between the north koreans and the cia and it was then director of the cia not cia mike pompei o who made that secret visit over the easter weekend to pyongyang which really i think was the start of the full scale u.s. engagement with north korea worth all of that also reminding you sammy that it hasn't been a straight road it's been a bumpy road and it could well be a bumpy road going forward because this summit nearly didn't happen it was called off and only after then fresh meetings between the two sides in various locations did they decide to put it on again now there are those who watch this closely who believe that actually it was put back on again after the u.s. blinks because some of the things the u.s. insisted on to have this meeting on not in place initially the u.s. was saying they wanted the north koreans to make a complete commitment to denuclearization to the u.s. definition of this before this meeting took place they haven't done that the meeting is here it's taking place without the north koreans making any public commitment in advance. james stay with us for a second jus

all right we're having some technical and a separate area of state mike pompei o the secretary of state mike pompei oh he recently spoke very optimistically this is mike pompei oh talking about the upcoming meeting this is the secretary of state. rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical conclusion even more quickly than we had in to support it and we'll see where we get but i am very optimistic that we will have a successful outcome to the case in each of those two countries there were only two people that can make decisions of this magnitude in those two people are going to be sitting in a room together. now we're also getting a lot of anticipatory words coming from trump himself let's remember that mole trump has been known throughout his life as an expert negotiator he was the author of the published book the art of the deal and furthermore let's not recall that just a few weeks back he said the meeting was off but now it appears that the meeting is back on now donald trump is saying he will be able to tell within one minute what the plan will be and that he he will

secretary of state mike pompei o the president announced that the historic meeting with north korea's leader kim jong un would go ahead after all will be. meeting her june twelfth that singapore went very well it's really getting to know you kind of a situation. mike you spent two days. of your leaders we've got to know their people very well and we will you people are going to have to travel because you'll be in singapore june twelfth in the north korean delegation was led by kim yong choice the country's vice chairman he's the highest ranking figure from the country to come to the white house nearly twenty years trump said the former intelligence chief delivered him a personal message from north korean leader kim jong un. a letter was given to me by him you know and that letter was. very nice letter always you like to see what was in that letter that would you like how much how much you know how much was given. it was a very interesting letter and at some point i maybe it may be appropriate and maybe i'll be able to give it to you but you'll be able to see it shortly afterwards howe

rehearsal to attacking north korea so it seems like they will be some very tough questions for mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state who is on his way to solve due to arrive in the next few hours he will meet with president on thursday morning and also with the foreign ministers from south korea and japan and he went hey live for us and seoul wayne thank you very much now i know tangan joins us now he's a china political analyst an advisor to the chinese government on economic and development issues he joins us live from beijing einar always good to talk to you so this seemingly surprising announcement from donald trump that the war games as he call them military exercises let's be correct were going to cease how did that play out in china. well china is delighted i mean the dual track suspension is what they have been saying all along so the they really feel very comfortable with this you'll note they must have had a very high confidence level because before there was actually signing of those agreements in while we were waiting for the foreign ministry put out a statement that they wer

secretary of state mike pompei o is headed to seoul south korean leaders on the summit between donald trump and kim from singapore one of the topics is sure to be trump's surprising decision to cancel the annual military drills along the korean peninsula south korea and japan say the exercises is essential to regional security football's ruling body is in moscow to choose who will host the world cup in two thousand and twenty six live pictures here so there's two bids and contention from morocco and then there's a joint bid from canada mexico and the u.s. the first competition kicks off in russia on thursday. to turn to our top story now the attack on the port city of potato and yemen i should say here he is a professor and modern contemporary history of the middle east of qatar university he joins us live here and so. was this inevitable there have been efforts on and off to to push this off to push this off was this almost eventually going to happen in this war. i think it's important to understand the context behind all of this military operation there is a context talked to in ade

