the u.n. headquarters lobbying for international support. >> egypt on the diplomatic offensive. foreign minister with the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon was after his boss hinted at the idea of a u.n. intervention led by his country. after a meeting with ambassador inclueing the u.n. representative he clarified proposals. suggesting expanded support for the government. and a strengthened army. is the possibility of troops on the ground should that be under consideration. >> i think all measures should be under scrutiny. to define what is the best course of action to deal with the threat. i will not judge or jump to conclusions. it is up to us to forge. it's an understanding and commitment that should not exclude support to the government. >> it's thought they'll meet to hear prime minister on wednesday. other ambassadors include those fighting i.s.i.l. say the proposal is worth examining, but international law must be following. >> it is an issue of egypt alone, it's more than equipment an

seeks a u.n.-backed commission. the u.n. security council will meet on wednesday to discuss a proposal for an international coalition to fight the islamic state of iraq and levant in libya. fighters allied to the legally installed tripoli government say they are heading from misrata to the city aiming to tackle groups affiliated to i.s.i.l. and rejected calls for intervention. egypt wants to strike further in retaliation for the killing of coptic christians, its air force has bombed targets. the foreign minister was the the u.n. headquarters lobbying for support and spoke to james bays diplomatic editor. >> the foreign minister of egypt, with ban ki-moon, hours after his boss hinted at the u.n. backed military intervention led by his country. after a meeting with his ambassadors, which including samantha power. they clarified what they wanted limiting it to support for the government. >> is there possibility for international troops on the ground, should that be under consideration. >> i think all measures should be under sc

u.n. emergency meeting egypt launches a diplomatic meeting for a joint coalition against i.s.i.l. >>> the syrian government offers to extend air strikes on aleppo to allow u.n. plans to come into force. and ringing in the year of the sheets. millions of chinese are heading home from the capital beijing >>> ukranian forces are pulling out of the eastern hub of debaltseve. ukranian commander says pro-russian separatists are trying to prevent some troops leaving the up to. ukranian soldiers are surrendering some newsagencies are reporting. debaltseve has seen constant fighting after a ceasefire deal. let's go to rory challands. we understand that this is news coming in over the hour and waiting for russia to react to this news. what is the likely rehabilitation? >> well moscow is going let the separatists and the rebels deliver the information about what is going on in debaltseve. they are not a party to the conflict, despite what the government in ukraine says and westerners have been accusi

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calls for the u.n. to take on i.s.i.l. in libya. the u.n. tries to save a fragile ceasefire as battles condition in eastern ukraine. >> i'm daniel schweimler in buenos aires, where a march symbolizes deep divisions in argentine society >>> the u.n. envoy to syria says the government is willing to suspend aerial bombardments. of aleppo for six weeks. the move described as a glimmer of hope towards ending the conflict which is about to enter its fifth year. the syrian army has been advancing to aleppo capturing several villages. it is divided between the east and the west. it used to be the country's financial center and is close to a supply line providing a link to the turkish boarder. james bays has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. >> for months the special envoy has been talking about freezes - what others call ceasefires, in part of syria. for months he said that aleppo the largest city in the country is where he wanted the first freeze. now there has been an important development, he says. >> the government of syria indicated to m

the u.n. security council describes him as the legitimate leader of yemen. ♪ ♪ >>> hello there, well welcome to al jazerra. also coming up here on the program. more spy cable revelations how south africa is spying on russia over their joint satellite project. following the death of a leading prosecutor argentina's president reveals the changing face of the national spy agency. and as the french president calls for action to combat climate change. we look at damaging coast lines. >>> the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the country's president hadi just hours after the security council said it was backing him as yemen's leader? a statement lease odd wednesday the u.n. describe the hadi as the legitimate president, he is now in aden after fleeing san allsanaawhere else held under house arrest by the huge is the security council has urged all to solve their difference buys talks. >>> the u.n.'s support to hadi is a significant step but the houthis concerns also

