u.n. cease fire has failed to stop attacks. on them julie went on all this is live from london also coming up warnings that famine could return to size sudan where more than half the population is dependent on food handouts plus. you know right the free market like. an emotional appeal a song sung city's fellow female nobel peace laureates visits bangladesh to meet refugees. in hopes of a homemade revival is the first time a film made in sri lanka in more than forty years hits the screen. russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a daily cease fire in the east and in syria and a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave as defense minister says the ceasefire would run from nine am until two pm twenty six people were killed on monday in the rebel held on cave near damascus despite a u.n. resolution calling for a truce across the come. want to say one government airstrike killed a family of nine on sunday syrian troops launched a grand assault entering the through three towns arr

u.n. resolution calling for a truce across the country will monitor say one government is strike killed a family of nine on sunday syrian troops launched a ground assault entering the on klav through three towns harasta house and also we hear of a ship full near now that last time has reportedly been attacked using chlorine gas well as some a binge of a joins us now from gaza on turkey's southern border with syria will sum up this cease fire how effective can these humanitarian pauses be because we've seen this pattern before in the conflict haven't we. absolutely this is not the first time that we're hearing of a humanitarian pause they have happened multiple times in the last seven years of the syrian conflict this one in particular is interesting because since saturday this is the first time that we are seeing any movement on the ground or the call for any movement on the ground since the united nations security council unanimously agreed for the thirty day ceasefire it is worth noting

a u.n. investigation into the conflict in south sudan says there is enough evidence to prosecute at least forty senior government and rebel officers for crimes against humanity and war crimes the u.n. report gives horrific witness accounts of gang rapes castration and ethnic violence insist children are not being spared. human rights watch is accusing me of mars government of using bulldozers to erase the villages of the ridge of people and says these satellite images that you see right here show large scale land clearance which could be aimed at hiding evidence of atrocities under its of thousands of the muslim minority flipped to neighboring bangladesh last year following an army crackdown. european union leaders have been meeting in brussels to decide how to fill the multi billion euro budget shortfall led by britain after it leaves the bloc it's expected to be at least ten billion euros the leaders also need to find funding for new priorities like migration terrorism and border protectio

we shouldn't underestimate the power of these u.n. conferences u.n. sessions of the visibility people watching them on the web con's n.g.o.s coming to geneva being able to run side events activists being able to speak within the council chamber we're station underestimate the importance that member states place on these meetings because they receive visibility there is naming and shaming they feel very much under scrutiny of course these meetings on their own cannot do everything just like human rights defenders across the world on their own can't do everything what we need to do is have a much more global and joined up thinking on this not just rely on those n.g.o.s that are based in geneva or in new york with lots of access but go out on the ground and work with local n.g.o.s empowered and bring them into geneva into universal periodic review sessions into the human rights council we need to ensure that countries like china know that it may not happen it could dissidents if they block them from coming to the human rights council as happened with the

this is you know you news line from berlin the u.n. security council is gathering at this very hour to vote on a temporary ceasefire for syria will russia greenlight a resolution that stops bombs raining down on eastern ghouta the u.n. wants to allow humanitarian aid into thousands of people trapped there without food water or fuel hundreds have been killed since the bombardment started on sunday also coming up. how to fill the hole left by briggs it european union leaders meet to plant future budgets without britain's substantial contribution. to us so we go to the berlin film festival to see a comedy about identity mug is about a man with a new mug and you face the problem is his neighbors don't recognise him anymore which makes life rather difficult and somehow there's a statute of christ involved as well and then i talking shocker at the winter olympics germany stones defending champs canada so booking their place in sunday's final we'll have all the day's action from john chiang. thanks very much for your company. and we begin aga

