sophie shevardnadze discussed recent developments in yemen with a former yemeni foreign minister you can watch it on our website but for now with a preview. the coalition is mounting an offensive on the only port left in who see hands dissociate press is writing that cutting through these off the ocean will mean famine death for millions why does the coalition resort to something so medieval as a food located in the side against. whereas you know why the blue case of oil has been unfortunately and successful. the actually have the impact on the water so the saudi let forces have. and accused by the u.n. of causing enormous civilian suffering the united arab emirates state minister for foreign affairs sat that war isn't clean our operation isn't clean so i talked to emirates pollen and speaker and she told me that civilian deaths happen by mistake and that the coalition forces are trying to avoid them but then why are there so many what i think for sure i think it is collateral damage but at the same time i think they increase the number of these color to. make concern about the capab

find out more next newsmakers on the global thinkers in the hot seat fielding questions from sophie shevardnadze it's sophie and co. clin. tax ties or financial survival guide stacey let's learn a salad fill out let's say i'm not so i guess and here. the fight was thank you for taking. destroy that's right. that's slavery. by. the church secret indeed priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this to do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not. highest ranks of the catholic church help conceal the accused priests from the police and justice system to that if that's known as the i intend to include at tuesday's out in. this. case. i i. just . sophie shevardnadze the united arab emirates growing economic and political influence is being felt everywhere in the middle east but will the quagmire of the war in yemen sink the new ambition of the tiny nation talk to the president of the emirates federal national counci

welcome to sophie and colmes sophie shevardnadze they already dire situation in the gaza strip is worsening for the u.s. pulling the plug on funding from a un agency that's helping palestinian refugees where will the palestinians turn for help out while i ask the gaza director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestine dr matthew. the gaza strip is be said by the israeli gyptian blockade from the outside and the bloody rivalry of the palestinian factions only in sight but no the un's relief agencies there are left without u.s. funding to the gazans have any way left to turn to in their plight how can the looming humanitarian catastrophe be avoided without u.n. help or will anger build along with despair then sing itself into a new war. dr haraszti s. rally gaz a director of united nations relief and works agency for palestine welcome to the show it's great to have you with us lots to talk about the. united states has cut funding to your agency earlier this year now you have to fire people who work for you in gaza because there is no money to pay their salaries is other nati

welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze the war in yemen is getting more complicated by the day with an imminent humanitarian disaster looming over the warring factions can anything be done or is it too late today a top to former foreign minister of yemen dr. out here being. the war in yemen is taking a new turn in the district ija board is spread across the south calling for a partition of the country while the saudi led blockade is threatening yemen with full fledged famine any kind of solution be reached at this point is a military victory possible for any warring sides and what are the ways out of the current stalemate. dr abu bakar. b former foreign minister of yemen welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now dr s. the situation in yemen wasn't complicated and now protests have now broken out in the south of the country where the south a transitional council supposedly backed by the united arab emirates calling for a popular uprising to restore independence of south yemen is yemen had it into complete collapse. i hope no three i think the. situation i

welcome to sophie shevardnadze serbia's course of the e.u. integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with costs of a possible grade going to go around that is to region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alex on that which. is no longer an enemy of the world twenty years often. the country is on a path towards the e.u. and co-operating with the transatlantic trade but the question of the breakaway province of kosovo is still the result will it keep the golden country from ever integrating into europe. serbia managed to become a part of the list. still keeping traditional toni's in the. present which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased very pleased to be here. my time. so you're here discussing a lot of things with no you see key support and advise on costello you just came from the meeting was president putin what he did why we. discussed whole important issues. on the political scene in the western balkans an entire region of south east so

well welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze and serbia's course of you integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with cost of a possible grade going to go around that region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alexander the. great enemy of the world twenty years after. the country is on a path towards the e.u. and cooperating with the transatlantic bloc but the question of the break believe problems of constable is still a long result will it keep the old in country. every integrating into europe against serbia managed to find it become a project which is. still keeping traditional totally. present which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased to have very pleased to be here and. i enjoy spending my time in moscow so you're here discussing a lot of things with good you seek his support and advice on costello he just came from the meeting with president putin what he had a wife we. discussed all important issues on the. political scene in the western balkans an entire region of so

