u.n. peacekeeping operations and director of the international crisis group discussing u.n. peacekeeping missions u.n. peacekeepers have a mixed record success is often mixed with failure sometimes in the same area liberation like in yugoslavia for instance are we ordinary people right to expect the blue helmets to actually stop wars and be disappointed when they don't. well i think there are excessive expectations on what peacekeepers can do at the end of the day it is those who have made war who have waged war who can make peace the peacekeepers they can help them but the key factor in the success of failure of a peacekeeping mission is the parties to the conflict themselves the peacekeepers they can provide the reassurance that is needed when there is no trust they can really enforce peace they don't have the military capacity to do that so would touch. the subject of giving the blue helmets on u.s. peacekeepers men day to use for miss if necessary she. would you and peacekeeping operations sometimes be given a mandate to use force more freely war often so that situations

u.n. peacekeeping operations and director of the international crisis group. a force of humanitarian relief which promises calm. and. peacekeepers truly the. force. to bring peace to work is reaching. out of you know welcome to the show it's good to have you on our program one more time so both russia and ukraine have recently called for peacekeeping deployments in ukraine's conflict zone and the russians have proposed deployment mostly on the frontline between rebels and the government while of once it on the russian ukraine border is terror compromised working here or is it going to take another normal in this style negotiation around to work out a plan to everybody's liking. well i think it's good that both ukraine and russia. are now supporting the concept of a peacekeeping mission in ukraine i think it really opens a space for for diplomacy and for for compromise i think it will be important to have international oversight over the areas which are presently in conflict this is a conflict that cannot be forgotten there are people who die every day and so i

u.n. peacekeeping missions. well because first when peacekeeping is authorized by the security council and the security council doesn't want to spend too much money on peacekeeping it spends already roughly eight billion dollars so it's not small amount of money it's small compared to military spending in the world but in absolute terms it's not small and second because peacekeepers they are effective if again if the parties to the conflict one then if you just throw peacekeepers at a conflict without. dimona request from the parties to the conflict usually you are disappointed because the peacekeepers again they can help they cannot substitute for the will of the parties to sue for peace so how do you choose a countries that supply peacekeepers to this or that mission are there specific it's conflict that influenced choice language religion climate or does the u.n. just pick whoever is willing to spend the money. well there are you say there are only fifteen peacekeeping mission but it's still that's quite a num

u.n. peacekeeping mission is more about settling call flakes rather than preventing them why isn't the u.n. focusing more on prevention. well the secretary general as made clear that he he wants to focus on on prevention i think there are number of situations in the world where you see problems simmering and the question often is not so much that you are surprised you know you you can draw up a list of places that could blow up but there is not the political will to address that crisis management crowds out so to speak prevention and i think is very important for the secretary of the u.n. and that's what he wants to do and he is. launching reforms to that effect is very important for the united nations to focus on prevention but it needs the support of its key member states to be successful there because we see situations where they are local grievances they are problems that are on resolved and the rest of the world looks the other way until it turns into an open conflict and that's that's dangerous and wrong thank you very much for this interesting insights have mr again no where as disc

u.n. peacekeeper who died on the continent. the plane carrying secretary-general dot com a shelter crashed while he was on a peace mission to the then congo nearly sixty years ago initial inquests attributed the crash to pilot error but following the emergence of new evidence in recent years the un appointed an eminent person tanzanian judge mohamad chanda ottoman to launch a new investigation and this has now been handed over to the president of the general assembly the report though is inconclusive saying more information is needed as to the cause of the crash them in person considered it plausible that an external attack or threat may have been the cause them in person also noted that it remains possible the crash was an accident caused by pilot error without external interference and that it was plausible that human factors including fatigue played a role in the crash. there are uncontested claims that the u.s. and the u.k. had intercepted radio traffic in the area at the time of the crash and while not specifically naming

u.n. peacekeepers despite this scandal. that's right he wants more troops on the ground you know the u.n. mission here called we knew their budget is up for renewal it will be will be a meeting of the security council united. it's a pretty council later on in november so. his arrival here in central african republic is not only to show to people here that the international community cares about this country but also alerts the international community. to our country cutting funding in peacekeeping operation and the united states has been drastically cutting un peacekeeping. funding. to show donors that there's a real risk of a genocide happening in this country like the un a chief has mentioned last week talked about what he believes as the start of and that cleansing through they are parts of this country the size of austria there are held by rebel militia groups the only people here who could do something about it the united nations peacekeeping force twelve thousand men and. nine hundred extra men that want to ensure the

