so that's their reaction i've heard in geneva. but i think it's very important, i've been trying to communicate, i think i maybe mentioned this is going on for so long i forget even what i have said before, that it's really important that we get the friends of the system and other members to pipe in on this. you know, they want to be middle of the roaders when in fact they really need to pick a lane. and i think it would be really helpful if some of these smaller countries or friends of the system, middle road countries, at least took the position of speaking up and supporting what we're trying to achieve there and calling out the problem. that would be, i think, very helpful. >> okay. right here on the aisle. >> hi, thank you. am b jenny leonard with bloomberg news. you just said what you expect china to do or what you're hearing right now, so why is this administration so focused on trying to craft new rules to remedy unfair chinese practices if you think that the chinese don't follow rules anyway, or this administration anyway

geneva. one of the world's biggest submissions is taking place in karachi as well as put in pakistan's latest military. delegates from forty seven countries will be showcasing the latest technology at this four day event. is that . many. three weeks ago. today on the road with one family from honduras who joined the people trying to get to the united states at that point they just crossed into mexico and had a long journey ahead of them twenty four kilometers later. on the mexican border with the u.s. . the last time we saw the rays elia family they were sleeping on the street in south makes co after a week with the caravan of central americans the rio was sick. alvin was struggling tool and early was exhausted she was eight months pregnant now everything's changed for one in june is right he's fifteen days old has given the family fresh hope. we were frightened we would lose him on the way but god didn't want that and we have him safe and sound my whole body was hurting and when my son arriv

of russia in what it's been saying and so ukrainian officials are saying that this was against the geneva convention and that they should be getting red cross people to see them furthermore there has been an escalation in the rhetoric in this crisis it really is getting more and more aggressive in terms of what side is saying to the other. plenty more ahead for you on this news hour and after facing tear gas and resistance central american asylum seekers are now rethinking their quest to reach the united states genetic modifications a doctor claims he's created the world's first so-called designer babies and there is global outrage and sport we'll find out why manchester united manager is getting ready to walk to his team's champions league game. but right now we are waiting for the white house to hold its first news briefing in about a month actually and the first is what we should say since new rules were established for reporters asking questions well of course bring you that as soon as that happens plenty of reporters crammed into the briefing room there at sixteen hundred pennsylvani

stay with us doing that in barber joins us live from a conference in geneva are they going to taking be taking any real decisions there over the coming two days. well peter they'll be lots of ground announcements you are hearing from charlotte there a moment of optimism for many people in afghanistan no doubt the afghan government represented here will be talking optimistically about what they've achieved in recent years this is not a donor conference although later on tuesday the european union is expected to announce new financing worth more than five hundred million dollars to afghanistan it's a chance for afghanistan to tell the international community which has put in so much money tens of billions of dollars over the last eighteen years or seventeen years a chance for them to say where they are in terms of their pledges in terms of things like reforming the security system in terms of elections they can say yes we had elections in october in terms of trying to boost the economy so these are these are all things that the afghan government are going to to announce some progress o

talk to us about what you heard today in geneva. it was very interesting at the conference today when most talking about the war in afghanistan and how people were dying and all the attacks and the terrorist attacks and everything i have some kind of feeling over there that people are very sick and tired of talking about war and plumping people dying and women suffering lack of. hospitals and many other issues people people want to move people in afghanistan now i feel you want to get ahead of the move on with other things other issues in afghanistan so there were talks about women empowerment and how they can tackle this issue and there were talks about. the major issue of drought two million people are affected and more half of half million of them are children. over two million million children are out of school and this what about that as well there's a severe acute malnutrition among children and that and it's highest well with about half million children affected by the drought so that we're talking about other things it wasn'

case tell us more about the questions that they have been facing there in geneva. and the timing of this is rather coincidental in the sense that the universal periodic review of human rights of each nation happens every five or six years the timing now while saudi arabia is in the spotlight for tomato juice. unfortunate or fortunate depending on your viewpoint now saudi arabia that thirty second clip that you just heard that was the only mention of your mouth shut by the saudis the whole rest of the forty five minutes address was to tell you tell the world tell the assembled delegates how much progress they were making how vision twenty thirty the crown prince's vision was all part you know promoting human rights how they were empowering women how they were giving women driving licenses how they were reforming the kingdom of saudi arabia the questioning that has followed that has gone on partisan lines to a certain extent. there's been a huge amount of criticism of saudi arabia for things like the death penalty for the guardianship issue and the jamal khashoggi qu

