in january 1966, the united states urged the united nations presence in vietnam. the u.s. ambassador urged the security council to consider calling a conference to seek peace on the basis of the geneva accord. the united nations had no more but success than any other instrument in efforts to bring about peaceful negotiations. the problem was that hanoi feels the u.n. would dilute the power of the geneva agreement and he peaking rejected any you and presence in nationalist -- an u.n. presence in nationalist china. in honolulu in february, president johnson and his cabinet and advisors met the government leaders of south vietnam to go over common purposes, echoing the spirit of his johns hopkins speech in which he proposed a $1 billion develop a program that would benefit all of southeast asia. mr. johnson urged economic and political terms beyond military aspects. he called for a battle against social injustice, ignorance, , hunger and disease against , apathy and indifference and renewed efforts to build democracy in the rural areas. as part of the most extensive tour of t

press conference by the pakistani ambassador to the united nations. in which he said they were indicating position that the awards of the people of kashmir it was being heard internationally the foreign minister also saying that. should be lifted immediately restrictions should be lifted that leadership of push major media needs so dead people to find their truth about the feelings of the people of the day now it is also important in order that the pakistani prime minister made an urgent call to the u.s. president and. the united states about focused on with vision on this particular crisis what did important or nor the fact that the budgets on the military chief federal judge said that india was trying to die would be a danger in along the line of control and towards august on an order to continue with the designs and indian administered kashmir tension and remaining high but today's developments in the united nations is going to be counted. and progress done as a major diplomatic breakthrough. that this is no longer a by lead to an issue but one tha

kelly will be fantastic at the united nations. winner! >> i live in a country where there is no public transportation and nowhere i can walk. the woman to leave the house or do anything, she needs a car. to function and to drive this car, she needs a man. saudi arabia q&a, s advocacy talks about her book about the ban on women drivers. >> the right to drive is an act of civil disobedience because women are not supposed to drive. we show that we are able and capable of driving and being in the driver's seat for our own life and our own destiny. watched tate at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. night, a gun rights debate from dartmouth college in new hampshire good we will hear from lawyers on both sides of the issue. here is a preview. >> there is the obvious practical problem of drawing useful comparisons from the late 1700s or mid-1800s to today, especially with regard to a rapidly changing technology like guns. some judges have tried to do this by trying to identify the lineal descendents of guns from the late 1700s to today are the lineal

to sharing the command of the united nations to such an initiative. for us of the religious for peace assembly in lindau thanks very much. also dan has started the transition to civilian rule in the changing political climate has prompted plans to kick off the nation's very 1st women's football league it will include 18 clubs the 1st match will take place next month now this marks a big change since the ousting of president omar al bashir earlier this year. a year ago the idea of a women's football league in sudan was far fetched females once seemed to follow their football plain aspirations in the past where without hope. before the revolution i could not have imagined myself being a player in a woman's football team or even expected myself to be able to play the sport i've loved there were many restrictions on sudanese women and it was not possible to play football. but now a joint military civilian sovereign council is in power and it's seen as a significant event women are part of the ruling council and measures are being taken to further women's

nations do we have a case yes we have just as india has a strong strategic ally in the united states pakistan needs allies to highlight their case as well in foreign minister recently visited beijing and returned home with support from the chinese government as a 1st step. it was history to consult with. someone who stood with consistently and is one of the p 5 members that china. with the delegation to meet with the chinese leadership and i have come back with satisfaction that it be completely understand and. a point if you considered the indian action as unilateral. unlawful. and they feel that the matter should be result under the un charter and according to the a pickable security council resolutions. have endorsed what if you concerned about the peace and security of division. during the muslim festival of the in a rare show of bipartisan solidarity rushing in billable prayed that kashmiris in pakistan side of the border. but internal divisions remain in the political opposition is critical of how the government handled india's constitutional changes . do you agree that pakista

and successes of that united nations. there is the unique -- there is the united nations that acts, keeping millions of people alive in yemen now and that is sheltering some 20 million refugees around the world. the united nations providing vaccines to millions of children under the age of five across africa. the united nations eliminating polio from the face of the earth. it is true that the united nations has certainly and undoubtedly failed to live up to its ideals, it is important we still have those ideals to which we aspire and important to recognize the united nation itself is actively working to uphold the kind of values and moral values we should share. host: five minutes left. question, our- podcasts breaking even and can they be sustained and do they drive readers to newspapers and vice versa, do newspapers drive listeners to podcasts? are soi think podcasts omnipresent these days it is hard to generalize about whether or not day are breaking even. -- or not they are breaking even . i suspect most are not but s

