i expect we will hear from united nations official steering this morning.s has only broken in the last few minutes that the secretary general of the united nations, during a period which included the run—up to the iraq invasion by the us—led coalition, has died, aged 80. mr annan suggested that the iraq invasion had been a legal under international law, a position that has always been disputed by the british government. kofi annan was a former head of un peacekeeping operations, a role which brought to public prominence although it provoked criticism that he had perhaps not done enough to deal with problems including the abuse of people buy some peacekeepers who were accused of sexual indiscretions while they were on peacekeeping duties. he always maintained that he had investigated allegations of that kind, although accepting that there were failings by the united nations organisation over the years. there was also controversy over the years. there was also c0 ntrove i’sy over over the years. there was also controversy over the oil for food programme, doin

made sure that the united nations did not a better did the people of iraq. the same funeral is taking place initially for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in genoa but some family is boycotting the ceremony the remains of a family a husband wife and their nine year old daughter meanwhile have been recovered from the rubble of a night. the bridge collapsed on tuesday. thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued in the southern indian state of carolina as heavy rain continues to batter the region more than one hundred ninety people have died in just over a week most of the state is submerged in what's being described as the worst flooding in a century. the film a cricketer imran khan has been officially sworn in as prime minister of pakistan it's taken more than two decades to get the top job after retiring from sport and turning to politics he was elected prime minister innovate at the national assembly on friday his p.t.i. party won the most seats in elections last month all right just today those are the very lazy latest headlines from us

i am general benton k brooks, commander united nations command. many distinguished guests who have joined the command, honoring the remains of fallen warriors from the korean war as we send them away from this ancient land to the identification laboratories in the united states where they can be positively identified and returned finally to their country and their families who never forgot them or the war that claimed them. to the distinguished representatives of the republic of korea government, led by the minister of defense, to the excellencies of the diplomatic corps and attachÉ core representing united nations member states, sent forces to the aid of the republic of korea under the united nations flag and the forces of multiple countries who serve here today in the republic of korea, thank you all for your participation. ladies and gentlemen, at a time like this, in such a solemn observance, the time for words should be short and the time for solemn observation of military tradition to honor fallen comrades must be the primary focus of our at

he was secretary general of the united nations for ten yea rs general of the united nations for ten yearsd of december 2000 six. mr ant and dc was the first sub—saharan 2000 six. mr ant and dc was the first sub—sa ha ran africa 2000 six. mr ant and dc was the first sub—saharan africa and to hold the position. he later served as un special envoy for syria, leading u nsuccessful efforts special envoy for syria, leading unsuccessful efforts to find a solution to the civil war. mr annan was awarded the nobel peace prize jointly with united nations in 2001 for helping revitalise the organisation. kofi annan‘s family announced his death in a joint statement is set with the kofi annan foundation just before 11 o'clock today. it said: it is with immense sadness that the annan family and the kofi annan foundation announce that kofi annan, former secretary general of the united nations and nobel peace laureate, passed away peacefully on saturday 18th august after a short illness. wherever there was suffering or need, he reached out and touched many people with his deep compassion and empathy. he se

if 2001, he was awarded the nobel peace prize along with the entire united nations.s for their work for a better org united and more peaceful world. the united nations migration agency tweeted a life well lived, a life worth celebrating. >> cnn's richard roth has a look back at the life of the u.n.'s 7th secretary general. >> i, kofi annan. -- >> reporter: kofi annan was the seventh secretary general in the united states history. >> this is my first day. it's like the first day in school. >> annan received quite an education serving ten years at the helm of the united nations. there were personal highs and lows. from winning the nobel peace prize to failing his fight to stop the u.s. invasion in iraq. born in ghana and university schooling included the big chill of minnesota at mcallister college. kofi annan spent most of his adult life at the u.n.. the man called coffee rose to the top over half a century, staffers recall his ability to lead and inspire. anone did manage to avoid career ending moments serving in the department of peace keeping n. 1994 the u.n. secur

