the u.n. correspondents have an annual garlic dinner to raise money for charity while in december he produced a video at that. dinner making fun of himself and even suggesting that he never actually being secretary general is actually morgan freeman who'd been playing him all along. all right james thank you for that that's a very nice thought on which to leave this sequence where we've been talking about the death of koffi annan the former u.n. secretary general james face thanks. now to some other news because thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued in the southern indian state of carola as heavy rain continues to batter the region more than one hundred ninety people have died in just over a week almost all the districts in kerala are on alert with the flooding potentially affecting most of the state's thirty five million people it's so bad the international airport has been shut down for at least a week and tourists have been told to stay away so far more than three hundred t

the u.n. secretary general for ten years a nobel peace know. kofi annan was born in ghana joining the un in one thousand nine hundred sixty two rising through the ranks to be the organizations head of peacekeeping at the time of genocide in rwanda eight hundred thousand people were killed he later said it was one of his greatest regrets that he was not able to do more to hold the bloodshed i haave on and i go beyond sullenly says who have suddenly became the first u.n. staff to take over the top job he prepared the un for a new millennium. his ten year coincided with the arrival of a new president in the white house he is. after nine eleven the u.s. invaded afghanistan. and then dividing the u.n. security council. iraq. he had tried to avoid war with tireless diplomacy and by keeping a team of weapons inspectors in the country until the last moment later the un went back into baghdad after the invasion but its compound was then bombed with twenty two staff killed iraq was also the biggest cont

a u.n. panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in a still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or to the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict around has been supplying hooty f

welcome to the program former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has died and was eighty years old he served as the seventh secretary general from one nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six and was the first to rise to the top of the united nations from within the ranks of the organization he received the nobel peace prize jointly with the united nations in two thousand and one for their work towards a more peaceful world now the current u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has voiced his sorrow at the news that is passed away in a statement he said. it was a guiding force for good it is with profound sadness that i learned of his passing in many ways was the united nations. deputy secretary general of the united nations i mean the mohammed joins me now on the line from nigeria good to have you with us live on al-jazeera this mohammed your reaction to the news of kofi death. stakes credibility cups a little speeches karen strange. but quite surreal to to even talk about kofi annan and. credibly. tra

and see with the u.n. security council resolution two two one six essentially demanded of answer all of the who through these at that time the. wind it was in league with them to surrender their arms and to withdraw from sun and before any political talks could take place in short they were asking for a condition of observation there before political negotiations so that effectively blocked. her saying return to what i think is so important about this report it is that they do hold responsible hardy's government and they are by those who are backing him for the welfare of the yemeni population as a condition of being recognized as the legitimate government of yemen and that has not been done elsewhere say lismore for were very hot they still have the upper hand in the northern part of the country of a survey of the term and to continue to fight. b. does the whole thing movement see any way out of this crisis in yemen any time soon . i do if the saudi led coalition will continue their blockade in yemen will

the u.n. says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge or following their recent fact finding mission on me and more three investigators presented their report in geneva on monday included among the findings that mean more is armed forces also known as the top of my down took actions that in the words of the un investigators undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top to mentor generals in relation to the three categories of crimes under international law genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes after attacks by rohinton gunmen in iraq and state a year ago government forces began a crackdown against the rohingya the un says reports of up to ten thousand killed are conservative estimates. around three quarters of a million of the muslim minority fled to neighboring bangladesh many live here in ca to belong camp the

death including from the current u.n. secretary general antonio tennis i believe we have a tribute to him that he posted on twitter can have a look at that. that's right he said anon was the guiding force for good he joins the world in mourning his loss in these turbulent and trying times and as legacy as a global champion for peace will remain a true inspiration for us all so dagmar can you talk to us a bit about what kofi annan did then after leaving his position as u.n. general secretary touched on it a little bit before but what else can you tell us about i mentioned it briefly was the un special envoy to syria he made the rescind his own plight and he chaired the elder this it's a group of top form a statesman and peace nobel laureates for example south african desmond tutu is part of the group and they're trying to spread mandela's mrs of peace and reconciliation to young africans he was really involved in that as he was chairing a plus last but not least he had his own foundation which pushes for better governments

