james bays reports from the united nations. s: the um has been spearheading a humanitarian operation since the taliban took over, three point 8 million people receiving food supplies in that period, but aid alone will not help as the country's entire economy is at the risk of collapse. the secretary-general antonio guterres says the situation is urgent. >> this is a make or break moment. if we do not help afghans weather the storm and soon, the world will pay a heavy price. james: the taliban's acting foreign minister says the funds should be immediately unfrozen. >> this is so embarrassing that a huge country like the united states of america is freezing our assets instead of helping to construct our country and ensuring order. james: diplomats tell me there is no way the u.s. and its western allies will agree to unfreeze the assets and hand that money to the tele-band, but the u.n. believes there's another solution to inject money into afghanistan's economy, and that is using trust funds set up by the world bank. those funds c

the james bays, reports from the united nations. the u. n. has been spearheading a large humanitarian operation in the 2 months since the taliban to cobra afghanistan. 3.8000000 people have received food supplies in that period. but aid alone will not help as the countries entire economy is now at the risk of collapse . the un secretary general antonio terrace says the situation is very urgent. disease that make or break moments. if you do not ex, until afghans whether the storm and we'd soon, not only day but all the world will pay heavy price. the taliban is acting. foreign minister says afghanistan's funds thought to total about $10000000000.00 should be immediately unfrozen. walk out the america, and the hanover, the, the shadow, hover. this is so embarrassing that a huge country, like the united states of america, is freezing in our assets, instead of helping constructing our country and ensuring order. diplomats tell me there's no way the u. s. and it's western allies will agree to unfreeze afghanistan's assets and hand that money direc

james bays reports from the u.n. mes: these are some of the most recent pictures from tigre, but they are weeks old. the nation is cut off from the rest of the world. the u.n. believes famine has already taken hold and he military and he military access remains severely limited, and now the ethiopian government, in a tweet, announced it is expelling seven top u.n. officials. they have 72 hours to leave the country. in response, a spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general read out this statement he's issued. >> i was shocked by the information that the government of ethiopia has declared seven yuan and officials, including senior humanitarian officials as purse on a non-grotto. -- persona non grata. the u.n. is committed to helping ethiopian people who rely on humanitarian assistance. we are now engaging with the government of ethiopia in the expectation that the concerned u.n. staff will be allowed to continue their important work. james: the un security council ambassador's viewed the planned expulsions as a most u

a diplomatic editor james bay's reports from the un. with the conflict in ethiopia, widening and the humanitarian crisis growing the un secretary general address the security council. the country is facing any mouse humanitarian crises that the man's immediate attention. all efforts should be squarely focused on saving lives and avoiding a massive human tragedy. this makes law serves this announcement by the government of its your peer to expel 7th, senior un officials. most of them humanitarian stuff, but equally disturbing. but the ethiopian ambassador then justified those expulsions with new allegations. he claimed that the 7 senior staff had falsified data, inflated humanitarian figures, and even had invented cases of death by starvation. they were looking to create a data for like situation. the suddenly, an overnight created 1000000 victims of held the disaster. the secretary general had taken the unusual step of asking for a right to reply and invite the sacred general of the you know, to patience. he demanded that the ethiopians

james bays al jazeera, the united nations. now a 100 year old from the concentration camp god has appeared before at court and germany becoming the oldest person yet to be tried for nazi era crimes. joseph schwartz is charged with complicity and mass murder at the saxon house in camp between 19421945 german prosecutors are racing to bring the last surviving perpetrators to justice. in recent years, they've been focusing on lower ranking nancy stuff. while the drug trade is booming and argentina's, slums, threats and shootings have risen manager in the past year. federal forces have been sent into the city of rosario, that's home to one of the countries busiest ports to try to catch the violence. trees about accompanied police as they carried out rates. oh, it's become one of the most dangerous cities in argentina. reciting nearly 300 kilometers northwest of when a site is shootings have become an everyday occurrence as gangs battle each other to control the drug. trade is a more feminine all american lawyer. we just received a

