the united nations security council meeting on sunday in an emergency session gave the united nationsfull support for president hadi. he appears to be in a precarious position right now as this escalation to civil war continues. perhaps most troubling is we have the potential here for repeat of what we've seen in syria and iraq. that is when you pull out the last remaining of the u.s. special forces there, the last pulled out over the weekend, an environment exists within the escalating civil war for isis and al qaeda to get stronger. that's exactly what they did in syria and that's exactly the advantage they are looking to take in the situation. >> nic the last special forces are out of there. do we know if it is still possible to stage counterterrorism mission there is is? it seems the u.s. cannot let this to disintegrate. >> reporter: we have seen an escalation of the al qaeda reports. reports of two prisoners have broken out. there is a extrastrategic airstrip there. you know the overflights are most valuable when they have precise and accurate information from the ground. we know

. >>> the united nations security council has failed in its duty to end the war in syria, according to a report by global coalition of aide agencies. the report criticizes the security council for letting down civilians and calls on governments to boost their humanitarian response. in reply to that a senior u.n. spokesman told the bbc powerful nations have put their own interests ahead of the victims of syria's war. jeremy byrne has this report. >> reporter: good news doesn't come out of syria very often. in the last few days, the u.n. managed a rare delivery of aid to a palestinian camp in damascus that has been smashed by the war. what makes it so much more cruel is that the end is nowhere in sight. >> i thought that the statistics on syria's descent into hell are shocking but more shocking is that the politicians around the world have given up on solving the syrian crisis. it's really remarkable that after two successive u.n. security council resolutions calling for humanitarian aid for the millions of citizens inside syria, practically no improvement has been achieved in the flow o

lee kuan n yew: >> the united nations security council has held to an emergency meeting on the ongoing crisis in yemen, and the special from the special envoy in yemen is that the situation is getting worse. the houthi rebels have continued to move south towards aden where president abd rabbuh mansur hadi is trying to hold on to power. >> in yemen it's going from bad to worse. at an emergency meeting at the united nations security council that was a key message from jamal benoamar. >> they are leading yemen further away from a peaceful settlement and to the edge of civil war. >> he made grave comparisons to what the county could be facing. any side that would want to move the country in either direct would be protracting conflict in the vein of iran libya syria combined scenario. >> it comes as tear gas gunshots and anger in the streets of taiz, yemen's third-largest city. houthi fighters surrounded the barracks of the security forces. >> we refuse we reject and we denounce these militias. >> first the houthies overtook the capital of sanaa and now are closing in. on sunday the securit

current proposal already gives iran the right to enrich uranium, itself a violation of six united nations security council resolutions. >> eric shawn thank you very much. >>> senator, all very extraordinary events, particularly on the heels of what's gone on with israel. let me get your take on bibi netanyahu and his victory and how the president has discussed that victory and what he has said about a two-state solution recently after the prime minister won reelection. >> well i've been very disappointed with the heated rhetoric coming from the presidential spokesman. it seems to be the israeli people spoke it was a decisive elerks and surprising that the western pundits were not predicting anything like that. it seems to me in the be a good time for the administration and leadership of one of our closest allies in one of the most dangerous regions of the world to come together and start going in the same direction in unity. i was very disappointed to hear the hostilities coming from the white house spokesman today. >> in fact there were some people out there who said the administration actually sent peop

. >> the united nations security council emergency meeting ended. it was a wake up call for the security council because we heard from jamal benomar. the top envoy to yemen, and joined via video conference call. what he said was shocking. he said that yemen is on the verge of entering civil war. if things progress which is not much towards peace he said we could see a country turning into a mix of syria, libya and iraq. that is a gloomy outlook by the top u.n. diplomat. and we heard from the french ambassador reading a statement from the security council, and it was critical towards the houthis, and said that they - said that they condemn the fact that the houthis had not implemented previous security council resolutions on yemen. it was five weeks ago that they met exactly like they did today, having an emergency meeting similar to todays but the events in the last five weeks changed dramatically. and the situation like you said it is on the verge of civil war. it's no longer a matter of talking. they have to figure out a solution. it will be diffi

