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 involvement

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 only that i

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 hoping to ar

the talks come at a time when the international community is putting more pressure on the saudi u.a.e. coalition to and its military campaign and seek a peaceful way out but the biggest challenge is to convince yemen's warring factions to set aside their differences agree on a national unity government and the transition that will ultimately and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the town of rimbaud north of stockholm. a state funeral has been held in washington for the former u.s. president george h. w. bush. world leaders along with all living former u.s. presidents came to pay their respects current president donald trump declared the day of mourning with the federal government and financial markets closed bush died in his houston home on friday at the age of ninety four just a few months after his wife barbara go live to kimberly halkett at the national cathedral in the washington d.c. and kimberly george w. bush paid a moving tribute to his father in the eulogy tell us more about that yeah that state funeral has just wrapped up you can probably still hear the church bells from the

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 showed t

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 been track

the talks come at a time when the international community is putting more pressure on the saudi u.a.e. coalition to and its military campaign and seek a peaceful way out but the biggest challenge is to convince yemen's warring factions to set aside their differences agree on a national unity government and the transition that will ultimately and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the town of rimbaud north of stockholm. the cosco to former u.s. president george h.w. bush has returned to texas where he'll be buried on he died last week at the age of ninety four you're watching live pictures from st martin's church in houston politicians past and present were among the mourners at a state funeral for the forty first president in washington d.c. our white house correspondent kimberly help of reports. after lying in state in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol building george h.w. bush made his final journey past the white house he once occupied to a state funeral service at washington's national cathedral friends and dignitaries from bush's decades of public service stood as his flag draped cas

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 arrivals to

leave yemen for medical treatment the evacuation was a condition set by the rebels to the saudi u.a.e. coalition before u.n. backed talks in sweden the united nations special envoy for yemen martin griffiths says he's optimistic despite several failed efforts at ending the nearly four year war. we hope that very soon we will be able to start talks. among the parties to that and to assist that process forward mr griffiths is in sanaa right now we will see when we can announce the dates for talks but we are hopeful that it will happen in fairly short course but we need a number of conditions to be exactly right before we can know before we can settle that. haiti is a member of the these political bureau he explains how the evacuation agreement came about. he. talks about this deal have started months or a year ago we offer to the media 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

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 is on authorize there has never been a vote in congress who allow our men and women to participate in that war and therefore that war is unconstitutional i have also been deeply concerned that the president continues to ignore human rights violations the suppression of dissent and the deaths of tho

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 our involvem

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 project in pap

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 is on aut

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 wizard a milita

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 inside stor

drug months or heidi into exile more than ten thousand people have been killed since the saudi u.a.e. coalition began its air campaign in support of how these internationally recognized government the following year the intervention and aerial bombardment of who the rebels has led to what the u.n. calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis the world health organization says yemen is experiencing the worst cholera outbreak with nearly three thousand deaths and more than a million people infected more than three million people have been internally displaced and twenty two million people are in need of humanitarian help now for 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. the 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 lever

the talks come at a time when the international community is putting more pressure on the saudi u.a.e. coalition to and its military campaign and seek a peaceful way out but the biggest challenge is to convince yemen's warring factions to set aside their differences agree on a national unity government and the transition that will ultimately and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the town of rimbaud north of stockholm. the french government is abandoning a fuel tax hike which has led to weeks of violent protests they've spread into why the demonstrations against president emanuel macro economic policies and become his biggest challenge in office so far david kato reports from paris. to prime minister edward felipe announced the complete abolition of the fuel tax hikes at the end of an address to m.p.'s in the national assembly he was speaking against a no confidence vote from the opposition is parties majority meant it was never going to succeed but he realised the real no confidence vote was being lost in the streets. to the yellow vests to all french people to you numbers of parliamen

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 paris climate

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 on social m

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 but insists t

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 donald trump

appears to show as strikes by the saudi u.a.e. coalition on friday witnesses say at least one woman was killed and another two was severely injured as he spied for the city was announced following talks in sweden on thursday. president vowed to me a person wants to control rap music in russia as a meeting with cultural leaders on saturday he says that rather than banning the popular music form it must be led and directed putin says stopping rap could increase demand for it. those are the headlines more news here off to al-jazeera investigates. the. little over. thirty bus your own a gun is. never. done not. just here is investigative unit exposes links between one of france's launches political parties led by marine le pen. and a movement demanding the expulsion of muslims from europe. to safeguard the. reason. you don't know. our investigation unmasks an emerging right wing ideology called identity in islam . it claims europe's identity is white and christian you suppose they see themselves as crusaders who defends the values of a white tw

