more than five million palestinians across the middle east depend on the u.n. agency. it's now fear that food aid for gaza could run out in a matter of months because of the funding gap. the human rights group amnesty international says turkey must stop using its ongoing state of emergency as an excuse for silencing triptychs its report comes a day after an istanbul court jailed journalists at the leading opposition newspaper on terrorist charges they were accused of supporting a group that the government blames for the field in two thousand and sixteen fourteen people received prison terms ranging from three to three were acquitted those convicted with. spending but they are barred from leaving. so can independent journalists to do their work into detail. julia hahn is with me welcome who leah now you know ever since the field the president has been lashing out at anyone who he views as in the bulletin including journalists what impact is this having on the freedom of expression in turkey well first of all jim grid newspapers not just any newspaper in turkey it's in f

years has added strain to the u.n. agency. services like health care education to almost two hundred thousand palestinians living here the u.s. decision to cut back funding has made the agency's financial situation it's appealing to be able to continue helping. countries. there are almost half a million palestinians in syria at least one hundred twenty thousand of the population have since fled to jordan lebanon turkey. nearly sixty percent have been internally displaced by the war. before the war seven. percent of those still living in syria are entirely dependent on the services it provides. he had a good life back home now he. has been halved. used to give us. the case. think about. many things children and. they're not. forced to work he earns seven dollars a day. without additional. cash assistance to refugees. who at such a young age is the breadwinner of the family. still to come on al-jazeera this news hour the u.s. president is once again notable for his absence from this year's white house correspondents dinner ask el

has added strain to the u.n. agency. education to almost two hundred thousand palestinians living here the u.s. decision to cut back funding. it's money to be able to continue helping. countries. there were almost half a million palestinians in syria at least one hundred twenty thousand of the population have since fled to jordan lebanon turkey. nearly sixty percent have been internally displaced by the war. before the war seven. percent of those still living in syria are entirely dependent on the services it provides. he had a good life back home now he. has been housed. under what used to give us. the case organization situation. as many. children. work seven dollars a day. without additional. cash assistance to refugees. who. today to next week's vote in parliament for a new prime minister after attracting tens of thousands of armenians on to the streets and forcing the resignation of the prime minister the opposition is demanding that their leader nicole posh union be elected one first year walker reports on a day of

u.n. agencies rushing to help the better nation but with relations of corruption and abuse by u.n. and aid workers has the misspelled the good from the country all together and coming under its problems now the latest scandal in haiti's over oxon employees saying aging sexual exploitation is in the country the haitian government has suspended the work of the u.k. charity awesome has apologized started investigation and fired those as false or responsible what more could they do right now well. i think oxfam is just sort of the symptom of the problem because haiti's under occupation and these n.g.o.s are there masturbating on this pain that has been imposed upon us because of imperialism what else could they do they could actually leave haiti. ok we're going to go actually case by case but because it's the latest case i'd like to focus on that in the beginning i mean totally takes one scandal to ruin the reputation of a charity accusation stake and people start thinking that the whole organization is rotten after the ski.

u.n. agencies rushing to help the better nation but with revelations of corruption and abuse by u.n. and aid workers has the image of the charitable organizations been tainted for good . government expelled groups from the country altogether and counting condoms problems. is really down to haitian human rights lawyer welcome it's really great to have you on our program lots to talk about now the latest scandal in haiti's over oxfam employees to engaging in sexual exploitation in the country the haitian government has suspended the work of the u.k. charity awesome has apologized started investigation and fired those responsible are responsible what more could they do right now well. i think oxfam is just sort of the symptom of the problem because haiti's under occupation and these n.g.o.s are there masturbating on this pain that has been imposed upon us because of imperialism what else could they do they could actually leave haiti. ok we're going to go actually case by case but because oxfam is the latest case i'd like to focus on that in the beginning i mean totally takes one scandal

arrival of more than thirty thousand palestinians from syria in recent years has added strain to the u.n. agency it already provides services like health care education to almost two hundred thousand palestinians living here the u.s. decision to cut back funding has made the agency's financial situation worse it's appealing for more money to be able to continue helping refugees in syria and those in neighboring countries. there are almost half a million palestinians in syria at least one hundred twenty thousand of the population have since fled to jordan lebanon turkey europe and elsewhere nearly sixty percent have been internally displaced by the war. before the war seventy percent of palestinians were dependent on assistance they were able to work and had access to government services unlike their brethren and. under one. five percent of those still living in syria are entirely dependent on the services it provides. he had a good life back home now he is among those the u.n. calls the extreme. the cash assistance he receives has been halved. or well used to give us. the case organization situa

