. >>> south sudan government expelled a top u.n.ial from the country and toby was the coordinator and deputy envoy and appointed in 2012 and nearing the end of his term and no reason given for expulsion and condemned it and the secretary-general ban ki-moon said this he has been instrumental in addressing the increasing humanitarian needs of conflict affected communities in the country and secretary-general says to reverse the decision immediately and cooperate fully with all u.n. entities present in south sudan and we have editor james from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> it's understood that the south sudan government decided to expel him because it claimed he had made a series of untruthful statements on social media. the u.n. have responded to that saying he should be reinstated immediately and i think this is going to create a big difficulty for the relations between the u.n. and the government of south sudan which already were not good. remember the u.n. has 14,000 peace keepers in south sudan. it has many people actuall

envoys present in south sudan. we have a report from south so dan. >> tony lanza has been a powerful voice especially in this conflict. his expulsion comes as a surprise but his term was ending anyway and he's not even in the country. i had a chat with a spokesman at the presidency who tells me that lanza was expelled because of his activities against the government. >> the expulsions came as a result of the activities that toby lanza has been carried out against the government of the republic of south sudan. he has called the leadership as failure when he was talking to the cnn in geneva. earlier before, he said south is a dan is now on the verge of economic collapse and is now printing its money. these are things to undermine the sovereignty and no country can allow such interference or mingling in their affairs of the country to continue. >> the united nations here and the government have had an uneasy relationship since the conflict started. aid workers are accused of being too critical and unfair in their analy

. >>> south sudan expels the head of the u.n. human tear i didn't know mission.planation is given. >>> and the new cancer treatment scientists are saying is a once in a generation discovery. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, a cruise ship with 458 people on board has capsized in china. at least five people confirmed dead. but rescuers have heard some people crying for help from inside the ship. most passengers are elderly tourists. chinese state media says the captain and chief engineer managed to get out and have been questioned -- detained, rather for questioning. the eastern star sank in the yangtze river in china. and that is in the country's south. crossing over to rob mcbride who is joining us live from hong kong to give us an update on the situation there. what we know about this particular vessel, rob. >> reporter: that's right. this does raise various safety concerns about cruise ships and about the yangtze river. there has been earlier this year in january another tragedy a tug was undergoing trials when it capsized and 22 lives were lost. but the loss of life on the yang

entities present in south sudan. our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: it's understood that the south sudanese government decided to expel him because it claimed he had made a series of untruthful statements on social media. the u.n. have responded to that saying that he should be reinstated immediately. and i think this is going to create a big difficulty for the relations between the united nations and the government of south sudan which already were not good. remember, the u.n. has 14,000 peacekeepers in south sudan. it has many people actually living in the u.n.'s own camps because they are fearful of the violence that's been going on now for 17 months. you have 130,000 people living in those camps. you've got a situation that the u.n. fears in humanitarian term is his going to get much worse two, .1 million people have been forced to flee from their homes in total. and it's predicted that by the end of july there will be 4.6 million people in south sudan who are severely food insecure. so a very difficult humani

found 2 million have been displaced in south sudan. nearly 100,000 were living in shelters like the one in katherine's story. 2.5 million people face food insecurity - meaning they don't know where their next healthy meal will come from. 120,000 children will be treated for malnutrition. as many as 50,000 are at risk of dying if not treated. the vice president, private founding humanitarian averages. thank you for joining us. highest levels in a long time. economy in free fall. you have returned from south sudan a week ago. is it as bad as it seems? >> it's bad. you have the crisis fighting you have people not receiving enough nutrition, girls not getting enough health care education systems that are not working. it's pretty bad. >> what is the biggest hindrance stopping you doing what you do best - giving aid to people? >> we say it's access. right now there's a lot of fighting in the north of south sudan. we operations ongoing, we have them ongoing. we'll operate, do distributions, get the food out there - there's no front, it pops u

