security council this week that mandated some sort of cease fire. i mean a yemeni look to the united nation and especially to the u.n. security council as a tool for western power and now is a tool for the saudi led coalition they not only call in for a ceasefire as i heard in some media outlet that sweden. to the u.n. security council has asked for a halt in all operation of a data port and as he said and added so to give time for the rebel to withdraw from the data on the show you how this. u.n. security council is just used to attack the one who is actually defending the city they should actually make a solution to ask the saudi not to attack the port and to attack are they the city and i will just make it clear that the whole yemeni army loyal to them will not withdraw and they will fight to death what will guarantee if they withdraw from the data port and if the united nation take over what will guarantee that they are not gonna stop the saudi from season this key city after what we as yemeni here in sanaa we always talk about the united nation

security council has been carved in stone these past seven decades so the five permanent members the u.s. britain france china and russia have a lot more power than the other ten countries who sit in the same chamber as them for two years they've got this thing called veto and countries that are joining the council like all these other nonpermanent members germany south africa the dominican republican in the media who take their seats on january the twenty nineteen they don't have the veto they do have a little bit of clout of course they get to cost their votes on these big international issues from syria and yemen the wars there the global effort to combat terrorism and of course the un's big peacekeeping missions in places like south sudan mali and the democratic republic of congo so what can germany bring to that table given that the security council has been fast and united in place. well the german foreign minister is over in new york and he's been talking about exactly this issue heiko months of course. the key issue that he says the reason for voting for germany why one so ma

security council way the russian ambassador to the u.n. who is also the president he's taken off his presidential cap and he's putting his ambassador cap in this silly event who indeed voted in favor of the resolution brought by the q a it says who are pushing for a condemnation of israel's use of force a vote that was lost let's listen it goes without saying the international community must. to deal with the important questions reflected in the government in the documents including the humanitarian situation in gaza reestablishing palestinian unity and also the return of the sector to the government of the part of the palestinians themselves. we mustn't we can efforts to support whose activities seriously ease the burden on palestinian refugees but all of these steps should be underpinned by decisions on the main political means to the objective achievement of a palestinian israeli settlement along the lines of the international international legal basis the settlement stipulates the implementation of a two state solution. pursuant to the

security council for two years will give germany the chance to get more serious about a promise it keeps making to take on more responsibility in the world. in this in the security council we will have to take a clear stance that all the big conflicts in the world that are discussed there with meza remember we will have to have a position. in the current climate of growing political uncertainty this is likely to require putting more resources where germany says its priorities are. that actually means that we need to commit troops to peacekeeping and that we need to have a coherent strategy when faced with difficult challenges that such as syria for now both strategy and resolve appear to be lacking in berlin germany didn't take part in the airstrikes its allies france britain and the us launched in response to the last chemical weapons attacks in syria once again it was seen as sitting on the fence on a key strategic issue although chancellor merkel refused to take part in the strikes she welcomed the actions by germany's allies. these kind of instances of incoherence that will we will b

security council resolution calling for the protection of palestinians in gaza and the west bank. all change in spain mariano rajoy is still south a rough response socialist leader. and replaces him as prime minister. and italy's new populist government is finally sworn in after three months of deadlock. the u.s. president says he'll meet north korea's leader kim jong un on june the twelfth in singapore he made the statement after hosting kens top paid out the one town came young charles hands deliver the letter to trump from kim jong il and stayed in the oval office with the president foremost chair and was the former spy chief is the most senior north korean to hold talks at the white house since a senior envoy met former president bill clinton in the year two thousand were meeting with the chairman on june twelfth. and i think it's probably going to be a very successful ultimately a successful process will soon be remembered i say we will see what we will see but i think it's going to be a process that we deserve to have i mean we really deserve they they want it we think it's

