u.n. and its subsidiary bodies are far from perfect institution, they have the power to facilitate remarkable achievements and leverage partnerships. if you are confirmed, i hope you address the following priorities. first, we must actively seek so balance china's influence. this administration's pullback from the u.n. risks enabling china to fill the vacuum by ceding diplomatic ground. china is eager to undermine u.n. human rights mechanisms and impose china's authoritarian world view. second, the u.s. -- i should say the u.n. must be fair and appropriately condemn human rights abuses and atrocities and stop politically motivated resolutions. one of the persistent weaknesses of the united nations system has been the bias and ugly approach toward israel. you must use your voice to end and combat these efforts. third, the united states must pay our arears. the u.n. is in a financial crisis in part due to u.s. shortfalls. for peacekeeping alone, we are $776 million in arears. these arears ha

mission to the u.n. at present and that is a probably because bolton and other members of the administration are fighting over what policy lines to take we will miss you nikki haley resigned was feted by president trump and returned to a home in south carolina. in departing she left an empty seat on the national security council and what's been made very clear is that it's a seat the new ambassador to the u.n. will not occupy. mike hanna al-jazeera washington still had only on to 0 in news our major league baseball player shows why it's important to always keep your eye on the ball. halloa. thank you very much kane williamson produced the captain's innings as new zealand beat south africa in the closest finish so far at the cricket world cup with south africans batted 1st age best in birmingham thanks to a half century from hashim amla and 67 not out from a rusty funded person they were able to post 241 for 6 in a reduced 49 over innings because of wet weather beaten bowlers kept the run rate below 5 and

and is the pressure really on turkey and the u.n. now. so he took his officials are poor over the details of the report. published by the united nations. column on it and they are expected to issue a statement and it's time soon however we've been in touch with a senior government official who told al-jazeera that turkey well comes the reports which indicates the position of turkey since the start of the quizes the whole thing about the killing of. and he says that his country now hopes that united nations secretary general antonio terrorist will take over the issue and move forward with action now from a turkish perspective to basically say that they would like to see this become an international investigation into the murder of jamal but the turkish government at the same time is pretty much concerned that the u.s. administration could be using its political leverage you know way out on another to take the steam out of the sentiment which has been building over the last few months about the need to. implicate to go out with an investiga

u.n. general assembly. i described how her performance in that role including her work on the new partnership for africa's development showed that ms. kraft is a talented consensus builder. and i predicted that if confirmed she would skillfully manage erik in's relationship with our flab to the north. a week later her nomination was reported favorably out of this committee on a voice vote. and one week after that she was confirmed by the full senate, again by voice vote. so let's talk about the past two years. and the impressive record of this first ever woman to serve as our ambassador to canada. historically, that post is not one that is typically viewed as one of the tougher assignments in the diplomatic corps. but it would turn out her tenure brought a host of tough issues and thorny questions to the fore. everything from rethinking nafta to navigating real differences between canada's leadership and our administration. the replace was tested. by all accounts our ambassador rose to the

called for an international investigation that was rejected by a riyadh u.n. investigator and special report or. has investigated the case. was denied access to the saudi consulate but her team listened to an audiotape detailing. why not moments really interesting will be if she doesn't name people and it's the same as the 5 people apparently on trial at risk of their lives in saudi arabia or whether she names others and so i think the alternative just named people that it will in some way implicate the state as a body and that's much more difficult to tie down to a criminal charge it becomes it is much more diffuse and less for the activist or for turkey to grab hold of maybe maybe he did they did not make that assessment the trump administration made a few statements denouncing the murder of hostility but states short of taking action but $22.00 bipartisan members of the senate called for an investigation into how. the cia believe calm principal. ordered the assassination if there isn't and same in regarding the killing it's going to put more pressure on the

resolution u.n. security council resolution yes the credibility of the u.n. is a play now locally what we have is an international in the government i will not sing in your presence the praise of the government i will not do that because of course that the government has made my life extend a difficult to push that government to work together instead of quarreling within the presidential council i have wasted a lot of my time still. you do not want to produce a vacuum you have your endurance when you should what we were working for was a replacement of the presidential council and a placement of the present cabinet by consensus among the 2 largest forces in the country that's what we will in a way i think for 1st by bringing the 2 assemblies together but they failed to agree at the end on the mechanism then we brought mr half that and mr severs together and the most crucial point was supposed to be the national conference in that is where in number of issues concerning the constitution the election there were 3 distribution with to be solved by the libyans th

