understand at the very complex structure of the united nations we have three main bodies of the united nations the social and an economic council the . security council and the general assembly the general assembly is the parliament of humanity is where the hundred and ninety three states are represented we all sit in the same seat we have the same microphone we all vote also it's the we and that the situation of hundred ninety three states but whatever is near and then we are poly the seasons we are the normative body of international law and the in the big responsibility on peace and security issues relies very much on the security council but the entire human family i think that we will ask you know every member state do you want to live in a peaceful world or in a chaotic and violent world they would say we want to be yes but they were say that tarmoh can call government to account the parliament can even sometimes bring governments down you can't do that you're a parliament but without any power is that not frustrate madame not your opinion that it's not mine in certainly not the

is made of the member states the united nations does not like. supra creation of of no it is mainly of member states so when they are initiatives of member states you know to really contribute you know to peaceful solution of the syrian conflict it's more than that welcome and the united nations have had i mean we have you know made a difference in so many issues and of course we have failed on others but because of there are failures doesn't mean that we do we do not have more active minutes and more things to be you know more issues to be proud of. if you look at how do the thousands of civilians have died in some of these conflicts that's a pretty big failure i'm not blaming you personally for a but i guess what i'm asking you is whether it's frustrating for you as president of the general assembly to be beholden to the will of others to your member states while you carry a lot of responsibility the world looks towards you to find solutions but as you have said repeatedly in this interview you know it's it's up to the will of the member states

united nations which. it swayed. and also would like to congratulate you on the finish in the east for a step for a step mission peace in yemen and in the conference and next we did and this is as a first step towards peace thank you. of the foreign affairs. excellences the a colleague's liz and gentlemen all part of all of serves this early morning is a clear demonstration of the exemplary nature of the partnership between the state of the united nations and they want to express my very deep gratitude on behalf of all u.n. agencies and departments represented ian and of behalf of the un as a whole for the extremely important supports that was signed here that represents a major contribution to the work of our agencies in so many different areas saying so the law city of the state has got the designers the image. but we need to look into the what was signed today not only as a very important and generous financial contribution to the work of the un but as a qualitative change in the nature of our partners. we are not

is newest ambassador to the united nations she's currently spokeswoman for the state departments andher nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate so replace nikki haley who announced her resignation in october and who leaves her post at the end of the. this month james warren is the executive editor of news gods and was the washington bureau chief for the chicago tribune he joins us by skype from chicago thanks for being with us james had the new issue is an unorthodox choice by all accounts fox news correspondent and anchor to the state department and now potentially the u.n. tell us about her foreign policy experience. take about five seconds not much it's really been primarily the last year and i have as spokesman of the united states state department where she was a rather unconventional pick to begin with having been preceded by john kirby a retired former rear admiral in a larger context on one level it's it's rather astonishing when one looks at the history of u.n. ambassadors going back in one nine hundred fifty s. you have people like adly stev

push through the goal all for being part of the united nations but before we can be a member of the united nations you know there are practical ways for taiwan to be able to make contribution for example in practical one as asians like what i see the u.n. at c.c.c. or w.h.o. it's even difficult for us to make a contribution but what is important for us is to seek opportunity for taiwan to be able to make contributions to the u.n. system and just so our views around the world understand your saying taiwan is a country yes of course. we have a president that is democratically elected and i just some see that. nung. state or none country that has a president and we also have a parliament that is also a democratically elected and we have our own currency system and we have the military and we also have a ministry of foreign affairs that issue visas and passport and that is being recognized by the international community and taiwan is a country just like all other countries in the world and what name should it be at the united nations. we are not getting into that right now taiwan's title is th

special envoy for yemen he was speaking to the united nations via video link from amman jordan he saidthat just as you heard at the end of his speech no longer can yemen be considered a forgotten war that is what one of the delegates at the swedish talks said we now go to mark local crews the un humanitarian chief humanitarian crisis i talked to families who fled finance raging in their communities some of them leaving for years under a plastic sheet i met young mothers who grushka desperately malnourished children to hospitals for some it was their second third or even fourth visit because their families can't afford the food or medicine to keep them well once they've been discharged. so i can confirm again what humanitarian agencies have known for a long time a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse millions of people are starving sick desperate they have one message for the world this war needs to stop you just heard martin describe the progress made this week in sweden for the first time in a long time we can see a sign that perhaps things might start to get