. >>> south sudan's government expelled a top unofficial from the -- u.n. official from the country. toby lanzer was appointed in 2012 and was a top envoy. no reason was given for his expulsion. >> the u.n. condemned the expulsion, and ban ki-moon, general's office said in a statement: well our diplomatic editor james base has more. >> it's understood that the south sudan decided to expel mr lanzer because it's claimed he made a series of untruthful statement on social media, the u.n. responded saying he should be re-instated immediately, and it will create a difficulty for the relations between the united nations and the government which already were not good. the u.n. has 14,000 peacekeepers in south sudan. it has many people actually living in the u.n.'s own camps, because they are fearful of violence for 17 months and you have 130,000 living in the camps, and a situation that the u.n. fears in humanitarian terms will be worse. 2.1 million people have been forced to three from their homes in total. and it's predicted that by the end of july there'll be 4

whenever there is instability, like in south sudan. many dying, the war raging on we need to bring about the stability in the country. south africa is involved. our deputy president has been showing on behalf of the south africa to bring about peace in south sudan. we hope that all those people in south sudan heed the call that has been made by the au in order to bring about peace in south sudan. >> all right okay. just to wrap up. what is the response to the situation in libya, in terms of western intervention. how will the au balance that with african center. the position that first and foremost solve our problems. if there's african problems, let's find a solution. that's why there's this initiative of getting a stand by force. we hope that sooner rather than later that the stand by force will come to fruition, so that we can, as kav cans. -- africans. >> thank you very much. talking ahead of the peace and security council meeting due to take place today. >> thank you. our correspondent covering that important meeting taking place in

. >>> south sudan's government has expelled a top u.n.icial from the country, he toby lanzer was the human terrien yarder and deputy envoy. he was appointed in 2012 and nearing the end of his term, no reason has been given for his expulsion. >>> the u.n. has con determined lanzer's ex-purposes in a statement the u.n. second general ban ki-moon's office said: >> our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: it's understood that the south sudanese government decide to ex-pet mr. lanzer because it claimed that he had made a series of truthful statements on social media. the u.n. have responded to that saying he should be reinstated immediately. and i think this is going to create a big difficulty for the relations between the united nations and the government of south sudan which already were not good. remember, the u.n. has 14,000 peacekeepers in south sudan. it has many people living in the u.n.'s own camps because they are fear. violence that's been going on now for 17 months of you have 13

. >>> south sudan's government has expelled a top u.n.ial saying he expressed an extreme view in a television interview. he was the humanitarian coordinator and deputy envoy. the u.n. has condemned the expulsion. in a statement ban ki-moon's office said: catherine soi is in south sudan's capitol. >> reporter: he has been the u.n. humanitarian coordinate since 2012. he has been a very powerful voice especially in this conflict. his expulsion come as a survive, but he is not even in the country anyway. he was expelled because of his activities against the government. >> the expulsions came as a result of the actives he has been carrying out against the republic of south sudan. he has called the leadership as failure when he was talking to the cnn in geneva and [ inaudible ] south sudan is now on the verge of economic collapse and is now printing its money. these are the things that undermine sovereignty and no country can allow interference of mingling in the affairs of their country to continue. >> reporter: the u.n. and the government hav

fighting in and around a town in central south sudan has sent 100,000 people fleeing for their lives. burn up all the view for the civilians and they takes all the ladies and they even kill the young kids. >> and bring agriculture to a screeching hot. >> we're going into the rainy season. we're going toward a very difficult period for the people here in south sudan. >> the international committee of the red cross is providing some aid, but their staff was evacuated. crucial food deliveries to some 120,000 people was suspended and the risk of starvation looms. >> the life of people, they have nothing to eat. at the end of this month, people will die from starvation. >> usaid says south sudan is in a crisis situation. they need immediate help. >>> you are watching cnn "newsroom." affairs between inmates and print workers is more common than you might think. as the search continues for two escaped prison workers in new york. we'll learn about the psychology of those relations. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn "newsroom." good

entities present in south sudan.eds of migrants found drifting in a crowded boat off the coast of myanmar are escorted to an undisclosed location but not to bangladesh as earlier reported and commanders in myanmar will not be taking further action until the identities of 727 boat people are verified and found on a converted fishing boat four days ago crossing over to florence live from there and it seems that there is some sort of confusion over where these migrants are being taken, florence. >> reporter: absolutely. it was initially reported that they would be taken back escorted back to bangladesh waters but when we spoke to the myanmar presidential spokesman he told us that they would be taken to yet undisclosed location for their own safety and security before they were transported back to bangladesh and did not say if the undisclosed location would be at sea or allowed on land and now we are hearing that, in fact, the verification exercise has not been completed and that these people will not be taken to banglad

south sudan is facing the threat of starvation.nternational committee of the red cross is calling for urgent action to save hundreds of thousands of people. we have this story. >> reporter: villages in south sudan surrounded by vast land used to grow food during sudan's short planting season. but what is not planted cannot grow. fighting in and around a town in central south sudan has sent 100,000 people fleeing for their lives. >> she attacked all of our cars. they burn up all the food for the civilians and they takes all the ladies and they even kill all the young kids. >>> brought agriculture in the region to a screeching halt. >> we're going into the rainy season. which means they have not had the chance to plant their seeds for now, they do not have any food stocks for the coming months. we're going toward a very difficult period for the people here in south sudan. >> reporter: the international committee of the red cross is providing some aid, but their staff was evacuated. crucial food deliveries to some 120,000 people was s

