thinking they were houthis, theu boy shd out.h says the commandosho then st ahmed through the heart, and his family returned fire. dahab: ahmad and sinan: >> ahmad: the people of yakla told me that at least seven women and ten children were killed that night. the youngest was a three-month-old. milha al ameri >> narrato the pentagon acknowledged that civilians,cl ining children, were likely killed in what they called a "ferocious firefight." bu hthey said the navy sealsad obtained valuable intelligence and taken out al qaeda leaders-- laincluding two of abdulilh's brothers. the sheikh denies the brothers had anything to do with al qaeda. he says one of them, abdul raouf, was a tribal commander with the yemi army, the side backed by the u.s. this was confirmed t "frontline" by the yemeni government. dab: >> narrator: the sheikh acknowledges that members of his family have been connected to al qaeda. >> ahmad: the dahab family is symbolic of the complexities of meni politics. you have people of his family who did choose to join al

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the healthy is must hand over their weapons and put out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remains adamant there are yemen's just about leaders. the president of the world bank has resigned abruptly three years before his term was due to expire. and says he'll stand on the global body next month well he has had differences with the u.s. president. change and the need for more development washington's share of whites at the bank well trump considerable considerable influence in choosing a successor. now greece is asking its citizens to help foot the bill for new warships and if that isn't enough the country may have to abort for funding. has more from athens. greece is thirteen frigates form the backbone of its navy bu

coalition in yemen says it will release seven houthi prisoners after the houthi is released the saudi prisoner on tuesday the international committee of the red cross facilitated the transfer of the prisoner back to riyadh the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffith says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common place in sudan have arrested a senior member of the opposition party which says security forces surrounded the home of merriam saw the film mandy and detained her along with others on tuesday sudan security chief ordered the release of protesters who were previously detained protests are continuing in several cities demanding an end to be she is thirty year rule as the headlines. people here speak. out for asiatic language going back several. the arabic language only came to north africa in the seventh and eighth centuries. the second largest american. in one of the mountain villages here and sings in m a z about the harshness of her life and out of many others. there are lots more women hear it than men. songs about suffering in the region feeling imprisoned she says. or walked

the world food programme says houthi rebels in yemen are stealing food aid from the hungry and sellingt for a profit. 2019 is being rung in around the world. an hour ago, it was the united kingdom's turn. earlier, paris, dubai, moscow, hong kong and sydney all celebrated the start of the new year with huge firework displays, as caroline rigby reports. australia was one of the first places to welcome in the new year, and sydney's celebrations went off with a bang, with its biggest ever fireworks display. huge thunderstorms earlier in the evening didn't dampen the spirits, as 1.5 million spectators turned out to watch. just hours before, auckland, new zealand, became the first major city to see in 2019. pyrotechnics launched from the sky city tower. in north korea, a mass choir held a concert in pyongyang. while almost $2 million worth of fireworks bathed hong kong's victoria harbour in colour, accompanied by a dizzying mash up of auld lang syne sung in english, cantonese and mandarin. russians braved the cold to welcome in the new year in moscow's red square. while warmer weather in dub

coalition in yemen says it will release seven houthi prisoners after the houthi is released the saudi prisoner on tuesday the international committee of the red cross facilitated the transfer of the prisoners back to riyadh is suffering from advanced hepatitis c. un envoy to yemen martin griffiths says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common in an attempt to preserve a shaky cease fire this is a very positive step today and. we really hope that more of that would be done to alleviate. the suffering and bring conflict to. many many families who have been affected by the conflict in yemen. in terms this is not related to today release based on purely humanitarian and medical basis. we really hope also that in the future the operation to transfer. detainees will materialize. political analysts to a fraud not so says the who things are using the prisoner swap for their own political gain. the different warring parties had you know different political purposes and and using the prisoners to swab d.n.a. for instance korea the yemeni government and the south would be a party they would l

the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthi rebels and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found that similar misuse of food aid is being perpetrated in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. london is among the latest european capital cities to welcome the start of 2019. big ben, the great bell of the clock—tower at parliament was recommissioned to ring in the new year. in paris, the arc de triomphe was bathed in multicoloured lights. earlier, thousands of russians joined festivities in moscow's red square. now on bbc news — stephen hawking, aretha franklin, tessa jowell and ken dodd — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2018: we remember. oh, it's doddy. hiya, doddy. # happiness, happiness. # the greatest gift that i possess. i always go up on the stage and think, "mind you, what a beautiful day." what a beautiful day for doing this. what a beautiful day for bouncing up and down in a big barrel of blancmange. how tickled i am by all this goodwill

