james bays is at the u.n. headquarters in new york, and james, we've been hearing a bit more about how this deal is going to work, but the wording of this resolution, one of the many sticking points debated long into the night in vienna. >> yes, one week ago i was in vienna. that was in the last day of negotiations before they came up with the deal. and this deal, which includes lots and lots of different elements to it. the bit causing controversy in the end was this very resolution and the exact wording that an hour ago was voted into binding international law by members of the security council. there are controversial bits about this that i'm sure we're going to hear other nations talk about, and i'm sure we're going to hear reaction from those in washington particularly on capitol hill who will respond to this vote. particularly the details of iran's arms embargo and ballistic missiles because originally the u.s. said the sanctions relating to those were not going to be lifted at all and clearly they now ar

the u.n. oken an unconditional week-long ceasefire in yemen. the humanitarian truce will go into force on friday and last until the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan on july 17th. the aim is to get more aid to civilians facing a growing humanitarian crisis, the u.n. says 80% of yemen people that 21 million people are in need of some sort of emergency help. earlier u.n.'s yemen envoy hinted at the truce as he left the capitol sanaa and holding talks with the government and houthis in an attempt to end more than three months of fighting. more than 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict and over a million have been displaced. >> obviously they will need to be some confidence building measures as the secretary-general said to build towards a sustainable and long-term ceasefire but what we are talking about is an unconditional humanitarian pause. we look forward to all the parties respecting that pause and i think as we have been saying here for weeks on end the people of yemen deserve

if the u.n. security council then passes a resolution, then they can -- then basically, the sanctions do not go into place but otherwise if one council members complains then the sanctions automatically snap back. that is supposed to be the pressure on iran to make sure it doesn't cheat on this deal. >> there is one wrinkle. i don't know how big a wrinkle this is, the fact that some in washington very unhappy to the security council is voting on this before the u.s. congress has reviewed it, because, of course, some of the sanctions have been congressionally approved. what's going to happen with that? they are also reviewing this deal, aren't they? >> i think in many ways, the most controversial part of this is the views on capitol hill of this resolution. remember, congress has a 60 day review period to look at the iran deal, but in fact, the iran deal right now when you saw those hands go up, has become binding international law so really not much congress can do about this. it's worth me tellin

the u.n. says more than 4 million people have now left syria on the run from the war. that is the largest number of refugees from any crisis in 25 years. the mass murder of 8000 men and boys 20 years ago will not be recognized as genocide at the u.n.. russia has vetoed a move for that recognition. also coming up this hour in business, china stock markets start to bounceback after losing trillions in recent weeks. we will find out why. tunisia fills a wall on its border to try to keep terrorists out. that and more on the way. but first our top stories. ♪ greece is now hurdling towards what just might be it's very last deadline in this debt crisis. the prime minister has promised to give the eu credible reform plans by the cut at midnight tonight. the new bailout plan would then unlock billions of desperately needed euros for greece. the country needs the money to not only keep it struggling economy afloat, but to keep it from crashing out of the euro. as the clock continues to tick, our brussels

the u.n. to set up the court to bring them to justice. >> will those in favor of the draft resolution please raise their hand. >> reporter: the request to the security council seemed straight forward. an international tribunal to hold accountable those responsible for the downing of malaysia airlines flight mh 17. it came from the countries conducting the investigation of the incident. their work is expected to finish later this year. but the malaysian transport minister argued that now is the right time to establish a method for prosecuting the perpetrators, whoever they may be. >> the establishment of a tribunal to the completions of the investigation would also ensure that these establishment is as depoliticized as much as possible. >> but russia said no. they question the integrity of the investigation. and the motivation of the resolution's many sponsors. >> translator: a draft which was submitted for voting today was deprived of any legal basis or precedence. we have explained this to our

>> the u.n. has responsibility, but in many ways, it's become the convenient camouflage for others to behind its responsibility. the u.n. doesn't have airplanes. it has very limited military capacity. what it does had ave is theability to take diplomatic force. it did authorize nato to support the dutch peacekeepers an protect the safe areas. that's where the problem is. that's where the disconnect is. so, i actually put more responsibility on the three capitols that i have mentioned again, paris, london and washington. the way the u.n. was bypassed in this key point because most u.n. members and security council members did not know the secret agreement existed and en nato was betrayed. nato is a primary institution of our defense, that is our american and european defense and in this case a nato ally was left in the dark and left holding the back which is the dutch. the dutch may not have at very honorably p, but if in fact they did expect someone twrt from the sky to come and aid them when they