united nations relief and rehabilitation administration.ara much criticized and much praised, the source to which the united nations bump into the veins and arteries of people stricken around the earth emergency items of relief and rehabilitation that serve as the plasma of peace. items from six continents and seven seas. [horn blowing] >> an outpouring from each nation's hot to each war stricken friend and neighbor. hundreds of private relief and welfare organizations blend their efforts along with the contributions of the governments themselves. as all over the ravaged areas, the tired, hard and liberated nations fight to regain strength and vigor. and the strong heart of the united nations working hand-in-hand to help. welfare specialists from australia. a doctor from cuba, and a nurse from belgium. a child expert from england. a therapist from canada, norway south africa, china. operating despite the handicaps of varied languages and learning constructive new lessons in international teamwork, for it's very wisely been said that the nat

government under the ages of the united nations that's quite significant step forward and they say that they have been given. instructions from their leaders in sinai to move forward particular when it comes to the prisoner swap there are thousands of fighters from the government and from the whole thiis detained since the start of the conflict into a thousand and fifty they say that they would like also to agree on a ceasefire to be extended across yemen as soon as possible for them to be able to get vital aid delivered to yemen and they would like also to discuss the future of the city of jose which is. a crucial focal point now of the conflict in yemen the united nations would like to take control of the management of the operations it supports is a vital lifeline for the most of the imports into the country if them can manage to have some sort of what agreement on these points it would really send a signal to the yemenis that there is a potential for and to the conflict however the biggest obstacle so far is a political agreement the u.n. is hoping to bring the parties to set aside

donald trump has in the past said the united nations isjust somewhere where people get together, talkthat's it. there is a kernel of truth in some of the criticisms that the united states are making about the un, it is an over bloated bureaucracy and there are reforms that the secretary general and you are spearheading, because it does need to be put in better shape for the 21st century, doesn't it? it does, we all recognise when we came on board that it is not fit for purpose. we have frameworks that are, so if we are going to deliver on the paris agreement climate change ans on the sdgs, then we cannot be in the same shape and form that we were in 19115. it is not going to work, and i think we have to do better at the country level, we certainly have to do better to deliver closer to where it is needed, and that is why the reforms are so important and the management on peace and security, we must have peacekeepers speaking to those on the political side to get prevention... but can you do that? the united states has pulled out millions and millions of dollars from the peacekeeping e

president has nominated state department spokeswoman heather now it is the new ambassador to the united nations if approved by the senate now it will replace nikki haley in january alien now serving as a nation in october. trampas again lashed out on twitter against the investigation into possible collusion between russia and his twenty sixteen election campaign new details are expected on friday that could shed light on how to of trump's closest former aides have helped or hindered special counsel robert maulers pro. germany's ruling christian democratic union party elected and a great karrenbauer to replace angola merkel as a party leader carabao is merkel's prata j. and will decide how long merkel stays on as german chancellor. the last migrant rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea is ending its mission doctors without borders says a smear campaign by european governments has forced the aquarius to stop saving asylum seekers bryan explains. packing up the ship that's been a big can of hope for thirty thousand people over the past two years rescuing those making the treacherous sea c

as new ambassador to the united nations she's currently the spokeswoman for the state department and her nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate she replaced nikki haley who announced her resignation in october and to leave the post at the end of this month james warren is the executive editor of news god and was the washington bureau chief for the chicago tribune he says trump's choice is unusual. in the larger context on one level it's it's rather astonishing when one looks at the history of the u.n. ambassadors going back to one nine hundred fifty s. yet people like adly stevenson twice the democratic party nominee for president george h.w. bush who is buried today was a united states ambassador you had rather prominent intellectual like daniel patrick moynihan who would later be knighted state senator from new york and the small group of women which includes nikki haley included among others now in albright who would be future secretary of state and even a somewhat unconventional pick at the time by president obama samantha power she has been a jo