the u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency session later on. a humanitarian crisis made. by a major new military offensive in yemen. troops loyal to president ever drive a man so hard that by saudi and american forces are trying to take the city of who data from his he rebels. the u.n. general assembly has passed a resolution which condemns israel for the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries among them the us voted against it a flare up of girls i have seen one hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces in the past ten weeks the arab backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution in the security council as the occupation intensifies its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by the is the occupying forces and extremists. and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people out of this occupation remains urgent and unquestionably. there's a

security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis. the united nations has condemned israel's crackdown on protests along the gaza border where dozens of people have been killed since march resolution was passed at the general assembly with one hundred twenty votes in favor and eight against israel and the united states were among the countries opposing the statement as it failed to condemn hamas which controls gaza and washington's ambassador so the document would simply play into the hands of the islamist group the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving the day it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to protect our people under this occupation remains. unquestionably and why should that be offending anyone. we're just asking for a simple thing we want a lot of civi

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis and also the war in yemen is generally quite under-reported in the mainstream media quite a few people have commented on the timing of this latest offensive that it could be quite convenient because the world cup has just started and sadly the reality is that there is likely to be more coverage of the football than the unfolding humanitarian disaster in yemen. the u.n. general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of quote excessive in discriminant disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f. troops have killed over one hundred twenty people in gaza the resolution was one with widespread support hundred twenty members barking at forty five abstained just eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian busters

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis. the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of quote excessive indiscriminate and disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f. troops have killed over one hundred twenty people in gaza the resolution one widespread support with one hundred twenty members barking at forty five abstained eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian blusterous said he just wanted to see civilians protected while washington's envoy claimed the vote would play into the hands of the islamist group hamas which controls gaza. the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving the day it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to prot

security council has given south sudan's warring factions a month to reach a peace deal or face possible sanctions it's voted to adopt a u.s. led resolution which threatens an arms embargo against the defense chief and five other officials south sudan descended into civil war in twenty thirteen when the president salva kiir accused his then deputy reich i'm a shark of plotting a coup morgan has the latest from south sudanese capital juba. nine countries have voted in favor of renewal of sanctions against south sudan officials and six countries have abstained now to get those votes the u.s. which has been pushing for the votes has to water down there was a lucia and did not get what they wanted what they wanted was harsher sanctions more officials in south sudan which they have accused of derailing the peace process and those officials including the minister of happiness the fares as well as the minister of defense what they got instead was a forty five day technical rollover of the existing sanctions and that the secretary general general should report within thirty days about violence i

security council member states should really be doing everything in their power and that includes in their bilateral relationships with china to essentially just get china to step aside and let justice run its course i mean no one's really asking anything of any action from china with regard to the situation really the the ask is for china to just step aside and let you have the u.n. security council refer the situation to the international criminal court for too long the diplomatic community has sort of rested on this notion that it's simply impossible because of china and i think if we have to get to the point where u.n. member states regard that as completely unacceptable and they use the political leverage that they use you know to ink other deals with with the government of china they need to use that type of leverage towards justice and human rights and we do think it is possible and it's as mr tune can said it's absolutely essential right now and must attempt is it possible to sort of circumvent china and even myanmar on this because the international criminal court right now

security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number.

security council a warning for south sudan sanctions are coming if the fighting doesn't stop. and spain's parliament set for a confidence vote the prime minister not a holy seems likely to lose. how i'll bet or the unusual storm is still visible hard to believe on has been over land for three days but there it is that little circulation there as it moves up across the great lakes is still inside just to the northwest of toronto on this particular satellite picture is brought out with a mass of warm and now within that warm air not much has happened recently occasional thunderstorms possible the temps of all obviously risen look at chicago at thirty trying to one hundred five this is all warm or even hot but it's about to change as it will barrels all fs through the eastern side of the u.s. an eastern kalar temps are coming in behind all the air coming behind is cooler but down to twenty three in chicago but that green there suggests a big downpours running through new england down through the appalachians as well and the circulation also developed over the counter the northern

