the u.n. says yemen is now in the grip of the world's worst humanitarian crisis around seventeen million people don't have enough to eat seven million of them are on the brink of famine more than two and a half years of war has forced almost three million people from their homes and a cholera outbreak has killed more than two thousand yemenis since april and at least one million children are at risk of a diptheria outbreak. let's bring in our panel in sanaa came in last monday editor in chief of the yemen post in beirut adam baron visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations and joining us on skype from sun up russia is the director of operations for save the children in yemen welcome to you all aqim i want to start with you the last time i was in yemen which was in two thousand and twelve even aid agencies were warning about the spiking rates of child malnutrition even then they were sounding the alarm bells now unicef is saying that there are approximately four hundred thousa

u.n. security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mimes the trade is booming. out of them to deal with all this it is a lie from london also coming up. there for months. and i repeat. who are kidnapped and promises to unite kenya as he's sworn in for a second term as president. but the opposition remains defiant didn't get says he'll hold his own swearing in ceremony as two people are killed in protests. and carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the range of crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in me and on the. u.n. security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis evidence says of march that hundreds of people are being auctioned in moderns they say they've markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars maybe as the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach so many in europe by sea we'll have reaction from the u.n. in just a second but first this report is a burned

taking you live to the u.n. to the u.n. security council is voting on a proposal from russia on whether or not to extend and encourage into the use of chemical weapons in syria let's watch abstentions militia. the result of the voting is as follows four votes in favor seven votes against four abstentions. the drug solution has not been adopted into the negative vote of a permanent member of the sorry absolutely you're right. i apologise dr lucian's not be having failed to obtain the required number of both. the floor two doors members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote i need the floor to the representative of egypt. say the rays. going after them tommy got him out and or once again. i must express my deep regret to what has transpired in the council today and that it has transformed transformed from an organ to a maintain peace and security in the world and to media show i want to repeat that are voting today to abstain from voting on both draft resolutions came after strong efforts to. bring closure

the u.n. experts sharp and -- and to help ensure those responsible are held to account. a failure to do so would send a message those responsible for such a heinous crime can escape justice risking future lives not only in congo but across the world where the u.s. and the u.n. has deployed experts. the u.s. can help prevent more bloodshed, but time is running out. stronger actions are needed to demonstrate the u.s. is on the side of the congolese people for a self-respecting and rights accounting government. thank you. >> can i just ask a few opening questions. the imsition of sanctions now is something you clearly have indicated and of course imin hi testimony as well the doctor made a very strong real. in fact the first sanction is to impose one on joseph kabila and his family. i know they're concerned about ocourse, they hope it doesn't come to it, but my sense from your testimony it should be done now. i've been on this panel since the early '80s, when we voted on sanctions against africa

prosecutor has asked the u.n. security council to support her demand and send a warning to libyan war criminals that they are not beyond the reach of the law. the red carpet treatment set for to continue for as president donald trump in china on wednesday chinese president xi jinping took him out a grand tour forbidden city a city welcome to the capital's great hall of the people and about an hour ahead of talks on trade and security for korea is also set to dominate the agenda points china to apply more pressure on pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program adrian brown has more from beijing. exactly a year to the day that he was voted into office president trump arrived in china the country very savaged throughout the presidential campaign when he called china a currency manipulator and said that china was raping the u.s. economy all that though was forgotten on wednesday afternoon as president xi jinping and his wife a score to the trumps around the forbidden city one of the most popular tourist attractions in

russian veto at the u.n. signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. hello i'm down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. in the interest of the people of zimbabwe. mr robert mugabe in my city. president mugabe rejects calls to quit military leaders say the only way to ensure a bloodless transition of power. amnesty international accuses all sides of war crimes in the battle for control of money in the philippines. and how a trump administration decision is being saluted by elephant hunters. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to ho

the u.n. security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. before. and i repeat. the promises to unite kenya and warning for a second thought i'm as president carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the rohingya crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in myanmar plus bali's airport shuts down for a second day running as mt of gunk heap song from. the start of program a with some breaking news that we've received just in the past few minutes the south korean news agency young yep says north korea has fired a ballistic missile now earlier japan detected radio signals suggesting that north korea was preparing another ballistic missile launch and now the south korean news agency say north korea has indeed fired a ballistic missile well for more on this let's speak to kathy novak she joins us on the phone f