putting food on the table is difficult. >> i pray for south sudan. i pray that god liberates us from the devil. it is the devil's fault everything is so bad here and dangerous. if we have faith, god will help us. reporter: the civil war has sent the economy into freefall. the national currency has lost half its value in the last year. rita's husband is jobless because so many companies have shut down. she tries to make ends meet by selling clothes and grows her own food. that is far from enough. reporter: a year ago a cup of sugar cost for pounds. today you pay 15 pounds. reporter: rita is better off than many others. 30,000 people have crammed into this camp in juba. most are members of a tribe. a number fled from the north. they have disturbing news. >> rebels and government troops have been battling each other. we fled in the dark of night. reporter: in the camp the lines for freshwater are long. back home it is more challenging. many are barely surviving, especially if they aren't members of the dinka tribe. men have been raping women reportedly.

is -- situation in south sudan is at the moment. >> it is. it's a bad situation, a bad humanitarian situation. to hilt that what i'm going to do is read you two tweets that mr lanzer put on his twitter in the last couple of days. south sudan has 2.1 million forced to plea from homes, up from 1.3 million last year. that is one. and another from a couple of days ago - 4.6 million people will be severely yes severely food insecure by july. 800,000 more in july of last year. two tweets from the man heading up the humanitarian efforts from the united nations. the man the government of south sudan expelled. >> thank you very much indeed >>> the trial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until thursday. it's the latest in a series of delays. the prosecutors failed to produce evidence against mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr. they have been accused of spreading false noose and having ties to the muslim brotherhood. charges al jazeera strongly rejects. the defense will make closing arguments when the trial resumes. >>> for th

we treat people as people who are enemies of the republic of south sudan. times are tough for almost everyone in the city. this woman's living costs more than doubled in the last few months. many believe if the conflict ends, things will get better. leaders are set to produce. she, like others are cautiously optimistic. >> afghanistan's province is recorded as a safe area in the country since the taliban was removed from power. while security improved, is slow development. nicole johnson has more. >> there were no paved roads until three years ago. when this one was built. it connects dozens of poor villages. unfortunately, it ends here. >> 14 years ago the taliban destroyed the market. now it's peaceful. because the hazar ark s are muslims, and don't support the taliban. >> there's no work or business for shopkeepers. the government helped other provinces. in bamiyan they didn't do much. i don't know why. i'm here all day and can't feed my family. >> there are a few signs of progress in the district capital. there's only enough electricity to turn on the l

the kick off against south sudan and algeria against seychelles. in cope copa america bolivians have not been to the match in 18 years. on saturday they'll take on paraguay in group b. >> the chosen number nine must have the same qualities and tevez has. the good news is one will play and will be 50%. and any of the other two will be the other 50%. it looks like i'm taking this decision like a joke, but i'm not. it's hard, i'm fair, but one will be left out. >> they'll chick off against jamaica in the opening match. jamaica along with mexico has been invited to play at this year's copa america before taking part of the concacaf gold next month. >>> at the women's world cup the group f match they needed to win to open up an overwhelming lead at the top of the group. colombia now at the top of the table by one point. >>> and in the later matches england under pressure to perform against mexico and lost the opening match against france. they extend their lead at group e with their win over spain. those team hoping to join japan in the knock out stages

central bank and at a high cost, we are going to see a very huge inflation. >> many have said that south sudan'sconomy is edging dangerously to the verge of collapse. the government denies this. >> south so dan is not on the verbal of any collapse, whether political or otherwise. anybody who says that is bad actually enemies of the republic of south sudan. >> times are tough for everyone in the city. this woman's living costs have more than doubled in the last months. many here believe if the conflict ends, things will get better. the leaders are set to resume peace negotiations after previous talks collapsed. she, like many others, remains cautiously optimistic. >> burundi's presidential election has been delayed. the president issued a decree postponing it from june 26 to july 15. his decision to seek a third term has caused weeks of protest. meanwhile, the parliamentary vote will go ahead on june 29 a month later than planned. >> now to weather with richard and the monsoon season is causing problems for asia. >> that's right affecting china and japan. it takes different force in other parts o

