children in yemen what are they doing that not in yemen in general but in south yemen to this effect. very very working through our allies as mr behold he mentioned in south yemen is part of the u.a.e. and they are in charge are giving the intel if needed to the u.a.e. forces to the saudi forces when it comes to attacks or when it comes to. imprisonment of certain targets or suspect that could be civilians etc so their role is intelligence giving their role is to evaluate their role has also been to be present during these interrogations if needed i've high level targets or suspects. very direct role on the are aware of what's happening inside these interrogation rooms and but but i directly involved the torture itself christine do you do you agree with a hike email says that the u.s. before says are aware the u.s. troops are aware of what's going on in these interrogation rooms but perhaps choosing to turn a blind eye to what's happening that well i think the question is what time period we're talking about is not going as a as an earlier at this point it wouldn't be plausible for us

is gaining of power in yemen the fact that the u.a.e. is supporting the southern transitional council in the south of the country i think it is the saudi arabia in quite a difficult position because saudi arabia and the u.a.e. alliance are seen as the cornerstone of their saudi towards the gulf and december if they crystallize that into a coherent doctrine so now these tensions are yemen now they've exploded saudi arabia anything mitigate the damage and it entered. and he said convince the u.a.e. they act unilaterally by supporting the south humanities and then by supporting any other groups that oppose had the weather been so hot or elsewhere and the country is just arming and emboldening the houdinis and iranian backed forces so the saudi arabians first of all why do how dialogue and vision sense of unity consensus about who their real big enemy is and why they have to stay united to confront that secondly i think that saudi arabia will for meant any kind of pro had to demonstrations like the ones we've been seeing in psychiatry agains

showing support for yemen's prime minister. hundreds of yemenis took to the streets of the quarter as the u.a.e. boost its presence in this remote on the gulf region. the united arab emirates flew in soldiers along with tanks and armored vehicles the shown here setting up a security cordon having expelled local troops from the airport yemeni government sources of since confirmed to al-jazeera that u.a.e. troops have also taken control of the main port and denied the yemeni prime minister and most of his cabinet permission to leave situated off the coast of somalia and the unesco heritage site known to many as the galapagos of the indian ocean is famous for its unusual wildlife and scenery but with a three thousand meter long runway ideal for fighter jets and large military aircraft the island is also situated between the horn of africa and yemen just be on the red sea and some of the busiest sea lanes in the world what they have done here is they have found an island which is very remote from both yemen and somalia very far off

you for us at all that's good to yemen yemen is not going to be headline news anytime soon. it's just the political reality he's the only crises that make the headlines are the ones that affect the world's powerful nations and what's happening in yemen only partially affects those world powers he's used to malls and that's why there's only partial coverage in the international community but you don't see the city coming out of the us and. i. and so the war grinds on there seems no end to this merciless conflict. and on top of the endless noise of fighter jets overhead a silent but deadly enemy which the yemenis thought had been eradicated long ago has returned. i. guess. this is from put it off yesterday or was it much as it was the fifth political sort of positive security had to shift ok since most yes whatever step over these fish this only forty s. . a million people have been infected with cholera it's the world's largest epidemic . they can have anything this helps the station they should also i want to live ducks are going to send it to luton house because a no no but

is on the island of support yemen's prime minister says to deployment there is an assault on women so violent these protesters agree they also go to the island eunuch would be destroyed two. hundred al-jazeera. the island of so-called tries the latest territory where any of our troops have been sent as the u.a.e. expands its military presence in the horn of africa they're also deployed elsewhere across mainland yemen and had them would for example and the coastal city of addon which was recently overrun by separatists backed by the u.a.e. and emirates appear to be building an airstrip on yemen's perry island that sits right in the middle of babylon manned that strait. on the african side of the red sea the u.a.e. operates the as a naval and air base and it is fair used to support military operations in yemen for the south in somalia as breakaway region of somaliland the u.a.e. is building a military base in the coastal city of bell better without the approval of the central government there an important land another part of somalia with a self-governing status that is not internationa

