there were many prominent houthis. my eyes went up to the sky now and then, wondering if saudis might take advantage of this opportunity. there were many houthi wounded warriors in the front row. i met some houthis clerics and political figures, including at least one member of the houthi family. fortunately, the only drones were photographing. for someone who has spent time in yemen prior to 2011, which is amazing, or prayer to 2014, what is striking is the completeness of the houthi control. in the old days the houthis were spoken of as this mysterious rebel group or terrorist group, depending who you were talking to. different people would give you different answers about who they were and what they stood for, it was rare to see them openly. prior to 2011 you do not see them at all. even after that they were contenders. now they run everything. you see their slogan printed everywhere. they run the ministries, which oddly enough, they have left largely intact. they left their people at the top or sometimes in a deput

so we had to get the houthis to show up. hard to know where to sign the credit but we get since it was european union and by extension iran, who gets credit, even if the united states insisted iran couldn't send somebody to stockholm to be part of the conversation. and then very significantly told the breakthrough on hudaydah came after a barrage of phone calls from capitals to the conflict parties and most important at the 11th hour a call from a senior u.s. official whose name may amend that rhyme with james mattis, to sound and emirates top officials that was related to negotiators and his reported message with this meeting needs to produce something meaningful. lo and behold it did. having said that one needs to happen i will be very quick. this was a very significant achievement but did come together in a hurry. there are a huge number of adaptive questions dafna has already hit them. basically there is roughly three-week deadline to get government and houthi fighters out of hudaydah, the u.n. will have to move quickly.

you have various militias, notjust the houthis.so taxing that aid, wherever it goes. so when you go from hodeida to the capital, sanaa, there are checkpoints which will tax the aid. so although the aid does get through it trickles down to the people. and there is only a very token force, it forces the right word, from the un, representatives, really, there to make sure that the two sides keep to the terms of the ceasefire in sweden. do you think they can be effective? they can be effective. i have started working around hodeida. —— they have started. there is an issue there, because lots of people are employed from within hodeida, and within hodeida the houthis a very strong control. so you end up handing the port to people from hodeida who are largely houthis to begin with. so for now, for instance, the government are accusing the houthis, saying they are trying to shift control from one faction to another faction which also belongs to the houthis. so you have this mistrust issue, and the redeployment of forces around hodeida, the

who are largely houthis to begin with and the government are accusing the houthis that basically theyon to another faction that also belongs to the houthis so there is the mistrust issue and the redeployment of forces at hodeidah by the un has got to be stepped up. it is us, the un, have the final call, it is us who run the port, because of the mistrust with the factions, that is why the un is there in the middle to manage the port. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the two—year—old boy whose yemini motherfought for a us visa to visit him in hospital, has died. abdullah hassan was on life support by the time his mother was granted a us visa to visit him. she was initially prohibited from traveling to the us because of president trump's ban that restricts yemeni nationals from entering the country. the uk has spent $130 million on extra ferry capacity — to ensure the delivery of critical goods in the event of a no—deal brexit. the ships have been chartered to ease congestion at dover, and allow more lorries through other ports. the department for transport

a scholar so that is big for us that was one of the biggest drivers between saudi arabia and the houthi. the action was time-limited but tension is now paid to the issue and as a former member i am pleased to see that article one branch of government and to project interest around the world. so the panel could not be more timely. how are they planning to have humanitarian aid? what is the impact on future relations? and with that stellar panel from the middle east program and we all know him from this incarnation also with six secretaries of state with his file on the middle east. although his name is a little - - eligible on the back of the wall for those who speak one of the panelists after a hiatus of a couple of years please welcome back aaron miller. [applause] >> i would agree if there was a perfect storm it is clearly a man. with that tamping down of violence and syria and with the middle east most horrific disaster with widespread famine that could have been a projection and of course the horrific murder of jamaal khashoggi focuses attention that is one of the few issues that co