u.n. peacekeeping peacekeeping force not just in central african republic. also elsewhere where u.n. peacekeepers are operating so this is something that's really important to him and that's why he's come here to really tackle this issue in this is something that he'll talk about later in this visit scheer in central african republic but yet still no charges have been made against any peacekeepers accused of abusing young children nicholas on their lives from bangay nicholas thank you will central african republic holds the record for international interventions on its soil besides the un the e.u. the african union regional african organizations and france have all taken part in military interventions there the most recent violence erupted in two thousand and thirteen that's when president francois bosy was overthrown by the main news them select the rebels that triggered the bloodiest fighting in the country's history between selec and the mainly christian anti belloc are now the unrest says driven about six hundred thousand people from their homes most of them living in camps for in

u.n. peacekeeping operation to mean you guys it's called here is up for renewal in november so the timing of this visit is crucial in order not just to get the attention of the world on what's happening in central african republic but most importantly on donor countries remember countries big donor countries that fund u.n. peacekeeping operation like the united states wants a flash the funding in this would be detrimental to say the least for countries like central african republic who completely depend on the united nations for its security but also for its humanitarian response half of the population here depends on u.n. aid for their food and their survival and there's twelve thousand troops here but that's not enough there are region julie here the size of austria that are in the hands of rebel groups where aid agencies are not able to go in so with their eyes once more boots on the ground that's controversial for human rights groups that who say that many soldiers here are abusing their mandate and are sexually abusing people that they're supposed to protect we met some of these vict

u.n. peacekeeping mission to haiti is ending after thirteen years of flag lowering ceremony is being held the official pullout is expected to be finalized by told with the fifteenth those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of. the suffering of children in yemen the saudi led coalition and rebels who are out war with each other both placed on a u.n. blacklist will that protect children rights their cues violates.

u.n. peacekeepers from the. difficult to try to bring back peace this is also where a few months ago the u.n. humanitarian chief said that there were signs early signs of a genocide now in this town that muslims have fled the area they're being killed and there's only one safe haven for that for them this one church where they're staying now the problem of course is that now that they're in this church they're still under attack from christian vigilantes and it's up to the u.n. peacekeepers to protect them. is here to visit those that are been deployed this place there's five hundred thousand people that have been internally displaced and six hundred thousand others that have been. displaced out of the country seeking refuge in neighboring countries most of them being muslim now he's calling for more troops on the ground to try to control the situation of course it's not going to bring back peace but it might help the troops on the ground to react more quickly they've been criticized by people here in bang get s

u.n. peacekeeping mission. >> can we get the last word in?>> people didn't know that american leadership didn't know. >> they didn't know because they weren't paying attention. you see the documents they clearly say this is how many troops are there. this is what they are doing there and this is why they are there. such a pretend like they are out of the loop, well, it's pretty obvious they're trying to cover their backs. >> the long classified jfk files could be released in days. will they finally put conspiracy theories to rest? that's next. when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com. they didn't have to change their plans or worry about a thing. i'll see you all in a little bit. and i fixed it right away with a strong repair they can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> tech: being there whenever you need us that's another safelite advantage. >> singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take something

u.n. peacekeepers. the un's mandate is to protect the civilian population but scores have been killed a peace deal signed in june has failed armed groups control large parts of the country as the violence escalates. the solution to this conflict if groups to disarm and as a nation to reconcile. the newspaper headlines are critical of the u.n. some especially in the christian community accusing un peacekeepers from muslim nations from not doing enough to protect christians from muslim armed groups. i felt good to be more firm towards certain peacekeeping troops who i think are supporting some of the armed groups we want him to be harder with. underfunded and ill equipped the secretary general wants more troops on the ground this is a country where a lot of people are suffering and a country that is forgotten by the international community and we absolutely need to address the suffering of the going to public and people. with. the number of troops here but also to improve their capacity to deliver support