he began his briefing of the u.n. and ban ki-moon said that 250,000 people have been killed since the war began. ten million people have been forced from their homes becoming displaced within syria and refugees elsewhere and then added atrocious crimes are an almost hourly occurrence. >> the u.n. is obliged to not leave any stones unturned. discussions are taking place and we're hearing them around the region and elsewhere that may require perhaps more time and may be linked on developments. the syrian people are being given a chance, they told us to be deeply and intensely consulted, after all we always say this is a syrian led syrian involved well, this was their opportunity. >> amid serious funding difficulties the united nations continues to provide life-saving support to billions of people. second we must keep pressing for a political solution. the price of continuing the this is too high. in the name of humanity there is no alternative than going to the negotiation table. >> they tried high level international co

diplomats had hopes that the u.n. security council vote would take place after the end of that review period. but in the tough negotiations in vienna, the timing of the vote was con of the concessions that needed to be made. >>> the u.s. defense secretary is in the middle east to assure regional allies about the deal. he held talks with israel's defense minister. the two said they had frank discussions on their differences. carter will meet with benjamin netanyahu. he will travel to jordan and saudi arabia. >>> british prime minister david cameron has launched a new campaign to stop people from joining isil. it will include moderate muslim voices. >> reporter: when they traveled to syria to join isil, it prompted deep questions about how to tackle an ideology so enticing that it could persuade three london girls. david cameron's response is a five year multidiscipline strategy which admits that previous strategies have stopped young britains. >> here's my message to any young person thinking of going out there. you won

diplomats had hoped that the u.n. security council vote would take place at the end of the review period. but the timing of the vote itself was one of the concessions that needed to be made. >>> israel has warned the u.s. defense secretary that it fears the deal with tehran will mean more money for hezbollah. ash carter is in the middle east to reassure regional allies about the agreement. speaking about the talks he says the u.s. will continue to closely monitor iran. but he said the deal will strengthen groups hostile to israel. carter is meeting with benjamin netanyahu saturday. a top aide has been arrest in a corruption investigation. he has also been expelled from the communist party. he's accused of accepting bribes keeping mistresses and stealing secrets. he wants to restore public confidence in the ruling party. >>> the u.n. has warned the ebola outbreak has not yet run its course. more than 11,000 people have died since the outbreak began in late 2013. its created around 5,000 orphans in liberia alone. we repo

but the u.n. s for hiv met is now a new aim to end the aid's epidemic by 2030. >>> two teams have been suspended from the world's most lucrative cricket league following a corruption investigation. a panel has recommended that the super kings, and royals be banned from the indian premier for two years. officials from both teams have been found guilty of illegally betting on matching during the 2013 season. three players are already facing charges for their alleged involvement in manipulating results. >>> reminder you can keep up to date with all of the news of the day on our website. that is aljazeera.com, aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> a nuclear deal with iran after years of talks, the u.s. and five other nations reach an historic agreement. >> because of this deal the international community will be able to verify that the islamic republican of iran will not develop a nuclear weapon. >> but opponents are already threatening to quash the deal

the head of the u.n.'r watchdog the iaea has just outlined its new road map with iran to assess its military nuclear facilities. >>> greek prime minister alexis tsipras is back in athens trying to rally support for a key vote on a third bailout deal with european lenders, but he faces a tough test to sale the austerity package to his own government and the greek people. iraq forces have suffered heavy losses after launching their new offensive against isil at least 81 soldiers and pro-government fight verse been killed in attacks in and around fallujah city in and around anbar province, four civilians were also killed. >>> let's get more on the top story the iran nuclear deal. going live to vienna james bays our diplomatic editor is is there for us jails anymore details right now on what this deal contains? and what we are likely to hear over the come is hours? >> reporter: just a bit of

the u.n. to set up the court. kristen saloomey has mar. more. >> those in favour of the draft resolution raise your hand. >> reporter: the request to the security council seems straight forward. an international tribunal to hold accountable the flifght mh370. it came from the country's conducting the investigation of the incident. men, women and children bound for kuala lumpur. their work is expected to finish later this year. the transport minister argueded that now is the right time to establish a method for establishing the perpetrators - whoever they may be. >> the establishment of a tribunal, proud to the completions of the investigation. also it would ensure that these establishment is as de politicized as possible. >> reporter: russia said no accused of supporting rebels with arms and man power. they question the integrity of the investigation and motivation of the resolution many sponsor. >> the drafter submitted for voting was deprived of a legal basis or press dents. we have planned t

the u.n. resolution is a nuclear resolution. susan rice put the -- she was then at the u.n. -- she put the arms piece in at the last minute. it was a throw-in at the last moment into this nuclear -- nuclear resolution. and the nuclear resolution always contemplated that if the iaea came to what is known as its brood conclusion that iran was not engaged in any illicit activities, then all of the sanctions are lifted so no matter what was going to happen here we were going to lose both the missile and the arms under the u.n. component. but here is what we have zone in the meantime that we believe actually takes care of this issue. first of all -- >> mr. secretary, i -- i followed the arguments that you have made about the laws that we have to defend against iran's missile program, and i understand the steps that you took here. i'm just saying big picture, big picture, when we end up with a bottom line where in eight years they get the missile, it doesn't look like a victory. they may not get the missile at that time but they can bu