chairperson was almost at a loss for words trying to describe just how bad the situation is in south sudan. they said that people there have been suffering economic hardships and warring factions were ultimately killing the people they were trying to governor. she said that the africa union is very disappointed, and that the governmental authority on development hadn't done very

that he may be supporting the rebels in south sudan.ht be an implication down there. but changes in oil, and oil, the conflict is quite related. but globally the fact that he is trying to present himself as the neumann for discussions with the west particularly the question of the icc. >> he has been -- he has struck a con siltary tone hasn't he in recent days? but how likely is it given the pressure that sudan has been under, they have been subject to sanctions, charges from the international criminal court, obviously president bashear denies this but given the damage that has been done in sudan's relations with the international community, how likely is it that the cabinet reshuffle is going to fundamentally change things or be any kind of turning point? >> to be fair i think on the sort of particular occasion he might actually suggest that sanctions haven't impacted here. if you look at what has been happening in the region we have had less -- heard less about sudan, more about south sudan and the con conflicts down there. >> is he s

catherine soy, al jazeera juba south sudan. >>> free trade zone stretching from cairo to south sudan. the pact accountst culmination of five years of talks to help ease the movement of goods for 600 million people who will be impacted by this deal. the deal must still be ratified by national parliaments within two years. >> egyptian police say they foiled an attack in the ancient city near luxor. , an attacker was shot dead, two locals were wounded in the attack. officials call it an attempt to derail the country's vital tourism industry. >>> the tunisian coast guard says it has rescued a boat of migrants bound for italy. mostly from africa trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa. conflicts in north africa and middle east has caused the ds knowledgecrisis. nazanine moshiri reports. >> many of them are from subsaharan africa, some are from syria, morocco and tunisia. we understand in the past six months the tunisian coast guard have regulation cued thousands rescued thousands in a similar way. west africans cyril and gambia will have to be sent home. now they can claim asigh le

are looming and time is running out, andy gallagher, al jazeera, san juan puerto rico accusing south sudanes fighting in the northern unity state and include the abduction and sexual abuse of women and girls, some of whom who were burned alive after being raped and south sudan collected evidence of 115 victims and witnesses and says some of the atrocities were committed by groups of the army. south sudan military spokesman told al jazeera the report needs further verification. >> rules and families and human rights abuse and we will support an investigation into the report and will be found guilty of committing such atrocities and will be presented to go on without a doubt. if there is protest of denial that is presented to the government then definitely we are part of the government and ready to reform. >>> at least one person died and 22 have been wounded in a taliban suicide car bomb attack in afghanistan capitol kabul and happened on the road the to the airport around 500 meters from the u.s. embassy and near a base for foreign troops. serious government says it made gains against i.s.

entities that are present in south sudan.dreds of migrants found drifting in their crowded boat off the cost of myanmar are being escorts to an undisclosed location but not to bangladesh as earlier reported and myanmar say they won't be taking further action until the identities of the 727 boat people are verified. they were found on a converted fishing boat in the sea four days ago crossing over to florence and tell us about the condition of the migrants and also now we understand they are not being escorted to bangladesh. do we know where they are going? >> reporter: right, well it's difficult to tell you the conditions of these people on board the boat or even the conditions of the boat itself. reporters tried to get close to the boat over the weekend but they were not allowed to. navel boats escorted them away reporters were questioned some for 45 minutes or for an hour and also told to delete whatever they had on their memory cards so pictures videos all those were deleted. now the myanmar government spokesman or the pre

. >>> a search of violence in south sudan is threatening to plunge the country into a food crisis. >> of families are on the bring of starvation. the situation is expected to get worse now that violence has disrupted the country's planting season. cnn's linda kinkade reports. >> reporter: at this camp in northern kenya, it's meal time and these children are hoping there is enough to go around. in recent months there has been renewed fighting between sudanese government forces and rebels which has left thousands dead according to the united nations. another 100,000 have been forced to flee their homes, joining the more than 2 million already displaced. >> they burn up all the food for the civilian and they take all the ladies and they even kill all the young kid, plus the girls. >> i've seen with my own eye. today, three to four people that were hanged from the village i'm talking of. >> reporter: the planting season has been missed. the world food program is warning that thousands of south sudanese are at risk of starving millions more face food shortages. >> we're going into the rain