to vote on garza failed at the u.n. security council the u.s. blocked the first resolution put forward by kuwait which condemned israel's use of force against palestinians the u.s. failed to get backing for its own resolution blaming hamas for the recent flare up of violence along the gas and israel border. and the french newspaper le monde is reporting that saudi arabia has threatened to military action against cattle if it buys russian weapons it says the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if cattle requires yes four hundred and thirty aircraft defense system. millions of syrians displaced by war or risk of losing their homes property law allows the government to seize property if people can't prove ownership he said the holder has more from lebanon's bekaa valley. it's known as the ten and it is sparking controversy the syrian government says the law is necessary for urban planning they need to start creating zones where development projects will begin basically to reconstruct areas that have been destroyed by the war the

to vote so in gaza have failed that the u.n. security council the u.s. blocked the first resolution put forward by coate which condemned israel's use of force against palestinians more than the u.s. then failed to get backing for its own resolution blaming hamas for the recent flare up of violence along the gaza israel border diplomatic james spays reports from the u.n. u.s. ambassador nikki haley came here determined to waltz a resolution drafted by kuwait that called for measures to protect the people of gaza. she tried persuasion going around other members of the security council here as she approached the ambassador of peru she could be seen mouthing the words please. a warm greeting for israel's ambassador danny down on he surely aware she also had procedural tricks up her sleeve she wanted her completely rewritten version of the resolution classed as an amendment so it be voted on first there were heated discussions among ambassadors but this month's president of the council russia ruled against her and things only got worse for haley she pleaded w

is on the agenda at the u.n. security council on thursday. the closed-door meeting comes as a saudi led alliliance attacksko houthi positions in a port city for a second day. years of preparation marred by human rights controversies, accusations of corruption, and billions of dollars later, russia is ready -- or should be -- as the world cup 2018 kicks off there today. as we look ahead to a month filled with football, there is funny at stake politically and diplomatically for the host of the tournament. alexis navalny was released from prison, sentenced a month ago for organizing protests due to blood and report -- vladimir putin's fourth presidential term. i'm joined by a representative international federation for human rights. speaking of the announcement on the balmy, who said he was released from prison's morning, the timing does seem serendipitous. what do you make of this? obviously to coincide with the opening of the world cup. it is an image stunt by the russian authorities, i believe, to win favor with the international community, w

security council voted for tougher and tougher sanctions and so chinese north korean relations until this year really weren't that good so there's been a little bit of rebuilding of those relations with kim visiting president xi of china the chinese i think will want to get into this process they will be a bit wary of the north koreans and the u.s. signing things with no chinese involvement remember during the period of the george but w. bush administration there was what was known as the six party talks which started in beijing with a whole group of regional countries involved with negotiating with north korea i think china really preferred that format where they had a seat at the table this is what we call a bilateral negotiation with just two countries north korea and the u.s. and yes china can speak to the north koreans but they're nowhere to be seen here there are only two seats at the table effectively and we did hear earlier from mike compare the u.s. secretary of state who was very adamant that he wasn't going to be drawn into this stating whether or not the issue of u.s. tro

security council from taking action against mia. fortify rights believes these crimes constitute the crime of genocide and certainly crimes against humanity as well right now u.n. member states need to think very hard and seriously about the implications of an action and are one of our main concerns right now is not only for the writing of population but also for other communities around the world impunity travel's impunity doesn't know borders so if the un security council fails in this situation it would be disastrous not only for the range of population or for the people of myanmar but potentially for other communities elsewhere the un member states that are that make up the security council all have bilateral relationships with china and so there are there are a large number of different ways and means that states can negotiate with china centrally what's what's been asked of china from our perspective at least is actually just in action just get out of the way so that justice can run its course . heavy rain and no than thailand

security council member states should really be doing everything in their power and that includes in their bilateral relationships with china to century just get china to step aside and let justice run its course i mean no one's really asking anything of any action from china with regard to the situation really the the ask is for china to just step aside and let you have the u.n. security council refer the situation to the international criminal court for too long the diplomatic community has sort of rested on this notion that it's simply impossible because of china and i think if we have to get to the point where u.n. member states regard that as completely unacceptable and they use the political leverage that they use you know to ink other deals with with the government of china they need to use that type of leverage towards justice and human rights and we do think it is possible and it's as mr tune can said it's absolutely essential right now and mr template is it possible to sort of circumvent china and even myanmar on this because the international criminal court right now is lo

