u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis. this thank you for joining us from kuwait so how does the security council obviously took a long time to approve this cease fire and yet activists say the government will planes was still bombing east and go to after the agreement so can we expect the syrian government to comply but it's really important is this security council resolution that translates into concrete action as a station of facilities in site. is also in other areas as well so really we hope that the government of syria of the parties come to an agreement to stop and still is right away this is vital to be able really to reach some decent decent peacefulness in it so this is in this area but also to allow us to bring in few minutes in assistance food medical supplies and. the security council unanimously also it's in members called it's favor so really we want to see an application very quickly now this still doesn't cover rebel groups so what is a u.n. doing to get aid to places like istanbul tell which have said ne

u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis thank you through and say we're expecting the united nations security council it to meet momentarily let's go to new york where the security council members are gearing up to a debate again the resolution for a temporary truce james right now is correspondent in new york and he joins us right now good to see you. are the members of security council gathering at the moment. yeah the latest information that we've got here from u.n. headquarters in new york is the security council members here they're in the building and then it goes the ating there was meant to be a vote taking place eleven am local time today it was understood that the russians were going to come on board this regulation and vote for it but that hasn't happened just yet the vote is being rolled back by one hour as these last minute negotiations take place and diplomats here. on some fine points of this draft resolution right so how does a resolution now being discussed and honed and differ from the one that russia blocked yesterday ok tell us yeah yeah of course t

u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator. he says the truce has done nothing to change the reality on the ground. the situation really is highly straight because we haven't been able to bring in any aid convoys for more than ten days now that has been really high intensity hostilities in a civilian area in areas where there's more than one hundred thousand people that have been there living in. this acute a council resolution has not translated into action in the field it's really ridiculous the security council decision is made it is not interpret it's in action on the ground and on the humanitarian side we are within that ten minutes distance ten miles distance from his that would. enable really roll out food medical supplies that are desperately needed to bring to people in the area so this iteration is really highlighted satisfactory to say the least and we continue to worry about protection of civilians the number it's become almost like your routine daily statistics of how many people are killed or how many people are i

u.n. regional humanitarian coordinator for syria he says the truth on the thing to change the situation on the ground. the situation really is highly straight because we haven't been able to bring in any. more than ten days now that has been really high intensity hostilities in a civilian area in areas where there's more than one hundred thousand people that have been there living. this acute council resolution has not translated into action and they feel it really is ready to use the security council of a decision is made it is not interpret it's an action on the ground and on the humanitarian side we are within a ten minutes distance ten miles distance from eastern who are in the mass was unable really roll out who had medical supplies that are desperately needed to bring to people in the area so this iteration is really highlighted satisfactory to say the least and we continue to worry about protection of civilians the number it's become almost like your routine daily statistics of how many people were killed how many people are injured and yet we don't see any action to really implemen

u.n. agency our senior regional spokesperson in kampala. is a member of parliament representing the national female you. constituency also in kampala hillary own knack is the state minister for relief for disaster preparedness and refugees joy dooku is a refugee from south sudan joining us from a rule in uganda and al jazeera correspondent malcolm webb is in kampala thank you all for being part of the stream today i want to start with members of our community one in particular who is a refugee himself this is a rebirth of the creator on twitter who explains why he had to leave south sudan he says it was the last straw i gave up hoping all would be well the uncertainty was too much there were too many rumors super inflation still no salary new increased wave of crime and insecurity hits those traveling on the roads making movements a life or death situation in south sudan was inhospitable so we asked him what his reception was like in uganda and whether the idea of uganda being a paradise for refugees was a misconception and this is what he

u.n. and a regional level to lobby for affective change to protect and promote human rights and we need to do that in order that member states don't feel that they can with impunity simply crack down on those human rights defenders and national level sufficient i mean do you think that building momentum to words. removing countries from the human rights council for example could be productive in the near future because some of the nations have been widely accused of committing atrocities like in places like in yemen for example but then nothing has been done to address this issue is exactly there are standards that are supposed to apply to human rights council membership the standards that are being set out very clearly by the general assembly there's an expectation that member states what hold the highest standards of human rights and cooperate with the council and mechanisms all too often though those standards aren't on it or are fragrantly playground you violated we have seen that when there are competitive elections in new york that sometimes the rights violators don't get elected so

