control the area say they are willing to let the united nations oversee operations of the port the saudi u.a.e. backed government warns if the talks fail it will resume an offensive to capture the city in the meantime eight agencies are hoping the talks make progress so they can deliver aid to millions of yemenis on the verge of famine while the political divide remains the biggest obstacle to any wreck through to the yemen conflict the international community insists the talks here in sweden are a crucial opportunity for the yemenis to end the war al-jazeera the tunnel. well as those talks take place in sweden back in yemen the fighting continues at least seven hundred fighters and one soldier from the saudi u.a.e. coalition have been killed in fallujah province coalition forces are trying to push the treaties from the hills to south of the town of dams there's also been fighting in the central city of ties a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the u.n. general assembly the resolution didn't get enough votes to reach the

military support for the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen the saudi foreign ministry said the senate's decision could affect relations. and canada's prime minister is seeking ways to cancel a weapons deal with saudi arabia just one true day this is called a measure to mount a show that sceptical and is demanding out says one was working out how to cancel a contract for trucks it's part of a thirteen billion dollar deal made by the precise a government relations have been tense since canada's ambassador was expelled earlier this year in a disagreement over human rights in the kingdom i the murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on that secondly we inherited actually a fifteen billion dollar contract signed by steven harper to export light armored vehicles to saudi arabia we are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of of no longer exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia will have been speaking to mowing kab

the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits for ships with food and fuel to enter ports their aid is desperately needed in a country which the un has described as facing the wild west humanitarian crisis twenty million people don't have enough food or in parties met in sweden for the fourth day of un led talks with little progress on a political solution to end the conflict in the coming days u.s. senate as well votes on a resolution to withdraw america's support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator rand paul says u.s. involvement in yemen can only have a negative impact. i think that when we're dealing with arms that no personal financial dealings should have anything to do the decision and really not even the finances of the country i think selling arms should have to deal solely with our national security not jobs not money nothing and i really think that the war in yemen that we have no vital national security interest and not only that i think our i

after almost four years of fighting between who the rebels and yemeni government troops aided by saudi u.a.e. coalition fourteen million yemenis are on the brink of firemen. now many no less and i pad and i pray talks will succeed we have had enough of all the aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war. he met them another minimum of the yemenis should rican sile and we should end the war in the ring of peace. it's the first time opposing sides in the conflict will have met since two thousand and sixteen past talks collapsed because of growing differences between who should play a bigger role in the future of yemen and. the internationally recognized government says a deal will only be possible when the whole thing is hand over their weapons and put out of the capital sana'a a demand with jetted by the rebels for say all parties should be prepared to compromise. we're going to talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the un's special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted there wizard a military solution and that

the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits to ships with food and fuel to and to pull its aid is desperately needed in a country which the u.n. has described as facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis twenty million people don't have enough food or in parties most in sweden for the full day of u.s. led talks with little progress on a political solution to end the cold. well in the coming days u.s. senators say they'll vote on a resolution to withdraw american support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator paul rand says the u.s. involvement in the yemen can only have a negative impact i think that when we're dealing with arms that no personal financial dealings should have anything to do the decision and really not even the finances of the country and i think selling arms should have to deal solely with our national security not jobs not money nothing and i really think that the war in yemen that we have no vital national security interest and not on

saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed the blockade on qatar. has this report. the annual national day festivities took off in the usual grand style and this year after eighteen months of a land sea and air blockade by former arab states qatari celebrated not only their leader but also their culture. because all. signs of patriotism wrong show everywhere as was a sense of national unity and pride as well as the fire. saudi arabia the u.a.e. rein in egypt cut diplomatic relations and imposed their blockade on qatar in june of last year doha strongly refutes their allegations that it supports terrorism a resolution to the regional crisis looks no closer to a meeting of the gulf cooperation council in riyadh last week made no progress people celebrating on tuesday appeared not to care and credited the amir come in. overcoming the isolation today is the day that we all even citizens kotori as we also celebrate are we all so how much will of qatar we all share what. we're always happy no matter what eve

