let's go now to kristen saloomey who is in the united nations in new york. we heard emotive arguments what is likely to happen? >> well, they're voting right now, julie, and i'm watching the hands go up. i'm not sure of the count here but russia, as expected, has vetoed this resolution calling for an international tribunal to investigation--to prosecute whoever is found responsible for the downing of this plane mh 17 which happened just over a year ago. we just heard the malaysian transport minister speaking on behalf of the investigative team currently looking into to who is responsible, laying out a case for that team as to why they think it is necessary for the security council to set up a tribunal. they say that the victims of this crash and their families, they want justice. they're demanding justice and they think that the most unpolitical way if you will, to go about that is to establish a tribunal right now. i'm also seeing now that china venezuela, and angola abstained from this vote. we had a vote on a resolution to set up a tribunal to prosecute t

kristen saloomey was there. the crowd was large, the speakers many and the message was clear... >> we are here as americans, to speak with one voice, to say stop iran now. reject this deal and let's speak loud enough that they hear us in washington right now. >> the stop iran rally was billed as bipartisan interfaith and grass roots, but organised by the jewish rapid response collision. some launched add campaigns against the deal. >> suspensions go too far. >> we must always make sure that the security of israel never depends on the outcome of an american election. israel must always be a bipartisan issue. its support and defense must join democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives. >> a few were escorted out after waving iranian administration. the sentiment was they could not be trusted. >> this crowd want the deal to be rejected and return to sanctions in the hopes of getting more sanctions in iran. >> organizers say there should be no limits on when the nuclear facilities could be visited. killin

kristen saloomey al jazeera, the united nations. >>> at least one police officer has been killed in a battle in burundi. the violence is the latest in weeks of unrest. people are waiting to hear the result of monday's parliamently elections. haru mutasa filed this report. >> reporter: there was gunfire overnight and continued into pretty much of wednesday during the day. the police came into the area and started going house-to-house, door-to-door. they say they have information that some of the opposition members are arming themselves with grenades and other weapons, so they will come in and try to take the weapons. when they try to do that the civilians who were said to be armed started firing back. a grenade was thrown just down the road after that there was an exchange of gunfire. we are told one police officer was killed and several civilians have also been killed. but we'll confirm that number later. things are very tense at the moment. today is independence day. but most people say they don't feel like celebrating because things are still tense. moreover, they saw one more elect

seuss book for no matter somewhere you are from, kristen saloomey, al jazerra spring field, massachusettsu can feigned out more about this latest dr. seuss book which is causing great ripples of exit. around the world on your website al jazerra got come. you can find the very latest on the main stories of the day the killing of the high-profile killing in pakistan, a lot more on that. there is a lot of analysis, a lot of opinion as well. really interesting comments pieces.

. >>> human rights watch is calling for an investigation for the saudi-head air strikes kristen saloomeye from new york. >> my wife and four daughters died. all of them. >> reporter: he lost a total of 27 members of his extended family, most of them children when his home was hit by a bomb. >> translator: on that night someone came to ask for my daughter's happened in marriage. i didn't even have time to be happy for my daughter before the strike happened. >> reporter: he was interviewed by human rights watch as part of their investigation that found at least six homes were struck by the saudi-led coalition. they found no evidence the homes were housing fighters. >> there is a clear principle for proportionality in any given strike so the military target would have to be of such a high value that it would justify a high level of collateral damage with a number like 27 civilian kills, it's very hard to see how that would be justified. >> reporter: five markets an empty school school and a crowded pet troll station were also hid the focus of the investigation. coalition is attempting to pr

the money is meant to help install health system and rebuild local economies kristen saloomey reportsited nations in new york. >> reporter: three heads of state each representing the countries at the center of the recent ebola epidemic, liberia guinea and sierra leone, they came to the united nations with a request for bill wraps of dollars and a warning. >> no, no, no, no, the thread is never over until we rebuild the health sick are sector. >> the world today is more ever connected than ever before. and virus did he vases just like terrorism, know no national boundaries. >> reporter: here in the west of guinea with the border of sierra leone the village is still under quarantine. deaths are down from the height of the epidemic which has claimed more than 11,000 lives. but throughout the region, there are still about a dozen new cases a week. >> response and recovery are so intertwined. you have to get health services back in place again if there is going to be trust among people returning? & if lives and likely hoods are going to get back to normal. rebuilding the health tear system

