u.n. watch it's goal is to engage with the u.n. but krit seek on these grounds about precisely the issues that go back decades. so where do all the twists and turns leave us? i would be lying if i told you this left us in a clear and happy place, but i think that something else jets in over the decades and that's something that the goal of this book in one sense is to confront and to deal with and that's a certain amnesia. as i opened by saying for many people today who are deeply committed to the future and security of israel, the u.n. human rights program is come to be seen as just hopelessly anti-semitic and there is a sense that even human rights from this newspaper head line in the middle of the screen over here, even human ritz are something if they are not anti-semitic they are just a tool against israel. this is another cartoon altered image which says the u.n. rwa, the u.n. relief agency focused on palestinian refugees and their descendants is great for human rights except for jews. on the other side you see a rhetoric whi

let's go to the u.n. and try to make the human rights laws that have been developing slowly there and maybe this is the moment where we can use the civil rights law we have been hearing about and debating and arguing about, toward something very concrete, to help us fight this new outbreak of anti- semitism. now, the way they do this, is they go to the u.n. and a bunch of different organizations. and they say to the united nations, if you're serious about human rights, let's do something about it. interestingly enough, this is during 1960, right away the u.n. issues a resolution denouncing anti-semitism and other forms of racial prejudice and intolerance. it receives unanimous approval. it is interesting to note, among the countries that approve it are the egyptians, the sudanese, the soviets, the lebanese, and the polls. then a few months later, the u.n. secretary-general says i am calling up all countries to do a study of anti-semitism in their country and report back to us so we know how big this probl

cities u.n. helps if you will geneva is a big city has facilities but it's running out of space as well so they do they have there are some agencies have relocated staff through other cities copenhagen being just one of them would more coming through into the u.n. city the smaller behind a lot of daily schoolchildren i suppose huffing these agencies united nations agencies here in u.n. city opens up a new perspective to the young people of the. coming to visit and seeing wolf in their own capital city international organizations hard at work at trying to better the lives of people across the planet well it's yeah indeed this is like a micro version of the world we have one hundred eight different nationalities working here in this building alone we work within the framework that is this is a noble development goals and when we bring in the school children obviously we're trying to teach them about the world that is going to be theirs tomorrow so so they anyone need to know exactly what are the ch

there in the heart of u.n. city and i'm good to said this marvelous staircase to speak to fleming you hansen the deputy director the communications who's going to tell me the the whys and wherefores of united nations city. you know the rights of communications here the u.n. city is a credible concept tell us about the the thinking in the origins of this united nations city so the u.n. has been in copenhagen since one nine hundred fifty seven when the world health organization came to copenhagen. and we've seen several agencies move to copenhagen over time so when the the idea for this building was first conceived which was back in two thousand and two we had six u.n. agencies in copenhagen but six agencies working from three different addresses so you had a show in one spot one location with the original headquarters for your you had a unicef warehouse on this plot of land and then you had the u.n. house with an additional four u.n. agencies. and it goes without saying that that's not very cost efficient so the

the u.n. human rights and boy investigating the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi says it was a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi arabian officials the findings by a special rapporteur agnus kalamata follow a week long trip to turkey with a team of experts to examine evidence her initial conclusion is that saudi arabia is seriously undermined turkey's efforts to access the crime scene and investigate the matter at the istanbul consulate in october she's requested an official visit to riyadh unexpressed major concerns about fairness for the eleven suspects on trial for them out to from out of quetta to james bays reports. a week off to agnes and her team of legal and forensic experts visited istanbul and the saudi consulate where jamal khashoggi was murdered the un special rapporteur has released her initial findings and they are down me in a written statement she says evidence collected during my mission to turkey shows primal facie case that mr cruz shoji was the

session at the u.n. security council and another deadlock when the american side will be vetoing the russian resolution and the same is almost certainly going to happen vice versa. a major french sporting goods retailer has dropped plans to sell a sports version of the he job in france to kathlyn said it had hoped to build on the successful sale of the garment generated in morocco charlotte dubinsky explains why be idea sparked controversy before even reaching the shelves. it's incredible how such a small piece of material can cause such a commotion but here in france that's exactly what's happened over plans by the retailer to catch on to stop a sports station off a hit job a muslim headscarf. as well as that poor ring of twitter outrage several politicians have called for boycott of to cast. sport emancipates it does not submit my choice as a woman and a citizen would be to no longer trust a brand that breaks with our values the french health minister has also waded into the debate. it's legal but it's