u.n. doesn't have the jurisdiction to weigh in on iran's case against sanctions canada faces pressure as the u.s. and mexico reach a new trade deal that replaces nafta. and that's not a little thing that you know all of us really enjoy women have been wondering how much time we'll have to live inside of a few. ranges call for concrete action after a damning u.n. report indicts mean mars military for a genocide against their community. fellow a united nations panel has blamed all sides involved in yemen's war for committing possible war crimes a report by the un experts say there is reason to believe that the governments of yemen saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are responsible for human rights violations it says the internationally recognized any government and the saudi u.a.e. coalition may have conducted disproportionate attacks that could constitute war crimes the group also presented evidence that's who the and other rebels have committed potential war crimes which include torture attacks o

by kana as at the u.n. for for us mike says he said they're one of the most strongly worded reports on the treatment of their hand as we've heard some of what the terrorists had to say what else has been so the meeting what one must remember that this meeting was shared told before that report from the human rights un human rights council was actually issued however the report itself overshadowed the entire meeting obviously all delegates mentioning the report in terms of the speeches they made to the council earlier we heard from the british delegates saying that before the security council decides how to act on the report it needs to go to formal debate with the human rights council which commissioned the report in the first place some other members wanted more immediate action from the security council we heard a very strongly worded speech from the u.s. ambassador who had this to say we are now all armed with the devastating i witness accounts of the rohingya which lead us to the following conclusions c

the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen a war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in a still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or just the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict. iran has been supplying hooty fighters for the us in the uki has been backing the saudi led coalition the panel also criticised the site in what was a strongly worded report they need to send investigators into yemen and would have been welcomed by the whole of the many many time so when they have a good evidence then they can bring anyone to just

the u.n. calls for top generals and me in march to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up back to the bargaining table the u.s. and mexico make a deal on trade and now they say canada should be part of it. iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and france's president says it's time for europe to stop depending on america for its security. soldiers and me and have committed the greatest crimes under international law by attacking or injure muslims according to the united nations its investigators say at least ten thousand people have been killed during military attacks last august where most prominent representative to the united nations says his government does not recognize the fact finding mission and has no relationship with it whatsoever well homage on june reports. the u.n. says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the ro

a u.n. panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to war crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen a war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in hostile it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or does the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict. iran has been supplying hooty f

well the current u.n. secretary general until you get terrorists has voiced his sorrow at the news that his predecessor passed away and in a statement good terrorist said you know that was a guiding force for good it was with profound sadness that i learned of his passing in many ways kofi annan was the united nations rather than jordan joins us now from the u.n. headquarters in new york and one assumes that the tributes have been pouring in roles. the tributes have been pouring in of course you noted the statement of the current secretary general antonio good tanishq we've also heard from the outgoing high commissioner for human rights prince zaid hussein who considered mr on a mentor and someone who kept his spirits up while he was serving as the high commissioner for human rights. leaders such as theresa may the british prime minister just sent and the new zealand prime minister the former british prime minister tony blair notably at this hour we have not heard from the u.s. president donald trump and t

after leaving the u.n. in 2007, annan remained involved in diplomatic efforts, including serving as an envoy in syria in 2012. the newshour's jeffrey brown talked with him about the united nation's role in 2012 after the publication of the former secretary-general's memoir. >> we have a spegoat... a scapegoat role, if you wish, and an alibi role. when things are really desperate and hopeless and you can't do anything about this, and there's a sense that something must be done, that is something that usually leads to the u.n. you dump it on the u.n., and you, as a member state, you have done something. it's those incompetent people at the u.n.iv who are not ding. no. and my predecessor, boutros, used to say the letters "s.g." doesn't stand for "secretary- b genera "scapegoat." >> sroieenivasan:ng me now from oak bluffs, massachusetts, via skype is helene gayle, president and of the chicago community trust and former president and c.e.o. of care. first, how did you know kofi annan? >> well, i first met kofi w

a u.n. panel of experts on yemen is set to issue its report on the violations committed by all sides during the three year war. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha navigate also ahead canada faces pressure as the u.s. and mexico reach a new trade deal that replaces. all of us were injured women have been wondering how much time we will have to live inside every. roll call for concrete action after a damning u.n. report indicts mean more is military for genocide against the community plus the czech republic battles against a heat wave that's dried up one of its most important rivers and wiped out crops. hello the united nations group of experts on yemen will shortly release their first report into alleged human rights violations carried out by all sides during the three year long war at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed as a direct result of the fighting the u.n. estimates that two thirds of civilian deaths were caused by saudi led coalition air attacks while