the u.n. secretary general has used his opening address at the un human rights council to call for an immediate cease fire in east and go to war in syria took center stage on the first day of high level discussions which are being held over the next four weeks they've achieved to has more from geneva the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorise used his opening address to demand the immediate implementation of the cease fire in syria as the news came in of continued government attacks against the rebel held suburb of damascus is them good cannot wait it's high time to stop these health on her death and that remind all parties of their absolute obligation an international humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times and similarly efforts to come backs terrorism do not supersede these obligations like the outgoing human rights high commissioner for the u.n. as i had herad al hussein said he wished to be blunt about where the blame for what

u.n. security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. since then there has been no letup in the war the intensity of the airstrikes and the shelling appears to have dropped when compared to the relentless bombing campaign during the first week of the assault but civilians continue to die those who are able to find underground shelter avoid going outside more than five hundred people have already been killed children and women among them. the first there's. any god give me patience to face this tragedy my children are scattered here and there my son lost three kids such awful memories i know i am blind i lost my house six days ago i have nothing at all i have been here for six days there is no food. chlorine gas has also reportedly been used activists and medics a victim suffered breathing problems and. today we have more than thirty dozens of launching of chemical weapons. we don't know what they. don't care about council decisions. and use chemical weapons against us pro-government for

u.n. spokesman. daily truce is better than nothing we stand ready as soon as the conditions are safe for truck drivers humanitarian workers to roll into these areas. for that to be effective. the fighting needs to stop we need to ensure that there are no roadblocks whether physical or administrative. whether or not. five hours is enough not enough it's a difficult question to answer five hours is better than no hours but we would like to see any sation forces be extended. thirty days as the security council said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that we're able to work the u.k. stephanie ambassador to the u.n. there was criticizing russia's announcement of the humanitarian corridor in syria we've got a clear resolution that's been passed by everybody every member state of the security council is obliged to do everything it can to implement and to see implemented security council resolutions and of course includes russia i've just seen the announcement you referred to and what i

but the u.n. security council will also arise you are more nurses to be in use or to ensure that this happens hey mr breton golden thank you very much indeed. now the united nations human rights council is meeting in geneva these are high level discussions that were lost in the next month and they're expected to cover the state of human rights across the globe the u.n. secretary general antonio he will officially open the session in a little while but that's a see now on the scene as we hear from the u.n. secretary general and indeed the u.n. human rights chief will go back to this session in geneva to hear exactly what their priorities are for this meeting of the council there are about three of these meetings usually every year and they can be fairly controversial so we'll keep you right up to date with developments in geneva here at al-jazeera. south korea in the meantime though is pushing for both the u.s. and north korea to compromise says the talks can go ahead soon but the white house remai

but the u.n. says without an end to the conflict it will be hard to fight against the hunger as long as you have the conflict continuing people will not feel secure in their own being and where they are and without that you don't have them actually producing food and actually contributing to the food needs of what our imperatives. lactase is to look at now the people who are in need and make sure we get the resources to provide them the assistance that in the needs that keep increasing day by day with adults and children at risk of starving to death and there are millions of people morgan out of there are juba the u.s. supreme court has dealt a blow to attempts by president onil trying to end protections for children of undocumented immigrants on monday ruled the trunk administration must wait before ending the program can really help it has the story. it's an issue that has divided americans for years the deferred action for childhood arrivals daca program was put in place by president barack oba

well the u.n. security council met today to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u.k. and the other by russia now the u.k. draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo this came after u.n. experts said in january that iranian military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but they also stated they were unable to verify the supplier now in contrast russia's draft resolution called for the renewal of sanctions until february twenty ninth but did not mention iran now russia vetoed the u.k. resolution but russia's resolution passed unanimously and the russian ambassador expressed his sentiments and let's take a quick look at what he had to say. i will be frank the wording advanced in the british draft is liable to have dangerous destabilizing ramifications and this is not only applicable to the situation in yemen but also to the region o

