>> u.n., shame on you! u.n., shame on you!op, stop, stop! (people shouting, horns blowing) >> narrator: in june 2016, the u.n. investigators were ready to announce their findings. >> hands off eritrea! >> u.n., shame on you! u.n., shame on you! >> narrator: supporters of the eritrean government staged a protest in geneva, accusing the u.n. of bias. (protesters chanting) the u.n. report recommended eritrea be referred to the international criminal court. >> eritrean officials have committed crimes against humanity. the crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, persecution, rape, murder, and other inhumane acts have been committed as part of a widespread and systematic campaign against the civilian population since 1991. the aim of the campaign has been to maintain control of the population and perpetuate the leadership's rule in eritrea. >> narrator: in response, the eritrean government said the accusations were politically motivated, groundless, and an "unwarranted attack." >> stepping way over its

system seat here in new york but when the u.n. human rights council met in geneva in march addressing it virtually it was a foreign ministry official from naypyidaw giving the side of the generals so the generals represented in geneva you represented a democratically elected politicians in new york are you still fighting do you think for the recognition to keep hold of the fact that you are. the recognised ambassador of course this thing i have to do continuously because. in the beginning i make it clear that i was appointed by the civil and governmental i remain as a permanent representative of myanmar hear of god the credential issue will be you know coming on and off so i have to be vigilant of course because i went to support the people as much as i can i want to be with the people near mar as long as i can so that you know whatever way that i can. whatever that we can make it clear that you know whoever sitting here in the new york are representing their people often m.r. your counterpart in london the myanmar ambassador to t

your office at the u.n. is responsible for coordinating what you continue to call the middle east peace process where does that process. currently it is not. proceeding which i think is very obvious by what your viewers have seen and what we're just scribing here with rocket rockets flying everywhere and that's again why we need this escalation to stop so we can get people back to the table we're raising the security council member states who obviously have a lot of influence on where this is going so as it stands now that's what we're doing we're working with all those who can influence the situation and bring this violence to a stop. what message do you have to the parties in this conflagration. well again obviously stop the fighting it's civilians who are suffering. as i said no access to water sanitation electricity health care is already suffering because of the. pandemic so that's the 1st thing there obviously needs to be a deescalation the 2nd thing is we need humanitarian access into and out of gaza

in particular the u.n. security council which you know you know ambassador the countries that are opposing tougher action they are china and they are russia china is one of your neighbors russia even sent its deputy defense minister to attend the armed forces day on march the 26th the day that saw the highest number of protesters killed at any point what do you make of china and russia and we cannot ignore the role of china because the are the. china is in neighboring countries and they have a lot of investment in myanmar so at the same time we cannot ignore the perception of the people or. visa viz china because you know the the people near ma one of our you talk about china people there mark think that china supporting the military but china saying that you know they were the no country in a stable and prosperous. nation of myanmar that is what we really appreciate it but at the same time they should respect the desire of the people this is the best . the best opportunity for china to make it clear that t

the u.n. . tarion assistance to a dawes in-depth perrett neat we must act to bring the middle east peace process back to the right track. implement relevant united nations resolutions and. reconfirm more support to the 2 state solution it's obvious without a chast settlement of the palestinian question there will be no true peace in public stand israel that's well as in the wider middle east region and for. security council president for demands of may try and i will continue to push this occurred a council to take prompt actions and to speak. as more now has pointed out a few minutes early we must take actions and in the current crises and to do especially with the new political dialogue and china will continue to work closely with now we tunisia and other members to seek for the adoption of a statement at the security council and we have announced about that and we will continue to work closely with all the security council members we sincerely hope doubt all members. are efforts for that i th

it was here in the u.n. general assembly that we are on mars ambassador to the united nations. contrary to many people's expectations stood against the military to enter the army leaders try to follow the ambassador but the u.n. still recognizes him many countries welcomed his brave statement including the u.s. let me be clear from the outset the united states continues to strongly condemn the military coup in miramar and we condemn the security forces brutal killing of unarmed people others like china have refused to condemn the military coup good you so please. how you keep humor don't. go from me you think he did you wouldn't. be him to shoot you should keep. as the conflict continues to escalate will it turn into a civil war will the international community reach a consensus or remain polarized myanmar's ambassador to the u.n. your more tone talks to al-jazeera. and buster of myanmar to the united nations thank you for talking to her in your country there was a coup on the 1st of february ever since the death toll has mounted do you now believe that not only was the will th