u.n. agencies rushing to help the better. but relations of corruption and abuse by u.n. and aid workers has the image of a charitable organizations been tainted for good. government expelled groups from the country altogether and coming to terms of its problems. is really down to haitian human rights lawyer welcome it's really great to have you on our program lots to talk about now the latest scandal in haiti's over off some employees sexual exploitation in the country the haitian government has suspended the work of the u.k. charity awesome has apologized started investigation and fired those are false or responsible what more could they do.

u.n. -- agencies in the u.n. present. there are 30 countries with a bilateral presence. there are eight or nine develop mental banks. -- develop mental banks -- dev elopmental banks. it is difficult to navigate the u.n. agencies from a leadership aspect and bilateral agencies to create a cohesive economic plans. to me, the economic planning and the security our two sides of the same coin. as a private investor, i am curious and interested to see advancement on the economic side and planning. mr. o'hanlon: thank you. panelist,s to each starting with the ambassador. ambassador schwartz: on agriculture -- it is much needed. there is a lot -- it was productive, particularly in the river area. there are a lot of big problems getting in. security, obviously. this has changed and become more complicated over the last 25 years since land ownership -- a and othersclans moved in and taken land, stolen land. a lot of people have been displaced. unfortunately, it seems to be the bantu population. land ownership is important to them. there are water issues that were not as pronounced

artillery pounded areas around yarmouk in southern damascus over the last twenty four hours the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warned of catastrophic consequences leaders of the association of southeast asian nations were asked and a gathering in singapore to discuss issues affecting the region fears of a global trade war disputes in the south china sea and. the crisis are expected to top the agenda armenia is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue kind of petty and called off the talks with the call and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda on me as parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister. resigned on monday following weeks of demonstrations there's the headlines more news on al-jazeera after what i want east next. seven million live in this. story. the monster the. documentary. almost half a million foreign students many from asia choose to study in australia. it's the country's third largest export industry worth nearly eighteen billion dollars a year. but australia's reputation as

u.n. refugee agency but one of the parties involved here italy says no it officially hasn't been told about this i wonder where you are germany's also mentioned you think germany's officially been asked to go along with this is well i'm not. as i was informed and i have informed myself rather for sort of before this there was no official asking from israel and no actually they don't know about this resettlement program with israel so this is for the moment what i think is true for germany as well yeah so what is the un doing here what is israel actually doing here is the mortar behind the scenes is just some huge admin error what. well probably and probably it's a way for netanyahu to quit to cool down the problem in his in this own country but i think we have to understand we have a global migration crisis it's not about asylum we see that individual asylum is another thing where whole groups of populations are concerned as is the migration crisis due to failed states and two failed economic policies and two failed economic development especially in africa and this big challenge has to be

u.n. rejected his decision to recognized as the official israeli capital u.s. had long been the agency's biggest donor warned it could be forced to haul relief work for millions of refugees if it cannot raise more money more than five million palestinians across the middle east depend on the u.n. agency for basic services it's now feared that food aid for gaza could run out in a matter of months because of that funding gap. football now in jam princely drama in germany last night as the business leaders byron munich faced titleholders real madrid in the semi advocate drew from the sports talk about that a better two one defeat for byron what happened that well unlike the previous evening's events last night's game really did have the feeling of a champions league semifinal heavyweight clash it was a cagey affair neither side wanted to make the first mistake but it was by munich who broke the deadlock to joshua kimmage but they did start to vulnerable off they lost. shortly after they'd scored that goal and so it transpired marcello the brazilian left back pulled things level before the s

pro-government forces there are pressing an offensive against i still in the palestinian refugee camp the u.n. agency responsible for palestinian refugees says it's deeply concerned about the safety of civilians there that's as pictures emerged showing government planes bombed body in the area meanwhile the u.n. secretary general has again said that there is no military solution to the conflict in syria. was speaking as u.n. security council ambassadors arrived for a retreat in sweden to try to heal the divisions between them. i see we. live in syria essentially to see the first one to stand up very slowly very slowly for the see the solution is political we really need to fight to get elections through the violations of international law the use of chemical weapons. if we find a way when each attempt the p six cannot go on living we think unity in relation to what it is clearly a war crime that through their people from the face of. it in his government has approved that the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve after widespread outrage over a number of recent