the u.n. says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diphtheria because of a blockade preventing urgently needed vaccines from getting into the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with the saudi led coalition to fully lift its embargo they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up of cholera which has infected nine hundred thousand yemenis in the past six months. well the horn of africa state of djibouti is now home to more than forty thousand fled the war they started in a refugee camp but many of moved to the capital to earn a living as mohamed reports their presence is bringing a big change to the city. old school tom into a training center in the heart of djibouti a group of men are hard at work. the older figures from yemen until recently they were living in a come some two hundred kilometers away. they were then were just given papers and allowed to work. from the city of. destroyed his house he now. put it out most respect and dignity. th

u.n. chief terrorist has condemned north korea's latest missile launch the u.n. security council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday u.s. space scientists say the missile tested has a capability of hitting anywhere on the united states mainland it reached the highest altitude ever achieved by north korea and to come on intercontinental ballistic missile reports now from washington d.c. . the pentagon says it was an intercontinental ballistic missile that north korea launched on wednesday its first such missile test in more than two months. the missile flew about a thousand kilometers before splashing down in the sea of japan tokyo. you cannot it. i believe the international community needs to be united and to fully implement sanctions against north korea japan will not back down in the face of provocation but maximize pressure on north korea as was washington i won't tell you that we will take care of it we have general mattis in the room with us and we had a long discussion. it i

well from our end listen the u.n. security council met today to talk about the humanitarian situation in yemen what we said which which i feel very strongly about is that the u.n. security council already has a mechanism for sanctioning people in yemen who are committing growth violations and one of those violations is the obstruction of humanitarian assistance so what we're saying is ok u.n. security council you already have means in place to make it very clear to the parties to the conflict be it the saudi led coalition or this would be solid forces that if they obstruct there will be clear and concrete consequences and far past time they did so because you have people in the government of the u.s. or the u.k. or france sort of issuing road recitations of concern but not actually following up on that so it's not enough for the u.k. or the u.s. to say we're worried about famine in yemen at this point it's up to the members of the u.n. security council and particularly those allied with saudi arabia to be using all th

u.n. says saudi arabia's blockade of yemen is being measured lives lost. driving for a cleaner future one of the world's biggest polluters spends big on electric cars plus. celebrations in lima peru and a spot at the world cup. the supreme court in cambodia has dissolved the main opposition party and that party denies accusations that it's plotting to overthrow the government the decision gives the prime minister who sent a clear run in next year's general election rob mcbride has the latest now from phnom penh. the decision came after a day of deliberations held amid tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like it's vice president. we look at. is this. message to the international community yet mr hood is. who. our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of oppos

in september the u.n. imposed yet another round of sanctions on north korea including caps on oil supplies washington hopes that will knock out the north's nuclear program the prospects for a diplomatic solution do not look good the escalating the north korean crisis will be the biggest challenge of donald trump's asian trip. let's go back to bus and heartache in seoul so bust an escalating rhetoric and also actions but at the same time the u.s. president has indicated he might be willing to meet kim jong un at some point is the trump kim meeting really a possibility. you know that's the kind of ambiguous rhetoric that there were used to from donald trump really you know on the one hand he ridicules the north korean leader and on the other hand he invites a pretty hard but to be fair i mean at the moment there's no indication whatsoever that there much that there might be any that those talks might be forthcoming anytime soon on the contrary but relations seem as i see as they've ever been so i mean that w

starvation and day the u.n. has issued one of its grimmest warnings yet it says yemen could face a famine never before seen but what can world leaders do to stop such a catastrophe this is inside story. i don't welcome to the program i'm jane doc and millions will die that is the stock warning from the united nations humanitarian chief over the crisis in yemen out of sight and out of mind for most of the world millions of children mothers and fathers are struggling to find food now the u.n. warns yemen could face the largest famine the world has seen for many decades it's urging the saudi led coalition to end its devastating blockade and allow aid into the country will get so i guess in a moment but first this report from a have a job june. at sanaa international airport an ominous silence terminals are as empty of people as runways are devoid of planes clear signs that the crisis in yemen is only growing more dire not only sunnah international airport was completely brought to a halt by the warring coalition st