u.n. peacekeepers from chad were killed and two others injured when their logistics convoy was attacked inorthern mali according to the united nations. un security council condemned the attack on the road. the 12,000 strong u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali has become the most dangerous in the world as islamic militants routinely attack u.n. convoys across the north. mali, a neighbor of new chair. >> after the u.s. trained governmentrthrew the in mali, a really destabilized the entire country and because of that in the north and even central part of the country, there have been militant groups operating ever since. they've really carved out strongholds. you have french and african forces backed by the united states conducting counterterror campaigns, but this is an ongoing insurgency and it shows no sign of slowing. amy: nick turse, thank you for being there. we will link to all of your pieces with different news organizations. nick turse is a fellow at the nation institute. author of "tomorrow's battlefield: u.s. proxy wars and secret ops in africa," and his latest book is "next time they

u.n. peacekeepers in the town of kemah yola. to say that day they wanted the release of four men from their community has been arrested by congolese soldiers this camera phone video was taken as the crowd gathered and sang. when the shooting began not only when the refugees came down the road from this direction they say they met soldiers about where the blue truck is they say the soldiers opened fire without any provocation you can see bullet holes in the wall here they say the machine gun fire went on for several minutes but the security forces tell a different story. captain informed a kill him a was there he says the refugees overpowered him and other policeman stole a gun and used it to shoot him in the leg and attack the soldiers who then fired back in self defense one soldier was killed and there's an exam if you have never seen such people were not afraid of bullets one carried a bible and they all kept seeing an advance of. refugees deny they took a gun or attacked the u.n. says in any case the army should not have used

u.n. peacekeeping operations and director of the international crisis group. going to start from. a force of humanitarian relief which promises. political twists. and peacekeepers truly the. force was the limit. and what else is needed besides flag to bring peace to where the work is reaching. out of you know welcome to the show it's good to have you on our program one more time so both russia and ukraine harrison.

u.n. peacekeepers but humanitarian workers pulled out and food supplies were cut off. and the people in the camp went from eating to meals a day to just one they say the corn flour paste tastes terrible and gives the children diarrhea and everyone says they're hungry the u.n. says it's in the process of opening a new long term settlement since the first one called lucinda became full we had really funding issues big funding issues but even without you know the little one we're getting we are now developing a new camp and that is the reason why actually listen the camp is overcrowded and the transit center is supposed to be transit facilities have now become actually camps most of these refugees fled to tanzania and some to rwanda those that came here to congo say it was the closest border they could reach. and they're the least fortunate struggling to survive in a country that suffers from poverty and conflict as much as their own malcolm webb al-jazeera zero in the democratic republic of congo. and se doesn't know if his wife is dead or alive they were separated when

u.n. mission some donor countries like the united states want to slash peacekeeping operations. the secretary general says this would be catastrophic for car divisions between muslims and christians are getting worse again and again gutierrez has called on politicians to have some responsibility for them to stop there he's going to start dialogue otherwise even with more troops on the ground the violence will stop in this country will descend into chaos because hard al jazeera banks. will stay on the continent in south africa to white farmers have been jailed after they were found guilty of forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive the two men captured the assault on a mobile phone they claim big. was trespassing the case triggered widespread outrage the farmers were ordered to serve more than ten years each behind bars quite a mahler's former president auto for as willing is to be tried for corruption he's charged with bribery and tax avoidance totaling several million dollars his vice president while in office roxana believe that he is also facing tri

u.n. peacekeepers he appreciated their work extremely difficult circumstances but also warned fighting between religious groups could escalate into genocide they said the headlines news continues in al-jazeera after earthrise keep it or. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job and satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the composition of the air we breathe is changing. the sources of toxic emissions aboard around us. every year seven million people die from happening making it the world's biggest environmental community and that is the dire effects of global warming driven largely by an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. in twenty fifty one hundred ninety five countries signed the first comprehensive the keybinding pledge to reduce emissions. some countries are currently not following through on their promises

u.n. peacekeepers. so let's have a look at this report now nicholas is in for us. the desert was thirteen years old when her family took refuge by a french military camp to escape the violence in her neighborhood. one of the soldiers to ask her to fetch some water inside the tent thinking she was safe she did as he asked to playing soldiers grabbed me they forced themselves inside of me i screamed they strangled me and covered my mouth when they were done they let me go. human rights organizations believe several children both boys and girls were raped by french soldiers who were there to protect them some were forced to have sex with dogs and even took pictures of the act france opened an investigation but prosecutors dropped the cases saying there was not enough evidence to charge the soldiers involved the french troops left in late two thousand and sixty since the violence and the displacement of people has intensified it's left to nation peacekeepers alone to bring back stability to this country with one mandate protecting the civilian population. but a un inve