sophie shevardnadze the united arab emirates growing economic and political influences brain cells everywhere in the middle east but will the quagmire of the war in yemen sink the new ambition of the tiny nation talk to the president of the emirates federal national council the most senior a female politician of the arab world dr amal. and economic presence felt from egypt to somalia. trying on the role of a regional but. managed to step out of the shadows of its powerful neighbors and. the great game in the middle east. dr ahmad by say president of the federal national council of the united arab emirates welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us i hope you are enjoying your stay in st peter's work so let's start with your personal experience you are the highest ranking female politician in the arab world first woman to head a national assembly of an arab state i mean obviously that means that this world is very male centric how does that complicate your work how do you make men listen to you. thank you for hosting me i think. using our term don't as women. being able to face

welcome to sophie shevardnadze serbia's course of the e.u. integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with. possible grade going to go around that is to region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alex on that which. is no longer an enemy of the world twenty. two countries on up towards the e.u. and cooperating with the transatlantic trade but the question of the break believe problems of kosovo is still unresolved will it keep the cold in country from ever integrating into europe. managed to become a part of the west. still keeping traditional tony's. present which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased very pleased to be here. and my time. so you're here discussing a lot of things with you seek he support and advise on costello you just came from the meeting was president putin what he did why. discussed all important issues on the political scene in the western balkans an entire region of south east southeast europe and also we discuss discuss

serbia and kosovo a former serbian region which declared independence in two thousand and eight sophie shevardnadze spoke of which you can watch the full interview later today. i felt very comfortable. on further support for be as tauriel intended to which is not. only an issue of serbia which became an issue of minnesota states that were put in jeopardy because of unilateral actions or. some other you know territories or people there are nations we need to find a compromising solution between serbs and albanians which means that it cannot be the case and it will be in years get everything serbs got nothing again is again absolutely everything. that i have ever dreamed of the serbs got absolutely nothing . that was why that was over that was serbia's frost and the only position that we have never left is my impression right when i say that you probably first president in a long time who is actually open to mending ties with kosovo and you speak about it but you don't get much response from the cosas side you're you're right we sided brussels agreement that we fulfilled all are obligated from brusse

know i welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze as the second meeting between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea.

sophie shevardnadze this cease fire in syria's last rebel stronghold taken root does that mean that the end of the civilian suffering in the country is finally in sight i ask you and the special advisor to the united nations special envoy for syria. in serious brings hope for the civilians of the country the lowly the freebie promises to stem the flow of refugees but will the truce hold for much longer with both rebels and government forces trying to have a go at each other again how will the outside powers keep hawks on both sides at bay and who will help those caught in the crosshairs. egeland had of dinner widgeon refugee council and the special advisor to the united nations special envoy for syria welcome to the show great to have you with us today. good to be with you c.n.n. in syria and in turkey russia agreement about creating de-militarized and striking a cease fire is holding russia's foreign minister says that it is going according to plan the turks concur you are pessimistic about twenty eighteen for syrians before do you still not believe in light at the end of the tunnel. w

sophie shevardnadze humanity may be on the brink of a leap in the cells of space exploration but i we were ready to handle the extraterrestrial boom when it comes to it. to people an astrophysicist and the director of the united nations office of outer space affairs. with the rapid pace of progress eclipsing everything we have a possible technology is enabling us to dream and. bring al to space exploration much closer than the distant future. space become a hotbed of rivalry mirroring. could have become an environment for peaceful and prosperous cooperation. so one that the astrophysicist director of the united nations office for outer space affairs welcome to the show great to have you with us today so there's a paper thank you my pleasure they took knowledge is advancing so fast these days groundbreaking change is no longer a generation away with see it happen before our eyes in every field however we haven't come back to the moon we haven't gone to mars we'll keep inventing cool smartphones and virtual reality glasses and stuff but it seems like space is being neglected is this the

welcome to sophie and co on sophie shevardnadze as the second meeting between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea is on the horizon questions remain while north korea give up its nuclear weapons for good or are we going to be thrust in another round of chance my guess today is jackie young lead president of the korea and situates for the international economic policy. there's light at the end of the tunnel for the korean peninsula the threat of imminent war has passed for know with the north and south leaders shaking hands and planning meetings with the american president. prevail and bring about a career without nuclear weapons as conjunctions peace overtures and donald trump's sudden about face trustworthy the. can the rest of the world due to how brilliant a catastrophic concept is. this surely thank you for being with us today delighted to have you so recently the north korean leader wrote a warm letter to president trump and now we see that a second meeting may be on the cards can we expect any tangible results from it. but there might be a new summit between donald trump. an

welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze they already dire situation in the gaza strip is worsening with the u.s. pulling the plug on funding from a un agency that's helping palestinian refugees where will the palestinians turn for help well i asked the gaza director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestine. the gaza strip. blockade from the outside and the bloody rivalry of the palestinian factions on the inside but none of the u.s. relief agencies there are left without u.s. funding the gazans have anywhere left to turn to in their plight how can the looming humanitarian get down. war. dr massey yes rally gaza director of united nations relief and works agency for palestine welcome to the show it's great to have you with us lots to talk about the. united states has cut funding to your agency earlier this year you have to fire people who work for you in gaza because there is no money to pay their salaries is other nations funding not enough to keep the organization running smoothly. we've had tremendous success this year to find some money to replace what we've l

welcome to kill him sophie shevardnadze there seems to be no end to american involvement in the middle east. but is washington still as powerful a player there as it wants to be today i talked to colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. in terms white house is taking its off stance on iraq his powerful advisors are threatening drastic action against iran with the american troops spread across the world powers coming together to decide the fate of their region can washington hope to continue dictating the future of the middle east. in posturing on the white house lead to real trouble and can it handle yet another unpredictable conflict. colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell welcome to the show it's great to have you with us again so lately all the important in syria are being decided on car out moscow and tehran the yes which u.s. which once was keen to intervene mostly just watching the show right now is to current white house more cautious than the previous one or just less powerful. i think both

welcome to sophie shevardnadze as the second meeting between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea is on the horizon questions remain while north korea give up its nuclear weapons for good or are we going to thrust in another round of chance my guests today. president of the korea and such as for the international economic policy. there's light at the end of the tunnel for the korean peninsula the threat of imminent war has passed for now with the north and south leaders shaking hands and planning meetings with the american president. prevail and bring about a career without nuclear weapons is kim jong un's peace overtures and donald trump's sudden about face trustworthy so what can the rest of the world do to help begins the catastrophic conflict is spreading this year we thank you for being with us today delighted to have you so recently the north korean leader wrote a warm letter to president truong and now we see that a second meeting may be on the cards just can we expect any tangible results from it. but there might be a new summit between donald trump. seems

finally be enough to trigger air reaction from the white house in a good question will our teases sophie shevardnadze spoke to her former chief of staff to the u.s. secretary of state he believes donald trump is an administration are unpredictable the full interview on air instantly just to let you know news tip of throw the day and also on our web site is true every want to see that our team don't go home. no one know and this is the mystery of this administration it's a conundrum what trumps policy is from monday to tuesday to the end of the week so it's very difficult other than listening to strident voices like those of john bolton the neoconservative nutcase in my view or mike pompei o who is not far from that definition i don't know what policy is but it looks at times like a continuation of bomber stalls see with some different ingredients largely manufactured by outside players like air to one in turkey britain and moscow and to a certain extent the ayatollah and president rouhani in tehran and interesting the most insidious influence in the whole business had been saddam on in saudi arabia.

i'm sophie shevardnadze there seems to be no end to american involvement in the middle east. but is washington still as powerful a player there as it wants to be today i talked to colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. in terms white house is taking a tough stance on iraq is part of threatening drastic american action against iran with the american troops spread across the world. coming together to decide the fate of their region can washington hope to continue dictating the future of the middle east. of the white house lead to real trouble and counted handle yet another unpredictable conflict. colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell welcome to the show it's great to have you with us again so lately all the important in syria are being decided on car out moscow and tehran the yes which u.s. which once.

well welcome to sophie and co i'm so think shevardnadze serbia's course of you integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with costs of a possible grade going to go around that eastern region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alexander which belgrade is no longer an enemy of the worst twenty years after nato bombed serbia the country is on a path towards the e.u. and cooperating with the transatlantic military bloc but the question of the breakaway province of constable is still unresolved will it keep the old in country from. integrating you do you are going to manage to become a part of the list still keeping traditional toni's with the. president which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased to hear.