owes and we can resolve this short from the u.n. secretary general knows he must tread carefully president trump doesn't take kindly to demands for huge sums from international organizations even though in this case it's money that everyone agrees the u.s. is james al-jazeera of the united nations. all right let's bring in our panel today to discuss u.n. peacekeepers we are starting in denver in the united states with mark goldberg he's the editor of un dispatch a u.n. and global affairs news website on skype from florence. is a former african union commission official now a specialist on peace and security in africa and running up the panel from kiel in the u.k. is our will arlo senior lecturer in law at kiel university and a specialist on human rights international law gentlemen lovely to have all 3 of you with us as we look at marking international peacekeepers day mark goldberg i'll start with you and i feel we should really before we get into any of the controversies look at the importance of peacekeepers there are 14 missions

the u.n. mandates specifically everyone votes, including the diaspora under u.n. observation and it's one thing the u.n. does well is observe elections. so i think he would be quite surprised at the results of any election, if he behaves in the future as he has in the past. and it's one reason why we're pushing for elections. you don't get to a resolution of this conflict without 2254 and the center of that is a free and fair election. mr. mccaul: let me close by saying, i chaired the homeland security committee for six years. 2014 through 2016 period was terrifying. the number of external operations being plotted, i'd say 95% of which we stopped. now we have the collapse of the caliphate. i want to commend you for your great work in that effort. but i do agree, while their governance has been taken away, they're still imbed and are still a threat and i see the threat actually moving to places like northern africa and the region as well. so we have to maintain a watchful eye on them. mr. jeffr

u.n. security council chamber they see delegates still gathering in there right now we will go to that as and when it begins so stay with us for. iranian president has sanna rouhani has called the u.s. administration novice politicians with naive ideas in his words it is the latest war of words between the 2 countries earlier rouhani said he favors diplomacy with washington but the current situation he says is not suitable for talks the u.s. says it is strengthening its military presence in the region over unspecified threats from iran on monday iran had announced it would quadruple its production of low enrich uranium samus ravi reports now from tehran. * in iran ramadan is usually a time of spiritual reflection charity and family but for a 2nd year in a row as iranians began a month of fasting there was escalating pressure from the united states. every day they face angry exchanges with american leaders a buildup of u.s. forces on their doorstep warnings to commercial flights in or near

the u.n. says venezuelans feeling the political and economic crisis should be considered refugees and is urging governments offering refuge not to deport them 3000000 venezuelans upset abroad in the past 4 years. and the u.n. special envoy to libya has warned that the country's on the verge of descending into a long civil war which could lead to a permanent division on salama is warning came of the. the u.n. security council briefing moments ago. former white house counsel has failed to appear at a congressional committee on the russian investigation after donald trump instructed him to defy a subpoena and stay away the house judiciary committee says it will hold trump accountable for the no show one way or another done mcgann delivered some of the most damning testimony against the u.s. president during robert muller's investigation the white house says mcgann has constitution immunity from testifying let's talk to clare finkelstein she's a professor of law at the university of pennsylvania l

in terms of carried out, the u.n. is ready, the u.n. is good at this. the u.n. can certainly carry it out among half the population not under assad's control and doing it under those areas in assad's control is part of the art of the negotiation to try to get the syrian government to agree. >> i guess my concerns are, one of the questions i had, was when you look at when syria is supposed to get rid of their chemicals of mass destruction, and john kerry worked that deal out with the russians, claimed they are all gone, but we know they are not. russia is supposed to be the guaranteer that they are gone, yet russia backs assad and they are still being used. this administration is going to have to make a decision in the report that came out that they are still using them of what we're going to do. with people like russia and iran, the last thing they want is a democracy in that area, because it weakens their form of government. if you have players like russia, who is a member of the u.n., that's supposed to be part of the security counsel that's supposed to enforc