also, the u.n.uman rights union back to an investigation into crimes committed in the recent israel-palestine conflict. french president macron asks for more forgiveness in his country's role in rwandan genocide. at the family of a detained della reese journalist appeals for help to secure his release. ♪ the united states is warning ethiopia it faces heavy sanctions if it doesn't end fighting in the tigray. a senior white house official says the region faces a risk of famine if the conflict continues. that was one finding in a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee in washington dc, from where alan fisher reports. alan: fighting broke out six months ago, ethiopian troops claiming the tigray people's liberation front was behind attacks on ethiopian military bases. there is growing frustration at the scale of the fighting. the senate foreign relations committee was told the situation is horrific, with thousands dead. >> there are approximately 2 million displaced persons, 65 million refugee

the u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the east. in an effort to improve the humanitarian situation in palestine. the u.n. needs to play its coordinating roles in planning for the international humanitarian emergency relief and make those efforts to a humanitarian. international support is if you apply. the security council shouldering the prime rate responsibility for safeguarding international peace and security must take strong actions on the real conflict. it's from support for the 2 state solution and do more to cool down the situation as soon as possible. china has been working with that of a countries on a security council press statement regrettably simply because of the off struction of one country the security council as in being able to speak with one voice call upon us to show its to responsibilities take a just position. and together with most of the international community support the security council in easing the situation rebuilding trust and it finds a m

that big failure of the u.n. and the u.n. security council to come up with even a statement let alone that a solution i mean that as a nation under chapter 7 that has to be implemented by the u.n. security council so that still while this is really wonderful to hear to have countries or to a group of countries express shouldn't that at the would that weaken the victim my eyes and the middle east but you don't sense that that these are countries with which strategies with diplomatic strategies at least with leverage and hence we had some sort of a diplomatic plan that that has an end game you don't sense that what you're hearing is we at to we you know we denounce and and and the likes instead of. you know plan every loveridge and i just don't mind our viewers around the world for low so we you know on the younger generation don't get it done but in $1703.00 when the arab world was united. it wasn't even that strong at the time but when the arab world wise united it it it's true fact those who supported this are in the $9073.0

is not the u.n. right is not the right forum then if not the u.n. u.n. will because right now the biden administration seems to be just going through the motions why why is it resisting calls. calling openly rather for a cease fire why why is the u.s. unwilling according to country other countries even china saying the u.s. is unwilling to apply the same standards of justice to israel as it's applied everywhere else in the world. quote a couple of things the 1st thing is that the by the ministration has been destroyed has been frankly distracted you know i think that for everybody they've been caught they've been caught in the words of some flatfooted or surprised by this you know just a week ago israel looking like it was going to this form its 1st government ever that would have an arab party in it and their political party and now you're on the verge of having not just the worst war with gaza since 2014 but some of the worst communal fighting since possibly 1048 now the biting administration came in facing the legacy of donald trump who you know basic

has blocked of a u.n. security council statement which condemned israel's military response and called for a cease fire. we are ready to lend support if the party seek seek a cease fire. the conflict between israel and hamas as now into its 2nd week is mounting asterix push the death toll past 200 mostly palestinians in gaza there's no end in sight to the cottage for gaza's 2000000 residents with diplomatic efforts to reach a cease fire all but stalled. this is the gaza skyline we just saw this huge explosion from an israeli airstrike just before we came on air that also been sporadic bursts of palestinian rocket fire. earlier israel destroyed a building that housed gaza's religious affairs ministry and killed a senior commander of islamic jihad 15 kilometers of hamas as tunnel network were also targeted and there was severe damage to council as red crescent office in central gaza israel threatened to attack 2 government schools in gaza where people are sheltering after being made homeless by previous airs