is pushing the other member state of the united nations security council to violate united nations security council resolution to stop business with iraq. therefore, the u.s. also should say, should tell its own people, international community is really the united states of america responsible for implementation of united nations security council resolution or blocking of implementation of united nations secured council resolutions? amy: ambassador seyed hossein you teach at princeton university, what do you think is the greatest misconception americans have about iran? u.s., they'vee had no relations for many years. therefore, it is normal, it is natural that there are many misunderstandings, miscalculations, it misperceptions on the mac inside and even on the iranian side, to be fair. iranians also really cannot understand exactly what is going on in the u.s. more, the realities of iranian domestic situation, political situation is not known to americans. unfortunately, president trump administration has relied on enemies of iran like terrorist froms getting their agenda these terrorist g

he devoted four decades of his life to the united nations and was hailed as a diplomatic rock star former u.n. secretary general and nobel peace laureate kofi annan dies at the age of eighty. l.o.l. come on devika palin this is are just there live from london also coming up. a state funeral is held for some of the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in genoa but some families or the event. and entire states and flood alerts in their deploys thousands of soldiers to carola devastated by the worst floods in a century. and one of the world's biggest sporting events is officially underway where in jakarta for the asian games. former united nations secretary-general kofi annan has died at the age of eighty born in ghana on a rose through the ranks of the organization to service leader for two terms and during that time he championed efforts to end conflicts across africa asia and the middle east and even earned the nobel peace prize along with the u.n. in two thousand and one but he was criticized for failing to stop the rwandan genocide and later for a corruption scandal involving his son ou

an independent investigation into the an strike that killed children in yemen that's what the united nations is calling for after at least twenty nine children died when their school bus was struck the saudi led military coalition says it was targeting rebels in a justified operation also coming up. to camp where shacks in dreams regularly go up in flames as more refugees arriving spain look at the precarious existence they often face there. and thousands of holidaymakers are going nowhere as ryanair pilots walk off the job of europe's biggest budget airline i. kind of welcome i'm honored that she the united nations is calling for a prompt and independent investigation into an attack again where at least twenty nine children were kid the air strike by the saudi led military alliance hits a school bus apparently taking pupils to a summer camp a saudi spokesman says the spot of the legitimate military action and its battle against the whole fees but there's been strong international criticism of the attack. this is yemen doctors desperately fighting for the lives of children the school bus hit

see we opened up the united nations and he. was probably he wasn't the first but he was certainly the one that the most in terms of. taking up issues that many powerful countries didn't want to take up so for example the way to cut climate change and push for urgent action on climate change was. not a vote even though he would be the first to say that he did not succeed in getting us to be as far as he wants to be on the question of. gender equality it was an agenda that he pushed very very strongly again he would say probably didn't go as far as he wanted to and in terms of making poverty and social and economic rights if you want to keep part of what the u.n. does i would say probably there's no u.n. secretary general that pushed as hard as he did with regard to the millennium development goals and so many the defining feature of how we ended a lot of this was you never made exactly the claims and he was willing to say when they were struck so for example even though the millennium development goals of the m d g's as it was w

the united nations says work crimes may have been committed by all sides involved in yemen's war. you're watching al-jazeera live from the headquarters and. also ahead canada faces the pressure as the u.s. and mexico reach a new trade deal that replaces nafta. to let you know all of us were women have been wondering how much time we will have to live inside of a. call for concrete action after a damning u.n. report indicts myanmar's military for genocide against the community plus the czech republic battles against the heat wave that's dried up one of its most important rivers and wiped out crops. hello united nations panel has blamed all sides involved in yemen's war for committing possible war crimes a report by the un experts say there is reason to believe that the government of yemen that saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are responsible for human rights violations it says the internationally recognized yemeni government and the saudi u.a.e. coalition may have conducted disproportionate attacks that could constitute war crimes the group also presented evidence that's cool with the o

you have had a very busy retirement since you left the united nations.you think that the world is a more troubled place today than it was when you left the un? first of all, i have discovered that retirement is hard work. laughter but you need to keep at it. i think that i went through difficult moments at the un. you referred to some on them, including the iraq war. but the world is particularly messy today. when we look at what is happening in the middle east, what is happening in some parts of africa, some parts of asia and, also, the fact that i do not see strong leaders around who could cope with this. so you don't think there are strong leaders in the world today? we have donald trump in the white house... laughter ..and he is making very strong and robust statements about syria now, for instance, saying that the suspected chemical attack in douma that we have seen recently that killed dozens of people including children, needs a robust response. different people have different definitions of leadership. laughter and applause i believe that leaders