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis. the winner of the iraqi parliamentary elections whose been supported by washington has announced that he's creating a coalition with pro iranian forces looks as caleb maupin explains that's not quite the development the u.s. was hoping for them. top al saud are the iraqi cleric whose bloc won most of the seats in the recent parliamentary election has now announced he's willing to form a coalition government with an iranian backed militia so much for washington's hopes that he could be used to counter terror ron's influence he can be irrational because better than the iranians taking over what a let down for all those american media outlets and think tanks that held al assad or as a new hope for iraq and more importantly a potential ally against iran that's interesting because if you wind back the clock george w. b

security council member states should really be doing everything in their power and that includes in their bilateral relationships with china to essential just get china to step aside and let justice run its course i mean no one's really asking anything of any action from china with regard to the situation really the the ask is for china to just step aside and let you have the u.n. security council refer the situation to the international criminal court for too long the diplomatic community has sort of rested on this notion that it's simply impossible because of china and i think if we have to get to the point where u.n. member states regard that as completely unacceptable and they use the political leverage that they use you know to ink other deals with with the government of china they need to use that type of leverage towards justice and human rights and we do think it is possible and it's as mr tune can said it's absolutely essential right now and mr template is it possible to sort of circumvent china and even myanmar on this because the international criminal court right now is

security council resolution calling for the protection of palestinians in gaza and the west bank. you put the process will begin on june twelfth ensuring that. the u.s. president spends nearly two hours with kim young and illness right on man as he makes a historic visit to the white house. and reports the saudi arabia is threatening military action against cattle if it's acquires russian weapons. or changes by mariano rajoy is forced out of office by socialist leader sanchez who replaces him as prime minister. and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all of the day's news as novak djokovic loses his poor french open but recovers to win in the bad round more on the story later in the park from. the u. a u.s. house vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling for the protection of palestinians in gaza on the west bank the resolution was put forward by kuwait's and called for the consideration of measures to guarantee palestinian safety it comes after a recent flare up of violence along the gaza israel border which is left more than one hundred palestinians dead and thousands injur

security council meets and what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis or human rights campaigner sam walton told us that the lack of coverage of the offensive against a dangerous extrude be worrying given the implications that it could have. what we've seen in yemen has been called in the u.n. a deliberate tactic of starvation by the saudi arabian led coalition. seventy percent of the food imports the aid imports that are coming into yemen coming through this port. and that's why there's such concern around the world about what's happening in this port the u.n. are saying two hundred fifty thousand people could die so if the children are saying three hundred eighty thousand people could be displaced if attacked so there's real humanitarian consequences that are going to happen if this port is attacked what's shocking is that this hasn't really stopped the ukase determination to on sa

security council refer the situation to the international criminal court for too long the diplomatic community has sort of rested on this notion that it's simply impossible because of china and i think if we have to get to the point where u.n. member states regard that as completely unacceptable and they use the political leverage that they use you know to ink other deals with with the government of china they need to use that type of leverage towards justice and human rights and we do think it is possible and it's as mr tin can said it's absolutely essential right now and mr templar is it possible to sort of circumvent china and even myanmar on this because the international criminal court right now is looking at whether it can try myanmar for the crime deportation even though it's not a member state i mean can the i.c.c. get around that and do they have the will to do its. well to clear the room almost. there is a strong interest in the r.c.c. . africa missing of its case. and they would like to. write. their own interest in this case it's very clear whether they. think. this becau