u.n. peacekeeping efforts now for some more background on the situation the us stopped funding unesco after the agency voted to include the palestinian authority as a member state in two thousand and eleven in a broader context it's unclear if this is merely a symbolic move but it's also quite difficult to predict what the organization will become without u.s. presence but this is hardly an unexpected move as director general of unesco stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized. and israel is following america's example prime minister binyamin netanyahu is now also ordered that his country withdrawal from unesco he called the u.s. move a brave and moral decision because you know scott has become he says quote a theater . he also voiced concern that instead of preserving history the organization instead distorts it. last year israel suspended cooperation with unesco after the agency adopted a resolution that failed to mention jewish ties to a key holy site in jerusalem resolution also criticized israel's activities at holy places in jerusalem and the west bank earlier

u.n. peacekeeping efforts it will be interesting to find out whether or not. decision will provoke a domestic backlash like we've seen in the past after every decision made by the tribal administration although it's quite doubtful as there is almost always bipartisan agreement on this particular subject as i mentioned earlier the u.s. suspended its funding to the agency over the exact same reason under a democratic administration so this seems to be just an extension of bipartisan policy on the issue in a broader context it's unclear if this is merely a symbolic move but it's also quite difficult to predict what the organization will become without u.s. presence but this is hardly an unexpected move as director general of unesco stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized. and it is just emerged that these really prime minister binyamin netanyahu was also ordered the preparations be made to pull his country out of scope he called the u.s. move a brave and moral decision because you know scale has become quote a theater of the it was a vo

u.n. peacekeeping efforts but this is all hardly expect unexpected move as the director general also stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized but it will be interesting to find out whether or not this decision will provoke any domestic backlash like we've seen in the past after every decision made by the trumpet ministration although it's quite doubtful as there's almost almost always bipartisan agreement on this particular subject as i mentioned earlier the u.s. suspended its funding to the agency over the exact same reason under a democratic administration so this all seems to be just an extension of bipartisan policy in a broader context it's unclear if this is merely a symbolic move but it's also very difficult to predict what the organization will become without u.s. presidents. indeed that remains to be seen some miracle on in washington thank you very much thank you. well you know scott is a u.n. cultural agency that was founded as we heard with the help of the united states back in one nine hundred forty five it wants to make sure that people around the wor

u.n. peacekeeping efforts now for some more background on the situation the us stopped funding unesco after the agency voted to include the palestinian authority as a member state in two thousand and eleven in a broader context it's unclear if this is merely a symbolic move but it's also quite difficult to predict what the organization will become without u.s. presence but this is hardly an unexpected move as director general of unesco stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized and it's just emerged that these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also wounded that preparations been made to pull his country out of you know skip you called united states move a brave decision because you know scare has become quote fear to all of the you also voiced concern that instead of preserving history the organization distorts it earlier we spoke to newspaper journalist gideon levy he says that these really decision to withdraw after the u.s. is no surprise. so it has no other choice i mean it would have been quite ridiculous the states would quit and israel would remain

u.n. peacekeeping operations and director of the international crisis group. do and do you know much of russian astonishment from war weary civilians in terms of force of humanitarian relief which promises calm in order. to pendent political twists. and turns funding peacekeepers truly the magic medicine for today's numerous wars was the limit of what the blue helmets can do to ensure guns fall silent and what else is needed besides you in flag to bring peace to have your he's reached. out to you and know welcome to the show it's good to have you on our program one more time so both russia and ukraine have recently called for peacekeeping deployments in ukraine's conflict zone and the russians have proposed deployment mostly on the frontline between rebels and the government while cave once it on the russian ukraine border is terror compromise is working here or is it going to take another normal in his style negotiation around to work out a plan to everybody's liking for well i think it's good that both ukraine and russia. are now supporting the concept of a