so, yes, the security council failed to implement his own resolutions. you know the inner workings well of the united nations, how it gathers resources, how it makes consensus and deploys in the field. before? >> i have seen it once before, to build up to the iraq war in 2003. against the security council paralysed and we ended up with the iraq war and the iraq aftermath. that still is haunting us in iraq. now, we have a bigger catastrophe which is syria. the syria war is bigger than any other displacement disaster of people. it's the biggest refugee disaster, probably since the 1940, and '50s. we had nothing like it, and still we have paralysis among the greatest powers, and among the regional powers. >> do you think that at the time the resolutions passed, the world community assumed that this was not going to be as long a conflict or comprehensive as it's ended up being. now we are looking at a situation where when the smoke clears, millions of people will have no homes to go back to. >> i think it's correct that there was a misjudgment by so many quarters, including the great powers in the security counc

one could say that the so-called global parliament the united nations and the global government the united nations security councillly failed syria, so much so that they are responsible for the break up of this nation and the death of hundreds of thousands of people. and why? because of the cynicism of its members. just this last year alone, the united nations security council passed three resolutions, saying that they will make sure that the humanitarian aid reaches those who need it most in syria. nothing has happened. they have took no actions to make sure that even the basic aids get to the people who need it. >> it's the security council, isn't it? you have all of these u.n. agencies who are trying desperately to help syrians. particularly those who have been displaced and are living outside of the country. extremely frustrated they can't get aid to the people and then you have the security council unable to act. >> and the security council, two members are dictating what goes on in syria. >> which two? >> russia and the united states. putin we know has taken the cynical position supporting the assad regime.

united nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. good to have you with us. in the years since the united nations resolutions were passed. how has the world failed syria? >> the security council has failed syria in so many ways. a year ago the security council promised a viable peace process humanitarian access sources for work and refugees victims, and also protection off the civilian population. millions more have been displaced. a million homes have been erased. access to the victims has not become better. we have lost contact with millions of people that are now in hard to reach areas. and there is no viable political process. so yes, the security council failed to implement his own resolutions. you know the inner workings well of the united nations, how it gathers resources, how it makes consensus and deploys in the field. have you seen anything like this before? >> i have seen it once before to build up to the iraq war in 2003. against the security council paralysed and we ended up with the iraq war and the iraq aftermath. that still is haunting us in iraq. now, we have a bigger catastrophe which is syria. the syria war is bigger than any other displacement disaster of

. >> if the agreement as the response secretary said, would almost be the united nations security council for a form of endorsement. >> foreign secretary, do you agree that the iranian government is determined to maintain on a breakout, the capability of exercising the option of having a nuclear weapon? >> there's not a homogeneous position. there are different factions as there are in many governments as there are in probably many iranian societies. i suspect quite sharply divided on this issue. i think the important point is that we are not assuming good intent. we are working from the assumption that there could be a breakout that gives us a year's notice were that to happen. that's how we're approaching the debate. >> foreign secretary, that completes our questionnaire. if there's any note that you might want to refer to before i wrap things up? >> as it happens,. >> the seo reviewed all license extents in russia. the,co ensured that all were revoked. there's around just over a hundred, we think joule use licenses remaining in place. but these are in respect of goods up for non-milita

. ♪ >>> but first some developing news from the united nations security council in new york.the past few minutes it has approved a resolution condemning the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in syria. james bayes at the u.n. for us now. what more can you tell us about this latest resolution on syria and what it means. >> reporter: it's a rare moment when the security council managing to agree on a resolution. this resolution was passed. only one country was opposed and that was venezuela. we're still in the meeting right now, some of the countries explaining their national positions. the french ambassador is speaking now, explaining the french positioning in his national capacity as we speak. we have heard from a number of other ambassadors saying this resolution is important because there have been these chlorine attacks in syria, and this promises that there will be measures taken in future if there are chlorine attacks. the venezuelans interesting said they did not support the resolution, because they said it opens a dangerous path to the use of force. >> james two year