yemen swore pits iranian backed hutu the bulls and the milf against troops loyal to exile president. the u.s. part of a soda led coalition the stepped in three years ago to support hardy whose power base is in the southern city of other that's where the u.a.e. has been growing its influence funding and training armed yemeni groups now the u.a.e. is on the island of support yemen's prime minister says to deployment there is an assault on human sovereignty these protesters agree they also would much the island eunuch would be destroyed two. hundred of al-jazeera. the island of so contras the latest territory where any of our troops have been sent as the u.a.e. expands its military presence in the horn of africa they're also deployed elsewhere across mainland yemen and had them would for example and the coastal city of addon which was recently overrun by separatists backed by the u.a.e. and emirates appear to be building an airstrip on yemen's perry island that sits right in the middle of babylon manned up straight. on the african side of the red sea the u.a.e. operates the as a naval a

the yemen by those points don't take sadly every square meter of yemen bears witness to what happens when the systematic violation on all sides of human rights takes place. civilians are the first to suffer. infrastructure is all destroyed as well as health systems and social care systems systems source he said when all these things break down chords everyone suddenly seemed surprised that there's a cholera epidemic and then a global migration problem. to make us see all the causes of these things are very simply a violation of the basic principles of international human rights and the unchecked violence which destroys societies in its wake as the war lingers on. six o.c.a. it means that i should say on the issues like get novels. as paid him our prepared to leave yemen so now was hit by at least four coalition air strikes the fragile peace had already started to crumble. the fast pace of life in the digital. shift as the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the with these flames and interviews with the makers and users of shifts next on d.w

told us that all of us could or yemen did last us yemen is not going to be headline news any time soon. it's just the political reality. the only crises that make the headlines are the ones that affect the world's powerful nations and what's happening in yemen only partially affects those world powers these two malls and that's why i think there's only partial coverage in the international community but you don't see this it coming in the us. i. and so the war grinds on there seems no end to this merciless conflict. and on top of the endless noise of fighter jets overhead a silent but deadly enemy which the yemenis thought had been eradicated long ago has returned. i. say. this is going to put it off yesterday or it was just but this was the fifth for that sort of positive security had to shift ok says another yes a lot of us that open space this only forty us. a million people have been infected with cholera it's the world's largest epidemic . they didn't have anything to help. in the case of the show so i want to text or not to send it to we don't have because you know nobody support

she took me to his office he put it up for me at yemen falls since my first visit to yemen two years ago i think that the international community has significantly underestimated the degree of the stabilization of pain and suffering caused by the war in yemen and they've tried to relegate the situation to the second or third rank of the international conflict so that's why i've returned here determined to try and redress the imbalance to some extent between the lack of international attention and the huge humanitarian needs of all still wanted us here not only does wanting money that. is one of the few people today who is able to talk with all the protagonists in the conflict from the recognized political leaders down to the militias of all spectrums. during this journey from the south to the north the war will go silent as if put on hold or suspended. six hectic days with no respite travelling to the heart of a conflict that we know so little about. it all started on september twenty first twenty fourteen. to the surprise of observers the who thiis a shia led religious political arm

operates the as a naval and air base and it is fair used to support military operations in yemen for the south in somalia's breakaway region of somaliland the u.a.e. is building a military base in the coastal city of bell better without the approval of the central government there an important land another part of somalia with a self-governing status that is not internationally recognized so far the u.a.e. is building the port of bosaso and training the local maritime police force time to bring in our guests joining us from london and dress creek specialist in the g.c.c. an assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college and in brighton katherine shock them middle east commentator and researcher at albion center for strategic studies a warm welcome to both of you undress triggs let me start with you what do you think are the real motive behind the u.a.e. beefing up its presence in the island of so called for. right there are a variety of different reasons i think we first of all have to kind of disconnect this current incident from what happened in the g.c.c.

