by a lack of food and clean water are also facing the spread of diseases at least ten thousand suspected cases of color are reported every week and the international committee of the red crosswas forced to pull out seventy one if it's staff in june over security concerns. joining me now here on saturday peter martin is the president of the international committee of the red cross very good to have you with us here and out on al-jazeera thanks for speaking to us so let's just first talk about the situation in the data because as we saw happen over the weekend there was an assault on our day there what are you hearing about the impact that has had on those civilians well it has the impact of these placing further civilians which are already have been in securitized we have seen a dire situation around to date of course over the last couple of months old ready . every time the ring fencing around getting closer these forces more people to look for shelter and to look for security in other places because it really is a lifeline isn't it for getting food medicine as well as fuel into the rest of it is a critical lifeline in particular for northern yemen in the south of course we

the war many have lost years of both physical and intellectual development. or for more now let's cross over to marella ho dave she is called me an occasion coordinator of the international committee of the red cross in the yemeni capital sana mr dave thanks for talking with us this morning just how serious is the humanitarian situation in yemen right. good morning thank you the needs in yemen are massive and it has been building up for years now yemen even before the conflict of two thousand two thousand as one of the at upwards poorest countries so the conflict came to add more than seventy five to eighty percent of the population is in need of some kind of mainly food aid and access to healthcare. so we see. we see scenes of misery across the county in the south but also in the north. as well so the needs are huge including of course food access to clean wanted access to health care and so on and so forth so four fifths of the population in yemen are in need of aid if i understood you correctly what are the biggest obstacles you face in getting a to the worst affected areas. well of course that i many challenges of course the complexity of the yemeni. conflict the multiplicity of actors t

of the six. hundred thousand people who live here i mean ever present danger. and sara. is the spokeswoman for the international committee of the red cross in beirut she told us about the dire situation facing civilians in. the bastards in hyundai's at the moment are becoming even more and more if you know the clashes are still ongoing and people on the ground i've been hearing the sound of explosions gunshots dry and of course the fear is driving from the hundred thousand of people that are not and trapped in this is not knowing what to do they're getting. running away because of because of the intense bias like many of them have left their homes and they're taking shelters in public places the chest wall and money and so on in addition just in the past few days they are actually there and we're going to leave in protest and there have been a hit or miss human. military program is very primitive and that also endangered the billions even more medical facilities that have stopped working some of them are actually working the potential for example the biggest one in two days which we as i fear it. is now considered under frontline are onl

of the sick. hundred thousand people who live here i mean every price changes. and sarah also karrie is the spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross in favor she told us about the dire situation facing civilians in holding up the bastards in her day that the moments are becoming even more and more fear in. the clashes are still ongoing and people on the ground i've been hearing that number of explosions gunshots dreich and of course they fear is rising from the hundreds of thousand of people that are stuck and trapped in this is not knowing what to do they're getting. running away because of because of the enhanced my life many of them have left their homes and they're taking shelters in public places the just will and money and so on in addition just in the past few days and they actually there are important the million infrastructure areas that have been hit or miss you have a. military program is very primitive and also endangered the billions even more medical facilities not working some of them are actually working well above the production of the biggest one in two days which we as i fear it. is now considered on the frontline only need

of the country's food imports the u.n. has warned an all out attack on the city could trigger mass famine. we can talk now to morello who dave from the international committee of the red cross she is in yemen's capital sanaa a very good evening what's the situation who who who data right now. thank you i don't have it now but it was a dramatic escalation of violence in the past few days and it is our team and this if you speak of norms and deafening clashes and explosions in this city and this it is almost deserted the international committee of that have to. be right about the safety of civilians but also civilian structures such as house i'm going to schools prisons and want to interview cities marantz point is that the conflict must date every possible measure. for example because it is biggest city and how to host it it is only one need only a few meters away from the fighting it is very important that it is and this is the market instead of an instructor over the remaining facilities will not be able to cope with the influx of. so it is a very very dire situation indeed and just how dire the situation is was also illustrated a week ago the new york times published on h

