is james al-jazeera of the united nations. all right let's bring in our panel today to discuss u.n. peacekeepers we are starting in denver in the united states with mark goldberg he's the editor of un dispatch a u.n. and global affairs news website on skype from florence. is a former african union commission official now a specialist on peace and security in africa and running up the panel from kiel in the u.k. he is our will arlo senior lecturer in law at kiel university and a specialist on human rights international law gentlemen lovely to have all 3 of you with us as we look at marking international peacekeepers day mark goldberg i'll start with you and i feel we should really before we get into any of the controversies look at the importance of peacekeepers there are 14 missions in place all over the world if they were not in place tell us about the sort of vacuum that that might leave. sure so as you noted there are 14 peacekeeping missions around the world deploying about $100000.00 peacekeepers by and large these peacekeepers are deployed to places that if they weren't there t

no i think that that needs immediate needs and that's where supposedly the united nations supposed to do is to become a really unbiased and fear mediator but of course unfortunately i mean clearly i mean the mr salami his ties with the united arab emirates does not make him the symbol. might be able to help in that way and i know mccollum says he wants to meet after to discuss a ceasefire and resume peace talks will have to listen to my call. will he listen to the other while he listened to the frail president at the end cuffed or no he is very desperate i doubt it i mean clearly mr mccrone gave have to resist the more than once. and then he sees that no he is did not listen to him according to of course the french they said also that have to do more of them when he attacked tripoli even though there is evidence that they did but anyway. i don't think that have to right now have to he sees that his ambitions his. life goal to be able to become the day to flee bear is they mentioned and is is is not ever have been so he's desperate unfortunately only the forces that they fight for him

is james al-jazeera of the united nations. all right let's bring in our panel today to discuss u.n. peacekeepers we are starting in denver in the united states with mark goldberg he's the editor of un dispatch a u.n. and global affairs news website on skype from florence. the former african union commission official now a specialist on peace and security in africa and running up the panel from kiel in the u.k. he is our will arlo senior lecturer in law at kiel university and a specialist on human rights international law gentlemen lovely to have all 3 of you with us as we look at marking international peacekeepers day mark goldberg i'll start with you and i feel we should really before we get into any of the controversies look at the importance of peacekeepers there are 14 missions in place all over the world if they were not in place tell us about the sort of vacuum that that might leave. sure so as you noted there are 14 peacekeeping missions around the world deploying about $100000.00 peacekeepers by and large these peacekeepers are deployed to places that if they weren't there th

we've been listening to mark low carb at the un humanitarian affairs chief briefing the united nations security council on the west wing situation and it led he has described attacks on i.d.p. camps and medical facilities within the deescalation zone there well let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the united nations for us james as you said earlier there have been multiple closed door briefings for the security council on this what brought about today is open session. well one of the countries that called for this open session is speaking right now belgium belgium germany kuwait look after the humanitarian file with regard to syria they take special interest in that they have decided that there needs to be an open session of the security council because the bombardment of it which they addressed in a closed session last week has not ended in fact it's getting worse and there you heard from the humanitarian chief of the united nations marlow cock a particularly strong speech u.n. officials are often accused of being too diplomatic and not saying things bluntly but h

you mentioned the united nations salman and it's true that after the war ended there were quite a lot of efforts by the u.n. to bring about justice but do you think the u.n. is vested and is committed to bringing about justice today than it was a days after the war ended. well i think after the retreat of the united states which was a country that was very much pressing on accountability in the country and given the fact that under the obama administration that was the predominant foreign policy in the asia and now under the trumpet mr a should we see a retreat of the united states. from the international fora body especially from the united nations human rights council as such i see there is a lick of momentum. i see that the international community is not asked committed as it was say 3 or 4 years ago however in the last report of general 2018 though a high commissioner for human rights of the united nations has stressed again that trunk a must follow ready the path of transitional justice and was very much concerned about the level of violence in the country and was very poignant i