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains for a giant fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal by the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's legitimate leaders but are al-jazeera. if a commission has again said there will be no reed to go to the bronx a deal that was agreed to with the british government was just twelve weeks to go until the u.k. leaves the e.u. commission president john call juncker says negotiations are over urged prime minister teresa mayes expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week she put off a december vote after facing opposition from many in peace and her own party. and dozens of trucks have taken part in an exercise in southeast england testing plans to deal with long queues at the port of d

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and put out of the capital sanaa before there's any final peace deal but the whole thing is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are humans just about lead. to japan now where the former chairman of car company nest and has appeared in court in tokyo where he's declared his innocence can ask on his accused of underreporting his salary by millions of dollars of a several years what's he denies he's been in detention since his arrest in november let's go live now to our correspondent rob mcbride he's outside the courthouse in tokyo is gone first opportunity rob to put his case forward so what did he have to say. that's right elizabeth this has been a long awaited the court appearance he's been in detention now for some two months he

food program says food aid in yemen is being stolen and illegally sold in areas under the control of houthi rebels. a survey by the u.n. that some people in the capital, sanaa, have not received the rations to which they were entitled. more than 15 million yemenis a facing severe shortages of food. a worker for the food program in cairo tolde what the investigation found. >> we have seen in areas of sanaa, food being sold in bulk, oil being sold by carton, and a lot of food being sold in what looks li systematic trade in food aid. this is what has got the world food program into carrying out an investigation, and now we have evidence showing misappropriation of our food into the hands of non-deserving people, our beneficiaries, some of them said they have not received any at all. karin: so you are saying your evidence is strong enough toe justify theslegations of criminal behavior by the houthis? >> this is what the the world food program is callin we are calling it stealing food from the mouths of hungry people. we have photographs of lorries illicitly taking food from food distbution poin

the un agency says there's an illicit and systematic trade in diverted aid in areas controlled by houthi from one area, where it claims just 40% of its aid has reached the intended recipients. reem nada works for the un's world food programme in cairo. she told us what the wfp's investigation had found. we have photographs of lorries taking — illicitly taking food from food distribution points to unknown locations, and for the food to be appearing after that on the streets in the markets in yemen, at a time when yemenis are struggling. the most poor, whom we are targeting, are struggling to feed the little ones. mothers are seeing their children dying and wasting away, while they are the rightful owners of this food. we are demanding that the local authorities in sana'a take appropriate action towards the one organisation that — one partner that we have identified as diverting our food to undeserving people. and there was a letter sent by the executive director of the world food programme to the local authorities, and it does indeed say that within ten days, if we do not see action's bei

the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthild. a separate news agency investigation had found that similar misuse of food aid is being perpetrated in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. london is among the latest european capital cities to welcome the start of 2019. big ben, the great bell of the clock—tower at parliament was recommissioned to ring in the new year. in paris, the arc de triomphe was bathed in multicoloured lights. earlier, thousands of russians joined festivities in moscow's red square. now on bbc news — stephen hawking, aretha franklin, tessa jowell and ken dodd — just a few of those who left us this

led war against the houthi s. the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the healthiest must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sana'a before there's any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's legitimate leaders. in the news ahead on al-jazeera more scandal continuing to plague the catholic church this time a senior member faces the law in france. however of iraqi women trying to claim back their place in society. how the right has been folding of the last few days in afghanistan with the rain but it has caused a few landslides in this bit more to come although i think in the immediate future for the snow in the mad to the north of kabul in this fine largely fine back through iran but once more a significant storm

