of yemen under international. as this base for. their international law but according to their wishes the constitution of the republic of yemen he has resigned and the new arrangements for these we will have our own election on our own range arrangements to have a new president just to be clear u.n. security council resolution two two one six says he is the only legitimate president of yemen whether you like him or not you talk about peace you all side of the conflict the national salvation government of yemen which of course includes the who these failed to attend the geneva peace talks that were scheduled in september will you also be refusing to attend the upcoming un peace talks in sweden to try and end this horrific civil war to try and end this saudi led bombing campaign though we have announced that we are going to look for these. consultations in the call on what happened because geneva was the obstacles with obstacles was. the other side our people were ready to go myself but the night before they go they were intending to go let's talk details muhammad ali al who thea senior official recently wrote an op ed for the washing

joint resolution to direct the removal of the united states armed forces from hostilities in the republic of yemen that have not been authorized by this congress. as my colleagues well know, since march of 2017, i focused on the humanitarian crisis in yemen and ending the civil war that has made it so much worse. during that time period, i've spent as much time as anyone i can conceive of here on capitol hill focusing on this humanitarian tragedy in yemen. this national security disaster. i've studied all sides of this issue and tried to approach it with the seriousness it deserves. now, before saying where i'm going to come down on today's vote, i'd like to discuss why i oppose this resolution, senate joint resolution 54 in march. what's happened since then and why i plan to vote the way i do today. in march i voted to table senate joint resolution 54. in a speech here on the senate floor on march 20, i explained my three reasons for doing so at that time. first, i expressed concern the bill hadn't been considered and marked up by the senate foreign relations committee of which i am a member. sec

the kingdom now it's important to note the statement blamed blamed iran the islamic republic of iran for the war in yemen saying that this was the result of iran's actions it also talked about the amount of money that saudi arabia has invested in the united states particularly in defense contractors and weapons manufacturers saying that if these contracts were to be put in jeopardy or to be canceled that would be foolish and bad for the united states and the statement also referred to the fact of the saudi arabia is after the united states the world's largest producer of oil in the united states produces more oil than saudi arabia now it's also important to note dollars from in the statement cites what he calls representatives of saudi arabia not specifying who they are but representatives of saudi arabia who say that to show he was an enemy of the state and was involved in the muslim brotherhood now from goes on to say that may or may not be true but regardless of the case that the saudi relationship with the usa is fully intact now the statement says that the relationship between saudi arabia and the u

standing with saudi arabia standing with saudi arabia is the title of the statement it blames the war in yemen on the islamic republic of iran and seems to emphasize saudi arabia's role in aligning with the united states against iran from there the statement goes on to talk about the large amounts of money that saudi arabia has invested in the united states the deals and contracts it has with weapons manufacturers saying that it would be not in the interest of the united states if these contracts were to be abandoned furthermore refers to saudi arabia as being the second largest oil producing nation in the world now from there goes on to cite what he calls representatives of saudi arabia not specifying who they are saying that mr coo shoji was a member of the muslim brotherhood and an enemy of the state the state being saudi arabia he says he cannot confirm whether or not that's true from there he goes on to talk about the importance of standing with saudi arabia and maintaining the relationship saying it is consistent with absolute security and safety of america now the opening line of the statement says the world i

the man known as ronda accused of war crimes in central african republic appears before the international criminal court the u.n. envoy to yemen is in the port city of her data and his push for peace. now new lines are coming in on the investigation into the murder of the saudi john the. we can go live now to our correspondent who is in the turkish capital ankara see them cause we're losing them bring us right up to date with what you've discovered. well martin yes we have some new information coming up from the investigation file as we know turkey is some will prosecutor's office understand will police have been working very very neatly on this on this crime file and they have been following up every date every digital data every digital finding end of movements of the suspects from suspects i mean the consulate person now fifteen hit men in the squad which came from saudi arabia specially for killing. according to the gatherings according to the findings technical findings. as you would remember a saudi consul general in istanbul mohammad is named to be the prime suspect. is murder case now we learned that three more saudi c