of the country's food imports the u.n. has warned an all out attack on the city could trigger mass famine. are we can talk now to morello who dave from the international committee of the red cross she is in humans capital sanaa a very good evening what's the situation who who who data right now. thank you and how that it was a dramatic escalation of violence in the past few days is our team and this it is speak of nonstop and deafening class tears and explosions in this city and this it is almost deserted the international committee of death threats six be right about the safety of civilians but also civilian structures such as houses beaton's ambulances schools prisons and water an atrocity plans point just to the conflict must take every possible measure to protect for example the city's biggest city and now the hospital is only one me is only a few meters away from the fighting it is very important that it is there and this is the market instead of the structure otherwise the remaining facilities will not be able to cope with the influx of. so this is a very very dire situation day and just how dire the situation is was also illustrated a week ago the new york times publishe

of the six hundred thousand people who live here i mean ever present danger. ever more the situation i'm joined by. carley she is a spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross in beirut it's always good to have you on the program today the red cross said we are running out of words to describe how wretched the situation is how dangerous is it tonight for civilians in the data. thank you for having me the factors in her data at the moment are becoming even more and more fierce as we speak the clashes are still ongoing and people on the ground i still hearing the sounds of explosions gunshots strikes and of course the fear is rising from the hundreds of thousands of people that are not and trapped in the city not knowing what to do there is get of running away because of because of the intense quietly like many of them have left their homes and they're taking shelters in public places such as walls and mosque and so on in addition just in the past few days and today specially there are important civilian infrastructure that have been picked or miss us. military for rent realty purposes and that also endangers the civilians even more medical facilities that's

exhausted we have the right to live human rights groups say the verdicts are unjust the international committee of the red cross has been denied access to the prisons where detainees don't have lawyers serious counter terrorism law has also been criticized for criminalizing almost all peaceful opposition activity many. political protesters and political dissidents who were basically picked up by the syrian security services or detained at checkpoints and taken into these detention facilities without any form of due process. those held inside hama prison retained control of much of the facility after a mutiny in two thousand and sixteen they have phones and internet access but despite managing to draw attention to their plight the international community remains silent. tens of thousands have disappeared others are being tried in military field courts or counterterrorism courts where proceedings on up to international standards little action has been taken there's also the silence of the u.n. refuses to discuss the oil. the family say the case of at least eighty thousand detainees and the forcibly disappeared ne

of the 600,00000 people who l live here an ever present danger. brent: for more on the situation now, i'm joined by zara, a spokesperson for the international committee of the red crossn beirut. good to have you on the program. today, the red cross and we are running out of words to describe how wretched the situation is. how dangerous is it tonight for civilians in the town? >> thahank you for h having me. the bowels at the moment are becoming even more and more fierce as we speak. the clashes are ongoing and people on the ground are still hearing the sounds of explosions , gunshots, stripepes, and of course, the fear is rising for the hundreds o of thousands of peoplele that are stuck and trapped in the city not knowing what to do. they are scared of running a awy because of the intense fighting. while many of them have left and are taking shelters in pububc places sucuch as schoolsls and mosques and so on. in a addition, just in the pastt few days and today especially, there are important civilian infrastructures that have been hit or miss used as for military purposes. and that endangers the civilians even more. medical facilities have ststoppd working. some of a

and land borders the port city of her data is a lifeline for the small amount of humanitarian aid that does manage to get into the country but the international committee of the red cross says it's becoming increasingly difficult to get in the military operations around make the situation even more complicated i just received today reports from my colleagues in the fuel to try to respond together with the few other organization which managed to stay in her data but we are running far below capacity of what we should be able to do in madagascar many are hoping to see more women elected to power when voters go to the polls on wednesday but just five of the thirty six presidential candidates are female and that sparked a debate on representation in the island's government from him in a report from antananarivo. funny sewer naive is running her presidential campaign from a headquarters in the capital antananarivo she's been a magistrate for almost ten years and is also a consultant on gender issues at the african union she's also a mother and brings her five month old daughter to work she says she does this to show people that they need to change their minds about what wom

have been getting positions around the outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the halting of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. let's go back to our top story that lisa's revelation linking the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond to the murder of the saudi journalist from our show on october the second inside the sutta consulate in istanbul joining us now james dorsey he's an author and a senior fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies he joins us from singapore james dorsey we've got this quote running around now from mike pence the u.s. vice president vowing that the u.s. will hold the murderess of jamal khashoggi to account what does that mean i think it remains to be seen what i think we are