envoy to venezuela the u.n. spokesman earlier said that humanitarian aid shouldn't be used for political reasons meaning the opposite in case however do you think that washington's using aid delivery as a political weapon i mean you've just mentioned that the what we heard was was the opposite actually. i don't think there's any intention to deliver the aid to the aid is being dangled in front of the venezuelan people in the hopes that they will rise up against their government just like years of sanctions that have made their lives miserable to the point where they need humanitarian aid is designed to make them miserable enough to rise up against their government so it's a very cynical u.s. foreign policy where you starve civilians you starve the most vulnerable layers of society in hoping to force them to rise up against their government first forward housing worked the aid at the border of colombia if it got through it was meant to show that it was losing his grip if it didn't get through which it didn't is m

security council well when you look at u.n. security council resolution drafts the vital thing to understand is what's in the quare what the priorities are and the russian one it is the sovereignty and independence of it as well and also the condemnation of outside interference let's have a look at what else is in that draft expressing concern over the threats to use force against the territorial integrity and political independence of the boulevard in republican venezuela. besides this moscow wants everything to be decided within the u.n. framework it also calls actually it once the un security council to call for peaceful talks involving all sides under the venezuelan constitution and moscow is already saying that it will block the american rival revolution they've called it a mix of demagoguery accusatory rhetoric and all to mesdames now if you look at the american resolution it's pillars are early and fair democratic elections and also an immediate green light for the humanitarian aid deliveries however the venezuelan leade

resolutions on the venezuela trail in the u.n. security council with the two nations vetoing each other's proposals but deepening the stalemate over the latin american country. the second from him summit has abruptly with no deal in a stall over sanctions young man who says washington missed a red chance to make progress and over denuclearizing the three and in. and facebook is accused of censoring conservative voices as a whistleblower reveals how the social network suppresses content and limits exposure. in the course of doing my duties i noticed other things that were going on accounts i would see it appear arm several different conservative pages and. it's one am here in moscow and you're watching all to international live from our studio with mina deal welcome to the program tensions escalate in the un security council with both russia and the us bringing forward a draft resolutions on the venezuelan crisis however both proposals failed to pass . the can use them with this new that we have finally arrived at the us double san

well in new york at the u.n. security council has been meeting to discuss the situation in venezuela u.s. envoy for venezuela abrams has already addressed the meeting calling for more sanctions on caracas the russian representative vasili and raised the u.s. history of military interventions and called other countries naive for supporting the u.s. position. and his cronies and some in this body claim that delivering humanitarian assistance is a political show and a cover for military intervention the so-called humanitarian workers on the colombian side of the border are very quick to turn to violence stones and molotov cocktails flew into those defending the venezuelan border you should agree that this scenario looks like anything but delivering humanitarian aid it is very clear only the madeira regime is using violence. what took place on saturday was reminiscent not of help but by what the u.s. calls force feeding in case you don't know it is a type of torture we ask that others join us in sanctioning those who

is using the u.n. to prepare for military intervention not to monetary and do you think those concerns a justified because you know you're absolutely right dave that the one simple thing that there are ones supporting quite though so you know all those concerns justified is that what's going to happen well i think the best the best account of what's going on was made by the south african representative who spoke against the u.s. measure and said why him and he was saying quite appropriately that this was not a. a resolution that was really being put in to solve the problem it was put in violation of several important principles for the u.n. and whether or not this is a prelude to try to give the u.s. rejects to go in militarily i'm not sure that's what the u.s. will do. but it might be something where the u.s. would allow and not oppose some other country going in you know like we have a new right wing president of brazil who has talked about sending troops. you know it's possible that the u.s. would a

session at the u.n. security council and another deadlock when the american side will be vetoing the russian resolution and the same is almost certainly going to happen vice a versa. and it helps in britain of relying on postponing leaving the theater hurdle across the english channel the french president is that going to block britain delaying its departure and less there's a clear objective based on a new choice right the date is just a few weeks away on march the twenty nine you know to do the deal needs for the withdrawal agreement cannot be renegotiated if the british need more time will be able to examine an extension request if that is justified by new choices from the british but we cannot in any case accept an extension without a clear perspective from the pursuit objective is our negotiator michel barnier said we don't need time above all we need decisions the time has come for the british to make choices and to offer us what we owe each other as partners friends and allies namely a clear visio