that china's alleged abuse against its wave or muslim minority will be under the spotlight in geneva on tuesday the un human rights council will be conducting experience review of the chinese government's human rights record where we live in geneva in just a moment but first this report from adrian brown in northwest china. there are few more difficult places for foreign journalists to report from in china than shinji especially in. the provinces vast security and surveillance network is in overdrive as international criticism mounts over china's internment program for ethnic muslim we goes and other groups officially chinese government officials insist they're providing free vocational training for those deemed vulnerable to islamic extremism in. the way. but exiled leader activists say these centers are nothing less than reeducation camps were up to a million men and women are being held indefinitely without charge and a grand chinese government is doing that with the international repercussions so i believe that china would accelerate its start to wipe out the whole we were a nati

talk to us about what you heard today in geneva. it was very interesting at the conference today when most talking about the war in afghanistan and how people were dying and all the attacks and the terrorist attacks and everything i had some kind of feeling over there that people are very sick and tired of talking about war and plant people dying and women suffering lack of hospitals and many other issues people people want to move people in afghanistan now i feel you want to get ahead of the move on with other things other issues in afghanistan so there were talks about women empowerment and how they can tackle this issue and there were talks about. the major issue of drought two million people are affected and more half of half million of them are children. over two million million children are out of school and this what about that as well there is a severe acute malnutrition among children and that and it's highest well with about half million children affected by the drought so that we're talking about other things it wasn't re

filming of some of the crew giving what ukraine says forced confessions under duress breaching the geneva convention which should give some protection to prisoners of war. internationally the pressure on russia appears to have no effect on its foreign minister sergei lavrov visiting paris here on choose. or if the ukrainian side like its partners in europe is interested in avoiding such situations in the future it is obviously necessary to send a signal to kiev not to allow such a provocation that is not for us to do but for those who maintain close contact with the korean authorities mr lavrov certainly didn't appear willing to meet his french counterparts request. so gay lovers go just to get told sergey lavrov that a gesture is expected from russia at the prisoners and the boats being held must be free to soon as possible but i will also call my ukrainian counterpart to encourage him to seek a deescalation in this region. and now it's emerged that not all the arrested crew are sailors ukraine's state security services the s.b.u. says it had counterintelligence officers on board that al

far away from the streets of kabul in geneva they will take stock of this reality though debate how to give afghans a base a life they will talk about peace and solidarity accountability and commitment woods that meanness will hear that they carry on aware it's a moment to miss them charlotte dallas. sanity is at this conference joins us live now from geneva damer any real decisions for all actions expected to be taken at this conference. well this conference is not really about setting policy as you're hearing from charlotte it's a chance to take stock to see where the afghan government is in terms of meeting its recent pledges two years ago in brussels there was a pledging conference where billions of dollars over twenty billion u.s. dollars were pledged by the international community to afghanistan the afghan government will be hoping to show that it has made progress the united nations has been stressing that there has been progress in things like elections and security reforms wednesdays the big day ministerial level events and the president of course of afghanistan is here tuesda

was aware that they he had done wrong now ukrainian officials dismiss this video as being against the geneva convention and also saying that it was crazy the level of pressure these men are under with the situation now where they do appear to be facing court action in russia now there's also a declaration from the foreign ministry that all of these men are prisoners of war and should be respected as such and beyond that the foreign minister is saying that you don't have to be james bond to work out that this is to be a super spy effectively to work out that russia is intent on disintegrating ukraine's southern area and indeed trying to destroy ukraine altogether in its actions. under simmons' reporting the russia's foreign minister says ukraine violated international laws by sending its naval vessels through the straight without permission he says the crisis is a move by the president petro poroshenko to shore up his declining popularity and bring more sanctions against moscow and. it may be that while ukraine was planning the provocation and no one has any doubt this was done with the good

abuses committed against china as we go muslim minority are under the spotlight in geneva this to say the united nations human rights council is conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights records exiled way grokked of this are urging the international community to take a hard line against. and turkey's foreign minister says authorities have more evidence regarding the killing of jamal khashoggi they haven't yet shared with the public his comments come after turkish media reports said stop by the saudi consulate in istanbul trying to tamper with security cameras to help cover up the journalists matter the daily sabah says they try to rip out the camera inside the consulate on october second the day jamal khashoggi was murdered it. now britain's prime minister theresa may is holding a cabinet meeting to finalize breaks at negotiations. he's expected to tell minnesota she needs a deal on leaving the e.u. signed within the next three weeks and speak to lawrence lee who is live in london for us nor is this is being described as a critical cabinet meeting for br

