the international red cross distributes aid such as coal, but poverty and the stress of war create tensionsdon't know, about a0 people queueing up for this registration to get winter coal. i'm just going to ask, like, about the lift. upstairs, ifind a lieutenant colonel, a military man now in charge of marinka. he is uncomfortable when i ask why aid is coming from volunteers and charities rather than the ukrainian government. i've come to meet olya the baker. her house was hit and patched up by volunteers. it is right next to the checkpoint which separates ukraine from no man's land. beyond this slag heap is rebel—held territory, the dnr. there has been no gas or drinking water in marinka since the war began. people have always produced their own food here. but now, it is even more important. during the worst bombing, olya went down to the cellar. her elderly father didn't make it and died after being injured by shattered glass. tanya, who works with olya at the bakery, lives only a few houses away. almost every house in tanya's street has been bombed or shelled at some point. a local teach

of the system in yemen you have problems of water you have problems of sanitation we the international red cross we try to fix those problems otherwise there would have been maybe not be any running water and so on anymore so there is no doubt that what is coming into the country at the moment is not enough and more should be done you money to and aid is to some extent allowed in but the problem is that more is needed to ensure a decent level of life for the population i am afraid that this is becoming a feature of some of the conflicts you know some of the conflict where i work at the beginning of my career were very poor country there were poor before the war poor doing to one unfortunately poor after the war very little infrastructure so in a way very little too to reconstruct and the problem was reluctantly should i say simple to deal with here you have something which is extremely complex you have infrastructures which are falling to pieces up to the point of the whole system we have commissioned a study from well known british school that is going to carry out a full study of the health sy

and the should with the help of the government position our dollars of united nations and international red cross committee and the syrian red crescent you guys asian and others other international structures does not hold this so it is of most importance that the international community would have a cause that we gave to help. support in the demining process of the risks of the regions which are coming back to normal life.

the aids notion of the help of the government position our god is what united nations and international red cross committee of the syrian red crescent you know is asian and all those other international structures does not hold this so it is of most importance that the international community would have a cause that we gave to help. the poor during the demining process of the risks of the regions which are coming back to normal life without any politicizing without huge scale any political preconditions your scoop is noted and so you have a much thankful to my colleagues. for continuing our work through our castration and i'm confident that order to these the talks today and the outcomes you will be moved able to release would in the jointly but will help us consolidated with the further our efforts to you that have guided by the recession twenty two specific audience are critical so i think it would actually give the floor with them would you mr foreign affairs of iran germans or. the name. on holly on. ladies and gentlemen first of all i would like to think. of my friend and colleague so he lov

the system in yemen you have problems of water you have problems of sanitation we in the international red cross we try to fix those problems otherwise there would maybe not be any running water and so on anymore so there is no doubt that what is coming into the country at the moment is not enough and more should be done humanitarian aid is to some to a large extent allowed in but the problem is that more is needed when sure a decent level of life for the population otherwise the country goes downhill the problem is is one of a structural decay. yemen is not a country like you can find another come hell where with a little infrastructure in yemen you have a lot of infrastructure and this particular infrastructure is falling to pieces and we international organization including the i.c.r.c. we try to do what we can to support these structures but of course we can only do so much so i do agree with you that bringing back the country on the on back on its feet will be a long long lasting task that sounds like it's a technical problem that needs dealing with that aid is somehow just a front line is

syria we discussed the situation generally on the ground in syria with the president of the international red cross. now at the present moment we see both movements at the same time we see active combat with a lot of emergency displacements and at the same time we see that people are also returning to some of the places in syria which are more quiet than eastern or northern from. the humanitarian corridors at this certain moment were you wished by people which shows that they came to the conclusion that they were useful tools to get out of the beseeched situation of peace and we have seen a lot of people killed and injured by also explosives remnants of war so this is a very complex situation where different tactics and violations also of international humanitarian law by different sides. to an awful. lot of conditions for disobedient population. an american photojournalist says he feels betrayed by the f.b.i. after he spent seven months held by terrorists in syria he claimed to me the f.b.i. used him to track the jihadists instead of trying to rescue a kind of paid off my discover card. for the f.