resolutions on the venezuelan crisis a failed to pass in the u.n. security council but countries put their proposals to a vote however moscow and washington both rejected each other's motion the american resolution was put up for a vote first nine members voted in favor three abstained and against with russia and china among them exercising their veto power the russian proposal was supported by four votes on the post by seven with four abstentions here's what the russian and american ambassadors had to say during the session. again you have them with ashley the we have finally arrived at the u.s. double sanders show and venezuela a month ago and the day before the security council meeting it became absolutely clear that the majority of countries in the western hemisphere irrespective of their political affiliations years are advocating for the resolution to the problems in venezuela by venezuelan people themselves on the basis of dialogue the time for a peaceful transition to democracy is now. each member of the international community that joins in

why did the u.n. population fund financially support countries that forced people to be sterilized and have abortions. need to be very clear. here. that goes awards are given by the united nations when bustards. actives it with data structures. at that time the united states was the most important member state contributing forty percent of the budget. was the u.n. population fund simply the puppet of its benefactors. forty years after these population policy supported by the west over thirty million chinese men remain in voluntary bachelors because of the shortage of women. this is why millions of unemployed men from rural areas move to the cities. activist in yemen because it's the parents of punk shooting a little girl who disappeared but he doesn't have good news there are still no trace of their three year old daughter. push it off until how am i doing. i don't know. his message as we never found blood anywhere i believe she is still alive. and i wait for signs of life every day i'm very worried.

again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new u.n. report says that north korea is moving ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. tracing mexico's disappear the government promises to spend millions to find out what happened to an estimated forty thousand people plus the warning that one third of glass is in the himalayas a doomed to melt even if carbon emissions of dramatically cost. as well as president nicolas maduro is becoming increasingly isolated nineteen countries have recognized opposition leader why though as interim president joining much of latin america the united states and canada are defiant but during his written a letter to pope francis requesting a dialogue to help resolve the crisis in america and it's a lucy and human reports from caracas. the self-proclaimed interim president chose the day that commemorates former president although chavez has nine hundred ninety two failed coup attempt to send an impassioned message to venezuela's armed forces he asked them to allow international humanitarian aid i

from the u.n. food and agricultural organization report.oned the he said one of the problem appears to be changes in our diet. losing plants and crops and livestock. partially for natural reasons and climate change. of also the consumers' use the biodiversity for food and agriculture. ourre forgetting what grandparents ate, and now more population, we're all eating from nine crops and from 10 species. why? knewrandparents, they about 6,000 different plants and more than 500 different fish. slowly we have been, you know, industrialized and commercializing only these few species and our diet has been reduced. of thek this is one problems for the population increasing, becoming overweight and obese, and also it's putting the long-term use of the in general, meaning plants, fish. neglectingoring and what we call the forgotten food grandparents used. >> still ahead on al-jazeera, find out who is facing who in the league. the likes of chelsea, arsenal in.napoli are still the full report coming up in spor

framework it is calling and it wants the u.n. security council to call for peaceful talks involving all sides under the un causa to sion in moscow is also saying that they will definitely block the american resolution draft which they are calling a mix of demagogue accusatory rhetoric and ultimatums now if you look at what the americans are suggesting the pillars of the u.s. resolution draft are early fair and democratic elections and as well and also an immediate green light for american humanitarian aid deliveries however the even as well in leadership is saying that they believe the only reason why the americans are trying to squeeze in there is to find a pretext for a military intervention and they're also worried that apart from the humanitarian aid the americans are trying to sneak in some sort of equipment or possibly even weapons to fuel violent unrest in the country these kind of concerns are being shared by moscow well caracas though is ready to accept humanitarian aid they're saying from the red cross and the you as we