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 required two thirds majority the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley told the assembly that it could make history and called him asked one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the wild the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against while thirty three abstained al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never onc

the new york times is reporting this saudi u.a.e. coalition is using child soldiers from sudan the gates who is the finances in the in the children all survivors of the conflict in darfur they were a fold so they recruited by saudi offices promising high wages experienced. doll for also said to be fighting in the i'm in this most and there is. the balance of power in northern syria appears to be shifting after the u.s. decision to withdraw its troops russia and turkey have agreed to coordinate with each other after talks in moscow turkey's foreign minister says they have a common goal of cleaning syria of what he calls terror organizations that comes as fifty turkish tanks have been sent to the syrian border in preparation for a possible attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces from gaza near the turkish syrian border where the reports columns of turkish tanks roll into syria and korea has been bolstering its military positions along with south of border as it prepares for what it calls a full fledged offensive on the kurdish held city of mumbai is sy

at the united states is involvement in the war in yemen washington has been supporting the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen since twenty fifteen and recently much of that assistance was in the form of in-flight fueling until that was stopped for saudi jets that ended last month by mutual agreement the u.s. 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

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 fermin. now many may not last and i pad and i pray talks will succeed we have had enough of all aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war. he met them another minimum 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 there wizard a military solution and that negotiation is

and say that we're not in the meeting in december six approving budget for next year the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen has confirmed it will allow the evacuation of fifty injured from sea fighters on monday for treatment in the amount of capital musket the united nations envoy martin griffiths requested the arrangement as a gesture of goodwill before peace talks are scheduled to take place in the swedish capital stockholm later this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extensive jamal khashoggi is fear about the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on c.n.n. has gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages with a saudi journalist and activist omar abdul 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 the announcement 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 paris climate

a reminder about top stories this hour the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen has confounded will allow fifty injured three key fighters to be evacuated on monday for treatment and i months capital muscat un envoy martin griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture for peace talks and sweet and that's not. an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi his fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin. c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred watts up texts by the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account. u.s. president donald trump says china has agreed to reduce tariffs on american cars he made the announcement on twitter two days after meeting china's president xi jinping and went as aries the two leaders agreed to a ninety day hold on the escalating trade war. the world bank says it's doubling its funding for poorer countries to deal with climate change to two hundred billion dollars the announcement comes as leaders gather

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 is on au

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 pattern

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 fun in. number may not last and i pad and i pray talks will succeed we have had enough of all 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 special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted the wizard a military solution and that negotiation

to leave yemen for medical treatment evacuation was a condition set by the rebels to the saudi u.a.e. coalition before u.n. backed talks those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's war hotels lebannon. china could be facing a debt iceberg that's according to western global the trumpet ministration have been insisting towards the saudis and other oil producers that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. control the holiday inn and you control the the region around and that's why it was such a bloody battle. the important thing if you were walking around in beirut was not to be in the line of fire from the holiday inn. the bottle of adi even completed to division all the beadle into two sectors east and west beirut. but also for stuff but let's not go on our stuff a while how can the club move from. the most powerful building in the system from it is the holidays. warmer tells our buildings that function as normal hotels but often in the context of real

united states as involvement in the war in yemen washington has been providing support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen since twenty fifteen until recently much of that assistance was in the form of in-flight refueling for saudi jets that was halted last month by mutual agreement but the u.s. still cooperates with the coalition on intelligence and is the top supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its offices advise on potential targets to minimize civilian casualties but saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus inside a province an orchestra some dunny is a yemen analyst and georgetown university visiting fellow she says american politicians have finally woken up to the suffering of yemenis. what we see is that the u.s. is feeling that this is a war that america does not want to be involved in at least that's the message that the senate is sending out today they're saying that the weapons that are being used are american and some of the attacks that have happened in yemen can amount to war crimes which implicates the u.s. even furth

drug months or heidi into exile more than ten thousand people have been killed since the saudi u.a.e. coalition began its air campaign in support of how these internationally recognized government the following year the intervention and aerial bombardment of who the rebels has led to what the u.n. calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis the world health organization says yemen is experiencing the worst cholera outbreak with nearly three thousand deaths and more than a million people infected more than three million people have been internally displaced and twenty two million people are in need of humanitarian help now for 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. the 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 levera

senators will vote on a resolution to withdraw american support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator rand paul says u.s. involvement in yemen can only have a negative effect 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 involvement in this terrible war is one of the things that engender is more terrorism as more people die from starvation as people pick up bomb fragments went to school buses killed and on the bomb fragment it says made in america it creates more terrorism so i think it's actually a risk to our national security to be involved with the saudis and we should not be aiding and abetting their bombing of civilian areas after weeks of violence and to government protests the french president is.