u.n. refugee agency says it's the supported by israel canceling a deal to relocate half the african refugees living in the country just hours before the deal was actually announced protests against the u.-turn have been taking place in both tell of eve and jerusalem the prime minister benjamin netanyahu faced intense pressure from right wing groups over the deal which would have led at least sixteen thousand africans stay and another sixteen thousand resettled in western countries where seventy deca has more now from television. some of the activists we've been speaking to will say that even this deal that it has been hailed they were cautiously optimistic before that you turned by the prime minister they said that deal was floored why because they say israel should be doing its part in taking in refugees asylum seekers because it is a world wide problem certainly now the situation remains in limbo the bottom line is these people up to forty thousand mostly from eritrea and sudan have been here for years they speak hebrew they work here and they pay high taxes israel has never sorted out the

forces are pressing the offensive against isis fighters in the arm palestinian refugee camps the u.n. agency responsible for refugees says that it's deeply concerned about the safety of civilians that has pitches emerged showing government planes bombarding the area. well now to india where the government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve after widespread outrage over a number of recent attacks the order was approved by prime minister narendra modi but it also requires parliamentary approval within six months to become law in the meantime suspects can be prosecuted under the order of been widespread protests in india following a number of high profile rape cases including the killing of an eight year old girl in kashmir. i spoke to care t. saying a lawyer and women's rights activist in new delhi she says she doesn't think that the death penalty will work as a deterrent nineteen persons in india and you learn even when people think that they can act with impunity that they will not get punished and therefore you did this is that you

pressing their offensive against eisel fighters holed up in the yarmouk palestinian refugee camp the u.n. agency responsible for palestinian refugees says it's very concerned about the safety of civilians there pictures emerged showing government planes bombarding the area. well now at least one person has died in violence between security forces and protesters in madagascar the demonstrations were rallying in the capital one ton an hour riva against new electoral laws which the opposition says a meant to stop a candidate from running for president the city's hospital says at least sixteen others have been injured in the violence so joining me now is paul melis a journalist and associate fellow at chatham house africa program thanks very much for taking the time to come in so campaigning is well on the way for this election and as we can see that has been have also been clashes between police and protesters do you expect to see more violence and instability in the months. well i think it really depends what happens in the next few weeks if after the laws have been finally confirmed and perhaps a

artillery pounded areas around yarmouk in southern damascus over the last twenty four hours the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warned of catastrophic consequences leaders of the association of southeast asian nations were asked you have a gathering in singapore to discuss issues affecting the region fears of a global trade war disputes in the south china sea and. crisis are expected to top the agenda armenia is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue kind of petty and called off the talks with a call to shinny and accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda on media as parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister. resigned on monday following weeks of demonstrations there's the headlines more news on al-jazeera after what i want east next. there's a seven million in this room each with a story that didn't lie to the. witness the she meant to these children. and she's here.

pressing their offensive against i still fighters holed up in the palestinian refugee camp the u.n. agency responsible for palestinian refugees says it's deeply concerned about the safety of civilians there that's as pictures emerged showing government planes bombarding the area. now at least one person has died in violence between security forces and protesters in madagascar the demonstrators were rallying in the capital on time army riva against new electoral laws which the opposition says are meant to stop their candidate from running for president the city's hospital says at least sixteen more people have been injured in the violence paul mellie is a researcher with the chatham house africa program he says politicians using the legal system against their opponents is nothing new in madagascar. the former president marc ravalomanana could be excluded because the people who have a conviction from running for president but the conviction that he has was really very questionable one he was out of the country having been overthrown in a coup it was a political trial many people don't think

has added strain to the u.n. agency it already provides services like health care education to almost two hundred thousand palestinians living here the u.s. decision to cut back funding has made the agency's financial situation worse it's appealing for more money to be able to continue helping refugees in syria and those in neighboring countries. there are almost half a million palestinians in syria at least one hundred twenty thousand of the population have since fled to jordan lebanon turkey europe and elsewhere nearly sixty percent have been internally displaced by the war before the war seven percent of palestinians were dependent on assistance they were able to work and had access to government services unlike their brother and. owner was ninety five percent of those still living in syria are entirely dependent on the services it provides. he had a good life back home now he is among those the u.n. calls the extreme. the cash assistance he receives has been halved. or well used to give us. the case organization sit