relentlessly russia a key ally of the assad regime blames the rebels holding duty for the region's humanitarian crisis. the u.n. security council is due to vote on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire in syria. the u.n. envoy for syria says there is quote no alternative. well earlier we spoke to sign your course sure she is the syria director of save the children in amman jordan we asked her to give us a sense of the tragedy unfolding and. you know our partners that are currently working and he's angling to describe a situation in which there is so much fear. now that he's especially on children you know they've been living under siege since december twenty twelve so they already had very volatile situations in recent months we had seen levels of malnutrition rai's we had seen no medical supplies getting into the area and so now this mumbai i mean is really compounding the separate of the people there one of our primary said everyone in eastern goods has an underground now and that means they're seeking shelter in basements in tunnels we even heard that people are digging holes with shovels in order to have som

relentlessly russia a key ally of the assad regime blames the rebels holding duty for the region's humanitarian crisis. the u.n. security council is due to vote on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire in syria. the u.n. envoy for syria says there is quote no alternative. all right we can talk to mark milley us now from the aid organization care in amman jordan good evening martin i understand that partners of your organization care were active in the region until roughly two days ago is that correct. that they were a kid i used to lie in touch with people in east and go to what are they telling you you noticed in the tabs on daily basis we hear from our partners and you know it's basically has been desperate desperate cries for i have it has been really really terror stating that our last high stage and even today at lunchtime we've already had dozens of casualties reported throughout jewelry and aerial bombardment are really really what is densely populated neighborhoods that they describe what buildings were being targeted you know i mean we've heard really it's. it's sadly very similar to what we had seen an

u.n. a.c.r. for the region i really want to get his take on this thank mr you mr. we need to welcome the resolve that have been shown at the highest level. our high commissioner for refugees philippo grandy was in kampala he met and we discussed all these issues and brought this to his attention here's assured us that there will be responsibility fixed and individuals who are responsible for this will be brought to justice it's very important for us there's no tolerance and this is just not acceptable that that has gone in to help the world's most desperate. showed go and be misused so that's why we're working with the ugandan government. and in terms of putting in place the verification of well edition process biometrics in terms of trying to get the number of fix but also all the individuals who have done this they have done a dis service to uganda and to uganda repartition as a welcoming and generous country for all the people who are fleeing war and conflict in africa. i think a bomber says it has no tolerance for us what are you finding you have refugees as pa

count violence among the earliest memories militia have destroyed schools and homes across the region and the u.n. says thousands of children have been forced to become soldiers save the children is one of several organizations trying to rehabilitate victims i think talking about in this report of children being raped children being forced to fight children being forced to kill other children horrifying brutality and so there's a number of things we can do we can invest in mental health and social support for children in disasters and we can rebuild the society around them get them back into school with their families there's a whole range of things we can do but that does take investment it takes time and it takes support. despite greater international standards when it comes to protecting children increasingly brutal tactics are being employed to fight the widespread use of indiscriminate weapons cluster bombs have seen child casualty numbers saw. this nine year old range ago was shot three times whilst fleeing myanmar children are not simply caught in the crossfire they are targets they groups