representative at the united nations. the ambassador reported immediately to paris where he expanded peace talks resumed after a 10 week deadlock over arrangements. the teams of negotiators had now increased to four. besides mr. lodge, and north hanoi two new diplomats had , appeared. the government of south vietnam sent one man, and the national liberation front was represented i another. -- by another. inside the conference room, the four delegations sought to find, in the words of ambassador lodge the first practical steps on the , road toward peace. this has been a film about certain events related to the search for peace in vietnam. how these events will serve the vietnamese people depends on how well or how badly negotiations proceed. if fast progress continues, peace will come to this part of the world. only then will our story be what it started as, a chronology of hope. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for

that is a change in united nations peacekeeping. host: to the theme of undercovered global issues, how do luxury cars get into north korea and what can u.s. policymakers learn from that? guest: i love this story. it was reported by the "new york times" that identified using interesting visual and satellite data, and partnering with a research organization that compiles data able to track two mercedes s-3600, million-dollar cars, from the manufacture in germany to the port of rotterdam the racer curious route in asia to the pyongyang. these are luxury cars. luxury goods are banned under united nations sanctions. but if these goods are banned, how was north korea able to get around those sanctions to get the high-end cars into kim jong-un's fleet? a reporter at the new york times talked me through his reporting and added context do it. essentially it was a function of the circuitous route that the shipping containers took that brought these luxury cars to pyongyang. what interested me more broadly was a reinforced a point i like to ma

nations which has proved powerless in the past to the united nations and then if imran khan of pakistan is successful in an endeavor to get the matter before the international court of justice again because it has been there before in different guises to do that and have only things could remain peaceful for as long as that so that the law can be given its absolute maximum galore and international diplomacy can be given its maximum period of time in which to achieve a row the aleutian so much the better right yes so therefore is it appropriate to use the language of annexation at this point india has it said keys to unilaterally stripping indian administered kashmir although its autonomous status can we use the language accurately both attic sation. may i respectfully suggest that we didn't use or in the use of language that can only be in german tree it may be better simply to the historical realities that there was a ton of money and that has been taken away in a controversial way by the present indian government and the bat removal ptolemy now needs to be tested 1st in the courts bec

in january 1966, the united states urged the united nations. the u.s. ambassador urged the security council to consider peace on the basis of the geneva accord. the united nations had no more success to bring about peace negotiations. that hanoi feels the u.n. would dilute the power of the geneva agreement and he rejected any presence. in february, president johnson and his cabinet and advisors met the government leaders of south vietnam to go over common purposes, echoing the spirit of the speech to propose a development program that would benefit all of southeast asia. mr. johnson urged economic and political terms beyond military aspects. he called for a battle against ,ocial injustice, ignorance against apathy and indifference and renewed efforts to build in the rural areas. as part of the most extensive tours of the pacific ever undertaken by any u.s. president, president johnson and chiefs of state met in october of 1966. the war in vietnam was the immediate issue that brought them together. the larger issue was the development of the pacific era,

so far we have not heard anything from the united nations on practical and concrete steps that might be involved but there are already u.n. security council resolutions that exist on this issue and this news conference a bit after this meeting a pakistani military spokesman has said that pakistan does not want to take any steps that would jeopardize the. visit we have been hearing reports and that pakistan this planning something across the lines drawn he also said that there have been reinforcements that have been said to them sent to the line of control in case there is a false flag operation or any misadventure from the indian side but pakistan saying that it will be going to the international capital and continue to fight the kids for me right now that has done since this crisis began already some advantage of a life for us on this offer but thank you. thousands of pro and anti-government protesters are turning out for rallies in hong kong they are the 1st major demonstrations since the airport was shut down after china mobilized security forces at the border and shuns in protest

door of united nations security council so it is the united nation she good to go and who issued the. guardian kashmir issue and that is the longstanding and really old aka staunch conflict must be resolved according to. these allusions and what kashmiri people if they are thinking about the future sword. has already successfully. implemented reoffend unification diplomatically across the world to have a strange that you want let me interject that they suggest how confident are you that going to the united nations security council is going to yield anything as far as pakistan's concerned there are already 11 security council resolutions which have pretty much mean unheeded haven't they. likely to get the intervention the substantial intervention by any of the countries many of whom view this as a bilateral a sea between pakistan and india. yes look at his the longstanding demand of the pakistan did it should be done and because media future must be. resolved according to the united nations security council resolutions but they are on according to december agreement between india and