united nations. as we just heard the palestinians are trying to join the international criminal court. they brought forward a resolution to the united nations security council that would have made a big step towards palestinian statehood. the united states vetoed that resolution bought a veto would be harder to justify under these circumstances. suddenly the united states is going to abandon israel, but it cannot and doesn't want to do that. there will be an awful a lot of head scratching going on in the state department and the white house on how to deal with this situation. brian: this comes at a very bad time on another front. president obama is facing a rebellion from his own democrats against his policy of continuing talks with the iranians, something netanyahu wants to see ended. >> that is right. he has always had some problems on his democratic side in his pursuit of those talks. at least the change isn't as dramatic on the iran question. netanyahu's opposition to the deal with iran has been very clear for a long time. brian: richard walker for us in washington with a number of surprises. thank you. monica: just before i go into a break, serbia has

leading international aid organizations have issued a report sharply criticizing the united nation's security council'snse to the conflict, and resulting humanitarian crisis. the groups, including oxfam and the international rescue committee, signed off on a report called "failing syria", calling the u.n.'s lack of action, quote, "a stain on the conscience of the international community." all the while, as the war enters its fifth year on sunday, many remain caught in the crossfire. >> ( translated ): these are civilians and families. i really don't know what to say. they have been bombing us since the early morning. barrel after barrel. >> woodruff: the report points out that last year alone, 2.5 million syrians were forced from their homes by fighting. the demand for humanitarian aid has increased by more than 30%. nearly a quarter million syrians are trapped by military sieges. member states have donated just and joining me now is one of the signatories of the report, international rescue committee c.e.o. and former british foreign secretary david miliband. david miliband, thank you for joining us.

to find out from you why there seems to be little desire by those that can't, like the united nations security council. what's going wrong. >> well from what we can see, there's quite a lot of paralysis at the level of security council. it's not just in terms of the syrian crisis but in terms of a lot of other decisions. the decisions by the security council are held hostage to the competing interests of the country, that are part of the security council. it's mainly par lived or slipped along u.s.-russian interest. what is going to break the stand off? >> short of a deal between them i don't see what will break the standoff at the level of the council. it's paralyzing other parts of the u.n. i think people are turning to. i think they are looking at the bilateral discussions between the u.s. as one way to mitigate the impact of the syrian crisis. if not ended completely. there are - there's an effectively that other regional powers play a roll. international coalitions such as the breaks for the g8 is suspended. so people are turning to different intra country, international organizations to see if s

the obama white house may decide to lift america's diplomatic cover for israel at the united nations security council. condemning israel's settlement policy allowing such condemnation to move forward is just one of the options the administration appears to be considering. mike viqueria has this report. >> fresh from his election night triumph, benjamin netanyahu sought to blur the lines he had drawn. there would be no one state solution. i. >> i don't want a one state solution i want a sustainable two state solutions, but circumstances have to change. >> reporter: if it should be changed, united states stands alone in the defense of israel. >> to walk away from the commitment just this week has prompted the united states to evaluate our position on these matters going forward. >> reporter: another open wound in the relationship using the specter of high israel-palestinian turnout on election day to scare tactic the israelis on election day. >> i'm proud to be prime minister of all israelis, arabs and jews alike. >> pretty transparent method of marginalize arab israeli citizens and their efforts to de

commander and he said this is absolutely unacceptable bu the united nations and the international community and that if the united nations security councils to take decisions, these are going to be very tough decision. the message is clear by the international community and the u.n., there is not going to be any winner in the conflict in libya and that the united nations is not going to provide any sort of assistance to any party. the only way out, therefore, its political. there needs to be a political settlement to implement peace and sustainabilitity at libya. >> all right. hatchem in moroko thank you. much more to come for you on the program. a national front party on top in france's local elections? and heading to berlin tough talking on money in the first meeting with the german chancellor. to get pregnant... is one percent. >> i'm a bit nervous. >> from the best filmmakers of our time. >> it's not traditionally what broadcast journalism does. >> the new home for original documentaries. al jazeera america presents "motherhood on ice". tonight, 10:00 e >>> well, back. let's take you through the top stories this hour: houthi forces h