with a letter diplomatic correspondent james bays joins us live now from the united nations james so this is breaking as we are now on air what more do we know about this letter and what it may mean. well we know what's in the latter because i got a copy of the letter of the iranian mission to the united nations gave me a copy in the last few minutes this is a letter that's been sent by the iranian ambassador based here at the u.n. in new york to the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrace and to the current president of the security council deanne johnny who is the ambassador of indonesia and presides over the security council for this month of may it doesn't mention the u.s. at any point in this letter it does though talk about the recent alarming security situation in the mysterious intentions of some of those it says are involved then goes on to say that the current situation in action is a lose lose approach and it suggests what it says is a win win approach says the current conflict security environment in the region can be eased and ultimately addressed an

not and doesn't not just go to show you how biased the united nations is but they've they've they've now nor is the world you can't be biased of the united nations can you not what you can do is look at this from a statistical point of view the united nations has passed more resolutions in the past year against israel than it has against syria they were bombing at civilians and you know this as well as i do with chemical weapons well the syrian government continue to deny any use of chemical weapons and i asked the former mayor of she you know why is it israel was helping the rebels in syria like britain of course supported some of those rebels why was it treating al-qaeda in isis day forces is israel now in the same side as saudi arabia isis day al-qaeda and how must a group which of course israel funded the creation of i think that there's never been any proof that israel has funded or helped isis with di asho out qaeda what it once told we support netanyahu on the golan heights visiting the hospital in the occupied golan heights and they were treating al-qaeda and isis you know yo

that goes i will exact given by the united nations member states. it. struck. at that time the united states was the most important member state contributing 40 percent of the budget was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. 40 years after these population policies supported by the west over 30000000 chinese men remain involuntary bachelors because of the shortage of women. this is why millions of unemployed men from rural areas move to the cities as migrant workers they aim to earn money to improve their chances of finding a bride. leapin works in a selfie stick factory near hong kong at 27 he also does not have a girlfriend yet. you were going down there and for no it's for the let's have more than my old. employer but i've got a right. to live here paul you know that was there no way. of that and. that song was young i mean yeah so you know what's. going. on the number of continues to increase especially in the countryside chinese women prefer well off men from the city. china's problematic a lack of women will not change in the comin

ceasefire but it's also likely the negotiations will be difficult james pace al-jazeera at the united nations we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then thousands of us unite against the recent wave of anti abortion legislation. and the last roll of the dice britain's prime minister's office m.p.'s a vote on a 2nd briggs's referendum. the weather sponsored by cattle and. hello there we're still seeing quite a few showers over the southern parts of china they've been with us for the past few days and they are giving us some very very heavy downpours you see the bright white cloud on our satellite picture here just over the southern parts of china and into the northern parts of vietnam some places have been reporting way over 100 millimeters of rain from the system just in a 24 hour period there's more weather still to come to this system gradually is going to be pushing its way eastwards as we head through wednesday and into thursday so we'll thursday looks like hong kong will join us under that wet weather some of the thunderstorms here could be fairly violent i mean further t

fighting there are innocents that are heard and that's the reality of war ok i mean obviously the united nations just agrees with you completely and of the most recent report said that in the great much of a turn obviously i.d.f. responsible for deliberately targeting children the urgent song contest is on and it wasn't long ago that. no less than the wall street journal the murdoch will street journal reported that netanyahu the israeli government were facilitating medical treatment for militants linked to al qaida the people responsible for 911 which happened in the town you are in right now israel is that a humane country it is true that israel has treated people who have fled the fighting in syria and who are needed medical care. we don't apologize for the very proud that. we are assuming country on this topic of jump on the jews they have to you have to forgive me examine read the book i will take a look at the book you mention she'll obey you were you were the mayor of that now you know of course that that place that you were mayor of used to have names term as a car the car you it. we kno

the department was founded at the united nations in 1969 the un f.p.a. the united nations pop. lation found through this ostensibly neutral paff western governments channel millions into population control in developing countries the major donors besides the united states were sweden great britain and germany and switzerland. south korea was among the earliest testing grounds for population control the country was devastated after the korean war at the same time there was a baby boom with the highest birth rates in the world the united states participated in the reconstruction from the very beginning population control being high on the agenda. yet these 4 korean women gave up in a village 200 kilometers.