he was the head of the u.n. peacekeeping force he became the u.n. secretary general having to deal with very difficult issues like rwanda before he even got the top job he often was quoted in several into the saying is that rwanda was one of his main regrets for our viewers who won't be too familiar perhaps with what happened in rwanda james just unlikeness. well it was it was the whole issue of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in rwanda and the un security council's decision not reinforcing that mission which some say led to pulling genocide that took place in rwanda certainly something that scarred him and tested him but of course he had the test come when he took on the top job of u.n. secretary general for that ten year term because the thing that coincided with his secretary general was the bush administration's decision to go into afghanistan but then more importantly in two thousand and three in march two thousand and three to start desert storm the operation to invade iraq something that he'd worked tirelessly to avoid remember as weapons inspe

the u.n. secretary general has asked the security council to seriously consider calls by investigators to prosecute generals in man march for genocide and would follow as a u.n. fact finding mission which called for charges to be brought against five generals and me and mars army chief crackdown on minority ringette muslims. donald trump has accused google of promoting negative news articles about him on its search and engine problems also accused facebook and twitter of silencing conservative voices and valve to address the situation. process environment minister has shocked the french president by resigning on live radio without telling his boss first nicolaus who was a popular t.v. presenter and campaigner before joining politics says the government just isn't making enough progress on fighting climate change that's not about law or has this report from parents. it was on french radio that nicolas will announce his sudden resignation as france's environment minister the pre-mortal the first

former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has died aged eighty eighty he served from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six and the see the nobel peace prize jointly with the organization. by the saudi led coalition in an attack on a school bus in yemen last month was supplied by the us that's according to u.s. media reports fifty one people were killed in the attack forty of them were children. thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued in the southern indian state of carola as heavy rain continues to batter the region more than one hundred ninety people have died in just over a week. four days off the taliban fighters are pushed out of the afghan city of gaza any the un says it's not safe for civilians or aid workers to get in or out of the city more than two hundred civilians were killed one hundred morris wounded during the five day assaults charlotte dallas has the latest. the un's humanitarian chief in afghanistan visits patients wounded in the taliban assaults o

the former u.n. secretary general and nobel peace laureate kofi annan has died at the age of eighty . you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also ahead calls for action as evidence suggests the bomb used by the saudi led coalition that killed forty children in yemen was made in the united states hundreds killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. by the worst floods in a century and a new leader at the helm takes charge of pakistan's prime minister promising a corruption free government. hello the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has died he served from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six and was the first to rise to the top job from within the ranks of the organization stuff received the nobel peace prize along with the u.n. in two thousand and one for his humanitarian service our diplomatic editor james bays looks back at his life and legacy. a towering figure on the global stage bringing the peace bell of the united nations a man who did so much in th

hello the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan is being lauded as a man of peace and champion of rights after his death in switzerland he served from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six and is widely credited for raising the world body's profile during the two terms but regrets haunted him too including the rwanda genocide our diplomatic editor james bays looks back at and don's life and legacy. a towering figure on the global stage bringing the peace bell of the united nations a man who did so much in the cause of global peace. u.n. secretary general for ten years a nobel peace laureate. kofi annan was born in ghana joining the un in one thousand nine hundred sixty two rising through the ranks to be the organizations head of peacekeeping at the time of genocide in rwanda eight hundred thousand people were killed he later said it was one of his greatest regrets that he was not able to do more to halt the bloodshed i am happy on and i hope you and sullenly souad when he became the fi

ambassador to the u.n. now rent remoting the indian prime minister all paying tribute to honor his dedication to humankind and to his belief that people can be unified despite their deep political differences others career had as many lows as it had highs but because he worked his way up from the bottom there was a level of respect that he had by the time he died on saturday and it's in that spirit that the united nations is going to lower its blue flag around the world to have staff for the next three days hundreds of people have been running in mani's capital against the reaction of president of to him but. many of them supporters of opposition to say say who last sunday's runoff seems to have dismissed the results as paddy and lines on his campaign team have filed an appeal to mani's top court for some ballots to be canceled. now former. iran khan has been sworn in as prime minister of pakistan it's taken khan more than two decades to get the top job offer for taiwan from the sport and turning his attent