there was no strong relationship between iran and yemen but now that's changed dramatically and just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of people in yemen were participating in the funeral of their leader and the saudis bombed the the rock be right beside it and no one moved and it shows how resilient the people of yemen are again saudi arabia these people do not have with you look at the footage of their battles they fight in their slippers they were not they're not well armed and the saudis have hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons from the united states and the french and the british and the canadian two are all they all are guilty of war crimes in yemen alongside the snow days are not well called contently not forget the problem is that this is already a side run died on the side of people happens in yemen as well to the who the rebels it's in comparable to what the other side does it's nothing if we assume that it's exactly what the americans say even though i don't believe the export missiles ok one what's your your opinion on that the threat that iran poses.

supports proxy militias and terrorist groups and arms it is an arms dealer to the who the rebels in yemen. and iran conducts cyber hacking campaigns that supports the murderous assad regime as well compares arrival in riyadh followed a barrage of eight ballistic missiles fired into saudi territory by hooty fighters in yemen the u.s. and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran or combine that ticket and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions further violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a

year forty one journalists from yemen t.v. were held hostage after the forces stormed the building. human rights groups have accused both who the rebels and coalition forces of targeting journalists yemen's media union says saudi led coalition air strikes have killed at least one hundred and twenty journalists since the start of the war three years ago. yes trucks have killed one hundred twenty journalists over the past three years these airstrikes have also cause total and partial destruction of over two hundred t.v. and radio stations as well as newspaper headquarters. journalist middlebury was concerned his wedding would be targeted so did the coalition have been targeting wedding parties so if the beginning of the war so it is not something new and people are now afraid from doing within parties like me i got to mount it one month ago and my mom told me don't do all we're doing party metal continues to work where you can his life or means restricted to the city of tears where he's free to report but if you ventures elsewhe

to saudi arabia for the war in yemen. if arms can be used or intended for use in wars of aggression or for measures that would disturb the peace as the law stipulates then the federal german government is duty bound to refuse to approve their export time the german economic ministry has to say about the bomb sold by iran mittal the matter you describe the assumption is that the export of arms took place from italy in this regard german law pertains to exports from germany it's very easy for the german authorities to say these particular. being produced in italy their responsibility of the to regulate the italian. german and therefore. that the. thing that and it is this way that the global trade in weapons remains less regulated than the global trade. some deals were approved by neither the italian nor the german government run the town has found another way around the regulations this time by south africa. since the days of apartheid the country has had a powerful arms industry with close ties to politicians. one of the

is doing in yemen. congress may continue to call for more. exposure of what the u.s. is doing in yemen the mainstream media only learned states has not been formally american to. yemen or exactly what we're doing most americans have absolutely no idea what we do in the middle east in the first place and definitely when it comes to a particular country like yemen most americans have no idea or so the mainstream media feels no pressure at the current moment to real expose the illegality of what the united states is doing in yemen the illegality of this atrocious war. eighty six palestinian demonstrators were injured in violence on the gaza border on friday it's the eighth week of anti occupation protests known as the great march for turn had occurred or has been following events. was like. oh. my god oh says the beginning of the great march of return on the thirtieth of marked at least nine thousand palestinian.

it over they do understand like you look at what's happening in the middle east with syria with yemen with all of the places they're involved it's bedlam and. israel launches a series of strikes on the radiant targets in syria claiming it's in response to iran's assault on the golan heights. british prime minister to resign may apologizes to a libyan dissident and his wife after the government's actions contributed to their detention transferred to libya on torture. and yemeni officials report at least six people including children have been killed in an alleged saudi led air strike me the rebel held capital sana'a. thank you for watching the news headlines here is our chief international broadcasting live from moscow. the u.s. is facing a raw with the e.u. following donald trump's announcement he was scrapping the iran you two year deal the other signatories to the agreement have expressed their willingness to keep it alive in commission president john claude you'll go said america has lost its figure. so is the usa turned away from multilateral relations with the ferocity that only