all u.n. member states are at the very obligated to fully implement all minimum u.n. sanctions, but we know that's not happening in every case. this council has banned coal exports from north korea, and yet we have reports of the regime continuing to smuggle coal into neighboring asian countries using deceptive tactics to mask the coal's origins. this council is required that all refined petroleum imports into north korea not exceed the annual cap and we banned ship to ship transfers. and yet, we see north korea illegally obtaining refined petroleum from neighboring states from ship to ship transfer in the yellow sea and the sea of japan. there are countries continuing to fund the north korea nuclear program by violating u.n. sanctions and obstructing our efforts. the world knows who many of them are. as successful as we've been in leveling multilateral sanctions against it, the north korean regime continues to test new and more powerful missiles and as it does, it continues its march toward a functional nuclear arsenal. the continuing development of these missile sys

the u.n. has condemned saudi arabia's blockade of yemen as catastrophic and join international aid groups in calling on riyadh to lift it sound a radio announced on monday it would close all adland and seaports to stop the flow of arms into yemen but the move is also stopping aid from getting. reports. the blockade of yemen means no humanitarian aid is coming into a country that is in desperate need it also means vital commodities are harder to get the cost of food rocketing the price of fuel going up sixty percent in recent days the u.n. has been expressing its deep concern at a news briefing in geneva the situation is catastrophic in yemen it's the worst food crisis we're looking at in the world today seven million people on the brink of famine millions of people being kept alive by our humanitarian operation salt this is a lifeline that must be continued every single day comments then echoed in new york by the spokesman for the secretary general but it's clear the u.n. is avoiding direct co

as the u.n. security council takes up human trafficking in libya we look at how people fleeing war on poverty are falling into twenty first century slavery. islands deputy leader resigned saving the country's government at a crucial moment in bragg's it talks. hollow hudl kenyatta has urged his divided nation to move on from months of political upheaval after being sworn in for a second term as kenya's president is you know he ration follows a violent and drawn out election process which included two disputed polls kenyata all leaders to serve the nation regardless of political affiliation and said he would dare to dedicate all his energy to building what he called unity and nationhood. today. is the one hundred twenty third day since we began on august the. traditional that isn't there for months. and i repeat. all blown electoral process the elections. on now firmly behind us it's been a trying time. but once again canyons of zone the resilience. in calming the person on the passes that accompa

see that's the u.n. climate framework that is running this event and in fact they told us it's their understanding that syria is intending to join so i think it really took everyone by surprise all right took everybody by surprise so it tell us about some of the reactions at the climate summit in bonn where you are. well of course the reactions are very positive that a country as politically troubled as syria would make it a priority on its agenda its political agenda to tackle climate change and so the response has been overwhelmingly positive and. just a recognition of how the world is really coming together around this topic right well let's to your point there of course we had nicaragua also announcing that it's going to sign on which puts the u.s. in a very awkward position as the only country in the world to have stepped away to stepped away from the paris agreement so how isolated is the u.s. by going it alone. well i would say that certainly the government of donald u.s. president donald trump is

the u.n. greg and i travelled to goma and met with it peace keepers there and have raised it at the united nations here in washington and in country. we understand that -- and i've been tracking this. the efforts are far better than they've ever been but certainly not there yet. people who do commit crimes against congoleze, particularly women and girls, are not only sent back to their home countries but there's a heavied a monishment by the un to keep fwhem hind bars. if you could speak, if you would whether or not it's practicing what we thought? the zero tolerance policy. i had one hearing where we said zero tolerance policy, zero compliance because it was so ineffectively being implemented, not with standing the great efforts of an american in a key position there. and finally let me ask you about the most credible, in my opinion and reliable and effective interlockteres for peace and free and fair elections is the catholic church. we urin south sudan last may and we met with the president