u.n. peacekeepers, local police stations, they will attack local governments or bus stations where they know there are softer targets than come after the heavily militarized targets like ours. we'll know each other's presence but won't engage certainly until now we've seen that here. >> dickerson: let me ask you another question about potential business on intelligence community that you're on. you're looking boot russian influence in the election, there have been reports this week about russian efforts to try to influence the obama administration and try to influence perhaps hillary clinton through donations to the clinton foundation with respect to the purchase of uranium. is that something that intelligence committee should look at that you're interested in looking at? >> we have the report that we november now that is unsettled issue that something that the fbi has pursued for now a decade to try to determine what influence was done as you know there are several russians that have been arrested nor or have been charged on these crimes of trying to be able to influence the purchase of --

u.n. peacekeepers have lowered their flag in haiti thirteen years after entering the country to help it through a political crisis and natural disasters the official peacekeeping mission one and later this month will be replaced by a smaller force that will focus on strengthening the judicial system daniel sheiner reports from haiti's capital port au prince. symbolically ceremoniously the united nations stabilization mission said farewell to haiti it's a rifle thirteen years ago with a multinational force of hundreds of police and soldiers many good intentions. the work of the u.n. mission was very important for haiti helping us to adapt to modern realities on the ground. the blue helmeted soldiers and police are heading home the u.n. hoping it's done enough to stabilize haiti. and building the police and army pacifying lawless neighborhoods working on the election process isn't human rights but the u. it is also left having to clean up a number of problems which it created a cholera epidemic caused by its own troops which killed more than one thousand haitians. it was about time for them to go

u.n. peacekeepers command. but in that bipartisan way but a hint the senate and house that they should be armenian the allies because vladimir putin does not care. he just sold weapons to turkey is a nato country food gives weapons to an adversary of they don't the bay will use them against you? did to show how they pushed back and that the allies have their back. >> the state department has suggested day do it and a whole president trump changes policy. [applause] >> part of that makeses that relationship with russia is that has a seat on the national securityhe council. [laughter] >> to be a deposition to help of getting those chemical weapons out of syria when it was clear the t congress didn't want the military to go win who was cooperative and helpful? russia. when t you try to is sanction north korea and when we try to take action against north korea.ct russia is very instrumental so that is what gives them a lot of leverage and to the point of the of propaganda benefits were tailor-made for that social m

u.n. peacekeepers. a new era for china's political thought becomes enshrined in the constitution and a move that cements his power even further. on the virtual reality revolution that lets a surgeon operate on a patient seven thousand miles away. is being reported in the us media about the trump administration is set to partially relax a ban on refugees and the country the president suspended all refugee and review a vetting procedure that was later revised to allow refugees with a bona fide a connection to the u.s. law correspondent gabriel elizondo is in new york for us gave house istanbul listed or not there is confusion here. yeah there is a lot of confusion the short answer to that is yes but i will say in the last two minutes we just got a new executive order from the white house we're going to be sifting through this six page document very shortly here but i can tell you the headline from that document and this new executive orders yes the term administration has ended the blanket ban on refugees

u.n. secretary general has praised peacekeepers in the central african republic who are struggling to contain violence between religious groups human rights activists say the u.n. isn't doing enough to address accusations that troops have sexually abused children . kenya's top court is going to hear a lot to minute demands to suspend thursday's rerun of august presidential election the opposition says there haven't been the electoral reforms necessary to hold a clean vote after the main opposition leader withdrew from the race and voters are divided has more from nairobi. dolfin and young go makes and sells jewelry which on a good day earns about twenty dollars but she says political tensions after august an old presidential election mean customers most of them taurus are few and far between following a petition from the opposition which lost the election the supreme court ruled that the electoral commission had committed irregularities and illegalities in tallying the votes dolfin is one of six million people who voted for the opposition the national super alliance and the courts nearly fide

u.n. peacekeeping efforts it will be interesting to find out whether or not this decision will provoke a domestic backlash like we've seen in the past after every decision made by the truck administration although it's quite doubtful as there's almost always bipartisan agreement on this particular subject as i mentioned earlier the u.s. suspended its funding to the agency over the exact same reason under a democratic administration so this seems to be just an extension of bipartisan policy in a broader context so it's unclear if this is folly but it's also quite difficult to predict what the organization without u.s. presence but this is hardly an unexpected move as director general of unesco stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized. the trump administration has shifted gears from repeal and replace obamacare to tax reform they want to done by the end of the year the president hopes to pass the reform for the end of the year but the senate could hold him up once again according to north dakota congressman kevin grammer i don't know where the. where the votes this week or