. >> when you look at how young the region is, the u.n. has projected there will be 4 billion people living in africa at the end of this century. so, the major growth in the world's population will take. place in this region. it is a very young region. i have been visiting for 20 years, and we made the decision to launch here in the uae. tracy: when you zoom in on the gulf region in particular, there was a lot going on. lower all prices are posing a challenge to the economy clearly, but you also have on the plus side, attempts to diversify. on balance, are you positive or negative about the future of the middle east? guest: i am very positive. talk about the future of the contrary, over the last 40 years, as i have visited different countries around the world, i always visit. the schools you can see the future of a country in the schools. in thewas going to china 1990's, i was focused on what was going on in the educational schools.d visiting in particular the uae, i have been visiting schools in the past 20 years. tracy: i want to segue a

gathered in the german city of munich for a three day conference to discuss global and regional security challenges the u.n. secretary general antonio guterres urged policymakers not to miss an opportunity to end the standoff over north korea's nuclear program but said pressure on pyongyang must be maintained. for the first time since the end of the cold war we are now facing a nuclear threat a set of a nuclear conflict and that letter referring to the developments in relation to nuclear weapons and long range missiles by the democratic people's republic of korea the vellum and made in total contradiction with the will of the international community and in clear violation of several as aleutians of the security council. it is important to note that the unity that the security council has been able to demonstrate the will of the international community and there's been able to put through sanctions a very meaningful pressure over the north korea and that's pressure in my opinion is absolutely essential to be maintained. the emir of qatar has spoken at the event calling the boycott of his country by four ara

u.n. supervision me and more has so far blocked un investigators from the region and a high ranking u.s. diplomat recently quit an advisory board saying he feared the panel would whitewash the crisis new reports and photos of mass graves are increasing international pressure on sochi under a government i believe she can still make a change and make a difference but to do that she needs to show get the agencies in get the refugees back home in a way that is safe and voluntary and and dignified. what remains to be seen is if she can live up to her nine hundred ninety one nobel peace prize and put a stop to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that continue. on al-jazeera. say the leaders of south africa's ruling party a meeting to discuss president jacob zuma future they hope to finalize a deal for him to leave office before his term expires next year so as under pressure to resign over corruption allegations and see lida several rounds of processes the party leaders will decide on a swift transfer of power opposition leaders are now calling for a snap election and for parliament to be

count violence among the earliest memories militia have destroyed schools and homes across the region and the u.n. says thousands of children have been forced to become soldiers save the children is one of several organizations trying to rehabilitate victims i think we're talking about in this report of children being raped children being forced to fight being forced to kill other children horrifying brutality and so there's a number of things we can do we can invest in mental health and social support for children in his office and we can rebuild the society around them get them back into school and with their families there's a whole range of things we can do but that does take investment it takes time and it takes support. despite greater international standards when it comes to protecting children increasingly brutal tactics are being employed to fight the widespread use of indiscriminate weapons cluster bombs have seen child casualty numbers saw. this nine year old range ago was shot three times while fleeing myanmar children are not simply caught in the crossfire they are targets and a grou

u.n. pressure for a truce the region's being hit with four so-called deescalation songs agreed by iran russia and turkey shaded here. while the u. the u.n. says the increasing violence is making a mockery of the zones but it's not reports. this is supposed to be a deescalation part of the russian the true story of the territory held by anti-government forces and syria. but if anything the bombing is escalating here in eastern. the un's head of the international commission of inquiry on syria says the government siege of the area involves the international crimes of indiscriminate bombing and deliberate starvation of the civilian population. there are reports that at least three hospitals have been hit with the help of the russian air force on the iranian backed groups syria's president is pursuing the last major pockets of territory held by his opponents in western syria. the offensive intensified after fighters from one rebel group shot down a russian aircraft on saturday. now the syrian army says it's deployed add offenses and anti aircraft missiles to its front lines in aleppo and to cover

south korea so all countries which region exposed to regulation were defeated and u.n. investigators say germany has not done enough to help enforce sanctions the. government for information about more what technology seeking for but we never got any reply from german government german opposition politicians say that's an outrage if it's true that can't be true and i hope it didn't happen but accusations like that must be thoroughly investigated germany's intelligence service says it takes tech sanctions extremely seriously officials say they've investigated cases of suspected abuse as recently as a few months ago. i will say with korea and the first evelyn pick women's hockey team consisting of players from both north and south korea has ramped up their preparations for china when to games that was saw it took to the rink together for the first time this weekend in a friendly match against sweden the twenty two player squad featured four north koreans. it's the most talked about team at this year's winter olympics the combined north and south korean women's ice hockey