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden with the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sanaa before there's any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's legitimity leaders but are al-jazeera. sudan's government says it's arrested more than eight hundred protesters at the government demonstrations held across than over the last three weeks the interior minister says there have been three hundred eighty one protests reported since december nineteenth when the government hiked bread prices are to say at least one thousand people including two security personnel have been killed in clashes during the demonstrations but the rights group amnesty international says that number is actually thirty seven. still to come in this half hour of the u.s. and china

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pulled out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal by the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are humans just a bit leaders. now there are concerns a man accused in the murder of the journalist might be roaming free according to the washington post saudi authorities are refusing to confirm the whereabouts of south khatami was accused of playing a major role in the crime in the vendor the kingdom confirmed that he was under investigation and forbidden to leave the country but there are reports qatari has been cited at the royal court and in the city of jeddah. well saddle qahtani was a top aide to saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man he was fired in october just days after the murder of came to l

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and put out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's jist of it leaders. british politicians opposed to brics will begin launching a fight back on tuesday more than two hundred a calling on the prime minister to ensure no deal breaks it cannot happen while a parliamentary vote is planned which could force a second referendum as growing pressure on the leader of the main opposition party that's jeremy corbyn to back a rethink on leaving the e.u. it's all for us lee has been speaking to labor party activists who feel betrayed by their own leadership. the billionaires who live in the streets of this part of south london would you might think rather giv

the houthis have stop operationalize those. all of to sponsored by iran operating out of yemen. they have also in addition to an air route that they have established, one of the mortal enemies is hezbollah, headquartered primarily in lebanon. so for a long time now they have been getting their armaments and their weaponry from iran, but it had to be flown, especially in the middle of this conflict. but imagine now iran's ability to arm and equip hezbollah with all of these things, not just from the air but through a ground route where they can actually ship things to and from the ground. that's why they so desperately care about what's happening in syria. it gives them operational space. not to mention that hezbollah is in syria. there is a wing of hezbollah that's inside of syria. so imagine now if you're israel. you already face the threat of hezbollah. hezbollah has already developed rockets they're making. they are now building these rockets. they are developing these rockets in lebanese territory. and they're not the rockets from the last time they had a war with israel. th

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile and fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remains adamant there are yemen's legitimate leaders. celebrations are being had to mark forty years since the fall of the brutal camero . around two million people were killed under their rule january seventh is known as victory over genocide they are simply nation day reports from. cambodian father and son reflecting on the darkest of times for this nation as it marks forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge seen by many here as a rebirth for the country. at sixty eight oatley is lucky during the four years the camero rouge ruled cambodia from one thousand nine hundred five to seventy nine almost one in five people d

has renewed warnings about the threat of famine in yemen, as a ceasefire between the government and houthid of tuesday's brexit vote, ireland has ruled out changes to the part of the british prime minister theresa may's deal, which aims to avoid checks on the irish border. now let's look at the stories that making headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the telegraph. the paper details claims made by the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, that theresa may is seeking a "freedom clause" from brussels that could save her brexit deal. the independent also leads on brexit, but takes a different angle. they lead on the results from a poll that shows students backing for labour is falling as their support for a second referendum grows. —— students's backing. the race for tech power is on the front page of the new york times. it reports that the us is pressuring allies to freeze out chinese companies like huawei, in a race over the sg networks that will change the internet as we know it. the daily mirror leads on its own investigation into social media sites. it reports that di

the day the cease fire agreed during talks in sweden in december calls for houthi rebels to withdraw from the city and port it's the main gateway for much needed aid and food into the country the fighting around it has banned millions are threatened with famine. the truth these say they will pull out but won't hand over the area to the enemies and they say saudia marital led forces must stop attacking her data who are able cabinet that we need to fight against aggression and santa fighters to the battlefields that should be our answer to those who want to ask only yemen's government and president of the hardy reject the who are saying they must withdraw immediately and a lot of the yemeni army to take over. if the day the ceasefire collapses completely millions of suffering yemenis will be waiting even longer for the four year old war and i smile but i'll just. sudan security chief was ordered the release of people detained during weeks of protests but failed to calm down the anger against president omar al bashir. oh yes protests are continuing in several cities demanding an end to

