human rights council remember that the u.n. human rights council is not a u.n. body that the trumpet ministration already looks favorably on they pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 and so i suspect if there is going to be a response from the trumpet ministration it will be an angry response the u.s. position they say they've made very clear in a letter they submitted to the security council 5 days after the killing of general sort of mani the iranian strategic expert and commander which they said it was a case of self-defense because of the possibility of imminent strikes but in her report. says that there is no evidence that he was planning an imminent attack against u.s. interests so she says therefore on the basis of the information provided by the u.s. and of course she doesn't have access to any classified intelligence information she believes this was a breach of the u.n. charter a breach of international law james just what wealth did these comments carry and what action could be taken from home. well it's a very strong and very clear repor

so in the last half hour or so a u.n. security council vote to extend humanitarian aid into syria has failed to pass it was vetoed by russia and china although the remaining 13 council member states voted in favor aid agencies have warned the decision could lead to die of consequences for millions of displaced syrians u.n. said many of those who've been living in the northwest highly depend on it in fact describing it as a lifeline a diplomatic editor at the united nations is james bass james we were on air for this it was one of those virtual security council meetings and it was probably the shortest i have ever seen all done in 30 seconds. very very short and very very clear you would think a security council meeting where the 15 members vote and it's 13 to 2 that's a clear majority not at the u.n. security council if those 2 are permanent members because they were russia and china they vetoed the latest version of a resolution to extend a into syria through syria's borders now the background to this is they used to be

the u.n. security council is holding a virtual session to discuss the war in libya as the conflict enters a new phase the head of the session russia's foreign minister says he's in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible cease fire this isn't the 1st time that welcome for hof doc has considered a ceasefire it is so last month after his forces began losing their major strongholds the libyan conflicts been fueled by a number of international backers. the u.n. recognized government in tripoli has been backed by turkey will have to report from russia egypt and the u.a.e. let's go live to a diplomatic editor james bays who's at the united nations james going from the list of people that are going to be on this at this meeting we're going to have countries there that are supporting opposing sides in this conflict what is the tone going to be like when we hear the secretary general speak. well this is what is supposed to be the regular monthly meeting of the security council on libya b

the u.n. secretary general has warned that the conflict in libya has entered a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels until hugo chavez was addressing a virtual session of the security council on the violence the head of the session russia's foreign minister said he's in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible ceasefire this isn't the 1st time that a cease fire has been proposed while khalifa haftar said he would consider one after his forces began losing their major strongholds the libyan conflict has been fueled by a number of international backers the u.n. recognize government in tripoli has been backed by turkey all huffed are has had support from russia egypt and the u.a.e. . he's not on our side in libya. the conflict there's a new phase foreign interference reaching and dissident levels very concerned about the alarming military build up on the city and the level of that it fighting theaters in the coffee in violation of u.s. arms embargo un sec

the u.n. says a string of airstrikes carried out by the syrian government and russian forces in amount to war crimes reports identified 52 so-called emblematic attacks between november and june says syria and its russian ally have killed hundreds of people and forced nearly a 1000000 to flee the reports also accuse the. group of firing artillery into civilian areas with no apparent military objective and for torturing and exactly executing detainees. the world's largest social media companies are reviewing their operations in hong kong because of its new national security law the companies fear the new law passed in beijing but allowed china's government to gain access to their users personal and sensitive data sarah clarke has more from hong kong. a week after the introduction of the new national security law in hong kong kerry lamb was quick to respond to the international condemnation of the legislation which has already been used to make arrests the national security law targets crimes of

s could not control the roads of the u.n. convoys now that puts the u.n. in a very odd position that they have to negotiate with with which he is if there is any compromise of the major operation this is very odd situation that's russia pushed the u.n. to be. at this time ok here's the thing what's your reading then of the claims from russia because this is that boils down to being that the kind of the kernel of their starting point if you will that cross border aid is the bigger obstacle to getting aid to the people who need it and that's almost a stance that pays lip service to the line from the syrian regime because bashar al assad he said this publicly several times now he wants the entire aid operation to go into syria via damascus. listen you know more than 3 years ago the u.n. sort of the syrian it workers boycott could ever issue with the un because of the electoral transparency and efficiency through the un the damascus based you an operation we know how many resources are being compromised through the un operation to damascus and we push for tran

