the proposal was swiftly turned down by the tripoli based administration the head of the high council of state told al jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is the rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered over the last 2 months and is practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative but i don't like liberation as it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of after this project to protect what remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered significant said backs in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including a benny will lead as d.n.a. forces continue to drive have to his fighters from western libya moment but what i'm not i'm pronouncing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing half there is a stronghold city of thought who now on friday government forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of

united and on message 6 months after it officially reported its 1st case of covert 19 china's state council says it has won the coronavirus war and its efforts to contain the outbreak have been a success. wacom time is and he has a democrat battle fully demonstrates his governance capacity and national strength the 37000 word white paper was split into 4 chapters with a detailed timeline of china's actions the state council described it as the biggest public health emergency since the founding of the people's republic of china it said more than 94 percent of infected people had recovered and rebuked international critics accusing beijing of concealing information and it called the accusations completely unreasonable so. the response is not a war of words but an effort to restore the truth we have no interest in the so-called information war in the battle against covert 19 but we must respond when placing smears against china the national health commission says the government released the genome sequence for the virus early 5 clinical trials are now underway in china once approved the state

united and on message 6 months after it officially reported its 1st case of covert 19 china's state council says it has won the coronavirus war and its efforts to contain the outbreak have been a success. and china's anti has a democrat all fully demonstrates his governance capacity and national strength the 37000 word white paper was split into 4 chapters with a detailed timeline of china's actions the state council described it as the biggest public health emergency since the founding of the people's republic of china it said more than 94 percent of infected people had recovered and rebuked international critics accusing beijing of concealing information and it called the accusations completely unreasonable so. the response is not a war of words but an effort to restore the truth we have no interest in the so-called information war in the battle against covert 19 but we must respond when placing smears against china the national health commission says the government released the genome sequence for the virus early 5 clinical trials are now underway in china once approved the state council

the proposal was swiftly turned down by the tripoli based administration the head of the high council of state told al-jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is the rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered over the last 2 months and its practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative ration as it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of afghans project right to protect what remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered significant said backs in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including a benny will lead as d.n.a. forces continue to drive have to his fighters from western libya moment but in the other now a sink full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing half there is a stronghold city of thought who now on friday government forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictat

putin came up with the proposal in january 2028 but strengthen the role of the state council give more powers to parliament and create new entrance conditions for presidential candidates russia's parliament the duma passed the reform in march and the constitutional court also gave the green light the opposition criticized the vote sharply putin defended himself. a national option was unusual digital but now a crucial goal is to make sure the results of all russian voting are completely authentic and legitimate. there's no place for any forcing or driving up the numbers here let alone any failures while counting the votes so that nobody can ever question the stance expressed by the russians set it sends a virus and russia exploits far beyond workouts talk to w. why president putin wants to push the boat through now. actually putin said it himself if he didn't kind of start his process not by giving himself the possibility to actually get real liked it even once more or even 2 times in $20.00 to $24.00 that would have started uncertainty among among the lead they would have started to lo

are 3 legitimate political institutions in libya acho are is one of them there's also the state supreme council in tripoli and that is the g.n.a.t. which is the executive government or the the presidential council which leads the country so in a way sisi is saying that he only recognizes one of them and he does not recognize the genny in tripoli does not recognize the other state council and the british which contradicts your aunt. lucian's and contradicts what all the international community and agreed to so what why is he white white why is he doing this i think botley sisi is just saber rattling he's trying to appear to be tough and strong and libya to actually for but possibly for local opinion consumption because we know that have to has started since he has been a building to be a very weak reserve another crucial problem for egypt which is towards the south which is with a cure and the fact that you're because building a huge dam called the not a dam which is going to affect the levels of not of water that flows through the night to egypt and it is going to have grave consequences for th

in tripoli does not recognize the other state council and the british which contradicts your aunt. lucian's and contradicts what all the international community and agreed to so what why is he white white why is he doing this i think partly sisi is just saber rattling he's trying to appear to be tough and strong and libya to actually for but possibly for local opinion consumption because we know that have to has started since he has been a boon to be a very weak reserve another crucial problem for egypt which is towards the south which is with at europea and the fact that europeans building a huge dam called the not the dam which is going to affect the levels of not of water that flows through the night to egypt and it is going to have grave consequences for the libyan for egypt economy and possibly for the future of egypt altogether to see how jim and let's let's bring in somebody action from washington d.c. we haven't availed methyl with us as well neville you've heard what jim had to say he says that this is against libya serenity it's actually contradictory and perhaps even an