security council resolutions. those have mechanisms for relief contained in them and we agreed that at the appropriate time that those those would be considered but we have made very clear that the sanctions and the economic relief that north korea will receive will only happen after the fall denuclearization the complete denuclearization of north korea. see here cycling team on always. mr secretary i'm from the next t.v. set that china and u.s. should have the results are intended relationship is not a zero sum relationship and both sides who have success together what will the u.s. do specifically towards that and thank you. so there are there are many ways that we'll achieve that among the most important of them as we continue sound history teacher dialogue between our two nations so that where there are places where we disagree. we ironed out those differences and that we express our interest very clearly and work towards the peaceful resolution of those. of those conflicts make make very clear there are many

security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudi's human rights campaigner some walton told us the u.k.'s relations with saudi arabia are extremely worrying given what is happening in yemen what we've seen in yemen has been called in the u.n. a deliberate tactic of starvation by the saudi arabian led coalition. seventy percent of the food imports the aid imports coming into yemen coming through this poor.

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis picking up on that human rights campaign a sam walton told us that the u.k.'s relations with saudi arabia are extremely worrying given what's happening in yemen right now what we've seen in yemen has been called in the u.n. a deliberate tactic of starvation by the saudi arabian led coalition. seventy percent of the food imports the aid imports that are coming into yemen coming through this port. and that's why there's such concern around the world about what's happening in this port the u.n. are saying two hundred fifty thousand people could die so if the children are saying three hundred eighty thousand people could be displaced if attacked so there's real humanitarian consequences that are going to happen if this is attacked what's shocking is that this hasn't really stopped the yukos determination to on saudi ar

security council resolutions that were passed years ago now they're outdated they are almost irrelevant to the current situation on the ground in yemen i mean you know calling for on the whole things to surrender their arms sure that maybe that meeting would have made sense maybe that didn't make sense in two thousand and fifteen but it doesn't you know on its own it doesn't really make sense right now and there are a couple of former american ambassadors to the to yemen who have called for due u.n. security council resolutions to better address the current situation on the ground so these these resolutions are almost irrelevant right now mark as you pointed out to us this report this leaked document actually talks about twenty seventeen what if twenty eight scene is worse when it comes to recruiting child soldiers when it comes to the deaths of children in hospitals in what used to be their schools i guess as well what if what we're talking about today is just the tip of the iceberg . well i mean if you spoke to me last year when we were discussing the release of the twenty sixteen rip

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudis. the story about a russian to choose for use in rather a big backlash after posting you might think glamour swimsuit photos of the soul from social media many said however because she did bring in a professional to distribute but then to her defense a grown swell of public support came up. crazy for the morning or most of us is so far from our t h q this friday morning great day and weekend of world cup football actions in the forward to the get full the latest news of the games great down the seas stories not the big check out huge section we put together on our site to feel calm dedicated to the world cup in five across the whole global t.v. network we're pulling out all the stops to give you a great lineup of guests and correspondents for the whole month another for me kevin i will thanks for watching and have a

this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudi's human rights campaigners sam walton told us that the u.k.'s relations with saudi arabia are extremely worrying given what's happening in yemen what we've seen in yemen has been called in the u.n. a deliberate tactic of starvation by the saudi arabian led coalition. seventy percent of the food imports the aid imports that are coming into yemen common through this port. and that's why there's such concern around the world about what's happening in this port the u.n. are saying two hundred fifty thousand people could die so if the children are saying three hundred eighty thousand people could be displaced attacked so there's real humanitarian consequences that are going to happen if this is attacked what shocking is that this hasn't really stopped the yukos determination to on saudi arabia and you know they've said p