and then dividing the u.n. security council. iraq. he had tried to avoid war with tireless diplomacy and by keeping a team of weapons inspectors in the country until the last moment later the un went back into baghdad after the invasion but its compound was then bombed with twenty two staff killed iraq was also the biggest controversy of his decade in the un job the oil for food program set up to help iraqis lead to massive corruption with the secretary general's own son kojo implicated by jeff. when he stepped down at the u.n. he addressed these remarks to his successor banki moon. you have to take over the most impossible job on and of could. while that may be true i would. i would add this is also the best possible job when. he did not choose to go into quote retirement he was the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria and twenty twelve coming up with a plan that would have ended the war six years ago. it was ignored by the parties that continue to point. well recently he went to myanmar coming up with proposals that form the basis of

occupation hidden by u.n. mercenary guns fake aid fake election fake charity that's what we want as haitians and and for instance after the earthquake we started my organization the network because we were not getting help because the people were being given dirty water by the n.g.o.s we started a program. which gives clean water it's a very tiny project but it is a haiti led haiti one and a transfer of skills to haitian without a middleman those a type of projects that people who are interested in helping haiti can do assist and ended digit is haiti lead haiti capacity building organization not an organization that's that's that's building up the capacity of the ngos all right it was really interesting insights to hear from you as really actually thanks for this interview i have never heard someone speak so passionately about the country and speak the way you speak about the country i wish you all the vast in your future endeavors as a leader until we were talking to you the haitian human rights lawyer about

welcome to the news of the u.n. security council has been debating a report calling for senior officers in million miles military to face genocide charges released on monday details mass killings and gang rapes of wrangler since investigators say at least ten thousand people were killed during the crackdown by the military which began last august mike hanna has more from the u.n. . this meeting was shared before the release of the un report but it was the subject of discussion of many of the speakers in particular as the report held that the military leaders responsible for atrocities and recommend state acted it said with genocidal intent the secretary general did not give any specific direction to the security council as to how it should proceed however it did say that the report must form the basis of its negotiations i believe these reports findings and recommendations these are of serious consideration by all relevant united nations bodies you fact of regional cooperation will be critical to ensure that the com

dot com the former u.n. . secretary-general kofi annan has died he served as the seventh u.n. secretary general from one thousand nine hundred seventy two thousand and six and he was the first to rise to the top of the un from within the ranks of organization stuff he received the nobel peace prize jointly with the united nations our diplomatic editor james bays looks at his life and legacy a towering figure on the global stage bringing the peace bell of the united nations a man who did so much in the cause of global peace. u.n. secretary general for ten years a nobel peace laureate. kofi annan was born in ghana joining the un in one thousand nine hundred sixty two rising through the ranks to be the organizations head of peacekeeping at the time of genocide in rwanda eight hundred thousand people were killed he later said it was one of his greatest regrets that he was not able to do more to halt the bloodshed. i. solemnly swear that when he became the first u.n. staffer to take over the top job he prepared the u.n. for a new millennium. his tenure coincided with the arrival of

the u.n. accuses all sizes suspected war crimes in the conflict in yemen. rejecting rouhani iranian m.p.'s refused to accept the president's explanation about high inflation and the failing economy. setback for peace south sudan's rebel leader react much refuses to sign a deal to end the civil war. and a man made botanical garden in africa draws crowds as the continent's rain forest face the threat of extinction. i'm joining us go with the sports manchester united say they'll stand by their under pressure manage chose a marine gary has demanded respect i one more premierships alone then the other ninety minutes of. for me for them to receive research. has been described as the world's forgotten war where all sides in yemen a responsible for blatant human rights violations un experts accuse the yemeni government and its supporters saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of possible war crimes including torture rape and illegal detention the fighters and other rebel groups are also blamed for similar crimes