fashion and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to $3000000.00 syrians for a year the operation is off the rise until friday it allows a delivery system turkey to be delivered free from government control the u.n. says a yearlong extension is crucial to the lives of millions of civilians diplomatic editor james phrase has more from the united nations. i think humanitarian experts even top u.n. officials are very concerned about what has happened here in the last hour or so russia and china have used their veto on the security council resolution that was going to extend for another year the permission to bring in a into syria using border crossings and they have vetoed that for now now the existing permission runs out on friday so there is the possibility perhaps to come up with some sort of compromise but it's worth reminding you this is a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until 6 months ago there were 4 border crossings which would allow aid into

the u.n. security council has again failed to extend its cross border humanitarian aid program for syria putting millions of people at risk to vote failed to pass the 1st was vetoed by russia and china the remaining council member states voted in favor aid agencies are warning of dire consequences for displaced people many people in the north west depend on aid coming in from turkey diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations he says the u.n. security council is struggling to come up with a solution for syria. we've had 2 votes on friday here at the u.n. remarkably in the last 4 days in total we've had 5 votes on this and on 2 of those occasions 2 permanent members of the security council have both used their veto power it's a real mess it's real deadlock it's particularly i think there are a number of sticking points but the main one is on the number of border crossings that they can use to bring the aid in and i'm hearing now that germany and belgium coming up with another compromi

the u.n. warns foreign interference in libya has reached unprecedented levels. forgetting insults of the power the u.s. president hails what he describes as a tremendous relationship with mexico. and said he as president delays new coronavirus restrictions as protesters keep up the pressure over his handling of the pandemic. well as we said every cause is facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister ahmed who gone badly collapsed during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president has a report. moments before his death prime minister ahmed to go on the appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack. last thursda

the u.n. general secretary by the general secretary the arab way who have said that violence and armed conflict is not going to being bring peace and stability to the region. we've seen it general have cars actions and his violations allegedly of human rights in the mass graves that we've seen in recent months. we are still hopeful that there can be a peaceful solution we think the recent actions in the recent dialogue between the 2 parties are or are hopeful but we're still skeptical is far as that's concerned. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from mania have been killed in the netas fighting at the border that began on sunday the 2 former soviet republics went to war in the 1990 s. over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh and tension has cemented have simmered and since robin force a walker reports was was large crowds of protesters in demanding the government declares war on armenia 7 demonstrators managed to enter parliament early on wednesday and were dispersed. the crowds are highly

ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft visited one of the border crossings used to bring much needed aid into syria accompanied by the un's top humanitarian official marc local she was shown the bubble how a crossing considered a vital lifeline for the people in the last main opposition enclave in the province of idlib. speaking on a facebook live link up with the young syrian ambassador kraft appealed to the other members of the security council to renew permission to deliver aid across the border we must ensure that the syrian people get life saving food and medicine and this is just a basic need this is a result this is between life and they're. not stressed the importance of this week's vote on across borders. this wasn't the only appeal to the un security council in the hours before the vote a u.n. commission of inquiry has released its latest report on human rights abuses in syria giving a damning assessment of what it describes as acts amounting to war crimes the chairman of the commission added this the

well the u.n. security council doesn't write international law they basically apply political decisions based on their political understanding of what of what they think it international law says but here the best jurist in the united states have now turned back the former legal opinion of the carter administration which by the way the very security council that you are quoting they were quoting the former state department legal adviser was her hansel so now it would probably be a good idea to look into why did jurist in the u.s. state department under president donald trump have taken a different opinion. but i think that we should stay out of the legal leaves and the details that sure to me but i think we would both accept that the us legal system doesn't define what is law and what is not law what is considered legal and what is not legal obviously international putting the u.n. calls the annexation a war crime i mean well yeah but at all amnesty international as you and i both know is one of th

reaching and president at levels the u.n. secretary general raises the alarm over the increasing role of foreign powers in the libyan conflict. more than 3000000 americans are confirmed to be infected with corona virus as the u.s. defends withdrawing from the world health organization. pumping new life into the economy the u.k. government announces $37000000000.00 more for a pandemic recovery plan. and pulling out thousands caught in the flood waters china's provinces back on high alert after battling the cone of violence outbreak. and i'm santa how much and i have all the sporting committing. international cricket makes its return following the corner virus that break it with the 1st test that between england and the west indies held behind closed doors. ok let's start with some breaking news the prime minister the ivory coast i'm going to wrong has died suddenly he fainted during a cabinet meeting on wednesday afternoon he was then taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead he was being lined up as the presidential succ