u.n. assessment on a song sees the british foreign secretary go on the offensive calling for the u.n. to stand down and refrain from making inflammatory remarks. malaysian prime minister calls the investigation into the downing of flight m.h. 17 politicised those calls continue for stronger evidence to pin the blame on the 2014 tragedy on russia. and the u.s. 3 brands it's a shell gas is a product of freedom and an attempt to sway reluctant european countries into believing it's better than russian energy. though there were a few cheering in welcome to r.t. international my name's colin brain in moscow newsroom with the world headlines this hour a 1st for you a united nations expert on the torture says julian assange is being subjected to cruel and degrading treatment and that several diplomatic states are trying to break the whistleblowers will the special rapporteur visited the wiki leaks founder and london's belmarsh prison ways currently being held and is said to be extremely unwell. e

having the u.n. mediate. between us mommy that is that that is the reality that we have at the moment that the u.n. is seen involved in this and if the u.n. now take control of those strategic pulls the vital for the arrival of aden to the country how much real control will the u.n. have told on the real question is how will they then still get aid out to the rest of the country a chance basically it's demarcated to between the who sees and the government still says. when they put it clearly there are reports phases for the day that peace deal what happened today is only half of the 1st state so. it's very slow and it's not a major success this is only something that the u.n. could use. and then a security council meeting to show that there is progress but as long as you can the 1st phase or the 1st 2 things i got that on the ground and even in the government side has completely refused to step because. of the. so this is a very great. and i don't consider this and anyway as a success even though the moving a

the u.n. is holding its annual events honoring the work of its peacekeepers around the world they serving some of the most volatile places on earth last year 98 were killed while on g.t. increasingly they also operate in a very difficult financial environment funds a tight with some budgets being cut or peacekeepers need better training and better equipment and their men to be realistic and adequately supported with both resources and political will for many years un peacekeeping has been based on a grand bargain western countries the e.u. and the u.s. providing specialized equipment and troops and the vast bulk of the money while most of the troops come from asia and africa. but the system is breaking down many countries but most notably the us are not paying their share un peacekeeping is owed a staggering sum over $1900000000.00 the countries providing the peacekeepers countries like pakistan which has over $5000.00 men and women serving around the world are the ones currently having to pay

in terms of the u.n.mission on the status of women, she was working closely with a delegate, and indian delegate the work on this with her. he was not one of the anti-colonial, i mean, there was a group of nongovernmental people from india who were opposed to british colonialism. he had been appointed by the british but he also was opposed to the veto system that was threatening that only the big powers would at any pedal control of the u.n. he was working on that but they were also pushing for the u.n. commission on the status of women. it's hard to see how these women's rights guarantees and human rights emerged in the u.n. charter without seeing the broader dynamics of great power jiminy that was emerging at this time in the u.n. and in the veto system, for instance, and in other areas. and so i think it's also not surprising that the women from the united states and great britain, the great powers themselves, were opposed to these promises of human and women's rights. thanks for that question. >> i li

the u.n. is demanding the release of another employee also alleged to have been detained and injured. the river and makeshift barricades divide the 2 ethnic that the city majority albanian kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 a decade after nato stepped in to support kosovan forces in their separatist war with belgrade but north mature still has a population that is mainly and many of them like serbia itself still do not accept kosovo as an independent country nato peacekeeping force in kosovo k. for is urging calm and says it's ready to intervene if necessary kosovo's government hasn't confirmed how many people have been arrested albanians. among them the president says the operation has about law enforcement and nothing else. i am sorry but belgrade. it should not under any circumstances be an address that protects those involved in crimes regardless of their ethnicity or with its bloody history and complex ethnic and religious divisions the balkans have long been a focus for int

the u.n. special representative gas sounds salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for half to a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing o

the u.n. special representative gas sands salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for half to a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on

i have to say, just from the u.n. plaza, the work the family has done and what's been happening has been absolutely phenomenal. i've worked in this exact area north of that in the tenderloin for almost my entire career and it's the cleanest i've seen it. it feels safe and their presence there is phenomenal. i know all of the different parties are working together. so i would say kudos to everyone involved. i'm curious about the outreach further into haze valley, what some of the switching has meant in terms of service level and maybe there's existing services provided by some that they're paying for themselves. and so those are concerns that i have. >> going forward, we'll have consistent cleaning in zone one. >> can you show us zone one on this map? zone one and zone two. >> it's in green. there is a key. it's chopped off the slide but i have a hard copy that i'll bring to you. >> that's find. so green is zone bun an zone one is zone two. >> the additional services are evening ambassadors for when the theatres are le

