ambassador to yemen since 2014. his experience navigating the complexities of the ongoing yemen conflict has afforded him unique is on reconciliation which served him well in the post -- in postwar iraq are prior to his current role he served as ambassador to kuwait as deputy chief of mission in egypt, qatar, kuwait respectively in a senior diplomat in iraq. let me say just a couple of things as we open here. as far as saudi arabia is concerned, we have a shared security interests of saudi arabia in combating sunni extremism and iranian influence in the region and we should not lose sight of that. at the same time, i think all of us have serious concern over events following the saudi kingdom and the saudi gcc rift with qatar has made difficult u.s. effort in the gulf arab unity against iran. we look forward, mr. abizaid, general abizaid on how you work with officials to advance u.s. object is on a wide range of issues including saudi's will to yemen conflict, the gcc crisis with qatar and reported human rights. in

yemen is suffering from a famine of incomes. in that is what is really driving most of the humanitarian suffering that we are witnessing. yemenis have lost their incomes because closure of private sector enterprises who have lost their government salaries, the government has lost income. >> i get it, that's my question. i understand what's happening. the question is whether the saudi's there something above 0% responsibility for what has happened. >> senator, i understand, and i wouldn't minimize that when t there have been targeting of infrastructures, such as roads or bridges or transportation and that has had a impact on the economy, but if you're looking for a solution of how we are going to address the humanitarian situation, it will be able to find a way to leverage and enter into a peaceful power-sharing, it's not going to happen as a result of what the saudi's are doing. the answers lie in the yemenis, so i think many yemenis will tell you exactly the same thing that i said here today. >> so, help me figure this out. are

-backed, saudi and uae-led war on yemen. the report found that between april 2015 and april 2018, 27 coalition attacks killed at least 203 civilians and injured at least 749 people. at least 22 of the attacks likely involved weapons produced in the united states. we'll have more on the report later in the broadcast. in syria, kurdish-led forces backed by the united states say they captured 400 isis fighterss wednesday who were fleeing the group's last stronghold in eastern syria. their reported capture came as 2000 civilians fled the town of baghouz, near the iraqi border. meanwhile, president trump has reversed his promise made in a tweet last to withdraw u.s. december troops from syria. in a handwritten response to a february 22 letter from senators requesting the u.s. keep a contingent of hundreds of troops in syria, trump wrote "i agree 100%." back on capitol hill, arizona republican senator martha mcsally revealed wednenesday tht she was raped by a superior officer when she served in the u.s. air force. senator mcsally,

parliament over the role of its military in yemen plus. in this regard we need to find a solution to sort out this crisis and to respond to the demands of all jury and. protesters in algeria say the military's call for the president to step down is not in the entire government plus. the government's deal negotiated with the european union delivers the benefits of a customs union but enabling us to have an independent free trade policy to negotiate free trade agreements in france. to reason mainstays defined peace from head to take charge of it. and they mean to keep them in a tree out a new opposition on since island claims a majority in the first votes and so goofy five years ago. and this ball well number one now that joke of a test suffered another surprise defeat has been knocked out in the fourth round of the miami open by spain's they're all there too but the. question. as have been raised in the british parliament about the united kingdom's involvement in the war in yemen the opposition labor party has demanded answers after reports

is really the relationship between the united kingdom and saudi arabia not divide developing a yemen policy that is really focusing on what is happening in yemen and why are we in this conflict that the u.n. can't resolve the jeremy hunt can't resolve you know usually there is some kind of ceasefire holding in the data port where all great for an even visited britain of course giving some of those were aid in the world right so so let's talk about the ceasefire so what happened is that the both parties signed the stockholm agreement in late december what happened is that and then the seas were able to redeploy their forces to the province of the in the north and they escalated a big big conflict that was then has been happening for the last for the last two months and now i know the area because i visited this area in two thousand and thirteen. as part of my role in the national dialogue so i was representing the youth delegation who were coming from the arab spring protests simply so in two thousand and thirteen there was a national die. bringing together the new constitution and we

yemen is suffering from a famine of incomes. that is what is really driving most of the humanitarian suffering that we're all witnessing. yemenese who have lost their incomes, because closure of private sector, small and medium enterprises, the government that's lost its income -- >> i get it. i get it. i understand what's happening there. the question is whether the saudis bear something above 0% responsibility for what has happened there. >> senator, i understand, and absolutely, i wouldn't minimize that, when there has been targeting of infrastructure, such as roads or bridges or transportation and that has had a very, very deleterious impact on the economy. but if you're looking for a solution of how we're going to address the humanitarian situation, it's going to be able to find a way to leverage the houthis into entering into a peaceful power sharing agreement. it's not going to happen as a result of what the saudis will do. the answers lie in the hands of the yemenese. and so i think many, many yemenese would tell you exa