portion of the document is dedicated to rhetoric regarding the islamic republic of iran the document blames iran for the conflict in yemen despite the fact that it's saudi arabia that has attacked yemen and continues to bombard and be involved in yemen in the yemeni conflict and little evidence of iranian involvement has been presented to true bizarrely devoted to the first paragraph of his shameful statement on saudi atrocities to accusing iran of every sort of malfeasance you can think of perhaps who are responsible for the kind of food and fire it is because we didn't break the forests just like the finns do the document goes on to talk about how heavily invested saudi arabia is in the united states and the many contracts and deals that exist on argues the. it would not be in the interest of the country for those contracts and deals mainly with defense contractors to be broken right now we have oil prices in great shape i'm not going to destroy the world economy and i'm not going to destroy the economy or our country by being foolish with saudi arabia so i think the statement was pretty obvious what i said it's about

resolved these a lot of pressure on not only hold the fighters and the pro-government alliance but also the sodium around to supporting the government in yemen. to the democratic republic of congo now where an annoyance of opposition parties is chosen a second candidate to represent them in the presidential election they put forward felix from the p.t.'s party campaign against nelson faily the other opposition candidate and emmanuel ram has only shot three. the current president joseph out as he was katherine sawyer has more on who the new candidate is. it was. after his father and she said katie died in february last year felix she said cady to go over the reins of the largest opposition party the union for democracy and social progress. his father had come second in the twenty eleven presidential election and the young like to see katie hopes to copy two lies on that legacy and popularity style himself and his father than favoring the same flack street cop. but unlike the old that she said caddy who had decades of experience both in government and the opposition his son was a.

republic mired in a forgotten war. welcome to the new u.s. senators are proposing sanctions. over the murder of journalist. and the war in yemen the bill supported by both republicans and democrats seeks to block arms sales and prevent us to fueling of saudi warplanes while in saudi arabia the public prosecutions says it's seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged over. and three simmons will have worn out of them over the first michaela reports from washington d.c. . arrived today to call for an end to the u.s. involvement in the war in yemen while the issue after malcolm's shirt jeans was not on the senate agenda today it was very much on the minds of senators it was the senate that invoked the global magnitsky act in terms of which the sanctions have been imposed and while the move has been welcomed senators on both sides of the aisle insist it does not go far enough senator rand paul is one of those who insist the saudi crown prince should be among those sanctioned maintaining muhammad in selman at least knew of the murder and probably ordered it he said in a tweet the united states needs to project strength when

of peace talks into distant cousin stan on wednesday. funny for you yemen we are acutely aware what with syria you saw it there somalia central african republic any number of war zones that there can be an element of war fatigue when it comes to you and our coverage but i would say two things one we believe it is hugely important to show you the real impact of these wars the impact on everyday people and two we also think it's important to bring you some good news stories when they have like something as simple as this a playdate in the yemeni capital sanaa in the middle of a war muhammad has our report. it's sort of a a moment for these yemeni children at an amusement park in the cup little son and they play and just have fun. because of the war our hopes and ambitions were destroyed but today we're laughing playing and we've enjoyed ourselves and did everything we wanted to do they have witnessed the brutality of the conflict in their country foster home and many traumatized social workers organize the play day to give them some reprieve from the war. this event is to provide some help in light of the bad situation our country is going thro

the us calls for a sensation of hostilities in yemen is the battle for the rebel held city of data spills on to residential streets. democratic republic of congo battles its worst ebola outbreak of warning the conflict could push the virus into neighboring countries. recounts begin for crucial elections in florida which remain on a knife edge five days after the u.s. midterms. and supporters advantage river plate after the first leg. gov the call play better though its final reverse score a two away goals against fierce rivals boca juniors as the when osiris clash finishes and the draw. it all started when a teenager assassinated the heir to the all star on gary and thrown that soon erupted into a conflict that killed twenty million people and did empires and rewrote the world order one hundred years to this day the armistice that ended the first world war was signed and international leaders have been gathering in paris to commemorate it the french president emmanuel macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers who died in the conflict with a call for the world not to forget the ideals principles and patriotism of those who fought