u.n. refugee agency and he joins me live from geneva william a very warm welcome to the program thanks for your company william just explain a little bit more for people about why refugees are coming to yemen at a time of conflict of the sorts of situations that they're facing yemen has been transit countries and a country of the nation for people fleeing the horn of africa for for many years. and many somalis but also people from european and other countries in africa have been going to yemen looking for protection and some of them have also gone there with the hope of moving on to other countries in the gulf for instance so in saudi arabia or even to move on to europe but many of them are finding now that because of the conflict they are stuck in yemen also because of the conflict many of them are being abused and exploited by different groups including smugglers and armed groups that are holding them captive in some cases. extorting money out of them told to bring them raping them and we have seen horrific cases of this in detention in southern yemen specifically in the tensions and in

thousand residents have fled the fighting to save damage to the camp has exceeded all expectations the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees and roa has warned of catastrophic consequences turkey says it will work with the u.s. in syria's main beach region turkey's foreign minister because of that the new u.s. secretary of state my pump here on the sidelines of the nato summit in brussels relations between the allies have been strained over northern syria where turkey's be the tacking kurdish rebels who are supported by the us said to the americans in the argentinians are struggling with the rising cost of consumer goods with some of the poorest families especially at risk inflation has fallen to less than half of its peak of forty seven percent to twenty sixteen but it's still the second highest in latin america after venezuela to the bone reports. mighty little u.s. lives in one of the poorest areas of one aside if. you know a place that when it rains it is isolated from the other parts of the province because of buffy's won't dare to go in. but these days she has another reason to warry. paid fo

few days good weather and calm seas has made it easier for the boat to depart according to the u.n. agency are more than those of you for variety by see them at least since the start of twenty inseam. rights groups say thousands of factories in bangladesh are still unsafe five years after its worst industrial disaster with an eleven hundred people mostly female garment workers were crushed to death in the twenty thirty rana plaza collapse for google. it's been described as the worst industrial disaster in bangladesh's history when i pull a twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen more than eleven hundred people were crushed to death and two thousand injured when an eight story building collapsed in an industrial suburb of the capital dhaka the majority of the victims were women working in garment factories in the rana plaza building and. they were making clothes for a well known brands including bennett's and and primal an investigation found the workers had complained about the cracks in the walls despite warnings the building was unsafe survivors say they were forced to work regardless of

u.n. agencies from finding out what the truth is and for seeing what their own eyes. part of a broader policy that they believe allows them to maintain denials. >> does her support, does it in anyway restore a great deal of criticism that she has faced? >> i think we'll have to see a lot more not just in allowing far man cured manufactured visit to these conflict areas by the u.n. members before this can be assessed as something that allows us to believe there is any change in policy by the government. >> all right. another thing to keep in mind, this is very important to point out, monsoon saeason a coupleovr months away. >> it will bring heavy rain and potentially could bring cyclones to the camps. these camps are densely populated and they are extraordinary vulnerable. most people in these camps are living in the sanitation systems and the water systems that supply clean drinking water and cooking water are extraordinarily vulnerable to the flooding of many of those areas. limited steps have been taken and by agency ties there. not enough has been done to safeguard

u.n. refugee agency u.n. it c.r. over four million people have been forced to flee their homes oh well these people long for peace the price is music can be a tool for we conciliation that can bring stability to the world's youngest nation . that actually. now to new york where police there have charged u.f.c. star connor mcgregor after a back stage from a layout of the organization's biggest event of the year the irishman's being held on charges of assault and criminal mischief he allegedly smashed the window of a bus containing. costs like. take football personally. i think. the best kicker here. and a lot of ducks those talks about her life was byron munich star robert. a celebrity's force coming up close and personal. next. month when it came as an e.u. supergirl the weapons are a guitar templates and question that. she's fighting against briggs for a second referendum. of all u.k. residents want britain to stay in the new show modeling is not about to quit she believes in miracles and superpowers. in sixty minut