pro-government forces have been relentlessly shelling and bombing for days the region has been under siege for years the u.n. security council is due to vote on a humanitarian ceasefire for syria later today joining me now from our parliamentary studios is stefan leavis is a member of the winds talk to the left party and a member of the parliament foreign relations committee welcome to you mr the mr chancellor merkel has taken a very strong line on syria describing what's happening in eastern guta as a massacre what's your response to a statement. i think she was totally right in blaming the assad regime and the russian and ukrainian supporters for this terrible situation but she forgot to mention another part of this war our nato partners turkey is in waiting syria and fighting need to allies recorders. and i think this is a thing she totally forgot to mention and do you think the e.u. should take a more proactive role in and deal with the crisis in syria coming about to a negotiated settlement. in fact we didn't have. before as was the year two thousand and fifteen where in geneva all the major powers and

pro-government forces have been relentlessly shelling and bombing for days the region has been under siege for months the u.n. security council is due to vote on a humanitarian ceasefire for syria later today. from wellspring in nori poor here he's a member of the german parliament for the green party and also member the part of his foreign relations and defense committees thank you for talking with this is morning. well chancellor merkel just called on syria to end the massacre of its own people in eastern guta are you satisfied with her state or. no one now it's obvious that there are is the biggest bloodshed in the history of this war we've had a lot of math rossi's and it's not enough just to say that fear or condemning it she said that germany is going to try i have been the road there no idea what she's talking about i want to see the consequences and the most important thing in these days is to know that there are three things that has been treated resolutions of the united nations security council being a food by the russians to talking about is besieged besieged locations being liberated and about h

. >> sandra: a report saying al qaeda is a bigger threat than isis in some regions. u.n.ust not let our guard down. brian ennis live at united nations headquarters in new york city. what is the report saying about al qaeda? >> fox news has obtained this counter terrorism report given to the u.n. security council on al qaeda which says as isis weakens, al qaeda is still going strong. in fact, the report says al qaeda is, quote, remarkably resilient and is actually stronger than isis in several regions of the world including yemen and somalia. there are three major affiliates of al qaeda we have to pay attention to. aqap based in yemen. despite military pressure it remains the propaganda hub of the terror organization. the front remains one of the strongest and largest in al qaeda. the report says that group is recruiting more fighters in syria as other groups like isis suffer major losses in that country. and the all shab ab is strong in somalia and east africa. that affiliate has tried to make inroads this past year in kenya, ethiopia and as well as -- >> sandra: it says

region. in an address to the u.n., he emphasized his commitment to a two-state solution. a court in bangkok has awarded a japanese man full paternity rights to 13 babies. heecame the focus of a so-called baby factory scandal in 24 when it was revealed that he had fathered multiple infants through thai surrogates. the case led t thailand banning commercial surrogacy for foreigners. scientists have discovered the cause of a rare blood vessel disorder that can cause serious facial disfigurement and life-threatening bleeding in children. the new research pinpoints the genes responsible for the condition and for the first time identifies existing drugs that feuld treat it. us walsh has met one of the patients involved in the groundbrking research. fergus: this3-year-old never knows when her face will start to bleed. she has a rare disorder which means high-pressure blood in her arteries seeps directly into her veins. it causes swelling, facial disfigurement, and fe-threatening bleeds from her nose and even her tear ducts. >> it is very scary because you don't really know if it

u.n. says poor security conditions in the region are hindering efforts to help thousands of people in need. while let's take a closer look at the conflict in the d.r. see the violence by militia spiked since president joseph kabila refused to step down when his term expires in twenty sixteen fighting is largely taking place along the eastern borders with uganda rwanda and burundi i think violence between the bantu and top group has intensified since mid two thousand and sixteen the recent conflict in technique a province is thought to be mainly between the two and other ethnic groups unrest in the east has forced almost two million people to flee their homes last year alone or michael is president of the association for development and democracy in congo and he's joining us from leicester in the u.k. via skype thank you very much indeed for your time so is the bulk of this about president joseph kabila refusing to step down or are there wider issues at play here now. you know who they are why that is. what example the central government is very weak i've been to has been for the past seven