and the dispute in yemen is primarily a yemen civil war. other people started playing in it, but it started long before iran had anything to do with it. there were people trying to negotiate peace and they won't a funeral of one of the leaders and the saudis bombed the funeral killing pretty much two- thirds of the people who were trying to find peace. and the civilian casualties in yemen from the saudi bombing campaign had become a huge humanitarian crisis. i have met with the saudi foreign minister, and he's explained their targeting efforts and all of that, but the bottom line is statistics don't lie. the statistics are that saudi arabia is indiscriminately bombing in yemen that is undermining our interests. it is turning people in yemen and the broader region against us to the extent that they think saudi arabia is our proxy. simply to say yemen, you're bad luck, you're right in the middle of the iranian/saudi thing, whatever happens, that's just the way it goes. i don't think that's in our best interest. it's not just iran, it's the ex

role in the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen but in a statement on sunday the u.a.e. said the reaction from yemen had not taken into account the realities on the ground here is victoria gate. on the yemeni island it's a katra people protest against the u.a.e. military presence a mirror to soldiers arrived on the island earlier this week to see yemeni troops to leave key locations a government minister says the emirates he forces are a threat to yemen sovereignty he's calling for nationwide protests on sunday the u.a.e. is part of the saudi led coalition supporting yemen's internationally recognized government led by president abbot robbie mansell heidi. it's fighting against iranian backed rebels who control large parts of the country but the u.a.e. has permitted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government analysts say the u.a.e. has a wider goal in mind if you consider the strategy that the united arab emirates have driven in yemen over the past three years actually we see that there is a pattern of all being which doesn't necessarily directl

the only company that i mean i have a blockade in yemen the only fight that is. on the scale in yemen they are so do you fight that jet that out of fuel by u.s. jets and the only thing that they like is they skated about is what type of missile that the yemenis over the whole of the. thousands of people have taken part in a rally in toronto crying u.s. president donald trump's decision to tear up the around. the. protesters could be seen trampling on american flags people are also shouting anti american slogans they march through the city meanwhile rainin politicians are saying that iran intends to stick to the terms of the current nuclear deal at least for now despite washington's unilateral action. by the american presence decision to scupper the agreements his face for the criticism not just in iran but also with . trump announces he wants to strike a new agreement with her on adding that it would be better for that country. i hope to be able to make a deal with a good deal a fair deal a good deal for them better for them better for them so we can not allow th

tthe emiratis still contr city, which creates friction with yemen's government. meantime, the vast majority of yemen's 29 million pple suffer from critical food shortages, a lack of fuel, and a health care sector in crisis. tonight, again in partnership with the pulitzer center on crisis reporting, special correspondent marcia biggs reports. >> reporter: here in the neo- natal ward of aden's al sadaqqa hospital, mothers take tur looking after their babies, filling in the gaps of a broken health system and a skeleton staff. so you have 43 babies and how much staff do you have? >> three. >> reporter: ines mohammed aklan runs the ward where vital electricity to power incubators and oxygenators comes and goes. dr. ines says she loses almost a quarter of the premature babies thatrrive to her ward within hours. this baby was brought in just a week ago, premature, his lungs aren't fully formed yet. he's in severe respiratory distress, he's just over three pounds. today he has oxygen. reporter: today, today you have electricity. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: but tomorrow?

is doing in yemen the mainstream media. is not for the american. about yemen or exactly what we're doing most americans have absolutely no idea what we do. first in their family when it comes to a particular country where. most americans have no idea or so the mainstream media feels no pressure or the courage to really. the illegality of what the united states is doing in yemen the illegality. war. eighty six palestinian demonstrators were injured in violence on the gaza border on friday is the eighth a week of anti occupation protests known as the great march of return and courage or a has been following events. since the beginning of the great march of return on the thirtieth of march achilles and nine thousand palestinian protesters have been injured with live ammunition to gas canisters and other weapons that israeli forces have been using against the palestinian protesters and sends the last the last death toll of today is one hundred fifteen palestinian protesters were killed as you see tensions are rising the palestinian protesters are throw