far away from the streets of kabul in geneva they will take stock of this reality they will debate how to give afghans a better life they will talk about peace and solidarity accountability and commitment woods that meanness will hear that they carry on aware it's a moment to miss them charlotte dallas al-jazeera t.v. last an hour is the u.s. when to terry and in afghanistan he says international funding for security is making a difference it's the international community's commitment to afghanistan. has been very clear in the past years and continues to be very clear. in the security sector one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men and women across the country receiving their salaries that is something where there's been huge investment by the international community and that investment continues. as at that conference he joins us live from geneva so this two day conference world will be actual real decisions real actions happening here. well rasho this is not really a peace conference as such but rather a chance to take sto

security service but they're prisoners of war covered by the geneva convention and should have access to the international red cross most of the servicemen and up here in simferopol before a court that gave out detention orders for two months while cases are investigated internationally the pressure on russia appeared to have no effect on its foreign minister sergei lavrov visiting paris be. getting screwed if the ukrainian side like its partners in europe is interested in avoiding such situations in the future it is obviously necessary to send a signal to kiev not to allow such a provocation that is not for us to do but for those who maintain close contact with the korean you know thorgils mr lavrov hadn't appeared willing to meet a request made by the french foreign minister. sergey lavrov. told sergey lavrov that a gesture is expected from russia at the prisoners and the boats being held must be free to soon as possible but i will also call my ukrainian counterpart to encourage him to seek a deescalation in this region. there may be no confrontation now in the strait but the words

against is a way to go a muslim minority is under the spotlight in geneva the u.n. human rights council is conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights records or we live in geneva in just a moment but first this report from adrian brown in northwest china. there are few more difficult places for foreign journalists to report from in china than shinji especially in. the provinces vast security and surveillance network is in overdrive as international criticism mounts over china's internment program for ethnic muslim we goes and other groups officially chinese government officials insist they're providing three vocational training for those deemed vulnerable to islamic extremism. but exiled leader activists say these centers are nothing less than reeducation camps were up to a million men and women are being held indefinitely without charge and a grand chinese government is doing that with the international repercussions so i believe that china would accelerate its start to wipe out the whole we were a nation if the world wouldn't be strong

team and rights council in geneva in the wake of. no this is live from doha. also coming up defiance from iran as the u.s. re-instate all pre nuclear deal sanctions on rouhani to continue selling its oil allegations of vote buying and changing deals because deepening political crisis will be live in colombo and sudan tries to recover from u.s. sanctions by reviving boards. thank you for joining us the un's human rights council is reviewing the actions of songe arabia and its record on human rights a saudi delegation is in geneva to face questions over the murder of jamal has among other issues addressing the council the delegation reads restated the kingdom's position that it's investigating the case and will persecute those response prosecute rather those responsible for the assassination. of the king of saudi arabia has already expressed its. and for the deaths of american children going on the ninety's i was already instructed the prosecution to proceed with the investigation into this case according to the laws in preparation to reaching all the facts and

now let's cross over to geneva and paul brennan geneva where the un human rights council is conducting a review of the chinese government's human rights record paul tell us about where you are for us and what questions to china is facing today. well i'm just outside the united building nations building on the broken chair memorial which may be well known to many people you can hear the protests going on behind me very vocal because her protest and the proceedings inside are examining as you know john as human rights record as a whole long list of issues that the nation is assembled here want to put to china for example and i read them out torture and detentions restrictions on journalists and n.g.o.s the treatment of protection of children and the fact that many children are put into a hazardous work places and things the other thing is numerous credible reports of torture arbitrary detention checkley regarding ethnic minorities and that's what this protest is about the obviously detention of weakness on joint by activists coalition of us based in washington these days but tell me what

far away from the streets of kabul in geneva they will take stock of this reality though debate how to give afghans a base a life they will talk about peace and solidarity accountability and commitment woods that mean little here that they carry on a where it's a moment to miss them charlotte dallas. a court and russian annex crimea has ordered three ukrainian soldiers sailors that is to remain in detention for two months they were detained or unable confrontation with russian forces in the black sea q. says them of illegally entering its territorial waters its forces opened fire on three ukrainian ships and then seize them on sunday it creates government has declared martial law and response and her sentiments is live from kid so the sailors that were in court tell us more about what happened. well this was a cold in simferopol in crimea these these sailors were put in front of a judge we don't know the full evidence that's been put to them we haven't got full details yet but we understand that at least two have been effectively remonde they've detained in custody for a whole two mont