is james al-jazeera of the united nations. all right let's bring in our panel today to discuss u.n. peacekeepers we are starting in denver in the united states with mark goldberg he's the editor of un dispatch a u.n. and global affairs news website on skype from florence. the former african union commission official now a specialist on peace and security in africa and running up the panel from kiel in the u.k. it is our will arlo senior lecturer in law at kiel university and a specialist on human rights international law gentleman lovely to have all 3 of you with us as we look at marking international peacekeepers day mark goldberg i'll start with you and i feel we should really before we get into any of the controversies look at the importance of peacekeepers there are 14 missions in place all over the world if they were not in place tell us about the sort of vacuum that that might leave. sure so as you noted there are 14 peacekeeping missions around the world deploying about $100000.00 peacekeepers by and large these peacekeepers are deployed to places that if they weren't there th

to support the un all the time, and i can say after ten years the object of was to weaken the united nations for the united states even trying to strangle china by contrast was prepared to give more to the un and the single biggest contributor of the peacekeepers for the united nations. so what is this window of opportunity? while it is still number two and willing to play by the rules, this is the moment for the united states to actually work with china and strengthen multilateral order and serve as a good role model as you know the united states is doing the opposite. it's walking away from the purest climate agreement and is told from unesco and the transpacific partnership and the united nations human rights council i could go on and on. and the sad part of all of this is that the united states today is creating so many loopholes in international law that china will walk through tomorrow when it becomes number one. if they want to preserve this order that the best way to do it is to show guess we support you in making the international order a stronger one. thank you. [applause] >> thank

the capital tripoli has left them exposed to the dangers of war and going days without food the united nations high commissioner for refugees has intervened and relocated migrants to safer areas all sending some to other countries among them a group of one hundred fifty nine eritrean nationals were sent in his chair before being relocated to a third country and that has not gone down well with eritrea's gover. at the foreign ministry some of the u.n.h.c.r. are presented of to protest against the action and the minister of information eman mesko issued a statement on twitter saying this the un it c.r.s. latest act has no rationale or basis and law and amplifies its harmful eligibility guidelines which require require that is urgent rectification fifty eritreans have returned home voluntarily from libya in the past few weeks while another eighteen are scheduled to arrive before we get to our discussion let's take a look back at the country eritrea it was part of the larger federation of ethiopia until one nine hundred ninety three that here eritreans voted for independence and joined the united

military campaigns since he launched his operation dignity in two thousand and fourteen now the united nations a panel of experts also is also saying that this kind of missile. or missile has been used only by the three countries china. and the united arab emirates this also coming after the. foreign ministry in tripoli has accused. of supporting the warlord who for hefted calling the military offensive by hefted on tripoli as a terrorist attack we know that the united arab emirates egypt and saudi arabia they have been supporting at all or have been in whole or in all his military campaigns since two thousand and fourteen. so reuters journalists will spend sixteen months in a myanmar prison for reporting on the military crackdown on rohingya have been freed while an inch or so were serving a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets that both men were reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports on a case that's drawn international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while alone and walked to freedom they left insa

you mention the united nations salman and it's true that after the war ended there were quite a lot of efforts by the u.n. to bring about justice but do you think the u.n. is i think vested and is committed to bringing about justice today than it was a days after the war ended. well i think after the retreat of the united states which was a country that was very much pressing on accountability in the country and given the fact that under the obama administration that was the predominant foreign policy in some of the asia and now under the trumpet mr a should we see a retreat of the united states. from the international fora but especially from the united nations human rights council as such i see there is a lick of momentum. i see that the international community is not asked committed as it was say 3 or 4 years ago however in the last report of general 2018 though a high commissioner for human rights of the united nations has stressed again that must follow ready the path of transitional justice and was very much concerned about the level of violence in the country and was very poi