the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees as well the 38000 people who are now displaced in gaza after fleeing israeli airstrikes many are seeking shelter in overcrowded un schools and agencies unable to provide everyone the aid they need nearly 70 percent of gaza's population ready refugees mostly from territories occupied by israel al-jazeera suffered as in gaza with the latest on the territories casualties the minister of. the number of people killed and the last night as strike. was. more for 4 bodies and now the number of people killed. now $46.00 people so with the number of the total number of casualties or victims up to $200.00 people including $58.00 children. at the other hand now we. could hear. another explosion and. neighborhood which is. drawn one of the. houses but still the student of the fire is lower than yesterday and the people here are expecting or hope that all these meetings that had been run in the last few hours could come with a positive indication regarding that issue

in the last few days the u.n. human rights council passed a landmark resolution highlighting your government's failure to ensure accountability for human rights violations and mandating u.n. investigators to collect and preserve data that can be used in future judicial proceedings they do that mr secretary because of your abject failure to do it for yourselves and because of the worsening human rights climate in your country aren't you ashamed of that well let me say the world war ended 78 years later. and we still see the residual effects on the environment on the physical things and the good friday agreement was in 1998 and that 116 was which is called peace was still not we're not talking about this novel all and mr secretary i was talking about we're talking about sri lanka and your failure to ensure accountability for human rights violations which you've already illinois which you have denied in other interviews. no we had the war for one more one generation and it takes time to heal a completely war and it u

chamber and they would be pushing for somebody would be pushing for a u.n. resolution is that possible in these virtual covert times or is that something that because of what they're talking about and how they're talking about it that's just a complete nonstarter. it's a great question and fact i'm told by experts that the united states probably would not have been able to stop the open meeting from happening as long as it did had they been meeting in person because of a technicality about calling for an open meeting under. covert restrictions and doing it virtually they didn't have the same latitude to hold that meeting without the u.s. a support and beyond that though it's interesting to note that while this. meeting is taking place virtually there is going to be a rare in the time of the coronavirus stakeout by ambassadors after this meeting we are expecting norway china and. tunisia who have been working were the authors of a potential statement that they were hoping that the security council would pass that has not moved forward but they are expected to

sponsored virtual meeting britain's u.n. ambassador called the situation in provence one of the worst human rights crises of our times the u.s. says it will continue speaking up until china stops its quote crimes against humanity out of the colonial fuel fuel pipeline in the u.s. has resumed operations 5 days after a cyber attack caused it to shut down several eastern states have declared a state of emergency over fuel over fears of a fuel shortage the pipelines owner says it will take several days for delivery to return to normal. and tesla c.e.o. elon musk says his electric car company will stop accepting bit coin because of environmental concerns the digital currency requires large amounts of energy much of it from fossil fuels crypto currencies have long benefited from musts earlier support tesla's latest announcement triggered a quick sell off in crypto markets. in football have continued their climb away from relegation in the bonus league after beating shock on wednesday evening had to do it the hard way to aftershock

and the u.n. is calling for border crossings to be reopened to provide badly needed humanitarian aid to gaza a convoy of international aid trucks started rolling in at one point but israel suddenly closed the process again citing security issues. the norwegian refugee council has released footage of the aftermath of israeli airstrikes which it says killed dozens of children in their homes. the council says 11 of the children killed by israeli bombs in the past week were getting help for trauma they'd already suffered it says the children aged between 5 and 15 were at home when they were killed. but the airstrikes by israel have crippled the infrastructure in gaza nearly $450.00 buildings have been either destroyed or badly damaged that's the latest u.n. estimate and that includes $285.00 housing units which are now uninhabitable leaving 2 and a half 1000 people homeless 6 hospitals and 9 primary health care centers have also been either damaged or destroyed among them are those operated by the pal