u.n.-backed government say they have captured a town. this is al jazeera live from london. a human investigator calls for a criminal inquiry into the saudi crown prince's role in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. a photo of a father and daughter on the u.s.-mexico border pilots the danger of those trying to reach the u.s.. hong kong reaches out to the g20 to draw international attention to concerns over human rights. ♪ >> we start in libya, where forces allied to libya's u.n.-rec iced government -- u.n.-recognized government have taken control of a town from haf tar. five people were killed in the offensive. take tripolito began weeks ago. his forward base just a couple hours from the capital. leads a rival government and says he still has control of the city. more on that story as we get it. the human special investigator has called for a inquiry into saudi arabia's crown prince and one of his advisors for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. he has delivered a final repor

the u.n. secretary general does not believe he has the power to set up a criminal investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi a report from a special rapporteur agnus column are has found the sage of responsible and says they are legal grounds for antonio terrorists and launch an international inquiry recommends the un should look into the individual responsibility of saudi's highest officials including crown prince mohammed bin salman a report also gives a minute by minute account of the journalists final moments before he was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october the saudi government has rejected the report as full of baseless allegations and contradictions i spoke to about her findings. the state of saudi arabia is 1st and foremost responsible for for the murder i think it's important to and cyst that the executor of mr casually waltz a killing by use of state we have focused extensively on the identity of various individuals that where involved in

the u.n. calls for an independent investigation into multis death taking in all aspects of his treatment while in custody. you know i mean this is out 0 life and also coming up. my most sincere apology. hogan's leader says sorry for proposing a contentious extradition changes but pro-democracy activists say the current law should step down. if he had been migrants caught up in the middle of war and poverty in yemen and now returning home. egypt's 70 democratically elected president mohamed morsi has been buried at a cemetery and. died in court these pitches were taken it by its security forces kept journalists away from the burial service morsy son says they also refused to allow his father to be buried it is hometown. takes is 3 reaction to his death which rights groups blamed on years of pull prison conditions. a death that human rights activists have called tragic but predictable and what former egyptian president mohamed morsy supporters say is a model 17 june $29000.00 morsy appeared in c

the u.n. special investigator says there is credible evidence linking the saudi crown prince to the matter of jamal khashoggi and calls for a comprehensive inquiry. hello i'm in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a historic trip she didn't bring travels to north korea the fast chinese president to visit the secretive state in 14 years. a blow to venezuela's opposition leader as some of his representatives are accused of corruption. and an electric air race we look at the challenge to go green and i'll skies. the states of saudi arabia's to blame for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi that's the clear conclusion from a lengthy inquiry by un special rapporteur on yes kalama who is calling for an international investigation how report describes the death inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october as an extrajudicial killing she says the individual responsibility of saudi officials at the highest level and. looting crown prince mohammed bin someone needs to be investig

was a u.n. resolution used to legitimize this intervention now you have a completely different situation you have a government into probably that is internationally called nice since early 2016 and you have a challenger coming from the east and the system they are many members of the workers there have been there throughout a number of countries in the world including of the security council supporting them so the situation is quite different somehow now what we need from the security council is not to call upon anybody to intervene militarily we were in the security council to cord for it is trained for the respect and the arms embargo against all the but this have been you've been very critical of how openly the arms embargo that you just mentioned is being violated i mean it's done in all of you for everybody and what i find interesting is that various countries who support various sides and libya i don't even using it as a pretext to wage allegations against one another isn't that an indicat

not a courtesy call the u.n. sanctions have killed off 3 quarters of trade between the 2 communist brother countries and now kim wants to be part of china's belgian road initiative will he give nuclear concessions to china in return. and african swine fever is going global as vietnam has to kill off millions of biggs's expert experts are calling it the largest animal disease outbreak ever. also on the show the number of millionaires is rising asia is catching up in the race of the rich. this is due to of your business as well. she's in pink house become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea for 14 years it's a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president g.m. kim your own will want to make sure that trade remains strong despite u.n. sanctions against china secretive communist brother country. the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 alli

resolution u.n. security council resolution yes the credibility of the u.n. is at the play now locally what we have is an international in the government i will not sing in your presence the praise of the government i will not do that because of course the government has made my life extend a difficult to push the government to work together instead of quarreling within the presidential council i have wasted a lot of my time still. you do not want to produce a vacuum you have your endurance when you should what we were working for was a replacement of the presidential council and it a placement of the present cabinet by consensus among the 2 large forces in the country that's what we will get away i think for 1st by bringing the 2 assemblies together but they failed to agree at the end on the mechanism then we brought mr half that and mr severs together and the most crucial point was supposed to be the national conference in that is where in number of issues concerning the constitution the election there were 3 distribution with to be solved by the libyans th