of the central african republic in a forgotten conflict. welcome to the program u.s. senators are proposing sanctions on saudi arabia of the murder of journalists and their war in yemen if it becomes law it will block arms sales and prevent saudi warplanes from refueling at u.s. bases the bill has been supported from members of both democratic and republican parties as john mccann our correspondent in washington d.c. i mean this is just news breaking in the last hour or so mike that really just the pressure on the white house that such a bipartisan approach could really make president trump relationship with saudi arabia much more difficult. indeed yes this has been brewing for months in the senate and possibly even before the murder of jamal khashoggi the senate had been deeply concerned about the war in yemen and particularly the us as role in that particular war so there had been moves for a long period of time to take this sort of action but what has happened with the murder of jamal khashoggi is that there has been a degree of unity achieved seldom seen in the senate a degree of anger too seldom seen in the senate hence you've got in the course of this day what

republic. british m.p.'s are grilled the countries of middle east minister over london's continued. the air campaign in yemen as a new poll finds nearly half of all brits are unaware that even exists. it has been a busy week. so welcome to the weekly is a running down the top get us. the president of china has instructed the country's military to be war ready raising the specter of a potential conflict over trade and or territory but just how much of this is possible posturing. takes a closer look so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect. seeing their gimmick they're incredibly careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on the bouncing revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how over how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs is sanctions his trade war he's also being very heavy handed congress has just approved a second arms deal with taiwan in eighteen months

the man known as ram the cutest of war crimes in the central african republic is set to appear before the international criminal court. the u.n. envoy to yemen is in the port city of a dater and his push for peace talks. that the u.s. is turning a blind eye and europe's not doing enough that stern his foreign minister and western leaders response to the murder of the saudi jenice jamal khashoggi may have lots of a so lou is a accusing them of protecting their own interests instead he specifically called out president trump the turning a blind dyed to the killing by refusing to take action against all involved. now this just hours after president trump made comments again supporting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man who denies he had a role in the. whether he did or whether he did he denies it vehemently his father denies it the king vehemently the cia doesn't say they did it they do point out certain things and pointing out those things you can can pollute that maybe he did or maybe he did but there's no there was a other part of a false reporting because a lot of you said yesterday that they said he did it well they didn't say t

rambo accuse the war crimes in the central african republic appears before the international criminal court. and the u.n. envoy to yemen is in the port city of her data and his push for peace talks. the u.s. is turning a blind eye and europe is not doing enough that's turkey's foreign minister on western leaders response to the murder of saudi journalist. is accusing them of protecting their own interests instead he specifically called out the us president donald trump for refusing to take action against all involved this just hours after trump made comments again supporting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sideman who denies he had a role in the murder. whether he did or whether he did and he denies it vehemently his father denies it the king vehemently the cia doesn't say they did it they do point out certain things and pointing out those things you can conclude that maybe he did or maybe he didn't but there's no that was a nother part of the false reporting because a lot of you said yesterday that they said he did it well they didn't say that they said he might have done it that's a big difference but they're vehemently denying it and

of more innocent people in yemen. to manage share life worse in his temples nice to me now aid agencies and medical specialists are warning the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could spread to neighboring countries it is the worst outbreak there in the country's history with three hundred nineteen confirmed and probabl probable cases and a death toll of more than two hundred people the star has more. this is the tenth ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo but this one is the west and the wilds fast in a conflict zone. since twenty fourteen about two thousand people have been killed in northeast india in fighting between groups and now since august a record more than two hundred people that have died from it but you know. the ball epidemic in north kivu want to reprivatize has surpassed that of the first epidemic in d. or c. as history which occurred in one nine hundred seventy six indian buku in the province of a quarter when you go up i think health ministry says medical teams in the area are attacked on average three to four times a week an unprecedented level of violence compared with previous outbreaks to medical agents with the con