of the sick. hundred thousand people who live here i mean at the present danger. from on the story we're joined by dave from the international committee of the red cross she is in yemen scapel thank you for joining us what can you tell us about the humanitarian situation in her data right now. really and how did it and there was a dramatic escalation of violence in the past few days our teams and how did i speak of nonstop and deafening clashes and explosions the city is almost deserted the international committee of the direct cross is extremely worried about the safety of civilians and civilian objects such as hospitals ambulances school is prisons and want to educate their city but just to the conflict must take every possible measure to protect for example the city's biggest facility a photo hospital is only meters away from the fighting it is very important that it is protected it's a vital infrastructure otherwise the remaining facilities will not be able to cope with the influx of casualties what is your organization doing. well the international committee of that access is tending to the needs of thousands of this to try milly's displaced. we have since june

have been targeting positions around the outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the halting of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. relatives of the forty four crew on an argentine naval submarine so devastated by the news that the wreckage has finally been found a year. undersea mapping company made the discovery in the south atlantic on the first anniversary of the sun one's disappearance families are fiercely critical of the navy response to the disaster the crew reported problems with the aging subs batteries and commanders eventually confirmed an explosion on board. the british prime minister to resume a seems to have temporarily calm the political storm around herself over brooks that could face more turmoil in the

forced several aid agencies to withdraw leaving those tens of thousands without support in january the international committee of the red cross warned of a worsening situation with half the entire population in need of aid well abends is head of mission for doctors without borders in central african republic and he told us the international community when it needs to do more to protect civilians. the situation is quite critique in both the people that are witnessing violence we have received in both the hospital supported by m.s.f. doctors without borders that anger or i mean by around twenty more wounded so some of those cases are very quickly can work trying to evacuate been. bombarded situation continues to be serious because it's very sporadic fighting ongoing and that genes our colleagues cannot war cannot move properly to find out that there are more people who need equally very asian that would be willing to come to the hospital but access is not guaranteed the very fighting and going so we're really concerned about that there's two things that are very important for assisting the population very suffering days violenc

been targeting positions around the outskirts of the city of belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the whole thing of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. palestinians have gathered near the fence marking the border with israel for the thirty fourth weekly rally against the siege gaza's health minister says at least forty palestinians have been injured by israeli fire despite efforts to come tensions organizes in gaza restraint after a ceasefire was agreed between palestinian factions and israel on tuesday the truce ended the heaviest fighting between the two sides since the two thousand and fourteen war that triggered a political crisis in israel's government with the defense minister resigning. the u.s. president says he has completed wor

violence for several aid agencies to withdraw leaving tens of thousands without support in january the international committee of the red cross warned of a worsening situation with half the population in need of aid or more i had a benz as head of mission for doctors without borders in central african republic he joins us on the phone now from the capital thanks for being with us so just give us a sense of the scale of what's happened here. really . ok. we're going to apologies we're going to have to leave this because unfortunately our connection to you is is very poor and it's quite difficult to hear what you're saying so we're going to have to cut this short sorry about that now i so says it was behind that attack that killed seven coptic christians in egypt on friday gunmen fired at two buses on their way to a monastery near the city of minya two hundred sixty kilometers south of cairo six of the dead were from the same family president of the fatah has sisi is promising to punish those responsible are so has launched several attacks on coptic christians in the last few years. a young people in thailand are using music to

violence for several aid agencies to withdraw leaving tens of thousands without support in january the international committee of the red cross warned of a worsening situation with half the population in need of aid. is head of the mission of doctors without borders in the central african republic he says the international community needs to do more to protect civilians from the ongoing fighting. this equation is going to critique in both the cities that are witnessing violence we have received in the hospitals reported by m.s.f. doctors without borders thank god for any man by around twenty. so some of those cases are very critique and we're trying to evacuate in. banbury the situation continues to be serious because. sporadic fighting ongoing and that our colleagues cannot war cannot move properly to find out more people he needs equally very patient that would be willing to come to the hospital but access is not going to be very exciting and going so we're really concerned about that there's two things that are very important for. the palatial very suffering these violence on the one hand the population needs to be protect

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red cross is on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is certainly a need for a stronger and coordinated humanitarian response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future they'll find here. al-jazeera sri lanka supreme court is hearing a challenge to the president's decision to call a snap election. triggered a political crisis last month after he replaced the prime minister and his old parliament that cost public protests and international criticism when a smith three for some colombo. as attorney general has been arguing before the supreme court why he believes it's constitutional for the president to dissolve parliament and call elections but over all t