the houthis control large areas of yemen, including the capital, chna'a. their conquest reaed as far south as the port city of en. they were forced from aden by the coalition, which includes the u.s. and the united arab emirates. the emiratis still ctrol the city, which creates friction with yemen's government. meantime, the vast majority of yemen's 29 million people suffer from critical food shortages, a lack of fuel, and a health care sector in crisis.to ght, again in partnership with the pulitzer center on crisis reporting, special correspondent marcia biggs reports. >> reporter: here in the neo- natal ward of aden's al sadaqqa hospital, mothers take turns looking after their babies, filling in the gaps of a broken health system and a skeleton staff. so you have 43 babies and how much staff dyou have? ha three. >> reporter: ines ed aklan runs the ward where vital electricity to power incubators and oxygenators comes and goes. dr. ines says she loses almost p quarter of theremature babies that arrive to her ward wiin ghurs. this baby was brouin just a we

inside human bodies originated in yemen. so the notion that we would walk away from the situation were that we could neatly divide counterterrorism versus this when it's all mixed together i think is somewhat wishful thinking. the last point i would make is we are working with the saudis to target their strikes as carefully as possible. that intel collection is helping make the strides more precise especially against isis and al qaeda elements. but walking away from yemen bought into the situation. so, i join those opposing this amendment acknowledging the humanitarian tragedy and the political mess that is in yemen and also understanding that significant national security interest the united states of america has as well. if there is no further debate, the question is on the amendment number 310. those in favor, those opposed. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. those in support of the request from a sufficient number of the vote ithose is ordered. which will be postponed. mr. spear number 101. the clerk will dis

there is in yemen. still shabaab in somalia. still al qaeda's original leadership to the extent it remains in the afghan region. in my mind, real veterans of al qaeda have shifted to northwest syria over time. but i think you have these remnants that of both al qaeda and isis. some diminishing. some actually surging a bit or at least trying to, and beyond that you still have as, you asked what we should worry about? you have the ability to reach here in the united states radicalize people in the united states whatever ideology a group wants to utilize. isis did a way more compelling that al qaeda had been able to do previously. not just here in the u.s. but europe and elsewhere. it had ability to make folks not on the battlefield with them, who might never go the it to the battlefield, somehow feel they were part of the isis project and kill and die in the name of that project. that is remarkable thing. i'm happy to spend time, i know these folks have thoughts on as well what to do about it but that problem hasn't gone away. if

involvement in the saudi yemen conflict you to alluded to this is going to go. now that this information has come to come out. are there last oh it seems like we're having some technical difficulties with robert naiman we'll see if we can get him back and touch on the subject as we have some very important contacts we want to get to but live t.v. sometimes these things happen well at least ten palestinians have been injured in violent clashes on the israel gaza border that story and much more still to come you're watching international. thank. you. thank you this is our t. international not least ten palestinians have been injured in clashes on the israel gaza border. oh about out. and. about how tough. it out on the out all around ten thousand protesters turned out for the rally for a sixth consecutive friday israeli soldiers used live fire and to tear gas to push the crowd back of the i.d.f. claims that rioters were trying to break through the border fence with more on the developments here is local journalist he and. the sense the morning they israeli snipers

the only company that i mean to have a blockade in yemen the only fight that is. on the sky in yemen they are so do you fight that if you get that out of fuel by u.s. jets and the only thing that they like is they've skated of out is what type of missile that the yemenis or the hope you have. the american president's recent decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal has come in for more harsh words at home as donald trump announces he wants to strike a new agreement with tehran adding that it would be better for that country i hope to be able to make a deal with them a good deal a fair deal a good deal for them better for them better for them but we cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons president chimes dangerous action makes iran's nuclear program now more likely to be resumed president trump has strengthened the hardliners in iran and iran may go back to pursuit of highly enriched uranium and ultimately a nuclear weapon and now are off to an arms race in the most volatile part of the world on tuesday donald trump officially announced washington was dumpin