no the u.n. is seized with this issue and no more so than the last week u.n. is frustrated because as you and your guests noted there are several times where the u.n. has been granted position and then under it position often on technical issues such as the one that was just mentioned about the dissatisfaction with the company that was being used and there's been other types of blockages as well i think it's worth noting that this location is right on the front lines of the front of the insulin that's controlled by both sides in the conflict and there definitely will so many and the forces so it back to the forces right there that can prevent the other side from approaching back to point that yes maybe yes maybe represent some other belligerent want to approach the ship but was afraid that it would 'd be they've been pushed back by the evil forces and so this is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen but problem now solutions are political diplomatic the pressure at the u.n. is ramping up this week because of the leakage of water into one of the storms

the u.n. security council resolution in the near future where we will offer to extend this. this was one of the central failings of the jcpoa was to have only a five-year ban on the iranian capacity to purchase weapons systems to build out air defense systems to protect a nuclear program should they continue down that path but also to sell weapons around the world and become again as they were before one of the world's largest arms dealers. we're going to do everything we can. we believe we have the capacity to do this at the united nations. we hope the u.n. counsel will conclude extending this arms embargo is the right thing. in the event they don't we're going to use every tool we have on our fingerprints. we think it decreases stability in the middle east. we think that would threaten israel. >> onto religious freedom sam brownback for religious freedom recently wrote humanity is why religious freedom will always win out against government and nonstate actors seeking to suppress and control

top story to u.n. security council votes to extend humanitarian aid to syria have failed to pass the 1st was vetoed by russia and china and the 2nd by china the remaining 13 council member states voted in favor aid agencies have warned the decision could lead to diet consequences for millions of displaced syrians the u.n. has said that many people in the countries northwest highly depend on it describing it as a lifeline joining us live this hour diplomatic editor james bays there at the u.n. in new york hi there james what are they trying to achieve here and what can they achieve. well i think there are different names or different members of the security council book clearly in just a matter of hours all the existing authorizations to bring aid from turkey into syria are going to run out and they can't agree on exactly the details of how it's going to work going forward as you say we've had 2 votes on friday here at the u.n. remarkably in the last 4 days in total we've had 5 votes on this and on 2 of

the u.n. security council has voted against the russian proposal to reduce cross border aide access to syria the council has until friday to agree on future operations on tuesday russia and china vetoed a rival resolution which was backed by all other members of the security council the u.s. says moscow's proposal would have cut off fly sitting assistance for millions of syrians the united states has threatened to stop aids to work in a fast saw over reported on the killings this comes after human rights watch report that bodies of at least $100.00 men have been found in mass graves they were discovered near the northern town of the government is investigating claims its forces carried out the killings government troops have been battling insurgent attacks by armed groups in the region the violence has forced more than 700000 people from their homes since last year kareen defies the west africa director for human rights watch she says the allegations them from the men disappearing in an area c

dangerous situation ok so the movies have recently granted the u.n. permission they're hoping to get on board in the next couple of weeks will that go ahead. yes of course if they have been granted that this access to they said they will go ahead to the access they said but they say if there is an agreement they have signed was sign are that then they needed nations should stick to this agreement ok i believe that the united nations i actually they will try to find any any excuse not to check the ship ok william what do you think of that the united nations is not actually interested in checking the ship some sort of conspiracy it seems hussein is suggesting going on here. no the un is seized with this issue and no more so than the last week u.n. is frustrated because as you and your guests noted there are several times where the u.n. has been granted position and then under it position often on technical issues such as the one that was just mentioned about the dissatisfaction with the company that was being used and there's been other types of blockag