refuge >>> in yemen, it's going from bad to worse at an emergency meeting of the the united nations security council, that was a key message, the top u.n. envoy to yemen. >> recent weeks and days seems to be leading yemen further away from a peaceful settlement and towards the edge of civil war. >> and he made grave comparisons to what the country could be facing. >> if either side wants to push the country in either direction in the vain of iraq libya, syria scenario. >> the security council meeting comes as tear gas gunshots and anger, in the third largest city. protesters angry that houthi forces arrived in the city surrounding the barracks of local security forces. >> we refuse we reject and denounce the militias. we surround the police barracks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthis overtook the capital of sanaa and are closing in on president abd-rabbu mansour hadi and his strong hold in aden. they called on the huey to halt the advance. the security council condemns the ongoing unilateral elections. it undermines the process in yemen. jeopardy sovereignty, deep concern by the

the united nations security council failed to deliver promised aid.s james bays tells us critics blame the u.n. and other world powers for not doing enough to stop the fighting. >> four years ago no one could have imagined the scale of the tragedy. the figures are staggering. there has been no body count. it's statement as many as 300,000 syrians are dead. many have fled. 3.8 billion are refugees. that figure the main contributor to the fact that there are more displaced people in the world than at any time since the second world war, when the u.n. was created years ago. >> there's no peace in part. there has been little unity on the global stage. there have been rare moments of agreement in the u.n. security council on chemical weapons, and the growing threat from i.s.i.l., but nothing on a political solution to the dismiss of the u.n.'s humanitarian agencies. one of the agencies the world food program led. you must get frustrated when you look at the security council, and the lack of agreement on syria. i get frustrated - not only when i look at the

not before recognising the group and abd-rabbu mansour hadi's presidency >>> the united nations security council voted to keep in place a ban on armed sales to libya. the resolution will allow the security council to consider individual requests for weapons purchased. the u.n. is concerned there's no way to control the flow of weapons into libya, and who purchased them. there was a concern, the growing preps of i.s.i.l. >>> nigerians are heading to the polls to choose a president and assembly leaders. jonathan goodluck is facing a challenge. after months of campaigning polls suggest the race is a dead heat. an explosion on election day has voters on high alert. it happened at a primary school in the south-east state. police diffused two bombs an hour later. no injuries have been reported. ynonne ndedge is in the capital. >> i'm at a polling station in national national provincial agency. hundreds have turned up to cast ballots. men and women have been asked to stand in separate lines. this is an important moment for nigeria's democracy, it's 16 years since the end of military rule. there's so ma

. >> an emergency meeting tonight, the united nations security council warns warring factions in yemen to respect its border, houthi rebels have now taken over the three largest cities its airports and two-thirds of its provinces, u.s. evacuated an air base in the south today, charlie d'agata has the latest. >> yemen de, descended into further chaos and bloodshed as the rebels took over the third largest city taiz, even though protest easiers took out against them. rebels are closing in on abdrabbuh mansour hadi president abdrabbuh mansour hadi after forcing him to flee to the southern city of aden. >> in his first public address in exile a by called the rebel offensive a coup against constitutional legitimacy. >> he called on militants to pull out of government offices, pull out of the capital and return all the weapons stolen from military bases. more wish than command. >> the country is being ripped apart by rival armed groups, including the shiite rebels known as houthis, sunni isis militants and a powerful branch of al qaeda. >> the security situation has deteriorated so badly was