the united nations has israeli crackdown on palestinian protesters in gaza may amount to war crimes u.n. investigators saying it's very intentionally opened fire on civilians two hundred palestinians were killed and thousands wounded during weekly rallies along the gaza border fence since may last year as frail says it rejects of reports. to friends which according to those were not military operations but. i would investigation from the. overwhelmingly unarm even if they were not at all times peaceful. conceit wouldn't leave and as one of the first two conclusions we wrote international human rights law must be deemed legal framework let's go out to our correspondent then it's better he's joining us live from west jerusalem so what more is the u.n. saying about this planet well we've got something from israel they've just given a reaction in the last few minutes the acting foreign minister israel counts now he has said that this is the theater of the absurd is a report based on unverified information aim is to tarnish the reputation of israel and to harm is ability to defend itself fro

given jail time the u.n. says it's concerned about executions in egypt after fifteen people were sentenced to death this month alone nine of them were executed on wednesday for killing a top prosecutor in two thousand and fifteen he was attacked a day before the second anniversary of mass protests which prompted the military to oust the former president mohamed morsy six other people have had their death sentences lifted but will serve life in prison with very concerned by the news from egypt that a turtle of fifteen people have been executed so far in the month of february alone and we're not through the month yet these include nine people were executed on wednesday and six others who are subjected to the death penalty earlier in the month the u.s. president says he'll veto a measure to block the national emergency declaration he issued to build a border wall earlier on friday house democrats introduced a resolution aimed at stopping the declaration with plans to vote on it until tuesday donald trump announc

as the violence of the colombia venezuela border the u.n. security council meets to discuss possible ways out of the crisis. cornered in the commons that the british prime minister says m.p.'s will get a vote on a no brakes it or a deal to delay britain's departure if they reject teresa mayes in need of force plans next month. and india claims it has killed three hundred members of a terror group in pakistan controlled kashmir and repack as danny leaders are vowing to respond. to broadcast live direct foresters mosque this is our international thomas glad to have you with us so violence has flared again at the venezuela colombia border over the blockade of humanitarian aid venezuela's government says it is taking preventative actions against foreign intervention. i. i. the turmoil in venezuela is being a heightened by a debate over whether to allow u.s. aid into the country truckloads of supplies have been amassed on the borders with colombia and brazil over the weekend president maduro has blocked at the. deliveries fearing vehicles could b

envoy to the u.n. nikki haley has found a new job she has been nominated for a seat on the board of directors of boeing corporation this according to the company's c.e.o. really is the perfect fit. and that's the haywood brings to boeing in outstanding records of the chief mint and government industry partnership and successfully draw the new responded to communities in america and around the world booming will benefit greatly from who brought perspectives and combine diplomat to government and business experience to help achieve the aspiration to be the best in aerospace and the global industrial chantant to caylee was donald trump's ambassador to the u.n. until last december she stood out as a diplomat by promoting american foreign policy positions around the globe notably on syria they will formally join the board of boeing in late april political commentator lou rockwell says that her government contacts should come in handy. well i did maybe that she's going to. introduce them introduce the boeing

session at the u.n. security council and another deadlock when the american side will be vetoing the russian resolution and the same is almost certainly going to happen vice a versa. disgraced former lawyer michael cohen testified before congress on wednesday and failed to provide any evidence of collusion between the president and russia he didn't get the warmest of welcomes at the hearing with congress members accusing him of being a liar while cohen himself pulled no punches when speaking about his health. today i am here to told the truth about. he is a racist. is a con man. and he is a cheat mr trump knew of and directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it and i have never asked for nor would i. take part from president. ladies and gentlemen how on earth is this witness credible he's a fake witness its presence here is a travesty and you have a history of lying over and over and over again that we were in charge of the truth i don't believe that colin is capable o

charter which aren't suppose in the u.n. charter the. bush book which. she says would allow us to maintain peace and stability you know and this is the toilet in the main. guarantee. of sovereignty and territorial. integrity of any country and as for the some exit between the u.s. and north korea should well the. all the world's all the i's in the world over. to it two hundred. billion dollars. we believe that any me so angry with between the u.s. and north korea. from drugs should be a new starting point to resolve the issues in the north korea and north korea truth of the when we were. going to dine with him it was a sort of double freeze and now we have hope for peace in the korean peninsula. and. upcoming summit would. uphold the positive development and facilitates progress. and creation of peace mechanisms in the korean peninsula. we believe that if you pour in the effort any hard task. you will be able to complete. well there's your own comments on. shit shit shit. the only way of resolving this is political dialogue and consultations. and we need