a large part of the focus you have mentioned has been around burundi and south sudan and dealing with conflict and tensions across the continent. the south sudanese government and rebels are in conflict wufns once again. riek machar set the government is illetting. >> the more we get others to come in and are farther away, they may add value like the five african countries nigeria chad burundi and south africa and you. they will add value to the process. the vested interest of our neighbors may be neutralized by these groups. >> the government says the rebels is ignored the ceasefire. leading to talks breaking down. >> must actually be committed to the principle the african union of african problems should require african solutions. therefore they should support this process. >> the council meeting in johannesburg to find a solution to the ongoing conflict. the council is also discussing issues in burundi as pierre nkurunziza seeks a third term in office. >> stalemate in the political process as well as prevailing humanitarian situation thread the country and we think that it is only

south sudan military spokesman phillip joins me now on the line from duba and good to have you with usnd as i said from the evidence there collected by the u.n. they are saying that soldiers or groups associated with soldiers have been committing rapes, human rights abuses and even burning women alive, your response to those allegations, are they true? >> i have seen the report. and there was a investigationn investigation in the report and guilty of tragedies and were presented without a doubt. >> if you are supporting further verification will you allow u.n. investigators to the site of the alleged atrocities. >> definitely we will welcome the u.n. in the position and the victim and everybody. >> forgive me for interrupting if you welcome them so why has the u.n. mission been denied routine access to the sites is what the chief says routinely denied access to the army and that doesn't sound like a welcome welcome. >> denial of access to me we need to go through the areas where the u.n. have been denied access because our role as an army with the facility and humanitarian and everyone

we are going towards a very difficult time for the people here in south sudan. >> it is in unity state, one of the three hardest hit by fighting between forces loyal to the president and rebels allied with his former deputy. we spoke to one of the ngo's struggling to get aid to some 650 civilians who cannot reach it. >> we are retreating from areas. the security is hard to follow and we are doing much to get back in, but at this moment, we have already two hospitals which are not operational anymore. hundreds of thousands of people without health care. quest -- >> peace talks have resumed in neighboring ethiopia but have yielded few results. the president says he will not seek a third term and will respect constitutional term limits. he says he will ensure that a democratic election is organized next year. some critics have said he would seek a third term. a blown out to the family of the creator of "tintin." a court has ruled the family does not own the sole right to the cartoon character. a franklin dug up a documentary -- a fan club dug up a documentary proving the creator signed ov

. >> a top official is expelled from south sudan. toby lanzer was the humanitarian coordinator. a spokesman for the u.n. secretary-general said mr lanzer was instrumental in addressing humanitarian needs in conflict affected communities, and ensuring life-saving assistance reached the most vulnerable and called on south sudan to refuses the decision immediately. >>> united states senate failed to extend the patriot act which gives security service powers to spy on american citizens. the republican senator rand paul led the push against america's mass surveillance programme. the senate stroted move ahead on -- voted to move ahead on the freedom act >>> india continues to swelter in a heatwave attention is focussing on how prepared governments are in the worst-affected areas. we have this report from the southern state where hundreds of people died in the past two weeks. >> reporter: this person has been sick for three days. dehide raid and weak she's been -- dehydrated and weak, she's been brought to this government center. she is one of hundreds of patients who have come here wi

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judge for many residents of war torn be south sudan can reach emotional scars.crinlts reports. >> they avoided the main roads walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lillies. they will spend the night here 50 road side in bentu without shelter and not enough food. they are heading to this camp for displaced people. it's already crowded and the living conditions are tough. this woman her children and grandchildren are trying to cope here. she says before her house was banned she was raped by men dressed in military uniform be two of her grandchildren are also missing. both are under ten years old. she asked us not to identify her. >> i can't compare my grandchildren's life to my own. life without knowing where they are is not a life. i'm afraid but i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive. and hiding somewhere. >> reporter: children here cope any way they can but it's not easy. most of those who are coming are women and very young children. some of them have been here at this u.n. registration area for days waiting to get registered so th

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catherine soy ventu south sudan. >>> at thein south korea the president has vowed to take all necessarymeasures to prevent the spread of mers. >> the infection cause clearly blocking the additional contact. since the situation is continuously changing, a prompt decision is needed for this so an immediate task force should be made for this to counteract quickly in the future. >> entrepreneurs in hong kong are leading a campaign for computer coding to be made compulsory in schools. in part one of our cracking the code series sarah clark reports what's being called literacy for the 21st century. >> it's a saturday morning and school may be finished for week. but this class is still in session. and the lesson today is computer-coding. >> coding is like building stuff. different games and designing. electronics. >> josh juan lang is one of several students, in this coding academy, learning to create apps and computer games from scratch. some are as young as four but all have the same goal to become digital imrursdlurgtdigital entrepreneurs. john leung won a slarp are slarp are cellular phone