united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow on the collapsing security situationyemen. just today, u.s. troops evacuated a key drone base along the coast. more than 130 people died friday when suicide bombers attacked two mosques. and last month, the u.s., britain and france closed embassies in the capital there. in weekend marks 12 years since the start of the iraq war. today, hundreds of anti-war protesters marched from the white house to the capital. the group left mock coffins at several spots along the way. protesters held signs calling for an end to drone strikes against terrorists in yemen. pakistan and somalia. former deputy white house press secretary jerry warren has died at the age of 84. originally hired by president nixon in 1969, warren was one of the few staff members to remain at the white house after president nixon resigned. he left washington a year into the ford administration and spent the next two decades as editor of the largest newspaper in san diego. coming up on abc 7 news, at 11:00, a gridiron genius. the remarkable accomplishment for a

fresh salmon from these waters in the faroe islands and -- >> we're taking you now to the united nations security councilre they are talking about yemen -- actually no we're going to the u.s. state department. >> -- to stand up and defend the valuesover freedom, and mutual respect. values which speak to a universal truth -- >> i would say that the highthy's action which came before the saudi military actions, you know, are the reason that we've -- we've got this -- you know unstable and chaotic situation in yemen. >> does the u.s. understand perhaps maybe some of the reasons that the houthis may feel unreasonable perhaps the ongoing drone campaign the ongoing shortage o electricity, food, water? what does the u.s. say to that? >> well again, there has been a gcc initiative and a u.n.-lead process to address political issues in yemen. the united states has supported it. the international community has supported it. the u.n. security council has supported

ambassador power has helped recall anti-israel resolutions at a constant at the united nations and in particular the u.n. security councilworked tirelessly to defeat the palestinian authority's attempt to achieve statehood recognition through a resolution at the united nations security council. [applause] in an era when much of the world has turned its back on the jewish state ambassador power has steadfastly defended our ally, israel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the united states permanent representative to the united nations, ambassador samantha power. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you all, and thank you michael. it's a great honor to be here. before they can i want to thank howard kohr for the invitation and to congratulate lillian on her selection. i would also like -- [applause] i would also like to give a shout out to bob who was done so much for this organization, and for the u.s.-israel partnership. [applause] in 1942, a 28 year old polish diplomat and roman catholic disguise himself as a chew, donning an armband with a star of david and smuggled himself through a tunnel into the wa

the united nations security council called an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss the situationn. 137 people were killed in a coordinated series of suicide bombings yesterday. the isis groups claimed responsibility. the fire commissioner says a malfunctioning hot plate may have caused a fire to leave seven children dead in brooklyn. one teenager and the mother of the children survived and are in critical condition. now back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer succession is advised. >>> twice a week at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio, the jail welcomes a volunteer from one of the city's beloved sports teams. david fullcher used to spend his sundays a mile away playing

are sanctions that are pursuant to the united nations security council that is implemented by the council to have the authority and will have to decide whether to lift them or not. and suspend them or not. similarly our own sanctions are imposed and legislated by congress. only congress will decide whether to end them. as you know, the vast majority of the international agreements that we strike around the world are a key tool of the foreign policy are nonbinding. mr. chair. i am going to yield back. i just want to make a comment that it is amazing to me that the administration apparently puts congress and the u.n. on the same level in terms of what they will have to deal with. if the gentleman will yield the u.n. vote will come immediately. i am trying to be measured. were you. and i appreciate that tom. i do think that it will be a considerable amount of time under the calculus that the administration is working under. when they intend to come to congress for that vote. that is very, very concern concerning i appreciate the gentleman raising this issue. now to bryan higgins of new york

, top officials tell us the most likely outcome is the administration could allow the united nations security council to pass a resolution recognizing a palestinian state, that's something this white house has long opposed. >> pelley: major, thanks very much. tonight the secret service is investigating whether an envelope addressed to the white house contained cyanide. one test was negative, the second positive. white house mail is inspected at a processing center far away and that's where they found it. the associated press reports there is a suspect known to the secret service but there have been no arrests so far. there's also been a threat to the life of our ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy daughter of j.f.k. the threat came to light before first lady michelle obama arrived in tokyo and here is seth doane. >> good morning. >> reporter: the caller was an english-speaking man. japanese mead media is reporting. the threats to kennedy's life were allegedly similar to those targeting u.s. counsel general alfred magleby based on the southern japanese island of okinawa, where half of the 50,000 tro

