james bayes has more from the united nations. one woman's rights activist has told me she seizing about the latest developments. the european diplomat said this is not what they understood was the u. n's position. what we know is that there's going to be a meeting of special envoys to afghanistan that will take place in doha, in the next couple of weeks. and that meeting is going to be. busy cheered by the secretary general of the united nations, antonio terrace. we also now know from a speech that was made at princeton university by the deputy secretary general abena muhammad, that there in the early stages of discussing the idea of offering recognition to the taliban. we hope that we will find as baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition. is it possible and no recognition of the taliban. a principle recognition. in other words, there are conditions. i mean, you know, let's see. let's see what that does because that discussion has to happen. i mean, there are some that believe this can never happen. there are other

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. the husband of scotland from a fast minister nicholas sturgeon was arrested on wednesday. he to morrow was detained as part of an investigation to the scottish national parties, campaign financing morals, to down as the chief executive of the governing piling dependents party last month . but he's have now released morrow while a report will be sent to the prosecutor's office. poor brennan has the story. this is a dramatic development in the 18 month police investigation into s n. p. finances detectives and forensic offices conducting a full scale search of the family home in glasgow, while more teams executed search warrants at other addresses, including the party headquarters. nicholas sturgeon, successor as s n. p leader found his pre planned tour of glasgow medical center, hijacked by the unexpected news. i was told this morning after the event and, and of course my reaction as you'd imagine that much later anybody involved in the s m p is that this is a difficulty for that party.

james bayes has moved from new and headquarters in new york, representatives of full western countries walking out of a meeting of un security council members. russia organized the informal meeting to discuss the transfer of children from ukraine to russia. controversial late invited russia's children's commissioner maria luther below, but to speak by video link. she was issued an arrest warrant by the international criminal court. the st time, last months. as the russian president vladimir putin accused of organizing the abduction of children. she though, said they were being rescued, al jazeera is blurred, the faces of children who are now in russia, who appeared in a video that she played to the meeting. i told her, i want to stress that unlike the ukraine inside, we don't use children for propaganda. when she spoke to reporters, the u. s. ambassador to the united nations condemned the participation of miss luba below vanity. a woman who has been charge without war crimes. ah, who has been involved in deporting and removal of other children, ah, from their homes to russia. so contro

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. there without is there a still to come this half hour chinese authorities pledged she falling the people responsible for a devastating hospital fire begging worse blaze in decades. ah well conditions across the u. k. leave a little bit to be desired. if you know, you know, hey everyone, and here's the situation on thursday, there's winds blowing in from the north east. that's likely going to induce some showers for the southeast of england. now by friday we get into a proper easterly wind. so that's going to chuck rain from the low countries into england and wales and the republic of ireland conditions are also changing across iberia, where it's been hot and dry. we've got an incoming storm system from the atlantic. so let me show you by friday crashes into the coast of portugal and the northwest of spain. back to the here and now it's cold enough for snow in the alpine region. showers of turn lighter through the balkans, still gloomy conditions here and for turkey, we've got what, wh

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations still to come on al jazeera, why the sight of beached compact wells is becoming more common on the u. s. atlantic coast. on the challenge facing engine, easiest governments as williams travel to the muslim eat holiday. ah, it sat some of the day where we take a look at your a forecast for the middle east and africa. nice to have you long. we have seen some downpours across saudi arabia, just the other day. lightning lit up the night sky in riyadh. i think it's going to be dry on thursday. pretty good chance of it, but showers never really too far way hot and humid in doha at times that will be coming off the golf. that's why we're seeing the increase in humidity dry as we looked toward kurdistan was becca astonished to g. costanza. temperatures are slowly coming up pure crust, turkey, we've got wet weather in the west, in the east, but i think the bigger pulses will be in the east, is that energy shifts into the caucasus. here's how this story goes for africa, the biggest concentration of rain at long coastal sections of nigeria. but if we look

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations rush and state media reporting the ukranian forces of killed 20 civilians in back moot where fierce fighting his rage for months rushing back forces in the done. yes. regency ukrainian forces blow up for residential buildings 2 days ago. however, the reuters news agencies unable to independently verify the report. after months of lobbying the ukraine has received its 1st u. s. made patriot missiles. systems, ukraine's defense minister says the delivery of patriots will make ukrainian skies more secure. the ability to defend itself against russian air strikes, patriots can target aircraft and missiles, a distances of up to a 150 kilometers. both chambers of the us congress are holding hearings to discuss allegations of war crimes perpetrated by russian forces in ukraine, ukraine's prosecutor general and 2 unidentified witnesses who claim to be survive as a russian atrocities. a testifying before a house committee of the senate has begun a hearing on holding those in russia accountable, practical haine has more in those hearings from capitol hill