has told the u.n. security council it's ready to offer support if israel and hamas seek a cease fire but china has accused the biden ministration of blocking a joint statement on the crisis the u.s. is israel's most powerful ally and says a statement might hurt negotiations behind the scenes the actions of both of us and israel were condemned at the virtual session of council members calling for dialogue passed in the foreign minister joined the meeting as an observer and backed members of the council to think about their own children while considering how to protect palestinian children when you want breaks your children and grandchildren to right live think of our children and of how you can honor the earth killed and those still alive. think of what it feels to see your world crumbling down and not being able to protect them think of what it means to sleep not knowing which one of you will wake up remember that each time israel here is your party leader speak up its right to defend itself it is furt

if it does not come rushing to help us the palestinian u.n. envoy says the security council in action is costing lives it's again failed to find consensus. also ahead a moroccan border guard is seen waving people through as thousands of refugees migrants make their way into a spanish enclave. the 1st palestinian national strike in decades across occupied territory and israel has ended with further violence and bloodshed israeli security forces fired live ammunition during protests in the occupied west bank 4 people were killed aboard 160 injured the event was called in support of those on the bombardment in gaza which is as you can see relatively quiet right now there are reports of 2 killed in as strikes in the past couple of hours and israel said defense system that is the iron dome is a deceptive more rocket fire from gaza more on that in a few moments spots will begin with the protests of violence across the occupied west bank al jazeera as data abraham was speaking to a demonstrator live on air when gunfire broke out. what makes you think

reaction from the u.n. in new york let's talk to barbara tree on feet she's the executive director of the international press institute she joins us from vienna barbara good to talk to you again so bombing the al-jazeera building but also houses the associated press that also houses local palestinian residents does that get the message are there or is it perhaps an act of desperation because clearly you know our crew are up and running they were up and running within minutes they're still reporting what's going on there. it's absolutely appalling where we find it is not totally up early and then not acceptable and whatever reasons may have been behind this attack and there and by early on except for you know it is and and internationally accept that norms that news organizations think join our lists are the are also during conflicts the cannot and must not be tracked target and you know that they serve a public function and they are there on the ground to deliver baikal information she would to citizens and

ambassador to the u.n. in that unless greenfield for example said this sunday during the u.n. security council meeting that the united states would be ready to broker a cease fire if the 2 sides seek it and this is a very unlikely therefore the security council meeting concluded with a draft statement calling for a cease fire the statement was read out by the united states this means that the meeting concluded without actually. well let's take a look now at some other news making headlines around the world. a trial is underway in hong kong for 10 pro-democracy advocates charged with incitement for taking part in an authorized protest in $2192.00 defendants unfurled a banner that read free political prisoners before going into court jimmy la a prominent media tycoon is already serving time for 2 other protests. the bangle tiger that terrified houston residents roamed a neighborhood in texas has been found police have been searching for the big cat named india since he was spotted prowling outside a home last week the 9 month old could grow to weigh over 270 kilograms the bangle

the u.n. is calling forprovide d humanitarian aid to gaza. a convoy international aid trucks roll in, but israel suddenly closed the crossing again citing security issues. >> it is critical that the crossing is open for the entry and exit of critical humanitarian staff. humanitarian access into and out of gaza to ensure safe movement in gaza. overnight, we received reports of additional infrastructure being central covid-19 testingab and other health and humanitarian facilities. we continue to receive reports of significant displacement of palestinians. >> the u.n. security council calling for a cease-fire. president macron has used a major summit to push peace. jordan's king of dolla joined by video link. spain facing a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis after more than 6000 migrants cross from morocco. it is the largest single day influx into the area. india's daily coronavirus death toll has reached a record high of more than 4300 fatalities reported on tuesday. the number of new infections

and the u.n. is calling for border crossings to be reopened to provide badly needed humanitarian aid to gaza a convoy of international aid trucks started rolling in at one point but israel suddenly closed the crossing again citing security issues. but elsewhere on the diplomatic front france has proposed a cease fire resolution with the u.n. security council in coordination with egypt and jordan president emmanuel mack wrong's been hosting a summit of african nations spent several days calling for a rapid truce he had talks with egypt's president sisi and paris while jordan's king abdullah joined by video link was speaking in front of an israeli fighter jet however israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed to continue hitting hamas and its allies people to fill. our enemy see what price we are charging for the aggression against us i'm sure they will learn the lesson we will continue the operation in gaza no matter how long it takes we took on hamas years back and the enemies around us are l