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and the current u.n. secretary general has actually come out and said antonio terrorists he was the u.n. . he did obviously do work for them after he left what exactly did he do what were his different roles he worked as the u.n. special envoy for syria for quite a number of years and then most recently he made the plight of the rich fleeing his own and talked about it until recently it was very short. now and he was the chair off the old group that was formed after mandela. went out of politics and it's top politicians and wise people in their statesman. spreading mandela long walk to freedom basically the message of peace and reconciliation to young africans director thank you very much for joining. italian city of genoa is holding a state funeral for victims of cheese days motorway bridge collapse at least thirty eight people are confirmed to have been killed in the tragedy and bodies are still being recovered if these prime minister just that they contact and president sergio much are valid are attend

it is not welcome in u.n.ircles because people feel that entails a lot of consequences and countries of power should do something about it if you say this is genocide then it is a call for action. nobody wants to act and to send the military command mark. -- myanmar. >> if these generals and up an icc, it could be a question of years. as always, thank you. we are hearing other stories making headlines around the world. russian opposition leader has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for organizing a rally in january against the country's presidential elections. his its spokeswoman said the sentence was clearly timed to prevent him from attending another protest, which he has called for next month. police in berlin are cracking down on organized crime and targeting members of and it ended lebanese family suspected of drug trafficking. police have made stubble arresting confiscated vehicles and properties. the family is expected -- suspected of carrying out high-profile robberies, including last year's theft fr

it's also because the following two u.n.tary general have for various reasons chosen a lower profile route to go. in fact, i dare say that few went out onto the streets of major cities in the world and you asked who is the current secretary general of the u.n., you would hear, isn't it kofi annan? it was a very, of course, always a tumultuous time in the world, but he started as a secretary general i would say just as the internet was in its infancy and television news coverage of the u.n. was paramount,les, then, print media covering the u.n. extensively from the u.n., annan and his team knew that was a good way to get the message out. i think it was good for both sides, though, yes, he certainly had his critics, some would say he was teflon as i had just mentioned in that lifetime report. he was somehow able to move on from being entangled with the rwanda genocide when he was the director of peace keeping, later on, there were other moments and you saw his frustration with the iraq war, but for kofi annan, i can tell you p

u.n. goodwill ambassador cate blanchett speaks excsively to the bbc about the urgency of addressing the rohingya crisis. cate: when the tuation is impossible, you have to push harder. despair is something we cannot give into. >> ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t laura: plus, fitting farewell to the een of soul. thousands line up to pay tribute to aretha franin. laura: welcome to our viewers on publicio televin america and around the globe. president trump has long had a s contentilationship with the press, and today it was cial media companies he unleashed on. in an early-morning tweet he took aim at the likes of google, censorg they purposely conservative voices. it is a charge they deny. stuck with the theme. pres. trump: i think google has taken advantage of a lot of people and it is a very serious thing and very serious charge. google and twitter and facebook, they are treadinon very , very troubled territory and they have to be careful. it is not fair to large portioio of the popul laura:ef a bime ago

well accepted you know a very small will come in u.n. circles because people feel that is entails a lot of the consequences and countries of powerful should do something about it if you say this is genocide and this is a cold for action nobody wants to act send the military to me a ma yeah i mean it will be interesting to see what happens and if any of these generals do end up with the i.c.c. as you say it may be a question of years not months christiane thomas or former member of the u.n. rights human rights committee and the un's international law commission is just almost as always thank you thank you. well tonight police in the eastern german city of camden say several people were injured when four white protesters faced off with countered demonstrators some protesters wore masks and carried stones monday night and rest follows similar far right protests broke out over the weekend in cabinets after a german citizen was fatally stabbed are two suspects a syrian and iraqi have been arrested in connection with that killing. i have far r

the the u.n. security council in needs to step up russia and china i'm sure will be interested to get this thing resolved but the united states france and the u.k. need to get involved because regionally the arab league has basically imploded long ago because of the tragedies in the region and egypt is not playing any serious law other than being complicit with so if you're a viewer and international role is needed the u.n. security council needs to step in and i suppose the other problem is that you know within yemen we see that a lot of the groups in the tribes that wield power are not a toll being engaged by the u.n. or international powers because it's so splintered now we know that these u.n. sponsored talks in a debate taking place in september one of the prospects of it breaking the cycle of conflict any and then the problem with proxy wars is that local actors become dependent on hostage to regional international powers so while yemenis were involved in the whole of this in particular have