u.n. peacekeeping efforts it will be interesting to find out whether or not this decision will provoke a domestic backlash like we've seen in the past after every decision made by the trouble administration although it's quite doubtful as there is. almost always bipartisan agreement on this particular subject as i mentioned earlier the u.s. suspended its funding to the agency over the exact same reason under a democratic administration so this seems to be just an extension of bipartisan policy on the issue in a broader context it's unclear if this is merely a symbolic move but it's also quite difficult to predict what the organization will become without u.s. presence but this is hardly an unexpected move as director general of unesco stated that the organization is becoming more and more politicized. they continue discussing unesco i'm joined now by author and investigative journalist maxim blumenthal thank you so much for joining mac. now you as you as you know the u.s. has withdrawn from nasco claiming the organization participates in anti israel by now what do you say we actually heard israel

u.n. peacekeepers because harker's the latest form. and to met with victims of sexual abuse by peacekeepers behind closed doors late on wednesday night he told al-jazeera that he will not tolerate any more abuse and all of these cases will be thoroughly investigated today he's meeting with the president with members of political parties religious leaders of civil societies all of those he hopes will bring back peace to this country on this visit he said that the root of the conflict comes from politics and politicians fermenting hate speech and he says that the solution will also come from politicians and politics a newly elected government that was elected back in january is going to be spearheading efforts for peace and so there's a lot at stake with this new government but some criticize it because there's not enough representation of muslims in that government the u.n. is backing the african initiative a group of african leaders that will come to central african republic in november to try to speak to various rebel groups and facti

u.n. peacekeepers but humanitarian workers pulled out and food supplies were cut off. so the people in the camp went from eating two males a day to just one they say the corn flour paste tastes terrible and gives the children diarrhea and everyone says they're hungry the u.n. says it's in the process of opening a new long term settlement since the first one called lucinda became full week. really. but even without you know. we are now developing a new camp and that is the reason why actually. and the transit center. actually camps most of these refugees fled to tanzania some through one of those that came here it was the closest border they could reach. and they're the least fortunate struggling to survive in a country suffers from poverty. as much as their own. al-jazeera here in the democratic republic of congo. a funeral with full military honors has been held in northern iraq for the veteran kurdish leader. who died in a german hospital on tuesday and the three taliban he was a champion of the kurdish independence struggle and served as president of iraq for nine y

u.n. peacekeeping mission to haiti is ending after thirteen years of flag lowering ceremony is being held the official pullout is expected to be finalized by a top with the fifteenth those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story by phone. the suffering of children in yemen the sally led coalition and who the rebels who are out war with each other both placed on the u.n. blacklist all that protect children rights their cues don't violate this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than the sally led coalition has again been placed on the united nations blacklist the coalition's crime killing and maiming six hundred eighty three children in yemen last year as well as accusations of attacking schools and hospitals but the annual draft report also notes the saudi led coalition has put measures in place to protect children the united nations doesn't punish nations on the list but the hope is that the naming and shaming will force them to do more to protect civilians in saudi led coalition was on the blacklist last year but removed after saudi

u.n. peacekeeper who died on the continent. the plane carrying secretary general died come a shelter crashed while he was on a peace mission to the then congo nearly sixty years ago initial inquests attributed the crash to pilot error but following the emergence of new evidence in recent years the un appointed an eminent person tanzanian judge mohamad chanda ottoman to launch a new investigation and this has now been handed over to the president of the general assembly the report though is in cancun saying more information is needed. as to the cause of the crash them in person considered it plausible that an external attack or threat may have been the cause them any person also noted that it remains possible that the crash was an accident caused by pilot error without external interference and that it was plausible that human factors including fatigue played a role in the crash there are uncontested claims that the u.s. and the u.k. had intercepted radio traffic in the area at the time of the crash and while not specifically na

u.n. peacekeepers. here to try to protect the population but it's not without controversy because some of these troops have been accused by human rights organization of sexually abusing the people that they are supposed to protect young children that are displaced until you get your it says that he has zero tolerance for this yet no one has been prosecuted yet and so many here in central african republic are hoping that he would put action to his words and help this country from further sliding into chaos the european refugee crisis is on the agenda at a conference and italy today the country has been the first port of call for thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa the two day meeting is being held by the organization for security and cooperation in europe according to the u.n. aid c.-r. more than one hundred forty seven thousand people have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year the majority are from nigeria syria and guinea but he says sees more than four h