years ago we're joining me now is lisa grundy she is resident humanitarian coordinator for the united nations also responsible for the republic of yemen in sanaa is gone it's good to have you back on the show we know that united nations secretary general antonio good terrorists he's announced this cease fire and it's been agreed to for the port city of hood data how surprised are you at what appears to be sudden progress after four years of war. we're very relieved. ceasefire has been agreed by the parties to the conflict after six months of nearly daily bombardment the data was assigned to the as it's been brought to the city the ceasefire changes all of that the two hundred thousand people who are still in the city no longer have to break up every morning and fear for their bodies fear from fighting and shoving here strikes and the fact that today that is the main course at this time there is growth for humanitarian assistance including for a country now that is safe now that it's secure it means that soon can reach the people who need some of this is critical for fighting. and i'd like you

ambassador to the united nations. many observers who voiced their criticisms of this nomination because of the fact that have the now it lacks the requisite policy experience to be able to hold this position if she that's a very important one indeed but first of all the u.n. graham can i just interrupt because i mean if it's if she's got such a lack of policymaking experience and whatever why do you think the republican controlled senate would confirm her nomination. that's a very good question and i think a lot of us are asking why is this happening i mean there are quite a few conjectures going on bar one of which of course is the ongoing power play between camps or factions within the administration. it's possible that. my computer or who is the secretary of state john bolton the national security advisor may want to see someone who is easily manageable controllable holding the helm of the united nations because of the genders in which these stick all those wish to put forward when it comes to u.s. foreign policy s

that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today and this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for the halley's resolution and when it was finally voted on she got a majority but she didn't get the two thirds a blow to the u.s. ambassador but both she and israel said this was a moral victory and president trump is expected to pick heather now it to be the new u.s. ambassador at the u.n. she's currently the spokeswoman for the state department and nomination would need to be indoor speier the republican controlled senate if she is approved now it would replace nikki haley who leaves at the end of the month james warren is executive editor of news god that's an online platform that works to counter misinformation he says heaven now it is an unconventiona

ambassador to the united nations given the fact that prior to this she worked at the fox television network she's worked briefly with some foreign correspondents experience reporting experience including in baghdad but in terms of foreign policy or national security experience she certainly is very limited and when you comes to the. appointment for the attorney general this is another area where it appears that loyalty is what matters to this president not necessarily qualifications no in the case of build bar he certainly has done a similar role before in fact he was the attorney general under george herbert walker bush who of course recently passed but in the midst of all this he has been some controversy on some of his positions he's supported the donald trump's call for a probe into hillary clinton the former first lady and the democratic presidential nominee in twenty sixteen and he's also in fact publicly questioned the direction of the probe into whether or not there was collusion between donald trump's campaign and russia in two thousand and sixteen so it appears that these appointm

ambassador to the united nations now is kaare the spokeswoman for the u.s.state department a nomination still needs to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate if she's approved now or replace nikki haley who leaves the un at the end of the month . you go to work with the elite to replace the united they. suited to the united nations is very valid the birch bark very quick have a big he's going to be respected by all so they're now or will be nominated for every outfitter to the united nations in our other headlines this hour germany's christian democrats have elected on a gret karren ballot to replace angela merkel as party leader karrenbauer who is merkel's protege won five hundred seventeen votes out of nine hundred ninety nine cos by the delegates the result moves her into pole position to succeed europe's most influential leader as chancellor the us congress is grappling with a house of punish the saudi crown prince over the murder of john is jamal khashoggi the head of turkish intelligence has already briefed some u.s. senators on turkey's inves

this is the main point we are here as a government to discuss them a limitation on that when the united nations resolution was cause for all the parties to hand over their weapons pull out from the areas yes they controlled to be able to move forward my last question to you because when i listen to what you've been saying basically i'm getting i'm having doubts that this is going to move forward how confident that there might be a breakthrough here in stockholm in the coming days or do you think this is really go through mentary an issue as we all have a breakthrough i'm sure if we discuss other things we will not be able to short time. he went to and suffering in the ground but we don't want this to end like this we want to have all the support for them the way to help us and had there many people thank you very much indeed for your own thank you and looking forward to seeing in the near future so basically i mean if you the strong words from him is a commercially strong words that we had yesterday for khalid. the minister of foreign affairs show the growing political divide which the united n