the u.n. says the number of people in south sudan who don't know where their next meal is coming from has risen to an alarming level a new report says sixty percent of the population now totally depend on handouts and half of them are on the brink of starvation people morgan reports from juba barely able to stand and to think that's what john told the doctors when she brought in her two year old son got in for a checkup but she cannot hide her grief when asked why he was in bad condition. we have no food in the house i planned to visit greens but that's not enough and you can't afford to buy food from the marketing every day sometimes we eat one meal sometimes we don't eat. doctors say getting his money and is not alone the u.n. children's organization unicef says more than one point three million children are at risk of being malnourished by july if not given assistance ok my son philip is one of them. i brought my child here because he hasn't gotten proper food for so long that the little fo

take effect the u.n. security council failed to support a proposal for a truce russia a veto wielding member of the council called it unrealistic saying it's not sure what it called terrorists are in agreement was. the are the people of eastern huta still have their voices they are hoping to be heard but campaigns like this one have been tried in the past they didn't stop the bloodshed. residential areas are being hit buildings are being flattened there is a wide scale destruction and the international community is still silent. about it you know the civil defense volunteers have been overwhelmed since the battle for control of east of escalated one of them discovered the body of his mother under the rubble there is desperation but little sign that scenes like this will not happen again. beirut. investigators looking into the plane crash near the russian capital say there was no explosion on board the aircraft before it went down shortly after taking off all seventy one people on board died when the aircr

u.n. cease fire has failed to stop attacks. warnings famine could return to south sudan where more than half the population is dependent on food and sauce. you know right the pre-market feel like. an emotional appeal as long songs to cheese a fellow female nobel peace laureates visit to meet with him refugees also. got i really believe i'd run in there even if i didn't have a weapon. present trouble criticizes the first deputies on the scene of the florida school shooting calling them a disgrace. in s'pore a new star but some familiar problems for former f former world champion from along side the spaniard hitting trouble on day one of pre-season testing in balsa long. it's a warm welcome to the news hour russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a daily cease fire in east and in syria and a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave his defense minister says the ceasefire will run from nine am until two pm another twenty six people have been killed on monday in the rebel held o

the people of syria face a direct humanitarian crisis u.n. security council resolution two four zero one has established a framework for all parties to agree upon conditions to elevate the plight of civilians throughout the country russia together with the syrian government have already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in east now it is the turn of the militants and their sponsors to act the militants entrenched there continue the shelling of damascus blocking a delivery is and the evacuation of those wishing to leave well this was contradicted by the russian president vladimir putin he says russia managed to get quite a big group of civilians out of some a binge of itis following the story of that. sources on the ground have not confirmed this large number as reported by the russian president who has crossed over from the crossing into government held parts of damascus many people are still stranded in besieged easton who the home to nearly four hundred thousand people that the second day of this so-called truce and paus

i think the u.n. report obtained by a disease at a says the saudi led coalition was responsible for killing sixty eight children and wounding thirty six others from july to september and found there were at least thirty coalition air raids every day some targeting schools and homes as well as the saudis the u.n. blames truthy rebels for the deaths of eighteen children and wounding twenty nine others the u.n. describes what's going on in yemen as the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in the world and the conflict is making an already dire situation even worse it's not just affecting to modernise affecting our everyone in and then it's making seventy five percent of the population center our concern is that as long as it continues we are going to see more and more. secure we're also going to see more and more nigeria needs a crisis while. the united nations children's fund also known as unicef says more than five thousand children have been killed or injured in the war an average of five children a day

the u.n. says in situations like that it's impossible to know who's explosives were in the field the taleban denies using minds but the u.n. says it does as of about two thousand and ten there was verified use of improvised victim activated devices of improvised landmines and the u.n. has evidence that the taliban has been planting improvised landmines in afghanistan u.n. officials want to start removing abandoned roadside bombs and other explosives to do that they'll have to negotiate with all sides of the conflict to access areas where recent fighting has ended or what. it's a big problem every day one or two people step on a mine both sides plant explosives but if the government and the taliban the other day an old man was looking after his cattle and the bomb exploded the un's new plan is a bold one but officials hope it will make life a bit safer for civilians who are so often the victims of this long war jennifer glass al jazeera the saab southern afghanistan. and sons or chief faces a n