u.n. peacekeepers in an effort to address damaging allegations egypt's president has met his french counterpart in paris where they too have pledged to strengthen economic and military ties and the fattah el-sisi and the manual macro by them the revival of this new genre out came after italy and libya reached an agreement to stem departures from the libyan coast underlined the challenge for europe to face smugglers who continuously adapt to new realities on the ground but at the sicily. it's been a year since a so-called jungle camp in the northern french town of color was dismantled forcing out refugees and migrants who had set up makeshift homes there but far from ending the problem many have now moved to a new location so they can continue attempts to reach the u.k. natasha butler is in the town of wistrom where residents are divided in opinion over their new neighbors. an early morning ferry prepares to sail from the northern french port of to england it's a popular link across the channel but recently it's become a new route for some refugees to reach britain they tried to climb on to truc

u.n. peacekeepers here to try to protect the population but it's not without controversy because some of these troops have been accused by human rights organization of sexually abusing the people that they are supposed to protect young children who have been that are displaced until you get your says that he has zero tolerance for this yet no one has been prosecuted yet in so many here in central african republic are hoping that he would put action to his words and help this country from further sliding into chaos. now there's been anger and dismay over a saudi court ruling which cleared a construction company over a crane collapse at mecca at least one hundred ten people were killed in twenty fifteen courses the bin laden group doesn't need to compensate the victims or pay for damages to the grand mosque as the disaster was and caused by human error. when a friday afternoon september eleventh two thousand and fifteen less than two weeks before the had put him from storm down a giant construction crane at the grand mosque in mecca. it crashed on to hundreds of pilgrims inside the mosque compou

u.n. peacekeepers in the town of cameron yola. they say that day they wanted the release of four men from their community and wrested by congolese soldiers this camera phone video was taken as the crowd gathered and sang. when the shooting began the refugees came down the road from this direction they say they met soldiers about where the blue truck is they say the soldiers opened fire without any provocation you can see bullet holes in the wall here they say the machine gun fire went on for several minutes but the security forces tell a different story captain von locally made was there and he says the refugees overpowered him and other policeman stole a gun and used it to shoot him in the leg and attack the soldiers who then fired back in self-defense one soldier was killed mazen is amazing they have never seen such people were not afraid of bullets one kind of bible and they all kept seeing an advancing. refugees deny they took a gun or attacked the u.n. says in any case the army should not have used lethal force the army told

u.n. peacekeeping as perfect as it is the united states has an assessment of approximately 25% and i know ambassador nikki haley is looking to reduce out a little bit more. for 25 cents the united states it's basically a dollars worth of effort to be leveraged by the constitutions of other countries that eat them up around a large number of international eye to the these and you'll find as with peacekeeping you don't necessarily want to have united states be sending troops and putting itself in harm's way and it wouldn't be diplomatically feasible to have the u.s. contentions there and yet i participating we get a huge amount out of it. there are other cases where i'll be the first to admit there is not every single problem has a multilateral solution to or at least not a good multilateral solution so when you look through arguments about the test ban treaty for instance there are legitimate arguments you can make on both sides about whether or not a universal treaty along those lines prevents others fro- outweighs the disadvantages of us perhaps not being quite able to have the exact rel

u.n. peacekeeping capacity, which we hope to continue expanding. this is a great example to the u.s. and india. and serving together as anchors of peace in a tumult was world. as we implement president trump's new south asia strategy, we will turn to our partners to ensure greater stability in afghanistan and throughout the region. india is a partner for peace in afghanistan and we welcome their assistance efforts. pakistan is an important u.s. partner in south asia. our relationships in the region stand on their own merits. we expect pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups in their own borders. the threat to their own people and the broader region. in doing so, pakistan furthers stability and peace for itself and its neighbors. it approves its own international standing. even as the united states and india grow our economic and defense corporation, we must have an eye to including other nations which share our goals. india and united states should be in the business of equipping other countries to defend their sovereignty. andd greater conductivity have a louder vo