our diplomatic editor james bayes has more from the united nations security council, has called up for an immediate cessation of the violence of ceasefire to take place . we've had back coming from the secretary general of the united nations we private crop coming from the regional group. it god, we've had it coming from the african union of bots, the u. n. 's mom in khartoum of oak. a preface who spoke to the security council brief them behind closed doors, but then spoke to us reporters here un headquarters said he's not getting any indication that the, the to man, the to rival generals are willing to comply with the idea of a cease for a russian opposition activist and permanent kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in moscow. let a mere cara mercer was convicted of treason and denigrating the military. well, leaders and supporters immediately condemned the verdict and called for his release . car mercer was arrested a year ago when he returned to moscow after denouncing the russian president vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. when he heard it was 25

james bayes there. now james is talking about the situation in yemen, of course, and a 104 detainees have been transferred from saudi arabia to yemen on monday, in addition to a 3 day long prisoner exchange between hosty, rebels and government forces the release so far of nearly a 1000 detainees has raised hopes of an end to yeoman's long run in conflict among condra faults. ah, it's all hugs in relief at santa airport as a prisoner exchange comes to completion after 3 days. but it's taken months of negotiation. jo lombardo, i miss my mom and dad, my kids, and my entire family. this what was broken by the un involved the release of over 700 detained, who fees, and more than a 180 other prisoners, including saudi soldiers and suit me. troops fighting with the saudi coalition. the iranian back to these took snow in 2014 st. paul king, a war and the involvement of saudi arabia and allies, such as the u. e, trying to restore the internationally recognized government a deadlock and fighting lead to what's bee

james bayes you are at the united nations in new york. tell us about this emergency meeting that was called what actually happens behind those closed doors. yeah, the meeting is taking place as we speak. now, just through that door, you maybe see the sign restricted area authorized personnel only only members of the security council can go through that door to the consultations room where the meeting is taking place. they are being briefed by the us special coordinator for the middle east tool when a student who is briefing them from the way where you just heard my colleagues speaking from east jerusalem about the current situation on the ground. obviously when the boston came in here, we spoke to them, we spoke to as many as possible about the situation. and 2 of those i think were important comments. because the 2 countries that have some influence on the situation, one is the united states. we spoke to the deputy ambassador robert wood, who is attending that meeting that's going on right now. and the other one is the united arab emirat

james bayes. there plenty of all still had on the news hour, including french call to quit sab asana france for a 2009 plane crash. the kill 228 people. emotional reunions and hopes for a lasting pace. hundreds of prisoners return home optimistic with an end to the war, and yemen is inside floss a young quarterback making history in the nfl with a record breaking contract. and that more with kiefer in school ah, now a 104 detainees have been transferred from saudi arabia to yemen on monday. in addition to a 3 day long prisoner exchange between host the rebels and government forces, the release so far of nearly a 1000 detainees is raising hopes of an end t emmons, long running conflict in ron con reports ah, it's all hugs in relief at santa airport. as a prisoner exchange comes to completion after 3 days, but it's taken months of negotiation gel and val i miss my mom and dad, my kids and my entire family. this what was broken by the un involved the release of over 700 detained hu fees, and more tha

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations russian state media reporting that ukrainian forces have killed 20 civilians in back moot where fierce fighting is rage for several months. rushing back forces in the danielle region say ukrainian forces blew up for residential buildings 2 days ago. however, the reuters news agencies unable to independently verify the report. after months of lobbying ukraine has received his 1st u. s. may patriot missile systems, ukraine's defense minister says the delivery of patriots will make ukrainian skies more secure with the ability to defend herself against russian airstrikes hatreds contort target aircraft missiles. the distances of up to a 150 kilometers both chambers of the u. s. congress holding hearings to discuss allegations of war crimes perpetrated by russian forces in ukraine, ukraine's prosecutor general and 2 unidentified witnesses who claim to be. survivors are rational atrocities testifying before house committee. while the senate has begun a hearing or holding bose in russia, accountable political haine house. more these hearings from

james bayes out his era at the united nations, the both chambers of the us congress holding hearings to discuss allegations at russian troops that committed war crimes and ukraine. particle hate has more from capitol hill. it's been a fairly unusual hearing for capitol hill. it began with the committee playing a fairly graphic video with interviews from people from ukraine video showing dead bodies. and they did warned that it was going to be very hard to watch. and in fact, it was then they heard from the witnesses. the 1st was a 57 year old ukranian woman and accountant. she said she tried to open up a small hotel into your son when the invasion happen. she said she was in her home, and russian soldiers came and took her to what she called a torture chamber. here's a little bit of what she had to tell canada. she knew she teaches her uncle. in january of this year, they came for me. they took me to their torture chamber and kept me there for 5 days, cutting my body with a knife and threatening to rape me and kill me. she also went on to say that they took her into the back field an