. >> a reprieve the u.n. irms the humanitarian troops will begin in yemen on friday. >> . >> good to have you along. you watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the final push for the final deal on iran's nuclear program. negotiators continue their discussions in vienna, but the clock is ticking we are expecting john kerry to talk very soon. to syria, a milestone in the conflict there and an estimated 4 million people have now crossed the border to three the war. and the victory for civil rights groups the confederate flag is to be lowered for good on south carolina's capitol building. starting with developing news a humanitarian truce will go to truce on friday, there according to the united nations, this is meant to allow for urgently needed aid to reach civilians. the u.n. says more than 80% of the 25 million people are in need of some form of emergency aid. the truce goes into effect 2359 local time on friday. and will last until the end of ramadan on july the 17th. entered the possible truce

. >> the u.n. security council endorses the nuclear deal between iran and western powers. >>> chad's former president is defiant as he faces a senegalese court charged with crimes against humanity. and we report on the martial arts legend still pulling in the crowds 42 years after his death. >> thank you for joining us. cuba and the united states have formerly restored diplomatic ties after more than a half century of hostility. on midnight on monday, each country re-established embassy ies in each other's capital. deteriorateing relations between the u.s. and then fidel castro led to the breaking of former ties back in 1961. restrictions on americans wanting to travel to cuba will remain in place. as will the trade embargo preventing many businesses doing business in the country. tom, those images of the cuban flag being raised over the embassy that is now washington, really a historic moment does not take away from the fact that a lot of people in the u.s. are not pleased about the restoring of di

the u.n. as well. they are concerned they could be on the brink of civil war. >>> turkish police fired tear gas and water canon to break up a rally in istanbul. protesters say turkey is not doing enough to stop the attacks by i.s.i.l. demonstrators were held after a suicide bomber killed 30 people near the turkish town. 100 were injured. we have more. >> the explosion happened in the garden of a center in a turkish town. most of the week were due to travel to kobane across the border in syria, to carry out relief. it's not yet known what caused the blast. turkey's president says it was a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber. minutes after explosions there was a blast. i.s.i.l. laid siege to the town in september last year prompting tens of thousands of people to escape to turkey by a combinations of air strikes. peshmerga and syrian fighters. much of the town lies in ruins. many turkish kurds blamed the government for not doing enough to protect those that fled the war in syria. >> many turkish kerds ac

the u.n. when they passed the resolution contemplated if iran came to the negotiation and they ponied up, all the sanctions would be lifted and we did not lit all of them we left in place despite three out of seven negotiating wanted it do away with them we won the five years for the arms and eight years for the missiles. we have many other sanctions still applicable and we could bring other sanctions to push back against any of their behavior. they are not allowed to send aways to hezbollah. that is a separate resolution. they are not allowed to send arms to the shi'a military, a separate resolution, they are not allowed to send arms in another split resolution. we have the huge ability to bring any number of efforts against iran for any bad behavior here whatever. >> do we have any understanding because you have come under criticism when they at the last minute brought in lifting the arms embargo you did not insist on getting the americans released. do we have an understanding that iran will

the u.n. h would have labeled the mass killings in bosnia 20 years ago, genocide. the majority of security council members voted in favor of the u.k.'s proposal to condemn the massacre as genocide but russia used it veto as one of the five permanent members. the vote comes just ahead of the 20th anniversary of the killings. in bosnia itself, thousands of people marching in memory of those who were killed. the three-day peace march as it is called will retrace the path taken in 1995 by those men who fled the eastern bosnian town in hope of escaping the serb forces. let's go to gabriel live for us at the united nations. where did russia decide it didn't want to see this resolution passed? >> reporter: well, russia essentially thought that this resolution was unfair and basically pointed the finger too much at the bosnian serbs, and as we know that russia has very close cultural and political ties to the bosnia serbs and serbia, so they are being pressured to veto this and that's exactly what they

