the u.n. commission of inquiry report that was released in 2014 found that human rights abuses in north korea are without parallel in the contemporary world. there are between 80,000 to 120,000 individuals in political prison camps today. and i would say that is probably a conservative estimate. and beyond that, even further conservative estimate, over 400,000 individuals have already perished in these camps. and this unique moment in time, when we are in negotiations with north korea, can we truly afford to not raise human rights concerns? do we really have the option to not advocate for the rights and the liberties of the north korean people? i would say we do not. it is now my pleasure to introduce you to our panelists, each selected for a particular reason, jung, which covers national and human rights issues in washington. dan, because he and a staffer wrote a fabulous paper that i hope you were able to grab on your way in, arguing that the u.s. government should find more natural ways to

the u.n. commission of inquiry report that was released in 2014 found that human rights abuses in north korea are without parallel in the contemporary world. there are between 80,000 to 120,000 individuals in political prison camps today. and i would say that is probably a conservative estimate. and beyond that, even further conservative estimate, over 400,000 individuals have already perished in these camps. and this unique moment in time, when we are in negotiations with north korea, can we truly afford to not raise human rights concerns? do we really have the option to not advocate for the rights and the liberties of the north korean people? i would say we do not. it is now my pleasure to introduce you to our panelists, each selected for a particular reason, jung, which covers national and human rights issues which i think is rare in washington. dan, because he and a staffer wrote a fabulous paper that i hope you were able to grab on your way in, arguing that the u.s. government should find

he is the u.n. envoy for libya had earlier wanted elections to take place in in december this year because of the recent violence has talked about putting that off until next summer we'll have more developments on that as and when they happen let's go back to the whole now in palermo so john you were just hearing there. from the italian prime minister reaffirming. their commitment to libya's future and laying out the priorities certainly as far as italy is concerned. yes i think what we've heard there are certainly positive words from the italian prime minister and crucially from the u.n. envoy son sell in may as well at the conclusion of this conference mr sullum a saying in his view it was a success he's rarely seen such a spirit of cordiality and cohesion among the key players of course we had earlier today a meeting between the u.n. backed prime minister in tripoli are surrounded and khalifa haftar the renegade general who controls the east the first time they've met since may we've seen picture

genocide is ongoing u.n. fact finding more and. report at the u.n. security council last three weeks ago so we have not seen the government at all and or i hearn is let me let me let me just finding mission already report of chairman much of the measure yes is that what went on let's say let's put this to our mother now or let's put this to omar tonkin omar because as as to him points out there has been this is a huge amount of international pressure but he's calling for in effective international intervention what exactly could that be well i think holding to be an allusion to. see. sure the international criminal courts. secures a chance to meet a problem is of course all the time in the security council in the me i'm our government is supported by china is protected by china. you know it has been and that i mean sadly the structure of the u.n. security council is such that people can have this abuse in detail. waited waited protect their vassals in different parts of the works so there it is important the pressure is applied don't china to china u

is searching the u.n. security council to take steps to end the violence we want the security council to shoulder its responsibility with regard to this situation threatening international peace and security and it is unfortunately the security council is paralyzed it did not sure that it's the responsibility nevertheless we will keep knocking on the door of the security council to shoulder its responsibility i hope the efforts by our brothers in egypt of having you know the seize fire to be put in place that will hold the u.s. republican senator lindsey graham has described as crown prince mohammed bin solomon as unstable and unreliable he says he and other senators are discussing sanctions against riyadh in the wake of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is killing a vote on a resolution to cut off all assistance to riyadh for the war in yemen could also happen in weeks the senate has asked the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o the defense secretary jim mattis and the cia director to know how spoke to g

political investment that hamas has put into the truce talks that have been going on with egypt the u.n. mediated inflow of qatari fuel and money to really ameliorate the energy situation inside gaza electricity and some salary at least partial salary payments starting to come in so there is a lot to gain for hamas and particularly the people inside gaza from a deescalation however on the other side of the ledger there was this israeli incursion on sunday night which although israel said and hamas seems publicly to accept it was not an assassination attempt against this relatively senior local commander of hamas' military wing that is how it turned out there was a gunfight in which seven palestinians including this man were killed and in the aftermath of that the other palestinian factions mourners at the funerals of these men more generally there was a call for a response and so the palace in factions including hamas which of course is the most senior controls the gaza strip came together and started launching this big question is whether they are in a position domestically to say they