the u.n. and more than twenty humanitarian groups are warning of the worst famine the world has seen in decades unless the saudi led coalition allows aid into yemen fall and food and fuel prices have risen dramatically since saturday when the blockade was tightened it's a stark warning from the u.n. but as james bays reports the security council has struck a different tone. after three days of quiet diplomacy with saudi arabia the u.n. is now changing course laying out the dire scenario if the blockade of yemen isn't lifted. there will be a famine in yemen. it will not be like the famine that. we saw in south sudan earlier in the year where tens of thousands of people were affected. it will not be like a famine which cost two hundred fifty thousand people their lives in somalia in twenty eleven. it will be the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of victims. the response from the security council seemed very guarded the current president the italian ambassador read

hi there thank you now the u.n. the syria and boys stuff and the mr a says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire in eastern guta imposed by russia at least twenty two people have been killed by syrian government air strikes in the rebel held area on the i'm skirts of the capital damascus eastern go to has come under a heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the trend of geneva talks to try and the conflicts the talks were meant to stand on tuesday but the government delegation has said it want to arrive until what stay our diplomatic efforts and james bass joins me live from geneva hi there james so the russians have proposed the cease fire in eastern guta but how likely is it do you think to take place should be put in a faith and. well remember that in the sink really there's only one side involved in military operations and that's the syrian government bombarding from the same syrian government postponed its trip here to geneva they said they didn't like some comments made recently by t

now as the u.n. grows yet more concerned and a humanitarian crisis becomes even more dire yemenis in desperate need wait for answers and aid. does either. alex develop is the executive director of the world peace foundation he told us earlier the international community has failed in its response to yemen yemen is the famine the crime of our generation it is the destruction of an entire country true gradual degradation of its economic infrastructure its social welfare infrastructure the deprivation of food it's not as though the deliberate intent of the saudis and the reason that allies has been to create starvation but the way in which they have conducted the war has had that foreseeable result and their priority of conducting the war in the way they want to has consistently over written any humanitarian sensibility even up to today and clearly. unless nature so may not only to bring in urgently military assistance to open the port to open the airports to be sure to revive and rebuild the health car

u.n. team investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria is to be disbanded after russia vetoed a resolution which would have extended its mission is our diplomatic editor james spays reporting from the u.n. in new york. bieber of the draft resolution containing document slash two thousand and seventeen slash nine seven zero please raise the hand those against. it seems this was the moment that investigations into who carried out chemical attacks in syria ended an eleventh russian veto on the side of the assad government leading to this angry rebuke from the u.s. ambassador in a world in which the council's time and attention could be productively devoted to one hundred different things russia is wasting our time conflicts are raging outlaw states are acquiring nuclear weapons the human dignity of millions is violated every day brutal regimes are using chemical weapons on their own people this was russia's reply. new warbird linnaeus a medal an extension of the gyms mandate for us is p

but, there was a level of optimism the u.n. could be utilized as this institution that would protect countries from these acts of aggression. here is where we have to start the practice. i think that makes a big difference in people's lives. union doingoviet the same thing? >> they had tanks. of course, china is encouraging this war to extend, because the soviets are funneling equipment. the chinese are bringing up there military with soviet equipment. troops.e not combat abe? >> where the high profile this to beat found against their moral code? >> there is a classic story where ahe vietnam war guy named johnson, harold k johnson, is fed up with the johnson administration policies. he gets into his car and he is driving to the white house to submit his resignation and protest. and he got stuck in traffic and washington. as he was stuck there, he started thinking. stagessign and nothing -- changes, i have wasted things. if i say in the game, i might be able to alter policies and make things better for the troops ultimately, he

well in about fifteen minutes time the u.n. security council is supposed to meet there is certainly an atmosphere of tension right now ahead of this meeting which could see some drama and also a moment of some significance for syria what it looks likely we're going to see is two competing u.n. security council resolutions put to the vote this is the u.s. resolution it wants to continue as is the case now of the inspection mission looking into chemical weapons in syria and has already found that they've been used both by eisel and by the syrian government this is the rival resolution from russia that talks about continuing the mission but also talks about reopening some of the cases that have already been inspected and the russians green critical of the chain of evidence and the fact that the inspectors haven't in some cases actually gone to the scene of these attacks they've done it by the russians say by remote control what i think is likely if it goes to vote is that you're going to get the u.s. draft vetoed by the russians a