. >>> the u.n. security council has endorsed the iran nuclear program. >> is he a war hero because he was captured? i like people who were not captured. >> donald trump stands by his message that mccain was no hero. now the senator is sending a message to trump. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. for the first time in five decades the cuban flag is flying over that country's embassy in washington, d.c. the embassy reopened just a few hours ago as did the embassy in washington, d.c. the embassy in havana did not as much fanfare as there was in washington. no ceremony, no flag raising that's because many cubans are unsure how restoring relations will effect them. >> cubans are excited about normalization. with that announcement by president obama and raul castro back in december of last year with their intentions to normalize relations people saying there was a sense of exhilaration in havana and people had tears streaming down their faces. six months on there

the u.n. says a break through deal is reached between rival factions in libya but not with the tripoli based government. hello i'm darren jordan live on doha. also on the program ending a 50 day hunger strike. released from jail. >>> pledges warn of tough talks ahead. and donald trump takes an early lead among republican candidates, trying to become the next president of the united states. the u.n. says some of libya's warring factions have agreed on a framework for a peace deal. the agreement could pave the way for a traditional period and the establishment of a democratic state. osama ben javid reports. >> sixth meeting over a fourth draft. the u.n. envoy sees it as a break through towards a deal. >> i want to enhance this message. the door is open for those who are not present. they have also played a critical role in this text. as i have said many times there is no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties and that responds to all the demands. i'm confident that in the weeks lady a

the u.n. and eu all say they won't recognize the results. the restored diplomatic ties with the u.s. will work only if the economic blockade of havana is lifted. on monday the two sides reopened talks after decades of hostilities. antigovernment protests in turkey following a suspected isil bombing. the government isn't doing enough to stop attacks by the group. 30 people were killed in the attacks. the iranian foreign minister has been defending last week's nuclear deal with world powers back home. he told parliament iran will closely monitor the implementation of the accord. he's our diplomatic editor. >> this was the moment the iran deal was ratified by the u.s. security council. the vote will make it binding international law. it starts the clock on the program for the implementation of the deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. sanctions imposed in six previous u.n. resolutions will be lifted once the nuclear agency, the iaea confirms that iran scaled back its nuclear program. >> 90 days from today when we have had a chan

the u.n. agency that will police the deal and who you were speaking to a moment ago and used to be the boss of and the compound is linked to a walkway called a conference center so we are expecting soon the participants to move from the u.n. through the walkway and appear on a stage where they will start a series of news conferences to discuss this deal. we have been talking about the deal and i have it in my hand and we have printed out the first page and it's 100 pages long and it's still on the printer and we have it ourselves and we can start to pour through 100 pages and five annexes of the deal and taken a lot of work because this is supposed to be a legally, watertight deal that will deal with iran's activities and according to those who negotiated this make sure they are clearly for civilian purposes, for initial ten year period that some of the clauses that deal with years beyond that. >> in terms of obviously the devil is going to be in the details of that deal and obviously as you s

the u.n. n envoy says jake has been having talks from the official's government in exile and houthi rebels and taking place in the capitol sanaa and it has been three months since the fighting began and at least 3,000 people are known to have died to the u.n. now and we are there in new york and this has been a round officially for what about an hour and a half two hours kristen. tell us what you know about what is going to happen. >> reporter: that's right, david, this is described as a humanitarian pause with a goal of working towards a more permanent and durable ceasefire and the terms of this agreement as far as we know are simply what you said, that it goes into effect just before midnight local time on friday and will last until the end of ramadan approximately seven days but the u.n. is saying that it has received assurances from the parties including the houthis that they will agree to this pause in order to help the people of yemen. now we know it's not exactly what the president of ye

next, the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon is joined by san francisco mayor edwin lee, california governor jerry brown, and house minority leader nancy pelosi to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the united nations. posted by the u.n. foundation and city of san francisco this , event is about 45 minutes. >> ambassadors and distinguished guests, we welcome you to the anniversary of the signing of the united nations charter here in wonderful san francisco. [applause] we thank the pacific boys chorus for a wonderful start. [applause] and secretary-general, we welcome you to california and we hope you remember when you were a teenager, and that was not so long ago, right, that you were an exchange student in the nearby del gotto. you have learned a lot since then, and we are happy to have you back as secretary-general. [applause] we would like to recognize the ambassadors from around the world that are ambassadors to the united nations. may i ask you to stand please? [applause] we in san francisco wo

the five permanent members of the u.n. council as well as germany and on the other side the iranians, that meeting we believe will at least be part be televised live pictures of the meeting take is place. if they have done a deal it's a historic deal, which is supposed to limit iran's nuclear program only to civilian use. and in return, the deal for iran is those crippling sanctions of going to slowly be reduced. the timing of how they are going to be reduced that is one of the key stumbling blocks in all of this. and they have been trying to work out and finesse between the two sides. >> yeah, and james they say the devil is in the details. what are some of the potential hurdles in all of this? >> reporter: well, the whole lifting of sanctions and the whole lifting of iran's arms remember barring owe which was one in the u.n. sanctions on the nuclear program but yearly the arms embargo covers all sorts of conventional weapons as well as any nonconventional weapons. as well as iran's miss aisles which, of course, straddle