the united nations security council called an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss the situation in yemen. 137 people were killed in a coordinated series of suicide bombings yesterday. the isis groups claimed responsibility. the fire commissioner says a malfunctioning hot plate may have caused a fire to leave seven children dead in brooklyn. one teenager and the mother of the children survived and are in critical condition. now back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer succession is advised. >>> twice a week at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio, the jail welcomes a volunteer from one of the city's beloved sports teams. david fullcher used to spend his sundays a mile away playing football for the cincinnati bengals. now he runs one of the jails most popular programs. >> my program, mentoring against negative actions, mana speaks for itself. i'm going to be a mentor to teach them to stay away from negativity and negative actions. their involvement in the world is all about negativity. do i make the right decisions all the time? no, i don't. but m

>>reporter:sunday, the united nations security council met to discuss the situation. >>reporter:the adviser to the secretary general on yemen urged all sides to find a away to avert a civil war. >>reporter:i'm andy rose, reporting. >>james:about 100 u-s troops could be the target of isis. on american soil. >>james:a group. known as the islamic state hacking organization. is calling for beheadings and attacks. in the united states. >>james:it posted the purported names, pictures and addresses of service men and women from all branches of the u-s military. >>james:a department of defense official could not confirm the validity of this information. >>james:officials are looking into the claim. stressing the safety of service members is always a concern. >>james:the f-b-i is also aware of it. >>james:a law enforcement official said notifications have been made to those mentioned on the list. >>james:officials recommend marines and family members check their online presence to ensure privacy settings are adjusted to limit the amount of personal information available. >>jam

despite the first authorization of cross-border aid deliveries in united nations security council resolution(aí)-2cgmñcvmincreasingly difficult to get aid ,safely into the country, and to its intended recipients. deputy aant secretary clements i effectiveness of cross border and cross line aid.p, we continue to engage in a political process that has yet to yield a sustainable truce humanitarian assistance. we are the largest individual dpoener. i offer my full support of continued humanitarian funding for this crisis. i want to make sure our aid is effective and not falling into the wrong hands. i was troubled by reports that showed isis fighters handing out food packages, that's why i joined with chairman ros-lehtinen and congressman connally and desantis in commissioning a gao report so we can be sure the proper mechanisms are in place to spend our aid dollars most effectively. i've got to say i've been shocked and truly dismayed throughout this crisis at the lack of financial support coming from the international community. last year, only half of the u.n. budget was funded. these unfulfi

united nations security council called an emergency meeting to discuss the growing crisis in yemen. the special envoy to the country is warning it is on the brink of civil war. ousted president is calling for an urgent intervention. people in sing more are paying their respects to the late lee quon yew. lee died at the age of 81. >>> texas are senator ted cruz is expected to announce he is running for president. first to throw his hat into the wing. his conservative views make him a favorite of many in the conservative base. >>> a delegation of afghan officials will be in washington this week. president ashraf ghani abdalla abdalla, and others ghani will also address congress on his visit. >> when ashraf ghani meets with officials on monday, his country's security will be top of mind. he wants president obama to delay withdrawal of troops. >> i'm particularly concerned about the summer 2015, the afghans, the first fighting season plement public health on their own. >> glain is trying to -- ghani is trying to relaunch talk with the taliban he is worried that i.s.i.l. may be trying to

concerned that the powers should be reassured that their voice would be heard in the united nations, which is why the security council still has so much power. i would say that is the key difference with the league. i think also if you look at the united nations, it was not as ambitious. it has some of the same provisions but is more cautious in its approach to conflict than the league of nations was. therefore, i think the possibility of disappointment is less. in many ways, i think the leak -- league was a useful exercise is the wrong word, but it was a useful forerunner of the united nations and introduced into our understanding and to the public the idea we could have international organizations like this, which i think are useful. if we did not have them, we would be wanting to invent them. that is a short answer to a competent question. host: one last question. >> john waterson. do you think it mattered that the united states did not join the league of nations, especially considering the pacifism and antiwar sentiment generally and the rejection of american participation in world war i that you see in the 1930'