libya's u.n.-recognized government asks it to help fight i.s.i.l. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. >> and we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who have perverted islam. >> president obama defense america's campaign against terrorism like i.s.i.l. >>> one month after the death ever alberto nisman, and british television society honors the three al jazeera journalists who are jailed in egypt. libya's government has asked the u.n. to raise militia to help it fight terrorist groups. arms embar go was imposed by the u.n. in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. geeptegypt is supporting the request and wants a naval blockade. our diplomatic editor james bays explains. >> two days trying to lobby diplomats on his country's initiative. at first trying to pursued persuade them he wants an embargo against all governments except the government of toeing bruk. tow bruk. tobruk. >> it has not been our success that is on the table here

the u.n. security council describes him as the legitimate leader of yemen. >>> welcome to al jazerra live from doha. also coming up on the program more spy cable revelations how south africa is spying on rush a over their joint satellite problem. progress the death of a leading prosecutor argentina's president reveals the changing face of the national spy agency. and as the french president presses for action to combat climate change, we look at how rising sea levels are damaging malaysia's coastline. ♪ ♪ >>> the u.n.'s special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the country's president hadi. just hours after the security council said it was backing him as yemen's leader. in a statement released on wednesday the u.n. described hadi as the have legitimate president, he's now in aden after fleeing from sanaa where he feels held under house arrest by houthi rebels. the houthis took power after a coup earlier this month. meanwhile, there have been rallies across the country i in

here at u.n. headquarters, no one is particularly optimistic about the plan, but right now it's the only plan there is. james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. >> joining us live from lebanon's capital a senior fellow at the institute of public policy and international affairs. at the american university of beirut hello welcome. good to see you again. you have the u.n. heading to damascus, possibly to aleppo. what do you think he is likely to achieve? >> well, he is likely to achieve continuing the process of trying to get some minimum common ground where at least the rebels and the government and syria with can just stop the fighting for some period at least to deal with humanitarian pressure are pressing issues. and we are dealing with areas in aleppo where there is no water fox, electricity no normal movement of food in and out. people need medical care. hospitals are almost nonfunctioning. there is huge humanitarian issues that need to be addressed. so that's about the most that he can

the u.n.urity council votes against the houthi coup in yemen. and tells the rebels to handover power immediately. >>> new footage of the moments after a deadly attack in copenhagen as police reveal more details of the gunman they shot dead. plus. ♪ ♪ >> rio de jannero switches on its party mode as carnival gets underway. ♪ ♪ >>> we given with some breaking news from egypt where the state tv has said government jets have carried out air strikes in neighboring libya. it says targets link today isil were hit after the group released a video showing an apparent killing of 21 egyptian coptic christians. the migrant workers were killed in libya after being kidnapped by a group loyal to isil. the president of egypt warned that the country we would retaliate after the release of the video. >> translator: see i didn't want does not only defend itself but the whole region, egypt will react in the right time. we will keep following the situation and we will discuss how we will react in due time. egyptian

. >> the u.n. envoy to syria is in turkey to get a deal to stop fighting in the syrian city of aleppo. >> in aden, yemen people say shifting power to the city will only bring trouble. >> we are literally targets. >> security failures at the highest levels in south africa. >> education or simply gruesome, the show that is all about crime scene investigation. >> start of the news hour, in iraq isil fighters are believed to have abducted 106 people from the tribe, one of iraq's largest and oldest families. they were taken from a mostly sunni village east of the city of tikrit. some are children. iraqi security forces have evacuated 300 families from that area. let's go to jane in baghdad. the details as you know them, jane, please. >> david, we've spoken to the leader of the tribe. he says that 127 of their tribesmen were taken. news is just filtering out now because there are no telephone communications in that area. he said 20 were released, but that remains -- there remain 106 still held, including

israel accused the u.n. of bias. her experiences of prison will likely stay with her. >> the al jazeera journalist baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy celebrating time with their family. baher says he has no regrets. he and the other now on bail. richard martin reports. >> after 411 days after too much time alone in prison it's like a dream coming true. >> al jazeera produceer baher mohamed, a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. i'm really proud about it. as time goes back, i will choose the same experience. and i know the case is still there, i'll continue, i'll continue to fight for freedom of expression and i will not back off. >> baher and his colleague mohamed fahmy were granted bail by a judge on thursday. come as a huge relief. they have been in prison in egypt since december 2013, but the case will continue until the charges are dropped. baher was originally sentenced to 10 years and fahmy to 7 years y