the u.n. says it will allow aid deliveries on friday. foreign minister alfiso who spent 40 years in the job has died. >> we will not sit at the negotiating table forever. >> kerrry warns the u.s. - they will not be rushed into a nuclear deal with iran. tough issues stand in their way. >> politicians plan to meet demands as demonstrators take to the streets. and a warm welcome for the pope in bolivia brings a thawing of relations with the president. >> and i'm lee wellings with the sports. serena williams silences rival maria sharapova, and is through to the final. >> the united nations broke an unconditional week-long ceasefire in yemen. it will go until friday lasting until july 17th. the aim is to get more aid to civilians facing a growing humanitarian crisis. 80% of yemenis, 21 million people are in need of help. u.n.'s yemen envoy hinted at the truce. he left the capital and has been holding talks from the government and houthis in an attempt to end more than three months of fighting. more

diplomats had hoped that the u.n. council vote had taxicab place after that review period but in the tough negotiation is in vienna the timing of the vote itself was one of the concessions that needed to be made. james bays, al jazeera at the united nations. >> the u.s. defense secretary ash carter has been meeting his israeli counterpart for discussion he on the iran nuclear deal. he's the first cabinet level u.s. official to visit israel since the deal was announced last week. with israel opposing it, it is believed u.s. military related support could be on the table as a way of allaying israeli fears. carter is to meet benjamin netanyahu on tuesday. imtiaz tyab has more from jerusalem. >> shortly after the u.n. security council voted unanimously to support this agreement reached between world powers and iran over its nuclear program, theist secretary of defense who's here in israel had a joint media briefing with his israeli counterpart moshe alon. they spoke very glowingly and very endearingly about the relationsh

even the u.n. issued a statement urging the israeli government not to pass t we did speak to the minister adviser that's been pushing this through. he said this is not about force feeding, about giving the prisoners medical attention. they are concerned that someone on hunger strike could die. looking at the facts, no one has died from being on hunger strike. but there have been cases of prisoners dieing because of being force fed. so hugely controversial. that is now law. >> how many prisoners currently does this effect? >> at the moment there are two. there have been three. one of them actually just recently stopped his hunger strike. two administrative detention. the one that stopped will be released. the other one hasn't been charged. another prison, he wants to be released to jordan. at the moment actively are two. what prisoners we spoke to, one former prisoner, in 1980 he was part of a hunger strike. he said it was horrendous. he said this is not about trying to save lives, this was trying to

the u.n. those we elect. >> i think most of us would have created these politics. but this may result in congress feeling like they were marginalized when they shouldn't be. but aren't they the ones to give away the fact that this is a treaty and they have to ratify it and instead they reverse the whole thing upside down to where they have to pass legislation to block it? >> we worked with henry kissinger and richard nixon on the opening to china. uncomfortable with geopolitics opening overnight. but the real problem is not even what congress thinks or what the u.n. thinks. it's one of the other countries. are they saying wait a minute, i have to get my own because iran is getting there is? so you're going to have a nuclear arms race in the most famous part of the world. >> everyone is predicting that and benjamin netanyahu is on that. so $150 billion in stock into the account very quickly. what are they going to do with that money? >> i think that they will use a lot of it to support the terr

deep divisions within the u.n. security council over what happened at srebrenica. 1995 killing of thousands of muslims an act of genocide, was rejected by russia. >> the draft submitted by united kingdom turned out to be uninstructional and politically motivated. it created distortions the blame was placed on one people, you single out one responsible party for a war crime it's not legitimate and can turn out to be more division within the bosnian society. >> it is this draft that will cause division. >> 20 years ago samantha power was in serbia working as a journalist. >> why would russia vote to deny recognition of the srebrenica genocide? today's vote mattered. it mattered hugely to the families of the victims of the srebrenica genocide. russia's veto is heartbreaking for those families. and it is a further stain on this council's record. >> bosnian seshes killed more certains killed more than 8,000 men and boys. the international criminal tribunal and the international court of justice both determined the mass m

al jazeera iraq. >> the u.n. says the civilian death toll during three months of war in yemen is now more than 1600. the fighting continues on the ground. forces loyal to president hadi captured the international airport from rebels and have taken over the cities police headquarters. aden has seen heavy fighting between both sides for weeks. >> elsewhere in the city, firefighters are struggling to put out a huge fire burning for hours at an oil refinery. local authorities and pro hadi fighters are calling on the saudi-led coalition to help put out the blaze. houthi fighters are blamed for shelling of the facility. civilians have fled the area. >> a truce in yemen was supposed to last a week but there are reports of fighting. the sick and injured of taking advantage of the pause to get much needed medical treatment. the hospitals across the country are struggling just to cope. we have this report. >> this baby has leg injuries and has been brought to the teaching hospital in yemen's capital sanna. the doctors and n