our diplomatic editor james bay's report. any the humanitarian situation in afghanistan is already a crisis, but the un fears that if there is a total economic collapse in the country, it will become a catastrophe. conditions of worse and 2 in ethiopia where the effects of conflict of now spread well beyond t gray. the 2 crises now threatened to overload the whole humanitarian system. other conflicts from syria to yemen to somalia continue to cause immense suffering . these wars have not ended, but they're no longer at the center of the world's attention. and international donors seem to have forgotten them. for example, the current un humanitarian appeal for syria is funded at just 36 percent. the figure for molly stands at 32 percent. it's clear that not all humanitarian crises are created equal, some get more attention from the media than others. but the bottom line is that they all need to be funded. those countries that can afford it, need to show global solidarity. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha. one of the biggest globa

james bays al jazeera at the united nations, but u. k. government says it will reduce the amount of sewage dumped into british rivers falling on uproar on social media. last week, a change to the environment bill was proposed in an attempt to cut water pollution, but it wasn't back by enough. m. p. 's rule challenge reports from london. the 21st of october 2021. and an outflow pipe on the south coast of england pumps. hour after hour of untreated sewage into a picturesque harbor. just one of many similar instances that have uphold swimmers, water sports enthusiasts. fishes and environmentalists and that last week impedes voted could keep on happening by rejecting an amendments to the new environment. bill, public want to see actually this, the public is seeing a hugely profitable industry continually and systematically polluting the armor. it seems that the finds not putting them off. it seems that the current legislation in bozeman isn't deterring them for polluting to the extent they are. so they need change. and this amendment is th

so services such as l scared have been suspended in many places or to prevent, to get to james bay's has more from the united nations. well, the g 20 r meeting in an emergency session. it's a video conference with g 20 leaders that's happening in just a matter of hours. or they'll be talking specifically about afghanistan trying, i think, to get a joint position on afghanistan ahead of the big g. 20 summit, which is just 2 weeks away. and of course, these are the richest countries on earth, the ones that have the power to, or perhaps help the people of afghanistan, which as you heard, the 2nd general say there is facing what he says a make or break moment with the economy potentially collapsing. now what's clear to me from speaking to diplomats is there's no way that those g, 20 countries and certainly the western countries, the u. s. in its allies, are gonna allow all of afghanistan's money estimated be about $10000000000.00. it's currently frozen to be unfrozen and given to the taliban. but the you and have another plan. and that is to set up trust funds or trust fund run by the wo

james bays, who was in that news conference being conducted by the un secretary general. antonia quoterush, sir james, good social again. when mister garish talks about the quantity and breathing life into the economy, how does he think that can happen? well, i don't think it's going to happen. there's going to be no political support for our on freezing all of that money, all of afghanistan's funds. so what they're talking about instead is away of the international community community, paying for certain things in afghanistan, supplies salaries, those sorts of things. and he hinted at some of that in the news conference, he said that there's a trust fund for the u. n. a. d p that is a trust fund from the world bank and money could be put into those funds and things could then be directly paid without the money being handed over to the current afghan government, which is clearly at the taliban, which is something i think the u. s. and the western allies would not accept at this time. what's not clear is what exactly the international community would be prepared to fund in afghanistan. i've

these is the moment for everybody to the maximum or not speak now to our diplomatic editor james bay is he is in ryan for us. james, it's a fairly hefty agenda today. can you talk us through the main issues on the table when these leaders meet? when the g 20 meet, they really do discuss all the issues around the world. as you say, code vaccines seem to maids. i think, an agreement on that for distribution, more covert vaccines climate is going to be right at the top of the agenda. but actually, what they're discussing, when they meet in an hour's time, are issues to do with the global economy. as some parts of the world come out of the pandemic, one is a deal that's already been done effectively by the g 7 being adored by the g 20 that so corporate tax rates, making sure that multinational companies pay enough tax at a shop around the world for the lowest tax rates, 15 percent minimum tax rate for corporate companies is i think going to be agreed by the g 20. the 2nd issue on the morning agenda is more controversial and it's due with energy supplies. there are increased energy demands