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hunt over their weapons and pulled out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the whole thing is who controlled most of the country remains adamant there are humans just a bit leaders. dozens over hanjour being deported from saudi arabia to bangladesh despite being from neighboring man maher the group of nearly fifty say they have been detained in jeddah for up to six years and had saudi arabia on pilgrimage bases but overstayed to work originally from rakhine state in may and margaret saudi arabia sending them to bangladesh even though they don't have citizenship more than seven hundred thousand right henschel muslims crossed into bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown in two thousand and seventeen. for them now filming this video from jeddah ai

over their weapons and pulled out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are humans just a bit leader. doesn't have her hands are being deported from saudi arabia to bangladesh despite being from neighboring man maher the group of nearly fifty say they have been detained in jeddah for up to six years and saudi arabia on pilgrimage he says but overstayed to work there originally from rakhine state in the end market saudi arabia sending them to bangladesh even though they don't have citizenship or than seven hundred thousand or henschel muslims crossed into bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown in two thousand and seventeen. for them now filming this video from the airport after being detained in saudi arabia for almost six years today they are deporting us they are ruining the who came after two thousand and twelve they didn't do any crimes. i would like to inform all my fellow or hangers that we have been in detention for many years and now they are deporting us to bangladesh as being. there

the houthis have a different relationship with iranians. all the houthi activity is coming from orders in tehran. even hezbollah has a different relationship with the iranians. it's a mature movement that's highly important and influential in lebanon. it's directly involved in lebanese politics. i wouldn't call it orders. i would say the relationship is a mature one. i think that the difference in their strategies, i would say the saudi strategy is more domestically oriented. in part because the iranians have been at this game for years now. they have expanded and sophisticated their strategies. their objective was always different. their objective was to have influence in the region. that's why they have also -- the study mentioned this as well. they have also tried to cultivate and attract sunni groups. so the strategy for the iranians isn't necessarily strictly on a sectarian fault line where they see opportunities on the sunni side -- they were harboring al qaeda operatives in iran. now there are reports that they are trying to appeal t

the houthi rebels have child soldiers as young as 11 in their ranks, according to the united nations. strikes by the saudi-led coalition have hit children, t too, li 40 killed last august when a coalition bomb wan droppe bus full of little boys. and then there is menace of. starvation millions of yemenis are on the br'sk of famine as the count fragile economy has collapsed in this war. 85,000 children have already died of malnutrition and preventable diseases, according to the chari save the children. at least here, the boys can have a meal and safe place to sleep for the night. the promise of an education gives them a fhting chance at life when they have to leave here. and the boys love their studies. but they have also lost souch, and it's still an ordeal for the newest arrivals. >> ( translated ): when the students first arrive at the orphanage they feel shy and t don't tespeak, but after a while they get used to the other boys. they are sad at firs- grieving-- and they isolate themselves, sitting alone. but they then get used tit and make friends. >> reporter: friends like mohsin

the day the cease fire agreed during talks in sweden in december calls for houthi rebels to withdraw from the city and port it's the main gateway for much needed aid and food into the country the fighting around it has burnt millions are threatened with famine. the truth these say they will pull out but won't hand over the area to the enemies and they say saudia marital led forces must stop attacking her data who are able cabinet that we need to fight against aggression and santa fighters to the battlefields that should be our answer to those who want to escalate yemen's government and president of the hardy reject the who are saying they must withdraw immediately and a lot of the yemeni army to take over. if the day the ceasefire collapses completely millions of suffering yemenis will be waiting even longer for the four year old war and i smile but i'll just. the head of u.s. intelligence says north korea is unlikely to give up all its nuclear weapons as part of a new report presented to the senate on global threats the assessment as it all does with the president all of trump who's

houthi positions are less than a mile from here. they control the heart of hodeida.ges were filmed for us. the coalition's blistering airstrikes have stopped, but some still don't feel safe. >> that is what we've been hearing, theease-fire, but we can still hear firing. there is no cease-fire. there is no security anywhere. we rely on god for help. lyse: on the other side, a government field hospital south of hodeida. far fewer casualties now, but a lot of pain. a 20-year-old had just been sitting at home. a sniper's bullet skimmed her head. it could have taken her life. were killed.ldren it came right into our house. real living in war. -- we are living in war. lyse: no truce? guns are firing -- this is what everyone tells us. no truce. but even if this imperfect truce doesn't hold, people fear that even this suffering ll again get so much worse. a five-month-old, her name means "light." she can hardly see. she lost an eye to infection. so severely malnourished, she barely looks like a baby. mistake theye have done to be in the situation?er to live like oeople in th