a confidential u.n. report has found that north korea violated sanctions by earning around two hundred million dollars last year from exporting banned materials including coal and steel the report also found pyongyang sold weapons to the governments of syria. in c.s. tire reports. using what's been described as a combination of multiple evasion techniques brute and deceptive tactics north korea ship coal to ports in russia china south korea malaysia and vietnam so says the report to the un security council sanctions committee that also says pyongyang urged nearly two hundred million dollars from the sale of banned exports last year it's not actually surprised in the north korean gauges and sanctions busting china has allowed poor sanctions to sort of go on that tolerated port sanctions now for several decades the u.n. says evidence of north korean military cooperation with syria and me and mark was also uncovered as well as providing ballistic missiles to the myanmar government investigators say north ko

the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agreed to. a last minute as long as no starting date for the truce list that the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach the very end and. that's it for now you are watching news to join us again at the top of the hour or you can also check out our website dot com or follow us on twitter. we make up oh but we watch as. the end of the two types. the civil service are. the ones to shape the continent's future. part of it and join. us they share their stories their dreams. the seventy seven percent plus for.

al-jazeera has obtained a u.n. report which says the saudi led coalition bears the greatest responsibility for the deaths of dozens of children in yemen last summer it says the coalition was responsible for the killings of sixty eight children and wounding thirty six others from july to september the report found there were at least thirty coalition raids every day some targeting schools and homes but also points the finger hoofy rebels blaming them for the deaths of eighteen children and for wounding twenty nine others suzanne meagen is a protection and advocacy adviser on yemen at the norwegian refugee council joins us now on skype from djibouti good to have you with us first of all do you think this report will result in any accountability. well i'd like to think that but we haven't seen any of these report taken seriously so far and indeed this report details children who have been killed in attacks in violence but it doesn't account for the millions of others that are affected by the conflict including thousan

possibly within the u.n. says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control because of what it calls an extreme escalation of hostilities scores of civilians have been killed since sunday and the number continues to rise. there are hundreds of injuries as well doctors are appealing to the international community to force the government to allow supplies in several cars food we have shortages in medicine and medical supplies because the regime has been hitting this area for weeks we've had to deal with many injuries imagine we know a longer have blood bags the the attic. the un is demanding an end to the targeting of civilians but for the syrian government and its allies this is a military tactic. they hope that by inflicting suffering on the population they will turn against the rebels and force them to surrender. eastern hooter's the last remaining opposition stronghold around damascus comments made by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov about what he calls using the experience in aleppo and the

the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agreed to back the deal at the last minutes as long as no starting date for the troops that was passed the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern goes half. don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our off from google play or the apple store that will give you access to all the agents news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use to send us your photos and videos. you're watching the news stay with us. w.'s program guide. highlights. the whole. dot com highlights. one. inch or so.

the u.n. security council unanimously adopted a resolution to extend sanctions on yemen with russia blocking an earlier draft that condemned the wrong. position he gets ready for the weekend's general election protesters across the country turning violence to stop a center right coalition coming to. us. russian athletes agreed by families friends and founders back home after the winter olympics closes in south korea. i'm kate burridge and you're watching the latest headlines here in r.t. international thank you for joining us. russia says it's setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian on clay feasting to allow civilians to leave the war ravaged district. is located just outside the capital damascus and has been occupied by various rebel on terror groups for years violence has recently escalated there with both sides exchanging fire and accusing each other of targeting civilians moscow now says it will help establish a humanitarian corridor and launch daily five hour pauses to provide aid

security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks follows tension over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital diplomatic editor james bass as more. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to an ra the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence and