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>>> libya's u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift an arms embargo to help it fight isil. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. thousands of argentinians brave the rain to demand justice one month after the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. journalists or blackmailers? reporters in cambodia accused of demanding bribes to cover up crimes. plus. >> reporter: this is for you guys in cairo. [cheering and applause] >> britain's royal television society honors the three al jazerra journalists who journalists who were jailed in egypt. ♪ ♪ >>> hello. libya's u.n. recognized government has asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil and other armed groups. diplomats from egypt and libya address the u.n. during an emergency session with proposals to stop the decent in to chaos. the arms embargo was imposed by the u.n. in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader muammar qaddafi. libya's f

we are working now all u.n. working on a new agenda. >> how optimistic are you that the u.n. can work and be effective in that way and reach those goals? >> first i cannot imagine the world without united nation, you know so i am very optimistic, but we need commitment, because all of us, if we don't work together to address these challenges and we all lose. >> still ahead the high representative on entering the world of diplomacy when he was just 18 years old. >> my guest is al-nasser. >> not only you were president of the security council for a month, you were the head of the general assembly for a year, and that sort of were crowning achievements of diplomacy began when he were in a years old. you must have a very deep-rooted love of diplomacy and belief in what it can do. >> i thank god that i end up like the way i am today. when i was young, i was dreaming to be in the military, and i was asking my father, i want to join this college. my father kept quiet so when i was ready i finished the secondary school, he said to me now, what exactly you want. don't so me. it's you'

we are live at the u.n. in a moment, with details on that, but first the developments inside libya. >> people in tripoli celebrate as they remember the start of a uprising four years ago that helped push mom mar out of power but more are also angry at the strikes on the east of the country on monday, and marched in support of relatives of the civilians killed in those attacks. describes the attacked as hostile. >> now militia who support them say they are headed to the city to tackle affiliated groups themselves. libya's political leadership is fractures the strikes were carried out with the support of the other government the u.n. recognized leadership. egypt is calling for a u.n. resolution to intervene in the libya. the military campaign happened after the beed hing of 21 egyptian christians captured there. it isn't just egypt that is secured about unraveling security the european union is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt on how to deal where groups and be a limping to isil, sometim

now, this is for u.n. to try to start a freeze, not in all of aleppo although there would be a freeze across aleppo in aerial bombing, but in one district. but the idea is aleppo is such a large city. the largest city in syria this is a high risk, but high-reward plan. that's why they are going ahead with this plan. not had much of a chance to speak to many diplomats about this. they're still in that meeting. but it's fair to say some responses are saying we're not sure about anything that is promised by anything assad. reaction from some diplomats that i've managed to communicate with is skeptical. >> james bays, our diplomatic editor at the u.n. in new york. now to the conflict in ukraine which has diplomats scrambleing to stop a cease-fire in the eastern part of the country from unraveling. the u.n. security council has called for all parties to stop fighting. tuesday was supposed to see pro-russian separatests and troops to withdraw weapons from the front lines but the shift to the town of debaltseve.

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their main issue is that the u.n. resolution doesn't provide any source of consequential action if the houthis don't adhere to it, if they don't relinquish power. therefore, they say and its nothing more than just verbal condemnation of the power grab. add to this that many of them have already expressed a negative sentiment toward the attempt to try to get an agreement on power sharing deal. they've already said that they're losion trust quickly because the only thing that has been consistent throughout the u.n. sponsored talks have been the fact that the houthis have been getting more and more powerful from a territorial perspective and fire power point of view. on the security front in aden there are clashes between what are known as local popular forces that were set up by president adou rabbo mansour hadi set up before any possible houthi advance and members of the supreme court services loyal to the houthis. aden so far has been the safest of the main cities, but that could change if the situation here deteriora