i met the u.n. secretary general this afternoon and before that i met the president of the un security council and to both of them i emphasized the need for the u.n. to play its role and live up to its obligations i told the secretary general that he had put prevention at the very heart of his agenda this is the time for him to act because the situation between pakistan and india is deteriorating we see an escalation in rhetoric from the indian side we see a spate of threatening statements by indian leaders and in occupied kashmir we also see attacks on ordinary kashmiris and on muslims so the situation is very fraught or the death toll from an attack on civilians in northern nigeria has doubled to more than one hundred thirty people the governor of could do in a state where it happened says the motive appears to be linked to a long running violence between christian farmers and muslim herdsman hammered out has more from the capital of georgia. an increase in the number of the dead what was expected

and the u.n. human rights and void looking into the killing of jamal khashoggi says the journalist suffered a violent death at the hands of riyadh in a statement about her preliminary findings and yes said that mr hersh was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by officials of the state of saudi arabia she also called into question the saudi response in the days after his death saying that woefully inadequate time and access was granted to turkish investigators to conduct a professional and effective crime scene examination and search required by international standards for investigation or diplomatic editor james bays is at the u.n. so james some strong words from the reporter but does this take us any further on this. this is just her initial statement it's only a week ago that she was in istanbul that she went to the consulate where jamal khashoggi was killed looked from outside what happened there and also of course listened to that recording was played that r

amtd to the u.n. -- ambassador to the u.n. the controversy. >>> making the rounds. the jam-packed field of candidates out in full force as another high-profile name reportedly gets ready to enter the race. >>> new questions this morning about the alleged attack on "empire" actor jussie smollett. why police have been left wondering exactly what happened. >>> new, for the first time we're hearing from the acting defense secretary on whether he will approve a $3.6 billion for military construction projects to build the president's border wall. that includes figuring out which military projects to defund and whether a border wall is even needed. here's what patrick shanahan said late yesterday. >> you have not determined that a -- specifically a wall is required to meet that national emergency. >> there have been no determinations by me. we always anticipated that this will create a lot of attention. very deliberately we have not made any decisions. we've identified the steps we would take to make those decisions. this is the important part of that -- we laid that out s

has used a u.n. security council meeting to call for further sanctions on venezuelan president nicolas maduro for destroying aid supplies to the country the u.s. special envoy for venezuela says washington will impose its own sanctions on caracas later this week. there have been more casualties in cross border fighting between indian and pakistani troops in kashmir pakistan says four of its civilians including two children were killed and another ten injured india's state media says five of its soldiers were injured the fighting follows indian air strikes near the border with pakistan administered kashmir says tamil reports from new delhi. these pictures released by the pakistani military show the damage it says was done by the indian air force near the town of balakot inside pakistan on a hillside in a four sted uninhabited area a spokesman said there were no casualties but india says the airstrike hit a training camp of jaish e mohammad the armed group that claimed responsibility for this month's s

a u.n. investigators looking into the matter of the saudi john this jamal khashoggi an advisor to the turkish president has revealed details from that meets in which ended just a short time ago. and we speak to see them go so great she's joining us live from the capital and kurds checking send them that you can hear us what we've been hearing from these act bossy officials. that we don't have the line cliff to see them just at the moment we were timed in just a moment. so you want to other news and there's just one month until the u.s. tariffs on chinese goods will be heights to twenty five percent if the world's two largest economies can't reach a trade deal both sides say progress was made during two days of negotiations in washington but president donald trump insists nothing will be finalized until he meets china's paying. has more from washington we have made tremendous progress they both want a deal but there's still a lot of ground to cover us president donald trump has been meeting c

at a previous u.n. security council session there were there wasn't a consensus on venezuela in fact the u.n. security council rarely finds consensus on anything and a thing to think anything's changed. i don't think anything has changed we saw it that that session you're referring to when in fact other countries of latin america were invited to participate when you had got the call them when you had the countries of central america and including some in south america we saw a very different take everyone was opposed to foreign intervention in venezuela they oppose further sanctions against venezuela so i don't think you are going to see any resolution regarding these matters coming out of the u.n. security council and again appreciate it tom i guess maybe i'll take a solace professor of history and latin american studies thank you. thank you well it has been making headlines for weeks now ever since opposition leader declared himself to be interim president meanwhile just across the caribbean sea thous