republic and u.k. and pays for the country's middle east minister over britain's continued donning of the saudi air campaign in yemen passes a new poll finds that nearly half of those crazy in the u.k. are unaware of war even exists there. but i welcome the latest developments and look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching we can here on r.t. international now china's president has raised the specter of a potential conflict after instructing the country's military to be ready for war but how much of this is actually merely posturing. reports so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their gimmick their incredibly careful reserves. at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed . the military to concentrate on the bouncy revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how oh how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs sanctions his trade war he's also being very heavy handed co

yemen. now felix just take a day has been chosen as the opposition's main candidate in the democratic republic of congo and coming president presidential elections that only come to the country's oldest biggest party she said katie is a relative newcomer politics and he has his work cut out for him because he's facing long time were president joseph kabila is nominated successor in the december twenty third vote katherine sawyer has more. it was. after his father and she said katie died in february last year felix she said cady to go over the reins of the largest opposition party the union for democracy and social progress. his father had come second in the twenty eleven presidential election and the young like to see katie hopes to copy two lies on that legacy and popularity of himself and his father than favoring the same through street cop but unlike the old that she said caddy who had decades of experience both in government and the opposition his son was until recently not in the thick coat of congress politics he lived in belgium for many as as a political newcomer some have criticised his

republic and british m.p.'s really come for his middle east minister over london's continued arming of the saudi air campaign in yemen that has a new poll finds that nearly half of brits run aware of war there even exists. hello there welcome the latest news and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to watch and we can hear an r.t. international now the president of china has instructed the country's military to be wall ready as tensions increase over trade and territory but should we say it is posturing or a genuine response to a real military threat. takes a closer look. so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their game ik they're incredibly careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on the bouncy revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how over how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs is sanctions his trade war he's also

data around seventy percent of yemen's food and medicine passes through the data which is controlled by the rebels thousands are trapped by the fighting and the democratic republic of congo says it's facing its worst abode outbreak in the country's recorded history the government says the virus has killed nearly two hundred people since an outbreak was declared an orchestra on groups battling for control in east india. stage regular attacks that making it difficult for health officials to help those affected the health ministry also says its teams are regularly facing the challenges and obstacles in athens to help those communities excel boundaries there are a world has the story of the jewish moroccan dissident who was jailed in exile for criticizing his country's regime. a moroccan man spoke out against french colonial rule in the one nine hundred fifty s. and found himself in exile. a communist and a jew he became a thorn in the side of us and the second in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's. his fight against injustice cost him twenty two months in hiding seventeen years in jail and thirteen years in exile. but he eventually returned to morocco a fr

republic of congo's history. and in sport one of tennis rising stars finishes the season on a high son is here with that and the rest of the sport a little later. yemen's who the rebels say they're holding drone and beside attacks against saudi arabia the u.a.e. and they get many allies who thiis insist they're ready for a broader cease fire if the coalition quote wants peace much of the recent fighting a centered on the rebel controlled city of what data. matheson reports. these are the.

yemen still ahead on al jazeera a major u.s. government report contradicts president trump's repeated denials of global warming accuse of war crimes in the central african republic the man known as rambo appears before the international criminal court. international for. pushing into western parts of. western side of france into the southwest approaches of england pushing into wells. to the really heavy rain is now making. it's way across the iberian peninsula so more lively downpours coming through here by saturday that weather weather will swept across southern france snow over the us maybe twenty to thirty centimeters of snow fall some some heavy rain to into parts of northern italy pushing over towards the a vatican push for the race here it is lousy dry but it's pretty cold temperatures around minus three celsius that fall kiev subzero in moscow as well by sunday the cloud in the rain returns to a good part of italy much of the balkans eastern areas generally drive but milder there fullbrook rest of the rabbi celsius well father night seven right there for london and paris as we go through sunday nights is more wet weather pushing into that western side of