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red cross is on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is thirteen need a need for a stronger and coordinated you money and response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future they'll find here. al-jazeera. prince prime minister is holding talks with senior cabinet ministers aimed at approving withdrawal agreement terisa may says her government is working extremely hard to save the deal with the european union on monday may told finance officials that negotiations are now in the endgame a senior member of may's cabinet has said a deal could happen within the next two days now and he has more from rhonda british governments and the european union to keep in

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red cross is on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is certainly a need for a stronger and coordinated humanitarian response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future they'll find here. al-jazeera. well is stern libyan general highly from half that won't join other key players at talks to try to stabilize the country after seven years of fighting libya's leaders and other foreign powers have been gathering in italy for a conference the summit in sicily is the latest attempt to bring all parties together following a similar attempt in paris in may elections next month have been canceled due to ongoing violence john hall is at that conference joining us

exhausted we have the right to live human rights groups say the verdicts are unjust the international committee of the red cross has been denied access to the prisons where detainees don't have lawyers serious counter terrorism law has also been criticized for criminalizing almost all peaceful opposition activity many political protesters and political dissidents who are basically picked up by the syrian security services or detained checkpoints and taken into these detention facilities without any form of due process. those held inside hama prison retained control of much of the facility after a mutiny in two thousand and sixteen they have phones and internet access but despite managing to draw attention to their plight the international community remains silent. tens of thousands have disappeared others are being tried in military field courts or counterterrorism courts where proceedings on up to international standards little action has been taken there's also the silence of the un refuses to discuss the file. the family see the case of at least eighty thousand detainees and the forcibly disappeared needs to

by a lack of food and clean water are also facing the spread of disease at least ten thousand suspected cases of cholera reported every week and the international committee for the red cross was forced to pull out seventy want to put stuff in june over security concerns peter mauer the president of the international committee of the red cross explained to us how hard it is to get humanitarian supplies into the country through her data. the military operations around to make the situation even more complicated i just received today reports from my colleagues in the fuel to try to respond together with the few other organization which managed to stay in her data but we are running far below capacity of what we should be able to do and the overall situation has been fragile for yemen for quite some time war has made things worse than we have seen before so food insecurity is a critical issue and forces as of course to do the best we can with the infrastructure we have at the present moment but we have said for quite many months now that it's not too many tier an organization which will create conditions which allow us to work at the end of today all depends on whether discre

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red crossis on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is certainly need a need for a stronger and coordinated humanitarian response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future they'll find here. al-jazeera. dozens of ethiopian government security agents peered in court over a grenade attack on the prime minister in june if you hope is attorney general says evidence points to security chiefs ordering the assassination attempt on abi ahmed two people died in the incident made has introduced political and economic reform since coming to office in april. now britain's foreign minister has described talks and yemen civil war as more real after discussions with s

by a lack of food and clean water are also facing the spread of disease at least ten thousand suspected cases of cholera are reported every week and the international committee for the red cross was forced to pull out just seventy one of its staff in june over security concerns. paul morea is the president of the international committee of the red cross and he explained to us earlier how hard it is to get humanitarian supplies into the country through data. the military operations around make the situation even more complicated i just received today reports from my colleagues in the field to try to respond together with. other organization which managed to stay in her data but we are running far below capacity of what we should be able to do and the overall situation has been fragile for yemen for quite some time war has made things worse than we have seen before so food insecurity now is a critical issue and forces as of course to do the best we can with the infrastructure we have at the present moment but we have said for quite many months now that it's not too many tier an organization which will create conditions which allow us to work at the end of today all depends on w

have been getting positions around outskirts of the city of belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the whole thing of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen or let's go straight to the united nations where our diplomatic editor james bays is standing by a j is what's being said there about what's going on. an important security council meeting underway as i speak in the chamber of the security council the kuwaiti ambassador representing the arab league and the arab countries is currently speaking we just heard from the british ambassador karen pierce with important news she says she'll be presenting a new resolution to the security council on monday for them to vote on in shrine ing some of the demands from the humanitarian community including

violence for several aid agencies to withdraw leaving tens of thousands without support in january the international committee of the red cross warned of a worsening situation with half the population in need of aid. band is head of the mission for doctors without borders in the central african republic he says the international community needs to do more to protect civilians from the fighting the situation is quite critique. witness of violence we have received hospitals reported by m.s.f. doctors without borders thank god for any ban by around twenty. so some of those cases are very critical and we're trying to evacuating. banbury the situation continues to be serious because sporadic fighting ongoing and that our colleagues cannot war cannot move properly to find out more people he needs equally agent that would be willing to come to the hospital but access is not going to fighting and going so we're really concerned about that there's two things that are very important for. very suffering violence on the one hand the pollution needs to be protected we need to ensure that there is protection for these populations when figh