syria demands action from the u.n. security council after accusing the u.s. led coalition of killing civilians in the bombing attack on the border with iraq. and the u.s. ambassador and birdman says germany should be used as leverage to keep the kremlin and line that says a new poll finds most germans are skeptical about relations with washington the world has become more tense due to traumas policies it's the politics of provocation we've lost some of the respect of us due to its forms. coming to you live from the russian capital this is our to international welcome to the program. major protests are underway across even as well after the opposition called the supporters to the streets probably worse of president nicolas maduro are also rallying in a show support correctors base your analyst now resort reports from the capital. where from caracas from check out specifically one of the most of the magic points of concentration for the opposition supporters there where around thousands even i could i would dare say a million people gathering here to listen to

/u.n. officials tells cnn there is angst there with so much uncertainty at the top now and brings us back to heather gnawer. the president announced her nomination before the white did a thorough vet of her and the nomination of dr. jackson when they wanted him to head veteran affairs and a different situation but similar in the lack of that vetting process. shouldn't that process be done before the administration nominates someone for a cabinet position, before the president makes that announcement? >> absolutely. you know, the white house, in many ways, has kind of failed in that regard in terms of thoroughly vetting their candidates. there are many candidates right now who are serving as current u.s. ambassadors in germany and acting u.s. ambassador who also served in the role since january. but both of them were confirmed by the senate and actually cohen, who is the acting u.n. ambassador, was unanimously confirmed. he was already vetted in a public form at a senate nomination hearing.

program in geneva we have desires he is a professor of law at geneva school of diplomacy and a former u.n. independent expert on the promotion of democratic and equitable international order and in ottawa we cross to isaac know him he is a venezuelan canadian professor at the university of ottawa all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to alfred first in geneva and congratulate him on his report that he presented to the united nations i thought it was very enlightening i wish more people would read it particularly in the media and maybe in the american political class why does the united states feel it is it incumbent upon itself to fix the problems of venezuela no one denies venezuela has a lot of problems but why should an outside power like the united states that has a very checkered and i'm being very polite here checkered history and meddling in latin america so i mean why is the trump administration and of all people elliott abrams appointed to fix venezuela. well you know stephen cantor's book over

it's from the organization i remember and i guess very well i give you u.n. numbers actually only one point seven according to the real regional agreement the plan for migration that was agree in geneva and assembler last year talk about one point seven which actually among them is one point seven million is estimated rate of inflation and no one point seven i'm talking about the migration plan and then i'm going to talk about inflation which of course is a consequence of a blockage that is on bearable for any country you can sergeant is not just the consequence of a blockage out of a coming to a come on to the economy in more detail in a minute but so far more than twenty countries are demanding that your president holds new presidential elections because the ones that took place last year were widely judged being rigged weren't they were rejected by among others the un the e.u. the us the organization of american states and fourteen members of the lima group so i have to correct you the un in the security council that the bait was held last week and they di

i'm fourteen members of the lima group so i have to correct you the u.n. in the security council the way it was held last week and they didn't have an agreement regarding your point actually it was the contrary they recognized at the security council with the voices of twenty four against fourteen in a debate that was called for the us they actually recognized president maduro as president and they said that the only way that the country could solve their issues was in their own matters and among venezuelans with no intervention when you mention always the regional organiser organization of american exactly the same panorama only nineteen voices where calling these elections to be on the fine and you know that they need twenty three you knew you knew the vote was going to be rigged you refused to accredit international election monitors to no no i have to just then again correct your information actually i can prove that in the early days of last year even the e.u. was formally invited to op serve and the un as well so really the only people who certified

yes i met the u.n. secretary general this afternoon and before that i met the president of the u.n. security council and to both of them i emphasized the need for the u.n. to play its role and live up to its obligations i told the secretary general that he had put prevention at the very heart of his agenda this is the time for him to act because the situation between pakistan and india is deteriorating we see an escalation in rhetoric from the indian side we see a spate of threatening statements by indian leaders and in occupied kashmir we also see attacks on ordinary kashmiris and on muslims so the situation is very fraught we in pakistan would like to see a resumption of dialogue with india so that we can address all our outstanding issues prime minister in round one only this morning renewed his offer of talks to the indian leadership he also said that he is willing to talk about terrorism he's willing to talk about the occupied territory of kashmir so i think what we have is a situation which can turn into a very grave security threat not only to our region but also to internati