china's president dejan ping is in north korea today and it's not a courtesy call u.n. sanctions have killed off 3 quarters of trade between the 2 communist brother countries and now kim wants to be part of china's belgian road initiative will he give nuclear concessions to china in return. and african swine fever is going global as vietnam has to kill off millions of pieces expert experts are calling it the largest animal disease outbreak ever. also on the show the number of millionaires is rising. catching up in the race of the rich. this is the business as welcome she's in pain has become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea for 14 years it's a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president jiang kim your own will want to make sure that trade remains strong despite u.n. sanctions against china secretive communist brother country. the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 allies as we said with

resolution u.n. security council resolution yes the credibility of the u.n. is a play now locally what we have is an international in the government i will not sing in your presence the praise of the government i will not do that because of course that the government has made my life extraordinary difficult to push that government to work together instead of quarreling within the presidential council i have wasted a lot of my time still. you do not want to produce a vacuum you have your enemies when you should what we were working for was a replacement of the presidential council and it a placement of the present cabinet by consensus among the 2 large forces in the country that's what we will in a way i think for 1st by bringing the 2 assemblies together but they fail to agree at the end on the mechanism then we brought mr half that and mr severs together and the most crucial point was supposed to be the national conference in that is where in number of issues concerning the constitution the election there were 3 distribution with to be solved by the libyans

claim that it was responsible and within the last 2 hours the u.n. secretary general has said the truth into what happened must be established the arab league chief however has blamed iran for pushing everyone towards a confrontation where no one would be safe we'll talk more about that in a moment after this report from stephanie to echo. what happened to the 2 tankers in the gulf of oman that depends on who you ask. in iranian t.v. video shows the norwegian own tanker altair on fire. and u.s. central command released this footage early on friday came in it shows iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese own. kuka courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessel's crew had been rescued nothing is clear but the message from the us administration is iran was behind it it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today. this is estimates based on intelligence the weapon

follow the u.n. has called for a transparent and impartial investigation into the death of egypt's only democratically elected president mohamed morsi morsi has been buried amid tight security in cairo day off that he collapsed and died inside a courtroom these pictures were taken near by a security forces kept journalists away from the burial service will see some says they also refused to allow his father to be buried at his hometown. well thousands of people across the middle east have been remembering morsi with funeral prayers in tunisia as parliament's there was a prayer for morsi while hundreds gathered to remember him in libya's capital tripoli and meanwhile in turkey president richard type erdogan attended press as an istanbul mosque where he raise concerns about how morsi died simcoe see early reports from istanbul 0. 00 this is a special food all service for egypt's former president mohamed morsy hundreds of people gathered in a stumbles far to moscow to honor his life and struck a. lot gy

ambassador to the u.n. up her earnings, investors are looking for some well done numbers from plant-based her company the on meat.-- beyond let's get a quick check on the major averages. managing to hold our head above water on the s&p 500, up for a third session in a row. it is a mixed bag in terms of sectors moving higher. defensive and cyclical moving in tandem up. tech, staples rallying. we are coming off of the worst may in seven years but the best start to june in 19 years. a different story when we look at the price of oil, heading into bear market territory for the second time in a year. trade tensions certainly playing a role in some of the declines, but so, too, are the man issues. yesterday we saw u.s. oil inventories rising to the highest in two years. shery: not surprising investors are not convinced where the market is going. has beenay rally centered on the speculation we will see more dovish central banks around the world. what happens if the federal reserve fails to cut? already seen instit

resolution u.n. security council resolution yes the credibility of the u.n. is a play now locally what we have is an international in the government i will not sing in your presence the praise of the government i will not do that because of course that the government has made my life extend really difficult to push the government to work together instead of quarreling within the presidential council i have wasted a lot of my time still. you do not want to produce a vacuum you have a u.n. resolution what we were working for was a replacement for the presidential council and it a placement of the present cabinet by consensus among the 2 large forces in the country that's what we will get away i think for 1st by bringing the 2 assemblies together but they failed to agree at the end on the mechanism then we brought mr half that and mr severs together and the most crucial point was supposed to be the national conference in that is where in number of issues concerning the constitution the election the wealth redistribution with to be solved by the libyans themselve

that you know you don't need the letter but in fact the u.n. it's in the u.n. court right now simply to proceed with the investigation the problem is the saudis are absolutely not going to cooperate they're going to continue to deny and up and up us kate and prevent any any investigation why because it involves an evidently been solomonic and that's not to say that the pressure shouldn't be maintained i think it should be i think this this report gives the opportunity now to to try and force some sort of accountability on marvin's saddam on whether that will play out or i don't i don't really know but what i do know is that there are people who are looking at that psalm on and if you think about saudi arabia as a multinational corporation if you will and mom and simon as you know you have to be really wondering is this a guy that i want to put a whole lot of money into and out of there are businesses who are still looking askance at what he did and other businesses who are you know about effectively saying you know what we don't think you can deliver on vision

while the u.n. secretary general says the truth must be established over the tanker explosions while the arab league chief accuses iran of pushing everyone to wards confrontation also in the news the world health organization decides not to declare the ebola outbreak in uganda as an international emergency but urges more action. and i'm maryam namazie in london with all the headlines from europe including protests outside the london courtroom where wiki leaks founder julian assange finds out the date of his extradition hearing to the united states and in sports england have taken a big step towards a semifinal spots of the cricket world cup a century from joe root's guarding the host nation to 8 which could win over the west indies. there are accusations there are counselors. times over the explosions aboard 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday the u.s. has released a grainy video claiming it is proof of iranian involvement but iran denies it's to blame and germany says the video is not con

the u.n. is hoping that is going to be the situation every single place around the world and james in one is there is we we did see president trying to strike a trade truce with china and on the on the said you are for tomorrow is a is a meeting for president xi jinping and and on trying ben and they're clearly now in the midst of a trade war are we expecting any kind of truce to be struck again especially now that we're hearing that the chinese do you have a whole series of conditions and demands that they're putting on the table and to try before they even really wanting to have a conversation about ending this trade war. yeah i mean i think that's a very big question there certainly the chinese are talking things up and saying that they're close to a deal and some on the u.s. side is saying that we saw christine lagarde a moment ago the head of the i.m.f. and clearly the big worry for everyone is that these trade wars in particular that one that's at the center of the global economy between

the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo said the brick away both can republic's authorities are failing to cooperate with an investigation into recent raids by cos of and special police during the operation which show fishelson the disputed territory say was designed to break up a smuggling ring 2 u.n. employees were detained in a predominantly serbian and cleave in cos supposed north as a hero at tellme and made the complaint of a un security council session came up and was following the meeting well at this point we saw the un security council convene to discuss the attacks on u.n. staffers that recently took place this took place in kosovo when the police were raiding serbian populated regions now at this point it's been widely understood that kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations in their investigation and we've heard from the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo they were tying he's basically saying that the mission immunity was violated this is what he said that it had b

the u.n. security council is holding a meeting on its peacekeeping force in darfur the un's confirmed the killing of 17 people in the burning of more than 100 houses in the darfur region earlier this week and the u.k. says the united nations african union mission in darfur unit must stay in the region it is removing them would violate existing agreements as well as u.n. rules more on this with mike hanna at the u.n. tell us more about this security council meeting mike. well it's to discuss the mission to doff and particularly to start laying the way for the decision on whether to renew the mandate of that mission which will be taken towards the end of the month and also under what terms this mandate will be renewed not looming all over all of this is of course the situation in sudan and the taking over of power there of the transitional military council now the issue in dark further that we've heard referred to in the course of the morning in the security council obviously you made reference

morning mohamed morsy thousands remember egypt's only democratically elected president while at the u.n. human rights office calls for an independent investigation into his death. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back to the pool also coming up the short list is expected to get shorter in the u.k. we're closer to learning who will become the next prime minister 300000 people are forced to flee conflict in the democratic republic of congo further complicating the fight against evil. the united nations is demanding an independent investigation into the death of egypt's only democratically elected president wanted morsi has been buried at a cemetery in cairo a day after he died in court age 67 these pictures were taken near by a security forces kept journalists away from the burial service morsy son says his father wasn't allowed to be buried in his hometown now mohammed morsi was forced from power in 2013 in a military coup and has been in jail ever since the u.n. human rights office says any inquiry into his side should examine how he was treated while in prison a

security council convene to discuss the attacks on u.n. staffers that recently took place this took place in kosovo when the police were raiding serbian populated regions now at this point it's been widely understood that kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations in their investigation and we've heard from the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo. he's basically saying that the mission immunity was violated this is what he said that it had been immunity. for members. to be. united to these students. was also. seen. and. really been lows and. now the tensions flared up on may 28th at that point the police in kosovo were cracking down on suspected members of organized crime and they were operating mainly in the northern parts of the region to carry out their crackdown now from what we understand a 19 people were detained people were injured and one u.n. mission staffer actually had his brought to his job broken he was beaten up and i had a broken cheekbone and upper jaw and in addition to that there was another un s

well at this point we saw the u.n. security council convene to discuss the attacks on u.n. staffers that recently took place this took place in kosovo when the police were raiding a serbian populated regions now at this point it's been widely understood that kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations in their investigation and we've heard from the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo. he's basically saying that the mission immunity was violated this is what he said. that it had been immunity over staff members from a risk independent of. the. united nations. was also properly. in service and. had been lows. in. now the tensions flared up on may 28th at that point the police in kosovo were cracking down on suspected members of organized crime and they were operating mainly in the northern parts of the region to carry out their crackdown now from what we understand 19 people were detained people were injured and one u.n. mission staffer was beaten up and i had a broken cheekbone and upper jaw and in addition to that there was another un staffer who wa

security council the u.n. general assembly or the u.n. human rights council asking him to do that or a member state perhaps turkey ask him to do that she says no he he should himself be able to establish an international follow up without the trigger by any state so the ball very much in the court of antonio good terrorists and other organs of the united nations she says that they have the power they must investigate and i will see what happens there after this report is released james spain's at the united nations for us let's not go to a stumble and a turkey where of course was murdered at the saudi consulate any thumble in october 28th not survive things to look at end a lot to unpack here hashim 1st of all how well the tech isha thought he'd be viewing this report by the u.n. investigator a very damning report for saudi arabia. a very damning report indeed we've been talking to officials of the missile fight enough they say that they need some time to read the whole. statement the whole report issued by the united nations or any color

the u.n. refugee agency says the number of people who fled want persecution worldwide has reached. a record high it's the good show 71000000 people were forced from their homes by the end of last year it includes 26000000 people who've crossed seized deserts and border fences to leave their own nations and $41000000.00 who are displaced within their own countries the 1st time venezuela has topped the list of new asylum seekers with 340000 looking for refuge in $28.00 ing a total of 4000000 that's more than 12 percent of the country have now fled venezuela's economic collapse and one and a half 1000000 ethiopians make up the largest population of newly displaced people with leading aid groups calling it a forgotten crisis grandy as u.n. high commissioner for refugees and says latin america was once considered relatively safe but is now at the heart of a continental crisis. this figure and especially this trend that every years sees a higher figure is the symptom is the symbol of a world without peace or rather a world in which making peace has become very very difficult this figure

kim your own will want to make sure that trade remains strong despite u.n. sanctions against china secretive communist brother country. the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 allies he said with such excitement most of the exchanges between china and north korea happened.

the u.n. special investigator on extrajudicial killings has called for a criminal inquiry into saudi arabia's crown prince and one of his main advisers over the murder of journalist shoji. has delivered her final report on his killing has more from geneva. she led the u.n. investigation into the killing of sergeant journalist jamal khashoggi. who took over months of intense work verifying evidence and studying information shared by many governments to establish the sun to arabia bears responsibility for the killing of the saudi journalist excellences state trust sponsibility begs the question of to whom is or to metra be liable for its killing the inquiry was their human rights inquiry not a criminal investigation it does nevertheless found credible evidence wire and further investigation of a high level saudi officials individual liability including that of the crown prince of saudi arabia and of his key advisor saudi elk attorney agnes cullum says the sound across prince should be investigat

the u.n. secretary general does not believe that he has the power to sort of a criminal investigation into the murder of saudi journalist michael tree reports from the special rapporteur has found the state of saudi arabia responsible and says that all legal grounds for a rush to launch an international inquiry she recommends the u.n. should look into the individual responsibility of saudis highest officials including crown prince mohammed bin salone a report also gives a minute by minute account of the journalist final movements beast. he was killed inside the saudi consular office and stumble last october riyadh has rejected the report is full of baseless allegations and clear contradictions diplomatic editor james bays asked the u.n. chief spokesman why there's no resistance to agnes calamus call for the u.n. to launch a criminal investigation special rapporteur agnes cullum art says she's not happy with the progress of the saudi investigation she says one of the best courses of action woul

well at this point we saw the u.n. security council convene to discuss the attacks on u.n. staffers that recently took place this took place in kosovo when the police were raiding serbian populated regions now at this point it's been widely understood that kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations in their investigation and we've heard from the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo. he's basically saying that the mission immunity was violated this is what he said that it had been in new. members are is. to be. united to broker was osu. and come to. blows and. now the tensions flared up on may 28th at that point the police in kosovo were cracking down on suspected members of organized crime and they were operating mainly in the northern parts of the region to carry out their crackdown now from what we understand 19 people were detained people were injured and one u.n. mission staffer was beaten up and i had a broken cheekbone and upper jaw and in addition to that there was another u.n. staffer who was a kosovar serbs and he was injured during the pol

hello the u.n. has demanded a thorough independent investigation into the death of egypt's only democratically elected president mohamed morsi if there was a high security presence as he was buried at a cemetery in cairo rather than in his hometown as his family had requested journalists were kept away from the service that was held a day after he collapsed and died in courts aged 67 rights groups complained that mostly was tortured after being held in prolonged solitary confinement and having access to medicine restricted well mourners. pay their respects hundreds of residents prayed amid tight security in a village. morsy had been in jail since he was forced from power in a military coup in 2013 rights groups complained that he was held in prolonged solitary confinement and had missed medicine wrist strict were saying and the un human rights office says any inquiry into his death should examine how he was treated while in prison the statement went on to say is former president mohamed morsy was in

basically protected myanmar from the kind of sanctions it should have faced from the u.n. security council you know there should have been refer all of what happened in rakhine state to the international criminal court but you know trying as blocking that to so i mean trying to is defending crimes against humanity and genocide by the burmese military and unfortunate because they're a permanent member of the u.n. security council they get away with it hong kong's leader carry now has offered what she calls her most sincere apology for the way an extradition bail has been handled she's under increasing pressure from protesters of organized inspirations demanding his resignation not my primary for some. with anger still festering in spite of a statement apologizing for handling of this controversy hong kong's leader kerry tried saying sorry in person i personally have to shoulder much of the responsibility. this has led to controversies this pillows and societies in society. for this i offer my most sincere apology so all people of hong kong the controversial extradition bill

the u.n. mission in kosovo said the breakaway balkan republic's authorities are feeling to cooperate with an investigation into recent rains by cos of an special police during the operation which officials in the disputed territory say was designed to break up a smuggling ring 2 u.n. employees were detained in a predominantly serbian enclave and called suppose north as i hear tom it may be a complaint of a un security council session kill up my pens been following the meeting for us while at this point we saw the un security council convene to discuss the attacks on u.n. staffers that recently took place this took place in kosovo when the police were raiding serbian populated regions now at this point it's been widely understood that kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations in their investigation and we've heard from the head of the u.n. mission in kosovo. he's basically saying that the mission immunity was violated this is what he said that it had been in new. mem

the u.n. calls for an investigation into the death of egypt's former president mohamed morsy in court as mourners pay their respects in his hometown. young with guns the u.s. secretary of state stop saudi arabia from being added to a list of countries that recruit child soldiers. and set to soar again engineers outlined plans for a new generation of supersonic passenger jets. a lot of the script has barely changed as donald trump launched his campaign to be reelected the us president he attacked his political opponents and doubled down on his 2016 promises white house correspondent kimberly how kate has more from the rally in florida. some started lighting up the braided feet more than a dated band just to attend donald trump's official 2020 campaign kickoff most for exactly what you'd expect to find a trump rally white conservative voters but there were a lot of exceptions like jessica newberry i'm 100 percent strong supporter and yes i'm a lesbian and yes i have biracial kids. it's conducive

to the u.n. secretary general and to the current president of the u.n. security council he goes into some detail he says that the drone took off it just after midnight local time from the south of the persian gulf he says it was in full stealth mode as it turned off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear spying operation he goes on that despite repeated radio warnings that entered the iranian airspace where the air defense system of the islamic republic of iran acting under article $51.00 of the u.n. charter targeted the intruding aircraft so that is article $51.00 which is the right to self-defense that is stated in the un charter he goes on to say that iran doesn't want war but it will do this again if there are hostile acts against it in addition to the letter to the security council and to the secretary general it's interesting that iran has protested as directly as it can to the u.s. itself remember the 2 countries don't have diplomatic relations but it has been in touch with the swiss who act as a go between between the 2 and james tha

now the u.n. mission in kosovo functions essentially to ensure the free flow of civilians between serbia and kosovo and to ensure that tensions do not escalate and that the situation remains calm and people are getting along essentially now the majority of the un security council has at this point called for a hostilities to cease so at this point all eyes are on the security council as the meeting continues. carol thanks very much for bringing us right up to date on that . a political crisis is unfolding in one of europe's more less than poorest nations moldova's constitutional court has stripped the president of his powers and left its leadership and parliament in limbo a pro democracy rally in the capital is the mounting a snap election and that meter or don't resign it comes as a crisis meeting was held this monday on long officials a general election and failed coalition attempt was seen the former soviet republic tousling with the idea of following aspirations but the new election being tied

the u.n. the mounted investigation into what it calls a staggering number of murders as a result of the philippine government's war on drugs. if the o.p.'s prime minister says that he stressed the need for unity in his efforts to mediate between sudan's ruling military and protest leaders bad metz the declaration of freedom and change forces that's a coalition of political groups and passes representing the protesters and earlier in the day in khartoum he sat down with members of the military jumped up notably absent was the head of the rapid support forces general mohamed harm done bungalow the u.n. human rights chief is calling for an urgent deployment of the monitoring team it comes after a violent week in sudan in which more than 100 people were killed al-jazeera is stephanie deca has the latest. picture is slowly emerging of what happened in to dawn on monday the 3rd you know. grief fills this hospital room. bodies lined the floor. an internet blackout imposed by the minute she counsel me

sanctions as idiotic the u.n. says the world is on course for a climate apartheid where the rich save themselves while the poor bear the brunt. of. the latest space x. rocket blasts off with $24.00 satellites on board and the ashes of $152.00 people. hello thank you for joining us it's been 2 and a half years in the making and it's being billed as the opportunity of the sentry for palestinians the u.s. president's son in law jared cushion there is in bahrain where he's presented the economic portion of america's plan for peace between the palestinians and the israelis a long awaited proposal has already been sharply criticized by palestinians and arabs across the region for not including a political solution cushion or says this will be unveiled later so let's look at the plan indeed. what it expects the donor nations and investors to contribute $50000000000.00 to the palestinian territories jordan egypt and lebanon although no one has actually pledged any money yet it aims to create a $1000000.00 new jobs slash u

says the u.n. missions mandate just isn't broad enough. please send in lund they may have a presence in the country but they're in a camp or in barracks. and they have a mandate that 1st and foremost says they're supposed to monitor things. that's new for that doesn't really help the people. training money in combat and security forces is also part of the job mali inza taught how to shoot about military strategy and how to map read at an office a school including choro. german brigadier general peter marrow has been leading the e.u. training mission in mali now he's. nothing the baton on to an austrian with mixed feelings one for them to hear him talking on if every day you encounter a worsening security situation i've noticed that security in mali has significantly deteriorated since november there is interest nick violence at the center of mali this resulted in substantial casualties and that is indeed cause for concern. unless it was organised. into communal violence has killed hundreds in mali this year alone the hardest attacks have m

the u.n. secretary general does not believe he has the power to set up a criminal investigation into the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi a special report a special report from the special reporter. from the state of saudi arabia responsible for his death and says there are legal grounds for antonio terrorist to launch an international inquiry or to mark a soldier's fiance hotties changes has spoken to al-jazeera and she says the world has been left in the dark about saudi arabia's investigation. when it comes to the comments from shippey and other saudi officials that the u.n. report did not come up with anything new i would like to ask them why they didn't put the perpetrators on public trial and why you didn't hold them accountable why can't the saudis be more open and provide us with details of the investigation and the so-called trial that is happening behind closed doors let's bring in richard fuld who's a former united nations special rapporteur self and he joins us live f

spokesman for the office of the u.n. h.c.r. coming to us from geneva thank you we appreciate your time and next we're looking at security in kenya because today a colt was meant to announce the verdict of 4 men charged in connection with the attack on the university in 2015 which left nearly $150.00 people dead in what was one of the most horrific attacks in the country gunmen from the so malia based islamist militia al-shabaab stormed a university in april 2015 they took more than 700 students hostage before killing those who identified as christians and releasing the muslims before gunman was shot by kenyan security forces shot dead that is and the defendants in the current trial facing terrorism charges related to the attack. now kenya's response to terrorism has been heavy handed in the pasta after the attack people were arbitrarily arrested and detained without trial human rights watch says the police and military carried out forced disappearances and even killed people suspected to have links with al shabaab so does this

coordinate with that but national the u.n. expecting that the u.n. will protect you and expecting also the members of the u.n. security council not to talk. we're talking about specifically here russia but it is also part of our norms and ethics humanitarian medical community interest not to target those ambulances and doctors even the time for 450 years based on geneva conventions protocols doctors hospitals and beyond that should not be targeted should not be had should not be doctors should not be killed nurses even in the time of war even if they are treating the injured fighters we're talking about are treating communities here treating kids i mean i visited these birth center in were shooting children and women and they are worried that they will be targeted and bombed like any other hospitals that were bombed and then you know by villages they are now doing most of their operations in the basement of the hospital not in the upper floor because they're more likely for the upper floor to be bombed some of the hospitals are even digging the hospi

and u.n. aid agencies say at least 40000000 people have left venezuela because of its western economic and political crises. the western sponsors by the time. hello there we still have some clouds stretching its way across the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see it here making its way up from parts of saudi arabia to the way north into turkey it's around ticky where we're seeing some of the wettest of the weather the shellfish showers from the system and that's the way it's going to stay as we head through saturday and into sunday there's also the risk of seeing want to see showers in the northern parts of a ran but away from there it's fine drawing and just pretty hot kabul getting to 32 and forcing to 8 city will be up at 42 here in doha the temperatures will be rising as we head through the next few days so a 42 snow hot enough for you will get to 44 as we head through sunday a dry heat then drawing but certainly hot for the south as more clouds here and so around

the u.n. secretary general and tony a terrorist to launch a criminal inquiry into the case you could terrorist spokesman says he does not have the authority to do that. and saudi arabia says it's can look into the case he describes the special investigative report as full of click contradictions and banks with allegations. arrest warrants have been issued for suspects in the shooting down of malaysia airlines flight flights 5 years ago a dutch investigators say 3 russians and one ukrainian national are being charged with murder all 283 passengers and 15 crew. site back to our top story in the u.n. special report said that saudi arabia is responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi the journalists was a u.s. resident and i guess callum allah says the washington should also investigate and bring those involved to justice well u.s. senator lindsey graham a member of the senate foreign relations committee says america will not ignore saudis actions in the case. well to me we've got 2 different p

going back to very quickly if i may to to qualify the answer as to whether the u.n. can actually do anything without states a poor state initiative speaker in in washington is quite right that you don't have to sit back and wait that wasn't the point i was trying to make the point is that for initiatives such as this you are going to require international support member states support to get an initiative off the ground that doesn't mean that the u.n. should sit back and do nothing unless turkey initiates this but the special repertoire in her report is quite clear on that on what the responsibilities are and frankly many of us have been calling for this for 4 months right action need to be taken but you've got to you've got to look at the practical realities of how you get off the ground how it's going to be supported what its mandate is going to be. for that you need to have state support you can't you can't just do it or sold off of the initiative right even game that would be the ideal solution all right courtney so from what we're hearing the next step to be tak

policy you don't decide what the u.n. does that's true so special wrapper tours are independent experts who are appointed by the human rights council which is the central human rights body of the united nations system and we are essentially appointed in order to monitor in to report on issues around particular areas of human rights around the world my area happens to be freedom of expression i do country visits i converse with governments all of the time and i do thematic reports on all sorts of issues so you investigate what's wrong and tell everyone about it completely and in terms of freedom of expression what are the rights of a global citizen and where do they come from so everybody enjoys rights to freedom of expression this is a global norm it's rooted in the universal declaration of human rights but also a set of binding treaties right treaties international agreements that states are bound to observe and it provides everyone with the right to seek receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless o

the world gets warmer the poor get poorer the u.n. sounds the alarm about the impact climate change will have on human rights. the web sponsored by cattle and. hello $100.00 millimeters a day or $200.00 millimeters a day is not atypical for this town the if it china and of course it produces flooding over crime he's going to be increasingly water logged now as mass is a cloud here no obvious pattern to it but this is roughly speaking the line of rain this in the forecast yes it covers hong kong once again talks back up to northern new knackering to sichuan but this whole area in the middle really across the shanghai looks fine again not as humid as it was but the rain will develop and move his drifting slowly eastward still leaving behind in the sunshine look at this massive cloud than here all over southeast asia generating some quite big showers or longer spells of rain sunder of course it makes its gave it give the pretty good wetting to lose all over the last day or so and just the east the philippines the potential development of