the houthis are right now in the ty. the agreement calls for a cease-fire and the houthis to recall. are these people aligned wit the houthis? are these people aligned with the government? it's not at all clear. and my concern is that perhaps d th sides that sig to this read the same sentence but came away thinking twoifferent things. >> schifrin: and that ambiguity extends to revenue distribution from the port. >> absolutely. thright now agreement called caulz for all revenue from the port-- and right now the houth make about a third of their income coming in through the port. thement says all revenue will go to the central bank in yemen. there are two banks, one under the control of the houthis, and one under controlf the government. and it's not clear, at least from the text, who will receive the mney and how it will be distributed. >distributed. >> schifrin: the agreement today could open a humanitarian corridor that's important. >> yeah, so the taizz agreement has less details than the houdida agreement. there are s

our top stories: houthi rebels in yemen say they're beginning to pull back from a key port — as partf a un—backed ceasefire deal aimed at delivering vitalfood aid. on the eve of a critical presidential election in the democratic republic of congo — candidates fail to agree over how to avoid violence on polling day. with more than 200 people arriving in the past two months — the uk government defends it's handling of the increase in migrants crossing the channel. hello and welcome to bbc news. yemen's houthi rebels say they have begun to withdraw from the key stretegic port of hodeidah — as part of a ceasefire to allow in urgently needed food aid. the houthis control most districts of hodeidah — including the port — through which most food and humanitarian aid enters yemen. a un team arrived in the city last week to oversee the ceasefire. here's our arab affairs editor sebastian usher with more. it is a small sign of hope in yemen. the apparent implementation of the first stage of a hard—won deal on hodeida, agreed to at un—sponsored talks earlier this month. houthi rebels say they ar

but we don't have much leverage over the houthis. we have significant leverage over the saudis and we must utilize it. consider if senate joint resolution, this senate joint resolution under consideration does become law, then my amendment would ensure that it accomplishes its stated purpose with respect to air refueling. now, some may continue to argue that the u.s. is not engaged in hostilities in yemen. it's a war. our taxpayers are providing funding. there's intelligence support and logistical support, and refueling of aircraft carrying bombs, but some will argue that we're not engaged in hostility in yemen. in other words, the senate joint resolution absent my amendment risks leaving the status quo in place in yemen. with my amendment, the legislation would ensure that the administration cannot resume refueling of saudi aircraft, conducting missions related to the civil war. to those principled colleagues, and there are a number of principled colleagues out here on this issue who are conversant on the issue and studying it for a

the reason the houthis are aligned with iran. kristof continues and i quote, the problem in yemen is not so much a shortage of food as it is an economic collapse. gdp has fallen in half since the war started. that is left u people unable to afford food. he continues, coal, and i want you to hear this, we think of war casualty admin with her legs blown off, but in yemen the most common were casualties our children who suffer malnutrition, end quote. continues, some will die. even the survivors may suffer lifelong rain damage. the majority of the yemen children and are believed to be physically stunted from malnutrition. let me repeat that. a majority of yemen children are now believed to be physically stunted from malnutrition -- stunted, even before the war, and physical stunting is frequently accompanied by diminished brain development. quote, these children are the future of human end quote, a nutrition specialist told me quote, he will w be stunted. how will he do in school? the war and lack of healthcare facilities have also

it's a tragedy amplified in houthi authority by armed groups who block aid.id groups struggling with this humanitarian disaster also blame houthi politicians for all kinds of interference, like not issuing visas to their staff. >> in one month, if you come back to this country, i can tell you that visa restrictions will be lifted. >> and will aid be moving? >> it will be moving better than what is happening now. >> reporter: with winter closing in, 20 million desperate people when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the search continues for a mother from colorado who vanished on thanksgiving day after dropping off her young daughter with her fiance. investigators this weekend brought heavy digging equipment to th