present gone friend by the pakistani ambassador to the united nations. in which he said they were indicating for addition that the awards of the people of kashmir it was being heard internationally the foreign minister also saying that if you should be lifted immediately restrictions should be lifted the leadership of major release so dead people find out their truth about the feelings of their people today now it is important in order that the pakistani prime minister made an urgent call to the u.s. president and. the united states about focused on. on this particular crisis or did important or nor the fact that the project on the military he said that india was trying to die would be a danger along the line of control and towards. an order to continue where did. in indian administered kashmir tension still remaining high today's developments in the united nations security council. and pakistan as a major diplomatic breakthrough. no longer a bilateral issue but one that needs international intervention the brother of the afghan taliban leader has been k

did you manage that i went to new york i went to the united nations i wrote to the secretary general i told everything i saw or i gave a link to the documentary i did absolutely nothing happened when i raised it in a press briefing to the un's press people they looked at me like yeah and what it didn't register on the social consciousness of the united nations or in fact the world so i feel a tremendous sense of failure and i suppose that's why the images of stayed with me so long longer than some of the other horrible things that i've covered tony berkeley great talking to you thanks for joining us and we want. and that is it from us this wait be sure to check us out online by the re one page at al-jazeera dot com for more films from this series on kemal santa maria from the whole team thanks for joining us since time. rewind returns with a new series. and brand new updates on the vast amount is a nice documentaries. rewind continues we have to be an afghan and that is it is it that is that and this is the proudest day out by my life that was a real turning point for goes that give

the united nations has urged. from changing the status of kashmir and pakistan plans to take the issue to the un security council with the help of its ally china which also has a claim on a different part of the disputed kashmir himalayan region. the tough talk has direct impact on millions of people on both sides of the so-called line of control the unofficial border which separates the 2 sides. the question now will pakistan be able to neutralize the indian move in diplomacy defuse tensions with powers such as china get involved and if so what could this mean for kashmir. today 3 important people on the pakistani side the country's foreign minister the president of pakistan administered kashmir and a vocal opposition leader give their views on talked about that there are. the fun of former prime minister benazir bhutto and former president asif ali zardari is the chairman of pakistan peoples party he is critical of both the indian and his own government i wish that i while condemning the human rights abuses in.

the united nations population fund. through this distance oblique neutral part of western governments channeled millions into population control in developing countries the major donors the site the united states sweden great britain germany and switzerland of. south korea was among the earliest testing grounds for population control. the country was devastated after the korean war at the same time there was a baby boom with the highest birth rates in the world the united states participated in the reconstruction from the very beginning population control was high on the agenda. these 4 korean women grew up in a village 200 kilometers from seoul and still remember the war and the time that followed. the government said we should have fewer children and that's why we stuck to it. we women had abortions we thought we were doing the right thing and we did it voluntarily. western countries donated buses and jeeps that were converted into mobile medical units document show that that time was not health promotion the populati

and climate activists better to look at the united nations in new york giving a boost to the fridays for future movement in the u.s. . i'm michael o'connor thanks for joining us thousands of demonstrators are gathering for the 13th straight weekend in hong kong in defiance of an official ban on protests and strong warnings from police that marchers risk being prosecuted demonstrators began today's march in a stadium calling the event of religious gathering in an attempt to circumvent a ban on protests by holding religious symbols and singing hymns saturday's march follows the arrest of key op. zittrain figureheads including activist joshua long today also marks the 5th anniversary of a decision by china's ruling communist party against democratic elections in hong kong. for the latest we can cross to hong kong now and our correspondent there charleston pill thanks for joining us demonstrators are turning out in spite of the ban on protests this weekend what kind of police presence are you seeing on the streets. where we're standing at the moment there are very few police on the stree

and the united nations is a reduction in global meat consumption to limit the effects of global warming it says the planet's resources must be better managed to tackle the growing climate crisis. special forces officers of arrested coca stands for president must back at them by i have after storming his home for the 2nd time in 24 hours a soldier was killed during wednesday's failed raid at this country residence to the capital bishkek warbird mandi reports. it was 5 they were hoping they could prevent kircus dance formally from being arrested but after a 2 day standoff security forces didn't want to wait any longer. a police officer was killed and 70 of the former president's supporters injured in the ensuing clashes. this woman says attempt was the van with her and they were both arrested was. it all started on wednesday when a tumble have greeted crowds outside of his home near bishkek. wow. shots rang out police attempted to arrest him then put his supporters rushed to his defense after the fair to rest he urged people to protest in the capital. nationally to this sort of we will st