u.n. agencies and ngos are trying to help.e neighbors have taken in vast numbers of refugees and they deserve credit for that. but in terms of really making assad pay a price, nobody has been willing to do that. and i guess i'm concerned at this juncture that i think we may well end up striking syria with some kind of military strike. and at one level, it would be nice to see syria pay a price, i fear that it would be just something not harnessed a larger stat testrategic goal. a one off strike doesn't have a larger strategy to it doesn't really accomplish anything. and we have the inverse of what we had under president obama, president obama tried the diplomatic toolbox and wasn't willing to use the military toolbox. president trump is willing to use the military toolbox but not the diplomatic toolbox. >> you said last we're when president trump launched those tomahawk missiles, why do you think thats a sa as tomahawk missiles, why do you think thats a sa sad is still b. >> he's been trying to get control of eastern ghouta an

artillery pounded areas around yet to walk in southern damascus over the past twenty four hours the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees as warned of catastrophic consequences and armenia's acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as antigovernment protests continue. called off tours with nicholai and accusing him of trying to dictate to the agenda armenia's parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister after the guests resigned on monday following weeks of demonstrations those were the headlines about the al-jazeera news hour in thirty minutes to stay with us. while in sudan bin ladin remained politically active. for most of the nine hundred ninety s. he maintained an office in london named the advisory and reformation committee. the office was believed to have been involved in distributing literature critical of the saudi regime. following bomb attacks in riyadh and hobart and saudi arabia sudan started to come under increasing pressure to expel its controversial guest. investigators believed bin laden was tied at some level to both attacks. it w

or while those donors were meeting in brussels the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees warned it could be forced to halt relief work for millions of refugees if it cannot raise more money the un r w a is in the midst of the worst crisis in its fifth year history following major cuts in american funding more than five million palestinians also mcgee's depend on the un agency for basic services it's now feared their food aid for gaza could run out in a matter of months because of this huge funding gap. well joining me now is the head of the un's relief and works agency for palestinian refugees korean brule is now in berlin for talks after that conference welcome to the show thanks for being with us your organization is suffering the worst shortfall in funding in its history can funds from the syrian conference make up for the shortfall it's an important moment of course because we did immediately start mobilizing all of our partners donors around the world people of goodwill and we've had first results there was an extraordinary conference in rome

the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons, another u.n. agency has sent a team to syria to investigate. mattis was asked whether the pentagon could confirm the use of chemical weapons earlier today. >> have you seen evidence that the assad regime has used a chemical attack? >> we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies. >> is the u.s. military ready for a strike? >> we stand ready to provide military options if appropriate as the president determines. thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much. >> russia is threatening to target u.s. warships or bases that fire on syria. remember, there's 2,000 u.s. troops in eastern syria. russia haas been jamming the gps of u.s. drones. a delegation of russian lawmakers are in damascus meeting president assad. it's not clear what their message will be. the russians are claiming the images from douma are fake. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. let's go to john alterman, director of the middle east program at the center for strategic studies. a bipartisan nonprofit research organ

years has added strain to the u.n. agency provide services like health care education to almost two hundred thousand palestinians living here the u.s. decision to cut back funding has made the agency's financial situation worse it's appealing for more money to be able to continue helping. those in neighboring countries. there are almost half a million palestinians in syria at least one hundred twenty thousand of the population have since fled to jordan lebanon turkey. nearly sixty percent have been internally displaced by the war. before the war seven percent. more dependent on. government services. and. five percent of those still living in syria are entirely dependent on the services it provides. he had a good life back home now he. has been halved. used to give us. the case. think about. his many. children and. they're not. forced to work he earns seven dollars a day. without additional. cash assistance to refugees. who at such a young age is the breadwinner of the family. the great now and a new protest movement in spain

thousand residents have fled the fighting to say damage to the camp has exceeded all expectations the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees and raw has warned of catastrophic consequences turkey says it will work with the u.s. in syria's region turkey's foreign minister met flute because of you met with the new u.s. secretary of state more like pompei are on the sidelines of the nato summit in brussels that relations between the allies have been strained over northern syria where turkey's been attacking kurdish rebels who are supported by the u.s. army is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as antigovernment protests continue cabinet capeci and called off the talks with nicole. accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda armenia's parliament meets next week to elect a prime minister after she is suggestion and resigned on monday following weeks of antigovernment rallies. robin forestay walker has more from yet of a. the stage would sit today for talks between. the opposition leader and. the prime minister the acting prime minister of armenia this is th

