jonathan scha nzer. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.n to the streets of yemen's capital sanaa, for the funeral of the houthi rebels' top political leader. saleh al—samad was killed earlier this month in a saudi—led—coalition airstrike on sanaa, which is controlled by the houthis. hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home after four years of self—imposed exile. it's not clear whether ms banda plans to engage in politics. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal. scientists working to save the tasmanian devil from extinction have discovered a small but healthy population of the animals in the remote south west area of tasmania. more than eighty per cent of the carnivorous marsupials have been wiped out in the past twenty years by a form of facial cancer. but the fourteen creatures discovered in the australian state are all healthy. thousands of people have returned to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to continue protesting, after a

jonathan scha nzer is senior vice president of foundation for defense of democracies.hington. what do you expect from the us and, if anything, from the un?” what do you expect from the us and, if anything, from the un? i don't expect much from the un. the russians would have a veto of any meaningful action and i don't really believe that the international community is primed to do anything now. donald trump, is he willing to re—examine? there was an indication he wanted to leave syria entirely. i think a case can be made now, perhaps with a new national security adviser in place, with the israeli is taking shots with the iranians inside syria, with chemical weapons attacks taking place in the outskirts of damascus, all of these things perhaps point to the president trained to recalibrate that policy and perhaps shift from the islamic state is the islamic republic. there doesn't seem to be any mechanism of accountability for the use of chemical weapons. you see any point of leveraged? not at the moment but i can note that i think russia which has played the role of prot