paying for but i really appreciate your time talking to us paid tomorrow president of the international committee of the red cross thanks for joining us on r.t. international. thank you very much mr maoris recent visit to yemen came as that outbreak of cholera spread across the country and coupled with the conflict has left hundreds of thousands without the required medical help a word of warning you might find some of the following video upsetting to watch. next an i.t. consultant and aide to some of the most high profile congressional democrats in the u.s. has been arrested on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country. and work for the house democrats for more than a decade and with dozens of officials he reportedly had access to some of the d.n.c. chairs personal devices. jacqueline booga takes a closer look at the case. a former congress i.t. aide was arrested by the f.b.i. on monday when trying to board a flight abroad that was for alleged bank fraud and well possible bank fraud in fleeing the country doesn't look good for him on the one his case gets more interesting the deeper you look i. i . i

of cholera in yemen hit 400,000. u.n. leaders say the outbreak has increased the number of yemenis in need of assistance to nearly 21 million. this is peter maurer, head of the international committee of the red cross. the overall situation is very dire and catastrophic with regard to certain areas that i have mentioned, health situation in particular. if the icrc, within two weeks, decides to double its program in yemen, it is an indication that the situation is very bad. amy: the cholera outbreak comes as more than two years of u.s.-backed, saudi-led bombing in yemen has devastated the country's health, water and sanitation systems. meanwhile, reuters is reporting that u.n. investigators blame the u.s.-backed saudi-led military coalition for a deadly attack on a somali migrant boat off yemen in march that killed 42 people and injured 32 others. reuters cited a confidential u.n. report that found the attack violated international humanitarian law. it blamed a u.s. made helicopter gunship operated by saudi arabia for the assault. in iraq, thousands of families from mosul remain living in camps and unable to return to their homes nearly a month after iraq's prime minister declared victory in the u.s

of education. next up will be helen come nstella. "the image before theweapon," was awarded sussex international theory prize. she will be a council of foreign relations fellow with the international committee of the red cross. then we will hear from jack goldsmith. he is the henry -- the senior fellow with the hoover institution and cofounder of law fair which it used to be this obscure law blog and now it is all the sudden at the center of american politics. during the george w. bush administration, he served as forstant attorney general the office of legal assistance from 2003 2 2004. -- in model of how things work, especially with regard to all within a presidential administration. someone whoa brooks writes with as much with an brilliance. it is an amazing culmination. columnshave read her elsewhere. -- up now is john with. [applause] --for thinking about law and worn -- four and relations. the question is can law restrain war? let's just say sometimes it can and does, though all too often and usually not. a difficulty with starting with a constrain were question is i'm not sure there is a reason to begin with an idea that the law even aims to constrain war. pacifist, you a think that is a good thing a

the sussex international theory prize. she will be a council of foreign relations fellow with the international committee of the red cross. then we will hear from jack goldsmith. he is the henry -- the senior fellow with the hoover institution and cofounder of law fair which it used to be this obscure law blog and now it is all the sudden at the center of american politics. during the george w. bush administration, he served as assistant attorney general for the office of legal assistance from 2003 2 2004. -- in model of how things work, especially with regard to all within a presidential administration. finally, rosa brooks someone who writes with as much with an brilliance. it is an amazing culmination. you may have read her columns elsewhere. -- up now is john with. [applause] --for thinking about law and worn -- four and relations. the question is can law restrain war? let's just say sometimes it can and does, though all too often and usually not. a difficulty with starting with a constrain were question is i'm not sure there is a reason to begin with an idea that the law even aims to constrain war. unless you are a pa

and sarah alzawqari from the international committee of the red cross. dinator at a hospital in west mosul for medecins sans frontieres. stefanie, tell us about the devastation of the city and about the lives of civilians who have survived this battle? we are located about three kilometres from the last active fighting area, so what i can tell you is not really what is happening on the front line or in the old city right now. but as you said about the civilian patients who arrived to us from the old city, they come with war trauma related injuries such as blast wounds, explosion wounds, shell wounds, trauma wounds etc. they are in a desperate state. they tell us they have been waiting for days under the rubble until they were able to be brought to a hospital. so it is a world of devastation. sarah from the red cross, sarah alzawqari, you were in mosul last week. what help were you giving to people?” in mosul last week. what help were you giving to people? i would like to also add that the humanitarian concern is extremely high. right now, we have a surgic