. >> the united nations security council have condemned chemical attacks in syria and powed to take action if there are any more. james bays reports from new york. >> a rare moment a resolution is taken against syria condemning chlorine attacks and promising to take action if they continue. the resolution does not say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks but for some there is no doesn't. >> who has helicopters in syria? certainly not the opposition. only the regime does, and we've seen them use their helicopters in countless other attacks on innocent civilians. >> that led to a stormy row just minutes before the agreement of the new resolution. russia said that the opcw report contained subjective evidence, perhaps, he said, the chlorine bombs went off at a time when helicopters just happened to be flying in the area, and then he added this. >> we provide the technical details and our colleagues its easier for them to smile and say that we know it's the government that's responsible. can we work like this in the security council? no. don't protect the terrorists. >> the u.s.

been killed with no political solution in sight. 21 leading aid agencies said that the united nations security council failed to protect civilians from the consequences of war. here we have coverage of a broken nation for you. [ ♪♪ ] >> four years of blood misery and death in syria aid agencies accuse the united nations of failing to protect civilians. hello, you're watching al jazeera. also on the program, two police officers are shot during a protest in ferguson after the police chief resigns over allegations of racism. >> sri lanka's president pledges a war crimes inquiry but rejects international pressure to involve the u.n.

at an emergency meeting of the united nations security council that was a key message from the top u.n. envoy to yemen. >> events of recent weeks and days seems to be leaving yemen farther away from a peaceful settlement and towards the edge of civil war. any side that would want to push the country in either direction would be inviting a protracted conflict in the vein of an iraq, libya, syria combined scenario. >> the security council meeting comes as tear gas gunshots and anger are in the streets of taiz the third largest city. protestors angry that houthi forces arrived in their city surrounded the barracks of the local security forces. >> we refuse, we reject and denounce these militias. we will surround the police barracks with with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthis overtook the capitol of sanna and now are closing in on president hadi in his stronghold in aden. on sunday, the security council again called on the houthi to halt their advance. >> the security council condemns the on going unilateral actions taken by the houthis which undermine the political process

to have some relief on the sanctions that are affecting the iranian economy mainly the united nations security council which are the most harmful. that is the case of the american sanctions under discussion. >> it's pretty clear are that the sanctions on iran have taken their toll on the country so that's obviously an area the iranian team is concerned about. there is a need to strike a balance here, because the p5 plus one the major powers want to be able to still have that leverage to put sanctions back on iran if they think they're not honoring the deal. >> yeah, of course, the iranians are absolutely against that. if they realize that the iranians are not obeying the deal there are other actions they want to be able to raise the sanctions. this is going to be problematic but i don't think in the european union or the american case i think they are discussing about the security council resolution, which is more complicated mechanism to relieve the sanctions because they he need more inspectors to prove they are fulfilling the requirements. there is the political ability necessary to reach any decis

the united nations security council met in an emergency backing yemen's president and all sides to put down weapons and negotiate. yemen is in a quote rapid downward expirespiral and on the edge of civil war. let's bring in nic robertson. a grim assessment nic. >> reporter: it is a grim assessment. no indication that the houthis rebels are about to put down the weapons. the united nations said they support the elected president hadi in the south in the southern city of aden. his presidential compound was bombed by aircraft on thursday. on friday more than 130 worshippers to sunni mosques near the capital for attacked by isis. more than 300 people were wounded along with the dead. you have the u.s. special forces pulling out, but also the houthis rebels extending to the south and taking the city of taiz. that puts them about 100 miles of the international by backed president hadi. a real concern that not only will this civil war escalate but it could overturn and overrun the internationally elected government. the concern behind all of this particularly when you pull out the last of the

