european parliament going to decide on that later on wednesday and it follows an angry debate in stroudsburg in which prime minister viktor orban tried to defend his tough stance on migration which is e.u. critics insist breaches the values of the union is our europe correspondent peter all of the european parliament came together in strasburg on tuesday for a plenary session on what to do about hungary and whether article seventy measures will be put in place almost budapest what article seven essentially means is it's the ultimate politike. naughty step in the european union it strips all could strip and suspend the voting rights of hungry in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their voice in the in the well the european family there were lots of allegations made against viktor orban his government and the nation of hungary listen to a few of them now sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judiciary individuals in the government have envisaged themsel

atmosphere of aggression and intimidation in the bunk area and prime minister viktor orban was in stroudsburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response on what you know you have already made up your mind one thing you know better then gary and for themselves i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor. this insults the owner of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaty it says it upholds thing differently by the essence and purpose of the family and we do indoors ready clee different views and migration these differences cannot be a reason to brand any other countries and free to be excluded for joint decisions we would never go as far as silencing those who do not agree with us you want to make a moral decision based on numbers the nation be damned over vote on whether to sanction hungary will be on wednesday afternoon after the state of the union address by showing claude young and not vote well it could be very close a lot will depend on how the european people's party group within the e.u. parliament on how they vote mr or bonds own part

s who voted to punish angry today here in strasbourg thank you very much natasha live in stroudsburg well from the european parliament now to the un because a commission of inquiry says displacement in syria this year has surpassed previous levels in the seven year conflict the commission says that more than a million syrian men women and children have been forced out of their homes so far this year and most of those displaced are now in province the last rebel held on clay. these two point nine million almost three million they are not there because they decided to go to sleep. they are there because of. the recall sillies show. for months this people were they were transported to a leap the m.e. is is spot tactic that this population transferred to the supposed to. be confronted with this bombardment. all right well let in geneva for us is neither barca and navy with their us tended their opening remarks the kind of executive summary of the report it seems very much is there it's the faith in the well being of these internally displaced people that have concerned the inquiry may ju

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france million miles later unsung suchi says her government is facing many challenges in rakhine state remember hundreds of thousands of ranger muslims live there before august last year when they fled a massive military crackdown. method the range of prices could have been handled differently when he has more from that forum in hungary. on sunset g.'s appearance at the world economic forum on southeast asia in hanoi was the first international speaking engagement since a united nations report was released last month that called for genocide charges to be laid against me and my military leaders for attacks on wrecking your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi as they are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security w

the threats in the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals or countries found to have meddled in american elections has faced months of criticism for not doing enough to prevent potential foreign interference and future votes but order comes with midterm elections just weeks away our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. with just weeks until u.s. voters go to the polls for a vote determining control of congress president donald trump signed an executive order to punish nations that interfere with that election the president has specifically directed us the director of national intelligence made wednesday's announcement along with national security adviser john bolton it follows their briefing last month with other top intelligence and law enforcement chiefs our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries the

in an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation in the garion prime minister viktor orban was in stroudsburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response to what you have already made up your mind i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor this insults the honor of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaty as it says in our poll you want to make a moral decision based on numbers the nation be damned. over vote on whether to sanction hungary will be on wednesday afternoon after the state of the union address by zhang cloyd younker and not vote well it could be very close a lot will depend on how the european peoples party group within the e.u. parliament on how they vote mr or bonds own party is a member of that group the no. foreign leaders though whose party is a member of that group in the european parliament it could be austrian chancellor he said he fully expects his members of the european parliament from his party to vote in favor of sanctions against hungry but mr off on did have some friendly voices in the room on wednesday even if th

the top story this hour hungers prime minister viktor obama has addressed european lawmakers in stroudsburg as european parliament debates whether to punish his country for allegedly undermining democracy if it loses a vote hungry could lose its a youth voting rights that's it you know up to date vote at the top of the. kickoff. the bundesliga goes global german clubs are travelling to goal weight training. in india to win move fans in markets in asia in america. we accompanied them on trips to china and the us. next. to us by sets off on a mission. to take with us works as a conservationist helping to. tech elephants. here in kenya owners of hunting to come to terms to the brink of extinction we're the generation that can take this on and and stop and. what is fake with a strategy. three thousand and sixty minutes on d w. nineteen sixty and some of them don't cry and go to rumble. young people held against their instruments. demanded nothing less than a home society. wide maelstrom of violence what remains of those opposed to. the seeds of civil rights the peace movement the women's moveme

group this expected to be lots of discussions going on through the night behind closed doors in stroudsburg another nation another nation's leader whose party is a member of that group though it's of us the and the chancellor of austria he said he fully expected the m.e. piece from his side well to vote in favor of article seven books mr obama did have some supporters in the plenary session even if they did use their speech and attempt to push their own agenda somewhat. but it's not just your country that's been insulted you've been insulted. to be able logical covered enjoyed the break up you love it. well wednesday is said to be a busy day in strasbourg we're going to have that state of the union address by from junk road young and then vote on hungary where the sanctions will be put in place on budapest so keep an eye on that of course yeah however this one plays are big ramifications peter peter all of our air europe correspondent live in poland thank you. key leaders and business executives from across the asia pacific region have gathered in russia's port city of la voz stock for the