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented bias against israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council for us human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trump administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else he went o

secretary of state mike pompei o meets with the u.s. president mungy in the end it is clear he is going to face some questions over donald trump's announcement in singapore that the joint military exercises between exercises between the united states and south korea will come to an end so far all with head from the south korean government in response to those comments is that they are still finding out the exact meaning and intentions of donald trump's remarks while mike pompei is in south korea he will also meet with the south korean foreign minister and japan's foreign minister as well because this potentially has regional implications two other important events taking place on thursday there is a national security council meeting that has been called by president moon and he will lead that meeting that is significant because the last time he led a meeting of his national security council was in november last year that time that meeting was called in response to north korea's last missile test and we will also see in the demilitarized

between foreign minister level because of shots of force lou i'm sorry and secretary of state mike pompei o ankara considers the kurdish y p g a terrorist group while the u.s. views it as an important ally in the fight against myself. jordan's king abdullah has named the education minister as his country's new premier results will now have to form a government after his predecessor resigned on monday that been days of anti hysterically protests in amman over plans for tax hikes mistery measures king abdullah has promised urgent reforms. ethiopia's parliament has approved the lifting of a state of emergency it was imposed in february after months of anti-government protests thousands of political prisoners have been released from prison since new the new prime minister. took office in april. madagascar has appointed a new prime minister to resolve its political crisis he's a christian and say a former senior u.n. official that the weeks of violent protests of electoral reform that kind of a tussle reports now from johannesburg in south africa. opposition parties say they had a list of names

secretary of state mike pompei o has warned that military drills with side korea could resume if the north feels to meet its commitments to denuclearize the young young my temper reason to remain wary of its historic. murat's goes the of explains . what's not to like a new nuclear disarmament deal potentially one less country with nukes where all bets are off one of us and we have this truly historic moment on film. so why does kim jong jr seems to suspicious could be anything poison assassins or trump just waiting to backstab him the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal come to think of it america's nuclear deal to seem to last exactly as long as the incumbent president take the rainy and deal brought obama his partner has worked on it for years so much work so much effort just for trump to tear it all up don't forget obama negotiated the arendelle one of the worst disasters the dumbest deals ever negotiated except don't feel sorry for a bomber just yet george bush his predecessor also struck a nuclear disarmament deal with gadhafi the two leaders discussed this ag

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing this is mike palm pale and the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel and against the rest of the world combined. now israel was very quick to thank the united states for this move and there's been other reactions from around the world kenneth roth the executive director of human rights watch responded to the decision from the usa saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy and he went on to say other governments will have to redouble their efforts to ensure that the council addresses the world's most serious human rights problems now it's also worth noting that recently human rights the un human rights council did release a report that was highly critical of the united st

rights council not being a member of this body that it's been long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel and against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the un human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else he went

secretary of state mike pompei o says economic sanctions on north korea will remain in place until the country has given up all its nuclear weapons peo is speaking after a meeting with the south korean president to discuss the outcome of this week's summit between the united states and north korea. prosecutors and a have raided the offices of the roman catholic church looking for documents relating to claims of sexual abuse and of an attempted cover up authorities say they're investigating at least forty cases of abuse the raids come just hours before vatican abuse investigators were to meet chalange officials to discuss their findings antarctica ice sheet is melting three times as fast as it was just a decade ago that's the conclusion of a study published by dozens of scientists in the journal nature researchers warn the melting ice could raise global sea levels and in the low lying areas it's been one year since the ground falls our fire in west london seventy one people died in the u.k.'s deadliest place since world war two a tribute to victims began at just before one am u.k. time

four hours the two leaders will meet face to face for the first time circular secretary of state mike pompei o told reporters that talks between the two countries are moving rapidly and singapore he says the u.s. will only accept a deal that includes the complete to nuclear a station north korea white house correspondent was at that briefing tell us more for the secretary said. now that meeting wrapping up in just the last hour the u.s. secretary of state expressing the optimism that has been kind of a hallmark of the u.s. team since i arrived here in singapore the fact that there have been ongoing consultations negotiations back and forth the advance if you will between the north korean and u.s. teams that he believes is going very well working and progressing rapidly but there was also a question from reporters about how this is different from the decades before in the failed efforts of previous u.s. presidents to try and bring about agreement on denuclearize ation and even peace and the u.s. secretary of state was quite firm in his answer to that question believing that what is different th

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel and against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere and the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the un human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else he

secretary of state mike pompei o who has had meetings with the north korean leader kim jong un that he believes that this is an opportunity for a strategic shift a recognition in north korea that it is time for a strategic shift giving up denuclearizing in exchange for bringing north korea into the modern global financial system with incentives attached thanks for that kimberly we're expecting donald trump to arrive very soon and always sing kim jong nam leaving a stand off his meetings with prime minister so a lot of preparations in place now before the two get together on cheers day for the first face to face meeting now trying to move be on the sidelines of the summit but beijing's influence on pyongyang is certainly obvious off the owner was a chinese that carried came to singapore and the chinese president xi jinping has been hosting a meeting with central asian neighbors and the russian president vladimir putin's plans flowing has more from beijing. the eight member states of the shanghai cooperation organization together represent about forty percent of the world's population an