says work the main document to scald the u.n. charter it's the constitution of the united nations and it gives the security council the power but the ultimate power to deal with peace and security in the world but clearly that document was come up with some seventy years ago in the last seven years in syria they have failed quite miserably on that effort and certainly the latest developments in syria were the first thing that was mentioned by the secretary general antonio terrace i am deeply saddened by the terrible suffering of the civilian population. eastern ghouta four and a thousand people that believe. in hell on earth my appeal to all those involved is for any immediate suspension of all war d.v.d.'s in eastern guta to try and make that happen a number of nations have been working hard to security council members sweden and kuwait kuwait's the current president of the security council been drafting a new resolution they want to put towards the un security council to a vote possibly by the end of the week the swedish ambass

u.n. says it's impossible to evacuate the injured or send aid to civilians in the truces short window between nine am and two pm instead it's called on all sides to implement the full thirty day ceasefire agreement at this. there is a council on saturday russia's pause in fighting has just begun for a second day but the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught of the least thirteen killed in fighting xenophobia is live for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon so it is in effect now any news coming from there on the developments. well. call we're not getting any reports. or airstrikes so like i mentioned in. pause in the fighting taking effect approximately an hour ago we have to stress that this is a five hour pause in the fighting that is over. and that is what we saw yesterday but during this five hours undoubtedly it is a welcome for the residents the hundreds of thousands of people who are trapped in eastern yesterday we saw them emerge from the bunkers trying to look for

but the u.n. says without an end to the conflict it will be hard to fight against the hunger as long as you have the conflict continuing people a lot feel secure in their own being and where they are and without that you don't have them actually producing food and actually contributing to the food needs of what our imperatives i should maintain lactase is to look at now the people who are in need and make sure we get the resources to provide them the assistance that in the second needs that's keeping creasing day by day with adults and children at risk of starving to death and there are millions of people morgan al-jazeera juba. we've got and. joining us now are food security and livelihood advisor at the charity world vision he's in juba for us thank you for your time sir. i mean the situation is so dire so very bad tell me about the acute problem at the moment before we get on to any you know ending of conflict how can groups like yours and many other charities actually feed all these people who

five nations they will work closely together with the u.n. and french forces already deployed on the ground and again the presence of really setting the tone at the beginning of this conference when he said that unless something is done to really stabilize the sile to crack down on groups and trafficking of people and on that the region will simply descend into chaos and violence and that is something that of course european leaders do not want to see because there have been an increasing number of refugees making their way up from west africa and reaching european shores and that is something european leaders say they want to stop. the united nations is making an appeal to the international community to help with humanitarian efforts in the central african republic the agency says half of the population requires urgent assistance of fighting between various armed groups plunge the country into a civil war in two thousand and thirteen catherine sawyer reports from the town of briere. says she had a farm and have family didn't rely on anyone f

the u.n. secretary general annan the u.n. high commissioner for human rights both spoke in geneva today expressing their anger their frustration at the continued bombing the continued violence and abuse against the people of eastern guta at this stage what more can the un's agencies actually do. we'll give you the press treated well all these occasions where we want to go in and provide help and we're not able to go in because the planning continues yes this resolution is there but he now wants all parties to this crisis to get together to start fighting and all those windows on these groups from inside out from our state city and to encounter to give. pause and jobs that we can go in simply remember we don't go in with. enough in our own private between those with the understanding that we're going to be protected and everything gaijin including inside. and out freedom of the places and we need to have those assurances there are stuff we can go into that were let me get a final thought from you i mean it's hard for us to eve

a u.n. security council resolution regarding given that was suggested by russia has been adopted unanimously on monday russia had vetoed a draft resolution that condemned iran over actions in the water and country r.t. samir a car reports. russia's draft resolution has passed unanimously in the security council today they met to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u.k. and the other by russia of a u.k. draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo now this came after u.n. experts said in january that iranian military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but also stated that they were unable to verify the supplier and russia's draft resolution called for the renewal of sanctions until february twentieth but did not mention iran the russian ambassador called for political dialogue and expressed the need for the u.n. to come clo