you mentioned the united nations salman and it's true that after the war ended there were quite a lot of efforts by the u.n. to bring about justice but do you think the u.n. is vested and is committed to bringing about justice today than it was a days after the war ended. well i think after the retreat of the united states which was a country that was very much pressing on accountability in the country and given the fact that under the obama administration that was the predominant foreign policy in some of the asia and now under the trumpet mr a should we see a retreat of the united states. from the international fora body especially from the united nations human rights council as such i see there is a lick of momentum. i see that the international community is not asked committed as it was say 3 or 4 years ago however in the last report of general 2018 though a high commissioner for human rights of the united nations has stressed again that trunk a must follow the path of transitional justice and was very much concerned about the level of violence in the country and was very poignant

version of that rather than the united nations that says israel israeli soldiers gunned down so many of them were not armed you can see the hamas cynically used the palestinian civilians as human shields and you know you've got other guests coming on the show like locate i mean by actually excusing the our so much that using its own powers to get but you know nation as cover for its terrorist activities by not calling them out criticizing their people like loki or roger waters of people like that iraq surely harming the people that all 3 palestinians they profess the castle but you a for cup final later in a couple of weeks time is being held in azerbaijan terrible human rights record these people are not calling for a boycott but you know i think that's also a point taken but of course when you cut the entry in the world is in violation of more united nations resolutions than israel and. not and doesn't not just go to show you how biased the united nations is that they've they've they're not anymore this is the world you can't be biased of the united nations can you know what your c

a grim warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. clashes in jakarta over the results of indonesia's controversial presidential election. also ahead the u.n. says millions of people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee status and his country is not to deport them. ok let's get going the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by tehran patrick shanahan made those comments following a classified briefing to members of the house of representatives mike hanna reports . congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike compare with the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployed. to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository

states michael come back to you why the disparity there if this is a quote unquote united nations why is this such a disparity between where the peacekeepers come from is it just because that that's where a lot of the conflicts are yeah well in the case the united states it's a political question in general american troops and american military officers don't want to put troops under you know of the so and so control of foreign military officer but it's sort of a grand bargain though when it comes to the united states because you know as the introduction of this episode noted the u.s. has the bulk of the cost of peacekeeping missions around the world the united states is still the global leader when it comes to efforts to maintain international peace and security around the world so it does see value in funding developing countries from sending their troops to hot spots around the world and the developing countries themselves get a lot out of this not only do they get their training and prestige and political power that comes from being what's called a troop contributing country t

and for him warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. also ahead with millions having fled venezuela the u.n. says most are in need of refugee status and other countries not to deport them. the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf is to possible attacks by tehran patrick shannon made those comments following a classified briefing to members of the house of representatives mike hanna reports . congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike compare when the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment of a carrier strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against americans. forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian

will become a cynical joke some nations are fueling this bloody conflict the united nations should put an end to it the u.k. is what's known as the penholder on libya very would draw up any security council resolution it's likely they'll try again to negotiate a resolution calling for a ceasefire but it's also likely the negotiations will be difficult james space al-jazeera at the united nations the british prime minister is offering m.p.'s a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd breaks it referendum theresa may set out her latest plan for britain's departure from the e.u. telling politicians they have one last chance to deliver bricks it m.p.'s have already rejected her previous withdrawal agreement negotiated by the european union 3 times may's latest deal will be brought to parliament in june i've also listened carefully to those who've been arguing for a 2nd referendum i've made my own view on this clear on many many times i do not believe this is a route that we should take because i think we should be implementing the result of the 1st referendum not asking the british people t