kristen saloomey has more from new york. >> my wife and -- >> translator: my wife and four daughtersll of them. >> reporter: he lost a total of 27 members of his extended family, most of them children, when his home in sadder city was hit by a bomb. >> on that night someone came to ask for my daughter's happened in marriage. i didn't even have time to be happy for my daughter before the strike happened. >> reporter: he was introduced viewed by human rights watch as part of their investigation that found at least six homes in sad asada were instruction. they found no information that they were housing fighters. >> the military target would have to be of such a high value that it would justify a high level of collateral damage with, a high number like 27 civilian kills it's very hard to see how that could being justified. >> reporter: five markets, an empty school and a crowded petrol station were is also hit in sad arc the focus of the investigation. the coalition is attempting to prevents the houthi rebel group from taking over yemen's government. if there was a legitimate reason to

kristen saloomey is there. hi there kristen who is behind the rally? >> the organizers are a group known as the jewish rapid response coalition. basically dozens of groups that organize events like this one. you can see that there is a good crowd gathered here. hundreds of people on both sides of the street. we'll hear from high profile speakers including military officials. it is billed as a buy partisan coalition here. the democrat only democrat speaker is alan derewitz. to be fair president obama has put out his own list of current security of experts. but clearly there is great opposition to this deal from this organization, and they are gearing up for a major lobbying campaign. several groups including apac and the republican jewish coalition are planning to send money now. this is kristen saloomey joining me live from a very noisy time square. thank you. >>> suicide-bombers carried on in an market in the capital of the country's far north region. marous has been struck since thousands of the country's troops have been deployed to come back boko h

kristen saloomey is there. kristen, who is behind this rally? >> this is billed as an inter faith grassroots bipartisan organization. it was put together by the jewish rapid response group. and if you take a look around you can see there are a lot of supporters around on both sides of the street here. we we're ready for high profile speakers like james worthy, and military leaders who are expected to speak. they have been associated with. [ cheering ] >> this rally coincides with efforts of the national media campaign. groups are spending millions of dollars for this campaign, and president obama has a jewish group supporting him as well, but they're not mobilizing the visual support that we're seeing here. >> kristen is a loomy joining us live from new york. thank you. two turkish police have been killed by the kurdistan works party the pkk. they say the killings carried out near the border of syria were for retaliation of a bombing on monday. two people were killed by the islamic state in iraq and the levant in the kurdish town. the pkk said t

kristen saloomey has more now from the u.n. thank you for joining us.hat is the reaction been to this peace agreement? >> reporter: well as you say, the international community is very concerned about this power vacuum that does exist in libya, so we have heard from council diplomats that they are pleased that this agreement has come. they support and welcome his efforts, but there is concern that one of the main opposition groups has not signed on to this deal. the deal is for a one-year government of national accord and it allows the tobruk-based internationally recognized government to hold on to legislative power with its house of representatives. that was opposed by the general national council, which is the group that now holds control of tripoli and many government offices there. this group was involved in early rounds of peace talks, but did not take part in the last round of negotiations and so did not sign on to the deal but we did hear from bernardino leon that the door is still open to them. and that there was still time for them to come bac

kristen saloomey al jazeera, brooklyn, new york. >> very nice. al jazeera, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. we're going to hand it off to david foster in london so keep it here. and thanks for your time. ♪ >>> the family of an israeli man being held in gaza appeals for help to get him released. ♪ >>> good to have you along. i'm david foster, and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up 1 in 4 million, the number of refugees displaced from syria passes a new milestone. >>> south sudan marks four years of independence, but for the many victims of the country's civil war there is little to celebrate. >>> and what

