a warning by the united nations that the disease is . a chronic disease would spread in the areas was affected what is the how the you were in will deal to. contain these diseases in the. fifty's well again the united nations has been present and working with the health authorities in the country again for decades on the over the kitchen of paul your etc so there is a capacity on the ground and again intertwined with. the government health structures. sort of deserving and the need there may be and may have been even before but still there's a capacity to respond. there has been a very. a high level consultation involving and chaired by the prime minister himself to address this issue because it is of concern again because of the rather poor state of health of many of the people let's not forget that before the floods occurred the food insecurity was enormous in this country a lot of people did not have enough food on their plates every day poverty is a big issue here so you have very weak people. and these are in many cases in most case

the united nations has asked governments to provide dozens of helicopters to get lifesaving supplies to pakistan some eight hundred thousand people remain trapped after the country's worst ever floods with more than seventeen million affected to get an inside look at the situation and find out what needs to be done we spoke to the un's deputy envoy to pakistan his interviews coming right out. some see it is the catastrophic of the century and the un has devoted all its resources its called upon the international community to help. in this message of this trophy disaster. as a u.n. special envoy in pakistan. and pakistan how do you assess the you rule at this time i believe the united nations has been a very important partner to pakistan for the pakistani people for decades we have been working in this country and some of the worst crisis. which affected the people of pakistan the influx of afghan refugees thirty years ago the different natural disasters this country is experiencing unfortunately on this very frequent basis so we are with pakistan have to do with pakistan really with

those are the headlines now the united nations says more than seventeen million people have been affected by pakistan's worst ever floods and international aid is now flowing into the country but the disaster has already taken at least sixteen hundred lives and we spoke to the un's deputy envoy to pakistan to find out what needs to be done that and that interview is coming up right now. some see it is the guts of the century. has devoted all its resources its called into the international community to her. message got this trophy disaster. as a u.n. special envoy in pakistan. and pakistan how do you assess the you in rule at this time i believe the united nations has been a very important partner to pakistan for the pakistani people for decades we have been working in this country and some of the worst crisis. which affected the people of pakistan the influx of the afghan refugees thirty years ago the different natural disasters this country is experiencing unfortunately on this very frequent basis so we are with pakistan have to with pakistan really with pakistan and as such the united n

the united nations has made this a priority. in 2005, a framework for pragmatic blueprints for action. last year, we introduced the first global risk reduction. clearly, we must follow through on these recommendations. this disaster is like few the worlhas ever seen. it requires a response to match. pakistan needs a flood of support. yet in the media, we hear talk of so-called fatigue. the suggestion is that governments are hesitant to deal with another disaster and they hesitate. let us remember that if anybody it is the fatigued, small families i met in pakistan facing hardship. instead of fatigue, however, i such determination, resilience, hope, and expectations. when faced with the tsunami, or the earthquake in haiti, or other natural disasters, we show extraordinary effort. let us begin today together stand with the people of pakistan. let us act so that this disaster to not become a man-made catastrophe. let us givehis our all. thank you very much. >> i think the secreta general predict thank the secretary general for his

president barack obama that subject did come up at the united nations when i ambassador vitaly churkin the russian representative to the united nations held a press conference as russia assumes the presidency of the security council now why the issue of a potential strike did come up we're discussing iran and the mounting sanctions that have been placed on iran by the international community ambassador churkin also noted that all of the u.n. resolutions that include sanctions against iran do not include any text that allow the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take a listen. iranian nuclear issue and we will not resume. on this matter. as you remember we have very clear language inevitable and in the last resolution even clearer in three previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with any possibility. of the use of force against the brazilian president lula da silva was among the first world leaders to react to us saying sions against iran saying that they will not help but possibly hurt from engaging iran in bringing iran back to the negotiating table