security council the o.p.c. w. they have members that are powerful that do vote along political lines that the friend their allies russia will defend damascus at our side as its ally the west will defend the groups that it sponsors in the in the syrian conflict regardless of the time of the horrific things they've done as well if we buy that argument what is the way for. but i mean how can countries come to a consensus through these international organizations or who has committed crimes and how they're dealt with. well let's go back to the original armond sort of argument put forward by the u.k. i would say it's a valid argument we need to do more there has been i mean he cited not only syria and the script he cited malaysia also also for so in a sense it's a valid argument the problem we have is with the malign intention that some countries have would they bypass i mean we've seen it before in two thousand and three in iraq. an unjust war that destroyed a country destroyed world peace basically and you know every

security council, france, russia and the other members of the u.n. security council. all of them have to work together so as to implement the u.n. resolution to force north korea to do that as well. the most important thing as to continue with our efforts. north korea should be able to take complete action. and i do hope that complete actions will be made by all of the participants, including by north korea. there is a trend trying to find. we are a sanction to do that. and japan is trying to counter that. i do feel that will be the difference. >> do you have an approach to china's side about an answer to this problem? >> before coming here, when i watched television and the internet, i saw the news saying that representatives of the chinese foreign ministry have expressed the position of the chinese government on the consolation of the summit between north korea and the u.s. you ask this question. i have to tell you it has a bearing on china. china hopes for peace and stability. under those circumstances should we allow a war or clashes to happen in this peninsula. t

security council is better than nothing but what they are hoping for after the forty five day period is that they will be able to push for stronger sanctions should there be no peace in sudan a new contemporary art museum in cape town has quickly become one of south africa's top destinations for tourists but it's also caused some controversy among local artists and critics malcolm where reports. it's the first of its kind in africa and the biggest this lights museum of contemporary art in cape town is in an old silo concrete sheaves that once stored grain has been cut away to house the world's largest collection of african art it's attracted and impressed lovers from all over the world of music. i'm so excited to. hear my heart. not only my but. it opened last year where he draws three thousand visitors a day it's galleries are spread over ninth rules they display the private collection of german billionaire philanthropist york and zite he's bought artworks from all over the continent and led them to the museum on top of the building is a hotel rooms that cost as much as twelve thous

security council has had to close to meetings this week both concluding that the only solution to the crisis is a political and not a military one the u.s. ambassador says there are ships on standby to supply her data once the military operation and even our ships just see waiting so we have a fright we have a very we're very well organized and we are ready to send every assistance force for headed. the council will meet for further discussions on monday but many analysts agree that a basket of her data would not draw yemen's three year war closer to an end. but supposing that there will be a successful sort of military takeover there are many questions remain what will happen to other parts of the country you know what will happen to who will run how they do what will happen to you know the deep divides among among them a nice i think that you know it's important to recognize that who sees as as a political actor as they were back in two thousand and thirteen fourteen. as the saudi led coalition forces a military victory over the strategic port the formerly exiled president abu drago

security council wish discussed the issue on thursday says the port must remain open for humanitarian deliveries lower burden monday reports. yemen's port city of how data was bustling with people buying food on thursday bought this is also a city bracing for a heavy bombardment and the. people here are barely living his unemployment you know data there are no jobs the person you know works to on his daily living there will be a big crisis if the fire chad moved into the city and with poverty and hunger and the residents will be victims people are dying from hunger the country will be destroyed. the coalition has captured a town south of the data as fierce fighting and as strikes pound the area the u.n. security council has held two closed door meetings this week both concluding that the only solution to the. isis is a political and not a military one the u.a.e. ambassador says there are ships on standby to supply her data once the military operation and even our ships just see waiting so we have a fright we have a very we're very well organized and we are ready to do. every assistanc

