u.n. security council proceeding not sure whether the u.s. secretary of state is going to go back inside having made that public statement outside the security council chamber but we've just heard from him there as well at the stakeout similar to what he said within the chamber itself in his speech arguing very strongly that the international community needs to support for hydro as the new legitimate leader often as well are looking for that support among all the u.n. member nations to back the u.s. in this particular position well there was as well a procedural vote called by russia we heard from russia being very strongly opposed to these proceedings nine members of voted to continue the u.n. security council meeting but for all voted against and two abstained very clearly the division within the security council is not just coming from russia and china so the u.s. has got its task cut out to get to its stated ends it does have the support of its traditional allies france and the united kingdom but as we heard from the secretary of state the

u.n. security council. don't want him to think his mouth is abandoning him and he doesn't understand that she's long time for the turkish children imprisoned with their mothers and only allowed out on the weekend rights groups say many of the mothers are jailed for political reasons. also on the show day three of the world economic forum in davos after politicians and world leaders have their moment today as artificial intelligence is taking this one. i brought in thomas a very warm welcome to the show venezuela is today in uncharted political territory after the country's opposition leader wang wideout declared himself president the move was swiftly recognized by the u.s. and other countries why those as this time to end what he calls president nicolas maduro dictatorship a lot. years of seeing millions flee the country to escape food shortages and crippling inflation. was he hopes these words can topple then as well as government office action leader one ply two swore himself in as interim president has t

u.n. security council five venezuela's president maduro is claiming a diplomatic victory at the u.n. security council meeting in new york. today at the same time our foreign minister was speaking at the united nations security council to venezuela i want you to applaud the foreign minister and. the u.n. made a great victory at the u.n. today a victory for venezuela a victory of truth a big victory at the united nations with his support of most of the countries in the u.n. security council to reflect victory. left the meeting for the death toll from a dam burst in southeastern brazil has risen to thirty four hundreds more still missing or dead under a sea of mind waves state prosecutors have frozen one point three billion dollars worth of assets belonging to the mining company to pay for the damages countries environmental agency has already find the company sixty six million dollars. six days of talks between the afghan taliban in the united states have ended in qatar with the promise of further discussions talks have been focused on the withdrawal of foreign forces the role of the af

u.n. security council meeting right now discussing the power struggle that is gripping venezuela and once gain the u.s. which called for that meeting taking place right now is pushing the security council to back that opposition leader. who is the clear himself as interim president but we heard earlier on from china and russia they've both reiterated their support for president nicolas maduro so divisions clearly on display at that meeting right now let's bring in the sea a newsman she's joining us from. that is on the colombia venezuela border and we did hear from the colombian foreign minister in fact lucy at the u.n. security council but let's just move away from that for a second from the action going on there and tell us what you're seeing and what you're hearing from venezuelans who've had to flee their country.

security council. debating the issue of venezuela in the ongoing crisis we had short speech from the russian ambassador to the u.n. the dominican republic holds a presidency at the moment and let's just listen to what the president of the mike has to say. it's america. thank you mr president the the focus of the un security council is to safeguard international peace and security the former madeira regime has oppressed its people for years forcing millions of venezuelans to flee the country merely to gain very basic access to food and water this has overwhelmed the capacity of regional countries to adequately address your urgent humanitarian needs former president maduro bears full responsibility for this tragedy allowing venice was to languish without food and humanitarian assistance on january tenth the oil gas passed a resolution that refused to recognize the illegitimate mature regime and called for further attention to address the suffering of the venezuelan people last week we all received a letter under article fifty four from oas secretary general luis almagro which pacifically described the destabilizing

u.n. security council is set to discuss the crisis in an emergency session today but its members have different ideas on who to back. and it's a nordic head to head a handful of cops norway wins that semifinal against germany and now takes on hosts denmark. i-man ukip as mackinnon thanks so much for joining us the longest government shutdown in the history of the united states is at least for now the five days into the standoff with. lawmakers president donald trump has passed a short term funding bill to temporarily reopen the government but his funding request for a five point seven billion dollars border wall with mexico the issue that starts at the deadlock is not part of the deal. i this was the announcement federal employees across the country have been waiting for and not just them thank you very much my fellow americans i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government trump agreed to temporarily reopen the government until mid february even without having received the funding for his key request a wall on the border to m