james bays al jazeera at the united nations peruse prime minister agree though bugle has been replaced just 2 months after taking office. the former president of congress, mister vascos, has been named as his replacement for you, though, is a left wing politician. and he's been accused of sympathizing with rebel fighters and promoting the nationalization of key sectors. and that's angered congress and large sections of the population. protest against the government, a grown in recent weeks implement blip in the morning. i'll bill it's time to place peru above all ideology and isolated parties and positions. so i informed the country that today we've accepted the resignation of the president of the council of ministers. guido polito, whom i thank for his services rendered to the nation in a tweet after the announcement of either implied, he would fight back can posted a picture from the movie gladiator suggestions. that's a hint of the challenges ahead for president federal casteel and anna sanchez as more from lima. well, the new prime minister in the last case is a moderate. she is a

if you hope your claims the officials meddled in its internal affairs on the pallet together to james bays has more from the un. we had an interesting moment at the end of the meeting when the ethiopian ambassador addressed the security council. and at this meeting, he made brand new allegations explaining, he said the expulsions. he said that the, the, you and these officials and he said it was these officials responsible. most of the u. m. were doing good work in here. he said they had inflated humanitarian figures . he said they had falsified humanitarian data. he even said they've made up the deaths of ethiopians as a result of starving that were not true. that didn't exist. very strong allegations . that then meant the un secretary general decided to speak again. i've never heard or seen you and secretary general use his right to reply in the security council. certainly never saw bank he moon do it. and i've never seen antonio terrace. do it until now, but he used his right to reply and this is what he said. we believe that it, your peers, not the right to expel this 8 members of un.

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. hers prime minister gator. obey ido has been replaced in just 2 months after tanking off its former president of congress murder vasquez has been named for the jump left. his politician at benito has been accused of sympathizing with rebel fighters and promoting nationalization of key sectors. angry congress and large sections of the population protests against the government have grown in recent weeks. implement believe in the morning, i'll build it's time to place peru above all ideology and isolated parties and positions. so i informed the country that today we've accepted the resignation of the president of the council of ministers, guido polito, whom i thank for his services rendered to the nation in its way down to his resignation at bay, ido implied to the fight. he would fight back and posted a picture from the movie gladiator a. him sat the challenges ahead for president petro castillo, for more on the political situation in peru. let's go straight to marianna sanchez in lima. hello, they marianna. the new prime minister has just b

and you can watch the class full plan of f o, a special report from greenland in full at $1630.00 james bay, right? he on al jazeera. ok. it's time now before he is gemma. thank you, emily. we start with basketball in the n. b a is facing the prospect of another backlash in china after boston celtics player and his counter described the chinese president sheet and paying as a brutal dictator. he made the comments in a lengthy social media video promoting it's beth and independence has a short clip. brutal dictator of china. she's g p. i have a message for you and your henchmen. i will say again, again and again loud and clear. i hope you hear me free to bed free tibet free tibet has already been fall out for counters, team and the m b i. in general, after he posted the video, the southwick's games were immediately wiped from the schedules of the m. b. a chinese broadcast on a 10 cent, some citizens in china or fe, calling for a boycott of the club. one high ranking chinese official was questioned about the issue. it's a news conference on thursday. why? when been spike for us and for the ch

james bay's al jazeera rome u. k is threatening more checks on all you vessel fishing its waters. a france goes ahead with a series of proposed sanctions. the escalating disputes is linked to a post for the fishing agreement, harrison threatening sanctions. if the u. k. doesn't grants more licenses to french fishermen? the british government says that would put you in breach of a trade agreement, or brendan has a license from london really busy friday on the diplomatic front in this. what looked like an escalating gram, frankly, between france and britain over these fishing rights in the english channel. the french ambassador was summoned to the british foreign office in london. and the meeting did not last long. i mean, that's an indication of just how tense the atmosphere is. catherine cologne, other french ambassador arrived just before 5 pm local time was out again, just 20 minutes later. that's barely enough time to get your coat off and have a cup of tea. i suggest on the readout from the british foreign office that followed that made no specific mention at all of this briti

population of garage praised the efforts of agencies, but says it's not enough on diplomatic as a james bay's reports.