still cooperates with the coalition on intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi and to the u.a.e. it says its officers advise on potential targets to minimize civilian casualties bought saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus inside a province an organist. allodynia is a yemeni activist and assistant professor of education at michigan state university she joins us from east lansing in michigan thanks so much for your time shereen i'd like to know from today what you make of this senate vote. well it's really surprising it's a positive move forward of course it took a long long time for us to get here many of us have been lobbying our senators in our congresspeople for years now since twenty fifteen to move forward in legislating an end to the u.s. his role in the in the war in yemen like you mentioned the u.s. is heavily involved militarily and this has been going on without congressional approval first and of the administration of obama and then following through a trumpet administration and the role of congress is to in fact

saudi led coalition clashed. fighting erupted between the u.a.e. backed southern forces and the saudi backed presidential guards. now and when i leave there is the u.a.e. has entrusted yemen and the right the errors committed in the fight with the help of. however saudi arabia is the leader of the coalition and it will not allow any country to tamper with the situation. forces will soon be under the control of the legitimate government was not the party how to. entice the album while a bus brigades known for their ties to the un he were clashing with the salic brigade and other groups linked to the muslim brotherhood's islamic party which has ties to qatar. this coincided with the internationally recognized saudi backed government in yemen issuing orders to merge the popular resistance forces into the national army however these integration efforts soon faced a real test. in june twenty seventh team the gulf crisis erupted with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. opposing qatar it had a knock on effect in yemen. and disagreements between factions members pr

saudi arabia and the u.a.e. opposing qatar it had a knock on effect in yemen. and disagreements between factions members previous affiliation of surface. in october twenty seventeen the other one a bus brigade reached the peak of their international fame the us saudi arabia other u.a.e. put the group on a terror watch lists they justified their decision by saying that the brigades were giving support to al qaeda. you know very but again it is strange for an entity to be classified as a terrorist group while being funded by voters who classified it as such. brigades also claim that being branded terrorists didn't affect their deals with the saudi led coalition. nothing happened. the group was invited to a meeting in saudi arabia with the leaders of ties. things changed. the ones in financial support are still the same as before. it seems increasingly clear that weapons bought for one country's armed forces are being passed on to other parties for political reasons most of these weapons come from western countries

senate demands an end to america's support of the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen and condemned saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman for the murder of journalist. alarm hasn't seeker this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up israeli forces arrest dozens of palestinians after twenty four hours of violence in occupied west bank. notes a renegotiation that's the message from e.u. leaders to u.k. prime minister to resign may after her trip to brussels to save her brags. and as politicians remain dog deadlocked on climate change we'll tell you five things you can do to help save the planet. out of the u.s. senate has passed a resolution to end all military support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen in a rare unified vote from both parties fifty six senators were in favor and forty one voted against but the measure is unlikely to get approval in the house of representatives and then faces an almost certain veto by president trump a separate resolution condemned the saudi crown prince mohammed bin men for the murder of journalist. j

and twenty two million people are in need of humanitarian help now four years on the decision by saudi u.a.e. coalition to allow the evacuation of wounded truthy fighters is meeting a key condition of the rebels for u.n. sponsored peace talks to go ahead in sweden this week. a previous attempt at the goshi ations organized by un special envoy to yemen collapsed in september when the who these fail to attend the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in riyadh consulate. in istanbul may have given western powers more influence and leverage over saudi arabia and iran has announced it backs the talks saying tehran is ready to help find a political solution we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not the peace talks take place we will expect some sort of resolution between the who thesis and the united nations and the saudis over whether the u.n. will take over to management of the port there who died the un's envoy martin griffiths has just arrived in sa not to escort the negotiators to sweden he's h

after almost four years of fighting between who the rebels and yemeni government troops aided by saudi u.a.e. coalition fourteen million yemenis are on the brink of firemen. now many no less than i pad and i pray talks will succeed we have had enough of all th aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war won him at the nominal power but that we the yemenis should rican sile and we should end the war in the ring of peace. it's the first time opposing sides in the conflict will have met since two thousand and sixteen past talks collapsed because of growing differences between who should play a bigger role in the future of yemen or. the internationally recognized government says a deal will only be possible when the whole thing is hand over their weapons and pulled out of the capital sana'a a demand with jetted by the rebels for say all parties should be prepared to compromise. we're going to the talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the un's special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted the wizard a military solu

