august which killed forty children and eleven adults they say it just adds to the gruesome record of killing civilians in yemen now you remember at the time the saudi said that this was a legitimate military operation they were targeting with the leaders who they believe were in the area at the time what human rights watch is saying is that they have spoken to survivors to eyewitnesses to people who were in the area and while they can't establish if they were the leaders were there the saudis must have known that by taking the action they did they were going to kill a large number of civilians because there was a school bus a market and a number of houses there so the saudis conducted their own investigation they say that the recently attack should have taken place is not because it would have killed a large number of civilians but

coalition admitted the attack was unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti. human rights watch see that even the thirty's where. the leaders and that the saudis are insisting going to carry out an attack in a marketplace when so many civilians were nearby then that is the possibility that the saudis created in committed a war crime certainly human rights what you're seeing the devastation from the bombing was so great that many of those who lost their children were not able to bury even one single part of them. the u.s. is planning to cancel three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan saying it's failing to take action against armed groups pakistan denies giving taliban fighters safe haven u.s. secretary of state mike home payer is travelling to islamabad to meet the newly elected prime minister imran khan on wind say. the situation in the libyan capital tripoli appears to be to tear erasing his rival armed groups battle for control at least forty people have been killed in several days of fighting the u.n. se

unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed we can go live to our correspondent alan fischerwho is monitoring the war in yemen from neighboring djibouti and allan this seems to be a growing body of opinion focusing against the saudi actions in yemen. well that seems to suggest that the human rights watch report was in the making before we got news from saudi arabia admitting that mistakes were made in targeting the boss human rights watch say that even if the saudis where after who's the leaders and that's certainly the saudis are insisting then to carry out an attack in a marketplace when so many civilians were nearby then that is the core stability that the saudis created and committed a war crime certainly human rights watch are saying that the devastation from the bombing was so great that many of those who lost their children were not able to bury even one single part of them that we know that over the last few days there has been an increasing call for those involved in the conflict to step back to do what they can to reduce the number of civilian casualties and a u.n.

killed in more than three years of fighting many thousands more from cholera and other diseases alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and left appearance of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting the leaders know it says it made mistakes. that the joint team based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal action to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the iggs sheesh an order where the executions korten should be waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approved rules of engagement in article fifty seven of fifty eight of political one of the geneva co

data province the coalition says that the posts were being used to smuggle weapons to serious alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti. the picture is slightly confused what we were told initially was that seventy were missing after the coalition targeted three ships near this island that has no been revised to the media reporting that nineteen pressure men are missing presumed dead although no one can get to the area of what exactly what has happened certainly the saudis are saying that they targeted three boats that they believe what carrying weapons to the these no that comes just twenty four hours after the u.s. stopped the ship which they say was carrying one thousand forty seven rifles again heading towards the group think but it's not clear at this point if the coalition tried to stop these vessels all they just simply attacked there are those who would suggest that these were simply fishermen going about their mission but certainly it shows the concern that fisherman along the red sea have they believe they're being targeted by the coalition but also they have to navigate pa