we have our diplomatic editor james bay's covering all of those. he's joining us from room. so james, plenty obviously happening on the sidelines. but what's the take away message when it comes to that all important topic of climate change leaders had to call 26 summit in glasgow next ordering earlier on, some of the leaders went to the center of rome to one the best known places, the chevy fountain where you know, the tradition is you make a wish as you throw a coin into the fountain, i am sure many of them wished for greener environment, vironment for the prosperity of the planet. but campaigners say it's not about wishing, and it's not about wishful thinking. it's about action and there are real concerns at this g 20 hasn't come up with the right action. certainly, the draft communique that al jazeera scene, i think, will cools, can some to concern to activists. and to scientists. i can tell you though, from one senior official who's in the know that even now, and it's about 4 hours before the supposed to be the final press conference here at this summit. they are negotiat

now, diplomatic added to james bay's joins us live from the united nations for more reaction on what appears to be a diplomatic crisis. james, after the government of ethiopia expelled those 7 u. n. d, those 7 un humanitarian work is now tell us why that's important. and what further reaction has been from the united nations actually general when it's important because of the state of the humanitarian situation in te gray, which is already the un says lightly a famine. there's been a great deal of each other activity here at un headquarters in the last couple of hours. the un secretary general picking up the phone to the therapy. prime minister abbey ahmed, saying this is unacceptable. he doesn't accept the principle of persona non grata. he says, that's a principle use between states. it's not a principle that you can use for an international organization like the united nations. but the theo pins have hit back as a new statement from the foreign ministry doubling down on those allegations that 7 un officials meddled in internal affairs. they listed what they say are 5 ways in which

humanitarian operations that help more than 5000000 people in the water to dry region. antibiotic editor james bays has more from the united nations . for now, the u. n. is not withdrawing the 7 high level members of its staff, that the government of ethiopia say should be expelled from the country. the un 2nd general antonio terrace picked up the phone to the theo, p prime minister, abbe ahmed of the un says that it doesn't accept the principle that these staff on out persona non grata. and it is the long standing legal position of the organization not to accept the application of the doctrine of persona non grata with respect to united nations officials. this is a doctrine to the applies to diplomatic agents accredited by one state to another state. the application of this doctrine to united nations officials is contrary to obligations under the charter of the united nations. however, the ethiopian foreign ministry has doubled down, issuing a new statement, giving more details of what it says is the meddling by the 7th staff in internal affairs. it also says that a discussion of the issue by the

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. i still had herron out zera peruse, prime minister is replaced just 2 months after taking office. presidents been under pressure to name a more moderate government. growing demands to ban northshore only expiration of the clean up from the california spill. ah well after reco breaking fronting in north restlessly on monday, it's a sort of sicily yesterday heavy rain once again that was result in a timely coast in the southeast. it's still raining there, but the rain is generally speaking, moving east, which is this massive cloud here. so over the balkans being caught up by you know, systems this is a big area of weakness low, which is where rainy's likely that's usually just ahead of it. so what is the story then? well, the rest of thursday is going to be an unwinding depression which starts rain down to greece up to the balkans and still through it, but not the northwest. still possibly in sicily, quite a strong wind. the boar, a damaging winds, coming out of croatia, all part of the

james bay's al jazeera rome, marco jacobs is a professor of political economy at the university of sheffield, specializing in climate change. he says, richard countries have not kept their promise to assist the poor nations. we know that up to 2019, there wasn't enough money flowing from the rich nations, the world's the poor ones. and by enough, i don't mean what actually the poor countries would really like, but what they developed countries that promised as long as those 2009. and then again, in the purchase agreement, in 2015, the rich nation's promised that they would mobilize a $100000000000.00 a year of finance to help poor countries, both reduce their emissions and even more importantly, as we've just been hearing their firms in bad way, adapt to the climate change they've already experienced by 2019, however, only $80000000000.00 had been raised per year in that year. so till 20000000000 short of the of the promise go. now i think it's quite likely now that in copenhagen, a story in glasgow. 26 in a few days time. we will hear 100000000000 mark has just about been reached or will be

says i returned to democracy is disappearing in an interview with our deserves diplomatic edison, james bays, he asked wagner about alarming number of protesters imprison that this really terrible because i know the people also many who are now in prison, and it's really so sad that nothing is moving. all you worried that this is either now or about to become a fully fledged civil war? yeah, that's my worry. because now the situation is different from 1988 or 2006 because the people they had in the last 10 years, a certain freedom. and also now there are equipped with iphones and the social media are very active. and the main source of information in jamar, a facebook, twitter, and therefore they, if i follow deece than i see they are very determined not to keep up. and if they don't give up and if they are so angry to also use why lends done, i think it goes on and on that the while and we create otherwise, islands. and therefore i fear a full blown internal armed conflict. you say things are different. this time and the civilian population is different this time. why then would the militar