. >>> egypt's foreign minister is in new york at the u.n. lobbying for support for a u.n.ked coalition to take on isil in libya. let's go straight to al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bayes at the u.n. we have seen a push to take on isil on the ground in libya by militia there. and now libya calling for u.n.'s help. how is that that playing out? >> a big diplomatic push by egypt. he is having a series of meetings are diplomats. i'm told he is going to be meeting arab ambassadors later in the day, and meeting in about five hour's time with the u.n. secretary general, ban ki-moon. we also is going to meeting with the russian ambassador. he said he would be listening to the comments of the egyptian foreign minister. and i think russia being a permanent member of the security council, its position on the egyptian plan is key. remember russia rather reluctantly supported the resolution in 2011 on libya, which lead to nato being in there in the skies and carrying out air strikes. russia in some ways believes it was tricked by that resolution. so the russia position could be k

what the u.n. envoy, u.n.s trying to achieve first in geneva and now the talks are moving to morocco is degree of agreement between the various parties in libya on a support for a national unity government which can frame a roadmap, a political plan for taking the country forward, rebuilding the institutions and giving hope again to the libyan people of some sort of constructive future. >> is that something that nato should have taken care of before exiting after bombing the country? should nato have stuck around a little bit more and ensured that the country doesn't descend into the chaos that it is in right now? >> well i think nato did its job militarily in helping the uprising libya uprising to succeed. the military role was ended then though the civilian support which came in from nato members and other interested countries was very helpful but didn't achieve a great deal because the libyan system was to dysfunctional, the administration was incapable of receiving and acting on advice and assistance recei

the u.n. special envoy to syria is in turkey trying to secure opposition support for a ceasefire in aleppo. trying to agree to ceasefire for six weeks but around aleppo they are unlikely to observe any ceasefire. a conspiracy that would allow syrian government to launch more assaults. then there's the disconnect between the syrian opposition in istanbul and fighters on the ground. they may not comply. zeina khodr is on the ground. it's not going to be easy is it? >> for months he has been trying to broker a deal in aleppo city. what he calls a freeze in the fighting. there has been little progress since october. shuttling between the damascus deposit and rebel groups in turkey. there is little details emerging from his meetings in turkey. we're not sure which rebel groups he is holding talks with but like you mentioned the syrian government promised to stop air and ground bombardment for six weeks. but he is not under any illusions, it is going to be difficult. he needs to get them to say yes

the u.n. security council describes him as the legitimate leader of yemen. ♪ ♪ >>> hello there welcome to al jazerra live from doha. also coming up on the program. more spy revelations how south africa is spying on russia over their joint satellite projects. >>> following the death of a leading prosecute, he argentina's president reveals the changing face of the national spy agency. >>> and as the french president presses for action to combat climate change, we look at how rising sea levels are damaging malaysia's coastline. ♪ ♪ >>> u.n. security council says it's backing hadi as yemen's leader. in a statement released on wednesday, the u.n. described hadi as the legitimate president. he's now in the southern port city of aden after fleeing from sanaa where he was held under house arrest by the hugy the houthi rebels. the secure thank you council has urged all party to his resolve their differences through talks. the u.n. support for hadi is a significant step, but the houthi houthis' concerns

perhaps there was an overreliance on the u.n. and the u.n. mission in libya. there's been a lot of after action thinking about its mandate, the capacity early on. the u.n. was quite frank in acknowledging they focused too much on the elections early on. they were so geared on having the elections. they neglected the security sector. while they were happening, you had the rise of militias. you had the deterioration of security in benghazi, the rise of extremism. you know i think moving forward, when i talked to people in senior level policy positions now, there's this sense that if there is some sort of peace deal. if there's a unity government in libya, the u.s. approach going forward is going to be more forceful. they're not going to be waiting for the libyans to ask. there's going to be -- you get the sense that washington is taking this problem very seriously. unfortunately, and this goes back to barber's point, it's the isis thing. so my danger is we're going to view this problem again through a counterterrorism lens. there was an effort early on to try to

last week, the mexican government told the u.n. committee that more than 11,000 people were missing in the country. amnesty international says more than 22,000 people have disappeared in the past eight years. in recent years videos like this have emerged of police kidnapping people. sometimes in broad daylight. other times under the cover of night. forced disappearances by authorities appears to be an epidemic. the students been missing on the night -- went missing on the night of september 26th. video shows some of them being hauled off by local police. mexico's attorney general has repeatedly said, corrupt police handed them over to a drug gang who then burned their body. he called it historic truth. last week, a panel says there was flaws in the investigation. the raixtion of only one student has been order identified pfn international commission on human rights says it is sending a team to mexico to launch an entirely new investigation. as much as the attorney general may wants to close the case, all this international concentr