saudi backed presidential guards. now in the lead there says the u.a.e. has entrust in yemen and the right the errors committed in the fight with the help of. however saudi arabia is the leader of the coalition and it will not allow any country to tamper with the situation. forces will soon be under the control of the legitimate government that knows. the whole and. entire use the album well of us brigades known for their ties to the un we were clashing with the salic brigade and other groups linked to the muslim brotherhood islamic party which has ties to qatar. this coincided with the internationally recognized saudi backed government in yemen issuing orders to merge the popular resistance forces into the national army however these integration efforts soon faced a real test. in june twenty seventh team the gulf crisis erupted with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. opposing qatar it had a knock on effect in yemen. and disagreements between faction members previous affiliation and surface. in october twenty seventh seen the other one of us brigades reach the pe

backed forces and the saudi backed presidential guards. the u.a.e. has entrusted yemen and there might be errors committed in the fight with. however saudi arabia is the leader of the coalition and it will not allow any country to tamper with the situation. as will soon be under the control of the. government that does the. entire use the other one of us brigades known for their ties to the un he were clashing with the salic brigade and other groups linked to the muslim brotherhood party which has ties to qatar. this coincided with the internationally recognized saudi backed government in yemen issuing orders to merge the popular resistance forces into the national army however these integration efforts soon faced a real test. in june twenty seventh team the gulf crisis erupted with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. opposing qatar it had a knock on effect in yemen. and disagreements between factions members previous affiliation of surface. in october twenty seventeen the other one a bus brigade reached the peak of their international fame and the us saudi a

senate has passed a resolution to end all military support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen senators also blamed the saudi crown prince for the murder of a journalist a mouth ashaji president trump is likely to veto both resolutions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered an expansion of settlements and a military crackdown after an escalation of violence two israeli soldiers and two palestinians were killed on wednesday and thursday. police in france of killed the suspected gunman of choose days attack on a christmas market in strasbourg followed a two day manhunt by more than seven hundred offices. a saudi arabia's government has been buying its own stocks to conceal the effects of the political fallout from the murder. of wall street journal reporting foreign investors dumped saudi stocks on hushovd death was revealed more money is a professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada she says this kind of trading can cause more trouble for saudi arabia's economy. the role street journal's been tracking this and

egypt and bahrain sure how are they doing it carter how are they doing getting together with saudi arabia u.a.e. you know we don't track this certainly the political followings of the saudi arabian u.a.e. . qatar but i will tell you they're fantastic on this this is troops first visit to u.s. troops in a conflict zone during his twenty three months in office the visit is likely to quell critics who say he should have followed the example of his predecessors presidents bush and obama who visited troops in harm's way earlier in their terms rob reynolds al-jazeera washington russia is accusing israel of endangering two passenger planes as it hit targets in syria and choose day moscow says syrian air defenses destroyed fourteen of the sixteen israeli missiles an israeli security official has confirmed the strikes to the associated press saying they hit iranian targets indonesia has said all flights around an erupting volcano which triggered a tsunami on saturday on a crocodile and continues to spew columns of ash into the days after it's crazy collapsed sending waves up to five meters high along th

brokered cease fire yemen's port city of the data saudi and u.a.e. but government forces and who fighters blamed each other for violations on the first day of the troops on tuesday. at chicago's arch bishop has apologized for the catholic church's failure to address accusations of child sex abuse by its clergy latest revelations of a cover up involved five hundred priests in the u.s. state of illinois over seven decades. now an official from electoral commission of the democratic republic of congo says sunday's elections might be delayed due to technical difficulties earlier police fired tear gas at supporters of opposition presidential candidate martin for unit in the capital kinshasa the violence came after a ban by the city's governor of all political gatherings conference ojt report. a stage. charged opposition supporters dancing singing and exuding confidence that this will be. fully packed by the time they leave. the presidential candidate could not get. along with the police blocked the road his convoy and support his who had accompanied him w

food and humanitarian aid in sweden last week representatives from the who the movement and the saudi u.a.e. backed government the president will months or had agreed not only to withdraw fighters but also to establish humanitarian corridors and to allow for the deployment of un supervised neutral forces the redeployment from the ports of ho data salif russy send critical parts of the city associated with the humanitarian facilities shall be completed within two weeks after the cease fires entry into force the full mutual redeployment of all forces from the city of her data and the ports of her data salif and russ is so shall be completed within a maximum period of twenty one days after the cease fire enters into force it is a responsibility of the parties to fulfill the agreement local leaders in her day to say they are determined to ensure the truce no matter how fragile it is holds. in the the land and sending the agreement that was discussed thank god we in the province of the data and the local authorities are committed to the ceasefire but there are somebody nations aircraft that are