and the u.n. is calling for another crossing to be reopened to provide badly needed humanitarian aid to gaza a convoy of international aid trucks started rolling in at one point but israel suddenly closed the border crossing again citing security issues. francis filed a resolution at the u.n. security council calling for a cease fire the country's president has used a major summit the push for peace emanuel mccraw hosted talks with egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi in paris with jordan's king abdullah joining by video conference the 3 nations agreed to launch a humanitarian initiative for palestinian civilians in gaza where strikes by israel have crippled infrastructure in gaza nearly 450 buildings have been either destroyed or badly damaged that's the latest u.n. estimates that includes $285.00 housing units which are now uninhabitable leaving 2 and a half 1000 people homeless 6 hospitals and 9 primary health care centers have also been either damaged or destroyed among them are those operat

must stop the u.n. security council held emergency meetings for all efforts to produce a statement on the issue were so far blocked by the united states israel's closest ally. it comes as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he won't be reining in his powerful military anytime soon. we will continue for as long as it takes to bring back peace to you the citizens of israel it will still take some time ago. people living in gaza say the magnitude of sunday's airstrikes was unlike anything they witnessed before as calls for deescalation continue to go unanswered. well detail you correspondent caught only has the latest from washington we have seen this many times many countries council members do things that israel's actions are illegal and that if the use of deadly force is this reporter only harsh and the ones who think this way are building up some pressure on easter i'll bet that the same time there are some countries who usually use its veto power against israel related to u.n. security cou

ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas greenfield finally broke her silence on the issue and we're told that she has been working behind the scenes but publicly have said nothing and she in a tweet late on friday night said that we need to create room for diplomacy and dialogue we will continue to work tirelessly with the u.n. regional partners towards a sustainable peace but you know for a lot of people it's just words when they are looking for some sort of relief for the situation on the ground in and granted the tools at the disposal of the security council are rather limited but a statement calling for calm was the 1st step that many were looking for and so far they just haven't been able to even do that the secretary general himself has been calling for that but again without the backing of the security council doesn't carry the same weight christine thank you very much christine something there for us here on the news reporting live out of the united nations marwan bashara is our senior political analyst

well this will be the 3rd meeting in 6 days of the u.n. security council the 1st 2 took place behind closed doors and while individual nations have been making statements via twitter or their foreign offices this will be the 1st chance for them to do so in an international setting on the record formally at the united nations until now the security council has been taking publicly anyway this way in sea approach at the insistence of the united states who has been. holding back more vocal action on the part of the council but i can tell you that behind the scenes intense diplomacy has been going on for the past week 14 council members as of friday wanted to make a public statement in the u. knighted states encourage them to hold off and put its foot down i should say. saying that diplomacy at higher levels needed time to work out so with the pressure mounting and the violence escalating we did get this agreement to hold a public meeting today the format will start with the secretary general making opening remarks his special coordinator for

during the u.n. security council meeting was that the united states would be ready to broker a cease fire if the 2 sides seek it and this is very unlikely there was a curiously consul meeting concluded with a draft statement calling for a cease fire but the statement was vetoed by the united states and this means the meeting concluded without action robel what kind of pressure is the ministration facing to try to put a stop to the conflict. well from what is a mystic side we have to say that here at home maine many democrats. ask the president to be more forceful in his actions specially after the bombing we saw of the media tower in gaza but biden's main concern is right now to get out of the demick to create jobs and to boost the economy here and therefore he urgently needs also with the support of the other democrats who are not forceful action against israel and it is clear that president biden does not want to lose those votes in congress and he doesn't want to put in danger his american jobs pl

must stop the u.n. security council held emergency meetings but all efforts to produce a statement on the issue were so far blocked by the united states israel's closest ally. it comes as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he won't be reining in his powerful military anytime soon. we will continue for as long as it takes to bring back peace to you the citizens of israel it will still take some time ago. people living in gaza say the magnitude of sunday's airstrikes was unlike anything they witnessed before as calls for deescalation continue to go unanswered. and. is covering the story for us she joins me now from jerusalem good to see you tanya a nother night of strikes on gaza and rockets from hamas what more can you tell us . well absolutely allowed the ram rocket launches during the night but there was also about a 3 hour long hauls in between and then the rocket fire resumed from the gaza strip mainly into southern israel now israel's military carried out very heavy bombardments during