the u.n. security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. all of them surely went on this is al jazeera live from london also coming up today as you know that isn't. there for months. and i repeat. down and let me approach it with her a kenyan so promises to unite kenya as he's sworn in for a second term as president. but the opposition remains defiant while adding that says he'll hold his opponents wavering in the small remaining. carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the race hinge of crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in me and moderates. and bali's airport shuts down for a second day running as my md i'm gonna keep song rumbling. very warm welcome to the program the u.n. security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis evidence has a march the hundreds of people have been all questioned in modern day slave markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars libya is

russia blocks the u.n. security council resolution to renew an international inquiry into who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in syria. a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up zimbabwe's president robert mugabe holds direct talks with the army over his future after military's take over. cambodia supreme court dissolves the main opposition party clearing the way for one sends a ruling party to win next year's election. human rights watch accuses me and ma troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against muslims. hello we begin our united nations security council where russia has used its veto of a syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an international inquiry into whose behind chemical weapons attacks that the us ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley blasted moscow for its actions saying it gives a green light for syrian president bashar assad to carry out further attacks. russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and

knew that the u.n. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs some of local is in moscow right now to discuss the world's biggest humanitarian issues with russian officials mark joins us live now at a busy trip for you thank you very much for coming on and spending the time talking to us a couple of key points we want to try and get your opinion on here the saudi led coalition maintaining its blockade of yemen despite calls for lifesaving aid to provide farm in the spread of cholera now. the saudis say they've partially lifted that blockade humanitarian groups say it's not enough what can the u.n. do to help the suffering of the many yemenis there. where of course this blockade was put into place because of the missile attack on riyadh but the effects of the blockade has been to make it much more difficult from the aid operation we are hopeful that the blockade will start to be lifted tomorrow with a. lighting system then at the moment where feeding seven million people every month through the u.n.

a former bosnian croat military leader has died after drinking poison at a u.n. war crimes court. drunkeness substance seconds after his twenty year sentence had been upheld he was one of six men who'd appealed against war crimes convictions dating back to the breakup of the former yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety s. . i source says it carried out a car bomb attack in yemen the southern city of aden that killed at least two people device exploded outside the yemeni finance ministry offices in the temporary capital of the internationally recognized government syrian government negotiators have finally arrived in geneva for the latest round of un backed talks aimed at ending a civil war yesod government traditionally refused to confirm it but attend the eighth round of talks began on tuesday former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik says he's being blocked from leaving the united arab emirates it comes as he announced his intention to run in next year's egyptian presidential elections he said overseas after defeat in the twenty twelve election that's what are coming next

well, the u.n. climate summit comes as president trump is in the philippines as part of his 13-day trip across asia. hours ago, trump met with philippine president rodrigo duterte on the sidelines of the association of southeast asian nations summit meeting in manila. trump said he has a great relationship with duterte, who has presided over a so-called war on drugs that has seen thousands of people killeded by police or vigilantes. the meeting came after duterte sang a filipino love song during a gala dinner sunday night with otheher world leaders, sayingg later hehe sang g it on ththe os of presidedent trump. this all comes just a few days after duterte e bragged about haviving stabbbbed someone to dh when he was 16. during d duterte's campaign, , e also joked about wanting to hahe been first in line for the gang rape of an australian missionary, who was raped and murdered in 1989. duterte said -- "she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. what a waste." duterte himself was the mayor

bangladesh and me and have agreed to ask for u.n. assistance in the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of bring the refugees rights groups have insisted on outside monitors to safeguard the return of the rangar to me and mark but the un is expressing concern about the process we've had creationists to just start in two months more than six hundred thousand rangar fled to bangladesh from what the u.n. calls ethnic cleansing in me and my child stratford has more from. it's impossible to imagine the level of suffering that people like these have endured over recent months and indeed for decades now stories of men women and children being killed by the myanmar also stories of gang rape being committed by soldiers in the myanmar. stories that the myanmar government denies now this agreement between the bangladeshi and the myanmar government with respect to reprice relation implies the eventual return of these people to a country that they have some sort of legal citizenship status but of course they don't they lost their citizenship th