the u.n. office to diffuse tensions between india and pakistan that have escalated since an attack in kashmir. standing by their man venezuela's military reaffirms its loyalty to president nicolas maduro. i'm joining us roscoe with the sports. opening match in dubai and the pressure begins to show on the world's number one tennis player. now an investigation has been launched into whether the trumpet ministration is trying to sell sensitive nuclear technology to saudi arabia a committee in the house of representatives led by the democrats says whistle blows of war and that coup first interests are being put ahead of the law mike hanna ripples from washington. the twenty four page report is extensive and reach in detail providing names dates and specific communications relating to u.s. nuclear technology in saudi arabia the oversight committee under representative elijah cummings based the report on what it calls whistleblower accounts evidence provided by career officials within the administra

the u.n. has warned against using aid as a political pawn in venezuela u.s. officials say trucks carrying supplies bound for the country have arrived in colombia opposition leader one why don't request to be aid he declared himself interim president last month scientists in the u.s. say last year was the fourth hottest on record a report by two government agencies warns the trend is leading to flooding heat waves and more destructive hurricanes briggs's supporters have reacted angrily to remarks by one of the e.u.'s top politicians the european council president donald tusk says there is a special place in hell for british politicians who supported leaving the european union without a concrete plan those are the headlines we're back with more after witness. from sunrise to sunset cross asia. and the pacific explore untold fascinating stories one on one on al-jazeera.

though a new u.n. report says pyongyang is trying to protect its nuclear arsenal from military strikes at least eight people have died in a fire in the french capital the blaze broke out in an eight story residential building in an upscale part of paris investigators believe the fire was set deliberately one person is in custody. jurors in new york are due to resume the liberations for a second day in the trial of mexico's most notorious drug. cartel before he was extradited sixty one year old denies being billions of dollars worth of cocaine and other local six in the u.s. . and in the strain it two people have died in the city of townsville prime minister scott morrison has visited the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in a century rain event. headlines more news after the street. the week began with use of ninety days in the to protect us china trade. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is the biggest one. we bring you the story e

the u.n. report comes as the white house is trying to sell the idea its diplomatic outreach, including a summit last summer, has boxed kim jong-un in. the president repeat ledly tout his relationship with kim, including letters between the two. he said he is ready for the two to sit down face to face again. >> the meeting is set. he is looking forward to it. i'm looking forward to it. we made tremendous progress. >> reporter: it comes with higher stakes since the first brought only a vague commitment from the north korean dictator to work toward dismantling his nuclear arsenal. >> this is an opportunity to reduce tensions and to really change the situation in northeast asia. >> reporter: the lead american negotiator in 1994, when north korea agreed to freeze part of its weapons program and eliminate its nuclear facilities in exchange for economic aid, non-military nuclear reactors to generate electricity and normalization of diplomatic relations. the north koreans cheated on that deal by produ

envoy to the u.n. nikki haley has found a new job she has been nominated for a seat on the board of directors of boeing corporation that's according to the company's c.e.o. he believes nikki haley is the perfect fit. and basta hayward brings to boeing in outstanding records of achievement in government industry partnership and successful drive the new economic prosperity for communities in america and around the world boeing will benefit greatly from who brought perspectives and combined diplomat to government and business experience to help achieve the aspiration to be the best in aerospace in the global industrial chantant. nikki haley was donald trump's ambassador to the u.n. until last december she stood out as a diplomat by promoting american foreign policy positions around the globe notably on syria perry will formally join the board of boeing in late april political commentator lou rockwell says her government contacts should come in handy. well i did maybe that she's going to. introduce them in