u.n. security council has been meeting in an emergency session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe called on the world to support venezuelan protesters but russia's u.n. ambassador says the world should stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have been among the duros chief backers. washington has already recognized as venezuela's interim leader u.s. secretary of state mike pump a address the security council and called on nations to choose a side in venezuela's crisis now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his mayhem today we call on all members of the security council to support venezuela's democratic transition and interim president one of those role in it thank you. correspondent all over solid attended the session of the security council in new york from where he joins me now all over mike from peo is calling on countries there to back wedo which members of the council will recognize that call and which will not. well there were sev

u.n. security council has been meeting in emotions he session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei or called on the wall to support his weight in protest at russia's u.n. ambassador says the wild should stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have been . among president nicolas maduro schieffer back it. will be crossing over to new york in a moment to speak with all correspondent but first let's say some of what was said at the u.n. security council today now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with major and his may i'm going to know if we want to take the opportunity to say that in this case the u.s. is not behind the coup d'etat. it is in the vanguard of the coup d'etat. it is dictating the orders sort of the nice be urge all parties to refrain from the use of force we called for the organization of free and fair elections with international observers with all candidates allowed to go run for office and until then there is only one credible

u.n. security council meeting. you know your market hollow today at the same time our foreign minister was speaking at the united nations security council to finding venezuela i want you to applaud the foreign minister and the entire team at the u.n. really great victory in the u.n. today a victory for venezuela a victory of truth a big victory at the united nations with his support of most of the countries in the u.n. security council to reflect victory marc pompei left the meeting. to brazil now where rescue workers have briefly suspended the search for hundreds of people still missing after. thirty four bodies have been found but many more are feared dead under a sea of mining waste reports now from the town of regino near the site of the disaster . the heavy rain only makes an already fraught rescue operation much worse many have been saved to being cared for relieved distraught concerned about their missing loved ones. the feelings that you're going to die if the end of everything you don't know which way to ru

u.n. security council u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o called on all nations to back off and as well as self declared interim president wanting. that use that it could also recognize them as president if elections are not held in the coming days and as well as foreign minister has dismissed those demands or. rescuers in southwestern brazil are searching for hundreds of people after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine the breach on.

u.n. security council and my understanding is that the u.k. which is the country which is the what's known as the penholder here at the u.n. on the security council for yemen is trying very quickly to come up with a draft of a new security council resolution that could be voted on in the next week or so and then the humanitarian affairs chief mark local council on the situation there what did he have to say. well he's been warning about the very dire humanitarian situation for very many months he says it's good news that you have this deal in who they are because of course the data is in some ways yemen's lifeline it's to big port but for now he says it's really bringing some hope but not really yet changing things radically on the ground it's not yet bringing all of the food and aid that is required to ordinary yemenis and i think the big picture there is that they need to go out beyond this initial deal that was reached nearly a month ago in stockholm to a more lasting political solution for the country that will involve some sort of power sh

u.n. security council i'm sure you were keeping tabs on the u.s. aking its effort to declare one leader to the u.n. it was very heated but will this be anything more than symbolic. that's the big question during and who knows what will happen and that the reality is madeira has outlasted many people's expectations over time and the longer it drags this out the more successful i suspect he will be on it it certainly got heated but it clearly we're back to you know the days of the cold war where russia takes one position and the us likes another russia also involved with cuba very much in venezuela and taking the position of the dictator mother oh so it is it is hard to see unless there is a very coordinated international effort to really squeeze the government with sanctions which is something that has never happened there's been a lot of talk but very little action well of the in the united states and trump specifically has said that all options are on the table what do you think he means when he says that. well i i don't know i think that they cert

u.n. security council prepares to discuss the power struggle in venezuela. and plastic piles up in malaysia to china's decision to stop being the world's recycling. at least nine people have been killed and hundreds are missing after that a mine in southeastern brazil on mine near the town of dino in minas get ice state was in the process of being decommissioned when the dam collapsed on friday in two thousand and fifteen there was another dam disaster about one hundred thirty kilometers away involving the same mining company reports now from neighboring argentina closets. thanks skewing into the countryside. eight when a series of three dams collapsed the failed structures unnoticed tailings dans filled with residue from iron ore mining rescue operation is underway to evacuate people from vulnerable areas in and around the nearest community below four tickle me the town the prevent the needle efforts are also being made amid fears of widespread pollution to prevent contaminated mud and sludge reaching a refutal by your hydroelectric plant with the national