many are still missing >>> western equatorial state in south sudan launched a back to learning campaign a $42 million initiative to get 400,000 children who dropped out of school to go back. they are up against the odds. >> reporter: students from across this town come together for a celebration. [ singing ] >> reporter: and a call to action. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: marching through the streets of the provincial capital, these young people are carving out a new patted to south sudan. one where on the base of poverty and violence, education comes first. >> as long as we have peace in the state, i feel that education will prosper and grow better. of course if there is still insecurity in the country, education will fall apart. >>> western equatorial state has been space of violence officials maintain the attacks are random. the united nations children's fund at the launch of its back to learning campaign says education will be key to achieving future peace. >> we have ambitious plans to get 20,000 children back to school in every state in the country to a total of 400,000. so far we have reac

. >> western equatorial state in south sudan launched a back to learning campaign. it's a $42 million initiative trying to get thousands of students who dropped out of school to go back. >> kim vinnell reports. >> students from across the town come together for a celebration. and a call to action. >> marching through the streets of the provincial capital, the young people are carving outs a new part to south sudan. one where on the face of poverty and violence education comes first. >> as long as we have peace in the states, i feel that education will prosper, and will grow better. but, of course, if there is still insecurity in the country. education will fall apart. >> western equatorial state has seen space of violence in recent weeks. officials maintain the attacks are random. the united nations children's fund at the back to learning campaign says education will be key to achieving future peace. >> there's plans to get 40,000 children back to school in western equatorial and every state in the whole country, to total 400,000. so far we reached about 80,000 reop

missions in conga, liberia, haiti and south sudan account for the largest number of accusations. >> the speaker of iraq's parliament says the u.s. decision to send extra troops is part of a plan to boost fighters against i.s.i.l. at least 450 u.s. military trainers will be deployed to iraq. and they'll set up a fifth base. the iraqi army suffered setbacks in the fight against i.s.i.l. >>> zeina khodr went to meet sunni tribes and found men that didn't want to be left out of the fight against i.s.i.l. >>> these men held the iraqi government and u.s. troops to help al qaeda. the fighters are part of the awakening council. last year when the islamic state of iraq and levant arrived in their city they didn't have the arms to fight back. they were forced to leave, and are now displaced and jobless. they blame the government for not formally integrating them into the forces and providing them the take or >>> there were 3% waiting a life-time to emerge. when i.s.i.l. came from syria, 5-6,000 men joined the group. it was fertile since many were clock the up in gaol. >> some did join i.s.i.l. ma

i was in south sudan, and just felt what seemed to be the indifference of domestic political leaders to the suffering that this was causing to their people. you recognise that it's not just an internal issue, we've got to find the way international parties can put pressure and support groups striving for peace. >> you give the example of south sudan. obviously this is a crisis of epic proportions. any positive stories or trends that you can share with us. >> the positive stories are the amazing generosity of people to their neighbours, whether it's local people in south sudan, neighbours in lebanon, communities whose infrastructure is being damaged and crushed by the pressure of new populations. but on the political front, we are seeing you know the failure of the world to put sufficient pressure on the parties promoting and supporting war. we see continued ignorance of the global treaties on the arms trade that ju reduce those trades. it's hard to be optimistic. in a few places you see signs of discussion, you can see amazing generosity of individuals and communities. >> thank you v

it's mission in south sudan has release add report based on information from more than 100 victims and witnesses. caroline reports. >> they have had to escape between violence between rebels and government forces. but the u.n. says is significant numbers witness attacks that amount to severe abuses by the army. the mission has release add report based on interviews with 115 people, mainly women, from five villages across the state. it says at least 79 women with and girls were subject to sexual violence, including gang rape by members of the army. at least 67 civilians were with killed in recent attacks. the u.n. recorded at least nine separate incidents of women and girls who were with burned in their hearts after being gang raped. 172 women with and girls have been abducted and another 40 people are missing mainly boys thought to have been recruited to fight. it's the late nest the series of reports. where rebels have been fighting the military since 2013. unicef has reported on specific abuses against children, the african union has called for sanctions and an armed embargo. and the