is a directive that the president has issued going back to his time at the u.n., when the vice president was over in the region he made it very clear we were working on as you know there is a huge process that goes into preparing the sanction packages and as soon as they were ready we were prepared to release them today. weapons,ntion nuclear do we have any specific example of this being used to enhance , specificear program examples of where they breached trade to do that? secondly, is there a linkage between a speech the president made for me last week we set -- week when he said we will be so far ahead of everyone else in nuclear like you've never seen before. >> those are independent issues. our capabilities are obviously far surpassed the rest of the world in those capabilities. i'm not going to make any comments on direct, on the source of funds. but i can assure you that he is diverting money from the people of the country to support his programs. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us. this target 27 entities, 28 vessels. best 27 vessels. -- 27 vessels. give us some sort of scope or context,

ought to be trapped inside the hotel it's the latest in a string of quakes are hit the region in recent days the u.n. has called for an immediate month long ceasefire in syria to allow humanitarian and medical aid to civilians at least seventy one people have been killed in a strikes in eastern guta and around ten others. syrian government forces and their russian allies have ramped up attacks in both rebel held areas which are supposed to be deescalation zones jamal al shell has more from the huts high in southeast. unfortunately despite maybe a reduction in the number of free toiletries over the past few months of the astronomer process in the build up to the saatchi talks took place the fact that those have failed to establish these safe zones that these governments are most boring koran iran into iran have said that they want to establish now we're seeing a spike in the violence and something of mobile can very good at all for the civilians who continue to suffer on a daily basis place in kenya have failed to release opposition politician may go in and begin at this point a court order that he b

u.n. says poor security conditions in the region a hindering efforts to help thousands of people in need. meanwhile in the central african republic one in twenty four babies die before they're even a month old and a new unicef report has right the c.a.r. as having the second highest rate in the world of newborn baby deaths it says many women are unable to access health care due to a conflict that's displaced nearly hoth of the population catherine sawyer reports now from the town of briere a. new life in the second worst country in the world for a child to be born in the only pediatric hospital in central african republic nasa's and sure that babies little hearts keep beating of the roughly thirty children born each day in this hospital in the capital bondi an average of two die it's a free government hospital taking in hundreds of patients but medical supplies are hard to come by the hospital is understaffed and badly needs more specialist doctors. dr gordon is one of just five pediatricians in the country he says they try the best they can to keep mothers and their children alive . you

sudan have been freed by the united nations of those released by armed groups in the region eighty seven ago the u.n. says it's the first time so many young women have been involved in a release integration program and to help seven hundred child soldiers return to normal life so today we celebrate the first phase of what will be covered by this release of children from groups that south sudan has free for may years but it's just the first thing and unfortunately in other parts of the country child recruitment i can tell you. the international criminal court has begun preliminary investigations into a case against the president of the philippines are eager to test his accused of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the deaths of thousands of filipinos during his controversial war on drugs about four thousand people have been killed in the brutal crackdown well the activists say that true death toll is more than three times that number jamil and in a gun has more from manila. well two complaints were filed last year the first one was submitted by a witness his name is ed garment tobacco wh

have been freed by the united nations those released by armed groups in the young bia region eighty seven ago the u.n. says this is the first time so many young women have been involved in a release integration program aims to help seven hundred child soldiers return to normal life so today we celebrate the first phrase of what will the calcutta release of children groups itself has for me. but it's just the first bit and unfortunately in other parts of the country charlotte recruitment continues. scores of aftershocks are hampering rescue efforts in taiwan as the search continues for survivors of tuesday's earthquake dozens are still missing after the magnitude six point four tremor killed ten people and injured hundreds in port city of what mcbride has more this rescue team from tight young and central taiwan is preparing to go into the building for the first time hujan chung and these men are used to dealing with earthquakes but this building is in a particularly perilous position. as you can see it's very slanted so we have to take precautions and special gear to ensure our safety other emergency

u.n. when the vice president was over in the region. he made it very clear that we are working on the sanctions, and as you know there's a a hue process that goes into preparing these sanction packages. as soon as they were ready we were prepared to release them today. >> real quick question about you mention nuclear weapons. two questions. we have any specific example of this being used to enhance the nuclear program? sticks cyclic examples of where they breached trade to do that? secondly, is there a linkage between a speech the president made for me last week we set will be so far ahead of everyone else in nuclear like you've never seen before, , foreign access of anyone else. was he talking about north korea? >> those are independent issues. our capabilities are obviously far surpassed the rest of the world in those capabilities. on the going to make any comments on direct, on the source of funds. but i can assure you that he is diverting money from the people of the country to support his programs. >> thank you very much. thank you

was a whole range of spokespeople both from the region and also including the former american secretary of state john kerry a russian spokesman and the u.n. official responsible for trying to negotiate peace in syria a whole range of voices and essentially two camps to be detected those who believe that a political and diplomatic solution to the conflicts in the region is not only possible but absolutely necessary and those who say no the great risks coming from a country for example like iran cannot be contained and in fact we need a military response so looking more closely at those two camps we essentially have israel on the one hand saying the agreement with iran to try to contain its nuclear capacity is not going to stop it from becoming a nuclear power mr netanyahu said in ten years it will be in nuclear power and it will devour the entire. middle east he got some very serious pushback following those remarks for example from john kerry who said essentially there is no military alternative if we torpedo the iran agreement we will hear renewed pressure to bomb iran and that will solve nothing melinda today is the final day of the co

region. calls for the palestinian leader u.n. security council as he calls us to show commitment to the israel palestine peace process before walking out of the room leaving washington addressing. russia's biggest break within fifteen minutes of the winter olympics in south korea we've got a live update this hour. on wednesday. this is your news update from international first what's been happening in syria where pro-government fighters have entered the kurdish enclave of afrin help repel an incursion by the turkish military the development risks exacerbating the conflict in the region. this was just outside the city of afrin the fighters can be seen waving the syrian flag and chanting the syrian people. but they then came under fire from the turkish military president says the shelling forced the pro syrian government fighters to retreat ten kilometers however a commander in the military alliance claims the militia is now inside africa our senior correspondent takes a closer look at the situation. this was a demonstration hundre

region. for the palestinian leader the u.n. security council as he calls for the u.s. to show commitment to the israel palestine peace process before walking out of the room even washington's envoy addressing and teach. russian figure skaters excel at the winter olympics in south korea breaking two world records in just fifteen minutes will have the details. every twenty four seven global news this is all international money calling for i welcome to the program this hour starting in syria where the northern city of afrin has come under heavy shelling from the turkish army as ankara ramps up its operation to dislodge the kurdish forces in the region intensification comes after a pro syrian government militia arrived in the area to help to try and repel turkey's incursion the city of our friends the same severe damage overnight as the result of the bombardment. video showing the pro side fighters celebrating the arrival in the area waving the syrian flag and chanting the syrian people but as i mentioned then they came under fire from the turkish military turkish presiden

regions. that's the word from the u.n. new counterterrorism chief. correspondent bryan llenas tells us what else he is saying. >> on thursday, u.n. security council warned that while the islamic state is weaker, it is a still great threat. since january 2015, isis has lost 97% of its captured territory in syria and iraq after three years of u.s.-led military actions. according to u.n. reports, isis is adapting to the pressure. the islamic state is showing a willingness to work together with its enemy, al qaeda. there's also a shift in strateg strategy. territory and new recruits, isis counting on more terror attacks through individuals or small or. >> fighters from isis will try to return to their homes and take their fight to new fronts. together with al qaeda, isis cells and affiliates present a grave threat to expand the spread of terror. >> having lost more than 90% of its revenue from oil and gas, there is no concern isis could infiltrate construction companies. >> member states must step up their efforts to crack down on the sources. fox news o