until you go tell us has made his case for a 2nd term as u.n. secretary general but pressure is mounting to open the selection process to more candidates particularly women in the history of the international organization no woman has ever been named to the post christensen of me has more from the united nations. on the international political stage it's the equivalent of hitting the campaign trail thank you. antonio good terrace answering questions from member states and civil society groups submitted ahead of time on video he's making his case for a 2nd term as u.n. secretary general what's happening in the general assembly hall is what the united nations refers to as an informal interactive dialogue the idea was to make the secretary general selection process more open but given antonio good terrorise is the only candidate for the job the outcome seems to be a foregone conclusion a handful of applicants are challenging that assumption however 7 have declared their own candidacy to reach the un's top floor in 2022. why do you think you are qua

top news stories the u.n. idea of us all calling for calm after more than 200 people mostly palestinians were injured in violence with israeli police of the. compound muslims and to the site for the last friday prayers of the holy month of ramadan. several states in india are going into lockdown as officials try to bring the krona virus outbreak under control.

must stop the u.n. security council held emergency meetings but all efforts to produce a statement on the issue were so far blocked by the united states israel's closest ally. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he won't be reining in his powerful military anytime soon. continue for as long as it takes to bring back peace to you citizens of israel it will still take some time. people living in gaza say the magnitude of sunday's airstrikes was unlike anything they witnessed before as coals for deescalation continue to go unanswered. i'm joined now by jeremy he's israel ambassador to germany mr ambassador thank you so much for coming in today and yesterday was one of the deadliest days since the fighting began what needs to happen for the bloodshed to end well basically what should have happened in the beginning the hamas should not have attacked his row with now over 3000 rockets this started last monday with a salvo against drew sloman is continued throughout the week and this is been one of

in the last few days the u.n. human rights council passed a landmark resolution highlighting your government's failure to ensure accountability for human rights violations and mandating u.n. investigators to collect and preserve data that can be used in future judicial proceedings they did that mr secretary because of your abject failure to do it for yourselves and because of the worsening human rights climate in your country aren't you ashamed of that well let me say the world war ended 78 years later. and we still see the residual effects on the environment on the physical things and the good friday agreement was in 1998 and that 116 wars which is called peace was still we're not talking about his novel ireland mr secretary i was talking about we're talking about sri lanka and your failure to ensure accountability for human rights violations which you've already illinois in which you have denied in other interviews. no we had the war for one more one generation and it takes time to heal completely war and it pos

the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come if i learned a little from leg makes it more secure than. i think at the moment norway and gaza is secure but hopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue collar of the united nations but safety here is not guaranteed doing to do 1014 war several u.n. facilities was shelled $44.00 people were killed including 10 staff and the edges us in west jerusalem. as you see in that report it really does seem that children are paying the heaviest price in gaza $61.00 have been killed and a generation is being traumatized has cut it up as a young reports. for 7 hours 6 year old suzy was trapped under piles of rubble. her home was hit bonus really airstrike in gaza her mother and 4 siblings died. and hospital she reunites with her father a budget they hold hands facing a new life without their family that is that if. i was filled with all the anger of the universe but when i heard that one of my daughters was alive i said thank god bec

today can we expect much to come out of that meeting specially off to the u.n. secretary u.n.'s he met on sunday and we didn't get much from that. yes this latest meeting of the general assembly was called as most recent efforts to get a unified statement out of the security council have failed. diplomats tell us they're disappointed the security council hasn't been able to speak in one voice but they're not surprised the spokesperson for the secretary general also expressing disappointment that there hasn't been a unified stance on the part of the security council the united states continues to be the primary obstacle to that we've asked the united states mission to the u.n. why that is for their comments they tell us that the u.s. is in gauging in intense tipple matic efforts at the highest levels to try to bring an end to this conflict and that they see the security council statement any kind of action of the security council has to be in support of these efforts they did not give us any direct comment on what they have objected to the most recent efforts are all of the effo