secretary general and trigger an independent u.n. led investigation because i fear that we will not get to the bottom of this if we just leave it to saudi arabia and to turkey indeed. to side many nations on state controlled news services we're very aware of that being an independent news source carries with it the possibility of danger if you ask the most simplest or innocent of questions we have an al-jazeera journalist in an egyptian jail we have me in ma journalist from reuters in jail for uncovering a mass murder. again you know when you have a state in control of a country not even the u.n. seems to be able to cajole push or get these men and women released. absolutely you're dealing with governments and it makes it harder but what we need to do is to make sure that the countries that have relations with those authoritarian governments that do trade that have diplomatic ties use whatever influence they can to pursue justice countries usually do care about having fairly good commercial and diplomatic ties with others they don't

u.n. health agency says seven newborn baby. among thirty six new cases of the outbreak babies don't usually catch the disease but experts suspect they may have caught it from infected parents the break in the d.r. c. is the worst in its history with three hundred forty six confirmed cases including one hundred seventy five deaths. there's plenty more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including. so a sad attack us talk at china's consulate in karachi pakistan plus the u.n. envoy to yemen returns from the portsea for date as he makes a fresh push for peace talks and book a journey as fans pack into the stadium in bias eyes just to watch a training session at saturday's big final against river pates more on that coming up in sports a tale of the. first a politician and former militia leader accused of war crimes in central african republic has appeared at the international criminal court in the hague. also known as a rumble was a senior leader within the mostly christian movement and fighter

is it a u.n. organization or give me a sense of who those third parties would be. >> in this case, it's a third party contractor, who has a contract. they're all syrians inside the country. one of the challenges about syria is all of these people are inside and we are forbidden from getting in and actually looking at that time. what we tend to do is triangleate, and so if someone else misses it, someone else catches it. our partners themselves have their own third-party monitors , as well. and what happened is about a year ago, one of the third-party monitors thought that there was a problem that hts was diverting or getting usaid aistance -- u.s. aid assistance and they had it all at same time. by february, we found out that happeninge actually and we immediately suspended and ended those programs. in the northwest that's we now have three. that was one of the three programs that we have suspended. we didn't wait for the ig to come back with their findings and we immediately suspend while people

the u.n. security council has voted to lift sanctions against every train and arms embargo asset freeze and travel ban were imposed in two thousand and nine amid claims that eritrea supported al shabaab fighters in somalia the u.n. vote follows a thawing of relations between eritrea and its neighbors after years of home plate when cheney gave labor trends steel. lifting of the sanctions regime or near to or doesn't of course mean that the region is free of challenges we still face problems that require it first and determination to rezone we still need the help and serious support of the international community but on our product we are determined to accelerate if earth's to create a region where his development and democracy prevail in haren many u.s. defense secretary met his has been visiting his country's border with mexico where thousands of soldiers have been deployed in recent weeks they were sent on the orders of president trying to prevent a group of asylum seekers from entering the u

i mean now i think the u.n. can help mediate a peace process between the parties maybe not an immediate peace process the u.n. special envoy martin gryphus talks about stopping the fighting first and building peace later and i think the contact he's maintaining with both on the who of these and also side of the coalition and also the united states is very important to stopping the worst of the violence to stop in the missile strikes on both sides to potentially averting an escalation and data martin gryphus was instrumental in over the course of the summer.

i mean now i think the u.n. can help mediate a peace process between the parties maybe not an immediate peace process the u.n. special envoy martin gryphus talks about stopping the fighting first and building peace later and i think the contact he's maintaining with both on sorrow on the of these and also side of the coalition and also the united states is very important to stopping the worst of the violence to stop in the missile strikes on both sides to potentially averting an escalation and data martin group as was instrumental in over the course of the summer when a lot of un pressure and a lot of international pressure from humanitarians stopped a direct assault on the port and now we do see new sources massing and given the significance of the humanitarian situation that is extraordinarily concerning the united nations cannot solve all problems the dietitians cannot you know create a peace process from the ground up at best it's a venue to bring parties together and to get people in conversation we should