the u.n. is demanding the release of another employee also alleged to have been detained and injured. the river and makeshift barricades divide the 2 ethnic harv's of the city majority albanian kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 a decade after nato stepped in to support kosovan forces in their separatist war with belgrade but north mature still has a population that is mainly and many of them like serbia itself still do not accept kosovo as an independent country nato peacekeeping force in kosovo k. 4 is playing down the incident at the moment there were no signs. that. this equation is. the cause of and president insists the operation is about law enforcement and nothing else for the new yorker to go abroad in order to the north that i am sorry but belgrade should not under any circumstances be an address that protects those involved in crimes in regardless of their ethnicity. with its bloody history and complex ethnic and religious divisions the balkans have long been a focus f

as a u.n. official it's not my job to apply in. human rights organizations they can take positions that i find to be wrong and they do on occasion they disagree with my office and we disagree with them that's free expression now. are there human rights organizations that support positions that i think are antithetical to human rights or anti human rights if they were to do that then yes of course we as an organization would be able the same way we do with governments to say you know we think you're going in the wrong direction on that and that's part of why interject it on this issue because i do think on on this issue which i think we're talking about the period where i was at human rights watch at the time there was an incredible debate and maybe your viewers might be surprised here but there is a big. within human rights watch about what was the morality of those conversations and what should happen from a human rights perspective is there ever a time when use of forces is justifiable on human rights. in the recent history or fo

the u.n. special representative gas sun salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on th

and the u.n. hands the united kingdom a defeat in a dispute over the che cause islands in the indian ocean calling on london to cede control of the territory within 6 months. to. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me and. our top story this hour 6 people have been killed and 200 injured during a protest in the capital of indonesia after the results of the presidential election was announced. think. was. was. was extra week. protesters clashing with the police as they've been growing and breaking like a child and mother tiles and the police have been trying to disperse the crowd and firing tear gas and this is the 2nd day that. these protests and been going on and they are protesting at the field near the election supervisor agency building 35 still trying to control the situation. and the president of south dakota as they should and say that. they will not tolerate anyone who interferes with the security and democracy processes of the country. and beyond also arrest about

diplomats at the u.n. agreeing to pay a little over 28 percent of the un peacekeeping budget however u.s. congress refuses to pay that amount they have imposed an arbitrary cap of 25 percent of un peacekeeping budget that they will allow the u.s. to pay into a u.n. peacekeeping that gap between what the u.s. is assessed and what congress allows it to pay results in these accumulating a rears at the u.n. on top of that you have the trumpet ministration that makes a budget request to congress that significantly under funds u.n. peacekeeping is owed so the result is u.s. that's not paying its dues on time and in full and that results in missions that are not able to effectively carry out their mandates no hurry could it be also for talking about funding and funding shortfalls that some of the controversies involving un peacekeepers have an impact the fact that between 242016 there were 2000 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse there was a child sex trafficking ring and have it in haiti there has been

around and coming up in the next 60 minutes the u.n. says. 3 key ports the government says the offer is inaccurate and misleading. trade talks between china and the u.s. come to an abrupt end to the. talks of piling on even more tyrants. alleging intimidation why several opposition politicians in venezuela are seeking sanctuary in the embassy neighboring countries and a global plastic waste but the 186 countries involved don't conclude the bigots. the united states. the rebels in yemen have agreed to withdraw their forces from 3 key ports over the next 4 days that's according to the u.n. you had negotiators say the withdrawal is needed to pave the way for political negotiations to end the 4 you saw the rebels are due to start withdrawing on saturday from one day the sun leaves and. for the north the whole thing is insall the u.a.e. backed government forces had initially agreed to withdraw a there by january the 7th but that never happened the u.n. says the move would be the 1st practical step on the ground since the stockholm agreement