of the u.n. climate talks in the german city of bone have ended with almost two hundred countries agreeing to keep the paris agreement on track and that of course is despite the u.s. pulling out and to make sure that they keep their commitment delegates agreed to start a process which would review and ramp up their efforts to cut carbon. from bone. long into the ninety's and in this wrangling over the financial elements of the text twenty the u.n. climate conference comes to a close i'm very pleased. this isn't the braunches dialogue which will start in generally twenty eighteen under the fijian presidency the spirit of these talks has been upbeat and the paris agreement it seems is on track so i think that we're in a very good place twenty eighteen is the year to. climate action and i think what we have here set on a good road ahead that's a lot of homework to do it's not easy but i think we will and decisiveness governments governments cities states private sector to move. so progress but is it

may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hailey accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the russian mission aren't working we have tried to get a call with them and they've been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason he's not available moments later she was able to express her displeasure in person a very public exchange of words with the russian ambassador vasoline the benzine or even it seems checking his phones for her calls when the meeting started they even argued over the rules of procedure in the council. i was in

ambassador to the u.n. says north korea now needs to be completely isolated by the international community . we call on all nations to cut off all ties with north korea in addition to fully implementing korea soon after north korea came to the table we need china to do more. let's go to our correspondent mike hanna now he's joining us live from the united nations so what else did we hear from the security council mine well the sessions come to an end and has ended without a resolution which was expected there was intense debate within the council as to what to do now in the light of this latest missile test by north korea or members of the security council condemned the missile launch but there was the vision in terms of how they are going to respond to it in the days ahead there will be further discussion about the possibility of more sanctions and indeed how to force those sanctions already in place but the clear division in the council is both russia and china on the one hand arguing that there should be

well the u.n. is saying it is hopeful that it's a can resume soon but when you ask them why they say simply the fact that saudi arabia said that this was a temporary block a they know the damage even a temporary blockade can do it in the country that really needs humanitarian aid if you look at the population of yemen it was estimated to be about twenty seven twenty eight million while the u.n. says twenty million out of those need humanitarian assistance they say that some seven million of them have severe food insecurity that's a u.n. jargon term term but it means that those people don't know where the next meal is coming from and are at risk of famine and mariam one of the statistics that the u.n. have which i think is worth noting in this country which is wracked by conflict and suffering also from the cholera epidemic is that a child under the age of five in yemen dies every ten minutes from causes that should be preventable very important to test it thank you very much james bays at the unite

the syria talks have reached a new phase at u.n. headquarters in geneva opposition negotiators arriving just minutes before the government delegation u.n. special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work. what we call the real. me that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura and his team shuttling between them. it is though far from a breakthrough they're still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer the u.n. has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending in its current form a security council resolution

the u.n. and fifteen aid organizations have called on the coalition to end the blockade and allow the delivery of desperately needed emergency supplies. well earlier we spoke to jamie are mcgoldrick are here is the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in the area he joins us from the capital sanaa and told us about some of the problems of getting aid to the worst affected areas. at the moment though the ships are on the way and the trucks on the way as well right now the borders of. the seas will also bring us more goods and ours will be difficult in the office of the biggest source of medical stuff and so we need to do is get was all up again and we had to either the i didn't force open which is good but that other also the country. elation were lined up all the way scorsese what we used was crime out of it and we need to keep those also continue. but the same thing to learn results that you will as well because we bring needles across the borders and anything that into our source of light of that i

well the u.n. is saying it remains hopeful that its aid shipments can continue soon but when you ask them why they say well their hope is based on the fact the south is was said this is only a temporary blockade but the u.n. is well aware that even a temporary blockade is going to cause real problems on the ground in yemen because of the dire humanitarian situation there yemen before before the start of this crisis head of population estimate about twenty eight million people well some twenty million of those people are in need of humanitarian assistance and out of those the u.n. estimates that seven million are sick severely food insecure now that's a jargon term but it means these people don't know where their next meal is coming from are and are at the risk of famine one loss to to stick for you lauren just to show you how bad it is in yemen with the food situation with a potential famine situation and cholera situation is this the to stick a child under the age of five dies every ten minutes cu