that if only came from israel's ambassador to the u.n. during the bid for u.n. membership. we have had countries sign two peace agreements with israel and the plo recognized on 78% of his torque palestine, but not a single refugee has been allowed to return to israel. and if only pursued by the u.s. back in the 1980s was, if only the palestinians would accept u.n. security council resolution 242 and 338 and land for peace formula, renounce vie violence and recognize israel, then it could be a legitimate for peace talks. despite these conditions and sign iing the declaration of principles, at the white house, under u.s. law it remains a terrorist organization. it had its representative office in washington close this month. and the u.s. consulate, the office in jet reduce them that handles palestinian affairs in the occupy territory has been merged with the u.s. embassy to israel. signaling an end to the u.s.'s pursuit of a two-state solution. the most dangerous of them all were the woun of the world and the u.s. must stand firmly against given the current realities we are f

u.n. envoy to. talk about the u.n. . report says whether events will cost the economy billions of dollars. of global warming. hello pressure is growing on the u.s. president to act on intelligence reports suggesting the saudi crown prince ordered the murder of journalists. to lead the house intelligence committee when the newly elected members take office says donald trump's response will become part of an investigation. from washington. it should come as no surprise that democrats say that they're going to investigate the way that the trumpet ministration has been conducting its business once they come to power in the house in early january but when it comes to the murder of jamal khashoggi the incoming chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff of california says that it's very important to understand just what the u.s. intelligence community knows about his murder what it still can't verify or answer and what the trump white house has been doing in response to credible eviden

>> the relevant u.n. resolution 2254 tasks the u.n., and the u.n., this is one thing it is good at, for running free and fair elections, including among the diaspora and everybody that isn't under assad's control. that is roughly half the population. we cannot imagine the bulk of that population voting for that individual, if there is free elections. so if you are wondering what the solution to assad is, it's to carry out u.n. resolution 2254. >> thank you so much. and i have further questions for you mr. jenkins, but i want to yield time to our ranking member, who will soon be the chairman of this committee, mr. deutsche. >> thank you, madam chairman. >> in a letter from the state department, in september, which i would like to turn into the record, i was told -- >> without objection. >> the president has been clear that we are prepared to remain in syria until the enduring defeat of isis and we remain focused on ensuring the withdrawal of iranian forces and their proxies. ambassador jeffrey, how far wil

has already called on the u.n. secretary general antonio good ted as to launch that inquiry do you think the u.n. blood can now to face more pressure on the shelves the killing. i think it might i mean what we've seen over the last several weeks is first the special wrapper tour on extrajudicial killings on yes column ard and i and our working group on in force and involuntary disappearances that's a un working group we initially called for an international investigation authorized by the un really within days of jamal to show gay's disappearance we've repeated that call a number of times the un's high commissioner for human rights michel bash alay has also joined that call so whether we call it pressure or something else i think there's a growing recognition that in order to in order not to make a mockery of the idea of safety of journalists which governments around the world call for all of the top crime that it's important for the u.n. to do this now david just a final thought from you i mean what do you make of

the u.n. secretary general he is also overnighting in paris because he also has a meeting with president macro in the morning so i think and i can also tell you that there's a palestinian representative here in paris as well not clear to me at this stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians all. over this. ghazi hamad is a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip and he told us that an israeli unit escaped to the border after the operation. well you know. there are also some of the one. which. you had or some collaborators tried to escape to go to these reporters but they are surrounded by full. brigades. that tried to cover. this guy the president or the soldiers. striking. so i think it was. actually we have about six people were killed. some was. one of them is one of the few minutes ago. i think of it was a. because. it's going to talk costs wanted to washington d.c. is joining us live. the attack coming at a time like that the u.s. w

the u.n., nikki haley. as well as the ukrainian ambassador and deputy russian ambassador. we begin with the united nations undersecretary-general for political affairs who gave n update on the situation. >> thank you, mr. president. less than a month ago when i last briefed the security council on the situation in ukraine, i brought to the council's attention the reports of increased tensions in the sea of azuf and underlying the need to avoid any risk of escalation, provocation, or o miscalculation. regrettably, a serious security incident took place near cry merea, close to the sea only yesterday. i wish to underline that the united nations currently cannot independently verify the circumstances surrounding the incident. however, reports indicate on 25 november an incident involving three ukrainian vessels and at least one russian vessel took place near the straits when the former attempted to enter the sea of azof. a number of ukrainian sailors, though the exact number remains unclear, were