the u.n. secretary general calling for an end to foreign interference in libya the security council committee is a stablish that the. united arab emirates gave military support to the forces of all obviously for have to for years violating an arms embargo or more mentorship hill. a series of drone strikes near the libyan capital last month is being investigated by a u.n. panel of experts at least six nighttime raids were carried out striking military camps of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government photos of fragments from those strikes analyzed by weapons experts point to a chinese weapon system known to be operated by the united arab emirates a key backer of warlord tarr who is currently leading the offensive on tripoli. united nations monitors have repeatedly accused the gulf state of violating the weapons ban in support of have to his forces last week the u.a.e. minister of state for foreign affairs anwar garg os said that abu dhabi's priority in libya is to counter extre

and the u.n. expert on torture says julian assange has been subjected to inhumane treatment and that it's taken a toll on the leaks founder's mental health. the really shows all the. oh the culture of the person the things. that you're an assessment on a song seems the british foreign secretary go on the offensive calling for the u.n. to stand down and refrain from making inflammatory remarks. also this hour the u.s. rebranded shale gas as molecules of freedom in an attempt to sway reluctant european countries into believing it's better than russian energy. and the malaysian prime minister calls the investigation into the downing of flight m.h. 17 politicise says stronger evidence is needed to pin the blame for the 2014 tragedy on russia. hello from a new team and out here. want to call it right welcome to world news this is a united nations expert on torture says julian assange is being subjected to cruel and degrading treatment and that several days that would not take up the story democratic st

that well suited for u.n. resolution it just goes to show how dangerous it is to turn a blind eye to the big chill violations of international law when says that those in breach should be held accountable. we already know that this request by costs of our prosecutors will be handed over all the way to the un headquarters however moscow believes that this won't change anything and with all these elements this conflict is potentially explosive i can tell you that serbia has already put its forces on high alert after tuesday's operation in cost of oh sorry which still considers to be part of serbia belgrade also warned that it will react swiftly if the costs of our serbs are threatened by local forces however the authorities in pristina claim that the raids were specifically aimed at tackling organized crime now just to remind you cos of 0 split from serbia after the nato intervention there 2 decades ago and it officially declared independence in 2008 however some countries including russia most important still r

but u.n. says most people who have fled venezuela need refugee protection and governments not to deport them. to iran's president hassan rouhani has called the u.s. administration novice politicians with naive ideas as the latest salvo in a war of words between the 2 countries earlier rouhani said he favors diplomacy with washington but the current situation isn't suitable for talks the u.s. says it strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threats from iran but on monday iran announced it's quadrupled its production of low enriched uranium well we have correspondents both in iran and the u.s. keeping track of the story will go to be in tehran in a moment but 1st let's talk to kimberly halkett in washington d.c. can be so how much skepticism is there in congress regarding iran and any potential threat as the white house is giving. there's enormous skepticism about the intelligence and the threat has been portrayed by the trumpet ministration particularly in the l

the u.n. general assembly has demanded that britain give up control over the charge offs islands within 6 months marisha screams that it was forced to give up the territory in the indian ocean in exchange for independence the move is a diplomatic blow to britain and the united states is diplomatic editor james bays explains. a humiliating defeat for the u.k. and its ally the us in the un general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people who still live on a small group of islands called the shah goss just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. in the us back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shagger silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when riches gained its independence from britain the shire goss was split off from t

u.n. says is concerned about the rise in religious based violence after last month's easter sunday bombings let's get the latest live from an elf and who's in colombo for us minal are the authorities there fighting what feels like me perhaps a losing battle that this violence is ongoing despite their best efforts. that's right obviously the authorities are still a little bit on the back foot as we're hearing reports on the ground when these marauding mobs started walking 5 through neighborhoods and muslim neighborhoods in a number of very areas in the northwestern province there are reports that the police the security were just overwhelmed there are certain eyewitness reports of say that the police could do nothing to stop these mobs very unruly who had one thing in mind and that's to cause maximum damage we have a trail of destruction as sort of day broke today most of them business some of them burnt to a cinder we've had other places shops vandalized damaged vehicles specialized so the