and saudi arabia in their battle against who the rebels in yemen for about the past three years. colombia will formally join nato next week becoming the organizations first latin american global partner the president juan manuel santos described the move as a privilege which he said would improve colombia's image on the world stage military alliance has nine global partners including afghanistan and japan colombia signed an agreement with nato last year after concluding a peace accord with the frog rebels the. country goes to polls on sunday to elect a new president one of the biggest challenges for the winner will be to keep the peace agreement with those fog rebels on track the deal ended fifty years of guerrilla warfare by the fog latin america at the sea and human has the story. a year ago more than five hundred disarmed fark rebels came to this camp to begin a transition into civilian life as part of a peace deal that was supposed to include government and extensive land reform now more than half of them have left many to join a dissident. giovani castro is still here but li

to underline the position so to speak yemen. so to speak. there's a humanitarian disaster in the country it's a catastrophe as close to apocalypse there is it gets except human rights groups all of them pretty much been the biggest chunk of the blame on saudi arabia for this because saudi arabia is bombing yemen right now and the united states not just providing weapons to saudi arabia they provide military support logistical support and they give intelligence to saudi arabia so the united states or the rectory complicit to the targets saudi arabia is choosing to bomb and they're bombing civilians hospitals schools i mean there's a cholera epidemic in yemen going on right now and everyone is every human rights organization is crying foul and with syria i mean it wasn't iran in syria that was arming fighters that would later defect to terrorists or just turn out all just be uncovered as terrorists it was the united states so i mean there you have it the choice of countries to blame to blame or run for. says in this country in these countries

yemen. so to speak. there's a humanitarian disaster in the country it's a catastrophe as close to apocalypse there is it gets except human rights groups all of them pretty much pin the biggest chunk of the blame on saudi arabia for this because saudi arabia is bombing yemen right now and the united states not just providing weapons to saudi arabia they provide military support logistical support and they give intelligence to saudi arabia so the united states a directory complicit to the targets saudi arabia is choosing to bomb and they're bombing civilians hospitals schools i mean there's a cholera epidemic in yemen going on right now and everyone is every human rights organization is crying foul and with syria i mean it wasn't iran in syria that was arming fighters that would later defect to terrorists or just turn out all just be uncovered as terrorists it was the united states so i mean there you have it the choice of countries to blame to blame iran for problems is in this current in these countries

then, we continue ok inside yemen. tonight: how the country's children are carrying the effects of war, from declining education, to their health. and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks discuss president trump's new onregulations banning abor services, and the deadly aftermath of the u.s. embassy move to jerusalem. plus, the wedding bell economy. how the upcoming royal marriage is generating over billion dollars in sales for local british businesses. >> retail is a very emotive sector. it relies on our emotions andou our wants anfeel-good factor. so what the royal wedding does is create feel-good. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fundiw for the pbs shour has been provided by: >> consumer cellular understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wireless plan. our u.s.-based customer service reps can help yochoose a plan based on how much you use your phone, nothing more, nothing less. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life co

the only company that i mean to have a blockade in yemen the only fighter jets that are on the scale in yemen there are so do you fighter jets that are fuel by jet and the only thing that they like is they skated about is what type of missile that the yemenis are or the whole they have. u.s. democratic lawmakers have released thousands of social media ads which they say have links to russia it's a bit to explain how the kremlin was supposedly seeking to sow discord in america during the twenty sixteen presidential election mark garcia have cast a critical eye over the commercials. here it is the panacea to all your doubts russian meddling exposed three thousand five hundred and nineteen ads on facebook posted by russia allegedly say us democrats the russian social media campaign was designed to further the broader criminal ject of sowing discord in the u.s. by inflaming passions on a range of divisive issues the point of these ads they say was to divide americans but you take a closer look and the real takeaway is russia really really sucks meddling take this ad for the african-ameri

is doing in yemen the mainstream media in the united states is not an american. or exactly what we're doing most americans have absolutely no idea what we do. first in their family when it comes to open to a country where. most americans have no idea or so the mainstream really feels no pressure. through. the illegality of what the united states is doing in yemen. there's a troll issues war. eighty six palestinian demonstrators were injured in violence on the gaza border on friday it's the eighth week of anti occupation protests known as the great march of return had occurred or a has been following events. was. obsessed the beginning of the great march of return on the thirtieth of marked at least nine thousand palestinian protesters have been injured with live ammunition tear gas canister.