quickly than expected the abrupt change in trump's schedule came shortly after secretary of state mike pompei o had seemed to lower expectations for the meeting in the meantime the two leaders have been taking in the sights of singapore. time for a selfie kim jong un hadn't been seen leaving his hotel since shortly after his arrival on sunday but he decided to go for a night time to or of singapore just hours before his historic summit with donald trump. singapore has designated certain parts of the city as special event areas barricades and high security checkpoints keep the public out locations like the hotels where the two leaders are staying. and of course at sentosa island the site of cup pella hotel where the historic meeting is scheduled to take place north korean and american security personnel conferred outside the compound as officials from both sides met inside on monday president trump also ventured out on monday afternoon going to singapore's presidential palace for a lunch with prime minister lisi and long. as first serious statements about u.s. expectations for the summit those w

secretary of say mike pompei o m this is likely to ease tensions between ankara and washington. atwitter they were the alliance of the anti establishment five star movement the right wing likud party has won a confidence vote in the upper chamber of parliament the government led by political unknown just happy content was sworn in on friday it followed three months of political turmoil sagnac a report from rome. the votes were cast and the government now approved by the senate ahead of the vote in the lower house. thank. you prime minister outlined his government's vision for the country. this is not a simple novelty the truth is that we are radical change of which we are proud. this is the new anti establishment force an unconventional union between the more left leaning five star movement and the far right anti immigration leg up party the aim is to do away with the politics of the previous government with a promise to provide a basic income for poor italians and redefining its immigration policy and we will stop the business of immigration which has been growing disproportion

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented bias against israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel and against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the un's human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth here respond. saying quote the trump administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending is really abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else

concrete deals or anything like that but it was extremely light on detail and i think this trip by mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state not just to solve but he's also going to beijing after his visit to the south korean capital is about giving some more details to president mungy in to the foreign ministers of south korea and japan and china as well and also to perhaps ease some concerns that they have been raised about that summit in singapore particularly after that media conference when donald trump appeared to give away quite a lot there's been concern perhaps that there would be a phased approach to denuclearize ation for example which is something that the u.s. has always said will not happen that they want to complete denuclearization before there will be any sort of relief offered to north korea will might in this media conference in the last few minutes when to address some of those concerns and he said that they will be no economical sanctions relief until complete denuclearization is complete he said there will be no phased approach when it comes to denuclearization and he said

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere in the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the u.n. human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet ministrations withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else he went o

alexandro we heard mike pompei o. yesterday say that the only outcome the united states is willing to accept is that acronym again c.v. id complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearize ation is there any indication from pyongyang or kim jong un today that north korea would even consider something like this. well of course you know we are hearing right now and i don't have any official confirmation for that is that people don't want to have to clear out and. join document that north korea is willing to get nuclear right however we don't have any you know. that i mean if that's true then how this is going to happen and you might know it being a key issue. and it. was the main problem that actually the north koreans were always promising to make the right and in the end they never were really willing to give up their weapons if their record. in terms of the nuclear eyes ation really known that the definition of nation means two different things i'll come to you now to the united states as i mentioned id complete veri

of education that's you divide us you've got secretary of state mike pompei o and you've got energy secretary rick perry all of them have sat down with pastor ralph to learn about the good book many americans are horrified that evangelical ministers are influencing policy and even getting classes in the white house they think why are these religious kooks influencing the fate of the free world but there are americans who feel the opposite that's the problem with this country you people have allowed religion to become a part of political policy. your religion i don't care what it is has no business being in government it says broad get it right is the religion right was a freedom of religion that's what the country is old based upon right freedom so the president is things he has his rights as well believe in shit separation of church and state i believe religion should be kept separate from politics having other presidents done that in the past two i mean if they are religious then they are allowed to do that as long as it's not interfering with. actual governing trump did come forward and pu

council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented bias against israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the un's human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above all else he we

other than then the two heads of state after that there was an expanded bilateral we understand mike pompei o and john bolton were on on the table on the same side as trump and then on the other side of the table was cam with some of his advisors including kim jong il who is his sister and so you know the meetings have taken place it's not clear what was discussed but now we understand they have signed a document now everyone was holding their breath in the lead up to today's meeting in singapore people saw the exchange between donald trump and the leader of north korea people heard kind of a war of words between these two leaders in previous months let's review what happened in one what words were exchanged in the lead up to today's historic meeting. this may get even more interest to the united states. they will be met. with fire as. like the world has never see a frightened donkey barks louder i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged at us doctored with fire. well the words have been far nicer at today's meeting our we actually heard donald trump refer to kim jong un as a ta

leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way mike pompei o says that's not the case thanks and you cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea believes the drills are a rehearsal for an invasion but the united states and its allies have always said that defense of japan says it's been assured by the u.s. that they suspend is contingent on progress on denuclearization but tokyo is still concerned about the possible implications chris earning us are ok. we believe and u.s. alliance as well. deterrence based on them play an essential role in security in the north east asia south korean seem to be generally positive about what they saw in singapore they believe it's a step in the right direction but with something is significant is joint military exercises with the u.s. being given up soon wan

secretary of state mike pompei o ankara considers the kurdish y p g a terrorist group or washington views it as a key ally in the fight against isis. and artillery strikes by the u.s. and its allies targeted civilians in the syrian city of raka according to an amnesty international report it contradicts claims by the us along with britain and france that they only targeted eisel fighters during the four month siege which ended in october twenty seventh teen hundreds of civilians were killed some in the homes the exact number is unknown because many bodies are still buried under the ruins the report is based on more than one hundred interviews with survivors it says that many strikes were disproportionate or indiscriminate and were potential war crimes american british and french coalition forces carried out tens of thousands of air strikes in rucka but u.s. forces accounted for more than ninety percent of them let's get more on this now from on the tele rivera who's a senior crisis response advisor for amnesty international she joins us now from london donna teller good to have you with u

amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state mike pompei o travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. takes a look now at what cattle is done in the past year to combat the blockade. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to an unprecedented crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rain and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and embargo the blockade in countries accuse the qatari government of sponsoring terrorism accusations doha strongly deny it attempts by the emir of kuwait and regional leaders to and the diplomatic feud have made no progress so far unfortunately we don't see any credible indicators to suggest that there will be a solution in the near

tuesday's historic summit between donald trump and kim jong un in singapore secretary of state mike pompei o told reporters that talks between the two countries are moving rapidly he says the u.s. will only accept a deal that includes the complete nuclearization north korea so we are hopeful the summit will have set the conditions for future productive talks in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years this president will ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat the ultimate objective we seek from diplomacy with north korea has not changed. the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only outcome the united states will accept the united nations is trying to negotiate a cease fire in yemen to avert an attack by saudi coalition forces on the main port of the un's warning attacking who could cause mass casualties food shortages and diseases previous efforts to end the three year conflict have failed suicide bomber has blown himself up in the afghan capital kabul

during a meeting on monday between foreign minister never cover sue new and secretary of state mike pompei o m correct considers the kurdish y p g a terrorist group while the us views it as an important ally in the fight against eisel. protesters in jordan are back on the streets of the capital amman despite the king's efforts to try to end days of unrest his call for a review of a proposed tax hike that sparked a wave of demonstrations and led to the prime minister's resignation trade unions have called for a general strike on wednesday mama jump to reports. after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region it had good you'll motion and then or didn't whatever and it would mean today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or its citizens political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countri

secretary of state mike pompei o says the trumpet ministration is hoping for major disarmament on the korean peninsula by the end of twenty twenty he's been speaking ahead of a meeting with south korea's president monday and appears in seoul to brief leading politicians on tuesday's landmark meeting between donald trump and north korea's kim jong un. argentina's congress has begun debating whether to legalize abortion hundreds of people have gathered outside parliament and want to say there is while this session is taking place it's an issue that's deeply divided a country that remains strongly influenced by the catholic church argentinean law only allows abortions in cases of rape all when the woman's life is at risk. for the first time three countries will host the world cup football's governing body picked the u.s. canada and mexico to host the twenty six tournament the north american joint bid got one hundred thirty four votes to morocco sixty five events going to be the first expanded tournament pitching forty eight teams instead of thirty two those are the headlines now it's ins

secretary of state mike pompei o in washington d.c. the discuss the saudi and u.a.e. led blockade against qatar which is now into its second year called on blockading countries to end the embargo two months ago mohammed bin tunney says qatar is willing to meet with all the feuding parties if a clear plan is made for the talks. just yet we consider the gulf cooperation council as an important bloc not a reason we see the problems between saudi arabia and the u.a.e. with qatar are baseless the problem started with electronic piracy and with null and void issues we need an african nation and a clear plan is to sort out these matters the taxi hailing up as one appeal to continue operating in london their license was revoked last september over the company's failure to report serious criminal offenses and conduct background checks on drivers paul brennan has more from westminster magistrate's court. as a business is a global disruptor turning the traditional taxi profession upside down and provoking protests bans and restrictions as it does it the company is now valued at