ee mission is to monitor cease-fire reached last month by the houthi rebels and the government. the entry point for goods and crucial aid supplies for millions of yemenis. the greek government has narrowly survived a vote of confidence after the nationalist party defected from the coalition. the move was in protest with an -- against an agreement with macedonia due to be ed by parliament. the former yugoslav republge agreed to chts name to north macedonia to settle a dispute with greece. this would allow the country to join the eu and nato. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a blast in northern ria which killedls four u.s. nationa including two service members. kurdish media said more than a dozen locals guided the attack which took place in the kurdish-held town of nbij. this was amid confusion over president trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria. at the time he said that the sso-called islamic state defeated, a claim his vice president is sticking with. vito pres. pence: we are abl hand off the fight against isis in syria to coalition partners a

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal by the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's legitimity leaders. celebrations are being held in cambodia to mark forty years since the fall of the brutal her marriage regime and its estimated around two million people were killed under their rule january seventh known as victory over genocide day or more simply nation day scott have the reporting now from phnom penh. a victory day celebration at national olympic stadium here in phnom penh forty years since the overthrow of the camero rouge regime marked by cultural performances and speeches but it's also a day of reflection and there's a generational divide as to how it's view. cambodian fath

the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthis and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now it's time for one of our highlights of the year — a special programme about the unique choir, who played their part in celebrating the royal wedding of harry and meghan. trish adudu presents the royal wedding singalong. the marriage between harry and meghan has put smiles on faces all over the world. their engagement six months ago inspired gospel singer sandra godley to come up with an idea, to find volunteer singers to form an amateur choir and record a charity single as a wedding gift to the happy couple. but it's no ordinary choir. all her singers are facing up to physical or mental difficulties in their lives. # and life is like.... at the age of four, i was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. the doctors said i wouldn't live to see 16. we're looking for people with all sorts of abilities, all sort of backgrounds, and boy, have

the ceasefire agreed between houthi rebels and government forces backed by saudi arabia and western alliescountry. the un says 80% of yemen's population are in need of assistance. but some of the more remote areas have yet to receive any aid at all. a bbc team travelled to one such village, raymah, that's had no outside help since the war began 4 years ago. nawal al maghafi reports. in the mountains of yemen, villages like raymah are sheltered from the war. but not its consequences. aid agencies can no longer reach these remote areas, and all government funding has stopped. 16—year—old samar is one of many children who have been forced to leave school in order to earn a little money to survive. she's carrying rice and flour to a local village. translation: i want to live like the other girls. they get provided for, they get to rest. the money samar made today is only enough to pay for this bread and tea. like two thirds of yemenis, she doesn't know where their next meal is coming from. her mum says life hasn't always been like this. translation: we were once happy and comfortable. now we l

you have also seen if you are following the conflict in yemen the nonstate actors like the houthis are using the ballistic missi missiles and the cruise, what you would consider the cruise missiles, but it is unmanned aerial vehicles to the substantial effect. they are aided of course by the iranian capabilities while the houthi missile engineering capabilities are known throughout the world, they have gotten a little bit of help to have the systems in their arsenal, and so we monitor that very carefully as well. now, if left unaddressed these expanding offensive missile capabilities could em bobolden e of the state and nonstate actors to take steps that they believe they can coerce the united states or our allies and indeed hold at risk some of the capabilities whether that is the cities or the military capabilities. and despite the frequent criticisms that we hear from the countries like russia and china that the united states is pursuing the capabilities indeed funding and developing and putting in place their own missile defense capabilities. so that is one thing they commend you t