. >>> kristen saloomey reports from the u.n. >> reporter: three heads of state, each representing thees at the center of the recent ebola epidemic. lie beer yeah, guinea and sierra leone, they came to the united nation with his a request for billions of dollars and a warning. >> no, no, no, no. the thread is never over. until we rebuild the health sector. >> the world today is more ever connected than ever before. and virus diseases, just like terrorism, no, no national boundaries. >> reporter: here in the west of guinea near the border with sierra let's own the village is still under quarantine. deaths are down from the height of the epidemic which has claimed more than 11,000 lives but throughout the region there are still about a dozen knew cases a week. >> response and recovery are so intertwined. you gotta get health services back in place again. if there is going to be trust among the people returning. if lives and livelihoods are going to get back to normal. >> reporter: rebuilding the health air system, under funded even before the outbreak is the priority. the since panic ove

kristen saloomey has more from the united nations in new york. >> translation: my wife and four daughters died. all of them. >> waleed lost a total of 27 members, most of them children when their home was hit by a bomb. >> on that night someone came to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage. i did not have time to be happy for my daughter before the strike happened. >> reporter: he was interviewed by human rights watch as part of their investigation finding six homes were struck by the saudi-led coalition, and they mound no evidence the homes were housing fighters. >> the military target would have to be of a high value with a number like 27 killed. it's hard to see how that would be justified. >> reporter: five markets, an empty school and petrol station were hit. the coalition is attempting to prevent the houthi rebel group taking over the government. >> if there was a reason to strike the civilian targets, saudi arabia is yet to reveal it. they nor the united states a country support supports the 9-nation coalition is yet to respond. >> nor despite requests have they responded to al ja

kristen saloomey has more from new york's times square. >> reporter: the crowd was large, speakers many, and the message was clear. >> we are here as americans to speak with one voice, to stay stop iran now, reject this deal, and let's speak loud enough that they hear us in washington right now. >> the stop iran rally was billed as bipartisan, interfaith and grassroots, but organised by the jewish rapid response coalition, consisting of dozens of jewish and pro-israel groups. some launched ad campaigns against the deal. >> concessions go too far. >> we must make sure that the security of israel never depend on the outcome of an american election. israel must always be a bipartisan issue. its support and its defense must join democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives. >> a few dissenters were escorted out after waving flags in support of the deal. the overwhelming sentiment is that the republic could not be trusted. >> this crowd wants congress to reject the iran-nuclear deal and return to sanctions in the hope of getting more sanctions in iran. >> organizers say there should

kristen saloomey report. >> three heads of states each representing the country. liberia, guinea and sierra leone. they came to the united nations with a request for billion, and a warning. >> no, no no. the threat is never over. until we rebuild the health sector. >> the world today is more ever connected than ever before. and virus, diseases like terrorism no, no national boundaries. >> here in the west of guinea, near the border the village is still under quarantine. deaths are down from the height of the epidemic, which claimed more than 11,000 lives. throughout the region there's a dozen new cases a week of. >> response and recovery are so intertwined. you've got to get health services back in place again. if there's going to be trust among the people returning. and if lives and lively hoods are going to get back to normal. >> rebuilding the health care systems underfunded before the outbreak is the priority. >> since panic over ebola has largely gone away. the fear is that the world is complacent. countries have been stepping up to the microphone and making

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kristen saloomey has mar. more. >> those in favour of the draft resolution raise your hand. >> reporter: the request to the security council seems straight forward. an international tribunal to hold accountable the flifght mh370. it came from the country's conducting the investigation of the incident. men, women and children bound for kuala lumpur. their work is expected to finish later this year. the transport minister argueded that now is the right time to establish a method for establishing the perpetrators - whoever they may be. >> the establishment of a tribunal, proud to the completions of the investigation. also it would ensure that these establishment is as de politicized as possible. >> reporter: russia said no accused of supporting rebels with arms and man power. they question the integrity of the investigation and motivation of the resolution many sponsor. >> the drafter submitted for voting was deprived of a legal basis or press dents. we have planned this to our come eegs and called upon them to c

kristen saloomey has the story. >> reporter: first there was one child, then there was four, then came some parents, and then even more. they came to dr seuss garden to get a good look not at the sculptures no at a new book. a new dr skews back, how could that bee, a new dr seuss book they found it in a box you see. >> looks like dr seuss nearly finished it back in the late '50s, early '60, but put it aside, never submitted it for publication. that means we are lucky enough to have another book to read and treasure. >> reporter: it's called "what pet should i get" recollection. >> dads ds we could have one... >> reporter: a tough choice for this brother and sis. but not these kids they are outline set. >> reporter: what pet would you get? >> a kitty. >> i want a kitty. >> a puppy. >> reporter: stilt the message rings true decisions are hard but there's something we all must do. dr seuss was born in spring field, it's his home town. i mught have guessed from all the sculptures around there's the cat in the hat and horton known for hearing a who, not to mention these guise, wait take a c