a fan was only twenty four when his career began at the united nations. he started with the world health organization in geneva and soon became head of u.n. missions in war zones. when he moved to the top post at the un it was meant as an interim solution taking over from the controversial previous secretary-general boutros boutros ghali despite his diplomatic skills he felt his biggest defeat was over the two thousand and three iraq war but his belief in the un's goals and importance never ceased i think most of you know that one of my chief aims ever since i took over as secretary general has being to make the united nations more useful for his tireless work as a peace negotiator and ambassador for human rights and then was honored with the nobel peace prize in two thousand and one leaves the wife and three children. the head of the italian company responsible for the motorway bridge which collapsed in genoa this week as promised to put a new structure in place within eight months the chairman of out a thought it was a promise tens of millions of euros

week of mourning all to the country's most famous son kofi annan at the age of eighty the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat later he became the u.n. special envoy for syria will examine his legacy and commemorating the dead easily holds a state funeral for the victims of choose days bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa credited some friends join the country's leaders to say goodbye to their loved ones. on how to hold free glad you could join us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with the crises in both syria and ukraine high on the agenda but the key energy project also on the table there are signs of a pragmatic thaw and what have been difficult relations. it's their second meeting in three months and there's no shortage of issues for the two leaders to chew over. i mean. in view of the fact that there are so many serious issues around the world we need an opportunity to find solutions we both have responsibility germany but in particular also

the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into an attack in yemen in which at least twenty nine children were killed the air strike by the saudi led military alliance hit a school bus as it drove through a market in the north a saudi spokesman said it responded to legitimate military action in this battle against the who. but there's been international criticism of the attack. this is yemen doctors desperately fighting for the lives of children the school bus hit by an aerial strike. why witnesses say that they were on their way to a school some account of. the devastation of the blasts showing just how powerful the strike was about that about what the attack happened in the middle of the market and was aimed at the bus full of children. and our shops were open and people were going about their daily lives put on money and those who died were just local kids and shop owners. who's responsible the saudi arabian led coalition the coalition has been fighting hooty rebels on behalf of the yemeni government since two thousand and fifteen in a deadly proxy war the rebels a

you have had a very busy retirement since you left the united nations.think that the world is a more troubled place today than it was when you left the un? first of all, i have discovered that retirement is hard work. laughter but you need to keep at it. i think that i went through difficult moments at the un. you referred to some of them, including the iraq war. but the world is particularly messy today. when we look at what is happening in the middle east, what is happening in some parts of africa, some parts of asia and, also, the fact that i do not see strong leaders around who could cope with this. so you don't think there are strong leaders in the world today? we have donald trump in the white house... laughter ..and he is making very strong and robust statements about syria now, for instance, saying that the suspected chemical attack in douma that we have seen recently that killed dozens of people including children, needs a robust response. different people have different definitions of leadership. laughter and applause i believe that leadership

i would particularly like to find the family of the united nations notably the char. the resident coordinator. office of the special envoy for all of the support that they provided during our mission in yemen and. respecting the independence and impartiality neutrality of our minds i should also like to express my sincere gratitude. to the victims and the witnesses who shared their experience with us we're also grateful for the assistance provided by the government of yemen and non governmental organizations the group of experts. undertook over fourteen missions to sun. and who. where we met. civilian authorities military authorities and geos and humanitarian workers. we visited. places where incidents occurred and places of detention and we question the victims and witnesses. furthermore we had we had the information received received during the missions and the personnel of the secretariat of the group of experts also conducted interviews that distance in order to gather and assess documentary proof photographs and videos the group of experts also requested. and ass

from one nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six an ons work earned him and the united nations a nobel peace prize for their work for a better organized a more peaceful world beginning his career in public service he joined the united nations as administrator at the world health organization at the age of twenty four and over the next thirty years he developed a plan for reform within the united nations and while he may not have been able to achieve all of his goals he did bring respect and purpose back to the u.n. the first u.n. secretary general from sub-saharan africa anon was not free from criticism but he most often was the vocal one about criticizing himself in those situations and he never stopped trying to make up for those mistakes having served the public right up until his death kofi anon made a point and his farewell address to speak truth to the concept of supremacy and then it he revealed the core problem the world today our inability to give up on the idea that one nation or one organization should rule us all. no one nation can make itself secure. by seeking sup