then the u.n -- >> right. >> then the u.n. permanent representative susan rice, helped write that, or wrote a good part of and it she put it in. and, in fact, the iranians objected to it. felt that it was being rammed in them in the context of the nuclear agreement and it had no business being part of a nuclear agreement. it is conventional arms and they thought they had the right to do it. they have ignored it for all these years but they made it clear, from the get go, that one of the primary red lines was they had to get those sanctions lifted, we said no, we are not going to lift them, we won't give this -- look at what you are doing in yemen, we won't lift it. the problem is we had three countries out of seven that were ready to lift it all together on day one and four countries that said no we need to keep it. so the compromise, ultimately was, recognizing that we had many ways of coming at the enforcement of activities on missiles and arms with specific resolutions for no arms. no arms to the houthis no arms to the shia

but of course i never expected the u.n. or the dutch to basically in this way assist the refugees by handing them over to the serbs who were waiting at the gate. so as the man and the boys walked outside the base they were separated from their families taken to execution site and killed. some were even killed right there on the spot. and this is very simple. the dutch expelled my family from the compound and handed them over to the serbs in front of my eyes. they didn't expel me because i had a status of a u.n. employee and that's what saved my life. not the lives of my family members. i it took me 12 years to win the case against state of the netherlands. >> just in the last few days there was a resolution at the united nations which would have condemned the srebrenica genocide. that failed. how does the refusal of some people to accept that as a genocide how does that impact people like you? >> when they were killing the people around us, it never occurred to us to think whether this is a genocide or not genocide. when you

the u.n. special envoy. >> reporter: the u.n. special envoy presenting his latest plan for syria. in the past they have tried international conferences and face to face peace talks. after four and a half years of bloodshed now a much more modest proposal setting up a series of working groups. >> even with the deeply and deepening traj,ening tragedy to get no stone unturned. attuned to the serious discussions which are taking place and we are hearing them around the region and elsewhere which may require perhaps more time. >> reporter: he was referring to a number of important developments that the u.n. believes could be positive. in essence, this is a holding plan, until they see how things play out. the u.n. knows that president assad's forces are losing ground on the battlefield and perhaps in a matter of months his government will be prepared to make more concessions. they also know that the recent policy shift by turkey which is now prepared to carry out air strikes to stop i.s.i.l. could h

agreed to a ceasefire until the end of the muslim month of ramadan and the truce was brokered by the u.nwill allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies. and we have the report. >> reporter: humanitarian aid trickled into yemen's capitol sanaa and provide desperately needed assistance to hundreds of families forced to leave their homes and temporary ceasefire means aid will reach other areas and most of the road access is under the control of houthi fighters. >> during the humanitarian pause humanitarian agencies and partners aim to reach people in need with essential medicine vaccination, food and water and if they have the adequate access aid agencies plan to stockpile supplies throughout yemen including supplies for nutritional assist and for children and emergency shelters and water and sanitation and medical supplies which could benefit over 2.3 million people and food for 1.2 million people for one month. >> reporter: it took the u.n. envoy much convincing to reach a brief humanitarian pause in the fighting and statements from both the houthi leadership and yemen's governme

u.n. peace keepers were overrun. the international community and the u.n. itself came under intense criticism for not doing more to prevent the killings. >> many had hoped this resolution would give some closure to victims' families. instead one veto laid bear the deep divisions that still remain even all these years later. gabriel elizondo united nations nations. >> the greek finance minister submitted a new letter to international creditors the proposal includes tax and reform measures but does not outline how greece plans to create them. and greece was facing a tough crowd at the european parliament. >> after the brinkmanship of refusal and referendum in greece prime minister alexis tsipras made his case in strasbourg. >> today we come with a strong mandate from the greek people and we're determined not to clash with europe but to tackle head on the establishment in our country and to change the mindsets which has taken us and the eurozone down. >> the grandstand something unlikely to have impressed e.u. leaders who gathered the night before only to disco

the u.n. envoy tried to drag us into an agreement that does not fill the least of our demands. >> there is disagreement on national unity government based in tripoli but also recognizing the house of representatives as the legitimate mat legislative body. it also creates a national army. calls for the disarming of militias, implementation of a ceasefire and the drafting of a constitution. there is hope that the gnc would return to tripoli based gnc after years of chaos many libyans want politicians to end both the political tussle and the fighting on the ground. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> in yemen a truce that the u.n. homes would allow the delivery of desperately needed aid has failed to hold. fighting continues on the ground as the saudi led coalition continues to target houthi rebel positions from the air. natasha guinane reports. >> in this suit in sanaa people had conflicting opinions about whether a u.n. brokered truce would mean lessening in violence. >> they keep shelling us. >> but