. >>> libya's u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift an arms embargo to help it fight isil. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra live from our head quarters in dough happen. also coming up. >> reporter: i am in christine newman in pain he is. >>> and covering up crime for a price. al jazerra investigates the massive scale of rogue reporting in cambodia. plus former australian guantanmo bay detainee welcomes a report striking down his terrorism conviction. ♪ >>> libya's u.n. recognized government has asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil as well as other armed group. >> reporter: diplomats address the u.n. during an emergency session. the arms embargo was imposeed by nun in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader muammar qaddafi. libya's foreign minister has appealed for international help to rebuild the army. and egypt is supporting libya's request. it's also asking for a navel blockade to stop weapons shipments to fighters. but the co

now the u.n. security council has expressed alarm at the unrest in yemen and it's passed a resolution calling on houthi rebels to hand back power. they took the capital in september and dissolved party this month. the members demanded the houthis withdraw from sanna but did not allow for the use of force, this is the first resolution on yemen since the takeover. it called for the houthi withdrawal as well as weapons seized from the government. it called for the release of the president and members of the parliament under arrest. the text warns of further steps if the resolution is ignored. >> extremely disappointing that's what several of the different political parties opposed to the coup, opposed to the hoot's power grab has told us when we asked their view with the u.n. security council resolution. they say it was weak, didn't have the word coup in it. it is something that is very disappointing as far as they're concerned. the main issue is that the resolution doesn't provide any sort of conseq

why the u.n. is a way to restore some kind of justice and legal determination rather than underhanded going to the war, i do not care whether it is haiti or whatever, going to the u.n.. >> thank you, jennifer. thank you for your wonderful foundation work, jennifer elliston the founder of the green party in d.c., and i will just say i particularly do not agree with this shoot first foreign policy that we have a diplomacy, international law and human rights really need to be at the front. the u.n. has become a mixed bag. we have seen that in the climate proceedings in the u.n. where it has become a front for lobbyists, corporate lobbyists the climate summits really for energy lobbyists. we need to work hard for the u.n. to be reformed and democratized and we need to work hard to get the big powerful corporate companies -- countries out of -- exactly. out of the business of oppressing democracy in the u.n. thank you. >> other questions? >> cari campbell, green tv. dr. stein, green parties around the

will the u.n.'t, though push mexico to deal more effectively with what appeared to be forced disappearances? >> reporter: well that's what people like the family members hope. although they see the mexican state of not willing to do what it needs to do. but they say the only thing that will change that is increased international pressure. they can have hundreds of thousands of people marching but mexican leaders don't care about. what they care about is the image of mexico abroad. for the year and a half of the president's term he was riding high on this wave of headlines that he was going to save mexico, his reforms were going to make mexico boom. and now all of the attention is on these students and the links between him and these rich businessmen. so he went from being very appreciated internationally, to now, perhaps being ridiculed and criticized in some international press, and the people watching this case say that is the only thing that is going to push mexico to truly clean up its act. >> a

the u.n. security council convenes to discuss peace and international security. >> but it's the insecurity of ukraine that is the topic. blame game. >> as people struggle to get their lives back on track in gaza after the conflict in israel. ing is israel. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. come up in this half hour of international news. putting the conflict and the rebuilding effort of gaza into context. >> also how media around the world are viewing the latest in iran nuclear talks. >> security drills were held at the mall of america in minnesota today just days after a video threatening an attack was made by the somali armed group al shabaab. al shabaab has ties to al qaeda and has recruited young disaffected somali nationals to take up the cause. jeh johnson has asked the country to stay alert. >> stefan de mistura is trying to are reduce the fighting around aleppo, this marks the special envoy's 4th trip osyria since july. after leaving dama

the u.n.'s special envoy to yemen arrived in the city of aden to meet the president. hours after the security council said it was backing him as yemen's leader. in a statement released on wednesday, he was described as the legitimate president. he's in aiden, after threes from sanaa where he was held under house arrest. the houthis took over power in a coup. the security council urged all parties to resolve their differences through talks. we are joined on the live from ties in yemen. what are the diplomatic moves that we are getting. >> yes, they are overjoyed with the move. we have been talking about the teams, because they were expecting the u.n. to escape to send the envoy here to welcome back the development. it should have happened schooner nan the reality. however, there are problems here. the u.n. will be required to do something about the talks that have been taking place this sanaa, and the houthis have according to some of the parties, the parties participating in the talks, they ar