that goes i will exact given by the united nations member states. it. struck. at that time the united states was the most important member state contributing 40 percent of the budget was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. 40 years after these population policies supported by the west over 30000000 chinese men remain involuntary bachelors because of the shortage of women. this is why millions of unemployed men from rural areas move to the cities as migrant workers they aim to earn money to improve their chances of finding a bride. leapin works in a selfie stick factory near hong kong at 27 he also does not have a girlfriend yet. on your way. down there and for no it's for the what's her avoiding my answer. i'm going. what i've done the right. to live here paul you know that was there no way. of that and. that song was young i mean. so you know what's. going. on. the number of congruent continues to increase especially in the countryside chinese women prefer well off men from the city. china's problematic a lack of women will not change

extradition to the united states how do you see the playing out does it raise any concerns for the united nations. we did not address the issue of the possible extradition to the united states in our decision and i'm not going to comment on any. substantive bent that. mr sanchez had already when he came to be walking blue because if you rebuild clearly he states the case in sweden is weak and it's a he damage and that would be a s. try date me to the united states for treason and what we have now. seven years later he took off the mission of the interests of the west to hold him accountable for what they can see there as a grain and the negril we have seen so far allege something may know we each do allow industry i did as i did as i did this tradition we don't know if he's transferred to the us he would face some more serious charges so we didn't address it but that's the situation just. how things unfold now yeah appreciate you fleshing out that just finally for some julian assange just case is equated to being a battle for press freedom how fair is that comparison in terms of the crimes he's a

party say the decision to select the site of the country it's a plane dictatorship on the program united nations warns that a million of the primate species face extinction and a lot involved with the earth's threatening fire diversity. has been. the most amazing things are going over the course of three months when it's a boy holiday i'm just wife meggan the duchess of sussex welcomed britain's latest . i'm phil gal welcome to the program. election officials in turkey have scrapped the results of a controversial vote for the mayor of istanbul a humiliating defeat for president reggie. is ruling a k party one much is the local elections over all but last key merril contests in . the party had challenge the legitimacy of the vote will not be held on the twenty third of june. as. correspondent to you stumble welcome you here what reason did turkey supremely troll board give for the rerun of this contest well first of all phil this is now breaking news here in turkey on all major t.v. channels the a stumble vote it seems the vote here in turkey's largest city is going to be cancelled and repeated t

united nations the human and international community has rose only unfortunately this lever the little story directly at this last. past indicates. why talk to me because you know more. more more is. going to change. my daughters i'm sure you know you're going to see the european union on the us which it is it is all you know not current they are most interested in continuing migration any cost. on migration or i would. live. for. us all these crimes. let me just take it from johannesburg david you've been listening to both august that a number of years ago i was speaking to somebody from the department for international development the british organization that helps foreign countries and there was an enormous amount of frustration that a lot of the money that they were giving seemingly was disappearing and there was a number of cases of corruption being brought against many places in africa has had an impact on donors giving aid is there a frustration that actually the aid money will be getting to the people that need it most that it might just be disappearing into the coffers of the

some nations are fueling this bloody conflict the united nations should put an end to it the u.k. is what's known as the penholder on libya they would draw up any security council resolution it's likely they'll try again to negotiate a resolution calling for a ceasefire but it's also likely that negotiations will be difficult james space al-jazeera at the united nations is present on all translators tariff increase and beijing's plans to counter them are hitting u.s. companies and china at according to the american chamber of commerce about at least 40 percent of its members are considering relocating businesses outside the country or have already done so china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago with no deal adrian brown has more from beijing. well this survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's i

as fighting continues in libya the united nations security council is holding an opening briefing to discuss the situation we'll be live in new york. think of this is live from doha also coming up. iran's president says he's open to talks with the u.s. but not in the current climate using the administration of having a novice politicians with naive ideas. while he's found a remains defiant after the united states blacklist the chinese tech giant over national security. a new study warns global sea levels could rise to meet by the end of this century unless drastic action is taken. the united nations security council is holding an open briefing at this hour to discuss the situation in libya the special envoy for libya. will update the council on the latest developments the meeting comes after the government had cut the main water supply to tripoli leaving up to 2000000 people without water for do day 2 days this is are live pictures now of the u.n. security council chamber they see delegates still gathering in there right now we will go to that as and when it begins so stay with us fo