the united nations security council has met to discuss the kashmir dispute for the 1st time in almost 50 years. hello again i'm not seen any show of al-jazeera life and also coming up. the iranian old trying to seize by british forces more than a month ago gets ready to sail despise objections from the united states. violence in zimbabwe's capital as protesters defiant and on anti-government demonstrations. and taking aim a gets more restrictive laws we visit a californian city this discovery declared itself a gun sanctuary. the crisis in india the minister's kashmir has been the subject of a united nations security council consultation for the 1st time in almost 50 years the closed door meeting was requested by china and its ambassador says the members of the council a worried that the situation may get worse this all happened on the 12th day of india's crackdown on kashmir. judging from what i've heard from the discussions of this occurred council members have ex-president their serious concern concerning the current situation yet more. kashmir they are also concerned about to dehum

united nations security council they have just had. they've just had their consultations let's listen to what the ambassador has got to say about those talks but it will be mainly on the current situation concerning. kashmir and i'm sure you all following the situation or it closely this occurred a council has just how do you informal consultation and they listened very carefully. to reports. from the secretary it especially. including that the briefing from the military observer group on the roms and not helped us understand the situation that now i'm sure you all know the secretary general also ysu that statement. a few days ago and judging from what i have heard from the discussions of this occurred council members have ex-president their serious concern concerning the current situation yet more. question here they are also concerned about at the human rights situation there and also is that general view. of numbers that parties concerned should refrain from taking an e.u. name that for action which might further await the tension t

less make the united nations issues warning of climate change scientists fear millions more will go hungry without drastic changes to the way we use the planet's resources. he joins a mission searching for refugees in danger off the coast of libya. guyand we held here from volunteers taking on the authorities who want to keep out the new iraq. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program india's prime minister asked proclaimed what he calls a new era for indian controlled kashmir following his decision to revoke the region's semi autonomous status in a t.v. address they said his government's action would free the region from terrorism and separatism pakistan disputes india's claim to the territory and has responded by suspending trade with. india and expanding the country's envoy however it ruled out military action a security lockdown in the region is now in its 4th day with hundreds of local politicians under arrest. these treats are usually thronging with traffic but since then he's decision to revoke to semi autonomous status of engine controlled kashmir army fatigues have replaced the colorf

united nations has high consumption the united nations has high consumption of meat in the west is fuelling global warming, would

and climate activists crediting berg at the united nations in new york giving a boost to the fridays for future movement in the us. i'm michael thanks for joining us we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters gathering for the 13th straight weekend in defiance of an official ban on protests and strong warnings from police that marchers risk being prosecuted police have fired tear gas and water cannons ak crowds outside the government headquarters today's march began in a stadium and. it's called a religious gathering in an attempt to circumvent a ban on protests and followers you ventured the opposition to get him including joshua one who has since been released today also marks the 5th anniversary of a decision by china's ruling communist party against full democratic elections in hong kong. for the latest we're joined on the line by our correspondent in hong kong charlie shelves until i should mention to our viewers charlotte is also wearing a gas mask charlotte police have fired tear gas at protesters again what are you seeing on the ground where you are. he said my frien

and climate activist good to look at the united nations in new york giving a boost to the fridays for future movement in the u.s. . i'm michael ok welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters are gathering for the 13th straight weekend in defiance of an official ban on protests and strong warnings from police that marchers risked being prosecuted. a day of peaceful demonstrations escalated as night fell with barricades set on fire in the streets police for the 1st time fired water cannons loaded with blue dye which stained protesters outside the government headquarters today marks the 5th anniversary of the decision by china's ruling communist party against full democratic elections in hong kong. for the latest we're joined by our correspondent in hong kong charlotte pil charlotte thanks for joining us again what's the latest what are you seeing right now where you are. we're just a few she blocks away from the police headquarters and at the moment you have to excuse me i might cut through this with that's fire smoke still in the ad from webb protesters s