and the u.n. secretary general has delivered a stinging critique on inequality in the world during a speech marking nelson mandela international day don't even ted it says the world's at breaking point and the coronavirus pandemic is expose the deep divisions in societies. those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stretching things a water bottle. already embroiled in a war for years in yemen faces an unprecedented environmental disaster a damaged oil storage facility is not really threatening in the red sea who is to blame and can catastrophe be averted before it's too late this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle years of civil war have torn yemen apart the fighting has divided the cities destroyed the economy and trick of the world's worst humanitarian crisis now the country is also on the verge of an environmental disaster for 5 years the fleecing storage facilities has lain idle off the coast on border more than 110000

so a single decision at the u.n. security council could immediately affect more than a 1000000 syrians living in rebel held territory you are members agreed on a compromise it allows just one border crossing with turkey to remain open for humanitarian deliveries it was a deal made after russia backed by china pushed to close off the other crossing their argument is the age should be limited because it's not being done in cooperation with the syrian government the concern for the aid groups that was a bottleneck that the i just want to get through in fact all across syria more than 11000000 people rely on humanitarian aid including vast numbers living in camps the german ambassador to the u.n. did not hold back with his criticism. these 500000 children will wake up tomorrow morning and realize that we have to tell them that the german ambassador asked those people who gave the instructions to give instructions to cut out the 8 or 500000 children they are ready to look into tomorrow compounding the situation is the dem

the u.n. secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya from your good televisions urging the warring parties and the international back as to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire. and the u.s. president as welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house under his money has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico because of his immigration policies and full of. serbia's president says a weekend curfew may not go ahead as his government considers the best way to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to storm parliament and protested across belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic protests spread to other cities many calling for president alexander to resign they blame him for a new surgeon infections after he lifted restrictions ahead of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday. well the us has seen the biggest jum

to shutter one of 2 border crossings that was still open diplomatic editor james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. a security council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as follows 12 votes in favor no votes against and 3 abstentions but this was not what 13 out of 15 council members wanted only one border crossing bubble how one can now be used to deliver aid after china and russia use their veto power in recent days to block other options so this resolution is not what the united states and a majority of the council fought for and it is certainly far short of what the syrian people need and discern russia's deputy ambassador was competent that the hypocrisy and double standards of our western colleagues at the unprecedented tice you were in negotiations they were ready to jeopardise growth by the mechanism but to delete messages on unilateral sanctions and increasing growth crossland deliveries that received this reply that if dimitrius concerned about hypocrisy he probably should not use the words that he merits and i

showdown at the u.n. security council syria's backa russia with the help of china forced through a compromise that none of the other members had wanted only the battle how a crossing point on the turkish syrian border will remain open aid organizations now fear that around half a 1000000 children will no longer have access to foreign aid while tensions run high at the security council the german foreign minister also criticized russia and china. we have always agreed that humanitarian aid should be accessible regardless of political and military conflicts russia and china have now revoked this consensus this is very cynical. russia wants its ally bashar al assad to decide what happens inside his country and who receives the aid without any foreign interference these issues should not be politicized so what we have today i'll discuss this today is not about humanitarian deliveries to syria we will support this oh discussion is about politics if you want to meet serious concern about hypocrisy he probably s

the u.n. security council agreed on a new lifeline for syria in a vote to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to the rebel held north but russia and china insist it entered the country through a single border crossing. and in brazil the country. michael thanks for joining us polls are heading to the ballot box in what is expected to be a close runoff vote to elect a president poland's prime minister has already cast his vote his ruling nationalist government has relied on incumbent president andre duda to push through judicial reforms that have set poland on a collision course with the e.u. the election result will shape poland's future relationship with the block as polls choose between 2 competing visions for the country. conservative versus liberal big city versus country site polling this divide it challenges a community of 8000 people in central poland my. people here work in agriculture in town as a bastion of support for incumbent president and people here say things have gotten better u

the u.n. to investigate. the government appointment that sparked angry protests in the democratic republic of congo. and chile's desperate cities. a town famous for its potpourri's. now people can't afford to fill the pots they make. ♪ anchor: welcome to the program. a political witchhunt. that's how president donald trump described the u.s. supreme court's ruling on the tax returns and financial records. they can now be made available to prosecutors but not yet the congress. the district attorney once the documents as part of a digital agreement. the other ruling concerned committees in the house of representatives who have been investigating potential foreign influence and russian money laundering. the judges said that would need to be decided by a lower court. were getting back down to the lower courts to start over again. a certain point, i'm satisfied. to another point, i'm not satisfied. this is a political witchhunt, the likes of which nobody has seen before. just like the molar inves