fertile legal ground for enforcing international humanitarian and human rights laws things like the geneva convention and the torture convention to other news now help end the war in yemen prevent a massive famine and save tens of thousands of civilian lives that message has come from five major aid groups to the united states they are calling on the department of defense to cut its military support for the saudi embassy coalition force and to change their approach to the conflict muhammad reports from across the red sea in djibouti. in a joint letter to the u.s. government the five chatted to say the whole to us but its support for the sodium but out to coalition would save many lives the u.s. they say is fueling a crisis that the us a vehicle in sequence is four million civilians. the international rescue committee from america care u.s. save the children and the with generosity council say that fourteen million the images out risk of starving to death if the parties to the conflict don't change course immediately we're completely desperate the more we wait every single minute . day a we

treatment of its we get muslim minority at its vocational training centers comes under the spotlight in geneva we have a special report from the province. and vying for the top job the women in madagascar trying to break barriers in the presidential election. and americans are voting in nationwide elections that will determine the balance of power in the u.s. congress and shape the future of donald trump's presidency early numbers indicate the turnout might be the highest in at least a generation with record numbers casting early vote election is seen as a referendum on trump's leadership one hundred reports from indianapolis. perhaps the most significant u.s. midterm election in recent history is under way this is the single most important off year election in my lifetime and i really think it's more than just about a specific issues think it's about the character of the country. donald trump is not on the ballot but it's shaping up as a referendum on his presidency the stakes are too high it has never mattered more if we want to check and balance on the administration the only way to do it i

haven't been as effective when tackling of the main political issues supposed to be resolved in the geneva based un led process to having so many players involved and just having one sort of side of the actors in there isn't enough to come to some sort of comprehensive peace deal there was an attempt to expand the asked in a format to include members of the so-called small group during a meeting in istanbul last month's russia and turkey brought the leaders of france and germany to the table but there was no commitment for a second summit instead the europeans insisted a u.n. committee should start work on rewriting the syrian constitution before the end of the year. i. hope. the. but russia's believed to be pushing for some kind of achievement that it can sell to the west damascus has so far refused to cooperate with the un led diplomatic efforts. president vladimir putin sent his special envoy alexander love ranty have to damascus reportedly to remove obstacles in the way of forming the committee for the kremlin asked in a as where breakthroughs in russian diplomacy must be made an agree

talk to us about what you heard today in geneva. it was very interesting at the conference today when most talking about the war in afghanistan and how people were dying and all the attacks and the terrorist attacks and everything i had some kind of feeling over there that people are very sick and tired of talking about war and plumping people dying and women suffering lack of hospitals and many other issues people people want to move people in afghanistan now i feel you want to get ahead of the move on with other things other issues in afghanistan so there were talks about women empowerment and how they can tackle this issue and there were talks about. the major issue of drought two million people are affected and more half of half million of them are children. over two million million children are out of school and this what about that as well there is a severe acute malnutrition among children and that and it's highest well with about half million children affected by the drought so that we're talking about other things it wasn't

reviewing the actions of saudi arabia and its record on rights violations a saudi delegation is in geneva to face questions over the murder of the among other issues addressing the council the delegation restated the kingdom's position that it's investigating the case and will prosecute those responsible for the killing turkey's vice president of tell you has called for an investigation into newspaper reports that his body was disposed of by dissolving yet and asked speaking to an adorable news agency journalist. as investigators are also focusing on who gave people order of the assassination wide sweeping u.s. economic sanctions targeting iran's oil and financial sectors have come into force iran's president hassan rouhani says his country will quote how the bypass the measures. let's now get more on our top story not the u.n. human rights council examining saudi arabia's record will speak to them why yes he's a saudi human rights activist he's joining us from dublin by a skype thanks for speaking to us so besides this being an exercise in grilling this saudi delegation in geneva will th

security service but they're prisoners of war covered by the geneva convention and should have access to the international red cross most of the servicemen and up here in simferopol before a court that gave out detention orders for two months while cases are investigated . internationally the pressure on russia appeared to have no effect on its foreign minister sergei lavrov visiting paris the au-prince crystal if the ukrainian side like its partners in europe is interested in avoiding such situations in the future it is obviously necessary to send a signal to kiev not to allow such a provocation that is not for us to do but for those who maintain close contact with the korean authorities mr lavrov hadn't appeared willing to meet a request made by the french foreign minister. sergey lavrov. told sergey lavrov that a gesture is expected from russia at the prisoners and the boats being held must be free to soon as possible but i will also call my ukrainian counterpart to encourage him to seek a deescalation in this region. there may be no confrontation now in the strait but the words ex