the united nations has made this a priority. in 2005, a framework for pragmatic blueprints for action. last year, we introduced the first global risk reduction. clearly, we must follow through on these recommendations. this disaster is like few the world has ever seen. it requires a response to match. pakistan needs a flood of support. yet in the media, we hear talk of so-called fatigue. the suggestion is that governments are hesitant to deal with another disaster and they hesitate. let us remember that if anybody it is the fatigued, small families i met in pakistan facing hardship. instead of fatigue, however, i such determination, resilience, hope, and expectations. when faced with the tsunami, or the earthquake in haiti, or other natural disasters, we show extraordinary effort. let us begin today together stand with the people of pakistan. let us act so that this disaster to not become a man-made catastrophe. let us give this our all. thank you very much. >> i think the secretary general predict thank the secretary general fo

the united nations secretary was here to hear survivors tell their story. and spent a moment with some of the youngest victims. he insists donations to pakistan won't go astray. >> we can have absolute confidence, those who donate so generously, will have confidence that the money will get where it's needed. >> this is what happens when aide didn't come. young lives put at risk. survivors of the flood expected to have cholera from the dirty water. there are new arrivals every few minutes. the emergency room in this hospital is overcrowded. and the staff is overwhelmed. >> we have no vacancy. we no time to fix, we have no time. >> patients are crammed in where they can fit. they don't wait for lab tests here, if it looks like cholera, they assume it is. dela >> the wards are filling up so fast that the hospitals are running out of beds. all of these patients are treated for cholera. it's been seen as 10 times cases than last year. this is what international health experts have been fearing. watching over his seven-year-old son, cholera has robbed him of his

what we hearing is that in principle israel will agree to a united nations probe into the photo ready to back you may you know this is unprecedented it's also significant because on the ninth of june the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on record as saying that he will never allow an international probe that this states a dangerous precedent and you need to remember of course that previous investigations have never had any kind of israel participation previous international investigations and this is because israel believes that primarily the united nations and other international bodies prejudge it before actually coming here but what we're hearing now is that the israeli prime minister has tossed his defense minister to tell american officials wait years at the moment in new york that is all in principle will agree to handing over papers and putting forward its augmenting what happened in this gaza flotilla raid it seems that international pressure has played its part the diplomatic fallout was unprecedented you had demonstrations in machos throughout the world you had c

the move, the united nations says the aid effort cannot keep pace. more than 1 million people have been uprooted. there is a continuous exodus taking place now. people who did not want to leave before know they are running out of time. they are taking anything they can carry. the nearest safe high ground is 20 kilometers away. and here is why they have to go the swollen waters of the index, -- indus that swept away this embankment. flooding could take three to four days. there is still risk. and many are angry at the government's response. all week long, they expected more. no one can stop us, he says. "we are hungry." when the army brought food, they took it for themselves. this crisis is still developing. the numbers are still rising. and that the weak state is still under pressure. orla guerin, bbc news. >> and niger is seeking international help to deal with its own devastating floods. all this after a long-running drought that has left more than half the country, 15 million people, needing food aid. we have this from the capitol. >> the rain tha

remember, the birthplace of the united nations, and the full promise of the united nations -- it all began here in san francisco, and there, many of you were. 100-plus-wrong with the largest demonstration this nation had ever seen at the time of people saying enough is enough, and we are going to demonstrate our right to demand that our rights are extended, and people paid attention. in so many ways, that was the cataclysmic moment in time that really will people of so that some 13 years later, we woke up the nation when 3000 people strong came out in washington, d.c. democrats, republicans, independents, and we got the americans with disabilities act signed by then-president bush at the white house lawn 20 years ago today. so it is remarkable, those origins. is remarkable progress. it is remarkable the work that all of you have done. if you have ever watched, and maybe you do not want to, or maybe you had to -- i never good with notes. i have my own learning disability called dyslexia, so i cannot be very well, but i thought it was important to make susan's point, and then doing som