wallaces in groups or the u.n. monitors who went into eastern alaska to allow the evacuation that were very effective well let's talk to me a done deal he's a resident and civil activist in duma that's inside the eastern good day joins us now via skype from there at mia the images we're seeing are not t.v. screens are absolutely horrific bring us up to date with what you're seeing and hearing on the ground. first of all thank you for having me and your family well why are you asking me this question. right now it's really terrifying yesterday. one of them is a child with chemical burns. besides this twenty. two medical treatment there is a treatment of course today and they have a monitor there was the will. be able to. do my city with artillery shells pretty terrifying we hope that. the meeting with the united nations about fire in. syria we. are really. working but obviously. in the opposite of a. ground offensive. on the line. and we are i mean you are talking about. chemical attack as we're talking to you we're

the u.n. security council resolution regarding yemen that was proposed by russia has been adopted unanimously on monday russia vetoed a draft resolution tabled by the u.k. that condemned iran over actions in yemen so use american reports. russia's draft resolution has passed unanimously in the security council today they met to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u.k. and the other by russia of a u.k. draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo now this came after u.n. experts said in january that iranian military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but also stated that they were unable to verify the supplier and russia's draft resolution called for the renewal of sanctions until february twenty nine hundred but did not mention iran the russian ambassador called for political dialogue and expressed the need for the u.n. to c

the u.n. security council has been trying to agree on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire but last minute amendments by russia forced the vote to be postponed to saturday. sweden's u.n. ambassador voiced his exasperate. i'm trying to facilitate and meaningful outcome of this security council so i can only protect what we're trying to do and that is to have a resolution adopted yesterday and now we have not achieved i find that extremely frustrating given what we are faced with on the ground. hopes are that agreement on a cease fire would finally allow sorely needed a deliberate and medical evacuations. well i'm now joined by middle east analyst who always who also worked as a correspondent in damascus for many years thanks for joining us so what guarantees is russia looking for that's what this thing they need in order to pass this resolution. is. for the situation to be finished on the ground forward for the forces and the forces to to russia are mainly the forces of. iranian backed militia w

these do not supersede these obligations u.n. agencies say war displacement of an economic crisis of food insecurity inside sudan to unprecedented levels with more than sixty percent of the population at risk of starvation and july. three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow laureate aung sang suu kyi to speak out about violence against her him jim islams warning she risks prosecution for genocide women are visiting refugee camps in bangladesh and they've told me in my leader to wake up to the atrocities facing the way him neymar does not recognize the range as an ethnic group and has blamed violence in rakhine state on terrorists yes supreme court has dealt a blow to president donald trump insisting he must keep the protections he's tried to end for immigrants brought into the u.s. illegally as children the trumpet ministration was trying to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program by dhaka by march the fifth those are current headlines come to the cost is next. raising awareness of the plight of t

the u.n. has removed a police unit from a base in south sudan amid allegations of the sexual exploitation of women in the protection of civilians camp forty six police officers were called from the while county and confined to base after complaints came to light a preliminary investigation found some members of the police unit allegedly transactional sex with women living at the site. at least twenty six people have been killed in a series of attacks across afghanistan most of them army personnel taliban fighters stormed a military outpost in the west where they killed at least twenty soldiers security forces were also targeted in lashkar gah and another attack happened in nearby nada ali i still has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in kabul also tony berkley brings us more from the afghan capital . another bloody day in afghanistan three suicide bombings at a large scale taliban attack on an afghan army base the first attack was in kabul at eight thirty on saturday morning the tar

russia has vetoed a u.n. resolution which would have criticized tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of hoofy rebels in yemen instead the security council unanimously adopted a russian proposed resolution which didn't mention iran diplomatic as a james pays reports from the un in new york for the middle east this was an important moment russia for the first time casting its veto in the security council to protect iraq it came in a moment of high drama in the council chamber to rival resolutions on yemen to back to back votes. the one vetoed by russia was a u.k. draft back strongly by the u.s. which contained criticism of iran it received eleven votes in favor because of russia's position it failed they moved on to russia's own draft without any mention of iran security council members aware that sanctions in yemen would collapse if there was no new resolution back to unanimously it led to angry exchanges the u.k.'s resolution was a simple common sense when it called out iran f