security council is due to hold an emergency session on yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is currently under way a military offensive by government forces backed by a saudi immorality coalition threatens to worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis troops loyal to president hadi and coalition warplanes and ships are targeting positions south of the port of her date and this is all part of an operation to take the city from the who the rebels have controlled it since twenty fourteen the red sea port is yemen second biggest and it's an important point of entry for a whole bar reports. a major military operation is underway yemeni government troops to the. from the rebels warplanes and warships of the saudi emirate coalition have also launched strikes on the city and reinforcements are joining soldiers on the ground for what many say is a decisive battle for control over northern yemen but they do feel a little but they are here on our way to her data and we will liberate it from the who we are determined to celebrate you and mark the end of ramadan there. daters se

security council is calling on all sides in the war in yemen to respect international law government forces backed by a saudi embassy coalition of fighting to retake the port city of her data from who thirty five says. turkish soldiers are patrolling the outskirts of the syrian city of man bitch as part of a deal with the us earlier this month turkey and the us agreed that kurdish y p g forces should leave the city they've controlled mandates. since driving i saw twenty sixteen with the help of u.s. support that was strongly criticized by turkey which considers the y. p.g. a terrorist group a sort of course the only reports from istanbul. this is seen as a reflection of a suck sess in diplomatic talks by the turkish authorities turks than americans have been negotiating over members for for a while and final last week top military officials that they have agreed on a roll map that y. p.g. would leave the town of memberships and course to that is certain side of the euphrates river which is a route line for turkey according to open sources there are about five to seven thousand y p g

security council the u.s. blocked to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get any support for its own resolution condemning hamas for the on the wrist. space new prime minister has been sworn in pedals sanchez replaces marianna recoil lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on friday because of a corruption scandal within his party. a french newspaper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against cattle if it buys russian four hundred missiles and one reports the saudi king told the french president his country will retaliate if acquires the anti aircraft defense system saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain have imposed a blockade on cattle for the past year. professor of conflict resolution at george mason university in the united states he says the saudis are showing no sign the gulf crisis can be resolved soon. world this new thread showcases the three year still maintains its impulses views of the small nation of the neighborhood so after one

the u.n. security council is due to hold. yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is underway a military offensive by government troops and. coalition on the part of a data threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis. that the italian prime minister and the french president seem to have come up with new initiatives on immigration in the e.u. the two leaders agreed to meet on friday despite what was an escalating diplomatic route italy is demanding an apology from france for criticizing its decision not to take in six hundred migrants earlier this week reports from rome. italy nine hundred thirty two. refugees rescued in the mediterranean coast guard on the crossing from the libyan coast among their number two hundred miners and two dead bodies. heading instead to spain hundreds more on the rescue ship aquarius the italian government believes that this crisis. and international law. rescue vessels like aquarius now banned from italy it says an invitation to people smugglers and this is what it amounts to in p

security council u.s. block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the honest. it's been three weeks since a parliamentary election in iraq and the result remains mired in allegations of vote rigging many iraqis voted for a nationalist party which is against foreign interference but neighboring iran remains influential still and u.s. commanders in iraq are dismissing fears that tensions with the iranians after putting out of the nuclear deal could threaten iraqi stability from baghdad has some of. these pilots a navigator in the iraqi air space their job is to refuel u.s. fighter jets as they continue their presence over iraq and syria. it makes some of the highest number of foreign troops in the middle east the trump administration ratcheting up its rhetoric for their own there are concerns for the troops stationed in the middle east is there a threat from escalating tensions with iran to foreign forces

security council resolutions. those have mechanisms for relief contained in them and we agreed that at the appropriate time that those would be considered. but we have made very clear that the sanctions and the economic relief that north korea will receive only happen after the fall denuclearization the complete denuclearization of north korea not to ship. china's position has always been that we are firmly committed to denuclearize ation as to how it will proceed that will be worked out through more detailed consultations going forward and china stands ready to play its constructive role in that process. the chinese foreign minister's answer they're a lot more nuanced a lot less direct and china plays a key role in enforcing sanctions against north korea ninety percent of north korea's trade with china and china also happens to be the main point where north koreans want to access the international financial system but both countries acknowledge that what happened what took place in singapore is the first step tow