was a heated debate at the united nations security council now the united states has recently withdrawn from the i.n.f. treaty the intermediate range nuclear forces agreement and not only has the usa withdrawn from the treaty but the usa recently tested a missile that would have been a violation of that treaty had it still been in effect many are viewing this as an escalation of a potential new arms race between russia and the united states now when the representative of the united states spoke to the security council they accused russia of being responsible for the agreements demise this is the u.s. representative here today because the russian federation preferred a world in which the united states continued to fulfill its i.n.f. treaty obligations while the russian federation did not we've heard a narrative today that the united states had itself been in violation of the i.n.f. treaty because of our recent flight test which used the m k 41 launcher that is also found in our aid. the sure missile defense system this is categorically false now russia emphasize that its concerns about t

which is going to head to the separation of the south home for the north unless the united nations is about to take serious control many observers hope they will do something about it. but plenty more ahead on the news hour and a clear anger in the streets of venezuela supporters of president nicolas maduro protest against tough new sanctions why and no deal said curtly brush and severe food shortages and coming up later in sport the chairman of german football club steps down temporarily amid a racism rally. u.s. president donald trump has been met by protests in texas and ohio the states in which 31 people were killed and 2 mass shootings over the weekend 1st in dayton and then in el paso trump landed to hundreds of people demanding gun control reform and an end to divisive rhetoric he had been told he wasn't welcome by democrats in both cities the president privately met the 1st responders but of the shooting still in hospital and local officials where president just moments ago dismissed criticism saying he was shown respect and love he also alluded to potential reforms. as you kn

because essentially as you say it has been revealed by the sleet united nations confidential report i should add, saying that banks were targeted, noted —— backs were targeted, to try and collect cash was not sources confirm to the bbc that the humans actually been investigating some 35 cyber attacks and the reporters were sent to the security council is north korea censures committee says that north korea's attacks against crypto currency exchanges essentially allowed to generate income in ways that are harder to trace and subject to less government oversight and regulation in the traditional banking sector. experts a p pa re ntly traditional banking sector. experts apparently are also investigating cyber mining activity designed to earn foreign currency. we know of course all this comes as north korea launches to missiles this week alone in fact the fourth such launch in less tha n in fact the fourth such launch in less than two weeks. king john alone said the lord was a warning against joint military exercises being carried out. —— kimjohn alone. —— kim jong—un. there

she had the times is following events at the united nations she would have been say. well i think right now the russian deputy ambassador is speaking and he's making the point that i think is the main russian point this afternoon here in new york for years 1st the obama administration then the trump administration said look don't worry about the missile defense systems that we're deploying in eastern europe and poland and romania it's all defensive it's not over fences and yet that missile test that took place a few days ago over the over the weekend used exactly the same launcher i'm a 41 launcher that has been deployed in that missile defense system in poland and romania it's clear now that all it needs is a bit of software modification and it can launch into me just cruise missiles exactly what the russians have long said that it was the u.s. who has been breaking the i.n.f. for the intermediary intermedia nuclear treaty all this time even as the u.s. is always saying that the russians are breaking it so this is the the argument that the russians are making it's pr

the united nations has called for "maximum restraint". italy's president has extended until wednesday the deadline for negotiations on forming a new government. the populist five star and the left—wing democratic party had been looking close to a deal. researchers are trying to learn to speak mosquito so they can lure them away from populated areas or design devices to catch and kill them. that could help in the fight against diseases like malaria and tellow fever, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. mosquitoes buzz for us, the whining sound is annoying, but for the mosquito, it's a love song. the buzz helps the insects find mates and reproduce. so, what if we could learn to talk mosquito and sabotage their love lives? malaria and yellow fever is spread through mosquito bites. the vast majority of cases are in africa. in 2017, 200 million people had malaria and nearly 500,000 of them died. one way to defeat mosquito—borne diseases is to turn their buzz against them. for me, it is a sound of utter sophistication. if we c

press conference by the pakistani ambassador to the united nations. in which he said. indicating. the awards of the people of kashmir and was being heard internationally the foreign minister also saying that. should be lifted immediately restriction should be lifted the leadership of. so dead people find their truth about the feelings of the people are there now it is important in order that the pakistani prime minister made an urgent call to the u.s. president and. the united states about progress on. on this particular crisis what is important or nor is the fact that the projects on the military keep. that india was trying to die would be a danger along the line of control and towards just on in order to continue where did designs in indian administered kashmir tension still remaining high but today's developments in the united nations is going to be. done as a major diplomatic breakthrough when. this is no longer a by lead to an issue that needs international intervention well and all the story we're following the brother of the afghan taliban leader has been killed in a blast