in geneva they will lay down what they have achieved with international money what afghanistan has to show the billions spent on security and i of a seventeen year is the sad news is that the afghan government will not have a stellar achievement to prison to do that and that's the thing we did on when sitting in gated afghanistan i'm sure that could be a very difficult time for the afghan government to show a tangible outcome for the law for the past two years. while not tangible there is optimism around the prospect of peace talks between the taliban and the us became public six months ago and have gained momentum in recent weeks. foreign troops in your country what will be your demand of course we want to be we go out and you. live in a free country that's starting to manage a team to go on a u.s. special envoy to afghanistan was announced in september to broker a deal. that met with all parties earlier this month were in very strong negotiations in afghanistan right now which a lot of people don't know about this may be the first but we are in very very strong negotiation in afghan

security service but they're prisoners of war covered by the geneva convention and should have access to the international red cross most of the servicemen and did up here in simferopol before a court that gave out detention orders for two months while cases are investigated . internationally the pressure on russia appeared to have no effect on its foreign minister sergei lavrov visiting paris be useful. if the ukrainian side like its partners in europe is interested in avoiding such situations in the future it is obviously necessary to send a signal to kiev not to allow such a provocation that is not for us to do but for those who maintain close contact with the korean you know thorgils mr lavrov hadn't appeared willing to meet a request made by the french foreign minister. sergey lavrov. told sergey lavrov that a gesture is expected from russia at the prisoners and the boats being held must be free to soon as possible but i will also call my ukrainian counterpart to encourage him to seek a deescalation in this region. there may be no confrontation now in the strait but the words exc

progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's irreversible progress on the political front the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u.n. sponsored talks there have stored and in rocca the treasures on. the longer reconstruction takes to begin says coachella cassava council. the greater the danger that i as my tree gained support among the people. the help offered so far is like um but it's not enough meeting with the u.s. representative the council vent their frustration they've heard that u.s. president on a tramp cut about two hundred million dollars from syria's stabilisation eight. leader model as if those who destroyed the city should rebuild it and what will we expect the coalition and the united states to help us with this goal they promised they would. fund now it's projects like this that the civil council is focusing on the pairing rock us infamous stadium. the foreman a match tells us islamic state terrorists carit out mass executions here and there they tortured hundreds of civilians in t

paul brennan his joining us from geneva so that was the saudi delegation kind of responding paul but what sort of questions have been asked of them in relation to the case of the murder. it's been a combination of questions i suppose in some ways it's predictably part is that the tone of some of the questions down for example algeria effectively patted saudi arabia on the back for the progress that they said the saudi arabia had made for example under the crown prince's vision twenty thirty scheme in relation to passing laws which they say upholds human rights but those are. not universal put it that way this is going to be a real grilling for saudi arabia the session is ongoing in the room over my shoulder room twenty here at the united nations in geneva the questions that have been submitted in advance for example the united kingdom has submitted a question saying how can it possibly be that the murder of jamal for shoji can be in any way compliant with human rights and how does it sit with the saudi law and the that they're going to speak shortly but we've already heard from the a

leader dismisses a qana songs plan for peace settlement this is it now gone the some confidence in geneva to find ways to stabilize the country after seventeen years of conflict. and reseal from a young german muslim hoping to shape the future of concrete and steel feed this as chile brings together political religious and academic leaders in a conference focused on integration and. on the thought she must go has shrugged off suggestions by european officials that it could face fresh sanctions over the crimean crisis tensions escalated between moscow and kiev off to russia sees three ukrainian naval vessels in a skirmish on sunday at least a dozen sailors have been detained for trial ukraine's president has warned its neighbor is for bread and for war and requested bowen's help. speaking on ukrainian state television president petro poroshenko said he turned to berlin after the kremlin failed to respond to his request for dialogue it was. immediately that night i ordered a phone conversation with the president of russia vladimir putin. we did not receive any response and i had to turn to