muhsin siddiquey is the yemen country director for the charity, oxfam.amman. thank you very much forjoining us. in your experience, describe the scale and duration of this, the need that you are seeing among so many people? i think the humanitarian response plan has been published so you can understand almost 2a million, they need protection and assistance. in almost one third, they are one step away from famine. if the humanitarian assistance is not provided to all these people, the children are starving, the economy has collapsed, and the currency has declined significantly. the infrastructure damaged, and most of the people in yemen, they are really waiting for this piece. so this is the situation, if you go and visit a hospital, if you go to a village, you can understand the situation over there. what difference is the aid that is getting through making to these 2a million people? as i said, if aid cannot reach these people, then there will be a huge catastrophe. and it is already recognised that this is the worst humanitarian crisis, and yemen is a

with twenty million people at risk i joined now by concerns of the yemen embassy in london by russia bally's a caseworker middle east caseworker for u.k. and geo reprieve thanks for coming on. many people might be surprised there is a year moon mission of any kind in britain the way we see it on the news is this is just a number almost natural humanitarian crisis how do you see the human war progressing though into it well i think starting from this point one of the main issues that will happen when yemen that the yemeni voices are not been not been heard the main i think debate that is happening here in the u.k. is really the relationship between the united kingdom and saudi arabia not divide developing a yemen policy that is really focusing on what is happening in yemen and why are we in this conflict that the u.n. can't resolve the jeremy hunt can't resolve you know usually there is some kind of cease fire holding in the data pool where our great foreign secretary reality even visited britain of course giving some of the aid in the world right so so let's talk about the cease fire

support for riyadh's endless war in yemen saudi arabia is a bloody war in yemen world's worst humanitarian disaster the horrific wall in yemen saudi led quagmire we are helping saudi arabia drop bombs on churches and weddings we all want this conflict to end if you truly care about your many lives you'd support the saudi led effort to prevent yemen from turning into a puppet state of the corrupt british islamic republic of iran as opposed to becoming a puppet of the free and fair saudi arabia but what do we know the saudis have waged a four year war against who with the rebels who they call terrorists that has turned yemen into a humanitary. and catastrophe was even in syria four and five yemeni civilians twenty four out of twenty eight million need aid to survive three in five or twenty million either on the brink or already starving that is to pump a zero has a solution the united states has given more than two billion dollars to help the many people since the start of the conflict and saudi arabia has given over five hundred million dollars in two thousand and eighteen alone and has ple

are killing civilians in yemen. and the comeback kings manchester united are into the fourth or finals of the champions league after beating p.s.g. joe will have the details. strikes at one of kenya's main airports grounded flights for hours disrupting hundreds of journeys riot police were deployed to protesting workers outside nairobi's jomo kenyatta airport the aviation workers' union is locked in a dispute with kenyan air race over contracts and job security catherine so it has to details. it's meet morning at one of africa's busiest airports one thousand workers at the rupee's job working at international airport are on strike impacting operations they're protesting against a planned to the national airline kenya airways and kenya airports authority a state agency which manages the airport they say the deal is shrouded in secrecy they're afraid they might lose their jobs and want clarity police used tear gas to disperse them and arrested some of their leaders. then came to this hotel to regroup and strategize th

yemen's government has set up a committee to investigate this. and my son was murdered his kids took him right in front of my eyes outside the front door they didn't even use my presence i was looking at them and i was crying that they took him away an entire unit grabbing one man i called on the president to ensure they brought to justice and that my son finally gets rich. william lawrence is a professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university and he says there seems to be several allegations of human rights abuses by the back to armed groups in yemen. already each side in the yemen conflict is a coalition of forces with a variety of interests already the u.a.e. and the saudi interests in yemen differ and the public safety forces ne'eman have a course in aden have a different posture than these anti-terrorist forces so you have a wide variety of armed groups with different interests the us a contingent in yemen is large it's been involved in a number of atrocities across the country and so right now what we