security council so the brass the politicians pulling in the same direction there's also foreign policy goals which may prove a little less straightforward including a permanent seat for germany on the u.n security council but not everyone is happy about these e.u. powerhouses getting even more chummy and cementing their position within. block. europe is used to the franco axis but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland and italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring there's also domestic upset over the deal alternative for germany say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france you know so could my sending the sax on the quiet on the way to market on commit treason with brags on the rallies of euro skepticism it makes sense that berlin and paris would look to team up but not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now need for that coalition. expects a lovely display for the cameras in the border city of aachen on tuesday but we've seen before without any fundamentally changing global military outlook it's hard to see

u.n. security council. italy's interior minister matteo salvini called for an alternative alliance between italy and central europe. europe is used to the franco german axis but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland in italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring salvini is known for his tough stance on immigration and he has repeatedly accused france and germany of stoking the crisis earlier this week he described him as a terrible president and blamed france for destabilizing africa political analyst and nickel america which gave us his views on the dispute. i think what we're seeing now is that there are really two opposite views of the european union on one side we've got france and germany who are and that's i think closing their eyes on what really is going on within the european union and pretending that nothing bad is going on and on the other side we've got to tell you which are at the forefront of the other countries of other countries at least of the euro

u.n. security council to recognize venezuela's self declared interim president the opposition leader. and as well as elected president nicolas my daughter says he is ready for talks but the opposition has quickly rejected his offer instead of people to take to the streets. if you go i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready if i have to go and meet this guy climb to the top of mount pico humboldt's at three in the morning i will have to go naked i'll go naked on foot by car by motorcycle. it must be very clear to the world and these regimes nobody will take part in the book of course we're going back to the streets oh you mean that fry the broad brief wall in their violence that has been us well over the last three days. their opposition says there have been us minus twenty eight killed in anti-government demonstrations the government says they want to stop at the most regimes but nicolas maduro is not the stepping down instead is proposing dialogue which the opposition regains it's been three days of protest mostly in the sl

u.n. security council why did he choose to focus on the link between climate change and international security. well because high come on strongly believes that that climate change as we're witnessing it now is a major threat for the world and for peace and security in particular and he also believes that it does not get enough attention at this point neither in the united nations nor elsewhere in the world and we'll deserved a very strong speech here all of the german foreign minister at the united nations here today and one of the most striking moments was when he showed these pictures photographed from space via an astronaut alexander guest from germany the international space station i as s. and you could clearly see the effects of climate change and in particular of the drop of two thousand and eighteen across europe and it does not need a lot of fantasy to imagine how this could play out in the future of no solution will be found from climate change we've heard other speeches here at the united nations warnings and reports about refugee crises of the future that we cannot imagine now a d

u.n. security council is discussing the power struggle grouping of venezuela the us which called for the meeting is pushing for the security council to back opposition leader. who's declared himself the interim president but china and russia have already announced their support for president nicolas maduro latin america that are lucy anyone is standing by on colombia's border with venezuela but first let's go to mike hanna at the united nations mike what can we actually expect in terms of the way the conversation is expected to go in the security council today. well we've heard from some of the delegates going into this meeting and very clearly expressed by the ambassador from belgium and indeed the british diplomat responsible for the americas that of deepest concern is the three million refugees who live in and around the borders of venezuela people who fled the country since two thousand and fifteen this argument being advanced before the meeting began because what is going to be one of the points of the meeting is whether or not the united nations has the right to get involved russia and chi

u.n. security council seat that they sought and we are looking to germany to play a leadership role there again because that the traditional major powers they are are not doing what they should. well to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers around the world welcome we begin the day planning for the day that is not supposed to ever come the day when britain leaves the european union with no deal in hand the rights it crash of march twenty nine are in the span of just two days this week the british parliament rejected the only bright set withdrawal plan that exists and almost voted the government and prime minister to resign may out of power in protest when now the wounded and weakened to resign may has until january twenty ninth to win parliamentary approval of her breaks it plan b. well the european union it continues to signal its willingness to help to reset may but it remains firm there will be no new negotiations no new brakes deal in for the twenty seven in you countries who are not leaving the club it's now all about damage control and preparing for the worst