hello the murder of journalism is under the spotlight in geneva that's as the u.n. human rights council conducts its review of saudi arabia so the saudi delegation has face questioning by some of the member states over her death the u.s. condemned the premeditated killing and called for a transparent investigation meanwhile turkey's vice president has urged investigators to look into reports that these killers may have used acid to dissolve his body dots as new revelations come to light in turkish media the newspaper is saying members of a saudi team sent to istanbul to investigate these killing instead focused on removing evidence and in a televised interview because of the sons have said that their family is unable to grieve properly without knowing where his body is let's cross over to paul brennan he's joining us from geneva and what has the saudi delegation said when it comes to the killing. that during that the timing of this working group could scarcely be more opportune in the sense that this is a long shot jeweled opportunity to grill saudi arabia about its

talk to us about what you heard today in geneva. it was very interesting at the conference today when most talking about the war in afghanistan and how people were dying and all the attacks and the terrorist attacks and everything i had some kind of feeling over there that people are sick and tired of talking about war and plant people dying and women suffering lack of. hospitals and many other issues people people want to move people in afghanistan now i feel you want to get ahead of the move on with other things other issues in afghanistan so there were talks about women empowerment and how they can tackle this issue and there were talks about. the major issue of drought two million people are affected by war and war half of half a million of them are children. over two million million children are out of school and there's what about that as well there's a severe acute malnutrition among children and that and it's highest well with about half million children affected by the drought so that we're talking about other things it was

china's alleged abuse against is a minority under the spotlight in geneva the u.n. human rights council is conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights record exiled wigger activists are urging the international community to take a hotshot line against spain. and turkey's foreign minister says authorities have more evidence regarding the killing of jamal has showed that they haven't yet shared with the public his comments come after turkish media reports say staff at the saudi consulate in istanbul tried to tamper with security cameras to help cover up the journalist's matter. returning now to our top story in the u.s. midterm elections the polls have opened in twelve u.s. states florida is often considered the most important swing states in the midterms it's host to some crucial senate house and statewide races that could signal the mood across the country andy gallagher has more on what's at stake in florida. florida as political pundits like to say has it all. the sunshine state's home to a constantly changing populations that includes

i think a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president of the urgency of ending the violence back home but at the start of a two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world to decide events on private sector investment it's a different have guns. we're open for business i hope you are open for partners thank you this is not a pledging conference rather it's a chance to evaluate whether afghanistan is delivering on its promises to the international donor countries the un assistance mission to afghanistan or you nama is pointing to several areas where things are getting better thanks to outside support one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men and women across the country receiving their salaries that is something where there's been huge investment by the international community and that investment continues still virtually every aspect of life in afghanistan is affected by the conflict which has got worse this year besides the war with the taliba

conference in geneva he's formed a twelve person team to negotiate with the armed group but he warned the implementation of any peace deal is going to take at least five years. up next witness with the story of the radio station inside the world's largest refugee camp stay with al-jazeera. i was. asked i. was. not going to do to hold him to i do. think it. would be the. kind of. charge. to moderate to the level that it is i don't know what i did i just thought it got. out a little bit of are. you going to get on it i'm going to do him as an eye. on what i am it was not done without a fight even though it was as it is not as most. shops would do pride in it i was on them with a lot. of bacon and i want a man of any kind. on the other hand i look at what i want to look at really got up and then i'd be sitting there waiting and i don't look what i'm on doing i'm going . out on. saturdays i don't want to do you think i'm a hostage. or the egg. and. i don't. and we have a good thing that most of us don't know how to use in nicky campbell the whole world audition was the iraq invasion was i

a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president of the urgency of ending the violence back home but at the start of the two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world to decide a vent on private sector investment it's a different afghanistan we're open for business i hope you are open for partners thank you this is not a pledging conference rather it's a chance to evaluate whether afghanistan is delivering on its promises to the international donor countries the un assistance mission to afghanistan or you know is pointing to several areas where things are getting better thanks to outside support one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men and women across the country receiving their salaries that is something where there's been huge investment by the international community and that investment continues still virtually every aspect of life in afghanistan is affected by the conflict which has got worse this year besides the war with the taliba

for the peace starts with taliban is that far away from the streets of kabul in geneva they will take stock of this reality they will debate how to give afghans a better life they will talk about peace and solidarity accountability and commitment woods that meanness will hear that they carry on aware it's a moment to miss and dallas. u.s. president has been campaigning in the state of mississippi ahead of a special senate runoff election he's held two rallies to drum up support for republican senator cindy hyde smith who's facing an equally controversial democratic challenger mike espy john hendren has more now from tupelo. a century and a half later in the deep south state of mississippi the civil war still holds the power to divide it's there in the confederate soldiers hat that republican senators cindy hyde smith dawns in a facebook photo it surfaces in the comment she made about public hangings here were five thousand black men were lynched in the postwar reconstruction are liberal . and it shows in the efforts that have effectively stripped black residents from voter rolls a mov