of britain warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. with millions having fled venezuela the u.n. says most are in need of refugee status and urges other countries not to deport them. and clashes in jakarta over the result of indonesia's controversial presidential election. the acting u.s. defense secretary says that there will be no war with iran and the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by teheran patrick shanahan made the comments following a classified briefing to members of the house of representatives mike hanna reports . congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike pump aoe in the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment . to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to tu

several civilians including a father and his baby daughter many more people were injured and the united nations age chief mark low caucus warning of the most what humanitarian tragedy of this century if a military offensive continues in the syrian government and its russian allies have renewed their push to capture parts of it and how many provinces hospitals have been bombed and aged aid agencies have been forced to suspend their work our diplomatic editor james based reports. the russian ambassador vasoline the benzine under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a campaign obama bargmann told the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs in populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior huma

china and the united states the 2 countries are competing to be world leaders in artificial intelligence robotics and 5 g. technology. showcasing its achievements while with china's national tech champion its expansion plans in the united states now seem over after the u.s. put the firm and its affiliates on a trading blacklist an issue too sensitive for this company official to discuss i guess the country operates the company so sorry. but he's confident while away will still thrive in other markets so now laid her with your fire level. we hope we can operate out of its other countries while away officials had anticipated this move and on thursday the firm issued a statement saying the transactions wouldn't improve safety or security in the united states and would only harm consumers and companies it doesn't bode well for the full 3 trade talks between the 2 countries u.s. firms are present here the mood among one technology representative surprisingly upbeat levy is in very hard to sell us technology in china today because of the trade rules i don't think so in summits years chinese is open for the all the different you know the products here and our attorney is the cus

the united nations special envoy for libya has warned the country is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war this has been followed 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar. the united nations says that most of the people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee protection it's urging governments not to deport them 3000000 have left the country since 2015 protesters in indonesia's capital jakarta hold fireworks at police as they rallied against the results of the presidential election riot police fired tear gas and water cannon as the standoff continued into the night president joko widodo was declared the winner of april's poll with 55 percent of the vote opposition presidential candidates proposal beyond 2 will challenge the results in court britain's prime minister is offering him peace a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd brigs at referendum to raise a mason's house the latest plan for britain's departure from the e.u. telling politicians they have one last chance to deliver briggs's may's latest plan will be bro

it is a very large area and for months and months, the united nations was unable to months, the uniteds to it and 50,000 metric tonnes of grain and those silos, that is enough to feed 3 million people for months. and even before the region started, the consulate allowed the un and the staff of the red sea to enter that facility for the first time, already we are getting those stocks, trying to determine whether or not some of them have been spoiled. as soon as thatis them have been spoiled. as soon as that is done, we will get that onto trucks and out to people all across yemen, but we are rushing against time to do the. clearly this is a huge step, a game changer is how it has been described. but that is not the entire picture for the country, is it? the economy is completely shattered but there have been pledges made to kick—start it. what sort of assurances have you received from the prime minister? the humanitarian crisis is the worst in the world, most of the population needs help in the un's largest humanitarian operation is under way here right now, it is also one of the most ex

the united nations security council has met to discuss progress being. made to end the conflict in yemen special envoy martin gryphus is praising who the rebels are beginning to withdraw from 3 major ports and is calling for more measures of these talk over previous to adopt. u.s. treasury secretary stephen h. and says that it's up to the courts to decide on releasing donald trump's tax returns stephen h. he was testifying to senators on the ways and means committee in washington he's previously blocked requests from congress to hand over trump's tax history mike hanna has more now from washington d.c. . once again steve facing questions about revealing president trump's tax report this is being a call from democrat members of congress in both senate and in the house democratic senators during this appropriations hearing repeatedly asked the treasury secretary whether or not he agreed that the congress had the power to request the i.r.s. to explain how it was adjudicating the tax returns of a sitting president democrats arguing that congress does indeed