the u.n. demanded the d.r.c. replace two generals but the government calls it interference. >> people in the province are concerned about an imminent conflict and the democratic republic of congo's decision to go it alone isn't helping. the government decided that it does not want the united nation support for an offensive against rebels called the democratic forces for the liberation of radio wanda. people fear the rebels who operate in the great lakes region bordering several countries. >> i am scared of clashes. the population will suffer. i will have to flee to uganda. it will hit the people more than the fdlr. >> there will be problems if they attack. people will die. they will fight in the fields. civilians will suffer. >> fighters of the fdlr are predominantly group based in bnrc there since the again site in neighboring rwanda and are accused are carrying out rapes and killings in congo. many are displaced after almost two decades of violence and political unrest. any military offensive in heavily populat

u.n.al envoy to syria clarified an earlier remark that president bashar al-assad must be part of the solution in syria and staffan de mistura says he wasn't talking long-term solution but an effort to end the fighting and gerald tan has more. >> reporter: destruction in kiev are clear signs that talks have broken down. rebels in hom say they won't accept government demands to lay down arms in exchange for civilian safety so the fighting continues in syria. >> translator: why isn't anyone caring for us and we suffer in silence while the whole world watches. >> reporter: world powers still trying to negotiate an end to the four-year war. after meetings in damascus this week the u.n. social envoy made it clear president bashar al-assad must be a part of the solution. >> it's important dialog we need to have. he is still president of syria. there is a large part of syria which is under the control of the syrian government and i will continue having very important discussions with him because h

the u.n. envoy for syria is in turkey, to push for a deal to stop the fighting in aleppo. >> we are literally naked compared to some first world council ribs, -- count ris, we are literally an open target >>> health alert in ipped ja why a swine flu outbreak kills 800 this year. >> we are in nepal where traditional art is helping to protect the past >>> the u.n. special envoy to syria is in turkey trying to secure opposition support for a freeze in fighting in aleppo. the battle for the city is fierce. evidence has emerged of barrel bombs, and across syria. we'll get to that and a scathing report that accuses the u.n. security council of inaction on syria. first, more on the u.n.'s push for a ceasefire in aleppo with zeina khodr. how is it playing out, any news? >> no, nothing tangible. this is a plan produced in october. for the past few months he's been should have lipping between -- should have lipping between damascus and tuckey. -- turkey. his office is not devolving who he is talking wit

the u.n. mission there. who exactly is the fdlr? it's group includes hutus, it's estimated that they have between 1500 to 2,000 fighters. they're acting in areas of huge national gas reserves. they've been accused of civil rights abuses, murder, rape and recruitment of child soldiers. we've been following the developments from neighboring uganda. >> many people have been doubting whether the congolese government and other countries involved actually have the political will to attack the fdlr. the congolese government has been accused of hiring them before in fighting wars on their behalf. there are also politicians involved, and there are minerals in their territory. on the other hand the congolese government said it is going to do it. this time it's going to end the fdlr. the u.s. has come out and supported them. the u.s. has urged that this must happen. it's hard to imagine now that they'll turn back at this stage. but the military operations could go on for months, even years, and so it's t

we too, on the u.n. refugee agency and others that we support have asked for enhanced monitoring plans. >> thank you. >> diversion. >> my time is up and we have votes on the floor. but would you like for me to recognize you or -- >> we have -- >> mr. deutsche. >> one observation. we have to go to the floor for votes, but i just, before we leave, listening to the two of you give your testimony and respond to the questions i think reminds us that is a good reminder of why we're proud to be americans. >> amen. thank you very much. excellent work and we will be back and mr. smith will chair the remainder of the hearing. with that, our subcommittees are in recess. thank you. >>> we'll be joined by mr. deutsche, who is under a time constraint and i will yield to him when he comes back for any questions he might have. but let me thank you again for the tremendous work you're doing. in saving lives. i think you know, sometimes, people are very critical of foreign aid. they should know the robust efforts you, the