air strikes on houthi rebels backed by iraq. elizabeth palmer continues her reporting from the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. >> here are the tinniest victims of yemen's war. in the malnutrition ward of sana'a hospital. it is a haven for the babies and their mothers where they will get food and support. which is more than you can say for millions of other families left destitute by the fighting and yemen's economic collapse. last week peace talks in sweden showed the warring factions, the houthis and yemeni government shaking hands. we asked the houthi foreign minister hisham sharaf about the ceasefire both parties parties d agreed to. when will your fighters start to pull out. >> for now it is the concept, but such time that withdrawal should take place. >> do you have any idea? are we talking days, weeks or months? >> i think we're talking about weeks. >> meanwhile the u.n. is warning that ten million yemenis face hunger and a quarter of a million are actually in danger of starving. it is a tragedy amplified i

because the houthi media for example, they are downplaying the move.is also a lot of sticking point between the two parties that always come in the way whenever the un tries to organise dialogue. dialogue sessions. what are those sticking points? if you said these are the main issues they have to resolve, what would they be? the government would not agree to any kind of settlement with the houthis unless they withdraw and they give up arms. and there is a lwa ys they give up arms. and there is always going to be the situation in her data controlled by the rebels which is responsible for the arrivals of most humanitarian aid and imported goods so the rebels control is a big issue and of the capital, sana'a. they say they support a settlement but based on the status quo already in force. does the un have a position? does it say that hudaydah has to return to the government? the un is trying to stay neutral as much as possible. the yemeni government is saying the houthis must commit to certain agreements that were drafted in recent yea rs. agreements that

and then to be controlled by the houthi and with that broader framework. it was the ambitious agenda and with that commitment with that mutual agreement but primarily and then to be to rudimentary to be much more significant it creates a framework for a cease-fire and then to go back to demilitarized the city. and then to go to the local branch. are all across the country. were to be optimistic if that would work. and with that special envoy is hard not to see the meaning. and then to bring those parties together that there was a 5050 chance and then to be in the same building as what i should say. but more importantly if they havevemp to hit one issue of tht special envoy list that is insufficient to guarantee a broader piece to take that data off the table or not a deal that would not have happened with outside pressure. whether it's the european union and then to be part of that conversation and with those parties and most important at the 11th hour and with those that relate with those negotiators that lo and behold it did but now with that i'll be ver

so now that the houthis have arrived in ameri arrive in moskat their delegation will go to sweden. it's been pushing for prisoner exchanges as a confidence building measure. i saw in the news today that it appears that one of the first exchanges has actually taken place. so again, i don't think it's appropriate to be overoptimistic about this immediate first round, but we have seen a couple of small signs of initial progress and i think we have great confidence in griffiths and i think if he can get the parties to show up in sweden this time there is a prospect of getting a sub standist process started. >> that's a more measured view of the talks. >> let me ask you this. the associated press, human rights watch, amnesty international and the u.n. panel on yemen have detailed reports describing the torture of yemeni detainees by yemeni forces receiving support from the united arab emirates. at times the uae forces themselves have directly participated in the torture of yemeni detainees and the network of secret prisons. >> mr. hensel, my staff has told me that you read these reports

so the no vote the other wee week, we are engaged in peace talks between saudi's and the houthi rebels. that discussion just started last weekend the united states was very instrumental to get the two parties to the table to start the peace talk. so engaging in a discussion of poll one - - pulling the us presence out of the region to not engage puts those peace talks at jeopardy in my mind. so with a khashoggi issue then separately we have issues and terrorists in what's going on in yemen and the saudi's and their engagement there. at some point they will all merge together but right now we want to focus to get through the peace talk so the saudi's and houthi can work out some sort of an agreement and then we need to revisit the khashoggi murder. >> but as senator ernst just said they may all come back together but the senate may have to take it up next year if you run out of time. you are on the foreign relations committee that would condemn the saudi crown prince himself do you see that this is something that the senate revisits early next year quick. >> it is my understanding that s