the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees says mall associates 1000 people are now displaced in gaza after fleeing israeli airstrikes many is seeking shelter in overcrowded un schools and the agency is unable to provide everyone the aid they need nearly 70 percent of gaza's population already refugees mostly from territories occupied by israel. is in gaza with the latest on the territories casualties the minister of. the number of people killed in the last night strike. was. more for 4 bodies and now the number of people killed. now $46.00 people so what's the number of the total number of casualties or victims up to $200.00 people including $58.00 children. at the other hand now we can we could we could hear. another explosion and. neighborhood which is. drawn. out of the houses but still the strength of the fire is lower 'd than yesterday and the people here are expecting or hope that all these meetings that have been run in the last few hours could come with a positive indication regarding t

the u.n.iting figures say more than 250 buildings were destroyed and more than 760 shops and homes are now unusable. nearly half of gaza's 2 million people are without ready access to water. the latest on this cease fire, which is still holding. what is the mood? >> in israel, the mood is generally relief i suppose that things can go back to normal. for example, schools will be reopening in tel aviv and other towns where they have been closed as a result of the fighting. there is some anger on the part of some communities who perhaps would have liked to have seen the job finished so they wouldn't have to be concerned about future rocket fire coming into israel. as you say, the cease fire is holding, but i think that anyone you speak to here would be of the view that, yes, it's holding, but for how long? because inevitably there will be another flare-up at some point in time. how long that will be is i guess the only thing that's open to doubt. >> and as you look forward, what are the next tens

anchor: let's hear from the u.n.ecurity general. >> international law applies to everyone without exception, all member states are supposed to abide by the resolutions, and obviously, the unity of the security council is extremely important. the recent incidents show how important it is to restart the peace process, because it is the only way. i am a true believer that we need to promote a two state solution leading to peace and harmony between the two with normalized relations in the region and the full participation for the peace process to move forward. anchor: the u.s. and western capitals have backed israel's right to defend themselves, while weber state palestinians right are being ignored. it dates back to 1982 when the united station -- united nations passed a general assembly passed a resolution. let's take a quick look. algeria was colonized by france from the 1800s until the war for independence in 1954 when national liberation front fighters launched against french rule. algeria is recognized as a soverei

as soon as we can the u.n. security council has been meeting to discuss the situation in gaza and israel let's go live there now and talk to our correspondent christiane salumi this is the 2nd meeting that the security council has had about this this week is nick kristof. that's right the 2nd meeting has ended now and absolutely no word from the security council on the situation in the middle east there were 2 closed door meetings in his many days to briefings from the u.n. special coordinator for middle east peace toward venice and he. has warned of a spiral of violence leading to a possible full scale war in the middle east he's talked about this taking a devastating toll on ordinary people and has publicly come out and called on both sides to take steps to deescalate the violence but when it comes to the council speaking out not a word and we are told that it is the united states that is blocking a unified statement from the council from coming forth despite the fact that all other members of the council did

really airstrikes pound to buildings in gaza and hamas rains down rockets on targets in israel the u.n. warns of the risk of a full scale war. also coming up to the german cabinet to discuss stricter cuts on greenhouse gas emissions but does the new plan have enough muscle to impress voters wary about climate change. and screaming fans on live music to make a comeback at the brit awards. popstars thrill a packed concert hall of the 2021 brit awards how did organizers pull off this passive band joining us. last after months of mounting pressure the german football association is forced out for comparing his deputy to an infamous nazi judge. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in the middle east where both israeli forces and palestinian militants have stepped up their attacks in the worst fighting seen in years the death toll from israeli air strikes in gaza has risen to 43 people hamas rockets fired into israel have killed at least 5 the u.n. has called for both sides to stop the hostility warning of the risk of full scale war. a cycle of violence the world seems powerless to