al jazeera's kristen saloomey has more from the u.n. in new york. >> my wife and four daughters died. all of them. >> waleed lost a total of 27 members of his extended family most children when his home was hit by a bomb. >> on that night, someone came to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage. i didn't have time to be happy for my daughter before the strike happ end. >> he was interviewed by human right watch as part of their investigation finding six homes in sadr were struck by the saudi coalition, they found no evidence the homes housed fighters. the military target would have to be of a high value with a -- that it would justify a high level of collateral damage. with a number like 27 killed. it's very hard to see how that would be justified. >> reporter: five markets, an empty school and a crowded petrol station were hit. the focus of the investigation. the coalition is attempting to prevent the houthi rebel group taking over the yemen government. if there was a legitimate reason to strike the civilian targets, saudi arabia is yet

kristen saloomey, al jazeera springfield, massachusetts. >> for more news on our website go to www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera": international piano superstar lang lang. >> the art, you know, it's about, you know... the distance and in and out, big picture, precision. >> billions of people around the world have seen him perform. at the beijing olympics... the world cup in rio... even jaming at the grammys. >> as a musician we will collaborate with great musicians. >> lang lang grew up in an industrial city in northern china. his father was a tough task master, demanding he practice 8 hours a day... once even urging his young son to commit suicide. >> it's kind of a hard thing to even think about it. it's something that... i think the love become too extreme. >> a child prodigy, his mother stayed home to support the family while lang lang pursued his dreams. >> i would say that's the most difficult thing for me it was, you know, growing up without my mom next to me. >> now lang lang is trying to bring classical notes into the lives of children through his

the hope is to spare civilian says kristen saloomey, al jazerra, the united nations. >>> a professortical science at kuwait university in pay route, he says houthi rebels are also committing on troughs at thises. >> the report by the hugh map rights was. [ inaudible ] one, we have heard this before, since the beginning of the operation. [ inaudible ] there has been numerous reports by human rights about the civilian casualties. but in war collateral damage it takes place all the time. especially now the war has been going on for over three months and the houthis which -- they are not regular army they resort to gorilla warfare by using human shields and. [ inaudible ] condemn action against the coalition forces by arabia their arsenal and the result is collateral damage and civilian casualties, unfortunately. >>> hong kong is marking the 18th anniversary of the territory's happened over to china. security has been beefed up, pro-democracy rallies are underway. and this is the scene right now. the numbers are expected to be much lower than last year, though. rob mcbride has more from

kristen saloomey, al jazeera, springfield massachusetts. >> coming up next is lee with sport. one of the worldest toughest races. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> growing up fast. >> my quest is to find me and me >> welcome back. lee has more on sport. >> the new england patriots quarterback tom brady deflate gate has been upheld. this emerged after he ordered a cell phone that contained evidence. he was charged with deflating the air pressure in the balls. nfl commissioner roger goodell said that he added to integrity of the game. >>> the the first female kick center the men's league last year when she hit the feel as a running back for revolution. bruce airance said that the internship is a great opportunity that could open some doors. >> sources close to the uefa president says he has made up his mind to try to move from european football to the top job in world football. seth blatter sepp bl

kristen saloomey has more. >> will those in favour of the draft resolution please raise their hands. >> reporter: the request of the security council seemed straightforward. an international tribunal to hold accountable those responsible for the downing of malaysia airlines flight mh17. it came from the countries conduct ght the investigation of the incident killing 298 men, women and children bound for kuala lumpur. the work expected to finish this year but the malaysian transport minister argued that now is the right time to establish a method for prosecuting the perpetrators whoever they may be. >> the establishment of the tribunal will also ensure that these establishment is as depoliticized as possible? >> russia said "no" accused by the west and ukraine of supporting separatist rebels with arms and man power, questioning the integrity of the investigation and the motivation of resolutions many sponsored. >> the drafter, submitted for voting today was deprived of legal basis or precedence. we explained it to our colleagues and called upon them. responses of the draft are refusin