coalition planes were involved in the offensive. >> the u.n. security council meets later in new york for an emergency session on libya. egypt is pushing for military intervention and working on a draft resolution with members of the council but western countries want a political solution. egypt's foreign minister has been speaking to our diplomatic editor, james bays. >> egypt on the diplomatic offensive, foreign minister with the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon hours after his boss, president al sisi hinted at the idea of a u.n. backed military intervention led by his country. after a meeting with ambassadors, including the u.s.'s representative samantha power, in an interview with al jazeera, he clarified his proposals, suggesting initially they were limited to expanded support for the tdbruk government. >> is the possibility of boots on the ground something that should be under consideration? >> i think all measures should be under consideration, it is up to the international community to define what is the best course of action to deal

it's important to know that the u.n. resolution initially was stronger and called this a coup and had the potential to be filed to require u.n. intervention but russia watered it down so the word coup did not appear. the issue is one that is regional and international, as well. >> very complicated situation in yemen. thank you very much indeed. >> to afghanistan taliban gunmen and suicide bombers killed 20 policeman. the local government said a guard was killed at the entrance of the police headquarters. at least two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside the compound. eight people have been wounded. >> let's go live to nicole johnson, who joins us from kabul. the fighting is now over, but the death toliver high. >> that's right. some of the information we can give you is that the attackers were wearing police uniforms and the two suicide bombers detonated explosives, one in the dining room, one at kitchen. this happened at lunch time, when the police station was very busy. it was in the headquarters of the provincial

we understand this happened after the u.n. has fully come out clearly saying that hadi is the legitimate president. it took them a few days and that was seen here as not a normal thing to do, because the u.n. has always been behind the process, the transition in yemen, the roadmap for peace conciliation. it took them the better part of a week to come out and say hadi is still the legitimate president. they are following with practical steps. two men will discuss the main issue here at hand, which is how to move on with the talks particularly that mr. hadi asked for the talks to be moved to aden or to safer places for all the parties, according to him. the houthis have refused that. now, mr. bremer has to come out with a solution. the talks have to go on and the two men have to agree on a formula that could be accepted by the houthis in terms of the venue for these talks. >> so, you were mentions ties just a moment ago and we saw some pictures of support rally's held in support of hadi. what about the rest of the country? what'

u.n. chief ban ki-moon says we must not stand by as yemen deteriorates. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. coming up. an jcht court egyptian court orders the release of baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy on bail. a year in prison over a bag of nuts. korean air's former vice president is jailed over an air rage incident. hello, u.n. chief ban ki-moon has appealed for urgent action to stop yemen from descending into anarchy. as violence continues in the country. >> yemen is collapsing before our eyes. we cannot stand by and watch. the country is facing multiple challenges. a dangerous political crisis continues in sanaa. prime minister hadi and government ministers and other state officials must be granted freedom of movement. >> yemen's military launched air strikes against al qaeda fighters in southeast yemen. attacked by al qaeda fighters on two army bases in chebwa province. jamal al shayal has more. >> more warnings from u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. what is the

the funds from the u.n. have not arrived yet. >> that's another problem. >> the u.n.is broke. countries promised donations but have not delivered them. i find it as an organization that has run out of money. robert leads the effort. and says the donors have not paid up. >> there's a lot of bad blood. there's two different strands of civil administration in gaza. that needs to be resolved. >> until it is, there are no plans to rehab it tate devastated neighbourhoods. we filmed this on july the 26th. this street was the epicentre of the war. here is the same street from the same vantage point today. israel is about a mile from here. hamas flags flutter from homes, fighters used as bases. israel says they use the hospital as a base too. today this, is all that is left of the hospital. israeli planes dropped thousands of pound of bombs on this neighbourhood. half a mile from the border you see house after house totally destroyed. that is the 'em of the hospital. to this -- edge of the hospital. to this day none of this neighbourhood reconstructed. >> reporter: over seven

it could be u.n. element it could be eu element on the ground, and we need to stabilize the touch line in order to eliminate the possible risk for further attacks. it is exactly what we have in mind. >> reporter: the ukrainian plan will be difficult to achieve. u.n. monitors would require security council approval. russia is likely to veto that. meanwhile, going the eu route it is unlikely some european european countries would be unlikely to send their troops into a battle ground. the mission of the os the from the osce. really important to keep a pressure. >> the security council has anonymity met to discuss ukraine about 30 times in the past year. they do all agree on the minsk peace deals but that clearly is not halting the bloodshed and on any other aspect of the conflict there is no agreement at all. james bays, al jazeera, united nations. >> russian president vladimir putin says he is hopeful for a peaceful agreement. >> minsk was not only agreed by ukraine, russia, france and germany, took the

the u.n.'s top court rules neither serbia or croatia committed genocide during the balkins war. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera and live from doha i'm on the program and celebrating victory of i.s.i.l. a powerful shia malitia says it's now ready to attack the iraqi strongholds. troops from chad and cameroon are stepping up their offensive against boko haram. ♪ the story of the syrian child refugee who has become a musical prodigy in the united states. ♪ now, the u.n. international court of justice is right now ruling on genocide charges that were brought by both serbia and croatia, charges against each other and relate to the conflict that began after croatia broke away from yugoslavia in the 90s and this is the international criminal court and so far said serb forces committed widespread crimes in croatia but they did not amount to genocide and that is when croatia liberated to controlled parts of the east and let's talk to jeffrey, the chief prosecutor in the serbia president and is live no

their main issue is the u.n.n doesn't provide any sort of consequential action if the houthis don't adhere to it if they do not relinquish power and say it's nothing more than condemnation of the paragraph and add to this many of them have already expressed negative sentiment to u.n. to get all sides to agree on some power sharing and said they are losing trust quickly because the only thing that has been consistent throughout the u.n.-sponsored talks are the fact the houthis have been getting more and more powerful not only from a territory perspective but other ways and there has been clashes what are known as local popular forces that were set up by president hadi prior to him being forced to resign to defend the southern regions from any possible houthi advance and members of the security services who it's understood are loyal to the houthis. so far it's the safest of the main cities but that could change if the situation here deteriorates further. >> reporter: denmark police say they arrested two people in c

backing abd-rabbu mansour hadi and the u.n. security council sawing that he is the legitimate president. how significant is this. >> it is very significantly. particularly for abd-rabbu mansour hadi. we have been waiting for the development of the support and critical of the delay in the u.n. coming forward, and expressing support. considering that the u.n. much was behind the and played a crucial role. it has been involved in negotiations. for the u.n. to come at this particular time and be vocal about the support. it's important for him in particular, and for the anti-coup. parties in yemen. and there are several that cyst in many provinces, trying to come together. they have been asked to come to aden. there are party leaders have been invited to come. for him to have the national support from the zc c -- g.c.c. regional power and for him to move on is crucial. and for a petition >>> at teems there were rallies in support of abd-rabbu mansour hadi. what are you hearing about other parts of the country. >> yes, it's a sign of

>>> we'll be live in new york where the u.n. security council has just been told that yemen is collapsing before our eyes. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up after 411 days in jail two al jazeera journalists are granted bail as their retrial begins in cairo. >>> a break through on the ukraine crisis. >>> and trying to preserve an underwater paradise. we'll take a dive on a corral reef threatened by human destruction. ♪ >>> but first, we start with breaking news out of nigeria. that's where a female suicide bomber has blown herself up. the attack happened in a crowded market in borno state. we're working on getting more on that attack that took place in nigeria, and we'll bring it to you. >>> an egyptian court has granted bail to two al jazeera journalists. mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison. they are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. their colleague, australian peter greste

the u.n. claims rival factions have agreed on a transitional council to rule the country after the coup earlier this month. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, a major offensive for mosul. the u.s. sets a time frame for iraqi and peshmerga force to his recapture the city from isil. tense bail out talks on the card after germany rejects a call by greece for more time to sort its finances. ♪ ♪ >> and trying to make a difference in war-torn iraq with music for the people. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in yemen where the u.n. mediator says rival political factions have agreed a people's transitional council to help govern and guide the country out of its political crisis. it comes after shia houthi rebels seized power in a coup earlier this month. the new council would work with the yemen's house of representative to his form laws for the transitional period. more on that story on al jazerra in a few minutes. stay tuned for that. >>> moving onto other news. u