shakeup in saudi arabia as the kingdom replaces its military chief and other senior defense officials a u.n. resolution taking aim at iran for fueling the war in yemen fails. and from russia with love how dancers are spreading a message of kindness around the world. after ten days of intense bombardment on syria's eastern go to the fighting is supposed to stop at least temporarily russia has ordered a pause in fighting which is due to begin about now the five a ceasefire will be observed in the rebel held district between nine am and two pm local time every day but activists say there was heavy shelling overnight more than five hundred fifty people have been killed. in the past ten days on sunday opposition forces reported a suspected poison gas attack russia says evacuation code rules will will be set up to allow civilians to leave the area within four hundred thousand people are tracked in eastern goods and it's unclear where they will go and the district's been under siege since two thousand and thirteen said the daily pause could offer some response it but it does fall short of a un sec

well because the u.n. is not a thing and its own right the un is really just the will of its collective members and if all the big powers in the world agree on something then usually you can get something done it's when they don't agree that you run into problems like the one we experience here the un security council is structured so that the five permanent members russia the u.s. china france and britain they've got to be to want it and when one of their allies is the subject of the u.n. security council resolution as is this case because the president bashar assad of syria he's an ally of most guys and the most good can use its veto and it can stop any action taking place there and that really is one of the frailties of the international system but also one of the check the balance the unable to function right james analyst u.n. correspondent in new york thank you all right want to tell you now about some of the other stories making headlines right now human rights groups fear that to mean mars the gove

the u.n. security council has been trying to agree on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire but last minute amendments by russia forced a vote to be postponed to saturday. sweden's u.n. ambassador voiced his exasperated and. i'm trying to facilitate and meaningful outcome of this security council so i can only protect what we're trying to do and that is to have a resolution adopted yesterday and now we have not achieved i find that extremely frustrating given what we are faced with on the ground. hopes are that agreement on a cease fire would finally allow sorely needed aid deliveries and medical evacuations. u.s. president donald trump has announced a new round of economic sanctions on north korea washington is taking aim at shipping companies from nine countries accused of illegal trading with people young the measures are intended to force north korea to relinquish its nuclear and missile programs now in a speech to the conservative political action conference trump said the new measures were

u.n. peacekeepers. the united nations has warned russia's partial truce in the syrian rebel enclave of east and go to is not enough to help improve the situation the u.n. says it's impossible to evacuate the injured or send aid to civilians in the truces short window between nine am and two pm instead it's called on all sides to implement the full thirty day ceasefire agreed at the security council on saturday russia's pause in fighting has just begun for a second day but the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught with at least thirteen killed in fighting. u.n. experts are accusing north korea of supplying the syrian government with items to create ballistic missiles and chemical weapons the report is expected to be publicly released next month and outlines north korea's dealings with syria over the past ten years the supply of such items would breach u.n. sanctions the syrian government has been accused of using chemical weapons and what is live for us from beirut in neighb

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire in syria russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute on condition that they have been knows the sophistication of when the truce woodstock's now the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in the past week. the bombs have been raining down on eastern ghouta for an entire week as smoke and ash filled the sky over this rebel held district near damascus those on the ground continue to pull victims from the rubble they've been under siege here for years but casualties are now spiking sharply. the survivors are being treated in a makeshift hospital near damascus activists say this is the work of indiscriminate cluster and phosphorous bombs fired by the syrian regime children to bear witness to the carnage. in another missile landed but it was a small one tha