now criticism of the united nations has been pretty key in the the identity of the trumpet ministration we saw nikki haley frequently criticize the un accuse it of being biased against israel and against the united states we also saw the un under the trumpet ministration with nikki haley as the ambassador remove itself we saw the united states remove itself from the nasco and from the un human rights council so it is not expected that very much will change there's been no indication that under the heading of heather now we're at leadership as the us ambassador to the united nations that anything will really show. and it's expected she will continue the trump administration's policies now it's also interesting to note the trouble announced another key appointment and that was the announcement of mr william barr to replace jeff sessions as the u.s. attorney general now william barr was previously u.s. attorney general he's held that post before and william barr most interestingly has declared himself to be a supporter of the bob muller investigation into alleged collusion with russia now

now turkey's foreign minister says the country is in talks with the united nations about launching an investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi this comes as president reject tiber one renewed his call for the case to be tried under international law earlier riyadh rejected on career request to extradite the eight hundred suspects to stand trial in turkey over the killing of. meanwhile in the u.s. some congressmen are also planning to launch a full review over foreign policy with saudi arabia so we'll talk to kimberly how could in washington about that in just a moment let's start though with mohammed violinist in istanbul outside the saudi consulate and international investigation with the u.n. this would be a big win for turkey. that's right. turkey is reminding saudi arabia many times there is no day that goes by without turkish officials reminding saudi arabia that it's now time for some serious steps to be taken to give to infuse a new energy a new life in this investigation and to help come to a conclusion the foreign minister just awhile ago spoken i car

the united nations and different countries u.s. representative at the united nations nikki haley and others pressure must be applied to these leaders in order to bring about accountability in the congo in order to bring about justice and to bring entered into unity that's unfolding in their country because as dr kobi stated we have world leaders neighboring countries multinational corporations are all in gate so these are different entities must be engaged on the part of the media on the part of activists and a part of the global community you know to try to bring about an end to the instability in the conflict that we see in the congo that has led to the rapes and the trustees that we've seen against women maurice carney executive director for friends of the congo an advocacy organization based in washington sir thank you. thank you. much more in this hour we're include being bold goes your home or go to prison we meet a palestinian family forced to make that tough choice in occupied east jerusalem a. serial killer who killed seve

the international community then has to protect the izzie it is under the supervision of the united nations with international protection and no guarantees will be there of being away from any come panes of any genocide there is a national community has to abide by the methods of protecting those who victims of these genocides today is a very special day for all iraqis here not only because of the first iraqi and nobel laureate but because it's that day. we say the great the liberation of all the rocky land and territories from isis the old iraq is from south to north a been unified and faults on behalf of the. they. did it at. the iraqis i've been uni fly to face the ice in their floats and together we made it clear to the world that they are criminals we need to work together we need to be unified to fight rise still and we need to welcome all those whole made efforts we also need to condemn all who join deisel to control and dominate their rockets at rest on the ice and thoughts must not be there in iraq anymore we need to be together to work for the development of our country for the de

which if you take a closer look is opening pandora's box that's a perspective though that the united nations insists is just plain wrong the u.n. says that the compact is not legally binding and does not create any new human rights furthermore it says national sovereignty over migration is a swiss is the protected in the document so long as it complies with international law it's caviar just like that which have been pounced upon by europe's new nationalists with austria leading the way. research's points to a new generation of politicians across europe who understand that migration can sway elections it seems that migration is one of the on the remaining topics where somehow nation states are seeing how they can make a point of this this is the reason of control and sovereignty and certainly it's also related to more and more polarized public debate after austria followed hungary more felt like dominoes slovakia italy bug area czech republic poland and switzerland of all other withdrawn or suspended their participation why because according to one academic by starting from a pro migration s