security council talking at the u.n. clearly the warnings about fresh conflict and company climb who is the u.n. special court based in jerusalem and he was only ground. the u.n. secretary general he is also. in paris because he has a meeting with president macro in the morning so i think i can also tell you that there's a palestinian representative here in paris well not clear to me at this stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians will. open. maureen rabbani is a senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies and he says the israeli raid comes at a crucial point in talks between the israelis and palestinians the question that arises is what israel's motivations were suspect were they as so often in the past trying to give hamas a bloody nose just to remind them that they're in charge and they will decide the terms on which any cease fire is reached or a day perhaps by contrast trying to scuttle this cease fire initiative and perhaps engaging in a larger conflict as

i mean now i think the u.n. can help mediate a peace process between the parties maybe not an immediate peace process the u.n. special envoy martin gryphus talks about stopping the fighting first and building peace later and i think the contact he's maintaining with both on saarland these and also side of the coalition and also denied states is very important to stopping the worst of the violence to stop in the missile strikes on both sides to potentially averting an escalation in the data martin group as was instrumental in over the course of the summer when a lot of un pressure and a lot of international pressure from humanitarians stopped a direct assault on the port and now we do see new sources massing and given the significance of the humanitarian situation that is extraordinarily concerning the united nations cannot solve all problems the dietitians cannot you know create a peace process from the ground up at best it's a venue to bring parties together and to get people in conversation we should be lookin

all right thank you so very much carola dahmer head of the u.n. mine action program in iraq. now here and starting it's the concentration camps that the world has forgotten but one of its last survivors has been talking to did every news about her experiences there they occur mark camp north of berlin was built to punish teenage girls who fail to get in line with the nazi regime did abuse linda with luka metz excuse me with leukemia barbie coast scott crew was sent there from poland and then one morning there was a military roll call and they shouted what's your name we didn't know where they were taking us. they asked us what we had done and we said nothing so the laughter was just yeah they are moving it's stuck new to. the both of us the cards took me and my sister away but my mother was left alone it's too tough a concentration camp. that was the worst part. because memory remains very clear for certain events in her life she remembers exactly when aged fifteen years old she was separated from her mother in a concentration camp lutea was taken five hundred kilometers away

sicily it is the latest attempt to bring all parties together after a similar talks in paris in may u.n. special envoy is a sense says he hopes the meeting will help libyans find a clear path to democracy. the libyan people deserve. a life that is much better than the one they are now under. and to see that the international community can gather. a unified message to them that it is high time they take their destiny in their own hands with our support. is crucial. and. will be remembered as a milestone in this common effort to help our b.m. friends. are italian prime minister just seppi conti says it is important for libyans to be part of the election process. perspective. we want to reassure and ensure six million libyan citizens men and women who wish to vote to decide their destiny and have stability with the united libya a stable libya looking forward to reach these goals libya is our friend we have been linked for a long time. john howard has more from polymer in sicily. well this was a conference that involved thirty countries but the only crucial meeting really was between two me

the west wants damascus to first engage in the u.n. political process before it discusses money for reconstruction russia wants to move to the post-war stage but it knows concessions will have to be made senator al jazeera asked. mexico says it will continue to deport migrants who attempts to storm the us mexico border nearly one hundred central american asylum seekers be deported this week after they tried to breach the border fence into one on sunday u.s. border agents fired tear gas to deter the group of about fifty markets where we live in with our correspondent first his report. 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

is also urging the u.n. security council to take steps to end the violence we won the security council to shoulder its responsibility with regard to this situation threatening international peace and security and it is unfortunately the security council is paralyzed it did not show that its responsibility nevertheless we will keep knocking on the door of the security council to shoulder its responsibility i hope the efforts by our brothers in egypt of having the cease fire to to be put in place that will hold. well most all to come for you here on al-jazeera including these stories the search for bodies continuing in california as hundreds are still missing after the worst wildfire in the history of the state. and the u.k. and the e.u. have reportedly agreed to a draft brix a deal after months of negotiations but can it get approval today from the u.k. cabinet and indeed the parliament. hello is still far to war in the austrian alps to get any snow and this area generally speaking is warned it should be by a