and russia presenting rival u.n. drops resolutions on how to resolve the political a crisis innovator in venezuela all those stories and much more on our website at al-jazeera dot com. u.s. defense secretary is on a surprise visit to afghanistan patrick shanahan says government involvement in peace talks with the taliban is crucial to ending the nearly seven eighteen year war the taliban regards the government as illegitimate tony betty has more from kabul. passion at hand will want to reassure the afghan government that it has not been sidelined from these peace negotiations even though the taliban has said in the past they will not directly negotiate with them mr shanahan has said that the peace ultimately lies with the afghan people and he said that the afghan government should be part of that peace negotiation process the taliban has been talking directly to the u.s. there is concern about what speed is going for this peace process mr. has said that he's hopeful that the some kind of deal on the table by july tha

has presented a draft resolution to the u.n. security council calling for a presidential vote in venezuela that immediately triggered a counter proposal from russia which supports venezuela's president nicolas maduro washington is also calling for a deliveries to be allowed into the country these supplies have been held up at the venezuelan border. these images have shocked the world venezuelan soldiers preventing much needed aid from coming into the country from neighboring colombia but while the aid is kept out a steady stream of venezuelans pour into the colombian city of kuta over the nearby seem unbelieve are bridge. leaving behind hyperinflation and empty supermarket shelves these people exit by an official border crossing many others have not been able to obtain a passport and are forced to leave the country via smuggling routes cutting through the dry riverbed known as stretches they are controlled by criminal gangs who extract a heavy transit fee from the migrants it's a price they are willing to pay in the hope of find

now we're hearing from the russian u.n. mission the russian ambassador to the united nations is saying that there are a group of countries in the u.n. that are prepared to take action in response to any u.s. provocation and in the aftermath of this deadline set by mr one way doe so folks are waiting to see what happens next a very very tense scene near the venezuelan border with brazil indeed a critical few coming up for for the venezuelan people to beat as well capable person in new york with the latest updates on the venezuela crisis. i mean while a team would do a concert on the colombia venezuela border dubbed venezuela live aid has put all the british billionaire auntie's down cone reports from the scene. you can see this concert taking place behind me it's thrown by the british billionaire richard branson who is using it to pressure in the last month is humanitarian aid now the organizers say that they're expecting three hundred thousand people to be here but so far i estimate there's about five thousand venezuelan go

the u.n. special. has wrapped up a visit here in turkey is really the first independent person looking at this because of course it is such a politically loaded story all the countries yes they want to put pressure on saudi arabia but the same time no one really seems to be willing to go that extra mile to break relationships with the kingdom so for months still nobody and certainly a big question as well as to who ordered the killing of a high profile journalist in the saudi diplomatic mission here in istanbul that's very true of everybody saw him he's a professor of history at i.b.m. how do you university is joining us from istanbul thanks for being with us how significant or comments on the united states when he calls out the u.s. for effectively being silent on the murder. well actually this is the one of the questions talk you always raise and last night on the live television on the state television as you said i also watched as a former rather frustration actually the head of cia visited ancona.

chief antonio good terrorist says u.n. teams have a arrived at food storage jeffers in the port city of her data for the first time in six months they're going to try to distribute aid that's been stuck because of years of fighting between the saudi u.s. led coalition and who the rebels are now a senior palestinian official has rejected the trumpet ministration suggestion the borders with israel should be eliminated so a better catch was responding to comments by trump son in law and advisor jared christian who's behind the latest american middle east peace for iran is now on a tour of the middle east a senior catholic cleric has been remanded in custody in australia until his sentence for child sex offenses next month cardinal george pell was heckled as the arrived at court where the judge revoked his bail pell was found guilty of molesting two choir boys at a cathedral in melbourne in one nine hundred ninety six and one of the world's newest orchestras the caterpiller monic is celebrating its tenth anniversary it was for

in terms of this u.n. vacancy in particular, nearly six months ago that nikki haley left that post and mike pompeo take the lead at the u.n. security council meeting last month in venezuela. what does the situation now at the u.n. give off to our allies and partners there? >> well, it's a little bit more difficult, i think, than -- look. let's be clear. heather nauert might have done a fine job. she didn't have the same diplomatic or political or academic experience than that of her most illustrious predecessors but thshe might ha grown into the job and figured it out. you have to wonder what path the white house wants to take. this is somebody who has to think on their feet and somebody has to deal with very, very sharp and aggressive adversaries. people from adversaryial nations in many cases have longstanding deep, rich experience. so whoever is going to sit there and defend america's interests in the u.n. day after day, is going to have to be somebody who really has got a lot of talent or a pedigree, s