deputy secretary general of the united nations i mean the mohammed joins me now on the line from nigeria good to have you with us live on al-jazeera this mohammed your reaction to the news of kofi death. stakes credibility cups a little speeches karen strange. but quite surreal to to even talk about kofi annan and. credibly. tragic it was a very sudden illness and certainly there were no indications that he was ill but you worked with this man or you worked alongside him. generally as a politician as a diplomat he had a way of maneuvering very difficult subjects a very difficult scenario as it is tenure as secretary general what did you learn from him as of the first secretary. all i have to say is my first meeting with the cochairman was when i or in nigeria was trying to implement the empty cheek and he was very much the highlander socks and this really was about never ever giving up doing this that you reached out to all sides it didn't matter who he was doing with those that were very difficult or they were you were speaking to the choir. punky he chose torch you have to keep everyon

the first black united nations secretary—general kofi annan buys at the age of 80.undreds of thousands are made homeless in central india. thousands more for the victim of the motorway bridge collapse in genoa. ministers plan a new tax on disposable boxes including takeaway cups. britain's new £3 billion aircraft carrier has set sail from portsmouth to the us fighterjets will land on her for first portsmouth to the us fighterjets will land on herforfirst time. coming up in half an hour: a chance to see a hardtalk special with the late kofi annan — interviewed in geneva in april this year. good evening. there have been tributes from around the world for the former secretary—general of the united nations, kofi annan, who's died at the age of 80. he spent his career with the un — leading the organisation for 10 years — and won the nobel peace prize in 2001. speaking today, the current secretary general described him as a "guiding force for good". james robbins looks back at his life, and there are flashing images in his report. i, kofi annan. .. the softly spoken lifel

came in after the united nations just made the united states france and canada and the western powers out through or we bush regime change in two thousand and four the democratically elected president of haiti which i used to represent so we're talking about the you win and the charitable workers who come in. to cover that this is an occupation because if it was acknowledged openly that this is a humanitarian front to occupation then the public of these various nations would oppose it but if you say haiti needs charity and look at these haitians and all their problems and you say these things all the time and this is what they say about haiti we are the poorest on trial where his cries am out i don't understand it's not like they're there by force right someone is certainly inviting them why can't you just be like we don't need you by what is a problem as i said the u.n. came in in two thousand and four after the united nations shows me the united states france and canada in their deep state cia agents helped take down the democratically elected president what we have in haiti right n

a towering figure on the global stage bringing the peace bell of the united nations a man who did so much in the cause of global peace. u.n. secretary general for ten years a nobel peace laureate. kofi annan was born in ghana joining the un in one thousand nine hundred sixty two rising through the ranks to be the organizations head of peacekeeping at the time of genocide in rwanda eight hundred thousand people were killed he later said it was one of his greatest regrets that he was not able to do more to halt the bloodshed i am happy on and i will be and. when he became the first u.n. staffer to take over the top job he prepared the u.n. for a new millennium. his tenure coincided with the arrival of a new president in the white house is. after nine eleven the u.s. invaded afghanistan. and then dividing the u.n. security council. iraq he had tried to avoid war with tireless diplomacy and by keeping a team of weapons inspectors in the country until the last moment later the un went back into baghdad after the invasion but its compound was then bombed with twenty two staff killed iraq w

bonding an independent inquiry into the airstrike that killed children in yemen that's what the united nations is calling for office at least twenty nine children were killed when this school bus was struck the saudi led military coalition says it was targeting rebels in a justified operation also coming up fierce kremlin critic or next and salt is said to be close to death on his hunger strike in a russian chain the french president will discuss his fate would draw shells blood in a pushing today. and the biggest bonnet walkout in crimea as history means four hundred flights grounded during the peak holiday season more than seventy thousand travelers are affected. do not ignitions is calling for an independent investigation into an ass strike that killed many children on a school bus in yemen there was strong international condemnation of test as attack by the saudi led coalition but spokesman for saudi arabia said the strike was sponsored for legitimate military action and it's a battle against the who the rebels most of those killed in the abstract were children under the age of fifteen. th