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden with the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sana'a before there is any final peace deal but the whole thing is who controlled most of the country remains adamant there are humans just a bit leaders. u.s. and chinese negotiators have had their first face to face talks since both countries agreed to a truce to try to resolve their trade dispute that the trade representative jeffrey barish led the talks on the u.s. side says he's optimistic about the new round of negotiations the two sides will continue talks on tuesday but the u.s. has imposed tariffs on two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods since july it covers a wide range of industrial and consumer items from handbags to railway equipment china then retaliated imposing tariffs on one hundred ten b

led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains for a giant fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold. the internationally recognized government insists the who these must hand over their weapons and put out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal but the who these who control most of the country remain adamant there are humans just a bit leaders. the president of the world bank has resigned abruptly three years before his term was due to expire jim yong kim says he'll stand on form the global mending body next month without giving a reason he has had differences with the u.s. president donald trump climate change and the need for more development resources washington's share of voting rights at the bank will give trump considerable influence in choosing a successor. the european commission has once again said that there will be no renegotiation of the brics a deal that reached with the british government just twelve wee

coalition in yemen says it will release seven houthi prisoners after the who thieves released the saudi prisoner on tuesday he was transferred back to riyadh where he will be treated for advanced hepatitis c. . u.s. intelligence chiefs have contradicted some of donald trump's foreign policy positions speaking at a senate hearing on global threats they took issue with the president's assertion isis been defeated that north korea can be convinced to give up its nuclear weapons mike halloran forte's from washington. president trample traces negotiations with north korea's leader as one of the major successes of his presidency he claims to have made the world a safer place and recently announced that a second summit will be held next month kim jong un is looking very forward to it. made a lot of progress that has not been reported by them but we have a lot of progress not so say intelligence chiefs their conclusion that north korea remains a major threat we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its w m d capabilities in is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons a

the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthi rebels and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now on bbc news: it is the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley's biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s wobbles and worries morphed into constant woe. revelations emerged a

down here in yemen, the houthis are an agent of iran. you might say all, that is kind of far -- it is not. missiles can reach them. it also allows them to shut off transit at the bottom of the red sea, which could directly impact, ultimately, the ability of trade and commerce for israel and for the region, writ large. obviously, the growing iranian presence in bahrain, in kuwait. suffice to say, iran growing its influence and it circle, who would use as its enemy against but more than anyone else against israel. often called by some the west bank, but also down in gaza, where there has been an uptick in violence. in southern lebanon, hezbollah routinely builds tunnels from lebanon into israel, the purpose of which to sneak fighters from the tunnels right into israel so they can conduct commando raids and kill civilians. not military personnel, civilians. the threat is growing every day. i want to talk specifically for a moment about the missile threat to israel. here is the range of the rockets. there was an israel-hezbollah war. the nex

raising hopes amid the grinding conflict while technically the conflict is yemen's government versus houthi versus iran, with the saudis using weapons provided by the u.s. it's civilians who suffered. >> only now because of the pictures of enough attention. >> reporter: saudi arabia's role in this conflict came into sharper focus amid fallout from the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. with blame stretching all the way to the top, it exposed the thugish side of crown prince mohammed bin salman's rein. inside the kingdom, criticism is squashed. not so in israel. where prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing very public pressure. >> there are police recommendations to indict him on bribery, obstruction of justice, and several other counts. so, in terms of israeli politics, i see a very tumultuous year ahead of us. >> reporter: tumultuous is a word that certainly applies in syria, and that of the country. syrian president bashar al-assad has gained background from rebels as we witnessed firsthand. >>> we are herein side eastern ghouta. this is the "frontline" of this war in syria right

promote shiite revolutionary politics, prop up terrorist organization like hezbollah, hamas or the houthis, facilitate the shameful mass murdering of innocent syrians or yemenis or threaten israel with destruction. of course not. a representative iranian government will reflect the culture of iran and the feelings and aspiration of its people. envision an iran that works closely with its arab neighbors to stamp out terrorism and extremism in the region, that welcomes israeli scientists to help with its water crisis, that embraces american and european investment in the boundless potential of its economy, that shares its most brilliant minds with the great centers of learning and development in the west, that exports its dazzling art and beautiful music and that honored its country's spirit of love and traditional friendship towards foreign nations. again, i point to the actions and words of my compatriots. in universities in iran, students sidestep or leap over american and israeli flags painted on the ground. this is both a remarkable rebunk towards the regime and a moving illustration of