it was time to take the next step to reach out to the u.n. with this request for urgent action to intervene. >> was there ever any hope by the washington post that his release would be linked to the nuclear negotiations? >> we were hopeful at many stages that jason would be released. from the outset we hoped it would be resolved quickly. there was some hope that as part of these talks the iranians might demonstrate good will and release jason but we never expected that the two issues would be link the in the negotiations. u.s. government made clear that that was not its approach and we understood that throughout. >> we heard that the foreign minister of iran did acknowledge that there were some sideline discussions about jason's condition and he even described it as a humanitarian issue. here's the question. is there a risk that with the post moves to the u.n., raising it to a higher profile that it might cause iran to harden its potential will to release him? >> it shouldn't do so. we are saying nothing more than we said publicly for a year t

the u.n. designated safe haven in july 1995. thereafter bosnian serb president were indicted for crimes twens humanity. >> i was a 25-year-old reporter in bonlz bosnia i admit that i did not expect bosnian serb forces to set out to exterminate all the bosnian men and boys that they held in custody. and i was not alone in underestimating the events unfolding. >> on july 11th, 1995, mlad mladic's forces separated the women and children and murdered thousands of men and boys. a few days later serbian television broadcast footage with ominous footage. also shown muslim prisoners calling out to others to surrender. the massacre of over 8,000 muslim men and boys, the worst episode of mass murder in europe since world war ii, helped to galvanize the conscience of the global community. >> translator: there were those people who did not find their loved ones, it's hardest for them, at least for mine, my grandmother and others will have their graves with plaques. i know they existed. >> accord in 1995 br

defense secretary ash carter is in baghdad >>> the u.n. envoy to syria is in damascus for talks with the government. he has met the syrian deputy foreign minister. on wednesday he expressed concern over government barrel bombs dropped over the lebanese border. pro-government forces in yemen pushed houthi fighters out of their last remaining strongholds in aiden. fighters loyal to president in exile abd-rabbu mansour hadi recaptured the presidential palace. >> now burundi's opposition called on the president to hold talks to form a possible unity government following the controversial election. the polls criticized inside and outside the country. opponents accuse pierre nkurunziza of violating the constitution by seeking a third term in office which he is widely expected to win. the spokesman said the president could not oppose a power-sharing deal. preliminarikm suggest voter turn out was 74%, despite the u.n. vague 160,000 left the country for neighbouring countries to escape the violence. the u.s. e.u. and the u.n. all said that they won'

the u.n. urntsell endorsed the iranian nuclear deal. counsel along with germany have agreed to lift economic sanctions against tehran. tehran vowed to curb the nuclear program. our diplomatic editor james bays has more. >> this is the moment the vote will make it binding international law. it stops the clock on the program for the implementation of the deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. sanctions imposed in six previous u.n. resolutions will be lifted once the nuclear agency the iaea confirms that iran has scaled back its nuclear program. >> ninety days from today, when our respective capitals and legislate temperatures have had a chance to review the deals' provisions, the commitments in the j. c.oa should take effect. sanctions leave will begin only when iran verifybly completes the initial steps necessary to bring its nuclear program in line with the deal. >> iran's ambassador to the u.n. made it clear the deal could have positive repercussions way beyond his country's nuc

they can't wait on the u.n. the u.n.act immediately because the current obama/iran deal just negotiated with geneva violates other u.n. resolution. you can't implement it because it was in violation of the previous agreement. they had to weaken the resolutions so that the latest deal was not in violation of the previous u.n. resolution. it is appropriate for the u.n. security council to move forward. it was not a surprise. congress should realize over the last two years that the president of the united states has been negotiating the terrible deal. i don't understand why congress didn't complain or creative solution before we got to this. and all of the sudden blame the u.n. and say how dare the u.n. move forward. the president is responsible for foreign policy. the u.n. deals with with heads of state and not opposition parties. >> you said it is failure theater. >> what is going on in congress is failure theater. congress is trying to come up with this late vote and they are all complaining about the fact now, this is a

the u.n. y general that he is in favor of a humanitarian ceasefire. the u.n. envoy to yemen is still in sanaa trying to convince both sides to pause fight to go allow delivery of aid. the u.n. says more than 21 million yemeni people need help. >>> an estimated 100,000 people remain internally displaced in gaza i'm year on from the 50-day war with israel. more than 2,000 palestinians were killed during seven weeks of israeli bombard think. more than 10,000 were wounded the u.n. says 75% of the victims were civilians. among israelis, 66 soldiers and five civilians died. the u.n. says 89,000 gaza homes were damaged and it will cost up to $6 billion in to rebuild over the next 20 years. >>> well, despite the huge loss of life and property the israeli government is ahead think the war was justified. paul brennan reports now from jerusalem. >> reporter: the war which lasted for 50 days in the summer of lat last year was costly both this terms of human life and economic impact. more than 70 israelis d