well joining me now is liza grundy she is president humanitarian coordinator for the united nations also responsible for the republic of yemen in sanaa is run it's good to have you back on the show we know that united nations secretary general antonio guterres he's announced a cease fire and has been agreed to for the port city of had data how surprised are you at what appears to be sudden progress after four years of war were very relieved that the fire has been agreed by pretty to the conflict after six months of nearly daily bombardment the data has been done that had been brought to. the fire changes all of that the two hundred thousand people who are still in the city no longer have to wake up every morning and fear for their vote here from fighting in shall we didn't hear strike and the fact that who dated the main port for the hungary route for humanitarian assistance in point the country now that they know that it's that here that mean that the student can reach the people who need it the most this is critical to fighting that. and i'd like you to take a moment and listen to mart

ambassador to the united nations.quote, she isn't qualified. do you stand? is she qualified, is she the best person for this job? >> i'm willing to give any nominee a chance, but i do know that she has very little experience other than being a fox news host. she's only been at the state department since 2017. but i'm willing to give her a chance and see what she can do if she is given the position. >> what would you ask her? >> i would ask her what her views are in terms of the united states' standing in the world, whether we should be working with our allies or being alone as we are right now. and what her views are of saudi arabia and their brazen murder and torture and dismemberment of a u.s. resident journalist. >> important questions. thank you very much, congressman ted lieu, for being with us today. have a nice weekend. >> thank you, poppy. >> jim. >> interesting interview there, poppy. >> a republican official in texas says there's a push to oust him solely because he is a muslim. we'll speak with him live nex

that goes i will exact given by the united nations and by states. these. strikes. at that time the united states was the most important member state contributing forty percent of the budget was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. forty years after these population policies supported by the west over thirty million 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 twenty seven he also does not have a girlfriend yet. when you were going down there and for no it's. the let's have more than my old. employer but i've got a very full. and the way. you. have in. 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 the lack of women will not change in the coming deca

the president of the united states and convince him, for example, to keep working through the united nations working on humanitarian assistance. do we really see her performing that function with the president of the united states? >> we just laid to rest today george h.w. bush, who was an ambassador to the u.n. daniel patrick moynihan was an ambassador to the u.n. jean kirkpatrick was an ambassador to the u.n. madeline albright was an ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson. john negroponte was an ambassador to the u.n. john bolton, as you said. samantha power. susan rice. and nikki haley. they're putting in nauert? >> it's a pretty impressive list. >> nothing against heather nauert. >> i think she did a pretty good job from the podium at the state department but how does that translate, again, to getting 192 other representatives to achieve a consensus? >> but the answer is the president has her trust. we're seeing a merger between fox news and the white house. it's a merger that's good for the president but bad for america. >> thank you both. wisconsin governor scott walker's about to sign

germany's delegation to the united nations celebrates their country's election by a wide majority to the u.n. security council. we want to live up to this responsibility we don't want to show away from difficult decisions we want to stand up and be counted. in the months that followed diplomats and burden prepared extensively for that responsibility germany intends to put human rights climate change and women's affairs at the center of the agenda but it's clear that not everything can be planned the world is full of surprises. mckeith decision that's being a member of the secure. you don't always have a time to hold a meeting in berlin or think things over you have to be clear in advance how you want to position yourself we have to vote we have to say which side we're on the canon a look back april two thousand and eighteen france and britain fly aerial missions attacking troops of bashar al assad in syria germany approves of the action without taking direct part in it and the biggest position how would likely decide on questions of war and peace in the security council and would the

that goes i will exact given by the united nations and by states. it. struck. at that time the united states was the most important member state contributing forty percent of the budget was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. forty years after these population policies supported by the west over thirty million 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 twenty seven he also does not have a girlfriend yet. on your way. down there and for no it's. the let's have more than miles. and. danny were full. of that. and the way. you. have in the. that's on was young i mean yeah so you're what's. your point. the number of corn goon 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 coming deca