the u.n. secretary general and tony it will tennis is warning against any disruption to the port operations. it is of work. i think that now all the powers agreed that it must be ended i think that circumstances will allow it i hope to direct actors in the conflict in the stand and i hope that it happens as quickly as possible because if for example the port of her died is destroyed that would be catastrophic for the whole of yemen. please call son to for the safety of hundreds of thousands of civilians was to leave the city there now growing calls for a ceasefire and peace talks between the warring parties in a sign the u.s. is finally losing patience with the war in the yemen secretary of state mike pompei o create rated enough for all to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon i didn't need for suspicion of hostilities pompei also i did all parties to come to the table to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict in a meeting in the saudi capital with the british foreign secretary j

the u.n. secretary general says it is going to be catastrophic for the anti-human all right thank you once more head on the al-jazeera news hour including after years of exile some sudanese refugees prepare to return home to darfur. firefighters in california continue their battle to contain the worst wildfires in the state's history. and a final push for spain and the u. wafer nations me joe will have the details a little later in sport. but first the speaker of parliament says the country doesn't have a legitimate prime minister or government and he's backing appointed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa with supporters of criticise or right now we're promising them parliament passed a no confidence motion on wednesday to remove former president rajapaksa as well as his cabinet bernard smith has more from colombo. obama's going to sit again tomorrow the speaker has met with the leaders of various parties and they were read to sit again tomorrow quite well they'll decide we don't know what we ha

backing the u.n. sponsored plan now for libya if it is it more of a hindrance than being helpful given as eunice's just pointed out the kind of squabbling that we've seen particularly between france and this is a. i think i think the french president. was to save himself the embarrassment of the presiding over of the funeral of the paris agreement definitely this conference burrowed the paris agreement buried in him attempt by the. state council and the house of representatives to remove saraj moved full speed ahead with the international with the national conference i think the. the conflict between france and italy is overblown but i believe that italian interference helped give the libyans a chance to have a say in what happens next instead of being forced on the immorality french egyptian train heading straight to a collision with right now that there is a candidate and for election can i just interrupt you there and ask perhaps presumptuously that you're sitting in tripoli the tripoli administrat

james bays has more from paris where the u.n. . secretary-general met with the french president the israeli gaza conflict was part of the discussion. prime minister netanyahu had been judas stay overnight in paris and have a meeting here with president mccraw that meeting was canceled he's headed back to tell of the four meetings in jerusalem about the situation in cars still here though in paris the secretary general of the united nations and tonio good terrorists as he arrived for his meeting with president macro he told me the situation in gaza was extremely serious the u.n. has been warning some for top some time the special coordinator of the u.n. based in jerusalem nicholai mladin off that perhaps garza could return to a situation of all out war he's given those warnings to the u.n. security council and certainly diplomats there are concerned but there is no consensus on action and that's mainly due to the fact that the u.s. of course is a permanent member it has a veto on any resolutions at the security council and its posit

arms embargo on south sudan as well as the u.n. arms embargo. so what we found is that the downs neighbors have been the primary conduit particularly in uganda the primary quant conduits and sometimes the active sponsors of weapons to each side of the conflict now up until july of this year there hasn't been a global u.n. arms embargo on south sudan and that has allowed arms shipments to come in to south sudan's neighbors legitimately and then be passed on into the south sudanese conflict and what we found is that in some cases correspondence between for example the ugandan and the south sudanese government show south sudan arranging for uganda to provide the paperwork that makes it look like these weapons are coming into for the end use of uganda and you say that you've not received a response from either uganda or itself sudan to these allegations but what are you hoping to achieve with this reports. so this is about more than just uganda or sudan or south sudan this is about the integrity of international arms controls the try to stop weapons

the u.n. envoy to syria says the latest talks involving iran russia and turkey to end the war are a missed opportunity that fonda mr a says he's disappointed with the failure to agree on a constitutional committee. supporters of prime minister rana work on a single have pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who replaced him. in zimbabwe opposition leader nelson chamisa has called for a nationwide protest against the government's the ruling zanu p.f. party is warning any deaths during the protests will be the opposition's fault post-election rallies in august saw six people killed. joining us from the capital harare how big are the protests expected to be. well the march had started the numbers required to detect a couple of thousand people or maybe currently marching right now of this is needed say the march is about the economy it's been a year since the former president robert mugabe was forced from power by the army and the new leader president musselman and i will