the saudi coalition, the counter houthi organses in -- houthi operations in yemen, even though the counter support we were providing, if that were going on today, it would not constitute involvement in hostilities. for that reason, i do oppose it. i don't know which of these resolutions is actually going to be on the floor for a vote and in what order they would be on the floor, but the resolution that's been put together by senator corker and our leader, i think is the best solution to the problem that we're confronted with right now. like many of my colleagues, i was deeply disturbed by the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi at saudi arabia's consolates in istanbul in october. i deplore everything in conjunction with that. and while it may not be a smoking gun as is much, i believe that saudi arabia's leadership is responsible for mr. khashoggi's death. those responsible are going to have to be held accountable and we must condemn this terrible and unaccepted event. that's clearly what the resolution says. the resolution also acknowledges the trump administration's important

we are not supporting the iranians and houthis. we are not sharing intelligence with the iranians and houthis. we're not selling them weapons. but that is what we're doing for the saudis. this joint resolution is about more than that. or the kidnapping and murder of jamal khashoggi or the carnage in yemen. the outrage towards saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman finally boiled over with horrific, horrible premeditated murder of jamal khashoggi, a respected journalist who dared to criticize the royal family. and there is no question, no question the saudis' involvement in that murder. mr. khashoggi's murder by saudi government agents at the saudi consulate in install bull and in the plate -- istanbul and blatant lies, lies by the top official in saudi arabia who tried to cover it up. that exposed the depth of the depravity of the royal family. i spoke about that despicable crime multiple times so i'm not going to repeat what i have said. we know, we absolutely know the saudi royal family is still lying about who was involved. all

yemen's foreign minister, on the left, and envoy to the houthi rebels on the right.of brutal war and the world's worst humanitarian disaster? as news of the un brokered ceasefire filtered to residents back home, relief was tempered with a large dose of scepticism. translation: the negotiations, unfortunately, from my point of view and the view of many yemeni people, are disappointing. i believe the talks will fail because the enemy, saudi arabia, does not want us to live in peace. translation: i think the talks with the leaders of the houthi coup will not have any effect on the ground. what was decided with regards to the hodeida port won't be implemented by the houthis. the port of hodeida is the main entry point for humanitarian aid in a country where 75% of the population are in need of support. so far, this fragile truce appears to be holding. though on friday there were already reports of further sporadic fighting on the outskirts of the city. more aid has now started to arrive, but the un says a robust monitoring system is urgently needed to oversee the agreeme

right now is separate from the discussion of the saudi's and their actions in yemen engaging the houthi. so that no vote, we are engaged in peace talks between saudi and the houthi rebels and that just started last week in the united states was very instrumental to get those two parties to the table to start the peace talks so to engage in a discussion of the us presence in that region and then not engaging puts those peace talks at jeopardy in my mind. so when we have the khashoggi issue and then separately we have issues between terrace one - - terrorist and what is going on in yemen and the saudi's and their engagement , at some point they will all merge together right now we want to focus on we can get through the peace talks so the houthi and the saudi's can revisit the khashoggi murde murder. >> but as a senator just said they all might all come back together that the senate might have to take up next year if you run out of time on the calendar this year you are on the foreign relations committee. and you are considering another measure to condemn the saudi crown prince himself fo

>> sir it's a long story going back, the origins of the houthi's, their very 1st beginnings they hadgrievances with the regime and their position in yemen, they turn to violence to address those problems, over the course of six wars between the houthi's and the central government. their strength grew until they were in a position where they were able to overrun the capital. >> and some of their concerns, the way they were treated as a minority, and other concerns were corruption by the government, that they objected to, we had a whole series of concerns that were fomenting their dissatisfaction, with the central government. >> at their origins, they had a number of concerns like that. as i said, they turned to violence to address those problems, and touched off a chain of conflicts that has resulted in a terrible situation today. >> iran has been exploiting that division, they exploited the division when a 30% sunni population essentially ruled the 70% shia population, there's dissatisfaction there, and that must be countered. the reason i raise this issue is if i hear the saudi's, a