u.n. security council to demand an end to israeli airstrikes what's the likelihood the u.n. can actually do anything to do that. well first of all i think it's brother i'm president to for a syrian diplomat to make such a big threat or issue such a big warning against the israelis i don't recall a syrian diplomat you know making such a warning that to bomb the airport and i you know i would also believe that you know this is. a result of israel's you know israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trouble for president trump and also his intention to withdraw from syria since the time we've seen these escalated is ready attacks on syria are ongoing by elations of syrian sovereignty and so hence we see this strong syrian reaction as a result of this is really a skill ation now we're getting a question what is the likelihood do what could happen we all know that the u.s. has provided israel with diplomatic cover over many issues whether it be its policies towards the palestinians whether it be its policies wars on lebanon which we've

u.n. security council will meet to discuss the venezuela crisis as the u.s. intensify its efforts to remove nicolas maduro from power and the european commission reportedly odd saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that holds a tariff financing threat. thank you for joining us brazil's new government is grappling with its first major emergency as rescue workers search overnight for survivors of a mining dam collapse at least seven people have been killed and two hundred are still missing and of a sudden eastern part of brazil this happened near ramadi in the se to sherry s. here's daniel shrine now with the latest congo where you can reduce or in slow will since viewing into the countryside with a series of three collapsed the filled structures of noticed tailings downs filled with residual from on or mining risky operation is underway to evacuate people from vulnerable areas in or around the nearest community beautiful tickle me the town the ruin the mule if it's being made amid fears of widespread pollution to prevent contaminated mud and sludge reachin

u.n. security council but russia china and mexico are backing the embattled president mike hanna reports now from the united nations. a highly unusual weekend session and at the outset russia made very clear its opposition to the proceeding arguing that any u.n. involvement in venezuela constituted a violation of that country's sovereignty particularly when you're still who rules we don't see any external threats coming from what is taking place in venice well or venezuela does not represent a threat to peace and security if anything does represent a threat to peace it is a shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies aimed at the ouster of the legitimately elected president of venezuela russia demanded a procedural vote to continue the requisite mine members voted to do so but the four votes against a signal that yet again the security council would not be speaking with a unified voice now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games if you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with major and his mayhem that's a sentim

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u.n. special envoy for yemen updated the security council on its efforts to end the for you all diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the united nations. the u.n. security council was told a fragile shaky cease fire continues to hold in her data almost a month after initial peace deal was signed in sweden there has been some violence including in her data city and in the southern districts of the government but this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stockholm consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stock and agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make their agreements work. but special envoy martin griffiths seemed to be accentuating the positive in the public meeting when later it went into closed session the council heard from major general patrick kamut the dutch general who leads the u.n. monitoring mission in who data he's giving the security council weekly reports the latest says the un's body armor and armored vehicles have not been allowed i

u.n. security council. and walk away this from to the views team in davos on the last day of the world economic forum. the chilly winds of protectionism is being felt here in davos and a coat of us tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. to. the law that may be meant to cause the country's conservative climate lawmakers though say they're violating the speech guidelines. and to move over football handball fever gripping germany as the national team means to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela remain. in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader was. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries have back quite o's bid for new elections but russia china and turkey are supporting nicolas maduro condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subsided for ny but vehic

u.n. security council to isolate government. thirty four people have been confirmed dead in brazil after the collapse of a dam holding waste from an iron ore mine rescue workers are searching for hundreds of people still missing. while protests are being called against sudan's president omar al bashir hundreds of people have been arrested during a government crackdown on demonstrators and their families want answers about their whereabouts you are morgan reports now from khartoum. starts his day in the capital with phone calls and internet searches he's hoping to hear some news about his brother muslim men who went missing on the twentieth of january after protests in sudan's second largest city man. we don't know where he is we checked hospitals but he wasn't among those injured those who were with him during the protests said that he was arrested by armed masked men and trying to pick up we haven't seen or heard from him since. thanks six weeks of anti-government protests started on the nineteenth of december over rising food