senate has passed a resolution to end military support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen senators also blame the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist john murtha sheltie president trump is likely to veto both resolutions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered an expansion of settlements and a military crackdown after twenty four hours of violence two israeli soldiers and two palestinians were killed on wednesday and thursday. police in france have killed the suspected gunman of choose days attack on a christmas market in strasbourg and followed a two day manhunt by more than seven hundred offices. saudi arabia's government has been buying its own stocks to conceal the effects of the political fallout from the murder of jim out. well she journal is reporting a foreign investors dumped saudi stocks when her death was revealed a best moment is a professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada she says this kind of trading can cause more trouble for saudi arabia's economy. the role street journal's b

senate votes to end all support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen and blames the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but will president donald trump veto the measure this isn't. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the u.s. senate has voted to end old military support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition that's been fighting in yemen since two thousand and fifteen a second resolution blamed saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salon for the murder of journalist. if these measures passed the house of representatives they're likely to be vetoed by the president will bring in our guests in a moment but first roslyn jordan reports from capitol hill. the results are fifty six days and forty one nays the resolution is agreed to as amended a rebuke of u.s. president donald trump's policy to stand by saudi arabia no matter what the u.s. senate has passed a resolution symbolically ending all u.s. military support for saudi and emirates the forces fighting in the yemeni civil war the war in yemen

allowed to leave yemen for medical treatment evacuation was a condition set by the rebels to the saudi u.a.e. coalition before un backed talks in sweden could begin on wednesday those talks are aimed at trying to end the nearly four year civil war in yemen ukraine says it is continuing a military buildup and has begun a series of drills across the country. that's not to russia's navy seals three ukrainian boats and twenty four crew members in the black sea more than a week ago ukraine's president impose martial law for thirty days in parts of the country following the incident those are the headlines you're up to date we're back in half an hour right now in algeria it's inside story. a notorious symbol of the u.s. war on terror one said for close guantanamo bay and it's detainees. we have identified as a priority is the construction of a new high value detention center i'm afraid that we're setting the conditions to return back to proxies of brutality and state sponsored torture as we do have done in the past rendition revisited to on al jazeera. qatar is set to put opec oil cartel up to mor

as a goodwill gesture the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting the who these allowed fifty wounded rebel fighters to be flown to oman for hospital treatment that was one of the conditions for huth these to attend the talks similar talks collapsed soon after they began three months ago. the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis in yemen described as the worst in the world will even get worse in the new year it's appealing for four billion dollars from international donors to help feed starving yemenis next year we think that twenty four million people in yemen seventy five percent of the population will need humanitarian assistance. airstrikes somebody boardman's. a cholera epidemic and other diseases as well as starvation is estimated by independent group of researchers to have killed between seventy and eighty thousand yemenis so far in the war in addition fighting has forced half a million people from their homes and to further complicate the disaster people smugglers are using the chaos in yemen as a route to europe migration ar

in her day her life is returning to the city streets the ceasefire between saudi u.a.e. backed government forces and hooty rebels is seen as the first significant breakthrough in peace efforts since the war started in twenty fourteen and. we look forward to the ceasefire we hope it's going to be observed not only here but nationwide. and. we hope the saudi led coalition will learn a lesson after four years of war we haven't halted all retreated even if forty years pass we will never budge or abandon our basic principles of dignity freedom and independence. the monitoring mission comes a day after the un security council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of observers to data following negotiations in sweden the warring sides also agree to a prisoner swap of some sixteen thousand detainees. the u.n. calls yemen the world's worst humanitarian disaster the war has killed an estimated sixty thousand people as many as eighty five thousand children may have starved to death but. it's hoped the by bringing stability to her day to. the rest of this rava

the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits for ships with food and fuel to enter ports their aid is desperately needed in a country which the un has described as facing the wild west humanitarian crisis twenty million people don't have enough food or in parties met in sweden for the fourth day of un that talks with little progress on a political solution to end the conflict in the coming days u.s. senators will vote on a resolution to withdraw america's support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator rand paul says u.s. involvement in yemen can only have a negative impact. i think that when we're dealing with arms that no personal financial dealings should have anything to do the decision and really not even the finances of the country and i think selling arms should have to deal solely with our national security not jobs not money nothing and i really think that the war in yemen that we have no vital national security interest and not only that i think ou