aid of the reasons man theot get in is because of who th houthi side. i am pleased that many of my colleagues are willing to stand up to end the war in jenin. i -- in yemen. i wish it were not because of the death of one journalist, because there have been tens of thousands website, and their lives are just as worthwhile as jamal khashoggi's was, which was tragic. i have actually argued that this resolution is coming in some way, shape, or form, a response to the death of jamal khashoggi for those that are primarily concerned with atrocity. here is how i think the two. two the saudis did for weeks was like to was, in the most boldfaced way possible. they told us jamal khashoggi left the consulate, that they , it is of there alive worth they knew, they had murdered him, they had dismembered his body, we know the crown prince had multiple contacts throughout the day. yet they thought we were so dumb that they could just lie to us about it. that was an eye-opener for a lot of people who were long-term supporters of the saudi relationship. they thought our

it says houthis continue to target civilians. what it's like almost every night in this besieged city. in spite of u.s. government promises in october to deliver a cease-fire within 30 days, that month has long since passed. much of what was filmed here is so graphic, we're not going to show it in full. outside, two the lifeless bodies side by side, waiting for loved ones to claim them. this man lists a litany of loss. his daughter and her son, his other daughter and her husband. it's too much. inside, the boy in yellow finally finds his sister as he comforts her. other children are carried out. there's just no more room at this hospital. outside, his grandmother begins to wail and he attempts to comfort her. it's all too much. >> that was our senior international correspondent. a coalition spokesperson denied responsibility for the attack, telling cnn we have no knowledge of this and it is widely recognized that the houthi militia is continuing to target civilians with all types of weapons in the province and its cities. the vio

it's a tragedy amplified in houthi territory by armed groups who block aid. aid groups struggling with this humanitarian disaster also blame houthi's politicians for all kinds of interference, like not issuing visas to their staff. >> in one month if you come back to this country after once peace starts, i can tell you that visa restrictions will be lied. >> and will aid be moving? it will be moving better than what it ask now. >> reporter: with winter closing in, 20 million deliberate people are waiting. >>> coming up on "the morning news," building explosion. what may have sparked a blast in gentleman nan injured dozens of people. and a california farm issues a recall of cauliflower and lettuce due to possible contamination. this is the "cbs morning news." it's got to be tide forgacuuming for weeks. the (new) roomba i7+ with clean base automatic dirt disposal empties the roomba bin for you. so dirt is off your hands. if it's not from irobot, it's not a roomba. unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you? for adults with moderately to severely active crohn'

we are engaged in peace talks between saudi and the houthi rebels. and that discussion just started last week. the united states was instrumental in get. ing those two parties to the table to start those peace talks. so engaging in a discussion of polling u.s. presence out of that region and not engaging puts those peace talks at jeopardy. so we have the khashoggi issue and then separately we have issues between terrorists and what's going on in yemen and the saudis and their engagement there. so at some point they will all merge together, but what we really want to focus on is getting through these peace talks to so the houthis, saudis can work out some sort of agreement and then we theed to come back and revisit the khashoggi murder. >> senator shaheen, these pieces might come bang together. this is something the senate might have to take up next year if you run out of time on the calendar. i know you're on the foreign relations committee and you are considering another measure to condemn the saudi crown prince himself for the murder. o do you see

because in fact, the war in yemen began back when houthi rebels seized power. again, not a lot of discussion about how it began. iran is trying to establish a hezbollah-like entity, including with the with the increased capabilities to target cities in saudi arabia with elastic missilesstic supplied by iran. this is part of a broader strategy in the region to encircle our traditional allies like saudi arabia and israel with proxy fighters throughout syria lebanon and close relationships in iraq. and yet, mr. president, nobody in this debate seems to want to talk about iran so i thought i would do so. let's talk about the humanitarian crisis. a 690 $7to some million in the past 14 months. saudi arabia could do a better job. aey have invested well over billion. iran, the country that started the war that nobody is talking about, not a dime to relieve suffering. they have supplied weapons and ballistic missiles in the millions or tens of millions. nothing to relieve the suffering. if we cut off u.s. military assistance to re-add in yemen you better believe the one