collapse of the system you have problems of water you have problems of sanitation we the international red cross we try to fix those problems otherwise there would maybe not be any running water and so on anymore so there is no doubt that what is coming into the country at the moment is not enough and more should be done humanitarian aid is to some to a large extent allowed in but the problem is that more is needed to ensure a decent level of life for the population i am afraid that this is becoming a feature of some of the conflicts you know some of the conflict where i work at the beginning of my career were very poor country there were poor before the war poor doing the war unfortunately poor after the war very little infrastructure so in a way very little too to reconstruct and the problem was we logically should i say it's simple to deal with here you have something which is extremely complex you have infrastructures which are falling to pieces up to the point of the whole system we have commissioned a study from well known british school that's going to carry out a full study of the health

the system in yemen you have problems of water you have problems of sanitation we in the international red cross we try to fix those problems otherwise there would maybe not be any running water and so on anymore so there is no doubt that what is coming into the country at the moment is not enough and more should be done humanitarian aid is to some to a large extent allowed in but the problem is that more is needed to ensure a decent level of life for the population otherwise the country goes downhill so this is quite quite clearly something one of the message that i have been passing i've been going around many capitals today i mean moscow was in other capitals before to pass that message that more should be done to ensure that there is enough essential goods for the syrian population today in sana'a and elsewhere how do you feel you're getting heard by these capitals. for a long time for a long time yemen used to be not under the spotlight and at least i feel now that. the human conflict is getting the attention it deserves one year ago seclusion of united nation rang the alarm bell about the

between saudi backed government forces and the who thing rebels they are backed by iran the international red cross has called on all sides in the yemen conflict not to show one of the country's oldest towns so be this a u.n. world heritage site but there are fears many of its historic buildings were reduced to rubble barbara reports. sabots fortified walls and minarets have stood for more than a thousand d.s. but the war during the last three years has left its mark and there's concern continued fighting between the saudi led coalition and who three rebels could damage the town's archaeological sites beyond repair. or. some of the bombing around the city of sabot and inside the city of stab it resulted in damage of some building ceilings and walls cracks and we as a public body to preserve the historic cities cannot do anything when. the sabbath was yemen's capital between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries it sits south of today's capital sana'a in an area largely controlled by heathy rebels it's also close to the main highway linking the port of her data and the city of thais a crucial suppl

fighting between saudi backed government forces and the heathy rebels backed by iran the international red cross has called on all sides in the yemen conflict not to shell one of the country's oldest towns of it is a u.n. world heritage site but there are fears many of its historic buildings will be reduced to rubble if the fighting continues barbara got the reports. sabots fortified walls and minarets have stood for more than a thousand d.s. but the war during the last three years has left its mark on this concern continued fighting between the saudi led coalition and who is he rebels could damage the town's archaeological sites beyond repair. some of the bombing around the city of sabot and inside the city of zab it resulted in damage of some building ceilings and walls cracks and we as a public body to preserve the historic cities cannot do anything with. zappa it was yemen's capital between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries it sits south of today's capital sana in an area largely controlled by heathy rebels it's also close to the main highway linking the port of data and the city of tha

millions of syrians broadly remains desperate but according to the president of the international committee the red cross the latest humanitarian efforts produce some results now at the present moment we see both movements at the same time we see active combat trunks with a lot of emergency displacements and at the same time we see that people are also returning to some of the places in syria which are more quiet than eastern or northern from around the human ethiopian corti doors at this certain moment were used by people which shows that they came to the conclusion that they were useful tools to get out of the beseeched situation of essentially we have seen a lot of people killed and injured by also explosives remnants of war so it is a very complex situation where different tactics and violations also of international humanitarian law by by different sides. to an awful. tough conditions for the civilian population. keep track the facebook story on our site called social media to moscow for now is kevin owen saying thanks for watching this very early thursday morning in moscow one twenty five in that s