james bays al jazeera at the united nations democratic republic of congo is finally sworn in a new election chief offered after a disputed nomination. dentist had him a will lead the independent national electoral commission. his parliamentary approval has been marred by claims of irregularities over his nomination in recent days. d r. c saw violent protests last year. the appointment of an electoral chief accused of vote of rigging, past votes. now indigenous communities across ecuador, and protesting against the government's economic policies. they're demanding the president reverse arise, and fuel prices. and they're angry to about plans to double oil and mining exploration in the amazon. theresa bo reports from cut to proxy. oh, had that a to means wake up in the local key to indigenous language. and here in the province of got a back seen equal order. it is what indigenous leaders are asking their people to do. oh, demos tweeters are reposing a rise in the price of fuel and increasing mining and own production. and a series of laws that they claim will hurt the countries poorest. the g

james bays reports now from rome. president biden with the pope, a deeply personal and spiritual moment for the u. s. is 2nd ever catholic president, but also a chance to discuss the most pressing issues at the top of the list, the climate emergency, the biden administration and hope by now to have passed its massive spending legislation, giving the president the ability to match his words on climate with action, but there's been no breakthrough. as the u. s. president toward rome with his motorcade of 85 vehicles, the un secretary general said all roads to success at the climate conference in glasgow in just a few days passed through rome. what is the minimum g 20 countries must deliver at this summit? for there to be a chance of success at cop $26.00 in glasgow. we asked you above what the scientists tell us that are the levels of emission that should be needed in 20, said he, and in 2050. and it is clear that he had leads nowhere. if developed countries will try to blame emerging economies and the emerging economies will try to blame developed countries. this is the moment for everyb

james bays al jazeera, at the united nations. indigenous communities across ecuador have been protesting against the government's economic policies are demanding the prisoner reverse arise in fuel prices and are also angry rep plans to double oil and mining exploration in the amazon, teresa go report saffron called poxy. o, have ready to means wake up in the local key to indigenous language. and here in the province of quote of maxine equal order, it is what indigenous leaders are asking their people to do. oh, demos tweeters are reposing a rise in the price of fuel and increasing mining and own production. and a series of laws that they claim will hurt the countries poorest. the government says the reforms are necessary to jumpstart the economy. it bully equitorial is that indeed another be ecuadorian. people are tired of the measures taken by the government, neo liberal policies. that's why we're implementing our right to resist. according to our constitution, little by little people are joining us in the town of sac. his li, also in go to foxy young members of the community, use metal

james bays al jazeera, the united nations security forces engineers here have rated the studios of an opposition tv channel and seen some of its broadcasting equipment. just days ago, one of the channels main presenters was arrested for criticizing president chi. saeed. live on earth. a number of media outlets have come under pressure since the president suspended parliament and july broadcast regulator says that the channel g to an a t v have been operating illegally for several years. every bit louis is a chin, is in journalist in the capital and describes how the climate is changing for journalists. the are still do you a station osler and then i yes. who is a is a journalist where conferred is that you do in a tv. i think i can say that they're the media and freedom of her, pres, engineers are made to be threatened, and i may consider this as a state back to democracy. i mean, you can, you can agree or disagree with the journalist, but you can not a judge, a disadvantage in front of military. it tries, i mean, personally and personally. and they think this is where the position of

head to glasgow for the cup 26 un climate summit. shortly we'll hear from our diplomatic and as a james bays in raw, i'm with you and we action on climate change ahead of that summit. but 1st let's go to i want has correspondent, kimberly helped it in the italian capital. hello that. kimberly, thanks for joining us. it's certainly been a busy day for the president. what else is on the agenda for him? right. the you as president has a very full schedule. as you mentioned, he will be meeting later with the french president emmanuel mack crawl. but prior to that, what all eyes rod was his visit to the vatican to meet with. pope francis a pope, he's met before and who he has a very warm relationship with. in fact, we're learning more about that meeting and according to media reports, it was a very war meeting. the president said that they prayed together and that the pope blessed his rosary and thanked him for being a good catholic. but the issue that did not come up was the issue of abortion. that is something that the church does not support, but that joe biden does politically. and so there w