security council like the world trade organizations and others to work clearly. germans look at issues such as climate change migration the fight against poverty international security all sort of such as in areas ukraine all of the middle east which are in the neighborhood of germany and germany really believes in this kind of international cooperation and that's where the focus is but carson i mean there are big challenges of course because the security council has been far from united as of late can germany really change that. no of course not least not alone but germany will try together in particular with its european allies the other the e.u. members who are in the security council and indeed united nations in general germany has acquired a tradition of quiet diplomacy in trying to work out frameworks to produce frameworks where countries can work together some say this is due to the lessons learned from the second world war from germany's post and the bad experiences germany has made with nationalism and militarism others say it's simply the acknowledgemen

security council -- u.n. security council is set to adjust the issue tomorrow. lelet's bringng in y yemen couny director with t the aid group oxfam. thank you so much for joining us. oxfam has a team on the ground. what are you hearing from them? >> whahal yemen has been in war, hunger, and disease for the past two years so this new development, the saudi backed ground troops with support t from the air and s advancing, the other side, t thy have gatathered around the sasae city. it is blocked. you see on m most hundred thousd people leaving. they are almost all trapped. they are in fear, tension, the do not know what is waiting for them in the future. the services have to be shrink because aid has been late relocated. the eight organizations are keeping very few stafaff criticl for life-saving serviceses. you can imagagine that people wo have beeeen sufferingng and livg in a city where m medicine and food and other essenentials depd on the p port. when rea theattack occururs, the citizens are there. theyey do not knowhahat is waitg for them.. sarah: there is so

security council will be holding a closed door meeting on the situation in yemen sports city of data yet many forces backed by the sound he led coalition launch an offensive to retake the city from the rebels on wednesday this is being called the biggest battle in yemen's three year long civil war the u.n. says the fighting should stop as it threatens humanitarian deliveries for millions of civilians and i should give you an idea of the current situation in yemen and who controls what if you scroll down you can see the whole fees have consolidated their grip over large parts of yemen they've captured much of the west the areas in green they including the capital sanaa and the port city of who data which assad led coalition is now fighting to control the. areas in red represent the territory under the control of the president present had a thwarted who are backed by the saudi led coalition as bringing a mike hanna now is life or is that the united nations in new york mike so a closed door meeting which was called by the u.k. i understand what can we expect well this is the second clos

also at the u.n. security council a stinging rebuke for washington not once but twice. and a new prime minister takes over in spain but places immediate challenges. also reports that saudi arabia is issuing new threats of military action against cattle . welcome to the news june the twelve summit between the u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on trump made the announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang former spy chief general kim yong sure very a week ago trump canceled the summit with a tweet saying the north koreans had insulted his vice president mike pence general kim delivered a handwritten letter from the north korean leader which struck described as very interesting and nice that later he said he hadn't actually read it the singapore summit would be the first ever meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders but the white house is playing down expectations of a quick break through in the decades long dispute over pyongyang's nuclear program or shortly we'll cross over to wayne hay for all of t

security council diplomats showed up at the headquarters in new york wearing their national team kits they posed for photos and even played an improvised match with the secretary general antonio gutierrez taking the role of referee the ambassadors who were there to watch the opening ceremony and the game between russia and saudi arabia. our special studio on top of the four seasons hotel was overlooking the celebrations in moscow here is our team with today's highlights. u.s. . yes hello again and why because russia has a magical stop here and they give away the saudis believe me came with a knife to talk about it he said peter schmeichel for one minute i could kill people and also the money and i could manage it yes a very i think it's fair to say i used to be. a fulminant. to shred or i like i will get on to that many of these fans definitely were pleased with what i saw. louis. ok so those fans obviously happy is the gold flea win today if i can tell you same pace here and i think we can go through the night so you with your help the first as we know we scored early on wasn't betwe