the evacuation was a condition sent by the rebels to the saudi u.a.e. coalition for un backed talks in sweden later this year the conflict which erupted in two thousand and fifteen has brought yemen to the brink of famine hammered haiti is a member of the hoodies political bureau he explains how the evacuation agreement came about how the how he. talks about this deal have started months or a year ago we offered to the muted to a deal to release or hostages and detainees in exchange for releasing prisoners and hostages at the other side and this is because there are a source of pain and suffering to their families the war has been going on for a long time and there is no justification for not releasing them however no agreement was reached and told two to three days ago at the beginning we signed the deal in the u n envoy was able to convince the other side to sign the agreement. our security forces in indonesia say they suspect an armed group is to blame for the disappearance of thirty one construction workers officers say gunmen attacked a bridge proj

senate votes to end all support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen and blames the saudi crown prince for the murder a journalist jamal khashoggi but will president donald trump veto the measure this isn't. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the u.s. senate has voted to end old military support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition that's been fighting in yemen since two thousand and fifteen a second resolution blamed saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salon for the murder of journalist. if these measures passed the house of representatives they're likely to be vetoed by the president will bring in our guests in a moment but first roslyn jordan reports from capitol hill. the results are fifty six days and forty one nays the resolution is agreed to as amended a rebuke of u.s. president donald trump's policy to stand by saudi arabia no matter what the u.s. senate has passed a resolution symbolically ending all u.s. military support for saudi and emirates the forces fighting in the yemeni civil war the war in yemen

in the besieged port on monday both the group these and yemeni government forces backed by the saudi u.a.e. led coalition agreed to diffuse five during talks in sweden earlier this month the who these are accusing coalition forces of violating that cease fire with both ground attacks and at least twenty eight airstrikes in towns near data in the last twenty four hours u.s. border protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after another guatemalan child died while under its care the eight year old boy lost his life after receiving medical treatment at a hospital in new mexico the guatemalan foreign ministry is calling for an investigation. the long awaited presidential election in the democratic republic of congo this weekend has been delayed again in parts of the country the electoral commission says that the vote will be held in march and benny and that's moments after the final results will to be announced on january fifteenth and afghanistan's election commission says presidential elections scheduled there for april will be postponed for several months it says t

after almost four years of fighting between who the rebels and yemeni government troops aided by saudi u.a.e. coalition fourteen million a year many are on the brink of funny and. now many no less and i pad and there are a couple i prayed talks will succeed we have had enough of all teach aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war. he met them another minute about the way the yemenis should rican sile and we should end the war in the ring of peace. it's the first time opposing sides in the conflict will have met since two thousand and sixteen past talks collapsed because of growing differences between who should play a bigger role in the future of yemen and. the internationally recognized government says a deal will only be possible when the whole thing is hand over their weapons and put out of the capital. a demand with jetted by the rebels for say all parties should be prepared to compromise. we're going to talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the un's special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted the wiza

senate is likely to take a final vote on a resolution to end support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen senators voted sixty to thirty nine to advance the measure on weapons coinciding with the final day of yemen peace talks in sweden. and eritreans president after work he has arrived in the somali capital market issue for an official visit. the two nations restored diplomatic relations recently after a nearly fifteen year break somalia has in the past accused eritrea of supporting the armed group al-shabaab these pictures here from when the two signed their agreement to restart their relations this was back in july. ok you're up to date with the headlines and that's my lot for today so thank you for your company paid to be back with you in about half an hour next it's inside story. the u.n. finally agrees on a road map to help migrants and refugees worldwide what's called the global compact has just been adopted in our cash but with and can a compromise with with the countries that rejected the agreement this is inside story. and welcome to this special edition of i

in sweden last week representatives from the who the movement and the saudi u.a.e. backed government the president. agreed not only to pull back fighters but also to establish humanitarian corridors and to allow for the deployment of you in supervised neutral forces for now many yemenis hope that this truce will hold no matter how tenuous the situation on the ground remains. an associate professor of called for the resolution of the institute for graduate studies and joins me in the studio what's going to be with us the ceasefire is holding tentatively we sort of holding our breath over the scenario how important is it for it to hold hold hold the humanitarian needs it poses a whole range of questions about talk show jewel to the end of january there is no doubt this is a myth. breakthrough in the conflict in yemen because for one important reason that this is the fifth time in four years we are seeing some sort of an agreement between the two partners however as you know this has an agreement of a humanitarian cause not a political cause so the politics have has no