this is a stain on our collective conscience and in mustang, our diplomatic editor james bay's reports now from the united nations. these are some of the most recent pictures from t gray, but they are weeks old. the region is quite deliberately, it seems being cut off from the rest of the world view and believes famine has already taken hold. that humanitarian access remains severely limited. and now the ethiopian government, in a tweet, as announced its expelling 7 top you and officials, they have 72 hours to leave the country in response to spokesperson for the un secretary general. read out this statement, he's issued. i was shocked by the information that the government of ethiopia has declared 7 u. n. officials including senior un humanitarian officials. as persona non grata, i have full confidence and a u. n. staff who are in ethiopia doing this work that you went as committed to helping ethiopian people who rely on humanitarian assistance. we are now engaging with the government of ethiopia in the expectation that the concerned un staff will be allowed to continue their importan

james bays al jazeera at the united nations president joe biden. she's paying a now expected to hold talks by the end of the year and mid rising tensions between the united states and china. a top advisors to both leaders agreed to the virtual meeting after 6 hours of discussions in switzerland. it's not clear what date the meeting will take place. washington and bay jeans ties have been further strained off to the chinese military flu. dozens of sorties net i one in the past week. mike, hannah has more now from washington, dc. this very significant and leaders have agreed in their phone call that they're held last month, that it's essential for them to maintain open lines of communication. because of the nature of this brought relationship, they've made very clear that it's necessary for them to talk to each other, to try and lower what has been an immense amount of tension between china and the u . s. at the u. s. phases at, in terms of competition. this is a word that china says it does not like it is seeking, it says, a good relationship with t

james bays al jazeera at the united nations still had and i'll just enter the race to become the next president of the philippines heats up for vice president lynette of red, or says she wants the top job. read enough can a sense massage leaf the only place where girls can still go to high school. ah, it's been a lot of moisture injection. the sky is remains of shaheen is still around. you can't see it as circulation, but it came from i went across and to quarter, and these showers in the west side of yemen, maybe the southwest society, our result of the moisture. the breeze is picky up to down the red sea and also down the golf bit of a shamal here. probably a dusty one. the tension to heart cities, but average she meets, you probably be down with this dry weight and otherwise it's sunshine all over the place. there is significant weather around not so much now in the south, as in, in the north command of central asia, a bit of cold showing early signs of winter in touch. you could stand, for example, not quite afghanistan. and that breeze blows across the caspian buck, whose tempera

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. you, as i knew, k, a warning, their citizens of a security threat in afghanistan's capital. american british citizens have been asked to stay away from hotels in kabul, follows a recent rise in eisler tags. many foreigners have left after the u. s. with all in on august, some aid workers in general as do remain. staffing deka has the latest front cover . the americans and the british warning against a people staying away from hotels in the capital one particular hotel was mentioned as you know, having a real security threat against we've heard about this in the last 48 hours or so. the taliban is taking it seriously. they beat dr. curt security also using their special forces to cordon off certain roads using sniper locations. the telephone's main card that they played was that they could maintain security in this country, that they were the only ones to be able to maintain security in this country. what we're seeing recently in the last, especially 10 days or so is an escalation, a s

james bays al jazeera at the united nations still head on al jazeera, how facebook's algorithm has been promoting post that intentionally seek an angry or emotional response. with europe's most carbon pollution plants cold and faces the challenge of becoming carbon neutral at 2050. and england continue their good start. the t 20 cricket world cup. sorry will be here with the action ins. ah hello. the skies are largely clear across much of the middle east. a loss of hazy sunshine coming for her little more cloud though, up towards the yeah. the caspian sea and make its way through dry weather coming in on the course. i, a terrence around 17 celsius, but at least it will be largely dry bits and pieces of cloud of rain moving through to administer northern parts of afghanistan, charge of a share, or 2 in kabul, or chills of a shower to just around eastern areas over man on thursday or maybe on friday wanted to shout he, gracie, easing out of the way, should be last you dry. here in doha, we getting up to 30 to decrease, push little further north. you can see some wet or whether they're dev

the rest of north and west and north west of the country out there is diplomatic, and it's a james bay spoke with me and mas un envoy about her fees of the civil war that day . so really terrible because i know the people also many who are now.