violence for several aid agencies to withdraw leaving tens of thousands without support in january the international committee of the red cross warned of a worsening situation with half the population in need of aid protests in pakistan against the release of a christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges of being called off a deal was struck with two in the government and conservative muslim groups that had been leading the demonstrations protests began on wednesday when the supreme court overruled r.c. a baby's death sentence on charges of insulting islam for a child that he is pakistan's minister of information and broadcasting he says the deal with the protesters was struck within the constitutional framework. well you have successfully been able to diffuse the situation you know when you have been negotiations i think the biggest challenge for the government was not to use you know the state much or not sit for hours and that boss has this occasion lifted pepper no you know the some of the something happened that it's a bad impression but we have been through this little dispute the tensions and diffuse the protests bu

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red crossis on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is certainly need a need for a stronger and coordinated humanitarian response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future they'll find here. al-jazeera. their claims north korea's nuclear ballistic missile program is continuing despite u.s. president donald trump insisting it's stopped a u.s. think tank says it's identified sixteen hidden bases mostly in remote mountainous areas the report is based our new images from comer show satellites the base is already known to u.s. intelligence agencies but north korea's never knowledge that. and stanley the artist who created some of the twentieth century's bigg

have been targeting positions around the outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the halting of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. well let's get some weather from the kel we just learned something rob was just over there is a hurricane season in the north atlantic there isn't a hurricane season such in asia it's more or less continuous this year around yes it's peaks and troughs but you're right it's easier around because the water's always warm enough the conditions you can do you see but so this surprises me and i have a look at the satellite picture here we go there's a massive thunderstorms here which is always a clue that something might happen in these small islands hundred forty one millimeters in twenty four hou

have been targeting positions around the outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we need to talk about the enforcement of international law the whole thing of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and schools the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. to the states because at least seventy one people are confirmed in california after the u.s. states worst wildfire on record more than one thousand others are missing rob reynolds with the latest. climate change has come to california severe drought and santa ana winds a simple so far launches two fires that still have not been stopped the wind fueled flames moved so fast many had to drive through the fire to get out. this driver survived but many more did not trapped in traffic with the fire moving faster than they could an untold number have died calling for help that couldn't get there

have been targeting positions around the outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile the international committee of the red cross has issued a statement calling for more discipline among the combatants in and around the day that they say before we talk about peace we have to talk about the enforcement of international law the whole thing of targeting of civilian areas and also respecting places like hospitals and. the international red cross also called for the respect of the center of civilian lives in the war in yemen. now the number of people listed as missing in a major wildfire in the u.s. state of california has been doubled to six hundred thirty one meanwhile more charred remains have been found increasing the number of people confirmed dead to sixty three cold weather has helped firefighters battle the worst fires in northern california one hundred years and the high number of missing probably includes some who fled and realize that they reported lost now to a story that's taken away to of psalms shoulders scientists from sixteen nations have gathered in france shared after marking the last the landmark

agencies to withdraw leaving tens of thousands of people without support in january international committee of the red cross war the situation is still worsening and says half the population is in need of aid or we heard from abends a little bit earlier head of mission for doctors without borders in central african republic who told us the international community needs to do more to protect civilians from the ongoing fighting. this equation is going to critique in both cities that are witnessing violence we have received hospitals supported by m.s.f. doctors without borders thank god for any man by around twenty more wounded so some of those cases are very critique and we're trying to evacuate them. banned by the situation continues to be serious because he says sporadic fighting ongoing and that our colleagues cannot work and not move properly to find out more people he needs equally patients that would be willing to come to the hospital but access is not going to be very exciting and going so we're really concerned about that there's two things that are very important for. the palatial very suffering thes

of north korea Ãbinitial steps could be taken that might be necessary as a precursor. and as i argued in my paper, requesting humanitarian assets for actors like the world food program or international committee of the red crossbe potentially a good first step. or another first step can be to call for the release of all women and children inside north korea who pose absolutely no security threat to the regime. a few weeks ago i had the pleasure of visiting the u.s. holocaust memorial museum, which is if you haven't visited it and i think it is a staple in washington. they exhibit i got to visit the last time was on americans and the role they played during the holocaust. it's a mixed bag, which is sort of a shaming moment for americans to watch what the response was like during the holocaust. and it's particular museum exhibit highlighted u.s. responses to crystal loft and reports of finance and trap demo concentration camps there. the amazing things was the number of newspaper reports that had been written and the number of individuals who did speak out and even the importance of a single government official, henry morgenthau, the lone jewish member of the cabinet during the holocaust, he spoke out and he co