the saudi—backed government and the iranian—backed houthi rebels had reached the truce agreement ford has now begun arriving at the port. the un has warned that 1a million yemenis are on the brink of starvation. the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet has reported extensively from yemen. here's her assessment of whether that ceasefire can hold. the situation is still very tense in hodeida, you have the houthi forces which control the port and the adjacent city, you have the yemeni government and emirati forces, this unexpected agreement on a ceasefire is very fragile. it is not surprising, it is regrettable but not surprising, there seems to be sporadic fighting, but no one is saying the ceasefire is dead, it is largely holding. it has to be said, it has brought rare hope and such relief that at last, this is the most significant breakthrough in five years of talks hosted by the un. keeping the port open means keeping yemenis alive. this is the country that has the most percentage of its people dependent on food aid. two thirds of yemenis depend on some kind of food a

the footage by a houthi-backed rebel group, this is at the epicenter of the war.spondent tells this family story. >> reporter: an ambulance screeches up to one of the few remaining hospitals. what we're about to show you is incredibly difficult to watch. in the jumble of bodies, a boy in yellow searching for his mother. she's dead. little bodies are carried in draped in blood-soaked cloths. everywhere shock and blood and death. this man searching for his wife. he finds instead the body of his 3-year-old sister. it's too much to take in. my wife, he asks? in surgery. the baby is fine. a glimmer of hope but all too quickly lost. my mother, she's dead. even as the peace talks continued in sweden between yemen's warring parties, the u.s.-backed coalition and iran-backed houthi levels, so, too, was the violence on the ground. eyewitnesses tell cnn the members of this family were killed during an artillery strike under coalition air cover, a charge the coalition denies saying the houthis continue to target civilians. this is a glimpse into what it's like almost every ni

the houthis control most districts of the city. the uk government has insisted it's working ‘very effectively‘ with france, to tackle an increase in the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november. local politicians have called for more coastguard boat patrols. fellow entertainers have been paying tribute to damejune whitfield — who's died at the age of 93. the actress was best known for her roles in the british sitcoms terry and june and absolutely fabulous. her career spanned seven decades, and included radio, television, stage and film performances. now on bbc news — it's time to take a trip through 2018 — a year full of adventure for the team from the travel show. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan. this week, we've decided to put away our boarding passes, stow our suitcases, and take a look back at some of our favourite places, faces and stories of 2018. it's been a really hectic year as we've brought you our adventures from over

coop from 5 years ago, the rock 'n roll houthi coop.g, i worked in that part of the world, this is a long running yemeni issue. that the iranians injected themselves into and saudis don't want it on their border this is on saudi bored sneer bored bo . kennedy: there no way that united states wins any part of this, saudi arabia sells billions and billions and billions of dollars worth of oil, tell them to make their own damn weapons. >> they will fight the war with or without us, they are not dropping american equipment and buying russian, they are beholden to us, that was by dispiedesign 30 years ago, it ia loathesome regime, it just aslowing som loathesome now. but women can now make the bad decisions too, they are more important today than they were 30 years ago because they are the buttress against iran that is their mortal enemy. kennedy: i have to switch gears talk to panel, i want to ask, how much of a blow hard is ted lieu. >> i am in his district right now, i can feel his hot bs breath on my neck yes he is a low hard. kennedy: h