push through the goal all for being part of the united nations but before we can be a member of the united nations you know there are practical ways for taiwan to be able to make contribution for example impractical and as asians like what i see us at c.c.c. or w.h.o. it's even difficult for us to make a contribution but what is important for us is to seek opportunity for taiwan to be able to make contributions to the u.n. system and just so our views around the world understand if you're saying taiwan is a country yes of course. we have a president that is democratically elected and i just don't see that. nung. state or non country that has the president and we also have a parliament that is also a democratically elected and we have our own currency system and we have the military and we also have a ministry of foreign affairs that issue visas and passport and that is being recognized by the international community and taiwan is a country just like all other countries in the world and what name should it be at the united nations. we are not getting into that right now taiwan's title is th

the united nations cope twenty four talks on climate change are now into their final week with ministers from more than one hundred twenty nations hoping to come to an agreement on dealing with climate change they hope to cut world fossil fuel emissions but some time scientists are now saying there's a revolutionary outearn as have method of stopping global warming and his needs barker reports it's an idea that has split the scientific community. when mount pinatubo erupted in the philippines in one thousand nine hundred ninety one it spewed twenty million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere the cloud mixed with water vapor and circled the globe for twenty two days. average global temperatures fell by about half a degree for eighteen months scientists think that this effect could be mimicked to help tackle climate change they propose a technique called solo geo engineering and recent research suggests it could be remarkably cheap so the is the idea that when one makes anything including the planet more reflective it cools what is underneath it's the reason why frankly when our j

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 forty percent of the budget was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. forty years after these population policies supported by the west over thirty million 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 twenty seven he also does not have a girlfriend yet. on your way. down there and for no it's. the let's have more than lands. i'm going. anywhere. near you know that. you know where. you. live in the. that song was young i mean yeah so you're what's. your point. the number of corn goon 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 th

put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today in this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for the halley's resolution and when it was finally voted on she got a majority but she didn't get the two thirds a blow to the u.s. ambassador but both she and israel said this was a moral victory. the chief financial officer of chinese tech company huawei is expected in court on friday mango was arrested in canada and faces extradition to the u.s. on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran some analysts fear this could wesson

the associated press found that much of the aid arriving in yemen and in the wrong hands the united nations world food program has also said today its food is being stolen. goods on sale at a market in yemen desperately needed wheat and cooking oil a closer inspection shows these products come from the united nations world food program and charity groups aid that should have been given away after nearly four years of war. twenty nine million people getting enough food. i think we came here they wrote down our names but they didn't give us anything they gave to other people but nothing to us they left us without anything. in the. large volumes of aid have been flowing into yemen donors sent more than four billion dollars worth in twenty eighteen but the u.n. says it can only track twenty percent of the deliveries observers say who the rebels are blocking or diverting aid some of the food goes to their own troops or resold on the black markets. this is a it is not presence on the ground it has no direct impact. on the contrary the more years past the worse the situation becomes especially in

crucial talks on climate change have begun at a united nations conference in poland.?hey're hoping to agree on rules to implement the paris agreement of 2015, scientists say that, at the moment, the world is on course for warming of 3 to 5 degrees celcius by 2100 and that the greenhouse gases we're adding to the atmosphere need to be cut by 45% by 2030. one of the biggest sources of pollution is coal, and poland, the host country for these talks, produces more of it than any other in the eu. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. a mountain of coal lies freshly dug at a mine, one of many here in southern poland, at the centre of arguments over what to do about global warming. ok, so we're on our way down and i'm starting to feeel the air pressure in my ears now. our first sight of the mining process. this coal is used to make steel, but most is burned to generate electricity. we reach a tangle of cables and pipes, and the rock above us keeps shifting. this is literally the coal face, and despite that spray of water it's amazingly dusty round here, very noisy, a real

yemenis we're joining me now is lisa grundy she is resident humanitarian coordinator for the united nations also responsible for the republic of yemen in sanaa is gone it's good to have you back on the show we know that united nations secretary general antonio terrace he's announced the cease fire and has been agreed to for the port city of data how surprised are you at what appears to be sudden progress after four years of war. we're very relieved ceasefire has been agreed by the parties to the conflict after six months of nearly daily bombardment to date it was a sign that he has been brought to the ceasefire changes all of that the two hundred thousand people who are still in the city no longer have to wake up every morning and fear for their bodies fear from fighting and shoving here strikes and the fact that today that is the main courses of time there iraq for humanitarian assistance including for the country now this is safe now that is secure that means that the student can reach the people who needed some of this is critical for fighting. and i'd like you to take a moment and liste