united nations says congolese refugees are now among the ten largest in the world the international committee of the red crossis on the ground helping as many people as possible it's very difficult to mention that the situation is under control because the needs to go way beyond. and the capacity of the local authorities and. humanitarian community to respond so there is certainly a need to ask for a stronger and cordon needed humanitarian response to the situation as we do not have a clear projection over the next months so we need to be ready to respond as they slowly cross back into the home they left behind it's uncertain what future doll finds here dore says al jazeera online retail giant amazon has announced a major shakeup of its operations its on valid five billion dollar project which includes the creation of two new headquarters one in new york the other in it follows a fourteen month search for new premises which drew more than two hundred thirty beds companies also expanding its operations in nashville together the three new centers could create some fifty thousand jobs. so that for you on the pro

several aid agencies to withdraw leaving those tens of thousands of people without support in january the international committee for the red cross warned the situation is still worsening saying half the population is in need of aid well is the head of mission for doctors without borders in central african republic and he told us the international community needs to do much more to protect civilians there. gratian he's going to critique both the cities that are witnessing violence we have received hospital reported by m.s.f. doctors without borders thank god for any man by around twenty more wounded so some of those cases are very critique and we're trying to evacuate and. bombard the situation continues to be serious because he says sporadic fighting ongoing and that our colleagues cannot war cannot move to find out more people he needs equally patients that would be willing to come to the hospital but access is not guaranteed fighting ongoing so we're really concerned about that there's two things that are very important for. the suffering violence on the one hand the relation needs to be protected we need to ensure that the re

the world food program or the international committee for the red cross, could be potentially a good first step. or another first step could be to call for the release of all women and children inside north korea who pose absolutely no security threat to the regime. a few weeks ago, i had the pleasure of visiting the u.s. holocaust memorial museum, which if you haven't visited it, i think it is a staple in washington. and their exhibit that i got to visit this last time was on americans and the role that they played during the holocaust. it is a mixed bag, which is, you know, sort of a shaming moment for americans to watch what the response was like during the holocaust. and this particular museum exhibit highlighted u.s. responses to reports of crystal knot and reports of the concentration camps there. and one of the most amazing things was the number of newspaper reports that had been written, and the number of individuals who did speak out, and even the importance of a single government official, henry morganthal, the lone jewish member of the cabinet during the holocaust. he spoke out and he convinced fdr to actually start the war refugee board whi

the first wave of migrants to reach the u.s. border many are now waiting for the thousands in the main caravan which is about eighteen hundred kilometers from the border. the international committee of the red cross says conditions are not right for revenge of muslim refugees to return safely to myanmar from bangladesh some seven hundred thousand have sought refuge there since the military crackdown began more than a year ago bangladesh authorities said they were ready to begin repatriating some refugees thursday. worries about germany's economic for the first time in years the economy is shrinking but it is just a blip or a sign of the real slowdown meanwhile germany's forty five when it comes to auto official intelligence potentially costing the country trillions of euros. things are getting critical for industrial companies along the banks of the river rhine low water levels caused by this on this lack of rain hampering shipping on germany's most important waterway. is your business update on how the homefront thanks for joining me the economy here in germany strength by zero point two percent in the third quarter more than analysts had expected and stifled by global trade disputes and problem

the international committee of the red cross says conditions are not right for him to muslim refugees to return safely to myanmar from bangladesh some seven hundred thousand have sought refuge there since the military crackdown began more than a year ago bangladesh authorities said they were ready to begin repatriating some refugees thursday. the un security council has voted unanimously to list sanctions against eritrea amid a thaw in relations in the region the measures which included an arms embargo asset freezes and travel bans were imposed in two thousand and nine after the country was accused of supporting armed groups in somalia. worries about germany's economic for the first time in years the economy is shrinking but is it just a blip or a sign of a real slowdown meanwhile germany's forty when it comes to auto official intelligence potentially costing the country trillions of euros. things are getting critical for industrial companies along the banks of the river rhine low water levels caused by this summer's lack of rain are severely hampering shipping on germany's most impor