u.n. security council are russia china turkey and mexico are backing the besieged president either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his mayhem some countries have publicly taken former president. china russia syria and iran are just four of them it's not a surprise that those who rule without democracy in their own countries are trying to prop up majority while he is in dire straits thirty four people have now been confirmed dead in brazil following friday's collapse of a dam holding waste from an iron ore mine rescue workers are searching for hundreds of people who remain missing valid the mining company responsible for that and has been forced to suspend all operations the company's assets which are worth one point three billion dollars have also been frozen to pay for damages taliban sources say they've reached a draft agreement with the u.s. to end the war in afghanistan after six days of talks in capital u.s. envoys on my head says significant progress was made but any deal must include talks between the taliban and afghan government is that hea

u.n. security council the u.s. box opposition leader one why do it was declared himself interim president of venezuela and rescuers in southern brazil have so far recovered thirty four bodies in there losing hope four hundred still missing after a dam next to a mine collapsed state prosecutors are frozen assets belonging to the mining company to pay for damages. now russia is marking seventy five years since the end of the siege of leningrad that claimed more than eight hundred thousand lives during the second world war the centerpiece of the commemorations is a military parade in the city now known as st petersburg some people including survivors have denounced the parade as forty times military propaganda the kremlin denies this saying the occasion is important for all russia it's. to saddam more protests have been called against president omar al bashir hundreds of people have been arrested during a government crackdown on demonstrators and their families are demanding to know where they are him morgan reports f

u.n. security council is expected to meet on saturday for a special session called by the u.s. on venezuela's political crisis washington says it's ready to step up economic and diplomatic pressure to force president nicolas maduro out of power donald trump along with a number of regional leaders have recognized opposition leader one as the interim president and the u.s. president has signed a bill to end the longest government shutdown in history he has agreed to reopen the federal government for three weeks but trump has warned democrats that if negotiations over the funding of a border war with mexico hit another deadlock is ready to declare a national emergency. meanwhile our long time ally of the u.s. president has been charged with seven crimes as part of the investigation into an. it's russian interference in the twenty six thousand election on just oh and he's accused of being a conduit between china's campaign and wiki leaks and eyeing about it had a hand has a story on the walking out of a federal courthouse in florida roger stone seems to be channeling his first poli

u.n. security council where the u.s. was accused of meddling by kana reports there from the u.n. in new york. a highly unusual weekend session and at the outset russia made very clear its opposition to the proceeding arguing that any u.n. involvement in venezuela constituted a violation of that country's sovereignty particularly when you're city who rules we don't see any external threats coming from what is taking place in venice well or venezuela does not represent a threat to peace and security if anything does represent a threat to peace it is a shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies aimed at the ouster of the legitimately elected president of venezuela russia demanded a procedural vote to continue the rick was a mine members voted to do so but the four votes against a signal that yet again the security council would not be speaking with a unified voice now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games if you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with major and his mayhem that's a sentiment echoed b

u.n. security council will meet to discuss the venezuela crisis as the u.s. intensifies efforts to remove president nicolas maduro from power basti european commission reportedly add sound eurabia to a draft list of countries that pulls a tariff financing threats. thank you for joining as a governor of the brazilian state of maine as sheriff says the chances of finding survivors of a dam bursts are slim at least seven bodies have been recovered so far two hundred s. still missing the dam collapse at an iron ore mine near the town of burma daniel daniel with the latest going to a wave of british foreign sludge was sent spewing into the countryside with a series of three dams collapsed the filled structures in august tailings dans filled with residue from on or mining a risky operation is underway to evacuate people from vulnerable areas in and around the nearest community beautiful tickle me the town the ruin the new deal efforts are being made amid fears of widespread pollution to prevent contaminated mud and sludge reaching a refutal by your hydroelectric pl