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france u.s. president donald trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals or countries found to have meddled in american elections trump has faced months of criticism of course for not doing enough to prevent potential foreign interference in future votes remember the midterm elections just weeks away now white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. with just weeks until u.s. voters go to the polls who are a vote determining control of congress president donald trump signed an executive order to punish nations that interfere with that election the president has specifically directed us the director of national intelligence made wednesday's announcement along with national security adviser john bolton it follows their briefing last month with other top intelligence and law enforcement chiefs our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversar

something like this but it's not the only reason what's probably even more important to you lawmakers stroudsburgis disregard of the rule of law his crackdowns and geos you mention that crackdown on the judiciary or crackdown on the media also corruption so if those aren't reasons to start what's called an article seven procedure then there aren't really any. well max of course it will take a two thirds majority to get these things sions going how likely is it that enough lawmakers will vote to support them. it really all depends on all bunz own party the european people's party now you have to remember here is the european parliament a party or a faction is made up of the members of different parties all across the european union and we've already heard from some members of the e p p from some countries for example from austria that they've had enough of the door and that they are going to vote in favor to start this article seven procedure by the way just a reminder here that's the same procedure that has been engaged against poland because of their breaches of the rule of law and could ultimat

an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation of them gary and prime minister viktor orban was in stroudsburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response he said it didn't matter what he said he thought that mines that already been made up and he said that when allegations like this were made against himself and his government that they were insulting the history of hungary and the hungarian people or you are already made up your mind i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor this insults the honor of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaties it says in our polls you want to make a moral decision based on numbers the nation be damned over vote on whether to sanction hungary will be on wednesday afternoon after the state of the union address by zhang cloyd younker and not vote when. it could be very close a lot will depend on how the european people's party group within the e.u. parliament on how they vote mr obama's own party is a member of that group who are expecting that overnight on tuesday into wednesday the latine a lot of. negotiati

the threats in the blocks very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. more than three thousand children were sexually abused by over a thousand roman catholic priests in germany between one thousand nine hundred eighty six and two thousand and fourteen that's according to a leaked report published by german news outlet speaker landline the revelation comes just after port francis are senior bishops from around the world to attend a meeting in february to discuss sex abuse in the church the invitation follows new revelations in a number of countries including the us chile and a strain here. well plenty more ahead on the news hour including more fighting in the yemeni port of for they there as the u.s. state department says the coalition has awarding civilian casualties the u.n. says fighting in syria has displaced more than a million people in the last six months and an epic cycling champion christina vogel comes to terms with the injury that left her unable to war. factions in south sudan have signed what's being called a final peace deal after months o

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think that open europe in berlin martin michel ski director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in revenue in france but is all jellicoe the co-founder of. group of geopolitical studies welcome to you all but please let me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's quite hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the order it was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main problem b

the threats in the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france a state funerals being held for the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan in his home country ghana mr annan died last month at the age of eighteen these are live pictures from the capital accra where a large crowd is gathered for a celebration of his life in addition to his family dignitaries from around the world are also there and attendants including the current u.n. secretary general and turning to terrorists. a high level conference on climate change is now getting underway in san francisco and he does of us states and cities will go along with representatives of civil society organizations from around the world they hope to act on their own even if the u.s. government will not for california the world's fifth biggest economy the stakes are high rob reynolds explains more intense fires more devastating droughts deadly heat waves with tens of thousands of premature deaths a rising ocean and disastrous floods that's the future california faces due to manmade global warming over

threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha al-jazeera stroudsburg france. meanwhile the polish president andre do that has been criticized for calling the european union an imaginary community with little relevance to people in poland today is aligned with the nationalist and anti immigration law and justice party like hungry poland is also facing the sanctions of a violations of the new law also its likely to veto any action against hungary let's talk more about this with sophia gaston who is the rector of the center for social and political risk at the haemorrhage action jackson society foreign policy think tank thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera well i mean the polish president is very being very clear about it he's going to block it so ultimately i mean yes they may have triggered article seven or started the process but in reality is only ever going to be symbolic because there will never be any proper sanctions against hungry because call of the very least if not other countries will block them you're absolutely right this process has

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think tank open europe in berlin martin michel ski director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in every new in france but is all jellicoe the co-founder of the group of geo political studies welcome to you all but is that me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's going to hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the board that was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main p

the threats in the bloke's very existence and did future natasha al-jazeera stroudsburg france. rather factions in south sudan have signed what's being called a final peace deal after months of negotiations the leaders in algeria to form a transitional government president sell the care would have rather react much as deputy again as well as for other vice presidents u.s. president has signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against people all countries found to have meddled in american elections trump has faced months of criticism for not doing enough to prevent potential foreign interference and future votes the order comes with mid-term elections less than two months away. those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us al jazeera world is coming up next thank you very much for watching. oh has a seven year term you know hasn't. hasn't settled really is i'm going to come for you. and at the end door look but i'm going to use one of the most of it. he was young very handsome very impressive maybe very close by the person. allie has done salama joined to the pales

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. u.n. human rights investigators say syrian government forces a fired chlorine a banned the chemical weapon on rebel held areas see three times this year the u.n. commission of inquiry also said internal displacement in syria has reached levels not seen before in the seven year conflict more than one million syrian men women and children have been forced from their homes in the past few months president vladimir putin says russian authorities have located the two men accused by the u.k. of the circus crippled poisoning and that they are both civilians the u.k. is issued european arrest warrants for the men who they suspect of working for russian military intelligence. yemeni government forces backed by the saudi led coalition have seized the two major rebel supply route routes in the key port city of a day that fighting has once again broken out in the city who the rebels and fighters loyal to the government are battling for control. and it's one of nature's most spectacular displays a

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think that open europe in berlin martin michelle director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in revenue in france but is the co-founder of. group of geopolitical studies welcome to you all but please let me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's quite hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the board that was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main problem being that tho