the saudi u.a.e. coalition at war in yemen is allowing fifty wounded who see faces to fly to oman for hospital treatment the u.n. envoy to yemen appealed for this gesture of goodwill before peace talks which is your start in sweden later this month with the allies iran say it's ready to help end the crisis in yemen and is backing the u.n. sponsored discussions and exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma on c.n.n. has gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages with the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account. the world bank says is doubling its funding for poorer countries to deal with climate change to two hundred billion dollars in unspent comes as leaders gather in poland for un talks aimed at tackling global warming delegates from nearly two hundred nations have two weeks to agree on details of the twenty fifteen par

network showed what appeared to be a strikes by the saudi u.a.e. coalition which is fighting rebels. anger against saudi arabia has been growing in the u.s. with the senate passing a resolution to condemn its longstanding ally for the war in yemen senators also blame the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist mark. the washington post has won a full page tribute to regularly for the paper the post will continue to push for meaningful action against riyadh over its role in the killing friday that is part of a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen well lindsey graham a senator for donald trump's republican party wards of the dire consequences if strong action isn't taken against the saudi crown prince over the murder and i would have been within the us those fifteen people of saudi arabia did so under the command in the direction of the in the us who have been focusing on as a critic for two years he's renditioned people he's taken people from other countries saudi citizens brought him back to saudi arabia arabia to abuse them this is a

control the area say they are willing to let the united nations oversee operations of the port the saudi u.a.e. backed government warns if the talks fail it will resume an offensive to capture the city in the meantime eight agencies are hoping the talks make progress so they can deliver aid to millions of yemenis on the verge of famine. while the political divide remains the biggest obstacle to any breakthrough to the human conflict the international community insists the talks here in sweden are a crucial opportunity for the yemenis to end the war. the tunnel north of stockholm well as those talks take place in sweden back in yemen the fighting continues at least seven hundred fighters and one soldier from the saudi amorality coalition have been killed in a valley a province coalition forces are trying to push the who it is from the hills to south of the town of downed there's also been fighting in the central city of ties a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the u.n. general assembly the resolution didn't get enough vot

members saudi arabia the u.a.e. and behind all of use their t.v. newspaper outlets to criticize qatar heavily but kuwait is also in a dispute with saudi arabia over revenues from a shared oil field then there's the war in yemen qatar and are not involved while kuwait and bahrain is roles are limited to has made it difficult for the g.c.c. to present a unified front saudi arabia is the largest country in the block and has traditionally been able to drive the agenda but differences between the six member nations has weakened its position as tamala shell explains. as heads of states and leaders from the gulf cooperation council met riyadh for their annual summit a notable absence he was the emir of qatar doha instead opting to send a junior minister qatar remains under a land air and sea blockade imposed by fellow council member saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates eighteen months ago it's a crisis that has brought into question the very existence of the g.c.c. . nevertheless the saudi king said fail to even mention it during his opening r

atrocities committed during the war in yemen which saudi arabia entered in twenty fifteen or the saudi u.a.e. alliance has launched more than eighteen thousand air raids part of a war which has killed tens of thousands of civilians well the resolution also calls on the kingdom to end the blockade imposed with three other arab states on qatar in june last year but senators want the release two of the blogger right women's rights activists and other detained political prisoners well for more on this john hendren joins us live now from washington d.c. john so what more do we know about the resolution and how significant is it. there and it is an extraordinary a rebuke against an american ally in a statement of company in that resolution one senator calls the crown prince a thug another one calls him a wrecking ball and these are senators of both parties it takes six pages to do it but that resolution condemns the crown prince for being in charge of security services at the time that your marker showed he was murdered says that he is complicit in the murder and as you point out it also calls for

military support for the saudi u.a.e. ed war in yemen the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations canada's prime minister is looking to cancel a weapons deal with saudi arabia just intruder has called the murder of jamal khashoggi unacceptable and is demanding says he's working out how to cancel a contract for trucks it's part of a thirteen billion dollars deal made by the previous government relations have been tense since canada's ambassador was expelled earlier this year in a disagreement over human rights in the kingdom. the murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable and that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on that secondly we inherited actually a fifteen billion dollar contract.