a loyal member of its party who made important contributions in the energy field international committee of the red cross says one of its workers was killed in the yemeni city of tires on saturday who died after a gunman opened fire on his car the hood was in charge of the organizations detention program and was on his way to visit a prison when the attack happened. india's government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve it was widespread protests over a number of attacks including the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in kashmir prime as an arranger modi's cabinet approved the order but it is backing from parliament within six months to become law and us president donald trump is accusing former f.b.i. director james comey of leaking classified information in his memoirs came he has been promoting his new book in which he portrays trump as a quote ego driven liar he was fired by trump last year as the f.b.i. investigated alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election those are your headlines stay with us faultlines

just tuesday of this week the international committee of the red cross released its report on lethal autonomous weapons systems, and it is basing its conclusions on the martens clause. there are other concepts beyond the martens clause which are found in natural law and which i suggest to you are going to be very important in this debate going forward, very important in geneva and beyond. for example, the human right to life as that and universal declaration on human rights, is part of natural law. it is adorable. it is unchanging. you cannot move away from it through treaties or through consent of states. equally, the prohibition on use of military force found in the u.n. charter but also considered a per entry norm, a rule of higher law that states cannot walk away from, that they cannot change. it is deeply embedded with principles of morality that have to endure, no matter how badly human beings mess them up. the momentum, building on these concepts, is moving forward to a regulation. and that kind of a regulation from these sources as opposed to a near treaty provision can have

cope with the number of injured after a month of protests along the gaza border the international committee of the red cross says the hospitals are only get around forty eight hours of power each day the demonstrations have been met by heavy response from israel notably sniper fire palestinian health ministry in gaza says that more than two thousand people every single leg injuries a lack of medical treatments also forced unnecessary amputations and for one palestinian athlete it meant the end of his career. the soldiers were brutally shooting people an old man got shot in front of me he was protesting peacefully and not throwing any stones and he got shot with an explosive bullet i spent six hours in surgery and then one. week in the intensive care unit and i didn't think my leg would be like this i couldn't feel it but i had fractured groans that my leg kept bleeding out i wasn't aware that it would be amputated but it seems like my relatives told the doctors not to tell me that i was an athlete i used to play multiple sports and i used to play for the palestinian union. applying to a request for comment

a loyal member of its party who made important contributions in the energy field international committee of the red cross says one of its workers was killed in the yemeni city of tires on saturday had died after gunmen opened fire on his car the hood was in charge of the organizations detention program and was on his way to visit a prison when the attack happened india's government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve it was widespread protests over a number of attacks including the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in kashmir promise an arranger modi's cabinet approved the order but it is backing from parliament within six months to become law and u.s. president donald trump is accusing former f.b.i. director james comey of leaking classified information in his memoirs came he has been promoting his new book in which he portrays trump as a quote ego driven liar he was fired by trump last year as the f.b.i. investigated alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election those are your headlines stay with us faultlines i

with the aim of spreading chaos and zero strongly denies the allegations of the international committee of the red cross says one of its workers was killed in the yemeni city of ties on saturday the i.c.r.c. said handler who died after a gunman opened fire on his car and was in charge of the organisers zation is the tension program and was on his way to visit a prison when the attack happened. a years of civil war in yemen have left many children without access to even the most basic education and many women in particular have never had the chance to learn to read and write but in a rural part of thais probably this one group of women is determined to make up for lost time as many are harmed reports. they make this journey most days a long winding sometimes dangerous parts this is a remote area with list of the city of tire ease it's also one of the battlegrounds of human civil war and with these women must go to reach the only place where they can loon. but. we walk long distances past villages and valleys to get here we learn because we did not have education and have a known about only didn't know an