at u.n. headquarters economies that want colonized i typically reask getting locked into the production of raw materials and goods and you form of colonialism and we see these in global poverty lation. as being a double victim. 1st as a target of the court on your project 2nd every can countries are and that he presented in the international institutions that were created after the 2nd world war because before most of them had won independence the nations that came out on top more than 7 decades ago every fuse to contemplate that he forms needed to change power relations in international institutions. and as is the way with these things i have television we've lost the un secretary general again let's go back to james bay as a diplomatic editor he was also we think james going to focus in on this idea of very clearly drawing a line of demarcation between climate action and climate justice and he has said this for a couple of years now particular going back to the paris climate accords was tha

still ahead on al-jazeera a warning from the u.n. that beijing's new security law for hong kong could be used to punish activists. leave to everybody. and a new song will be played along with the star-spangled banner at american football games something more telling for the times. but. still some very heavy rain pushing out of central parts of china a lot of cloudy the same still rise they're going to continue just pumping their way out across east china sea case you see some heavy showers heavy showers there running game to a good parts of japan i suspect the west the weather is going to be across southern and eastern parts of japan as we go through saturday still plenty of showers right as we go on into sunday as you can see that wetter weather continues to drive its way over similar areas so we are likely to see some flooding here as we go through the next couple of days all the way back into central china to the north of that it's looking rather sorry actually 29 celsius in the shadows for beijing what you wish i was for the sout

the u.n. secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya and on your television is urging warring parties and their international backers to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire diplomatic editor james bays has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year the u.n. and the international community said they would bring peace to libya instead violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to sirte time is not on our side in libya the conflict is and. foreign interference reaching and levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting germany has been leading international efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in birdland germany now has the presidency of both the e.u. and of the un secu

human rights council remember that the u.n. human rights council is not a u.n. body that the trumpet ministration already look favorably on they pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 and so i suspect if there is going to be a response from the trumpet ministration it will be an angry response the u.s. position they say they've made very clear in a letter they submitted to the security council 5 days after the killing of general saddam on need the iranian strategic expert and commander. in which they said it was a case of self-defense because of the possibility of imminent strikes but in her report. says that there is no evidence that he was planning an imminent attack against u.s. interests so she says therefore on the basis of the information provided by the u.s. and of course she doesn't have access to any classified intelligence information she believes this was a breach of the u.n. charter a breach of international law we're going to get a reaction out of techron shortly with said begg but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kelly harka

the u.n. security council agrees on a new lifeline for syria aid supplies will pass through a single border crossing into the rebel held north of us warns that puts millions of syrians at risk. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program polish president and jay due to may be heading for a 2nd 5 year term following sunday's election and early exit poll by ipsos shows the conservative incumbent who is backed by the rule of law and justice party has a slight lead with 50.4 percent of the vote his rival the liberal warsaw they are rough koskie secured $49.00 due to has already claimed victory but official results are not expected until monday at the earliest here's what the candidates had to say minutes after the 1st projections them said going on i am convinced that we will be new poland now that we have woken up nobody is going to put us back to sleep and the most important thing is that we continue to fight regardless of the result. but i am sure that the final result will be positive and we will w

the u.n. fact-finding mission on the rohingya, the holocaust museum, the state department investigating atrocities have found strong evidence of genocide by burma. i really hope the united states will declare it to be genocide because it is. and it would strengthen our representation and advocacy for human rights in the world, but i want to turn to honduras in my final question. the state department human rights report talks about extra judicialal ki akillings, tortur violence against indigenous hondurans, violence against lgbt communities, and in addition, we had in october, a u.s. federal court find that the president was indicated as a coconspirator in widespread drug trafficking and money laundering, and there's huge reports of systemic corruption and human rights abuses. in a context of all of this, is it time to re-evaluate our relationship, which has been quite cozy, with the president of honduras? >> senator, we're constantly demanding that the leadership in honduras take these set of