hello i'm mr doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen has confirmed it will allow the evacuation of fifty injured truthy fighters on monday for treatment in a month's capital muscat un envoy martin griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture before peace talks in sweden this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages where the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movements that would hold the saudi state to account and he got to has more from washington d.c. . well what these hundreds of messages reveal is that jamal khashoggi was so concerned with what was going on in saudi arabia that he wanted to take more action than just writing in the newspapers here in the u.s. his plan was to arm a so-called electronic army with sim cards sim cards that will be provided to young saudi arabians who would then be allowed to post o

military support for the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen now the saudi foreign ministry statement hope that the senate actions will not be drawn into domestic political debates warning it could affect strategic relations let's get more on this for sure britain's our correspondent in washington d.c. the saudis are certainly upset at the senate vote last week and seem to be saying sort of relations might be affected by the decision it's going to be interesting to see what sort of comments and reaction come from where you are. right especially because it's precisely because some sentences want to affect strategic relationships between the u.s. and saudi arabia that's the point of the senate resolutions for last week they want those to be affected and they will still be pushing for more action however we should add that as far as this week goes and we are we reaching the end of this year's congressional session we might only see some action the possibility of some action in the house of representatives we know that i won't be a

fighting continues on the ground in yemen at least seven who think fighters and one soldier from the saudi u.a.e. coalition have been killed and a province coalition forces are trying to push that he is from the hills to the south of the town of dams a u.s. sponsored draft draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the united nations general assembly the measure didn't get the required two thirds majority u.s. president donald trump is expected to pick head the now it to be the u.s. is new in basta to the united nations she's currently the spokeswoman for the state department so replace nikki haley who resigned in october and will leave the post at the end of this month the nomination still needs an endorsement by the republican controlled senate the chief financial officer of chinese tech company chua way is expected in court on friday for a bail hearing men longo was arrested in canada and faces extradition to the u.s. for suspicion of violating sanctions against iran canada's prime minister says his government was warned ahead of the arrest bu

hello i'm to start with the top stories on al-jazeera the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen has confirmed it will allow the evacuation of fifty injured who thief ices on monday for treatment in a month's capital mustache un envoy martin griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture before peace talks in sweden this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages where the saudi journalist and activist. planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account the saudi crown prince has landed in algeria in an effort to boost ties between the two countries but many are angry about his visit to north africa saying he's attempting to whitewash his image following the death of a number of prominent algerians have signed a statement against his visit mohamed bin sound man had just come from the mauritanian capital new upshots where his presence sparked protests u.s. president don

control the area say they are willing to let the united nations oversee operations of the port the saudi u.a.e. backed government warns if the talks fail it will resume an offensive to capture the city in the meantime eight agencies are hoping the talks make progress so they can deliver aid to millions of yemenis on the verge of time in. our joins us now from member north of stockholm so they prisoner swap deal is there any any suggestion that possibly back to dealing with bigger issues. well michel that the announcement yesterday sent some positive signal to the yemenis that this could potentially lead to a comprehensive agreement on different issues but we sure were talking about a very complex political landscape in yemen to be seen whether today which many say that could be a really a crucial moment for the talks they would be able to move forward and tackle many issues but i have to say that they face he huge differences about how to move forward and joining me to talk more about the latest developments is mr holmes that the man who's the deputy youth minister from the government based in

air base in qatar who asked about the state of relations between delphi and its neighbors saudi arabia and the u.a.e. what's a blockade in qatar along with the train and egypt's. so how are they doing it cutter how are they doing getting together with saudi arabia and u.a.e. and what's what's the latest word you probably know better than anybody but maybe i should be asking to that question how are they doing getting together you see anything any signs of hope well sir i will say that from within cutter as a host they're fantastic they take good care of us the burden share with us they're helping us to improve our infrastructure and really make this kind of a crown jewel of a base. you know we don't track in a certainly the political followings of saudi arabian u.a.e. with regards to carter but i will tell you they're fantastic hosts they're great to us and it's a it's a it's a fascinating place to work in operate from ronald's covering the story joining us from washington d.c. has there been any reaction to trump's surprise visit to iraq. well there's a bend some reaction on twitter certainly with