the u.n. security council has held a briefing on the libyan people smuggling crisis amid evidence that the trade is growing libya is the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach southern europe by sea and there are claims that some are being sold there as slaves meanwhile a libyan accused of involvement in the two thousand and twelve attack on the u.s. embassy in the city of benghazi has been convicted on terrorism charges in the u.s. however i made abu khattala was cleared on the more serious offense of murder. kenya's president who has urged his country to move on from months of political upheaval after being sworn in for a second term his inauguration follows a violent and drawn out election process which included two disputed polls while elsewhere in nairobi at least two people were killed when police clashed with supporters of the opposition leader. says that he is the rightful president. francis has avoided any direct mention of me and lars or hinge a muslim minorit

yesterday we met with our u.n. ambassador who said the drc has announced they will hold presidential elections in december 2018. that seems a ridiculous time to wait that's just a way of extending it to another term. my concern is that even if it is genuine that there will be elections held in december of 2018, i'm not convinced that doesn't mean that kabila won't be on the ballot, until we hear definitively a public announcement that he will not seek a third term. and will not change the constitution, i believe if i heard the ambassador right, mr. chairman, she did say that he said he wouldn't change the constitution, correct? i do not believe he's made the public statement that he will not be on the ballot. >> which obviously if he was on the ballot, that's a violation of the con stir tugs, however, we all know that sometimes people find ways of saying they're not violating the constitution. it was just a different interpretation. and the world will not tolerate that, i was encouraged by the ambassador yesterday,

we're broadcasting live from the u.n. climate summit in bonn, germany, cop23. cop is a u.n. term that stands for conference of parties. this year is known as the first islands cop, with fiji presiding over this year's summit. the event itself is being held in bonn, germany, because of the logistical challenges of hosting tens of thousands of people in fiji at the start of the south pacific cyclone season. bonn is the former capital of west germany and the birthplace of the composer beethoven. well, protests against oil, coal, gas and nuclear power continue here at the u.n. climate summit. on tuesday, indian activists protested against india's largest nuclear power station, the koodankulam plant in india's southern state of tamil nadu. also tuesday, activists disrupted a presentation by the european investment bank at an annual corporate conference held alongside the climate summit here in bonn. the activists were protesting the construction of the trans-adriatic gas pipeline, known as tap, which is slated to run from the greek-turkish border, through greece and albania, unde

u.n. sanctions. human rights activists and even trump's fellow republicans have urged him to use his trip to challenge china over its crackdown on dissidents and call for the release of political prisoners. trump is on a five nation tour in asia and will next head to vietnam where he is expected to meet with russian president vladimir putin. trump will wrap up his asia trip in the philippines. after headlines, we will go to beijing for more on his visit to china. the senate foreign relations committee said wednesday it will hold hearings to review president trump's power to start a nuclear war. the committee's chair, republican senator bob corker, says next week's hearing will be the first time since 1976 that the house has examined the president's authority to launch a nuclear first-strike. the planned hearings come after senator corker repeatedly questioned whether donald trump is mentally fit to be president. trump has repeatedly threatened to totally destroy north korea and to unleash

the u.n. says yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster in the world after years of conflict and an epidemic of cholera people in who data the port where aid food and medicine should be flowing into the country of a sense of despair i must go down people have no jobs no life and the world is almost at a standstill almost finished insult to injury they closed down the port a sad case that the price of a bag of flour was seven thousand reales it's now eight and a half those in reelz beans are near the price of a chicken welcome we do they god help us mr local comments from this podium brought some of that reality from yemen to the security council but for now they've responded with very carefully chosen words rather than any concrete action james pays out his era at the united nations the end to military in chief wants the saudi like coalition to agree to five measures is urging the reopening of airspace for humanitarian flights entering this surance the access won't be disrupted again an agreeme