russia and china have again vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to keep 2 humanitarian border crossings into syria open the un says millions of civilians in the northwest of the country depend on the 8. and president early one says the 1st prayers will be held in istanbul's i associate in 2 weeks time after a court decided it could open as a mosque the move has been criticised by unesco and the greek government. a group of al jazeera journalists have been questioned by police in malaysia over a documentary on migrant workers the authorities say they want to one documentary focusing on people being locked up during the pandemic could have broken sedition laws al-jazeera says it has serious concerns about developments and media freedom in malaysia bernard smith has more. the broadcasting of this video of handcuffed and documented migrants being loaded into police vans in kuala lumpur seems to have hit a raw nerve with malaysia's government several officials have accused al-jazeera of trying to tarnish malaysia in which on

u.n. zoom showdown at the fails to ease tensions between the u.s. and iran. ♪ ♪ wind damage came out of the last frontal system and went through the southwest of australia. half of the low is still there. on wednesday, it is likely to be impacting adelaide and brushing through victoria. as it keeps going, there will be rain and wind. winds throughng the strait. temperatures afterwards middle teens. about 18 degrees. this will eventually head across to new zealand, where the last two days were particularly nasty on the north island. a day off thursday and friday. rain and wind the story in this part of asia, east asia from the korean peninsula to china. the seasonal rain has been particularly active in the last week to 10 days, resulting in flooding. there is more flooding i suspect, a wet day for tokyo. developing, the orange tops are big showers or prolonged rain. there will be more landslides, more flooding. it is a seasonal rain. ♪ ♪ host: welcome back. here are the top stories on al jazeera. the international community condemned china fo

a report just issued by the u.n. high commissioner for human rights expresses concern about what she calls a pattern of arbitrary detentions and violations including allegations of torture and forced disappearances by security forces. last year she reported they'd killed nearly 7000 people al-jazeera asked venezuela's prosecutor general to respond he says the report recognized efforts to investigate thousands of cases of torture and pool treatment resulting in 26 convictions 107. police were also found guilty of murder he said. the reports issued about colombia better weather and the u.s. don't get the same media attention as venezuela the issue of human rights shouldn't be used for the political gain or. perhaps that human rights groups say that under the state of emergency an increasing number of journalists doctors opposition politicians and ordinary citizens are being detained with their constitutional guarantees even more. you see in human al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera russia and china have

ambassador to the u.n. says president trump will probably still come in person virtually we're hoping that that president trial well actually he and person in the general said well he you know the only role your person president trump probably won't be the only leader to speak in person but the u.n. says all countries have to follow the rules strictly limiting the number of people in the building the member states are aware that they have different options including recorded messages or in some cases appearances we trust and expect that all that restates will abide by the need to keep the numbers low germany's ambassador to the u.n. the outgoing president of the security council says chancellor angela merkel is not currently contemplating a visit to new york we just believe that for you know of for respect for the crew the covered crisis we have to be careful we have no we must not in danger of people by now coming with a big delegation here and therefore we agreed to the proposal to have the leaders presen

lack of diplomatic progress on the lovingly deteriorating health situation let's go live now to the u.n. in new york our diplomatic editor james bays is with us from there james what's the latest on this meeting. agent it's actually an open and a closed session and they're at an open session right now they will have i think a more delicate discussion when they go shortly into closed session but even in the open session it's clear that there is some very worrying trends in yemen right now worth reminding you that martin griffiths who is the special envoy of the u.n. the man whose job it is to try and bring peace to the troubled country spoke last the council a man then he talked of significant progress he says is that at the time peace was within close reach now 2 months on and his picture is certainly not as rosies as there's a real risk these negotiations will slip away and yemen will enter a new phase or prolonged escalation that's the political situation if you look at the humanitarian assessment i'm afraid it's equally grim we heard from our local who's the undersecretary general of

headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year the u.n. and the international community said they would bring peace to libya instead violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to sirte time is not on our side in. the conflict is the answer then you face foreign interference reaching and dissident levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting. germany has been leading international efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in perl in germany now has the presidency of both the e.u. and of the un security council its foreign minister was blunt some of the countries who signed up to the burden communique 6 months ago have been undermining it ever since with their actions foreign interference in may and the main driver of the conflict in libya it must be approach to an end that mean it's no more p