u.n. security council at the u.s. or what the presidents of russia or mexico saying matter at all when you know those who hold the guns the military continue to support the little. well that's a key point there when you're mean that that's the main issue in venice way that there's still an international game going on developing but that it's that inside of venezuela the only thing that man teams that keeps mother on power are the armed forces mother to have been using arms against its own people and there's no way to take mobile out of power without breaking the military are of course just loyalty to mobile we need to put even more pressure on mothers regime and over the military to be able to break that and to have. that rule my expectation is that we will still need huge amounts of pressure from the international community and the way that venezuelan people protesting actively in this street to be able to get that change was too much atia thank you very much for your time on the set that is hard live in miami thank

u.n. security council the u.s. backed opposition leader. has declared himself interim president. now to bomb attacks in northern iraq have killed four police officers the police chief in the town of chicago says two died when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus carrying them to work two others were killed in a second explosion as reinforcements arrived there's been no immediate claim of responsibility. iraq says it will summon the turkish ambassador over the death of a kurdish protester after turkish troops opened fire on demonstrators in the north west on saturday night kurdish protesters stormed a turkish base inside iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region they said four civilians were killed in a turkish raid last week turkey often carries out raids and air strikes in iraq targeting the kurdistan workers party which it considers a terrorist school meanwhile uncertainty is growing between turkey and the u.s. over a proposed safe zone in northern syria turkish president bashar type airline says he'll go it alone if he doesn't get logistical support from the trump administratio

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u.n. security council is set to meet later on saturday to discuss the political crisis in venezuela the u.s. backs opposition leaders ron carter who's declared himself interim president but russia and china they supported it was murder. dollar trump has backed down and has agreed to temporarily end the government shutdown without getting the money he wants for border wall us president signed a bill that will fund the government for three weeks. reopening federal agencies will be a slow process and many government workers worry they won't get regular paychecks for long government is on the reports now from kansas city. as a federal employee who hasn't been paid for over a month to feed a hanson had a lot at stake when donald trump spoke after the president announced the government would reopen for three weeks there was no celebrating angry and disappointed. three weeks is good nothing long enough to just get us a check to pacify us for a little while to get us to the next step and then once we get back in there if they shut down again we won't be able to leave thaw out feel like they're buil

u.n. security council and u.s. secretary of state my campaign urged countries to back down as well as opposition leader won by joe who is the clear himself into an president rescue workers in southeast brazil are digging through mud and debris hoping to find more than three hundred people missing after a dam at a mine collapsed off already say ten bodies have been recovered so far taliban and u.s. negotiators have finalized the details of a draft agreement to end the seventeen year long afghan war that's according to taliban sources the u.s. envoy zalmay khalilzad is heading to travel to brief the afghan president but he says major sticking points remain. returning to the crisis in venezuela and a quick reminder of who in the international community is supporting president nicolas maduro and who is against him so russia says any moves to remove him from power are in the go while turkey is calling him a brother china is also standing behind him mexico with a newly elected leftist president is recognizing maduro as p

u.n. security council votes to extend the truce in one day the details coming up in a moment.hello get a welcome back to international weather forecast or you're going to see a system coming out of the med in this system is going to bring a lot of rain as well as snow across much of the divide over the next few days so here on thursday we do have quite a bit of snow here across parts of iraq as well as some rain coming into parts of iran that system is going to be moving quite quickly over here towards the east as we go from thursday to friday for you're going to be getting out of those clouds in snow terms are there about six degrees and then as we go towards friday that is going to be making its way towards the east down towards quite city we do expect to see a part of gravity for you with a temperature of fifteen degrees well here and don't. expect to see a drop in temperature as we go through the weekend so here on thursday twenty seven degrees winds are going to be coming out of the south but as we go towards friday well twenty degrees is going to be the high there temper

u.n. special envoy for yemen updated the security council on his peace efforts our diplomatic editor james pace has more now from the united nations the u.n. security council was told a fragile shaky cease fire continues to hold in her data almost a month after a little peace deal was signed in sweden has been some violence including in her data city and in the southern districts of the government but this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stockholm consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stockroom agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make their agreements work. but special envoy martin griffiths seemed to be accentuating the positive in the public meeting when later it went into closed session the council heard from major general patrick kamut the dutch general who leads the u.n. monitoring mission in who data he's giving the security council weekly reports the latest says the un's body armor and armored vehicles have not been allowed into the country the