change around their fortunes and i can singlehandedly make the united nations come in and do something they treat me like some kind of god here. and i'm got the heart to tell them that so many other people around the world in so many other dire situations have been let down before by the international community. a chicken no matter how small an anorexic has good luck signs the wishbone almost suggested good omens maybe my release. for the hmong the jungle of now than laos is a place of nightmares and dreams. 18 years old he married at 15 and has 2 children he dreams of studying music and taking his children to a park. the melancholy sound of b.'s guitar made me think about my hopes my precinct desire to leave. i've been here for about 5 days now and i haven't had a proper water in that time i lived largely on the roots in these parts of hardly had the sun on my face because along up the live in places like this which is giving plenty of cover in case of the aerial reconnaissance of the laotian army spots them. and. i'm finding our night off. and i've got to go but i see these people ar

to this according to many international observers has been muted at best the united nations secretary-general . both sides refrained from stinging the status of kashmir the american ambassador went out and said that it is an internal matter for the indian government so is the pakistani government running out of options diplomatically to try and come to some sort of a city not at all i think the options are just beginning in fact india by being obstinate and not accepting pakistan's offer of a bilateral engagement to resolve this issue through peaceful because he sions. miscalculated it's an evolving situation pakistan is watching the situation carefully and so is the world the statement of the sector general of the u.n. is a very balanced and a very correct statement he has said that this issue for be resolved under the u.n. charter and applicable security council resolutions i think that's a very encouraging statement the support offered to pakistan by china that they are with us all the way. is very encouraging and by mr man who is reaching out to world leaders i'm contacting different fore

outside of kashmir, pakistan has said it will call on the united nations to intervene. it is difficult to know what the united nations can do because this is part of indian territory and the united nations won't intervene in a domestic issue. -- whether or to not it is a row over domesticc amongstis a controversy the people in india who are not in agreement with what narendra modi is doing. forhina is getting ready the strongegest typhoon i it has seen in years. landfallected to make saturday morning on the east coast. and have canceled flights closed schools in anticipation of the typhoon. some 16,000 residents in shanghai are being evacuated. the airport in hong kong is packed with protesters. they explained a protest movement in its second month. anotherst protest that protest will be followed by street demonstrations. >> the economy is important for everyone one of us in hong kong, unless a small minority of not mindhey did destroying the economy. they have no stake i in t the society so many have helped to build. >> we can cross to daniel. b been successful? regara

eat less meat the united nations issues a warning on climate change scientists 50 millions more will go hungry without drastic changes to the way we use the planet results. i'm phil gale welcome to the program india's prime minister has proclaimed what he calls a new era for indian controlled kashmir alone in his decision to revoke the region semi autonomous status in a t.v. address to render modi said his government's action would free the region from terrorism and separatism pakistan disputes india's claim to the territory and has responded by suspending trade with and and expanding the country's employee however it ruled out military action a security lockdown in the region is now in its 4th day with hundreds of local politicians under arrest. the streets are usually thronging with traffic. but since terry's decision to revoke a semi autonomous status of indian controlled kashmir army fatigues have replaced the colorful bustle of everyday life few civilians still venture from their homes. there is no one in sight on the roads. it doesn't look like a curfew people are imprisoned in

disaster, and the united nations once more help. it has phrased its appeal to international donors to $331 million. >> we are talking about people marching toward starvation if we are not there to help them, 2.3 million people in this country. , it will be substantially higher at 3.6 million people, because the lean season is coming upon us. next year, we are looking at 5.5, 5.3, give or take a million people. third ofnumbers mean a the country's 15 million population will need food aid. some of the money raised would be used to buy food, clean water, and to give cash handouts. raising all the money needed could be difficult. zimbabwe is competing with syria, yemen, and other crises around the world. worse, adire situation tropical cyclone hit a province in the east of the country earlier this year, heavy rain, floods, and strong winds destroyed crops. the cash-strapped government is buying grain from other countries to replenish stocks. >> we are doing our part. we are doing a lot. andre not sitting back waiting for our colleagues

the united nations envoy to yemen is calling on all parties to engage in dialogue following fighting in the city of aden at least one person was killed in clashes between u.a.e. backed fighters and forces of the internationally recognized government. there's been a breakthrough in talks between turkey and the u.s. over proposed saves inside syria turkey's defense ministry says the 2 sides have agreed to coordinate what it's calling a peace corridor or on turkey's southern border. donald trump is in dayton ohio where a gunman killed 9 people on sunday president's all to do in el paso texas where 31 people were shot and killed on saturday several state and city leaders are against his visit accusing the president of inciting racist hate crimes well before leaving for ohio trump told reporters a ban on assault rifles is unlikely but congress is working on changes to gun legislation. that there are no political appetite at that moment to get the girl rolling no political appetite probably going to lead like her but i will certainly bring that up i'll bring it up for a great appetite and