owes and we can resolve this shortfall the u.n. secretary general knows he must tread carefully president trump doesn't take kindly to demands for huge sums from international organizations even though in this case it's money that everyone agrees the u.s. is james al-jazeera of the united nations. all right let's bring in our panel today to discuss u.n. peacekeepers we are starting in denver in the united states with mark goldberg he's the editor of un dispatch a u.n. and global affairs news website on skype from florence. the former african union commission official now a specialist on peace and security in africa and running up the panel from kiel in the u.k. it is our will arlo senior lecturer in law at kiel university and a specialist on human rights international law gentleman lovely to have all 3 of you with us as we look at marking international peacekeepers day mark goldberg i'll start with you and i feel we should really before we get into any of the controversies look at the importance of peacekeepers there are 14 mission

you know by u.n. peacekeepers within their own country and then you have millions who are outside the country as well and thus far although there's a new piece you'll either piece still hasn't really progressed and nobody's really seen large scale movements yet from these displaced populations when they'll feel ready to return it's sort of a big question that all the aid agencies are trying to ask themselves right now so we're talking about this peace deal and many believe or hoping at least that this will be the final peace deal now bring peace back to that comes after five years of civil war is that the sense you get up to all the research and have to look into this is this going to be that final peace deal. we know they signed this peace deal in september and they gave themselves eight months to do a series of tasks and then they agreed to form a unity power sharing government on may twelfth now of course may tell twelve is coming upon it very quickly and it does far the the main rebel leader has r

fighting between rival factions has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to the u.n. with more than 2 thirds of the population in need of aid it's still early to say whether this latest twist in a more than 4 year conflict will signal a significant move towards lasting peace. where al-jazeera. now representative off the coast guard and hyundai the accuse they have any government of the railing the whole thing is previous attempts to fulfill their commitments under the un brokered deal. redeployment took place and who did a port as well as both the rice and salif ports as part of the implementation of the 1st stage of the sweden agreement this is a continuation of the earlier redeployment which was heard by the other side after the statements by secure been aziz which destroyed the negotiations and that's why there's another redeployment. there are several sticking points and this process there's still no clarity about who would take control of the port. as what these redeploy their forces then there's the critical question of national airport which has been closed to

the u.n.thout of houthi forces from three key ports on the west coast of yemen has been carried out, lot more work needs to be done. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. lyse: the houthis say they have left. their fighters filmed as they piled into pickups at ports on yemen's west coast. the pullout took four days. the first step towards peace after four years of war.th nocoast guard is in charge of the ports.l it wn this lifeline with the u.n. almost all of yemen's imports come through here, vital for a fnation on the brink ine. today at the security council, the u.n.'s yemen envoy hailed this rare moment of hope. >> there is a sign of a new beginning in hodeidah, and change i would like to think mr. president, is now a reality. we never expected the implementation otothis agreement e easy, and it has not been. lyse: ittill isn't. the minister oinformation from men's government was watching in london. truth, the events taking place are a farcical s the houthis. we want p

amy: the u.n. special rapporteur on torture has concluded that wikileaks founder julian assange is suffering from the effects of psychological torture due to his ongoing detention and threats of possible extradition to the united states. u.n. special rapporteur nils melzer will join us from geneva. then we look at the groundbreaking work of the underground feminist abortion service jane, which operated in the years before roe v. wade made abortion legal across the nation. >> it was really a time when if you needed an abortion for whatever reason, you took your life in yoyour hanands and you e terrified. absolutetely terrified.. alall you knew was s that you mt die. that ththis pererson did d not w what he was doing and he was going to take hundreds of dodollars and yoyou are going to bleed d to death in some motel room. amy: we wiwill speak to two forr members of jane, alice fox and laura kaplan, who is also the author of the book "the story of jane." >> we realized the only way for women to have c