the second is to comply absolutely with all of the resolutions of the united nations security councilthird is the total freezing absolutely and total freezing of the nuclear program, and -- and the fourth is immediate, immediate inspection of these recently revealed secret installation in zone 3. >> okay. i'm sorry, i'm going to have to stop you there. i'm going to have to stop you there, because we have real audio difficulty sadly. we're going to try to get back to you on a clearer line. that was the former spanish member of the european parliament and a nuclear expert and as i say we will try to get back to him on a clearer line. but still to come we have syria forces who are battling to regain territory in the south, and we'll look at how hezbollah is helping them out. >>> and we'll look at the action ahead of the formula season season opener. only on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more

because of growing fears of an all-out civil war, the united nations security council is to hold on emergency meeting tomorrow. meanwhile hundreds of victims of friday's suicide bombings are in sanaa's hospitals. more than 134 were killed when suicide bombers detonated themselves inside two mosques, as al jazeera's correspondent reports the battle is intensifying. >> reporter: people in tiaz gathering to protest the arrival of pro-houthi forces in their city. >> they want to drag us into war. we refuse. >> a helicopter flying over a military convoy below was a sign that pro-houthi forces may be closer to a collision course with president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, who has been in aden trying to hold on to power. the editor-in-chief of the "post" says tiaz puts them on a path to least resistance. >> there are those that oppose the houthis, but they are not militants, they are not al qaeda. they protest but will not fight the houthis. >> reporter: as people grappled with mosque bombings that killed 137 on friday. president abd-rabbu mansour hadi appeared on television and said the bombings were an

. >> reporter: sunday the united nations security council met to discuss the situation. the adviser to the secretary general on yemen urged all side to avert a civil war. i'm andy rose reporting. >>> france's conservative inump party blocked a showing for the national front in elections. >> early projects have former president sarkozy's party leading with 31% in the first round of voting. sarkozy is considering another run for the presidency in 2017. and so is the front's lepen. >> the socialists came in third with about 20% of the vote. >>> it appears a group of western medical students have traveled into syria. and now there's a desperate scorch get them back. a live update after the break. >>> what lies ahead for the first candidate to announce his run for the white house in 2016. take a look. >>> more than 500 years after his death, ending lap's king richard iii is being laid to rest again. >>> in tunisia, the search is on for a third suspect in the massacre at the bardo museum. the suspect appears to have been involved in directing the attack rather than as a gunman

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the entire united nations security council, the five permanent members plus germany.or more context on what's going on let's bring in our global affairs analyst, managing editor of quartz bobby ghosh, and jane. when you read this letter 47 members signing it all republicans, seven republicans refusing to sign it, what was your reaction? >> that it's a pointless exercise. i thought that susan collins, the very responsible republican member susan collins, had the best counterargument when she said she doesn't think it will be particularly persuasive to the ayatollah. and it's just think about this in reverse. if members of parliament any of the p5 countries or any of the iranian legislature wrote to us how would we respond that that especially from just one party? congress has an important lever, and that is the ability to add or subtract sanctions and that is the lever that congress should use on a bipartisan basis if it's not satisfied with the deal. >> as you know bobby, the country's negotiating this deal and there's no deal yet, we'll probably know in a week or two

the united nations security council called an emergence meeting to discuss the situation in yemen. 137 an isis group claiming responsibility. and the malfunctioning hot plate may have caused the fire that left seven children dead in brooklyn. the mother and one child survived. the others are in critical condition. now back to "lockup". >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> when pall green looks out the window of his cell, he sees a reminder of what could have been. he is one of the few inmates who managed to escape from the facility. >> they put me in this cell, exactly the view that i escaped from. that's ironic. but like, i came from the horseshoe. i came this way. across the street. up the bridge right there, around the bridge. took off back there and went up that big [ bleep ] hill. and ran off. i looked and i said damn, why they didn't catch me? >> green was captured after two hours outside the facility and transferred to his fifth floor administrative segregation cell. despite his high security surroundings, green says he still escapes the jail every