high a state the high council of the state here in tripoli and the national accord the government they say that. they do not have time as they say quote unquote for that nonsense they mean this speech by egyptian president to c.c. and also. and the speaker of the pro have to broad based parliament and they say that it's ironic that the c.c. has been supporting have to do with weapons and fighters is now proposing ceasefire and also especially after that have to himself rejected several proposals for cease fire especially from turkey and from russia last january they say that today's proposal. is only a kind of cover up to the. set backs have to have been recently suffering specially after the last sort of strategic locations including get aid bays and also this stronghold the major stronghold of horner they say the government believes that there is no confidence in egypt specially the egyptian regime. after the egyptian regime the government says that it has been supporting have to it was weapons and fighters they say literally that the. president of the high state council spoke to a j

it was strengthened the role of the state council, give more powers to parliament, and create new entrance conditions for presidential candidates. parliament passed the reform in march, and the constitutional accord gave the green light. the opposition criticize the vote sharply. putin defended himself. >> our crucial goal is to make sure the results of all russian voting are completely authentic and legitimate. there is no place for any forcing or driving up the numbers here. let alone any failures while counting the votes, so that nobody can never question the stance expressed by the russian citizens. russia -- a wreck sir -- a russia expert said while putin wants to push the vote for now. >> putin said it himself, if h e did not start the process now by giving himself the possibility to actually get reelected, even once more or two times in 2024, that would've started uncecertainty among the elite. the elite would have started to look for a successor, so he argues, i need to create stability in me that is the main background of the kind of -- of the constitutional report. >> should the

proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrants hurdles for presidential candidates the reform would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036 christmas. the speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament position in much the duma passed the reform and the constitutional court also gave green light. now the only thing putin needs is the approval of the russian people. through this with. us from a german institute for international and security affairs he's an expert on eastern europe and russia are welcome to doubly so president putin has russia's institutions behind him this votes not legally binding and it's not a referendum so why did insist on it happening. well thanks for having me i mean it's a great question because as you mentioned the procedure was kind of the and heart procedure that was specifically devised for his plebiscite and i would argue there are several aspects or pheasants that make it really important to putin himself and i think i mean many people speak of all that su

proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrants hurdles for presidential candidates there a foam would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036. hours this speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament position to actually signal to the elite that he's still the main person in russia who can guarantee a broad majority for such a broad 4 and the 3rd. argument i would say why it's really important for him to have to vote by the people is external we have seen this opinion by the venice commission of the council of europe which has criticised specific provision on. international law and based in russia many argue of the people so no matter what external actors say its role for the people so we need to have. city command ok so as i understand it this is an actual and rather than just being about president putin this is a yes no vote on a package of something like 200 changes the people didn't actually know what they're voting for. well exactly it's a package for a vote and actually for this

council says it's also deposed the governor of the island but yemen saudi backed government is calling it a coup it's the latest move from the separatist group which wants to see a sovereign state in southern yemen reports. celebrating the new military again forces loyal to the self supplies southern transitional council to see took full control of so katra the archipelago is located in the arabian sea overlooking vital or oil and gas shipping routes through the gulf of aden babel manned and the red sea this is a major victory for the u.a.e. backed separatists who took over the city of aden 2 years ago and further expand that influence by announcing sell through in the south in april. by seizing so katra the s.t.c. moves closer to words achieving their goal breaking away from the north and reinstating the republic of south yemen that existed until 1090 which was united with the north the internationally recognized government of president i'll double months for her he condemned the action by the s.t.c. as a coup based in saudi arabia had he and his our allies feel betrayed by their hosts in riyadh what. will be what happened in sokoto is an occupation by the saudis and the immor

because it is a proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrants hurdles for presidential candidates the reform would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036 christmas. the speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament stunned the opposition in much the duma passed the reform and the constitutional court also gave green light. now the only thing putin needs is the approval of the russian people. while they double crossed one of the militia and is joining enough from oscar i mean tell us a little bit more about the vote what's really at stake here. well these amendments cover a huge range of topics actually and many of them are are are rather popular they're being kind of advertised across moscow on big banners for example there is an amendment that states that marriage can only be between a man and a woman and there's an amendment saying that politicians here in russia cannot have a dual citizenship but they are amendments that give kind of social guarantees on pensions on medical care an