the u.n. said the large majority were refugees were fleeing war or persecution, including many from syria, making them refugees. "europe is living through a maritime refugee crisis of historic proportions," the report said. dozens of people have been killed after a ferry sank off the coast of the philippines. authorities said at least 34 people died while 118 a been rescued. in indonesia, the death toll from a military plane crash in the city of medan has topped 140. more than 120 military officers and their family members were on board the plane when it crashed tuesday, slamming into businesses and killing at least 20 people on the ground. in the united states bree , newsome, who scaled the flagpole at the south carolina state capital and took down the confederate flag, has spoken out for the first time since her arrest. early on saturday morning, bree newsome shimmied up the flagpole, reciting scriptures as she took the flag down. her actions came a day after the funeral for reverend clementa

congress but also to the u.n. ty council which is expected to ratify the deal as early as next week. james base al jazeera, vienna. >>> james has been following all of the developments from vienna and sent us this update. >> reporter: the foreign ministers who are here, those that are party to the deal the seven foreign ministers of six countries that were negotiating with iran and iran all say they know what others are saying what the critics are saying about this deal but they say just look at the alternative, look at the last ten years of crisis between iran and the international community. it even came close to war remember during the bush administration. remember the persistent threats that have come from the israelis. so on the nuclear file they say this is an important deal that brings a peaceful future. and some say that it goes beyond the nuclear file and just listen to the words of the eu's foreign policy chief. >> i'm convinced the political will of the leadership is there to try to use this window of op

the u.n. world food program was forced to make cuts in its budget. meaning some will face starvation. nisrene met with a family in jordyn, struggling to but food on the table. >> reporter: most families have feasts during the muslim holy month of ramadan. this man worried what he'll feed his family when they break their fast. when they arrived in jordan a year ago, they were taken to a camp. they couldn't stand living in the unforgiving desert and escaped. they life in a poor neighbourhood and don't receive assistance from u.n. agencies. >> i run away from the camp. there's no electricity, we had to walk for ages to get water. the shop is far away. i'm an old man, i couldn't walk to the shop without breaking down on the way. >> no u.n. assistance means fro -- no education for his daughters or health care. jamal is diabetics. his wife, with speech and hearing impairment has been forced to find work as a housemaid. >> i work so we can afford drinking water and buy our girls their needs. if my dau

. >> russia has used its veto power in the u.n. to label the massacre killings in bosnian as genocide. russia used its veto as one of the five permanent members. the vote comes just ahead of the 20th anniversary of the killings. well this was the scene in bosnia. many marched in memory of those killed in 1995. they're part of a three-day peace march. >> well, a vote was delayed by a day as the u.k. and u.s. tried to lobby russia for support without success. >> the draft submitted by the united kingdom turned out not to be con trucktive confrontational and politically motivateed. the approach according to which you single out one responsible party for war crime is not legitimate and can result in greater division in the bosnian society. >> speaking with al jazeera a short time ago bosnia's ambassador spoke about her deep disappointment in the outcome of the vote. >> i thought that the security council failed. i'm deeply disappointed with the outcome of today's meeting. and that security council again is not united. because a year ago

last week the u.n. f a possible famine in yemen, this week they declared a level 3 humanitarian emergency, the highest possible level. despite the pleas, more and more lifelines dry up every day, and things seem to change only for the worst. >>> u.s. states on the shores of the gulf of mexico have reached an $18.7 billion settlement with bp over the 2010 deep water horizon oil spill. it's the largest settlement by a single company in u.s. history. al jazeera's andy gallagher is in miami for us. so what does this settlement mean for the states affected so badly by the oil spill, andy? >> reporter: remember this was an environmental disaster that president obama called the worst in this country's history. not only did it decimate the fishing industry, it deeply affected the communities within those five it states businesses restaurants, tour ifrm, which many of these places depend on highly were all badly affected. this $18.7 billion settlement will spear head projects in various states like louisiana whic

the u.n. says the break through deal is reached between rival factions in libya but without the tripoli based government. hello i'm darren jordan live from doha. also on the program ending a 55 day hunger strike. a prom nend palestinian is released fromprominent palestinian isreleased from a israeli jail. and donald trump gets coverage becoming s trying to become president of the united states. >>> peace talks in morocco. establishment of the democratic state. osama ben javid reports. >> rival factions signed an agreement. >> i want to emphasize and enhance this message the door is open for those who are not present. they have also played a critical role in this text as i have said many times, there is no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties. and the response to all the demands. i'm confident that in the weeks ahead a clear decision will be made and will address all sides and issues. >> representative of local councils and tobruk government was there. one sided agreement aimed at p