these midterms are and gallacher al-jazeera fort myers florida world health organization experts in geneva are holding the first of a conference on pollution which is linked to seven million premature deaths annually and it's a major hazard in cities worldwide including london weather who's convinced her daughter was killed by breathing the council's toxic air is campaigning to change an electric vehicles as old reports. l.a. kissy deborah was super sporty beside swimming she played football and loved to dance but age seven she developed severe asthma two years later she was dead. ellice mother rosamond is convinced london's unlawfully high pollution killed her daughter and she's campaigning to have the cause of death recognized as air pollution and the suffolk. makes no bones about this from. just over annoyed she wasn't in a coma three to four times and she was lucky to survive those. long. and i have since learned. how agonizing that is. this is the area where ella grew up the traffic on this road that circle for the city is relevant less and there's a slightly sweet oily smell to the a

fertile legal ground for enforcing international humanitarian and human rights laws things like the geneva convention and the torture convention but i would suggest straight and i'm sure you're practical and pragmatic about this that the stage of the g. twenty is not the place where this sort of thing would happen despite the president's you've spoken about. so with that in mind how would how else would you put keep up the pressure that you want on saudi arabia and mohamed bin soman. well of course many people around the world are keeping up the pressure both for the killing of shogi for what's going on in yemen in this this particular complaint does not rely on politics it says you have a man who is potentially coming into your territory who is alleged to have committed certain crimes now what the prosecutor the judge has referred this case to a prosecutor in the argentine legal system the prosecutor and the investigating judge kind of work in tandem what that judge can do with the prosecutor now is begin to investigate he can potentially ask to interview mohamed bin so mom when he comes

been reviewing the actions of saudi arabia and its record on rights violations saudi delegation in geneva faced questions over the murder of. among other rights issues on the addressing the council the delegation restated the kingdom's position that it's investigating the case and will prosecute those responsible for the killing. and the phone separatists in cameroon say they've kidnapped seventy nine high school students and their principal they were taken from a presbyterian boarding school in the city above and in the west. wide sweeping u.s. economic sanctions targeting iran's oil and financial sectors have come into force iran's president hassan rouhani says his country will quote probably by pass the measure is. now civil rights groups fear millions of americans are being denied their right to vote in the midterm elections they say states under republican control are unfairly purging voter rolls affecting minorities well the trend is apparent in georgia where the white republican candidate faces strong competition from a black democrat john hendren reports from atlanta. daniel known

a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president that the agency avenging the violence back home but at the start of the two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world it is solely depends on private sector investments it's a different that's going to. we are open for business i hope you are open for partners thank you this is not a pledging conference rather it's a chance to evaluate whether afghanistan is delivering on its promises to the international donor countries the un assistance mission to afghanistan or you know is pointing to several areas where things are getting better thanks to outside support one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men and women across the country receiving their salaries that is something where there's been huge investment by the international community and that investment continues still virtually every aspect of life in afghanistan is affected by the conflict which has got worse this year besides the war with t

but first china's alleged abuse against its we go muslim minority is under the spotlight in geneva the un human rights council will be conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights record beijing has been accused of mass the tension and discrimination of weaker muslims in the region adrian brown has been allowed rare access to a room and province and sent this reports. there are few more difficult places for foreign journalists to report from in china the job especially in. the provinces vast security and surveillance network is in overdrive as international criticism mounts over china's internment program for ethnic muslim week and other groups officially chinese government officials insist they're providing free vocational training for those deemed vulnerable to islamic extremism . but exiled leader activists say these centers are nothing less than reeducation camps were up to a million men and women are being held indefinitely without charge chinese government is doing that with the international repercussions so i believe that. china would accelerate its s

the nineteen carat pink legacy diamond fetched almost forty million euros at auction in geneva on tuesday. defense a vivid pink color of the stone is extremely unusual for you so it was found in a south african mine a century ago according to experts only one in a hundred thousand diamonds received this grading but rarely are they serving us luxury jeweler harry winston won the auction and immediately renamed the diamond the winston pink legacy. of the world called combat lens alexanderplatz has long been a popular meeting point and photo motif and now tourists will be able to buy miniatures to take home with them after a stop acquired the rights from the cops designer and he'll create to the world clock over fifty years ago but never make use of his marketing rights. to the new super new collection comprises thirty articles. ten percent of the profits will go towards the coast maintenance. coldplay have released a documentary to celebrate their twentieth anniversary head full of dreams was screened in two thousand cinemas all over the world on wednesday the british band tell their own st