sitting in tripoli for the last over a year and have their own leadership also there is another state council in tripoli these institutions are these dishes which came out of the libyan political agreement these are the recognize is that you should by the international community to janni is that argument is government by the international community all these are sites today a conflict that has a fork and initiative only one side it only consulted would have to and i'm not consulting with the other sites or even telling them that it's going to launch an initiative this cannot be a fair and just initiative from an honest broker and initiatives ok this is a unilateral call for a cease fire to present that was if he ever really believe that the d.n.a. would accept it. it is very difficult to say what the the. basically the initiative is noise in the background it's egypt under. 'd orders from governments you see government does not have a monitor that the with 'd many sites and the even some sides within the. tax on the west on intervention. the problem being the tripoli's since august 24th dean.

proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrance hurdles for presidential candidates the reform would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036 christmassy. the speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament stumped the opposition in much the duma passed the reform and the constitutional court also gave green light now the only thing putin needs is the approval of the russian people. and i am joined now by fabio burkhardt from the german institute for international and security affairs he is an expert on eastern europe and russia welcome to the u.n. thank you so much for joining us will putin give the people support. well thanks for having me i think it's early to say i mean it's only the 1st day of a prolonged procedure off actually voting and actually did the voting procedure has been specifically tailored for it is a pledge as it's not even a referendum or a vote according to the constitution were. the electoral or good legislation but and i talked rule that many say well actually make i

proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrants hurdles for presidential candidates the reform would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036 christmases with yours the speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament stump the opposition and much the duma passed 3 foam and the constitutional court also gave green light now the only thing putin needs is the approval of the russian people. and d.-w. correspondent only sure when is covering the story and joins us now from moscow emily tell us a little more about this vote what's at stake here. well there are a whole there's a whole mix of measures on these in these constitutional amendments a real mix including for example marriage which is now only supposed to be according to these amendments between a man and a woman politicians are not supposed to have dual citizenship according to the amendments and it also is apparently for more accessible medical care that is at least some of the measures that we're seeing on the banners that are all ov

s remarks on saturday called the mystery that's the speaker of the high state council has said has denounced his remarks calling them a violation to libya's sovereignty of the g.n. a military commander was spoke to a little while ago he said that their forces are adamant and they will answer search now it's important to note that these are forces that know the territory and certain very well in 2011 forces primarily from here in the straka were responsible for entering search and capturing and killing one more good that they did that of course with nato support in 2016 the same forces are the ones who went to sirte and liberated it from high school they did that of course with american support so these are forces that know the territory well they are confident they can enter sirte and they say that they will and you know the commander earlier told me that the d.n.a. or our forces will not stop until we in his words liberate all of libya from have to control and so what we're seeing is the genie forces out of the political system here are adamant about. getting aletha have to out of the pictu

united states marine division answer the united nations' call to vehicles amphibious are transported to the combat zone. other nations volunteer their help. canada answers the security council'sth ships. three destroyers leave british colombia to join united nations forces. across the united states, young men from every walk of life hurried to enlist in the army, the navy, and the air force in answer to the united nations' appeal. as a recruiting center heavy enlistments, in washington president truman addresses a meeting of the reserve officers association. >> gentlemen, we face a serious situation. we hope we face it in the cause of peace. the only reason for the action which was taken on the advice of all of the brains i could muster hoping thatalways we will finally arrived at the place of the road we anticipated when we created the united nations. that is the only reason for the action. thank you very much. [applause] again, the security council meets to provide for a unified command. the president of the council invites the korean delegate to take a seat at the counsel table. to take his place at the table. >> great britain's delegate speaks on the resolution. manyter d

center led by deputy prime is that the general besides we are part of the coordination team of the state council led by moscow massive get serbian. did you expect to see so many people apply you know do frankly i wasn't surprised i can even tell you that there could have been even more there was some confusion with those who have long left russia to reside permanently elsewhere and then suddenly thought it would be safer to come back they started applying so we would bring home some 5000 people and then another 10000 would pop up on the waiting list or definition you pass something i really don't understand those people decided to live permanently abroad mike in the us for example and yet the foreign ministry the state is helping them to come back russians are an expense why. it's not really like that these people still have to buy tickets and the price is a set by the russian airline aeroflot and the federal air transport agency which is government pays each and every person who is registered with the state services platform or meets the designated criteria a daily allowance of 2400 roubles per