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u.n. agencies, which they'll do very, very quickly. senator shaheen: i think you talked about the importance of a political solution in yemen as being the ultimate goal. ambassador satterfield, you talked about the meet be to be part of any negotiation. who else needs to be at the table in order for a political solution to really work? ambassador satterfield: senator, i have over the past 40 years seen many complex, whom hob seian crises in the middle east. i have to tell you the yemen situation is one of the most complex in terms of the numbers of parties, subparties, and fundamental internal divisions, the south, north, legacy of 1993 forced reunification. all of them in one way or another are going to need to have a voice, they are going to need to be represented. the huttis are but one in the north a very significant one, but one of those parties. senator shaheen: mr. jenkins, secretary karem, who else do you think should be at the able? mr. jenkins: i would echo what u.n. secretary said. what's necessary right now is a entra e acr

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u.n. refugee agency says it's alarmed by the horrific conditions faced by newly arrived refugees in yemen the agency says refugees and asylum seekers face abuse physical and sexual violence some of them are being kidnapped for ransom while others have been forced back into the sea the u.n. special envoy in yemen has warned about the humanitarian crisis in the country thousands of people are marching in armenia it's a protest the election of a former president as prime minister it's the sixth day of demonstrations which began in the capital on friday if since spread to other cities demonstrators say says sarkozy and who's been in the leading office for more than a decade is attempting a power grab zimbabweans are celebrating their first independence day without robert mugabe is the leader been in power since the end of white minority rule in one thousand nine hundred eighty a gobby was forced to step down last year after a military intervention and its vice president and mona gaga took over those are the headlines inside story is coming up in the. they moved to britain more than half a cen

few days good weather and calm seas have made it easier for the boats to depart according to the u.n. agency are more than eight times and people have a rifle i see in italy since the start of twenty eighteen. now israel's abandoned its plans to forcibly deport african migrants who entered the country illegally the government was unable to find a willing country to take in the migrants and thousands of mostly eritrean and sudanese man of course into israel through egypt's sinai desert the migrants will again be able to renew residency permits every sixty days and they were before as they were before the deportation push well you turns been welcomed by rights groups and the migrants who say they have fled war and persecution i'm very happy to see that the presence of one of these consulate and now is the right time to the israeli government to give a solution for as i said i'm scared him from office everything to start his or to answer there are salim cleaned up because. peace in china have arrested a thirty two year old man they believe to rip that placed onto the fire that killed eighteen p

on to the island malaysia's maritime enforcement agency director general said the refugees would be allowed to enter on humanitarian grounds now the u.n. refugee agency has praised the decision around seven hundred thousand reinjure have been forced from their homes in myanmar since the military crackdown in rakhine state in august florence louie is our correspondent following events for us from kuala lumpur i mean it's not the first time that migrants have arrived from being mar on to malaysian soil the country does host already of quite a large number. that's right now according to the government there are already about sixty thousand refugees living in malaysia this is also not the first time that malaysia has seen boat load of refuse. refugees arriving on the shores off of malaysia now malaysia has a policy of not allowing these boats to land in the country but this time malaysian officials have said they are allowing this to take place on humanitarian grounds now they've already said that the boat is being escorted to peninsula malaysia where the refugees fifty six of them mostly women and children will be handed over to immigrat

u.n. refugee agency after what's being called a right wing. pushback tonight within israel seems the prime minister now says will first first meet representatives from the south of tel aviv and only then reconsider the implementation no mention of why it seems italy or germany haven't been included in the dialogue of this so far saw quite a confusing story really stay across it r.t. dot com and we'll bring it today as we get to find out more as well. next stories focusing on israel to instantly the country being slammed for how its military is handling ongoing protests at the gaza border the so-called palestinian march of returns already left seventeen killed and more than a thousand injured over the course of three days. different. people demonstrating. the walk the. walk try to give. the drug. the annual march of return as a demonstration denouncing what palestinians view as israeli occupation thousands of them have pitched tents across five locations along the gaza border with are expected to stay for the coming weeks world leaders have con

u.n. and international aid agencies say it's inconceivable that the regimes you can return with their legal status in me makes them so vulnerable to more violence. than i get out of. the fed me and mom because they tortured us and they killed a lot maybe if they can guarantee us citizenship freedom and a life we will go back otherwise how can we survive their. for the approximately seven hundred thousand refugees who fled. to now live in what's been described as the little just ripping camp in the world the struggle to survive could become even . a dramatic change in the weather is putting lives at risk. as united nations security council delegation continue their discussions with the myanmar government the situation here for hundreds of thousands of refugees living in flimsy shelters many on steep hillsides could get a lot worse in the coming weeks and months so i clone along soon season is starting here the u.n. and aid agencies a saying that it is vital to act in all of this a prevent a disaster happening i mean what can only be described as one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the