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founding the american red cross and joining the geneva convention and officially joining the red cross. it will take her another decade to do. 1882 the treaty of geneva assigned officially joining the international red cross and barton is credited with the biggest single reason why. so much so that when one woman talks about the treaty of geneva they include a cartoon about clara barton. that is how big her influences. her work with the american red cross doesn't surprise anyone in the connection to the battlefield is obvious. another one that is a little less obvious is her work advocating for first-aid education in the united states after the civil war. today -- in the late 1800s is controversial. they believe civilians applying medical attention could be doing more harm than good. facial cartoons saying did you know the leg was broken before you banded it? she is not afraid of a first- aid kit and knows that everyone having that knowledge could make a difference in saving lives. in her 80s she founded the national first-aid association of america and ran it for five years. when she

nineteen carat pink legacy diamond fetched almost forty million euros at auction in geneva on tuesday. the fence a vivid pink color of the stone is extremely unusual for you so it was found in a south african mine a century ago according to experts only one in a hundred thousand diamonds receives this grating but rarely are they so big u.s. luxury jeweler harry winston won the auction and immediately renamed the diamond the winston pink legacy. of the world car combat lens alexanderplatz has long been a popular meeting point and photo motif and now tourists will be able to buy miniatures to take home with them after a stop acquired the rights from the cox designer and he on created the world clock over fifty years ago but never make use of his marketing rights. to the new super new collection comprises thirty articles. ten percent of the profits will go towards the parks maintenance. coldplay have released a documentary to celebrate their twentieth anniversary head full of dreams was screened in two thousand cinemas all over the world on wednesday the british band tell their own story

aware that they he had done wrong now ukrainian officials dismissed this video as being against the geneva convention and also saying that the it was crazy the level of pressure these men are under with the situation now where they do appear to be facing court action in russia now there's also a declaration from the foreign ministry that all of these men are prisoners of war and should be respected as such.

been reviewing the actions of saudi arabia and its record on rights violations a saudi delegation in geneva faced questions over the murder of. addressing the council it restated the kingdom's position that it's investigating the killing and will prosecute those responsible well brennan has the latest from geneva the conflicting perspectives about saudi arabia's human rights record were highlighted before the session even began and documents submitted in advance firstly the national report from saudi arabia itself detailing what it says are the reforms that have been enacted the royal decrees which have been passed improving the role of women and improving the human rights record but in contrast to that two reports were put before delegates firstly one from un committees and another from n.g.o.s which complained about the arbitrary detentions about the use of the death sentence about the stonings amputations against children on the issue of jamal khashoggi could not be a scaped and. the kingdom of saudi arabia has already expressed its really good and came for the death of the manhunt going

china as abuse against its weaker muslim minority is under the spotlight in geneva the u.n. human rights council will be conducting its periodic review of the chinese government's human rights record beijing has been accused of mass the tension and discrimination if we are muslims in the region this update from geneva. juz day has been the day for china's human rights records to be examined by the united nations and the list of international concerns is one for example if i could there's no independent human rights institution the restrictions on journalists and n.g.o.s the prevalence of corruption the treatment and the lack of protection for children most importantly for these protests at least the plight of the we've got ethnic minority on seven hundred fifty i was one of the panel speakers at the hot sun and i think you're one of the think tanks in washington d.c. and i talk about the concentration camps and the condition and the china as crime against humanity six days later my sister and the mike and they were he came by the chinese government china for its part said it

geneva process. will they do it? i think eventually it's in russia's best interest that syria not be the cauldron of violence that it is now and we'll keep supporting the u.n. and their effort. >> let me ask you a related question. there has been a lot of discussion about iran wanting to create an arc of influence, if you will, from tehran all of the way to beirut and the possibilities that that could be disrupted in iraq and particularly syria. could you say a little bit about what we're doing to counter iranian influence in syria and to frustrate their ability to establish this kind of strategic arc? >> our authority to be in syria right now is clearly on the defeat isis campaign, and that is the authority i have from the president and that's the authority of the congress and the authorization for the use of military force and that is the only specific, military purpose that we're undertaking there. now at the same time, the secretary of state pompeo taking the lead as he should in something like this has doubled t