now the u.n. general assembly is voting to pressure the u.k. into giving up control of the child or silence to. the islands in the indian ocean the house an important military base for the u.k. and u.s. but the un's likely to cool for withdrawal within 6 months russia's claims it was forced to give up the islands and 965 in exchange for independence the u.k. has previously ignored an international court of justice ruling they are in this had been illegally taken when the trade was islands known as the british indian ocean territory rules the size of a u.s. military base on diego garcia britain took possession of the islands an 814 held on to them after the independence of moorish us in 19683 years before that the u.k. had secret at least one of the islands diego garcia to the u.s. to use as a military base international court of justice issued an opinion earlier this year urging the u.k. to hand over the territory to militias which claims sovereign tree over diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the u.n. james out how significant this

the u.n. involvement program and he says that the it has substantially increased global awareness about plastic pollution or there's been a grid here is actually quite historic in mcarthur of negotiations because when know we submitted the proposal to amend the convention and also set up a partnership or on plastic waste and that was in september last year in and i think with the with the amount of interest books from governments and also from civil society and consumers who really deal with the problem of rustics which as you know was causing a lot of environmental issues around the world with birds ingesting plastics with animals in the recent research that we've seen that plastics is not found in our foods and is entering into our bodies i think countries where really this week committed who. will give you know a little seasons for them to address the issue of plastics not on me at the country level also at the global level because as you can see the issue of plastics is not only one countr

last week the u.n. special representative for libya haasan salami called for immediate action to cut off the flow of arms saying many countries were sending weapons to libya's war in posses the country is under un imposed. both sides are violating their weapons in bargo and there are many countries supplying weapons to both sides but the primary . country for furnishing arms to have to are in the east is and the primary country supporting the defense of tripoli in the west is turkey. this recent escalation in libya's 5 year civil war has killed more than 500. people and forced more than 60000 from the us prime minister 5 years out after have agreed national elections are needed but critics say with 3rd party supporting the conflict they're not the only ones at the table. at least 2 people have been killed in a mass stabbing attack in japan it happened during rush hour in the city of callous saki the attacker appears to have targeted children as they made their way to score when he reports the attack hap

in fact, a recent u.n. report concluded that the coalition air campaign is the leading cause of civilian casualties in yemen with 61% due to coalition air strikes. human rights watch amnesty international and belacat have found that the u.s. weapons have been used in these unlawful air strikes. there is evidence that the coalition has used banned and inherently indiscriminate weapons like white phosphorous and cluster bombs. the military conflict has produced staggering human rights abuses. the app international organizations and a special expert group established by the u.n. human rights council have found that all parties in the conflict have committed grave violations of human rights and the laws of war. houthi war crimes and abuses are staggering. however, reports indicated our -- are also engaged in abuses including widespread torture. for all these reasons, it is imperative that there be a speedy and peaceful conclusion to the conflict in yemen. it is clear, however, that this will not come from our m

a u.n. meeting on statelessness are expected to pledge action for the millions of people around the world who are being denied a nationality. final preparations are underway in the democratic republic of congo to receive the body of the former opposition leader etienne just a katie he died 2 years ago in belgium at the age of $84.00 after a long illness political crisis of the sea led to the delay of his funeral because of fears that it would spark opposition protests crowds are expected to gather at the national stadium in kinshasa later on thursday well m.t.n. just to katie was a prominent critic of the former leader a boot who says he said go and co-founded the union for democracy and social progress party in 1982 he became an opponent to laurent kabila who was assassinated in 2001 and his son joseph kabila who govern the country for 18 years almost 2 years after his katy's death his son felix was sworn in as president although december's elections were marred by claims of fraud it was co

libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the warlords heidi for half top class. i'm door such a pari in iraq coming up i'll explain why this cemetery in the central city of najaf is so important to shows around the world. for the first time since a military offensive began in northern syria a week ago government forces have advancing to opposition territory the fighting has displaced one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes the region is seeing its heaviest strikes in months and relief agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis is a syrian opposition is last major stronghold france's president has expressed his concern and is calling for a u.n. backed political resolution as ring in a harder who's following developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon the fiercest bombardment in syria in months what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the ground. more civilian casualties more than eighty civilians many of them women and children have been killed in the past week or so the cas