. >> fighting in south sudan is disrupting the crucialen planned closuring season, the international committee says almost 100,000 people have fled the town, and sur rounding areas in the past couple of weeks warring forces were advancing on the area the star also had to leave respecting in the disruption of food deliveries to 100 went thousand people. >> now we are going into rainy season, which means if they haven't planted their seeds they don't have any food stocks. so we are going toward as very very difficult period for the people here in south sudan, coupled with an economic instability which is certainly not going to help the country and the people. >> three firefighters are missing after an explosion at a fuel depo in ukraine. emergency services have been battling to control the deadly blaze, one person later died in hospital. officials on side are worries the fire can spread to a neighboring facility. the owner says it was the result of an arson attack. hong kong and taiwan have issued red alerts advising again nonessential travel, because of middle east syndrome. seven peo

and south sudan where thousands are fleeing fighting between government forces and rebels in the country'sth, many of them are women and children who had to endure weeks of walking to get to the safety a u.n. protected camp from bentu and we report. >> reporter: long exhausting journey for south of bentu and avoided the main roads and walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lillies and will spend the night by the roadside in bentu with no shelter and not enough food and going to a camp with displaced people and it's already crowded and living conditions tough, this woman had children and grandchildren and trying to cope here and says before her house was ban she was met by men dressed in military uniform and to of her grandchildren are also missing, both are under ten years old and she asked us not to identify her. >> i cannot compare my grandchildrens life to my own and life not knowing where they are is no life and i'm afraid but i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive. and hiding somewhere. >> reporter: children here come any way they can but it's not easy. mos

the last stage after drawing lots of qualifying campaign after a winning start against south sudan. a 2-nil winners against chad south africa and gambia at the stadium in durbin. columbia's women are celebrating one of their biggest victories at a world cup. they have beaten title hopefuls france. france to become the second team to seal their spot in the last 16 along with japan, but with a goal down 19 minutes into this game. and then deep into injury time columbia rapid upwrapped -- wrapped up a win. all to play for in wednesday's group matches. >> group f england beat mention co. opening defeat from france. jessica cushy with the opening goal deep in the second half. k koni, final score 2-1. the win moves them up to second. >>> beating spain in group e, now joining japan in the last 16. ikbal reached a milestone, they won the only test. he made just 19 runs in the home side's 111 for 3 at the close. they trail by 350 rounds in the first innings with just a day's play left. raval nadal will be on the the grass. in stuttgart, nadal's last title on this surface, wimbledon back in 20

south africa. what we know for sure is that the plane which carried the emblems and symbols of sudan is somewhere in south africa. >> i want to tap into your expertise on burundi, and pick up what i was saying earlier. we say that burundi will dominate the talks at this au summit. the au is passing the buck to the east african economic community, isn't it? >> that's what they do all the time. the buck has been passed to the east african community. they are at pains to justify what to do how to go about the situation in george burnett. importantly, the discussion is about the postponement of the elections, not the withdrawal of raining for a third term. they are not calling for the postponement, but not to run for a third term. four of the seven judges who endorsed the constitution that, you know will allow pierre nkurunziza to run for a third term have left the country. only three did approve the constitutional amendment to run for a third term. the east african community is discussions something relevant. burundi people are talking about him not running while the politicians are talking about the p

ambassador lyman for sudan and south sudan.ars ago on the 50th anniversary of the african union, the 53 nations set out a plan for the next half century. and i think incredible set of vision and foresight. and they came together for the agenda 2063, which was a road map that put together a vision of the continent as a prosperous and peaceful africa that was going to rekindle unity and self-reliance among the african nations. and i think all of us are well aware, you cannot accomplish that kind of vision without the full inclusion and participation of women. and so, quite appropriately, the africa union declared 2015 as the year of women's empowerment and development. which is obviously the right way to kick off the agenda 2063. and it is a time in which the african union is calling on all africans to seize the opportunity to focus on practical solutions and measurable results for women on the continent. so in this spirit, we're just delighted to host today's panel featuring our ambassadors from rwanda and mozambique who will hi

war disrupted their education now there is an effort to get thousands of children in south sudan back in the classroom, but that's proving to be a challenge. >>> and we go to the president of new zealand to make sure that inmates don't come back. >> i'm andy richardson at the women's world cup in canada where organizers are opening boots rather than men in suits can grab the headlines. really nervous... >> lives hanging in the balance... >> it's make or break... i got past the class... >> hard earned pride... hard earned respect... hard earned future... a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america hello again, top stories here on al jazeera. heavy fighting in iraq's anbar province. 22 iraqi soldiers and shia militias have been killed after isil attacks. >>> afghan security forces are trying to retake control of the northeast yamgan district. they launched a major assault. pope francis in sarajevo urging to leave a troubled past behind them. >>> the g-7 summit begins on seven. pictures of angry confrontations between demonstrators and police. protesters are