saudi jets they both agreed to end that last month the u.s. still cooperates with the coalition on intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its offices advise on potential targets to minimize civilian casualties but saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus in south the province in orchestra. john fredericks is a syndicated radio talk show host in the us he was chairman of the trump the president's campaign campaign's virginia unit he joins me now in the studio welcome so let me let me start off first civil with this upcoming vote in the senate what do you think is going to is going to happen now and what what's your view on it well first of all what effect sideshow this is in a display of cowardice by the members of the u.s. senate both sides of the aisle of the this is a bipartisan complete lack of any profile in courage this war has and has been going on for three years president obama got us in to backing the saudi emirates coalition in yemen in the first place he had to make a deal with the saudis back their war against the booth these because he made a dea

and follows the arrest of one of its top executives in canada on washington's request the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits for ships with food and fuel to enter ports there u.s. senators will this week a vote on a resolution to withdraw support for the coalition it's looking to be a landslide victory for armenia's acting prime minister following snap parliamentary elections nicol passion and lead the so-called velvet revolution and took power after a week of protests his party has won more than seventy percent of the votes with almost ninety percent counted after weeks of violent anti-government protests the french president is due to address the nation on monday emmanuel macron will also meet unions and protest groups the so-called yellow vests demonstrations were initially over fuel tax hikes but they've now become an anti government movement those are the headlines more news here to send was. we bought the house about two years ago hoping that we would be able to retire here but from here you could see how much sand we've lost underneath the house. t

senate has passed a resolution to end all military support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen and senators also blame the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi president trump is likely to veto both resolutions and today what the united states senate said in a very loud way that we will not continue to have our military posture dictated by a despotic murderous regime in saudi arabia a regime which does not respect democracy does not respect human rights a regime whose leader nobody doubts was involved in the horrific murder of a dissident journalist in the saudi consulate in turkey jamal to show but now it all comes after some progress on the final day of u.n. back talks in sweden between yemeni yemen's government and who think rebels now both sides agree to a cease fire in the polls that have data which is the main route for food and medical aid into yemen and the u.n. also says there's an understanding between the two parties on deescalation in the city of there's the other major central fighting another round of talks is climb to

senate has voted to end all military support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition for the war in yemen a second resolution blamed saudi arabia's crown plans for the murder of journalist . if the measures passed the house they are likely to be vetoed by the president and roslyn jordan has more. 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 is on authorize there has never been a vote in congress who allow our men and women to participate in that war and therefore that war is unconstitutional i have also been deeply concerned that the president continues to ignore human rights violations the suppression of dissent and the deaths of thousands of civilians in yemen in order to maintain good relations with the saudis. legislators have been worried for some time about the civ

isn't at the tent city suite is the southern iraq movement they've are new deck calls for the saudi u.a.e. coalition to withdraw from the city of eight and hundreds of people marched in protest on saturday calling their presence in the city an occupation as a protest as accuse the saudi u.a.e. coalition of deepening the suffering of people in provinces that are under government control we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then china summons canada's ambassador to protest against the arrest of a high to a high tech executive. at a museum reopening in belgium confronts the country's dark past. how the winter snow is showing now has been for about three days in north and normal recently central china this line is if you like the winter fronts of the snow in the northern sides be falling in the yangtze valleys come a long ways it said not attempts to sas that as well hong kong's down to sixteen year in the rain for sunday is warmer and considerably wetter on the coast of vietnam we've seen over one hundred millimeters in the last twenty four hours is more to come of that it will be some

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. joins us live now from washington so kimberly given that this at this point isn't really going to go anywhere with the with the president likely to veto any resolutions on this is it begs the question of what the purpose of it the ultimate purpose of it is. right well there are two parts to that question the first is that it's not likely to go anywhere today but that doesn't mean this isn't likely to go anywhere because we have to remember it have the midterm elections and in january democrats will take over the house of representatives and certainly could revive this and a version of this that then could put donald trump in a very unco

the talks come at a time when the international community is putting more pressure on the saudi u.a.e. coalition to and its military campaign and seek a peaceful way out but the biggest challenge is to convince yemen's warring factions to set aside their differences agree on a national unity government and the transition that will ultimately and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the town of rimbaud north of stockholm. china's embassy in canada has condemned the arrest of the chief financial officer who are way technologies joe was detained in vancouver on saturday at the request of u.s. police she's facing extradition to the u.s. on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran mang is a deputy chairman who are as board and the daughter of the founder of wrenching faith while he says it's not aware of any wrongdoing by me. but also coming on the news hour including criticism of british prime minister to resign may have a break that from the party that props up a minority government. and who calls the shots mexico's women in politics a not enough just to be in congress they want influen

treatment in oman the move is seen as a gesture of goodwill before peace talks later this month saudi u.a.e. coalition which fights of abuses agreed to the medivac operational after a quest from the un special envoy to yemen martin griffiths the wounded two thieves will be flown to mascot on board a u.s. aircraft of escorted by three yemeni doctors and one from the united nations. u.s. president requested pakistan's help with peace talks in afghanistan has written to the pakistani prime minister to non-con seeking his cooperation to help bring the taliban to the discussions last week afghanistan's president outlined a road map for peace with the group but want a deal could take funny if he is to implement coming. from islamabad this morning imran khan was talking to. reporters and he basically said that earlier today expected and garner drum pad. requesting for. dogs and trying to bring the of one taliban to the negotiating table imraan khan of course said that pakistan would do whatever it is. in order to achieve peace in afghanistan and to find and that seventeen year old gone for me. if you look at