and some of its allies don't like in yemen then use the yemen file at the u.n. security council to take out fresh sanctions but linked to ballistic missiles and linked to yemen those calls on the u.s. have not worked and i think they're going to have to try and rethink all of this i think it's also worth jonah bearing in mind that while talking about destroying the iran deal president trump was very much trumpeting the success he's having in north korea but i think it's worth looking at that very carefully because north korea actually has a nuclear weapon and they are now getting talks with the united states on a possible deal it's very very different from the situation in iran where they never acquired a nuclear weapon and agreed to all the safeguards north korea's agreed to absolutely nothing at this stage and is being treated with what they're being treated with we with a trip soon from president trump to meet kim worth watching their very closely that section as they pompei on his way to north korea watch the three u.s. prisoners being held in north korea so

position on the yemen the conflict is contradictory. to say that you support ending the war while you are doing everything in your power to help one side prosecute the war is a contradiction the saudis and the arab emirates could not continue the war now u.s. weapons without u.s. intelligence targeting and refueling and u.s. diplomatic support nations so they're lying they're lying when they say they want to and they are the united states government is participating directly crucially in keeping that were under international law if u.s. is directly participating and u.s. and legally liable for every saudi work. to journalists have launched a legal battle in the u.s. over there alleged to inclusion on a government kill list artie's it came up and has more. now the issue in tuesday's court hearing was whether or not the united states could take unilateral action against american citizens suspected of being terrorists now the two journalists deny that they have any links to terrorism but they say that they're on a kill list people who coul

you spent some time in yemen. i was hoping you could share that with us. luke: that's a great question and a useful framework. want before i start to tell the audience that stephen's book is exceptional. it is written with academic rigor and the pros and penmanship is great, especially for a nonfiction writer. i feel like the elements of policymaking is hard to understand so that is very useful. back to this framework that is useful, at least as was practiced by the obama administration. it is useful to look at it compare to the top administration. i looked on the development and staffing of it at the pentagon. think if you think back and look at what the obama administration was trying to accomplish, what the time was one the ppg was developed and rolled out. in, and isbama comes focusing on the fight against afghanistan and the war with al affiliates.s p enters with the capabilities from the military and intelligence community that have sevenefined over the past years in the iraq and afghanistan theater. waysve highly developed with emerging technology w

the arabia protect its border with yemen now it's off the u.s. officials there are military's role was limited to sharing intel and refueling craft in the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia it's true. here your security there are. certain issues. but do support the story led coalition with intelligence your military advice and logistical support a priority is the fight against al qaeda and you arabian peninsula and isis in yemen the extent of our support is refueling and sharing intel samir khan reports on the pentagon's mixed messages concerning its role in the yemen conflicts this latest development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft feeling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the south of the u. many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to protect the border however reports suggest that they've been helping them destroy pe

year forty one journalists from yemen t.v. were held hostage after the forces stormed the building. human rights groups have accused both who the rebels and coalition forces of targeting journalists yemen's media union says saudi led coalition air strikes have killed at least one hundred and twenty journalists since the start of the war three years ago. saudi air strikes have killed one hundred twenty journalists over the past three years these airstrikes have also cause total and partial destruction of over two hundred t.v. and radio stations as well as newspaper headquarters journalist ahmed nobody was concerned his wedding would be targeted so did the coalition have been targeting wedding parties since the beginning of the war so it is not something. people like now of straight from doing within parties like me i got mad it one month ago my mom told me don't party met him continues to work where he can. his life remains restrict to the city of tears where he's free to report but if you ventures elsewhere you're likely face