is told the u.n. security council is ready to offer support if israel and hamas seek a cease fire but china has accused the biden ministration of blocking a joint statement on the crisis the u.s. is israel's most powerful ally and says a statement might hurt negotiations behind the scenes the actions of both hamas and israel were condemned at the virtual session of council members calling for dialogue. a palestinian foreign minister joined the meeting as an observer and backed members of the council to think about their own children while considering how to protect fasting in children when you want breaks your children and grandchildren to write live think of our children and of how you can honor those killed and those still alive think of what it feels to see your world crumbling down and not being able to protect them think of what it means to sleep not knowing which one of you will wake up remember that each time israel hears a party leader speak of its right to defend itself it is further embolden

has said that are you the u.n. has sent power to you numerous times you read them in the in the resolution of the human rights council so it's a little strange for you to pretend that you haven't seen them we have seen this document prepared by the human rights commission now that's ok but you know there had been 5 i mean from 201220132 those and 14 and now 2 of those went to 21 so every time this government comes to power they said resolution from the united nations human rights council right is that fair i think we have to ask that the human breakup council and then that is far should be held to a country or actions isn't it mr secretary i don't know what your 1st minister your foreign minister called the accusations forced on come. plain that our resolution was politically motivated but more than 40 countries co-sponsored this resolution 22 voted for it 14 abstained only 11 against your rapidly losing international support and credibility and the votes prove it you who are these party countries if i countries ar

the general assembly president concedes the process is not spelled out in the u.n. charter to terrorise has pointed out that more than half of his executive team are women for now it appears that's as close as any will get to leading this organization kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. with me said the reminder of our top stories israeli security forces have fired tear gas at palestinian protesters at the gaza israel border it comes after more than $200.00 palestinians were injured on friday night when israeli police stormed the mosque compound several states in india are going into lockdown as officials try to bring the crowd a virus outbreak under control india is the 3rd country after the u.s. and brazil to record more than 4000 deaths in one day. has more from new delhi we've been reporting that both the.

this is news live from berlin the u.n. condoms the senseless side of bloodshed in the middle east but there's still no end in sight. more israeli airstrikes pound several areas of gaza city prime minister benjamin netanyahu say's the military campaign against hamas is continuing at full force also coming up on the program. large parts of the british economy reopen from today but the prime minister wants and new coronavirus spirit from india could delay plans for complete reopening next month. and in order to see the football dortmund take it to the champions league next season beating knights with one match day live to play. i am. hello i'm christine window it's good to have your company israel has launched a series of heavy air strikes on gaza in the early hours of monday morning prime minister benjamin netanyahu save the attacks in gaza are continuing at full force and will take time u.n. security council talks ended without agreement on a public statement but the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist warned often and

and there's been a u.n. security council meeting this world to discuss the crisis in israel and palestine it was unable to agree on a joint statement china accused the biden administration of blocking attempts to form a unified position. india's health ministry is reporting 4100 deaths and more than 281000 new infections of corona virus in the past 24 hours that is actually the 1st time the daily recorded cases have fallen below $300000.00 since late april but health experts and government critics say there is significant undercounting they say testing is limited in the rural areas especially in the northern states of the prohibition. where hundreds of bodies have been found in the ganges river or simply buried along its bangs also a top virologist in india has resigned from a government covert advisory group that looked into new variants accused the government of not paying enough attention to a more contagious strain despite being warned about it back in monch more with me with all now in new delhi will co

has said to the to you the u.n. has sent back to you numerous times you read them in the in the resolution of the human rights council so it's a little strange for you to pretend that you haven't seen them. well we have seen this document prepared by the human rights commission now that's ok but you know there had been 5 i mean from 201220132 those and 14 and now 2 of those went to $21.00 so every time this government comes to power they said resolution from the united nations human rights council right is that fair i think we have to ask that the human breakup council and then that is far should be held to a country or actions isn't it mr secretary not your father's minister your foreign minister called the accusations force and complained about the resolution was politically motivated but more than 40 countries co-sponsored this resolution 22 voted for it 14 abstained only 11 against your rapidly losing international support and credibility and the votes prove it to him who are these party countries that if i coun