and the current u.n. secretary general has actually come out and said antonio terrorists he was the u.n. . he did obviously do work for them after he left what exactly did he do what were his different roles he worked as the u.n. special envoy for syria for quite a number of years and then most recently he made the plight of the rich fleeing his own and talked about it until recently it was a very short illness now and he was the chair off the elder the group that was formed after mandela. went out of politics and it's tough political and wise people in this statesman. spreading mandela long walk to freedom basically the message of peace and reconciliation to young africans director thank you very much for joining us today oh. heavens of mourners have attended a state funeral in the italian city of genoa to commemorate those killed when a motorway bridge collapsed in the city on tuesday the country's leaders joined victims' relatives to pay tribute to the dash prayers are offered for the parity is confirm

a u.n. delegation has arrived in gaza for meetings with hamas it's a bid to lower the tensions with israel are expected to push for a more permanent sees far and their visit comes as funerals are held for three palestinians killed by israeli forces during friday's protest at the gaza border as the twentieth week that protests were held one of those killed was a medic since the protests started in march around one hundred sixty four palestinians have been killed. meanwhile an attempt by gazan fishermen to break israel's blockade off the territory has failed around thirty fishing boat sailed towards the restricted area three miles of gaza's coast that's part of a protest at restrictions on where they can fish. now our correspondent charles stratford joins us live from which is in northern gaza charles first let's begin by what's happening with the u.n. delegation what can you tell us about their meetings with hamas. we have to understand that this is the stella geisha in representing the unite

says that the that the u.n. agency does not handle money well and is wasteful and things along those lines but there's also a strategic move here and that's all about the right of return which is a principled in shrine in the u.n. resolutions allowing people including palestinians to who have been displaced by conflict to return including their descendants but what the united states and the really government would like to see is the some five million palestinians who are considered refugees in their considered having that right to return under u.n. resolutions reduced to only about five hundred thousand which would be actually the number of people who are still alive who had to flee from the territories in one thousand nine hundred forty eight when the state of israel was established it's also worth noting that. the jared pushed or the president's son in law and middle east point person said and they were in a. email that was made public earlier this year that there needs to be a sincere and honest effort to dis

u.n. report indicts myanmar's military for genocide against the community plus the czech republic battles against the heat wave that's dried up one of its most important rivers and wiped out crops. hello united nations panel has blamed all sides involved in yemen's war for committing possible war crimes a report by the un experts say there is reason to believe that the government of yemen that saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are responsible for human rights violations it says the internationally recognized yemeni government and the saudi u.a.e. coalition may have conducted disproportionate attacks that could constitute war crimes the group also presented evidence that's cool with the other rogue groups have committed potential war crimes which include torture attacks on human dignity and engaging child soldiers under the age of fifteen. individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the pri

they've seen a map before i think before which is by the u.n. the u.n. counts twenty nine countries most of them in africa two in asia however it is actually much more widespread than this indicates we do have several countries in asia in the middle east for example iran is not on the mop and pakistan india. on the whole south southeast asia malaysia indonesia thailand are few cases but they do exist and even latin america so it's. all over the world and you were telling me earlier that you spent time in the middle east trying to support public information campaign so that people know what g.m. is and that it doesn't have to take place and why does it have to take place and talk to me a little bit about the challenges of just getting the public educated about this. well what we do i mean why do you is working mainly in northern iraq we do have a small project project also in iran and we do support activists in all kinds of places like we did a conference for example in singapore. in iraq the challenges are. i mean you basically have to get to every part

all the efforts by the u.n. organizations to try and come fox news for making a comeback. ok mohammed i will leave it at the moment many thanks for bringing us some of the background to the situation that's going on in yemen itself makes enough. he's a yemeni journalist and joins us now from santa ana of course this attack has happened some distance from where you are but what do you hearing about that from where you are. thank you very much and it's that it was a very very horrible things today that. saudi terrorist threats to hit by us in a crowded market in south that the mass was. filled with students school the students and the market was very crowded with a lot of shoppers so they. factored the you the victims were very very very high until now the ministry of health confirmed forty. dead and more than fifty seriously injured and what we've heard also is that the this kind of massacre was the kind of deliberate. head to because that place was very very we'll known as that as a market and. as a school. which means that there is no military activity around the play use