well joining me now is lisa grundy she is president humanitarian coordinator for the united nations also responsible for the republic of yemen in sanaa is gone it's good to have you back on the show we know that united nations secretary general antonio terrace he's announced a cease fire and has been agreed to for the port city of her data how surprised are you at what appears to be sudden progress after four years of war were very relieved that the fire has been agreed by the party to the conflict after six months of nearly fifty three bombardment the date of what's been done that he'd been brought to. the fire changes all of that the two hundred thousand people who are still in the city no longer have to wake up every morning and fear for their vote here from fighting should we hear strike and the fact is who dated the main port. find very ground for humanitarian aid that didn't include for the country now that it's safe now that it's secure it means that the student can reach the people who need it most this is critical for fighting that. and i'd like for you to take a moment and list

a tough message there from the united nations, the effects that are happening at affecting communitiesthe world, it casualties, destruction in so world, it casualties, destruction in so many places, suffering, a lot of suffering derived from the consequences of climate change, just make it, really make our more urgent. a tough message there from the united nations there, but it seems it isn't necessarily getting through. cutting back on the use of fossil fuels like oil and coal is seen as vital if we want to reduce emissions which contribute to climate change. but in poland — the host for this summit — that's just not happening. our environment correspondent david shukman reports. a mountain of coal lies freshly dug at a mine, one of many here in southern poland at the centre of arguments over what to do about global warming. ok, so we're on our way down. i'm starting to feel the air pressure on my ears now. our first sight of the mining process. this coal is used to make steel, but most is burned to generate electricity. we reach a tangle of cables and pipes, and the rock above us kee

the united nations says young women between the ages of fifteen and twenty four account for nearly two thirds of new infections young women are particularly vulnerable for each of infection for several reasons one is just physiologic. the cervix is not fully mature and it's more prone to each of the infection at a younger age but also because of age disparate relationship so young women having sex with older men and not being empowered to make safe decisions caped on plans to roll out hiv self screening soon which the city says will expand easy access to testing this is part of a new initiative to maintain the awareness of a disease that continues to ravage countries like south africa for me al jazeera cape town. doctors about borders says one hundred twenty five women and girls were raped and beaten as they made their way to a food distribution center in bennett your south sudan the charity says there's been a dramatic increase in sexual violence in the country which remains locked in civil war according to the u.n. the attacks were carried out by young men in military uniforms and in

. >>> and the president has chosen a former fox anchor to be the next ambassador to the united nations. >> she is very talent and very smart and quick, and i believe that she is going to be be respect respected with by all. >> and dirty laundry and while he is talking tough about illegal immigration, the president's private club and home in new bedford, new jersey, is requiring undocumented immigrants to clean up after him. >> reporter: how did you get the job without documentation. >> translator: i told them that i didn't have papers and i don't speak english and they said, no, it doesn't matter. >>> goodday, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where today, president trump is going to nominate anthony barr who was bush 41's attorney general to take over. >> one of the most highly respected attorney generals under the bush administration. and terrific man. a terrific person. a brilliant man. i did not know him until recently when i went through the oprocess of looking at people. and he was my first choice from day one. >> that announcement just hours after a five-part tweet ran

today and this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for ambassador haley's resolution and when it was finally voted on she got a majority but she didn't get the two thirds a blow to the u.s. ambassador but both she and israel said this was a moral victory rwanda's high court has dropped all charges against opposition politician diane regard her and her mother. and celebrated with supporters after the verdict the government critic had been accused of forgery and inciting insurrection after challenging paul kagame in last year's presidential elections she was arrested and jailed with her mother but a three judge panel says the charges against them were baseless i don't know why not i want to tell you that when they. are here that. you must say. that we have a good. or a good at the beginning. of the video that