of mourning after the country's most famous son kofi anon dies at the age of eighty the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat and later he became the u.n. special envoy for syria we'll have a look at his legacy also coming up. commemorating the dead italy holds a state funeral for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends joined the country's leaders to say goodbye to their loved ones but some families refused to take part in the ceremony. and should restaurants be allowed to ban children one owner here in germany has come under fire for doing just that he says because parents turn a blind eye to their kids that being here. thanks for joining us hi mary. the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate kofi annan has dined anon was the first black african to take up the role of the world com diplomat serving two terms from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six when leaders served as the u.n. special envoy for syria leading efforts to find a peace

secretary general but his mark on the united nations and global diplomacy spans more than fifty years he rose as we said through the ranks of the united nations and was the head of peacekeeping of the u.n. at the time of one of its biggest challenges and that is the genocide in rwanda he certainly spoke about that later and said it was one of his greatest regrets that he was not able to do more to halt the violence there was a small piece of keeping mission there at the time and certainly some believe the u.n. should have done more at the time when he took the top job he was secretary general who saw then a new u.s. administration which went in to afghanistan after nine eleven and then a very difficult thing for a secretary general something with current secretary general is facing on syria he faced on iraq which is a divided security council them particularly divided among the five permanent members of the security council those five countries in many ways are the main masters of the secretary general and yet he found himself with the u.s. and the u.k. supporting the invasion of iraq

an independent investigation into the gas strike that killed children in yemen that's what the united nations is calling for after at least twenty nine children were killed when a school bus was struck the saudi led military coalition says it was taunting rebels in a justified operation also coming up. the camp where shacks and dreams regularly go up in flames we look at the careless existence the refugees face in spain. this man money money. was an accomplice of the nine eleven terrorists in new york now used to be released from a german prison and deported to his native morocco. and the biggest bond of college in dryness history leaves more than four hundred flights grounded during the peak holiday season more than seventy pounds and travelers are affected. hello and welcome. they're not in nations is calling for a prompt an independent investigation into an attack a game in which left at least twenty nine children dead the air strike by the saudi led military alliance hit a school bus apparently taken pupils to a summer camp saw the spokesman says that the spot of alleged military action i

kofi annan was sworn in as the head of the united nations in december 1996. black african to become un secretary general and the first to be appointed from within the organisation. during his two terms in office, he used his position as one of the world's top diplomats to try to mediate in many different international crises. for him, the focus was always on the issues. leadership is not about the individual. when you have macho leaders, who believe they have to shine and it all has to be about them, forgetting what is interest, what is required, is welfare of society and the people they serve. within five years of taking office, he'd been awarded the nobel peace prize for revitalising the un and for putting an emphasis on human rights. in a statement this morning, his family paid tribute to him, saying that... after ten yea rs as secretary—general, mr annan had no thoughts of stepping out of the limelight. instead taking on other global roles, including becoming un and arab league special envoy to syria, trying to end the civil war there. already, there have

council debated mass killing in gang great details by investigators mike hanna has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. this meeting was before the release of the un report but it was the subject of discussion at many of the speakers in particular as the report held that the military leaders responsible for atrocities and recommend state acted it said with genocidal intent the secretary general did not give any specific direction to the security council as to how it should proceed however it did say that the report must form the basis of its negotiations i believe these reports findings and recommendations these are of serious consideration by all relevant united nations bodies effective regional cooperation will be critical to ensure that they come to believe the mechanisms of credible transparent impartial independent and comply with myanmar's obligations

and he joins me now from the united nations thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us from what i can understand one of the main messages about meeting was accountability and how that is required for genuine reconciliation can you tell us more tell us more about that absolutely i think what is very clear from the deliberations we heard today in what was a very open session we also heard not just the sec region rule we had cate blanchett in her role as a special representative on u.n.h.c.r. also giving her first hand account of the testimony this year she heard that those who have committed these crimes these heinous crimes against the ranger community must be held to account there can be no impunity and justice must be served and that was a very clear message coming through consistently consistently across many members of the security council today. and so obviously that me and my government and military will not willingly take responsibility for these actions so what are the next steps what actions can the un security council take. well if you look at the summary report th