saying that the world is watching and this is going to be a test for not just the united nations from the pakistani side but all over the world muslims who feel the pain of kashmiris are going to be watching the united nations i will be holding them accountable but if they fail to stop what is happening in administered kashmir. everybody is scared because we don't know what is going to happen modi has. played his last cards and i think it is going to be very tough on him and internationalize the kashmir matter more the world is looking at kashmir and it's up to us pakistan to respond i'm going to take responsibility i will be the ambassador to raise the voice of kashmiris in the world. have decided to mark the 14th of august independence day in solidarity with. hearing from communities on this side of the line of control saying that they're still very very concerned about what is happening on the other side because indian government. continues for the 10th consecutive day families here are saying they haven't been able to get in touch with family members on the other side we met a fat

well the meeting of the 15 member body that leads the united nations was called by russia and it opened with a un high representative for disarmament affairs explaining the situation after all in the demise of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty then we heard from russia and russia voiced very serious concerns about the united states decision to withdraw from that treaty on august 2nd as well as the recent testing of a missile that would have violated the treaty that recently took place the united states tested that missile and russia voiced concerns about the possible escalation of international tensions and the danger that this poses not only to russia in the united states but to many countries around the world now the united states and their representative then took the floor and at that point they repeated the unproven accusation that somehow russia had violated the treaty and therefore russia was responsible for the treaties demise and following that we heard from other security council members who all seem to voice concerns about the danger of a new cold war in the arms r

press conference by the pakistani ambassador to the united nations. in which he said they were indicating split edition awards of the people of kashmir and was being heard internationally the foreign minister also saying that. should be lifted immediately restriction should be lifted the leadership of. so dead people to find their truth about the feelings of the people are there now it is important in order that the pakistani prime minister made an urgent call to the u.s. president and. the united states about progress on. on this particular crisis what is important are nor is the fact that the budgets on the military keep. that india were trying to die would be a danger along the line of control and towards just on in order to continue where did designs in indian administered kashmir tension still remaining high but today's developments in the united nations is going to be. gone as a major diplomatic breakthrough when. this is no longer by lead to an issue that needs international intervention all in all the stories we're following the brother of the

welcome back if you come out of the top stories here on al-jazeera the united nations expressed concern over restrictions on the millions of people in indian administered kashmir that have been clampdowns on communication and free movement since monday's decision to strip the territory but so tom. in yemen at least 9 people have been killed in a 2nd day of fighting between government forces and separatists in the city of aden a separatist supported by the united arab emirates accuse saudi backed forces of conspiring against them. and the un's human rights chief michelle bachelet has warned that new u.s. sanctions on venezuela could make life worse for millions trying to get food and health care this week washington banned american some doing business with the government of nicolas maduro and froze its assets in the united states. now eat less meat or lose the land we used to the consequences of climate change that's the warning from a united nations report which says human activity and food habits are destroying the environment and feeling global warming it says eating more plant based

does the united nations only work when e powerful want it to? secunder: we will have to see icw successful this diplom offensive by imran khan will be. so far, the international reaction to developments in indian-administered kashmir have been muted. it is not quite clear what the next steps for pakistan could be, but pakistanifficials have said they are not considering military action unless india launches some kind of strike against them first. pakistaniia off want to appear to be the more reasonable ones in this dispute. tensions in an already volatile region are certainly rising. laura: now, tv ads try to catce our eye and s laugh, but in the u.k., two have been pulled for violatingules banning the use of gender stereotypes. the first from a car company showeda men workingspace station while a woman is left to watch over a pram. the second was selling cream cheese, but complaints came in about how fathers were portrayed. take a look. >> new dad, too? >> mmh-hmm. >> wow, look at this lunch. hard to choose. this looks good. >> that's the phila