in the "last chance saloon", a warning about the yemen peace process from the the foreign secretary.have frankly the worst humanitarian crisis in the world about to unfold. and that's why this is the last chance for peace. eight brexiteer lawyers, including seven mps, set out their demands from the eu, in order to support theresa may's deal. a new astronaut capsule successfully guides itself into the international space station. three, two, one... david beckham is honoured with a statue outside his former football club, la galaxy. very good evening, welcome to bbc news. the husband of a teenager who's been stripped of her british citizenship for travelling to syria to support the islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants them both to settle in the netherlands with their newborn son. yago riedijk, who's a dutch citizen, married shamima begum, days after she arrived inside is territory, with two other girls from bethnal green in east london. riedijk is facing a six—year jail sentence if he's allowed to return home, and he's been speaking to our middle east correspondent, quentin s

we are deeply aware of the humanitarian crisis in yemen. we deplore it. the united states has given more than $2 billion to help the yemeni people. saudi arabia has given over $500 million in 2018 alone and has pledged an additional $500 million this year. the islamic republic of iran has provided zero dollars for humanitarian assistance. the way to alleviate the yemeni people's suffering is not to prolong the conflict by handicapping our partners in the fight, but by giving the coalition to support needed to defeat iranian-backed rebels and ensure it just peace. we met with martin griffiths yesterday. we hope agreements can be implemented to deescalate, but we must make sure this crisis comes to an end. second item i want to talk about today is the international criminal court. in a speech last year in brussels, i made clear the administration believes reforming international institutions, refocusing them on their core missions and holding them accountable when they fail to serve the people that they purport to help. we seek to partner with responsible n

congress takes new steps towards ending support for the saudi iraq to let all of the shame in yemen. eight people found dead so far in the rubble of the building containing a school that's collapsed in nigeria. britain's parliament rules out a deal next they'll decide whether to ask the e.u. for a delay departure. hello the u.s. congress plans to scrutinize why america waited to ground boeing seven three seven max jets as other countries and airlines responded more quickly or u.s. aviation regulators change their stance after finding what they describe as new evidence from the scene of sunday's ethiopian airlines crash that killed one hundred and fifty seven people reports from boeing's aircraft factory in seattle. globally grounded the entire fleet of all three hundred seventy one boeing seven three seven max airplanes are being taken out of service following two unexplained crashes less than six months apart the u.s. was the last country to ground the planes president donald trump made the announcement and we. had a very detailed. group of people working on the seven thirty seven e

a joint report by a yemen and u.s. human rights group finding show that between twenty fifteen and twenty eighteen twenty seven astronauts were launched on yemen by the gulf alliance of waterspouts fresh calls for both countries to hold on sales u.k. and u.s. provided military assistance to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. both use the weapons during the four year conflict with yemen. we were germany is extended arms sales a ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen restrictions were imposed after the murder of saudi jealous jamal khashoggi who brennan has the story . there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporari

backed i'm groups in yemen. already each side in the yemen conflict is a coalition of forces with a variety of interests already the u.a.e. and the saudi interests in yemen differ and the public safety forces in yemen have a course in aid and have a different posture than these anti-terrorist forces so you have a wide variety of armed groups with different interests the u.s. contingent in yemen is large it's been involved in a number of atrocities across the country and so right now what we're seeing is the outflow of unbridled military forces with no checks on their actions and this is likely to get worse before it gets better because we're starting to see you know an exposure of the human rights abuses of these various groups there was a recent report which has gotten a lot attention in washington by m r w a human rights group cataloguing a lot of the killing of civilians and abuse against civilians by u.s. forces and allied forces and this is of course increasing in washington the. negative portrayals of what

and the saudi interests in yemen differ and the the public safety forces in yemen have a course in aid and have a different posture than the terrorist forces so you have a wide variety of armed groups with different interests. contingent in yemen is a large it's been. involved in a number of atrocities across the country and so. right now what we're seeing is the outflow of unbridled military forces with no checks on their actions and this is likely to get worse before it gets better because we're starting to see you know an exposure of the human rights abuses of these various groups there was a recent report which has gotten a lot of tension in washington by m r w a human rights group cataloguing a lot of the killing of civilians and abuse against civilians by forces and allied forces and this is of course increasing in washington the. negative portrayals of what forces are doing on the ground in yemen we hear about saudis involvement in the conflict in yemen but what is the u.e.s. role. well they've been primarily involved in supporting the southern forces and their attack on who dat