the headlines at 7pm: the first black united nations secretary—general — kofi annan — dies at the age. facing the worst monsoon in a century, hundreds of thousands are made homeless in southern india. thousands mourn for the victims of the motorway bridge collapse in genoa. ministers plan a new tax on disposable plastics, including takeaway boxes and coffee cups. former cricketer, imran khan, has been sworn—in as the new prime minister of pakistan, more than two decades after he entered politics. his opponents continue to claim last month's voting was rigged. and why would you run 500 miles round yorkshire's permitter at the rate of one marathon a day? —— around yorkshire's perimeter. we'll speak to the man who — in the last few minutes — has just finished doing just that. a very good evening to you. there have been tributes from around the world for the former secretary—general of the united nations, kofi annan, who's died at the age of 80. he spent his career with the organisation, leading it for 10 years, and won the nobel peace prize in 2001. the current secretary general describe

came in after the united nations just made the united states france and canada and the western powers out through or we bush regime change in two thousand and four the democratically elected president of haiti which i used to represent so we're talking about the you win and the charitable workers who come in to cover that this is an occupation because if it was acknowledged openly that this is a humanitarian front to occupation then the public of these various nations would oppose it but if you say haiti needs charity and look at these haitians and all their problems and you say these things all the time this is what they say about haiti we are the poor some trial where his guys am out i don't understand it's not like they're there by force right someone certainly inviting them why can't you just be like we don't need you by what is a problem. as i said the un came in in two thousand and four after the united nations has made the united states france and canada in their deep state cia agents helped take down the democratically elected president what we have in haiti right now is an oc

united nations says all sides fighting in yemen they have. war crimes investigators describes a morality airstrikes as the single most deadly element of the conflict but they also point to rampant sexual violence recruitment of child soldiers and attacks by who three rebels alan fischer reports from neighboring chad beauty none have clean hands a un panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the un top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts made fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or e

welcome to the news grid the death of the man described as the very embodiment of the united nations the former u.n. chief and nobel peace prize laureate has passed away in switzerland leaving behind a mixed legacy our diplomatic editor james bays looks back at life and we'll get the latest reaction from the u.n. in new york also on the grid india deploys thousands more soldiers to rescue people marooned by the worst floods in a century in the southern state of tara love those trapped without food or water fear of being left without help as their phone batteries run low will live to the flood zone look at how some people are posting how to survive videos online plus what the asian games begin with the opening ceremony has just finished in jakarta for an event involving four thousand athletes including the rival korea's. the rise of what's called the red tide in the u.s. states in florida brings in states of emergency and beaches full of dead fish. how people are taking matters into their own hands demanding environmental action. led air. here with the news good we're live on air we'r

these reports findings and recommendations these are of serious consideration by all relevant united nations bodies effective regional cooperation will be critical to ensure that they come to believe the mechanisms are credible transparent impartial independent and comply with myanmar's obligations and the international law but the british ambassador indicated that no immediate action is imminent she said it's likely that the report must first go to formal debate within the human rights council which commissioned the report in the first place before the security council takes a decision this is a report by the fact finding mission it will go in september for formal debate in the human rights council and then we hope we will debate it or deal with it in some suitable way in the security council but many members of the security council insistent that action must be taken sooner rather than later strong words from the u.s. ambassador we are now all armed with the devastating eyewitness accounts of the rohingya which lead us to the following conclusions children they be women and men suffered un

that's right and it's been more than three years since the united nations security council has issued a resolution a substantive resolution on yemen demanding that the parties resolve their differences peacefully or holds the parties accountable for these violations of international humanitarian law the united kingdom holds the pen the united states holds a huge amount of influence on the security council both have been resistant to new u.n. security council action the time for excuses for inaction is long since passed the council needs to speak boldly to back the u.n. special envoy and demand the political settlement. the war in yemen is entering its fourth year now and we have seen the situation on the ground become more complicated at the same time we're going to have u.n. sponsored talks in september do you is the international community engaging with the right groups with the right stakeholders that have the balance of power on the ground if you like. in my opinion marion right now the international community is gauging mostly with political leaders that command men with guns wom