of people in yemen trapped by intensified facing an immediate danger the u.n. and the red cross aid efforts begin. a war crimes suspect wanted for alleged atrocities against muslims in the central african republic has been extradited to the international criminal court. and the remains of more victims of california's wildfires are found with almost one thousand three hundred people still unaccounted for. the u.s. government is expected to decide who ordered the murder of the saudi journalist in the next two days u.s. media reports say the cia has concluded that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol man is responsible however president on trump has said it's too early to say she had returns he has the latest now from washington. while touring the devastation caused by the california wildfires donald trump claimed the cia had not assessed anything yet that it was too early but that a judgment would come soon we're going to come up with a report as to what we think the overall impact was and who caused it and who did it the state department earlier released this statement recent reports indicating that the u.s. government has made a final conclusion are inaccurate there remain numerous unanswere

republic of congo's history. and in sport one of tennis is rising stars finishes the season on the high sun is here with that and the rest of the sport a little late. yemen's who the rebels say they're holding drone and missile attacks against saudi arabia the u.a.e. and they get many allies there who thiis insist they're ready for a broader ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace much of the recent fighting a centered on the rebel controlled city of what data now does iraq matheson reports . these are the kind of attacks the hoofy say will end ballistic missiles fired into saudi arabia from across the southern border in. mohammed ali al hoofy president of the who the revolutionary committee says we announce our initiative by calling upon the yemeni official authorities to stop the launching of missiles and drones on the us saudi amorality aggressor countries and their allies in yemen in order to stop any justification for their continued aggression or c. while preparing to freeze and stop military operations on all fronts to reach a just and on arrival peace if they really want peace for the people of yemen after we started using missile attacks and

yemen to try to prevent mass starvation the u.n. agency says is aiming to reach up to fourteen million people at risk. aid agencies are calling the crisis in central african republic one of the world's most neglected conflicts an elected government is now in power but the violence between armed groups continues its force more than twenty thousand people from their homes so far this year nicholas hark reports from a refugee camp. it just arrived you leave this place children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic. some had their homes burnt to the ground others were chased from their villages by young men with machetes and guns among them are survivors of unspeakable violence. ten year olds to the his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors she hid in the bush with her uncle then tried to return to her village but the men kept coming back so she had again. there's no hiding from the violence we want the arms to go the violence to stop we just want peace this is silliness you home an overcrowded refugee camp of twenty three thousand people surrounded b

yemen's capital to review the humanitarian crisis there mark local says the situation from many people is desperate and he's repeated calls for an end to the war the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is now the second largest on record behind twenty fourteen's epidemic that killed thousands in west africa the world health organization delivered the assessment off to congress health ministry announced there have been almost four hundred thirty cases since the start of august a member of china's weekend minority has addressed the u.s. congress detailing the torture and abuse she says she experienced in a government internment camp miracle towson cried as a translator described how she was interrogated for days without sleep and subjected to intrusive medical examinations china has detained up to two million weak is in detention camps the government denies they are brainwashed or abused those are the headlines join me here for more news after the stream. hi i'm only going to today a check in on three stories we're following closely here on the stream china is testing a cutting edge a new plan authorities say will make it easier for citizens to do business and build trust in one

london you're with al jazeera also coming up in yemen the battle for the rebel held city of her day just builds onto residential streets as the democratic republic of congo battled its worst ebola outbreak a warning that conflict could push the virus into neighboring countries and recounts are ordered for crucial elections in florida which remain on the knife edge five days after the u.s. midterms. it all started when a teenager assassinated the heir to the austria-hungary and thrown that soon erupted into a conflict that killed twenty million people and did empires and rewrote the world order one hundred years to this day the armistice that ended the first world war was signed an international leaders have gathered in paris to commemorate it french president emmanuel macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers who died in the conflict with a call for the world not to forget the ideals principles and patriotism of those who fought he said this was the time to build hope and not fear he was joined by u.s. president donald trump russian president vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel as well as dozens of other leaders in marki