i mean, i work with the u.n. agency in the 1990s. the amount of backlog are, the time it takes to take someone out of a war zone and bring them somewhere safe is dramatically longer hand these people have. >> five to ten years on average, yeah. and it takes far too long which is the same thing with the united states. our clearance process for visitor visases as well as resident visas takes far too long. so we have to do a much better job at figuring out how to get through that bureaucratic process and streamline the process, hire the people that actually know how to do vetting, conduct better training of your officers. so we as the united states could be doing a much better job, and unhcr, they're representing and vetting for countries all over the world. the idea is if it takes longer, it must be better. that's simply -- it shouldn't be that way. yeah, because these people are living in refugee camps for 5-10 yores. >> and you used the word refugee, and e -- and we can't even use thatrd who. that determined you had to coach these yo

u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in do it's the man the immediate unhindered access to provide care for the victims allowing fisher has been following all developments in washington and he joins us live now so i've been various developments there's the trump tweets there's what's been said in the news conference or at the white house do we have do you think a clear idea of what exactly the u.s. administration plans to do in syria and when. no that's the very simple answer we do and we know that there have been meetings we know that the being phone calls between president mccrone and prime minister theresa may with the white house that's been going on over the last forty eight hours or so we will get another readout from the white house in the next couple of hours to say that there have been more meetings of that came particularly as we know that theresa me has called this emergency cabinet meeting in london and some of the more senior security advisors that the president has or they have been meeting in the white house in the last few hours that meeting was ch

u.n. refugee agency to send thousands of african migrants to germany and italy saying it knows nothing.

u.n. refugee agency says it's alon by the horrific conditions faced by newly arrived refugees in gehman agency says migrants in asylum seekers fleeing places like somalia and ethiopia face abuse physical and sexual violence some of them are being kidnapped for ransom while others have been forced back into the sea the u.n. special envoy on yemen has also warned about the humanitarian crisis in the country well william spindler is the spokesman for the un refugee agency and he says many refugees are falling victim to yemen as groups yemen has been trance it country and a country of this nation for people fleeing the horn of africa for for many years and many somalis but also people from european and other countries in africa have been going to yemen looking for protection and some of them have also gone there with the hope of moving on to other countries in the gulf for instance or in saudi arabia or even to move on to europe but many of them are finding now that because of the conflict they are stuck in yemen also because of the conflict many of them are being abused and exploited by different

u.n. refugee agency says it's alarmed by the horrific conditions faced by newly arrived refugees in yemen the agency says refugees and asylum seekers face abuse physical and sexual violence some of them being kidnapped for ransom while others have been forced back into the sea the u.n. special envoy in yemen is also warned about the humanitarian crisis in the country thousands of people are marching in mania to protest against the election of a former president as prime minister it's the sixth day of demonstrations which began in the capital on friday and they've since spread to other cities demonstrators say surfside to c.n.n. is attempting a power grab at least seventeen dozens of people starbucks in the u.s. says it will give it stop what it calls racial bias education after a public outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in philadelphia nearly one hundred seventy five thousand staff from more than one thousand stores will get training on how to combat discrimination video released last week showed the two men being arrested while they prepared for a business meet

u.n. agencies for which they will do very quickly. >> i think you all talked about the importance of the clinical solution in yemen as being the ultimate goal and ambassador you talked about the houthis needing to be part of any negotiation. who else needs to be at the table in order for a political solution to really work? >> senator i have over the past 40 years seen many complex almost hobbesian crises in the middle east and i have to tell you the yemen situation is one of the most complex in terms of the numbers of parties, sub parties and then fundamental divisions of the south, the north and the legacy of the 93 forced reunification. all of them in one way or another are going to need to have that voice. they are going to need to be representative. the houthis are but one in the north a very significant one that one of those parties. >> mr. jenkins and mr.'s mr.'s--mr. karem who else do you think should be there? >> what is necessary right now is a dialogue across yemen and enter yemen dialogue that can help support a larger peace negotiation. some bay who's some bay dialogue? >> we are hap