the u.n. envoy for libya says renegade general is committed to a un action plan to end seven years of fighting libya's rival leaders and other foreign powers indorse the plan during a conference in sicily it is the latest attempt to bring all parties together after a similar talks in paris in made. the libyan people deserve. a life that is much better than the one they are now under. and to see that the international community can gather. a unified message to them that it is high time they take their destiny in their own hands. with our support. is crucial. and palermo will be remembered as a milestone in this common effort to help our young friend. perspective. we want to reassure and ensure six million libyan citizens men and women who wish to vote to decide they destiny and have stability with the united libya a stable libya looking forward to reach these goals libya is our friend we have been linked for a long time john how has more on this now from palermo where the talks were held. well

the u.n. is calling for the security council members to take action to end the violence we want the security council to shoulder its responsibility with regard to this situation threatening international peace and security and it is unfortunately the security council is paralyzed it did not show that its responsibility nevertheless we will keep knocking on the door of the security council to shoulder its responsibility i hope the efforts by our brothers in egypt of having the cease fire to to be put in place that will hold all the months of negotiations the united kingdom and your opinion have finally reached a framework agreement for bret's set that's going to the office of prime minster in may it will still need political approval on both the british and european sides and it's already facing stiff resistance from members of may's own policy and crucial coalition part of the. whole brand reports. the prime minister needs all the support she can get at the moment and a selected group of her g

the u.n. special envoy to yemen says the warring parties will attend talks in sweden later this month after a pause and fighting in the besieged port city of data airstrikes have been relaunched by the saudi coalition against the rebels inside of the matter get to james base. to impede the charles when he brief the u.n. security council special envoy martin griffiths was talking up the prospects of yemeni peace talks due to take place soon in sweden it is a crucial moment for yemen i've received firm assurances from the leadership of the yemeni parties the governor of yemen of course first and then they are committed to attending these consultations i believe that genuine alike specked them to continue in that way and to. appear for those consultations and indeed so do the yemeni people who are desperate for a political solution to a war in which they are the main victims also briefing the security council the head of the world food programme who says the country is only months away from full

plan they've been a series of u.n. and western led plans over the years since the fall of moammar gadhafi they've all failed the sense of it has been that they've tended to be western led drives to fall forced a position or a solution on the libyans this conference seeks to turn that around and allow the libyans to decide for themselves that the new u.n. plan as i say takes a conference the idea of a national conference to libya next year for the libyans to make their own minds up and the hope is that at least at this point they could rally everyone behind that position and take out of the equation some of the opposing forces inside and outside the country that have been pulling this country in opposite directions right turn a whole thank you search teams are now trying to recover bodies from california's worst wildfire with forty two people killed other fires continue to burn across the state a red flag warning stretched from north to south in the south the smaller hill fire is mostly contained but the larger woolsey

security council talking at the u.n. clearly the warnings about fresh conflict and company climb landing it was the u.n. special court based in jerusalem and he was holding the ground. the u.n. secretary general he is also overnighting in paris because he. has a meeting with president macro in the morning so i think i can also tell you that there's a palestinian representative here well not clear to me at this stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians also open. now more than a body as a senior to shoot for palestine studies and he says the israeli raid comes at a crucial point until the question.

from the u.n. mission in mali used also with stabilizing the country and supporting the population the mission of other foreign armies is to provide protection for people and their property but they have their limitations their mission is also to protect the flow of humanitarian aid but it's becoming extremely difficult now add to that the fact the relief workers themselves do not want to be escorted by men in arms this may look like a un peacekeeping force but in fact these are al-qaeda fighters on their way to launch an attack the tactic shows how dangerous the situation has become for civilians and foreign armies in mali on qaeda attacks on the united nations mission here and other foreign armies have become a daily occurrence and this despite the fact that the role of the un mission is not to participate in war but rather to keep the peace now added to its insecurity challenge the u.n. is trying to fill the void left by aid organizations says our intervention in the area of acute culture. but t