paul adams, bbc news, yemen.ce of northern ireland says politics is now "more polarised and more entrenched" than it was 20 years ago. chief constable george hamilton's comments come as a generation of children born after the good friday agreement in 1998 try in their own ways to unite communities. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season, our home editor, mark easton, reports from belfast. rebecca is from a protestant area in belfast. naomi lives in a catholic district. but like 93% of children in northern ireland, to this day, they go to segregated schools and they live in segregated neighbourhoods. until recently, neither girl had any friends from the other side of the wall. hi. i think she's just so funny! she'sjust, like, such a friendly person. you wouldn't normally think that when you look at her! it's not often that two people from two different communities would be able to come together and have such a good friendship. i was in belfast to report on the signing of the good friday agreement 21 years ag

politicians to end the conflict in yemen. i never thought i'd see this in my life in a rich country like ours another side to the venezuela crisis we go inside ailing mental health. they're called against dictatorship and they say their popularity has kept them out of prison in thailand. fellow chinese telecom giant weiwei is taking the u.s. government to courts it's challenging a federal law which restricts u.s. government agencies from using weiwei products the company has also accused washington of hacking its servers and stealing e-mails the u.s. considers why waste products a security threats and says beijing can use its equipment to spy on federal agencies. the u.s. government had said. it's right it has had good servers and. e-mails and it. describes these the u.s. government has never provided any evidence supporting accusation that i we posies securities direct. the u.s. government is no effort to smell good company and it probably bought. our correspondent adrian brown has been at that news conference of why ways he

parliament over the role of british military in yemen.in this regard we need to find a solution to sort out this crisis and to respond to the demands of algeria and. those protesters in algeria so the military's call for the president to step down isn't enough they want the entire government gone. the government still negotiated with the european union delivers the benefits of a customs union while enabling us to have an independent free trade policy to negotiate free trade agreements in my interest and tourism a remaining defiant as british m.p. is prepared to take charge of the u.k. is exempt from the european union and support well number one now back jock which has suffered another surprise defeat which has been knocked out in the fourth round of the miami open by spain's were told by a team that good. questions have been raised in the u.k. parliament about british involvement in the war and yet the opposition labor party has demanded answers after media reports that british special forces had been involved in gun battles with yemen's

drone strikes in the country of yemen. the president of kazakhstan has stepped down in a shock move that story and more when we come back. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. or some want to be rich. but you do like to be close that's what it looks like three of them or can people get. interested always in the water out. there should. seem wrong. just don't all. get to shape out. educate and engage. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. she's to look for common ground. broadcasting again from moscow and this is r.t. glad to have you with us the first and only president of kazakhstan a time that knows that a bio of has resigned after almost three decades in power and has more if notion to tell us more about the unexpected announcement. another assault on those above has announced his resignation after twenty nine years in power while serving his feet term as the country's president he had been in fact the first and only

drone strike in yemen. five sell been lost his brother in law bin ali jobber who was a new mom alongside his brother walid who was a local police officer in a u.s. drone strike which was later described by the yemeni government as a mistake. gave a sermon he addressed the killings conduct of al qaeda and challenge them to present a religious authority that is willing to debate with him so he can demonstrate to the people that this behavior of al-qaeda is wrong he was taken out by the american strike unfortunately he was not killed by al qaeda he was killed by an american missile now as i mentioned the yemeni government later admitted that this was a case of collateral damage they met with the relatives even allegedly offering compensation to them on behalf of the united states which never publicly admitted that this case was a mistake this obviously wasn't enough for the bin job or family they took the case to court they sued the german government to make sure they bore their brunt of responsibility for the

deadly drone strikes in yemen directed control from a u.s. base on german soil a court rules in the favor of victims' families. democrats missing flames from within the party twelve years left to save the earth from global warming. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is our international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program our top story the president of brazil has for some time been dubbed the trump of the tropics for his right leaning. chose the united states this week as the destination for his first official foreign visit the real donald trump was also came to get the relationship up and running. you also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better than it's ever been by far more civil to. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected foull

germany's accountable for the deadly drug strikes in yemen directed it controlled from a u.s. base on german soil in a court case one by the families of victims. and scientists bug outrage among u.s. democrats dismissing party claims its only twelve years left to save the earth from global warming. just to midday or mosco on cavanagh and this is the international for us than the president of brazil is being dubbed by the media as the trump of the tropics for his right leaning views and indeed it shows the united states is the destination for his first official forum visit to jumpstart that relationship the real donald trump was also keen to get things started to. go also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better than it's ever been by far more civil to. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected foul