report and she had known about the u.n. security council possibly taking up the issue she's glad that that's happening but she doesn't think it's going to have any any discernible impact on them any time soon. rescue efforts are underway to ridge thousands of people in may in ma who are trapped after a dam broke heavy rain in the back a region caused it to collapse and how sick i am as a report a torrent of water from the damn surged into villages in the boggo region on wednesday morning a major road was also flooded a bridge connecting me and mars two biggest cities and gone and mandalay was damage thousands of villagers have been moved from their homes to emergency shelters in all sixty three thousand people are said to be affected convoys of military trucks carrying boats are on their way to reach the stranded the dam collapsed after days of monsoon rain and weeks after heavy rain caused flash floods forcing one hundred fifty three thousand people from their homes natasha going to aim al-jazeera saudi arabia and the unit

the u.n. warned more than 8 million yemenis are now experiencing extreme hunger as a result of the ongoing conflict, with millions morere at risk of contracting cholera -- as the u.s.-backed war on yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian disaster. zimbabwe's electoral commission has declared emmerson mnangagwa the winner of monday's national election. mnangagwa served as vicece prpresident under longtimeme ler robert mugabe. he emerged as interim president after zimbabwe's mimilitary seid government buildings and deposed mugabe last november. opposition parties have rejected the outcome, queuestioning t the vote-count. on thursday,y, police raided the headquarters of the movement for democratic change inin harare, accusing party leaders of inciting violence. the raid came as the death toll in a bloody crackdown by soldiers on wednesday's post-election protests rose to six. in nicaragua, hundreds of students protested in the streets of managua thursday, calling on president daniel orte

while leaders of remembering former u.n. secretary general kofi annan died on saturday aged eighty he served for nearly a decade until two thousand and six and he was awarded the two thousand and one nobel peace prize. more rescue equipment is needed in the indian state of carolina while hundreds of thousands of people remain stranded by floods at least three hundred twenty four people have died more than a hundred and ninety of them in just over a week the government's pipes seventy one million dollars in aid. venezuelans are lining up along the ecuadorian border to try to leave their troubled nation but many stuck ecuador's government has tightened entry requirements venezuelans now need a passport to get in previously they only needed their national id venezuela's economic cry. bases has forced many people to move to other south american countries. in fact i am i in northwest brazil residents have been forcing hundreds of venezuelans back across the border it happened after a local restaurant owner was beaten and stabbed

u.n. says me and maher military chiefs should be prosecuted for genocide against their agenda and rakhine state. thousands of far right protesters teenager rally in germany after a deadly knife attack allegedly by a syrian and in iraq. and on crutches and now on bail popstar turned opposition politician bobby wind it's released in the uganda. i'm joined again with a leo sports including. getting out the frustrations and to the shock first round exit for world number one simona halep at the u.s. open in new york. the united states and mexico have agreed to overhaul the north america free trade agreements known as not this questions focused on new rules for the automatic industry that's a central issue for president trump he's described as a disaster for american workers. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is now under pressure to agree to new terms to remain part of the three nation pact and he has assured mexico's president of his commitment to the agreement negotiations have dragged o

the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in a still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or just the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict. iran has been supplying hooty fighters or the u.s. and the u.k. has been backing the saudi led coalition the panel also criticized the hooty site in what was a strongly worded report they need to send investigators into yemen and which have been welcomed by the host the many many time so when they have a good evidence then they can bring anyone t

the u.n. secretary general has recommended ways to protect how the thing in the centennial could kaddish presented a report saying options could include sending u.n. . and observe as rather than job and has more from the u.n. . the u.n. general assembly ordered the secretary general and tonio good tenors to come up with the report of recommendations so that there could be new ways or perhaps a reinforcement of old ways of protecting palestinian civilians in the ongoing dispute with the israeli government the recommendations for coming from the secretary general are for the first would be increasing the number of you would personnel in the occupied palestinian territories in order to help palestinian civilians improve their quality of life the second recommendation is essentially more money for a u.n. and other governmental organization programs to improve health care education and the economy in the occupied territories the last two recommendations from a terrorist would need a security counci