the u.n. says more than 300000 people have been displaced in the past month the reports now from beirut. this is how the government's won back territory from the armed opposition in recent years targeting civilians to pressure rebels to surrender now the tactic is being used in northwest syria. there have been hundreds of these air strikes in the past months but the last few days have seen major escalation busy streets crowded areas are coming under fire look at the one common that he and they like to punish the civilians they always do this we found 10 burned bodies here they target the civilians the people when near a pharmacy when they were killed. it's an all too familiar scene the casualties particularly among women and children are increasing from northern and how much provinces to the southern edges of it live and further west in the aleppo countryside nowhere is safe out. there. people are living in fear children were playing in the street when they were martyred there is no rebel posi

u.n. secretary general antonio the tannish has been awarded the annual charlemagne prize an award that honors those who promote european unity the jury in the west german city of auckland said that they selected contests for his work in reviving global cooperation past recipients of the charlemagne prize known as the cause prize in germany have included french president among them across german chancellor angela merkel and pope francis. was at the ceremony in our home and here was this assessment. good tears said here in the history of city hall of good you never so clearly the need for a strong and united europe europe is too important to play is that the secretary general populace and nationalism should be overcome that europe should set an example for the multi level approach in diplomacy nationalists and populace like in the white house in washington should be kept at bay this is the clear message of those child money your prize of 2018. and the jury has said that help to revive global

u.n. warns it may have to suspend aid delivery to parts of yemen saying some who are making it difficult to operate. in israel as president marks one year since his free election and proposes early polls for the opposition led national assembly. and mourning formula one champion maciel out of one of the most significant figures in motor sport has ties. president hassan rouhani says he favors diplomacy with the u.s. but the current situation isn't suitable for talks he says iran's only choice is resistance tensions have been on the rise in recent days after the u.s. said it was strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threats from iran and washington lawmakers are demanding now exactly what those threats are reports from their. leaving the white house president donald trump says he's willing to talk to rand's leaders when they are ready while seemingly downplaying a potential threat iran would be making a very big mistake if they did it even if they do someth

in the u.n. general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people who still live in a small group of islands called the shah ghosts just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. in the u.s. back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shadow silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when riches gained its independence from britain the share goss was split off from the rest of the country so that the base could be built one would doubt who it. that any country found to be engaged in an ongoing wrongful act by the highest court of the word would hasten to make amends why will you not listen to the international court of justice to the un general assembly and give these islands back to the people they belong to. the islands around british s

the u.n. says it may be forced to scale back the delivery of humanitarian aid to some parts of yemen who seek control it blames hoofy rebels for blocking aid convoys encouraging staff but says the suspension of aid would be a last resort markets meanwhile have reopened the port city of data so fragile ceasefire a whole year's laura but many. life is trickling back into this market place yemen's port city of hard data as people buy goods without fear of snipers the aerial bombardment. residents are hopeful as a fragile ceasefire between saudi a marotta led forces and who the rebels hold at least for now at the nominal value of their own money we hope the un and boys will continue working until the roads and ports are open in her data to let aid and supplies enter they need to be delivered to the people so they have enough to live. this month with the forces withdrew fighters from the ports of her data sally from russia isa underage deal brokered by a un led committee the start calm agreement wa

sun salami who is the u.n. special representative giving a very sobering briefing of the situation in libya over a dramatic and destabilizing period for the country he took the security back council back to the beginning of april when he said there was an improved economic outlook the currency was beginning to stabilize there was people looking quite positively at the political situation and then of course there was the offensive by general haftar that completely changed it things he actually started as offensive while the u.n. secretary general and tonio good terrorists was visiting libya and some of the key players including some of those that are sympathetic to general have to actually sit all the u.n. security council that i think is why some of the comments from mr salami i think will put some pressure on the wider u.n. membership particularly some of the regional countries and on the security council because he said there had been widespread breaches of the arms embargo that's officially been in place sin