at this thing about the united nations is that mccall is supposed to sign a pact to relocate four hundred eighty million migrants to eight different countries and give up his seat at the u.n. to someone else. now almost nothing in that statement is actually true except for the fact that france is going to be signing a un pact on monday and tuesday with other united nations members that is a non-binding pact that will just reassert the rights of migrants and also clarify some international migration issues but it won't bring more migrants to europe but the yad also point out that there's only two hundred sixty million international migrants worldwide let alone four hundred eighteen what is it just of members of the elevates this spreading this fake news no well actually there was controversy just yesterday when trump tweeted that protesters in france were chanting we want trump. and the a.f.p. did a fact check fact check on this and said this was clearly false that there have been no reports on the ground of protesters from the l a vest movement chanting that they in support of trump tripo

i'm very grateful to them and i know the second general united nations is equally so. today marks we hope the resumption of a political process after two and a half years without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone. it demonstrates to the international community representatives of whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict. i have received numerous statements of support for the consultations from your respective leaders. and i'm very grateful to them for that moreover during the past weeks both parties both parties have issued calls for reduction of the escalation to use that word of military operations which is of course important. as a backdrop to the talks that we will be having a consultations we will be having had such a reduction on violence and restraint on the battlefield has a significant impact on the lives of yemenis but it's also a signal to the people of yemen that we're here

for the united nations this is quite a significant moment because this is the first time yemeni rival factions meet since two thousand and sixteen now as far as the expectations are concerned i think everyone understands that this is a quite delicate moment but this is what the international community and the u.n. are hoping to achieve here in stockholm they would like to start with some building confidence building measures like prisoner swap a cease fire that would extend across yemen it would be for about by means to try to consolidate yemen's economy and then they would start a political talks about. a transition to democracy a national unity government that's something that is going to take quite some time because for the time being the government insists that it is willing to forward only with the hope these make significant concessions if the talks for the war there would push with their military offensive to take over the port city of. the whole things are concerned they say that we are the legitimate authority of the control huge area that's russia's from saddam all the borde

this is the main point we are here as a government to discuss them a limitation on that when the united nations resolution was cause for all the parties to hand over their weapons pull out from the areas yes they controlled to be able to move forward my last question to you because when i listen to what you've been saying basically i'm getting i'm having doubts that this is going to move forward how confident that there might be a breakthrough here in stockholm in the coming days or do you think this is really go through mentoring an issue as we all have a breakthrough i'm sure if we discuss other things we will not be able to short time. he went to and suffering on the ground but we don't want this to end like this we want to have all the support for them the way to help us and help them and .

push through the goal all for being part of the united nations but before we can be a member of the united nations you know there are practical ways for taiwan to be able to make contribution for example in practical one as asia is like what i see below us at c.c.c. or w.h.o. it's even difficult for us to make a contribution but what is important for us is to seek opportunity for taiwan to be able to make contributions to the u.n. system and just so our views around the world understand your saying taiwan is a country yes of course. we have a president that is democratically elected and i just so see that. nung. state or not country that has the president and we also have a parliament that is source or democratically elected and we have our own currency system and we have the military and we also have a ministry of foreign affairs that issue the passport and that is being recognized by the international community and taiwan is a country just like all other countries in the world and what name should it be at the united nations. we are not getting into that right now taiwan's the title is t

ambassador to the united nations. and a great scrum karrenbauer takes the helm of germany's ruling party as angela merkel to eighteen years. and it's fronts braces for mass we can protest police are accused of using a heavy hand in their treatment of a group of protesters. and on people stranded in denver with all the day schools including italian champions you are into the second half of a clash with fields rivals. all of the latest from best later in the program. welcome to the program al top story a top executive of one of china's most powerful companies is facing fraud charges in the u.s. allegedly for violating sanctions against iran when joe who is the chief financial officer of chinese tech giant huawei has appeared in court in canada after being arrested in vancouver last week long is also the daughter of the company's founder china has demanded her immediate release all why is the planet's second largest maker of smartphones it's also partnered with almost eighty percent of the world's telecom companies but i