. >> sudan's president arrives home to jubilant crowds after defying a south africa order preventing him from leave jones leaving johannesburg. i'm samy zaidan. shame full failure. talks to end yemen's conflict. houthi delegation are finally on their way. and 800 years after magna car at magna carta. a community still fighting for justice. sudan's president has arrived back in the country to defy a southsouth african court order. omar a.m.al bashir was growthed by jubilant crowds as he rode through the streets on the back of a truck. came while judge was still deliberating whether to hand him over to an international criminal court for crimes against humanity. critical of attempts to send bashir to the icc. >> these attempts are made to disturb our harmony. and we believe that the sudan government will have a firm, strict, instance against any country taking such decision. simply for this ant that it is a matter of sovereignty. we are a sovereign state. the president is elected by the people of sudan. and you have been all following all these statements of lame and meaningless. >> so

mission in south sudan.jazeera lawrence lee went to meet some of the migrants receiving the food aid. what do you say about this site of lines of men and women with countries being given food parcels not in africa they wait patiently for their plastic bag. they are going to make it last. >> foe support this. >> four days. >> four or five days. >> this was courtesy of the catholic, solidarity international, more use to emergency work in africa, this is the first time the first day, they have ever had to do this in france. >> that's the first time of existence, and international is working on the french territory. so for us it is a failure to have work on our own territory. >> the french government may express concern, may offer money to help them, but not here. the reason why charities are having to do all of this, because the french and british governments don't want to lift a finger. this is at risk of losing his foot to infection, from the conditions in the camp. for something almost religious about this,

they cited haiti, liberia and sudan and south sudan. may 15th the office of u.n. oversight evaluated efforts to combat abuse by u.n. peacekeepers and found troop contributing countries who retain the primary responsibility to investigate misconduct apparently are not doing a very good job. questions about the quality of the investigative standards, wide variations in sanctions that weakened the commitment to zero tolerance. and the penalty is often simple repatriation and disbarment from any future u.n. peacekeeping deployment not prosecution and jail. oios made some recommendations, six of them, that i think bear consideration on an expedited basis. perhaps you can speak to that. they also noted there was a real lack of helping victims, particularly little girls, who have been abused. secondly, let me ask you about a syria war crimes tribubal. in 2013 i wrote an op ed for "the washington post" and again a series of hearings. david crane the former prosecutor from the sierra leone special court, and he and so many others made it clear the icc is not up to the task

and reports that they may be supporting rebels in south sudan. there might be an implication down there, and changes in oil, and oil and the conflict is quite related. but globally the fact that he is trying to present himself as the new man to give a new image, and prepare for discussions with the west particularly in the request of the i.c.c. >>> a key opposition leader in burundi urged the deft to disarm -- president to disarm government-linked militia. protests began in april when president pierre nkurunziza announced he'd seek a third term. >> reporter: he doesn't want to be recognised afraid he would be targeted because he protested against the president. >> translation: you don't know if you'll be arrested shot or killed. >> reporter: others are working in the open and say they'll do it in volatile areas. until pierre nkurunziza gives up plans to run for a third term a violation of the constitution. other parts of the capital are calm but tense, burundi has been relatively peaceful since the civil war ended 10 years ago. this is not like t

catherine soi al jazeera, south sudan. >> please stay with us here on this news hour. coming up, 21st century schools why people in hong kong think that computer coding should be compulsory for kids. >> the women's world cup in canada. find out why it's not rival fans and opposing teams find out more about their careers. movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >> monday is world ocean's day. the focus for scientists of how human activity affects marine life. one concern are coral reef. they're rapidly disappearing because of overdevelopment and over fishing. but in cube with a conservation measures have had positive results. we have more from the bay of pigs. >> you have probably heard from wherever you go in this extraordinary island nation you'll see things that resonate from a long time gone. travel two and a half hours south of havana you come to an historic stretch of coast. the bay of pigs is the scene of victory over u.s.-backed mercenaries in 1961. but here too

one other topic is south sudan where fighting has flared up between the rebels and the government. the africa union has said it's very concerned about the huge number of loss of lives in that country as well as the economic hardships faced by the people there. they said they're not happy with the talks that has been mediated by the inter governmental authority on development and perhaps it's time that these talks come back back to the a.u. to find a way forward for their country. >> still ahead on al jazeera, the sri lankas still looking for loved ones years after the civil war ended. >> the surgeon who believes he can remove this man's head and transplant it on to a healthy body. with xfinity from comcast you can manage your account anytime, anywhere on any device. just sign into my account to pay bills manage service appointments and find answers to your questions. you can even check your connection status on your phone. now it's easier than ever to manage your account. get started at xfinity.com/myaccount >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on