yemen's capital to review the humanitarian crisis mark local says the situation for many people is desperate and he's repeated calls for an end to the war the boat outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is now the second largest on record behind twenty fourteen's epidemic that killed thousands in west africa the world health organization delivered the assessment after congo's health ministry and nouns there have been almost four hundred thirty cases since the start of august it's spreading in the country's northeast where health workers fit attacks by rebel groups a member of china's weaken minority has addressed the u.s. congress detailing the torture and abuse she says she experienced in a government in ten min camp medical tests and cried as a translator described how she was and interrogated for days without sleep and subjected to intrusive medical examinations china's detained up to two million weak is in detention camps the government denies they are brainwashed or abused saying to them to provide training and education those are the headlines join me for more news here to people in power. descend on al-jazeera a from hospitality to hostility toward hotels tells dramatic

in yemen's capital to review the humanitarian crisis marc local says the situation for many people is desperate and he's repeated calls for an end to the war the break in the democratic republic of congo is now the second largest on record behind twenty four teens epidemic that killed thousands in west africa the world health organization delivered the assessment after congo's health ministry announced that been almost four hundred thirty cases since the start of organists dozens of people have been left stranded after flash flooding in the turkish resort town of boardroom heavy rains will cause swept away of businesses and homes flooded many people were stuck in waist deep water as emergency teams works to bring them to safety. in asco as i did reggae music to its world heritage list of cultural wondrous was. gone. the un agency says the music genre is worthy of protection because of its contribution to discussions around injustice and resistance reggae originated in jamaica in the one nine hundred sixty s. there's the headlines i'll be back with a news hour just over twenty five but it's let us get you back to with us. all the way. through the really difficult part of the maze

news hour from london yemen's who talks only united nations taking a leading role in the running vital port city of the data. accused of war crimes in the central african republic the man known as rambo appears before the international criminal court. and junius fans back into their stadium one is iris just to watch a training session ahead of saturday's big final against river plate i have more on that in sport peter. suicide attackers of trying to storm the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi three gunmen and at least two policemen were killed a separatist group the baluchistan liberation army has claimed responsibility victoria gate b. reports. this is the man who attacked the chinese consulate in karachi armed with guns they calmly walked up to a security checkpoint and you can find police say the men threw up to ten hand grenades at the compound as they tried unsuccessfully to storm the building they were stopped by gods before they reached the consulate. two policemen who were on duty had been killed the attackers parked their car away from the consulate they were stopped from entering the building three attackers have been killed. the sepa

is in yemen's capital to review the humanitarian crisis mark local situation for many people is desperate and has continued calls for an end to the war. the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is now the second largest on record behind twenty four teens epidemic that killed thousands in west africa the world health organization delivered the assessment of the congo's health ministry announced that they have been almost four hundred and thirty cases since the start of august two hundred fifty people have died it's spreading in the country's northeast where attacks by rebel groups are making it difficult for health workers to contain the disease peter j. hotez is the dean at the the national school of tropical medicine at bailleul college of medicine he told us more about the threats facing health workers in that part of the world. this part of eastern congo is one of the most destabilized. regions of the world they've had almost continuously violence for practically twenty years and you might say well what does violence and conflict have to do with disease well what happens is that collapses the whole health system infrastructure so when you want to be concerned about

republic of congo two leading candidates have agreed to put forward. katie from the new p.d.s. party a long delayed election is due to take place on december twenty third. at the un special envoy to yemen is in the port city of her data he has been in the data after holding talks with healthy rebels in the capital sanaa pro-government forces . backed by the coalition have been trying to seize hold data from the rebels for months now peace talks are planned for next month in sweden mamadou has more from nearby djibouti on more. about more on what the special envoys visit has achieved so far. u.n. special envoy. to get some commitment from the conflict in yemen to peace talks to be held. in. seven countries. including. the u.s. . in the management of the. intense pressure. to get the. agreement of the management of the port to talk about how. the management of the port now seems to be. building around within the international community peace talks to be held it's the only way it's believed. to peace and also the humanitarian crisis in the country. only. on the pro-government alliance but also the sodium supporting the government in yemen. the u.n. resident coordinator for yemen says maln