back in yemen, news of the deal was greeted with celebration by the houthi rebels.he question is whether this time the warring parties really will put down their weapons. but with international pressure from the uk and its allies, along with the united nations playing a leading role, there is more optimism. optimism and hope that the people of yemen are desperate for. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. finding somewhere to live has become so expensive that more and more young people are finding themselves sleeping on sofas, or living in hostels, because they can't afford to pay rent. some even find themselves homeless. last year, more than 100,000 young people had to seek help for homelessness, because they had nowhere to go, or were facing eviction. part of the problem is that most landlords are not willing to rent properties to young people, who have a history of homelessness. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan has been looking at the scale of the problem. ididn't ididn‘t want i didn't want to start it off. courtney and theo spent three months sofa suffer

back in sana'a i asked t political leader of the houthis, president mohammed ali al houthi, if he will really withdraw troops. >> ( translated ): this is one of the conditions, yes, that the military forces withdrawal and keep only the police. according to what was planned. nothing has been declared yetwi buin ten to twelve days of ceasing fire these steps will start. the first step is to cease fire and then gradually there will be more steps towards this. >> reporter: at the end of the first day, the ceasefire is still holding in hodeidah, for the most part. turning this moment of peace into a lasting chance for yemen's people to put their lives back together again is the next, difficult step. for the pbs newshour, i'm jane ferguson in hodeidah, yemen >> woodruff: now, another look at the world's largest humanitarian crisis. t it comough the story of one family that has borne astonishing loss, and are trying to prevent even more, from the preventable disease diptheria. and though it's been eradicated in many parts of the wor through vaccination, the public whealth crisis amid yemen ha

the houthis control most districts of the city, through which the majority of aid enters yemen.n the eve of the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo, opposition candidates have refused to sign an agreement aimed at preventing violence. they say officials failed to make changes in the text that they'd requested. tensions have increased after the electoral commission postponed polls in several regions. the uk government has insisted it's working "very effectively" with france, to tackle an increase in the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november. local politicians have called for more coast guard boat patrols. now on bbc news, some of the world's most important news stories in 2018 have been brought to us by freelance journalists, often working in difficult and dangerous places. the rory peck awards recognised their work, and our presenter yalda hakim found out more about this year's nominees. you may find some of the scenes in the firing line upsetting. the white races is under a ful

the houthis resisted pressure from armed forces until they were forced to agree.s saying it was a milt solution and he's beaten them to the negotiating table. >> well, i think he may be right. i'm not at military person, and, you know, there's a limit to how much you or i can peer into the mintz ever those who may be responding to pressure or may be responding to opportunity or maybe just doing the right thing, so i think everybody has a different narrative where they come to. for me, what's important, and i'm sure for the people of yemen what's important is simply sensible offers put to the parties that can be backdropped by verifiable compliance, and what the yinkss brings to this, for the support of the security council, of course, is the second. we're able to put offers in front of the table to the parties, but we can also help with the verification of those offers and the compliance of the parties, so it may be political. it may be pressure. it may be political opportunity. whatever it is, something happened last week in sweden, and it's up to me to capitaliz

the no vote the other week, we are engaged in peace talks between the saudi's and the houthi rebels. and that discussion started last week. the united states was instrumental in getting those parties to the table to start this piece talks. -- peace talks. pulling the u.s. out of that region and not engaging, it puts peace talks in jeopardy in my mind. we have the khashoggi issue, and separately we have issues between terrorists and what is going on in yemen, and the saudis, and their engagement there. at some point it will merge together, but what we want to focus on is making sure we can get through these he stalks so that the -- get through these so they can get an agreement, and then we can revisit the khashoggi murder. heather: senator shaheen, these might come back together. this is something the senate might have to take up next year if you run out of time on the calendar this year. you are on the foreign relations committee and are considering another measure that would condemn the saudi crown prince himself for the murder. do you see that moving this year, or is it something