u.n. security council has been meeting in an emergency session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe called on the world to support venezuelan protesters but russia's u.n. ambassador says the world ought to stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have being among the duros chief backers. as that session of the security council began i spoke to correspondent oscar schlanger in the venezuelan capital caracas i asked him if the pressure coming from european countries was having an effect on the power struggle in venezuela. both have a lot of influence and they influence up to this point because it was the european union and many of the european countries that along with over sixty countries rejected the elections of the twentieth of may and last year that elected president when the new term began on january tenth he was no longer president because they did not. see those as fair elections so that immediately puts the president of the national assembly which is one way though as president interim of venezuela so they are actually playing a very big role

u.n. security council approved its expansion the expansion of the mission overseeing the cease fire there in who died on the convoy included the head of the u.n. mission retired dutch general patrick amor no one was hurt in the shooting it's not yet known who fired the shots the port city of the has been under a fragile truce since mid december after fierce battles between hutu rebels and saudi backed government forces the warring parties have been accusing each other of truce violations but u.n. officials say the cease fire has largely been holding. earlier we heard more from nasser a yemeni journalist and a capital thank you very much intact and know nothing you got until you motive then you said because the most in both in question about who was behind it again fire is not known and did know. this out of the amount of about forces and these. cues that are in fact the from yesterday. and i think who benefits from this incident is that the most important question out and to answer this question who benefits from this question is i think that saudi. backed forces because date is used that

u.n. security council so we still have international reaction. coming into the situation in venezuela with countries picking sides. it's been a very very active days so far it started off with the russian foreign minister offering his services to mediate between the opposition and the venezuelan government lawyer negotiated settlement to the crisis followed by a statement from the german and the spanish foreign minister saying that unless president will last a little holds immediate family and transparent elections in that country and again the operative word here is immediate the e.u. will withdraw recognition of the venezuelan government and will recognize it instead. as the interim and the president of that country so a lot of pressure being put now on president mughal at this hour ok lucio we'll leave it there for now we thank you for giving us that update from across the border and it's all well trunk is determined to but when he was first elected he had a very different stance on foreign interventions here's what he said. we will stop braci

u.n. security council called by the u.s. to force the world's powers to pick a side. no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his mayhem material is defined growing international pressure and building by russia and china's continued support order calling the crisis a u.s. orchestrated coup. but he defused an imminent showdown with washington over his demand for american diplomatic personnel to leave venezuela by sunday extending the window to allow negotiations with u.s. officials. and joining us from caracas is oscar's flanker who's been closely following developments there tell tell me oscar a key military official has broken ranks with the door how is that playing out so far well yes this envoy to washington from the man as well the embassy is the military and boy colonel see it rob broke relations with the mother would a government and its order in the interim presidency of one way go as. this was criticized by government saying it was an act of cowardness and treason to the country which is a l

u.n. security council called by the u.s. to force the world's powers to pick a side the more delays no more games if you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with merger and has made i'm mature as defined growing international pressure and building by russia and china's continued support order calling the crisis a us orchestrated coup. but he defused an imminent showdown with washington over his demand for american diplomatic personnel to leave venezuela by sunday extending the window to allow negotiations with u.s. officials. rescue teams have suspended their search for survivors of friday's mining dam collapse amid fears that get another nearby dam could burst brazil's southeast the death toll from the collapsed dam has risen to at least thirty seven with around three hundred people still missing firefighters have been digging through the debris trying to find survivors but hopes of finding more people alive are fading it's still unclear what caused the dam to burst. correspondent about is in the town of bu

u.n. security council met to discuss congo it's calling on all sides to remain peaceful but just how great is the risk of more civil unrest. i think we are really you know i gotta go to the very me through it all so in your in these some video i can just but i don't think that we have get you all of that you got we got any way for what. they did. to the trees so everybody knows we were there and didn't want to. go to recall and the way the easy way to people in the uk i don't think that we've had five days. well when the along with this presidential election there was also the parliamentary vote which took place and in that race it was the ruling coalition of outgoing president kabila which won a large majority so what does this mean for the future of congo. he told their. memory you know. they are monitoring the activity. in your decision to see where. they. go we go we. ought to. be going you know i would marry. her and there we are. you way i really. want to be pretty. cool. wendy bashi reporting from kinshasa thank you so much. now a days of heavy snow have brought chaos to parts of eu