secretary of state -- sorry, the u.n. secretary of state rex tillerson have described as ethnic cleansing. now veteran u.s. diplomat and former governor of new mexico other bill richardson, has resigned from an international advisory board on the rohingya crisis, calling it a cheerleading operation for aung san suu kyi. richardson has held multiple top-level positions as acc net secretary, u.n. ambassador, governor of new mexico, and tireless human rights campaigner. he told me why he's in despair about the crisis in myanmar. governor richardson, welcome from new mexico. >> thank you. >> can i ask you first to put this into context? i mean, america was the sort of shining bastion of light, calling for democracy and supporting aung san suu kyi in myanmar. why is this important, this crisis, for americans to understand and to grapple with? >> well because, first of all, we're talking about potentially one million refugees being raped, killed, mistreated. america's always had a humanitarian streak. secondly, you mentioned it

the u.n. chief is calling it hell on earth syria's government continues to pound the rebel held district of eastern. we cannot protect their. children survivors of the florida school shooting to send on the state's capital calling for action on gun control. stories of horrific killings a population living in fear the u.n. warns a humanitarian disaster in democratic republic of congo is unfolding. story in sports american lindsey vonn concludes this period and then pick i'll find king by winning downhill bronze in pyongyang time. syrian government bombs are continuing to rain down on the rebel held this strict. eastern hooten near damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and all indications are that this is just the beginning the bombardment involves airstrikes rockets shelling and barrel bombs of crude unguided the vice filled with explosives and sometimes shrapnel and oil now according to medical sources eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone other civilian b

incendiary rockets rained down on rebel held east as the u.n. security council struggles to agree on a cease fire plan. no i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up a report from northeast nigeria where the government has apologized to the families of dozens of missing schoolgirls for giving them false information. it's time to make our schools a much harder taller for attackers president rallies the conservative faithful saying a school with no guns is a dangerous place. and the u.s. confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may for the seventieth anniversary of israel's founding. the death toll continues to climb in syria where government of a rival held enclave near the capital shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern ghouta first six straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred forty three people in the past week alone meanwhile at the united nations a vote is expected to take place this hour on imposing a thirty day ceasefire in syria after last minute negotiations. reports from gaza

to allow the u.n. to supervise the return of ranger refugees boris johnson made the playoff to visiting displaced muslim villages in real high and state and refugee camps in bangladesh johnson says suchi appears to be out of touch with the reality on the ground those are the headlines you are today we're back with more after inside story. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. a military crackdown or election campaigning egypt's president orders a massive army operation in northern sinai weeks before his reelection bid but is the cleanup of what he calls terrorist hotbeds the answer this is inside story.

in the u.n. says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control because of what it calls an extreme escalation of hostilities scores of civilians have been killed since sunday and the number continues to rise. there are hundreds of injuries as well doctors are appealing to the international community to force the government to allow supplies in. we have shortages in medicine and medical supplies because the regime has been hitting this area for weeks we've had to deal with many injuries imagine longer have blood bags. the un is demanding an end to the targeting of civilians but for the syrian government and its allies this is a military tactic. they hope that by inflicting suffering on the population they will turn against the rebels and force them to surrender. eastern as the last remaining opposition stronghold around damascus comments made by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov what he calls using the experience in a free and there are causing concern the syrian government regain c

the u.n. thinks the number of refugees is probably much higher but they are in areas two or more years and dangerous to reach those that make it to temporary camps tell stories of their escape while among women oh i know. i had to take all my clothes off and jump into the river i was completely soaked but i didn't have a choice i was running for my life. the head of the norwegian refugee council says aid agencies are overwhelmed and under-funded this situation is worse now because more armed groups are doing more attacks than ever before. just outside of town here in been the where several massacres in recent days and therefore more people have fled into town violence began to increase and eastham do ya see when president joseph kabila refused to step down at the end of his mandate in twenty sixteen now it's reached a new level ballasts al-jazeera nigerian officials say fifty girls remain missing following an attack by boko haram fighters on a village and you know by state and ninety one stude