the world foodrogram says food aid in yemen is being stolen and s underly sold in ar the control of houthi rebels. a survey by the u.n. agency said that some people in the capital, sanaa, have not received the rations to which they were titled. more than 15 million yemenis are facing severe shortages of food. a worker for the food program in cairo told me what the investigation found. >> we have seen in areas of sanaa, food being sobulk, oil being sold by carton, and a lot of food being sold in what looks like systematic trade in od aid. this iwhat 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 to justify these allegations of criminal behavior by the houthis?t >> this is we the world food program is calling it. we are calling it stealing food from the mouths of hungry people. we have photographs of lorring illicitly taood from food distribution

so you're seeing the evidence is strong enough to justify allegations of criminal behaviour by the houthisis is what we are calling it, we are calling at stealing food from the modes of hungry people. we have photographs of lorries taking food from distribution points to unknown locations, and for the third to be appealing after that on the streets in the market in yemen, at a time when yemenis are struggling. the most poor are struggling to feed the little ones, others are seeing their children dying and wasting away while they are the rightful owners of this. i know that your organisation is threatening to withdraw support from some of the organisation is distributing that food. don't you fear that could have a negative effect on the most vulnerable people you're speaking about? we are demanding that the local authorities take appropriate action towards the one organisation, the one partner, that we have identified as by diverting our food to undeserving people. there was a letter sent by the executive director of the world food programme to the local authorities, and it doesn't seed say

the government is quick to thank saudi arabia for helping it win back aden after they lost it to houthihters three years ago. prime minister maeen abdulmalik saeed. >> the darkest moments in 2015, the saudis back us, and so yemen cannot fail in chaos. ( explosion ) >> reporter: but to do it, saudi arabia waged-- and is still waging-- a ruthless bombing campaign against the government's enemies, the houthis, often with american weapons. and there is no way to know how many civilians its killed. the americans are backing away from the saudis in the wake of the murder of jamal khashoggi. is that going to hurt you? because if saudi arabia becomes toxic for america, then yemen does, too. >> yemen is important country. if u.s. wants to stand with yemen, they should decide. it's an important location, they've had a relation with the u.s. for decades. >> reporter: america's support in this war for saudi arabia will come down to a political fight in washington. meanwhile, the casualties are mounting. as many as 85,000 children dead. two million people on the run, and 14 million facing extreme hu

a delegation from yemen's houthi rebels is on its way to sweden for u.n.-brokered peace talks.hey are traveling with a special envoy who was seen here earlier today. there are also reports that yemen's saudi-backed government and the houthi have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations. leading u.s. senators say a cia briefing has left them with no doubt that saudi arabia's crown prince was involved in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. senator bob corker said a jury would find him guilty in about 30 minutes if it had had the chance. mourners are paying their respects to former u.s. president george h.w. bush. members of the public, officials who served under bush, and even his service dog, sully, filed past the coffin in the -- there you see sully, right there -- in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol. bush died last week at the age of 94. a state funeral is set for tomorrow. in britain, parliamentarians voted to find prime minister theresa may's government today in contempt for refusing to release a legal report about brexit. this unprecedented

well, the idea is that the houthis will withdraw from the board and headed over to you in control, the it's believed people who have been handling the board since forever as democrats under whatever leadership of the government or rebels, and so the un will be overseeing it. there will be diverted to write his own we hope around the city and the janelle, the supply line from the port to the northern highlands including the capital said —— should be open and protected. how it will work out who will have to see, there will have to be some withdrawal of forces from the amorites he backed side, the yemeni fighters but also the houthis into the city, so there's a lot of details that still need to be worked out and there's still much that can go wrong. of course, those supply lines need to be reopened on there? because the humanitarian situation is so desperate. that's right, at the moment there are still 19 open along the coast to the port inland but the main supply line from whole data directly eastward into the northern highlands of the capital, that needs to be reopened and the storage f

to attend peace talks scheduled to close in sweden on thursday between the yemeni government and houthi be near to securing a number of agreements on reopening sanaa airport in the houthi—held capital. stay with us on the briefing. so much more still to come: 0ur colleagues from the sports centre will have an update on the big european football fixtures and all the other major events. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil, and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate