office the u.n. resident coordinator metsi. met see can i start by asking you what the situation is like there now in the country the political situation the security situation and the humanitarian situation it's bad isn't it. well thank you james listen as i'm speaking to you the country is experiencing an unprecedented in ten hour displacement crisis only in the past eight weeks about fifty thousand families were forced to flee their villages due to attacks and threats and that number brought the number of internally displaced people to a modern hundred thousand so we have doubled internally displaced persons in less than two months and displacements are averaging about a thousand people pay day because of the situation. on february the fourteenth the humanitarian community in support of government response launched a humanitarian appeal there are peerless ease for close to a million people who need direct assistance for displaced families as well as host communities that appeal is requesting one hundred million dollars just

personnel in mali just about our hundred fifty u.n. staff became a fossil. well i think the situation in mali is very different there was effectively a war there so it's a radically different situation i think what's really needed in book in a faster is probably further support to help the state build up its presence and its capacity whether it's police whether it's john there are sometimes the army but also those vital public services and justice says the things that for example there's a huge number more the hundred thousand booking a bit children are currently not in school because insecurity has forced teachers to close local schools in some areas so it's a supporting of the state to rebuild its presence or to reinforce its presence because booking a fessor does have a very strong sense of itself and strong political culture remember this is a country that only a few years ago through people power protest turfed out a longstanding or thora tarion rule and there's a very powerful political tradition and sense of national pride and working with that will b

you were uniquely position inside the u.n.. please help us understand what those conversations are like after a tragic event like this. how it is contemplated, and how in this exact type of instance, you were able time and time again to make sure that it was clear that the u.s. stood with type of event. ms. haley: i can guarantee you the u.n. this morning is in radio silence. they are not saying anything about hamas, anything about the lives lost, anything. but if it was anyone of those countries, and they would be calling an emergency security council meeting. this is wrong what you to have hope. because all these years, lest year for the first time, the majority of the general forership of the u.n. voted a resolution that acknowledged thes, and acknowledged terror they were spreading and how bad they were. that was an amazing thing. theywe have to make sure know is hamas is a terrorist group that needs to be stopped and we can't ever be quiet about it. ebony eboni: ambassador, why does it seem that you have focused on the isr

i am responsible for coordinating about twenty u.n. agencies eleven a resident there now and i'm not president in book enough hours so we have staff located in the field that are supporting directly communities and that starfall are cons for about hundred people that are out hundred fifty people that are out in the field and many other things that i am so sorry to stop you there because we don't have a lot of time but it is worth comparing that hundred hundred fifty people with what the u.n. house next door in mali where there are some sixteen thousand including peacekeepers and it does seem to me that right now the security situation in the two countries don't seem to be that different met see makoto from the united nations resident coordinator thank you very much and thank you for the opportunity. let's discuss all this further with three experts on the country that have eloise or an independent research based and begin a fire so she joins us by skype from we're going to go from london we have paul malley a consulting fellow in the a

complex that houses about twenty three u.n. organizations and its affiliates and some of it's a hard it's a regional have been some or many of these u.n. workers were based here and were traveling to different destinations the u.n. secretary general antonio tears has tweeted and say that he is very saddened by this news he sent his condolences to the families and. families. in the narrow the airport. talks to al jazeera they have been going through counseling cabinet secretary in charge of transport held a briefing saying that they have spoken to twenty five to three elative of twenty five of the thirty two kenyans who died on that plane crash they're waiting for more information about what what the way forward is and one of this family spoke to us and they say that the government. still the government officials have told them that they will be given more information on thursday about whether some of them are going to travel to ethiopia to follow developments from there and again about how when the bodies of their loved ones ar

now the u.n. security council is getting an update on the situation in mali where there has been a surge in violence the u.n. has sent a team to investigate the killing of one hundred fifty seven people for nonnie community and central mali on sunday it's raised questions about the u.n. peacekeeping mission live now to our diplomatic editor james bays he's monitoring that meeting at the united nations how worried are they james about the situation in mali. well we've just been hearing in fact from the french foreign minister on his way into the meeting he's now in the security council chamber you can see the live pictures of the security council chamber and the secretary general of the united nations antonio terrace about to speak to the assembled ministers and ambassadors when this meeting gets underway in a moment as you are right in saying the backdrop from this is that awful attack in central mali and the fact that the violence or mali has been spreading particularly to bikini but also to othe

u.n. robert are welcome to going underground we better begin with what the job title is special robert turner on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures it's clearly about life and death but what's in that title. which court sense that it looks it took the entrance you heard right said right oh you're the electoral sanctions that there's no sanctions which show considered to be illegitimate. those sanctions which are not the result of that. serious decisions at the security council every other day on the media we hear of a britain or a nato nations say or the you putting sanctions on another country you're saying the only digital of way of sanctioning another country is with a un security council resolution that is correct but one must realize that this is . an important issue which is underestimated by public opinion because today i could say that at least a quarter of humanity a quarter of the people of the world live in countries which are targeted by sanctions so it sho

u.n. security council resolution. at schools although those that are like searchers are better there's earlier should carry out a tube or impact assessment. review to make sure that where they applied these sanctions they're not making the situation worse for grace it is a. whether it's it better though whether it syria i can't take the argument that is if oh by. the trade source countries of searcher to say we decide they do apply or to extend the sanctions our country a or b. because of the failure of the government to the door it shore proper respect of should break right by by apply exactions which will deprive people of shrewd mitigation she made it very of sublight we are. adding julie exacerbate the human rights impact it we criticize shrub. the country targeted but then of course those that want to overthrow different governments in nato nations would say your giving compliments to any un security council member for making your sanctions illegal obviously russia britain has been sa

the u.n. secretary general of put out a statement about the situation in guards or condemning the hamas rocket saying that he just got the news of the ongoing air attacks and calling on all sides for restraint but the message from the u.n. secretary general right now i pushed his spokesman on the need about the goal and the u.s. recognition of israeli sovereignty there the u.n. is saying it sticks to its existing position nothing has changed in terms of international law but what they're not keen to do is criticize the united states president trump they leave questions about whether the u.s. u.s. was right to do this out of it and simply restate the existing position i think behind the scenes though there are some of the u.s. as close as that lies who are certainly scratching their heads off to this latest development following the recognition of the u.s. of jerusalem as israel's capital i think you're going to see some of this playing out in the coming hours in the u.n. security council becau

complex a regional hub with several u.n. agencies based here into u.n. headquarters are here as well so there was a moment of silence at the beginning of the u.n. flag here is flying at half mast very somber day but delegates here really gearing to go on saying that they're resilient this is an important meeting they'll be discussing climate change pollution and other issues that affect the environment throughout the week heads of state will be coming here in the coming days and they're hoping that commitments are going to be made on some of this very important issues that are being tackled but this tragedy really casts a shadow over the conference and we watch. the main airport in nairobi where relatives of those who died still going to get more information most of those who died were kenyans thirty two of them and we spoke to one one family that says that their you know their their relative a dose of the man we spoke to was coming home on holiday from vienna so he was very distraught the government officials have told him to get information that they'r

the u.n. believes it's identified some of the israeli snipers responsible for killing palestinian protesters that information will be given to the u.n. high commissioner for human rights you could then pass it to the international criminal court israel's not a member of the i.c.c. but should do soldiers travel abroad they could face arrest victoria gate and be al-jazeera. the new york times is reporting that the us president ordered his former chief of staff to ground his son in law and senior adviser jared krishna a top secret security clearance last year the report says donald trump overruled concerns by intelligence officials and the white house's top lawyer this prompted the then white house chief of staff john kelly to write an internal memo about how he'd been ordered to do it by roslyn jordan is live for us in washington d.c. rose walk us through this report. well according to the new york times and as i'm most of our viewers will recall the question about jericho security clearance fir

ambassador to the u.n. samantha power and in new york richard gowan a senior fellow at the united nations university yeah if i can go to you first you heard our interview from damascus i asked our analyst in damascus a simple question had a sad one what's your view i think if. he is said to be to have one it is a matter of shame because. who was your. counterpart or who did you when you're one of our people you're one of our country which is given to you as a trust to protect and to keep as a land and as a people actually two things are. facts about syria no going back to two thousand and eleven or before and assad did not win. and another thing no life for this country. syria with the continuation of this regime. the basic thing that we are talking about here is the base of the original slogan that started in syria with this war against the people in the rose and said no against the regime. actually it is. either a rule it or ruin it he ruined it but he doesn't rule it ok let me bring in iraq in washington

complex this conference that you mentioned the u.n. environment the u.n. environment assembly some of the passengers were delegates were coming here are those who are u.n. workers there was a moment of silence when this ceremony was starting very sad starts to this event that's going to carry on through the day and joining me to discuss this further is seed had charge of chatter gee who is the u.n. nater of the kenyan office thank you very much this is a huge complex some of this people who were on that flight working in offices here just tell us a little bit about how big this complexity is a regional hub as well and actually this complex horse to headquarters of the global south the u.n. environmental program and the u.n. habitat for cites that you have twenty three united nations agencies which work in kenya for us this particular episode is just heartbreaking and an absolute shock that the united nations is in mourning today if you notice all the flags are on half mast the united nations secretary general mr into new terrorist has put out a way poignan

resolutions on venezuela rejected at the u.n. security council as the political crisis in the latin american country continue. the combination of the american standard. by voting against this resolution some members of the council continue to shield his cronies. the united nations has failed to meet this year's aid budget for yemen despite holding a pledging event for countries involved in the conflict. and. political life after his former attorney general says she was pressured to quash a corruption case. one of the afternoon one is kevin zero in this is out international. headlines first again no end in sight to the political crisis there as both russian and u.s. draft resolutions have failed to pass at the u.n. . by voting against this resolution some members of this council continue to shield maduro and his cronies and prolong the suffering of the venezuelan people the time for a peaceful transition to democracy is now the going use them with us finally we have reached the culmination of the american orchestrated double stand

has is calling in israel the task for and also in the actions that the u.n. has is calling it for and the reason for that is because that actually is netanyahu strategy his strategy has been in the past it continues to be continuing to push the idea that israel was hated around the world has has no allies must be insulated from attacks and essentially is protected only by the united states and so as netanyahu kind of fosters that feeling that you know one of the things that as you guys know he's been doing this kind of pushing for the war with iran and it seems like he's taking a page out of that neo con playbook here in the u.s. that says when things go badly for you bomb something blow something up because all of a sudden you can get a lot of attention back on yourself in a positive way be seen as the hero defending your people and so it seems like he's leaning heavily into that i don't know if he'll survive this election but that's and it won't be because of any of this it will be because of of those corruption charges and scandal surrounding his administr

a very significant diplomatic victory over syria at the u.n. and it's used its veto power and it's used its military forces really a to humiliate and contain the west and members of the security council in repeated debates over syria but russia still has a problem it has broken syria and now it has to work out how to pay for the reconstruction and it's pretty clear that moscow would like to find some sort of formula through the u.n. to fund the rebuilding of syria because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all and we've talked about where we think things lie over all a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that there look like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in it liberate now. well it's true isn't it liberal has its political touch more than its military touch although it is the stating for the people and for the for the region in gener

ambassador to the u.n. samantha power and in new york richard gowan a senior fellow at the united nations university yeah if i can go to you first you heard our interview from damascus i asked our analyst in damascus a simple question had a sad one what's your view. i think if. he is said to be to have one it is a matter of shame. because who who was your. counterpart who who did you win over you one of our people you're one of our country which is given to you as a trust to protect and to keep as a land and as a people actually two things are. facts about syria no going back to two thousand and eleven or before and assad did not win. and another thing no life for this country. syria with the continuation of this regime. the basic thing that we are talking about here is the basis the original slogan that started in syria with this war against the people in the rose and said no against the regime. actually it is. either a rule it or ruin it he ruined it but he doesn't rule it ok let me bring in iraq in washi

security council and the u.n. secretary general to completely condemn this and on certain questions i asked him questions about his response to this he was quoting relevant security council resolutions going back to one thousand nine hundred sixty seven when of course israel took control of the golan saying that resolution two forty two then and then another resolution in one thousand nine hundred one made it very very clear that israel was occupying the goal and that occupation should end and he says that still the settled position and he made it quite clear that those were resolutions that were voted for by the united states an interesting situation right now where we probably i think although the some of the comments been a bit muted have some of the u.s. his closest allies on this particular issue more on the side of the syrian ambassador than they are on the side of washington very interesting but not of course the first controversial decision made by the time but ministration in this region what a move what

hub with several agencies and two u.n. headquarters based here u.n. workers in the affiliates were on the flight some of the u.n. workers were coming for this conference some of these were u.n. workers are actually on the frontline of humanitarian and development work in kenya and in the region so they were coming forward from from from different perspectives but certainly there were certain subject matter experts their language experts etc who were coming here for the conference itself so it's been a setback you know in on all counts but most of those who died were kenyans like benson be room to stoughton and coming back home from vienna where she is pursuing a doctorate and whom they had just spoken to in the morning it is so painful to lose a young guy. who has. lived. life. in a blink of an eye that is to blame if. at the crash site just outside investigators have found the plane's black box that's an important evidence to help understand what could have gone wrong back at the u.n. the agency's flag flies at half staff to or now those who were kil

on the u.n. security council resolution, i think that that is a discussion and debate that we can have in terms of sequencing and there is a lot of, you know, history and there is a lot of context in terms of who did what and who didn't do what and why we are there. the important line is this issue is a dispute that is still pending resolution, and it is one of the oldest disputes before the u.n. security council resolution. so while the two leaders, i will come back to the tail question, decide to basically engage to resolve, i'm sure we will be able to fix the distances in terms of who should have done what to resolve this issue. but first of all, we need to have the commitment to sit across, seek dialogue, then to engage to resolve the issue. in terms of my predecessor's comments, what can i say? because kashmir is an issue that has always been there ever since pakistan's existence. and to frame it as a jihad only i think is a disservice to the sacrifices that the people, the unarmed kashmiris

rights groups are calling on the u.n. to deny egypt a leading role in setting its human rights agenda this is related to the office of the un special rapporteur responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal in egypt is reportedly in talks to take a leading role in drafting the resolution egypt was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur of the severe uprising against people who spoke to another visiting un expert. and its government has been accused of numerous rights violations amid a crackdown on dissent matt pollard is a senior legal advisor and u.n. representative for the international commission of jurists he joins us now from geneva good to have you with us so what sort of human rights record hold does egypt have in comparison with other members of the human rights council. well i mean here it's important to keep in mind we're talking specifically about the abuse of counter-terrorism measures to violate human rights special rapporteur the

functioning two and three children are in need of humanitarian assistance more than twelve thousand u.n. troops stationed in the former french colony have failed to contain the conflict and none of the numerous deals previously struck with the various rebel groups have managed to restore stability. all sides expressed optimism when the latest peace agreement was signed but of previous attempts are anything to go by nothing is guaranteed. joining me now is richard moncrieff central africa director with the international crisis group richard welcome to the show thanks for joining us now the african union says it is very optimistic about this current peace deal but how optimistic can they be looking at the fact that seven days deals did not go through. well i think the communities right to support this peace deal along with what's written on paper in khartoum is the right kind of thing that talks about disarmament of the main groups talks about a more inclusive government those are really good then not new but they are worth supporting now well i optimistic well as you say we've been here

the i don't know the u.n. panel of experts who are there are on reviewing weaponry coming into the country said that the who sees have been receiving weapons and money via media treat companies through setting of some oil by iran that is not that's not obvious ukrainian government denies that there's anything weapons in the israelis obviously on the side of saudi arabia in this conflict. here in human rights council have been criticizing israel receives. and jeremy just said that israel will be any measure from the human rights council against israel will be opposed by britain what i think britain's role is generally in the area of your expertise really as part of a reprieve in the whole region i mean i think the unfortunate situation is we have a. bias towards israel from the international community in general were written is just part of part of that and you could see when the discussions for example happen even in the us congress when the congress and home are makes even the slightest slightest comment is n

on the u.n. security council table. ladies and gentlemen, before i conclude, let me reiterate the importance pakistan attaches to its relationship with the united states and our desire to build a long-term and broad-based partnership between the two countries. i thank you very much for your patience. >> thank you, ambassador, as always, very comprehensive and eloquent. wa we'll do here is have a bit of a chat. and then open it up for questions from all of you and cowell i request my colleagues to see if we could get questions from the overflow room as well. we have a large crowd in a couple of other rooms as andrew mentioned, this was an oversold event, so i want to make sure they can be part of this. ambassador, let me first begin by the only soft ball i'm going to give you today. >> okay. >> how's it to be back in washington? >> i'm very happy and delighted to be back. although, on paper, i presented my credentials on 11th january, but i had to go back to japan to basically do my farewell call

a u.n. investigator is calling on riyadh to publicly open the trial of eleven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of journalists. the special rapporteur on extradition executions agnes cullen mark says the closed door hearings are falling short of international standards she also urged the kingdom to release the names of the defendants was showing total says the u.n. representative for and the sea international she says saudi arabia is trying its best to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so

agencies this is a u.n. complex with several u.n. agencies based here so it's a very sad day indeed for them and at the airport the transport cabinet secretary held a briefing saying that he had spoken or he's officials had already spoken to twenty five of the thirty two relatives of twenty five of the thirty two kenyans who were on that crash of a majority many of the people in that crash or were kenyans thirty two of them so the ministers saying that they are undergoing counseling they've been given all the information they can by the very difficult time for them very emotional time we were at the airport all through sunday all through the day on sunday and we saw some of this relatives were very distraught and basically they have a lot of questions about what exactly could have happened they're still trying to internalize everything that is going on and of course they're having a lot of questions about when they will be able to get the bodies of their loved ones to be able to bury them of course it's going to take a while for them

the u.n. security council meets over the escalation on the gaza border israeli tanks and i.d.f. jets of all three were attacked palestinian territory in retaliation for alleged rocket fire it comes as the u.s. officially recognizes this radius sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria washington's move was immediately condemned by the u.n. the e.u. and the. very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me making our top story this hour russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of treason in latin america like a colony the comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela r.t. still a quarter has more. we can give way to big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas carrying cargo and about one hundred military personnel now the move to send military personnel to venezuela sparked serious criticism from washington who has been pushing for regime change in the country mike pompei on monday stated the move is increasing tensions and national. security advisor john bolton said h

the u.n. says one hundred fifty people with albinism in malawi have been attacked abducted or killed in the last five years. and if. we as people with albinism in malawi have no peace and we're not protectors devoted. following the boy's abduction in february demonstrators took their concerns to the streets of malawi stead's a district calling on the thirty's to address the issue. so far the response has been slow you know if you look at. this story here in our troop. in terms. of. victims of crime the evil practice has gone way down perhaps the same could work here it could be that. in an attempt to curb the killings the government is now offering a generous reward for information about attacks on people with albinism but some people say the move doesn't go far enough. ok deborah was in which hanna is regional director for amnesty international in seven africa he joins me now from johannesburg mr which anastacia have you od and welcome to news africa we know that attacks on people with albini

so there is, again, u.n. security council resolution 2254, in accordance with which we have to make joint steps leading us not just only to cease fire, but to start a peace progress. we need a little more time as i understand very soon there will be some announcement by u.n. regarding the constitutional commission and i hope this commission could start working. as i understand there are some nuances regarding the composition of this constitutional commission, but we are very close to find a solution. also, i would like to mention that the united states administration has appointed very smart, very professional diplomat mr. jim jeffrey chief negotiator from the united states on this issue. i met with him a few times and would like to confirm that he knows everything. he is a rprofessional and a smat diplomat and i consider he does and will do a lot of to speed up thus process. jim jeffrey met to russian officials from moscow. i can see this coordination will be very useful for the interest of the united states

or over anything the u.n. decides to do and would never allow that to happen so absolutely not i don't expect to see anything come from it other than the continued refusal to accept that people people matter right people's lives actually matter israeli lives matter palestinian lives matter and yet it is not treated that way certainly in our media certainly in our. governmental apparatus whether they have an r in front of their name or a d. in front of their name lives don't matter and less you fit into that political spectrum of being wholly and fully aligned with israel you know thank you very much it was a great great piece and couldn't agree more with what you're so the very there and you know at the end of the day it might be a throwaway question in journalistic terms but you know it's an important question as i think people need to hear that answer and i don't want to ask it exactly what do you exactly thank you so much for coming on today but always a pleasure having you thanks guys. where and how would

help with several agencies and two u.n. headquarters based here twenty two u.n. workers and affiliates were on the flight some of the u.n. workers were coming for this conference some of these were u.n. workers are actually on the frontline of humanitarian and development work in kenya and in the region so they were coming forward from from from different perspectives but certainly there were certain subject matter experts there were language experts etc who were coming here for the conference itself so it's been a setback you know in on all counts but most of those who died were kenyans like benson be room to stoughton and coming back home from vienna where she is pursuing a doctorate and whom they had just spoken to in the morning it is so painful to lose the young guy. who has struggled for the rest of her life. to a. life. in the blink of an eye it is to pay back at the un the agency's flag flies at half staff to or now those who were killed there will be going on throughout the week are you why she would sixteen police and other issues that affect the enviro

know a u.n. investigator is calling on riyadh to publicly open the trial of eleven suspects accused of involvement in the birds are off the journalist seymour hersh orji the special rapporteur on extradition executions agnes kellerman said the closed door hearings are falling short of international standards she also called on the kingdom to release the names all of the defendants. is the u.n. representative for the sea international she says so he is trying its best to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to munt a journalist on foreign territory in the foreign consulate and so

and a u.n. investigator is calling on riyadh to publicly open the trial of eleven suspects accused of being involved in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the special rapporteur on extra judicial executions aeneas kalamata says the closed door hearings are falling short of international standards she is also urging the kingdom to release the names of the defendants. dressed as the u.n. representative for amnesty international she says saudi arabia is trying to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so i

the u.n. security council meets over the escalation on the gaza border where israeli tanks have gathered i.d.f. jets have also attacked palestinian territory in retaliation for alleged rocket fire. comes as the u.s. officially recognizes israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria washington's move was immediately condemned by the u.n. and the arab league. between donald trump and russia by the moon first to go should media hysteria isn't dying down now blaming truong for making them suspicious in the first place. good evening and welcome this is r.t. international. russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of treating latin america like a colony the comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela on the quarter explained. this weekend gave way to a big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas they were carrying cargo and around one hundred military personnel from the russian federation no

and the u.n. and it aims to secure billions in funding for victims of the conflict the u.n. says several billion dollars are needed this year to meet syria's aid needs and support countries hosting refugees almost twelve million syrians currently depend on humanitarian aid. as the war in syria enters its knife year unicef says two thousand and eighteen was the deadliest yet for children of the country the war has scattered many of them far from their homes to refugee camps and to the streets of lebanon and turkey we look now at some brief moments over the years when we have caught up with some serious children we no longer know the fates of many of the boys and girls you're about to hear since notching of yeah we live in permanent fear when we get home there's no water or electricity grid always afraid that planes will drop something on us when they fly over me even of right here at school who wake up in the middle of the night from the noise of the explosions to. remember i'm afraid of blood and

they continued to supply weapons to them despite a u.n. -- a u.s. armed embargo followed by a u.n. arms embargo against south sudan. in fact, just a few months ago, the former head of the israeli army's operations was sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department as an agent who sold over $150 million worth of weapons under the cover of an agricultural company that was supposed to be building affordable housing in south sudan. in the bosnian massacres, israel sold weapons to serbian forces during the bosnian war in the early '90s long after the u.n. embargo was declared in '91. in '92, when slobodan milosevic was on trial, he was described as the new hitler of europe. most of us in this room are old enough to remember him. at that time, israel opened an embassy in serbia. simultaneously, serbian forces were creating concentration camps and committing massacres against bosnian muslims that led to the murder of an estimated 250,000 people. itay mac gathered evidence that israelis in the highest offices werearming and training serbian faces. they petitioned the israeli supreme court with

the u.n. says one of the reasons for the record number of civilian deaths is i saw suicide attacks that were particularly deadly last year and they often targeted the shia minority over here and western kabul resulting in a lot of people being brought up here to be symmetry which is quickly filling up. the u.n. report found the biggest killer of civilians was the taliban responsible for thirty seven percent of deaths the taliban rejects the un's finding somebody or struck on our last meeting of china allowed former taliban commanders in kabul spoke out against it this week they laid the blame on afghan and international forces of the . reeds and killing innocent people people who reads people get killed in the streets. last year was the first on record that more than five hundred civilians were killed because of airstrikes mostly by international forces who say they do investigation review credible allegations of errors to learn and improve but in the blame game of the afghan war the un hopes

the u.n. says thirty eight hundred civilians including one thousand children were killed in afghanistan last year it's a record for mohammed to those numbers come to life in the hills around him he's lived at the foot of the symmetry watching it expand for over a decade i've heard it is very painful in a nightmare from now when they bring the bodies sometimes twenty thirty even forty to be buried. the u.n. says one of the reasons for the record number of civilian deaths is i saw suicide attacks they were particularly deadly last year and they often targeted the shia minority over here and western kabul resulting in a lot of people being brought up here to be symmetry which is quickly filling up. the u.n. report found the biggest killer of civilians was the taliban responsible for thirty seven percent of deaths the taliban rejects the un's finding somebody or struck on our last meeting of tribal elders and former taliban commanders in kabul spoke out against it this week they laid the blame on

. >> reporter: the u.n. says blacklisted north korean ships are masquerading as legitimate by repainting their names and stealing electronic tracking signals from other ships thousands of miles away. >> this ship has assumed the identity of its sister ship. >> reporter: the new u.n. report also says kim's nuclear and missile programs remain intact. only days after new images show kim rebuilding aast year to dismantle. the administration has been relying on the sanctions to pressure kim to disarm, saying he is desperate for money. but according to the u.n., global oil traders and banks are unwittingly letting north korea evade sanctions. >> they're not monitoring the ships that they are either financing, insuring, or that are carrying their product. >> thanks to andrea mitchell for that report. >>> ufc star conor mcgregor is facing two felony charges. according to police, a fan tried to snap a photo of mcgregor as he left a miami beach hotel. the mixed martial arts fighter is accused of slapping the phone out

. >>> a u.n. report ratcheting up tensions with north korea this morning. experts say kim jong-un is evading sanctions using chniques never before en. the assessment underscores the challenge facing president trump after talks with north korea collapsed at last month's summit in vietnam. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: kim jong-un hasew found ways to get around u.n. sanctions, raking in millions by shipping coal and smuggling inoil. the techniques being used, some of which i've never see before, and i've been investigating maritime trafficking and smugglingmo for than 15 years. >> reporter: the u.n. says blacklisted north korean ships are masquerading as legitimate by repainting their names andng steali electronic tracking signals from other ships thousands of miles away. >> this ship has assumed the identity of its sister ship. >> reporter: the newt u.n. rep also says kim's nuclear and missile programs remain intact. only days after new images show kim rebuilding a missile site he had promised last yr to dismantle. the administration has been

. >> reporter: the u.n. says blacklisted north korean ships are masquerading as legitimate by stealing electronic tracking signals from other ships thousands of miles away. >> this ship has assumed then new >> reporter: the new u.n. report also says kim's nuclear and missile programs afteinnew images show kim rebuilding a missile site he had promised last year to e administration has sanctionresse kim to disarm saying he is desperate for money. but according to the u.n. global oil traders and banks are unwittingly letting north korea evade sanctions. >> they're not monitoring the ships that they are either financing, insuring or that are carrying their product. >> reporter: north korea has been under scrutiny for the murder of kim jong-un's exiled half brother two years ago in a malaysian airport allegedly by two women using nerve gas. but tonight, one of the women was suddenly released from jail after the women claimed they were duped by intelligence agents into thinking they were part of a reality tv show.

your israel's permanent representative to the u.n. last month a commission of inquiry formed by the un human rights council found that your country may have committed war crimes and even crimes against humanity in gaza last year killing one hundred eighty nine palestinians in protest of the girls offense including medics journalists people with disabilities and you injured nine thousand others. let's talk about the those facts first of all the u.n. so called the inquiry commission for the human rights council it is a joke so what happened there and what happened last year you have sixty thousand people marching to our fans what would have happened you think if you would have come to the sense of the will break the silence and then what they would say that it we want to go back to gaza no they would continue they would march into our communities in israel and they were id card and there we were among them they said we want to kidnap israelis we want to kill israelis so that the law is what is the solution then so let me ask you this qu