it wasn't long before it became clear to the united nations and our country's own intelligence community that that country that i'm speaking of was enriching uranium with the purpose of obtaining nuclear weapons threatening to destabilize of great importance winding down from the cold war the tensions between the united states and this country were heating up. the administration to de-escalate taking the unprecedented step to helps to reach an agreement to stop them from enriching uranium. surprisingly he was willing to give unprecedented concessions to verify of the nuclear enrichment had ended. my republican colleagues may be surprised to hear me say especially today one week after the anniversary of the west decision to back out of the iran nuclear deal you might be surprised because i'm not talking about iran. talking about north korea and not president barack obama but donald trump. donald trump was willing to shut down a criminal dictator to give away unprecedented concessions in the hopes north korea would abandon its nuclear program. on the other hand he turned his back onou iran

nationals who have called fast that they have been spying on behalf of the united arab emirates and far as we know turkish authorities are still following this incident but we have no information about their life. meanwhile the world health organization says at least three hundred seventy six people have been killed after launches offensive to seize tripoli almost a month ago but in the past few days fighters loyal to him have suffered some setbacks. has more in that from tripoli forces lawyer to libya's you know used to government three force their positions in the neighborhood they recently pushed out fighters loyal to the world from this area in southern tripoli. through the. checkpoints prevent civilians from coming back to their houses near the fighting areas just to keep them away from the government forces have recently advanced it near the old international airport on the southern outskirts of the capital they have also recaptured the highway connecting tripoli to the city and including. but the situation near the military camp remains tense after heavy fighting for control in t

the united nations has been paying tribute to its peacekeepers serving around the world there are at least 100001 active duty to point to some of the world's most dangerous places $98.00 were killed last year alone but the tributes come as operation operations face an unprecedented budget crisis or diplomatic answer james bays has more. the u.n. is holding its annual events honoring the work of its peacekeepers around the world . some of the most volatile places on earth last year 98 were killed while on chichi increasingly they also operate in a very difficult financial environment funds a tight with some budgets being cut or peacekeepers need better training and better equipment and their men that seem to be the least think and adequately support these with both resources and political will for many years un peacekeeping has been based on a grand bargain western countries the e.u. and the u.s. providing specialized equipment and troops and the vast bulk of the money while most of the troops come from asia and africa. but the system is breaking down many countries but most notably t

china abides by major agreement and when you work with china in the united nations as many of us havene so, you try to support the un all the time. i can say after ten years in the u.n., the objective of the united states mission to the un was to weaken united nations, control its budget, refuse to given freedom to grow, and when i served as a commission member, the united states was even trying to strangle the iaea. china, by contrast, is prepared to give more to the un that china is a single biggest contributor of peacekeepers to the united nations. what is this window of opportunity? while it is still number two and while it is still willing to play by the rules this is the moment for the united states to actually work with china and to strengthen the multilateral order and to serve as a good role model but unfortunately, as you know, the united states is doing the opposite and it is walking away from the paris climate agreement and drawn from unesco, it has walked away from the transpacific partnership. it has withdrawn from the human rights council and i can keep going on and on.

of grim warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. with millions having fled venezuela the u.n. says that most are in need of refugee status alert is other countries not to deport them. and argentina's former president cristina kushner goes on trial for corruption. the acting u.s. defense secretary says that there will be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by teheran patrick shanahan made the comments following across a 5 briefing to members of the house of representatives along with the u.s. secretary of state the pair have been under pressure to reveal more about what they describe as unspecified threats from tehran our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about. we're not about going to war this is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle east and conducting the missions that they're we are there to perform so why did you 1st we shared wit