the u.n. secretary general he is also overnighting in paris because he also has a meeting with president macro in the morning so i think and i can also tell you. there's a palestinian representative here. in paris well not clear to me at this stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians also are here over in paris but clearly paris will be the focus i think to early morning meetings release a palace between the israeli prime minister and then one hour later the u.n. secretary general both for meetings with the french president ok well for now thank you very much the diplomatic editor joining in paris. well now i want to bring you another story we've been covering tonight agencies warning that the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could spread into neighboring countries this is the was the outbreak in the country's history with three hundred nineteen confirmed and probable cases and more than two hundred people killed by the disease

backing the u.n. sponsored plan that libya is it is it more of a hindrance than being helpful given as as eunice's just pointed out the kind of squabbling that we've seen particularly between france and this is a. i think i think the french president. was to save himself the embarrassment of the presiding over of the funeral of the paris agreement definitely this palermo conference burrowed the paris agreement buried in him attempt by the house the state council and the house of representatives to remove saraj moved full speed ahead with the international with the national conference i think the. the conflict between france and italy is overblown but i believe that italian interference helped give the libyans a chance to have a say in what happens next instead of being forced on the immorality french egyptian train heading straight to a collision with right now that there is a candidate and for election can i just interrupt you there and ask perhaps presumptuously that you're sitting in tripoli the tr

probe the u.n. security council is you to vote on thursday about extending its peacekeeping mission in central african republic there's really been a moment of peace since the conflict began there five years ago and the alliance of muslim rebels known as a celica overthrew president government in two thousand and thirteen a few months later rebel leader michel djotodia was sworn in as interim president but he was forced to resign after fighting between the seleka and christian scientists known as the anti balika continued the un sent a peacekeeping force to support african union and french forces already there since then cease fires have been signed in violated and all sides have been accused of war crimes now one man wanted by both the u.n. and c.r.s. government is the man he was once a celica rebel but is now in charge of a neighborhood known as p.k. five in central bank in the capital and in this exclusive interview with al jazeera he tells nicholas hockey stay and defend his people. in hiding bu

earlier the u.n. special envoy to yemen met hooty leaders in the capital sanaa martin griffiths is expected to travel to her day on thursday the port is crucial for food and aid supplies colorado has this update from neighboring djibouti. visit to yemen is all about getting a commitment from the to not only a cease fire but also the peace talks planned for before the end of the in sweden has been talking to the whole season so far has been able to gain that concession in which they had promised to stop targeting the sodium without equally shot on their allies in yemen with brawn and ballistic missiles but that doesn't translated to the guns going silent involved. today that we've seen some of the most intense fighting in the past forty eight hours in the city and very close to the port where seventy percent of yemen's exports including crucial aid go through now the people who are suffering in different parts of the contrary people who are facing starvation and the u.n. saying on the verge of a farm a

total impunity when you said that the u.n. commission was not backed by any political will for example which countries on the security council were you referring to which countries specifically lacked the political will that you were looking for or its well known needs russia first of all to russia and china and russia uses a victorian right so they stopped each resolution that want to to put in place the international tribunal it was not possible it is still not possible because russia is still putting an obstacle to each each decision to tina justice for the victims isn't there a bit of a contradiction there when we hear you talk about russia because right now you're saying russia is to blame but in twenty sixteen when the russians were intervening in syria bombing in syria tilting the war in favor of bashar al assad you praised that you said it was a good thing that russia should intervene because quote someone is attacking these terrorist groups what is your position on russia in the syrian war because you seem to be all o

yes a little earlier today we heard from the u.n. envoy some. unveiling essentially a new sort of roadmap or timeline towards elections in libya hoped to take place by the middle of next year now this is a road map i think we'll be hearing more about over the next twenty four hours or so it was expected to be unveiled here at this conference picking up where a whole series of u.n. and western led initiatives have failed in the past the most recent of which of course a french initiative in may to hold elections just next month last week the u.n. officially abandoned that path as being too ambitious with the u.n. envoy wants to see what he calls a national conference taking place early next year in libya bringing together all the libyan actors asking them and getting them to decide on what sort of electoral process they want that what sort of elections they want to hold a presidential parliamentary they haven't even got an electoral law at this point that's got to be sorted out and then for a vote to take place by june well it's a pretty ambitious