the u.n. warns foreign interference in libya has reached unprecedented levels serbia's president delays new coronavirus restrictions us protesters keep up the pressure over his handling of the pandemic and forgetting in so some of the past the u.s. president has what he describes as a tremendous relationship with mexico. thank you very much for joining us ivory coast says facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister a man who gone quickly but he was also the ruling party's candidate for the upcoming presidential election he can lobstering a cabinet meeting and was later confirmed dead in hospital he returned to the country after medical treatment in france just last week in march the 61 year old was picked as a candidate for the presidential election after current president alassane ouattara said he would not seek a 3rd term al-jazeera as nicolas hoch has more from neighboring senegal. this is a big blow for the president because with this death comes a politic

the u.n. says a string of airstrikes carried out by the syrian government and russian forces in libya amount to war crimes investigators identified what they called 52 emblematic attacks between november and june the report says syria and its allies russia have killed hundreds of people and forced nearly a 1000000 to flee they also accuses the high at sharm group of firing into civilian areas with no apparent military objective as well as torturing and executing detainees russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend authorization for cross border humanitarian aid in syria the u.n. says the year long extension is crucial to the lives of millions of civilians on diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the u.n. so big disappointment for for the aid groups on this. yeah i mean i think humanitarian experts even top u.n. officials are very concerned about what has happened here in the last hour or so russia and china have used their veto on a security council resoluti

u.n. secretary general and so he has warned the covert 19 pandemic in latin america and the caribbean will plunge millions of people into poverty launching a policy brief on the future of the region he said 18000000 people would lose their jobs with the worst affected being women and black and indigenous communities daniel swam the reports now from buenos ira's. 3rd many in latin america the have it caused by the covert $900.00 pandemic has only exacerbated already existing problems in the context of already gaping inequalities i levels of informal labor and fragmented health services the most vulnerable populations and individuals i once again being hit the hardest. to tear this is one in the poverty across the region will rise by 7 percent an increase equivalent to 45000000 people extreme poverty is also expected to increase by 28000000 to 230000000 people and i don't see where the maximum number i learned on the street with my baby girl 4 months ago at the start of the pandemic your sur

well as you say adrian this is the 2nd time in 2 months that martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy has addressed the security council and last time he spoke to them in the he said there was significant progress and peace was within close reach an optimistic assessment in may compare that to what he told the security council a short time ago. mr president i continued to her i do the joint declaration the goetia asians will turn the tide away from these morgan. toward peace i don't want today to sugarcoat things there is a real risk that these negotiations will slip away yemen were injure a new phase or prolonged escalation of the uncontrolled spread of covert 19 and a severe and threatening economic decline. while the humanitarian assessment is equally grim we heard from the undersecretary general in charge of the un c monetary in coordination and he said the situation in yemen in humanitarian terms was the worst right now it's been any point in the war you've got lots of people who do not have enough food full scale famine is a possibility and you've got covert 19 and

the u.n. secretary general antonio tara she has given an impassioned speech to mark the birthday of nelson mandela he said the virus pandemic had laid bare inequality around the world. 19 has been likened to an extra 8 revealing fractures in the french and skeleton societies we have built is exposing fallacy is not fossils everywhere the lie that free markets can believe or else care for all the fiction that bade good work is not work the illusion that we live in a post races while the meat we are all in the same boat is because while we are offloading on the same seat it is clear that somebody in super yacht's with others and in the 15 degree the president of the european council has offered a compromise to break a deadlock over a coronavirus economic recovery fund era leaders are negotiating for a 2nd day after 14 hours of talks on friday failed to find a breakthrough a protest marches underway in a northern french town in memory of adama tree henri a young black man who died in police custo

a recent u.n. investigation accused malian troops and armed militias of torturing and killing civilians they are meant to protect. >> this style does not operate in a vacuum. as we embark on this trial, mr. president, this situation in malley, but also the rising tensions and related instability and violent incidents in bomber photo, remain a great concern. reporter: at least 11 were killlled, and scores injured, wn the counterterrorism force meant to fight armed groups or deployed against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the president. beingi, this trial is closely watched. if found guilty, all hassan can face life in prison. nicholas hot, al jazeera. >> the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein has been denied bail on charges of facilitating the abuse of minors. british socialite guillain maxwell is accused of helping epstein recruit girls for abuse from 1994 to 1997, and pleaded not guilty during a virtual hearing in the u.s. she's also accused of perjury. the judge agreed with prosecuto