mourning after the country's most famous son kofi annan dies at the age of eighty the former united nations she's a nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat later he became the u.n. special envoy for syria will have a look at his legacy. and commemorating the dead italy holds a stage funeral for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends join the country's leader to say goodbye to their loved ones. welcome to the program i'm marrying a. german chancellor on the america all and russian president vladimir putin are holding talks here in germany german or russian ties have been tense for years bonked marital stress the need to talk saying controversial issues can only be addressed in dialogue and through dialogue while the conflicts in syria and ukraine are feed. during high on the agenda which also covers energy issues and trade. well i'm joined now by moscow correspondent emily sure when and thomas sparrow who's in mare's about where the meeting between putin and merkel is underway and here in the studio with me

are in the united nations as a country is to. venezuela a deepening economic crisis it's concerned about new border entry controls in ecuador and. now the united nations is warning of a third wave of the cholera epidemic. is already the largest on record and the numbers could rise two thousand three hundred deaths and more than one point one million suspected cases have been recorded since april last year humanitarian partners are responding to avoid large scale resurgence this month or partners of vaccinated more than three hundred eighty five thousand people against cholera in the high risk districts of data in it where humanitarian colleagues are also disturbed by damage to health and water sanitation hygiene infrastructure due to the conflict access to the services is crucial to prevent another color epidemic all parties to the conflict must meet their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure correspondent allan fisher is joining us for more he's live in neighboring dji

the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate kofi anon has died at the age of eighty anon served two terms as the world's top diplomat he later served as the u.n. special envoy for syria and on country of birth gonna has declared a week of mourning. and thousands of people are still trapped and waiting for rescue in southern india as the region suffers its worst floods in a century the catastrophe has killed more than three hundred people in the worst hit state of carroll and left hundreds of thousands homeless. you're up to date now on d w news thanks for watching. on. this were. gone is for two. months and three. children all twenty.

the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate kofi annan has done it and then was the first black african to be the world's top diplomats he served two terms from one nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six in new york the united nations lowered its flag to harvest off at its world headquarters and and died after a short illness at the age of eighty. four almost ten years the face of the un for many he still is he managed to be more than just a u.n. secretary general he was a moral authority he was driven by one conviction that he kept for it to rating we have an obligation under international humanitarian law and now on moral values to kofi annan was born in ghana in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight his parents . well well off he could study economics in the u.s. as well as switzerland the young soccer fan was only twenty four when his career began at the united nations. he started with the world health organization in geneva and soon became head of u.n. missions in war zones. when he moved to the top post at the un it was meant as an interim solution

the main body of the united nations general assembly is to the seventy third session we'll bring youall the updates september on al-jazeera. full of struggles. police look at it if it came over they said that i am full of pleasure. out of the goodness of the wrong person but the but i mean right now what is an intimate look at life in cuba today is working mom there will be like i say a cable but that the government that little years ago my cuba on al-jazeera. largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when used investigates why so many filipino children are having babies. on al-jazeera. the dam is breached in myanmar flooding villages and forcing thousands of people to flee. i don't welcome to al-jazeera life my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth toronto also ahead the education crisis for refugee school children a new study says many and aren't going to school. the call for accountability over the real crisis a report alleging genocide in myanmar goes before the u.n. security council plus. i'm florence state malaysia where the demand for land d

this office book and left one diplomat from ghana was sworn in lead the united nations back in 1996.e innocence. 9/11 was still five years away and the iraq war was seven five years away and the iraq war was seve n years five years away and the iraq war was seven years in the future. of saddam hussein by george bush and tony blair without the support of the un security council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think, as secretary—general, i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be, you know, and being powerless to stop it. i mean, i did work with quite a lot of heads of states in their capitals, on the phone and elsewhere, working with the inspectors, but the die was cast, and nothing could stop it. kofi annan had much greater success in his home continent, africa, building global consensus behind the un millennium development goals, a huge initiative to reduce poverty and disease and increase education and opportunity. that and kofi annan‘s work on aids was rewarded with the nobel peace prize in 2001. i think he took the world into the modern age, i think