secretary of state mike pompei o reached the deal on monday turkey considers the kurdish wipe e.g. a terrorist group well the u.s. fuse it as an ally in the fight against isis. jordan's king abdullah has named the education minister as his new prime minister. as well now former government it follows nearly a week of protest against plans for tax hikes on the stairs he wishes. at least sixty five people have been killed hundreds more injured by a volcanic eruption in guatemala temporary shelters set up for some three thousand people those are the headlines now let's get you back to. this is sad for rio today just one among hundreds of palestinian villages whose traces have almost been wiped away. forced to flee their homes in safary are most inhabitants headed towards lebanon and syria a few found refuge in the nearby city of nazareth they called their new neighborhood else a far from. their former homes are less than two kilometers away but strictly out of bounds sufferer has been renamed the poor. in northern and western galilee the israeli army allowed some christian and druze vill

meantime let me take you to so we're getting prepared to hear from the american secretary of state mike pompei o and the japanese foreign minister and his south korean counterpart talking about the discussions that they have had today on the trump came summit which just happened a day ago we can listen in no we are going to listen to the speech of his star. i. think it is my great pleasure and honor to welcome the u.s. secretary of state mr mike teo and my japanese counter pride the foreign minister mr tata o'connor here in this hour of first of all i would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to secretary pompei o for coming to say all right after the historic summit meeting between president trump and chairman kim in north korea on june twelfth in singapore. this is also sequitur from payors first visit to sour as secretary of state so welcome mr secretary your presence here today demonstrates better than anything how closely we work together to strengthen ryans and to achieve i shared goals i would also like to convey my deep gratitude to the minister of portugal for mai

the un body its ambassador to the un nikki haley made the announcement with secretary of state mike pompei o haley accused the council of chronic bias against israel and called it a hypocritical and self-serving organization the us joined the u.n.h.c.r. in two thousand and nine under the obama administration the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council. in doing so i want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments on the contrary we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we did not make this decision lightly the human rights council is a poor defender of human rights. worse than that the human rights council has become an exercise in shameless hypocrisy with many of the world's worst human rights abuses going ignored and some of the world's most serious offenders sitting on the council itself. the only thing worse than a council that does almost nothing to protect human rights is a council that cover

of the lunch a president trump with his top team there you saw the chief of staff kelly you saw mike pompei owho's been doing a lot of the diplomacy with north korea has been very much the point man for the administration made that secret visit to pyongyang as cia a director of the cia were really leading this at an early stage on behalf of the u.s. and then of course he was made the secretary of state and made a more formal visit to pyongyang you also saw next to him at the table on the american side john bolton the national security advisor someone who's been dealing with the north korean file for very very many years including his time as a senior official in george w. bush's administration and one and he's certainly an official who has dealt with north korea and feels that north korea in the past misled the united states so passing possibly among the administration one of the more skeptical voices about this process i think the main point of this lunch is to thank the singaporeans but it may well be that prime minister lee has a little bit of an insight having met kim just a few hours ago

amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state mike pompei o travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. takes a look now at what cat has done in the past year to combat the blockade. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to a president at crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rain and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and embargo the blockade in countries accuse the qatari government of sponsoring terrorism accusations doha strongly deny it attempts by the emir of kuwait and regional leaders to and the diplomatic feud have made no progress so far unfortunately we don't see any credible indicate there was to suggest that there will be a solution in the

secretary of state mike pompei o apparently with martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy just last month said that they agreed you know to push for the escalation and a political solution but i doubt that this battle for had they would have went ahead without support from the u.s. and u.k. and so on and so there needs to be a unified a more unified political solution presented by yemenis themselves but also by these international actors who are who have been largely complicit. as a south asian where the un human rights chief has called for an international inquiry into the region of kashmir over alleged violations over the last two years back a smear is divided between india and pakistan but both countries claim it in full. the ripples. in indian administrate kashmir soldier is a combing the area for separatist fighters who they say shot and killed their colleague last week. it's the latest military operation in a dispute that's lasted more than seventy years and twice ended in war. during the last two years the un has investigated allegations of human right