and u.n. has called on both sides to stop the fighting and to begin talks. the trouble ministration has announced it is returning all of the u.s. sanctions on iran which were lifted on the twenty eight fifteen nuclear deal fronts germany the u.k. and the e.u. are all condemning that move as well as in jordan reports from washington. the u.s. state department and treasury department have announced that effective five g. on monday november fifth all u.s. sanctions targeting iran's energy and financial sectors will be reimposed and more than seven hundred people are going to be added to the u.s. sanctions list this is part of what washington is calling its maximum pressure strategy in order to convince the government that it needs to change its policies its destabilizing policies in the trumpet ministrations words and terms of supporting the assad government in syria in terms of supporting hooty fighters in yemen civil war and in terms of trying to build a nuclear weapons arsenal the trumpet ministration says that the obama administration was wrong to enter int

welcome back this week the u.n. sent a special rapporteur only stream poverty and human rights to britain to investigate the human consequences of post twenty eight crash austerity cuts but back in april as resumes windrush deportations gadol broke the un's own human rights council determined that at the heart of british society lies structural racism joining me now is award winning musician not to use socially conscious new album is called man like and i.x. that he welcome to going underground tell me about this new album oh well can i say it's amazing i've listened to these amazing. we love into this new album and we record it with the governor would like to record me and my band the rebel ship so yeah it's just a song for heathen upliftment and unity as well is yeah more than a million you know you people have heard the song bedroom. and we know that yes but i mean i don't know whether it's going to florida saying it's going to gateway that one song which is on the album which closes the year into far more things

and using it again meanwhile the u.n. has voted overwhelmingly in support of lifting the us economic embargo on cuba which has been in place since nine hundred sixty is the twenty seventh time the assembly is cool to the blockade to be ended it's bots the u.s. envoy responded by saying the resolution many of its trust in the u.n. . once again we were reminded why so many people believe that faith in the united nations is often misplaced the brutal when's of the castro dictatorship denial of freedom and the denial of the most basic human rights for the cuban people the people of cuba are our neighbors and our friends and they are fellow children of god they use this all the time that's the word bandied around but these are democratically elected people as you've known it really struck flies in the face of a country that just amounts having voter suppression methods immunize these these are popular governments with with participation voter participation percentage is that far outstrip the united states you only have about a

the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcomed to hear his decision to stop drone and missile strikes against the sound led coalition iran backed rebels also say they are ready for a broader a ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace comes as yemen saudi backed government has also confirmed it will take part in the u.n. backed talks in sweden nation this month my motto reports from neighboring. these are the kind of attacks the voters say will lead ballistic missiles fired into so that it be a from across the south of the border in the. whole the president of the whole thing supreme revolutionary committee said we are now so initiatives by calling on the yemeni official forty's to stop the launching of missiles and drones on the u.s. so the countries and their allies in yemen in order to stop any just difficulty for their continued aggression or siege while preparing to freeze or stop military operations on all fronts to reach a just an honorable peace if they really want peace for the peopl

in libya, we're working with the u.n. support mission in libya and the u.n. special representative salamy, for a reconciliation process, toward a kritible, peaceful ask we support elections. artificial deadlines and a rushed res is would be prushgive sfp they lay the technical bound work for, and we speak in one voice in support of mediation to curb any at.s which would only plunge libya into chaos. it highlights that the political track alone is insufficient. it must be coupled with security and economic reform. without stability in tripoli, no effective political mediation and much less a solution can happen. instability opens the door for isis and al qaeda resurgence and currency and subsidy reform to revitalize libyan economy and reducing stability and we collaborated a much-needed libyan-led dialogue and fiscal transparency and longstanding grievances of the resource distribution. >> the administration has also stepped up its engagement on the western sahara conflict. i recently met with moroccan and algerian officials and i'm encouraged by their agreeme

the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace and the u.n. women there they the u.n. women organization have launched this campaign under that hash tag trying to capitalize off the back of a very successful made two campaign but they want to take it even a bit further and try and build momentum on that encourage people not in the limelight to share their stories and experiences and then the other sort of specific issues it's highlighting well i mean my father's got some is a it's a really important topic when i was alarmed by the statistic. as i was researching this story one in three women across the world will experience violence in their lifetime regardless of age race where they live obviously certain demographics more affected the young the very old the poorer seconds of society but basically one in three matter where they come from will experience violence in their lifetime and most of the perpetrator is intimate partners or family members so it's pretty alarming it's pretty important issue absolutely is there any. early early days. day one of a sixteen day camp