that are united india went against the 17 resolutions of the united nations security council he went against the united nations general assembly resolution and they went against the agreement they have taken a decision in which they want to change the demographics of kashmir. the u.s. says new sanctions against venezuela have been cut off financing for president little america has frozen all venezuelan government assets blocking us companies and individuals from doing business with the ministration. us president on trumpet shrugged off a as a protracted trade war with china washington accused china of being a coven see manipulator after the un fell to its lowest value and more than a decade. a police chief has apologized in the u.s. state of texas after 2 white officers on horseback their black handcuffed man down a road by a rope galveston's police chief says his officers showed poor judgment. health ministers in rwanda and the democratic republic of congo have reached an agreement on how to fight the outbreak after meeting and he said me on tuesday that ministers have agreed to tig

does the united nations only work when the powerful want it to? secunder:se we will have t how successful this diplomatic offensive by imran khan will be. so far, th international reaction to developments in indian-administered kashmir have been muted. it is not quite clear what the next steps for pakistan could be, but pakistani officials have said they are not considering military action unless indiki launches som of strike against them first. pakistani officials want to appear to be the more reasonable ones in this dispute. tensions in an already volatile gion are ctainly rising. laura: now, tv ads try to catch our eye and make us laugh, but in the u.k., two have been pulled for violating rules banninger the use of gend stereotypes. the first from a car company showed men working on a space station while a woman is left to watch over a pram. the second was selling cream cheese, but complaints came in about how fathers were portrayed. take a look. ew>>ad, too? >> mmh-hmm >> wow, look at this lunch. >> hard to choose.d. this looks goo >> that's t

that does it for the 1st time in 50 years this has come back to the united nations which of god's will be holding a meeting we're not sure how did it going to go and what really happened. it is considered to be. 3 especially because the united nations treat gendron himself had mentioned that this was their dispute with relevant un resolutions and spoke against india you know that action to revoke article 7 so. that diplomatic breakthrough by pakistan which had been insisting by let them had. unilaterally moved had gone against the spirit of what he treaty an agreement between both india and pakistan to which even the united nations that. security general. deferred to and. meant of $1702.00 under which all outstanding issues between india and pakistan including kashmir it would be on the basis of that treaty so india had been actively moved and that means they've had by they. leaving nor the platform for dogs but. now it's not an intervention to try and break through this particular debt. thanks very much. how is this being perceived where you are. well indian officials at least an offe

that this is an international issue this is an issue where the united nations security council not just one but multiple resolutions so a very different story from the pakistanis on this issue but something that is off concern to analysts on all sides in that time and again said that india is a false flag operation an operation something off the sort which would allow the indian government to come and attack by confronted in the mirror something that we heard from the prime minister as well as the foreign ministry spokesman has been saying that box will not be taking any steps on the line of control with jeopardize issues but it is sending reinforcements for deterrence and it appears that there is something which is brewing from the indian side which they will blame on pakistan and carry out across the border operation. thank you. ok let's unpack one aspect of what's going on in kashmir for you already touched on it here in the news on my kind of has more now from new york 1st u.n. security council meeting on kashmir for most 50 years. russia's representative pointed out he was born in

and the united nations says it will investigate attacks on you once supported for. he's in northwest syria that's up to 2 thirds of the security council petitioned for the investigation. now the south korean military says north korea has carried out on an identified short range projectile launch from the country's eastern coast it's the 3rd such launch in one week or so korean state media says the leader kim jong un oversaw the previous test firing over a new rocket launcher system on wednesday but south korea says it fired 2 short range ballistic missiles u.s. president don trump says he's not concerned by the missile tests. well speaking of him in a few hours time trump will outline his pitch for reelection in 2020 a campaign rally in the city of cincinnati america's economic strength is likely to dominate the event even as worries remain over the trade war with china the trumpet ministration is reportedly frustrated the talks are not progressing as fast as it wants and has now announced a new set of tariffs well it is your caster is live for us in cincinnati be g

united nations as a reduction in global meat consumption to limit the effects of global warming says the planet's resources must be better managed to tackle the growing climate crisis . former president somebody who has been arrested after special forces stormed his home for the 2nd time in 24 hours a soldier was killed during wednesday's fail ray that his country residents near the capital bishkek more but money has more. they were hoping they could prevent. stands formally from being arrested but after a 2 day standoff security forces didn't want to wait any longer. a police officer was killed and 70 of the former president's supporters injured in the ensuing clashes. this woman says attempt was the van with her and they were both arrested was. it all started on wednesday when a tumble have greeted crowds outside his home near bishkek. wow. shots rang out police attempted to arrest him then put his supporters rushed to his defense after the fair to rest he urged people to protest in the capital. nationally to this sort of we will start a demonstration we're going to go to the white