nations sanctions against tehran. to commanders are to be given their marching orders after a video of a massive brawl at a military base in the moscow region finds its way onto the internet. and greetings from moscow where it is two o'clock in the morning i'm sean thomas and here are your top stories the battle against a raging wildfires across russia is showing signs of success with the area now on fire just cut to one third of what it was five days ago however the situation remains critical in some parts of the country the first to two planes with firefighting equipment on board have arrived in moscow on friday more deliveries are expected in the capital during the weekend more than ten european countries and the neighboring states have also provided assistance to russia's fight against the flames meanwhile the record breaking heat that's been fueling the fires in the moscow region is finally starting to ease. authorities are now preparing for heavy storms as i told you before. the burning area has shrunk by thousa

a review into the united nations climate change panel has called for fundamental reform. the study was ordered by the united nations after the body faced a beverage of criticism over errors in its reporting -- a barrage of criticism over errors in its reporting. the five-month review called for stricter guidelines on source material and checks on conflicts of interest. it also advocated an overhaul of management, shorter terms of office for the chair. victims of pakistan's catastrophic floods are going to extremes to find food. a month after the floods hit, hundreds of thousands of people are still out, still cut off, many without shelter. the southern part of the indus river is 40 times its normal volume, and as the torrents of volume -- of water make their way into the sea, levels are receding in some areas, allowing survivors to return to what is left of their homes. >> residents make their way across the submerged countryside in southern pakistan. they are following a sunken railway track, hoping to find food in the neighboring villages, but travel is extremely danger

the united nations estimates 6 million need aid immediately. one part of the country has been flooded. the waters have laid waste to demand and crops. a season of hunger is coming -- ways to land -- the waters have laid waste to land and crops. a season of hunger is coming. >> to the best of our abilities, we are doing whatever we can. >> too little, too late? >> the international community has to do a lot more, and our own community has to do a lot more for the people. >> the handouts here are coming from an islamic charity, accused militants, votbanned and some think this could be a recruiting tool. nowak incomes looking for help is turned away. .-- no one who comes looking for help is turned away. operations like this one are around the country. one more worry for a nation on its knees. an already unstable country is now looking far more vulnerable. bbc news, northwest pakistan. >> human rights watch has accused a resistance army of abducting hundreds of people in central africa. they say about 700 people have been taken from their homes fro

nations sanctions against tehran. to commanders are to be given their marching orders after a video of a massive brawl at a military base in the moscow region finds its way onto the internet. those are the headlines next we look back at some of the most robust encounters from peter lavelle's debate right here on r.t. . hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter level immediately after the second world war major nazi leaders were put on trial for crimes there is no question that such crimes were committed however questions linger about just victor's justice what was what is the legitimacy i'm sorry legacy of nuremberg. to discuss the trial and its implications i'm joined by richard evans in cambridge he's a professor of modern history at the university of cambridge in london we have geoffrey robertson a distinguished jurist member at the united nations internal justice council in tallahassee we cross to robert dallek to a professor of history at florida state university and here in the studio with me is jeffrey roberts

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those are the headlines now the united nations says more than seventeen million people have been affected by pakistan's worst ever floods and international aid is now flowing into the country but the disaster has already taken at least sixteen hundred lives and we spoke to the un's deputy envoy to pakistan to find out what needs to be done that and that interview is coming up right now. some see it is the guts of the century. has devoted all its resources its called into the international community to her. message got this trophy disaster. as a u.n. special envoy in pakistan. and pakistan how do you assess the you in rule

and the second most important metrics that has to be incorporated in the next report by the united nations should include the civilians killed outside of ghana stand by the main export from afghanistan over all the narcotics in afghanistan already in slaved more than two millions of afghans within the country and they're probably keel even more than thirty thousand russians who have been in the aisle aided by the afghan heroin and you know us you have to add up more than five million pakistani direct addicks the overall result of the u.s. led mission is that it kills morsi really an afghan brock's under the connivance of the u.s. political leadership then in other military hostilities whether from the u.s. side all from their military opponents from pakistan and within afghanistan that i hope you nama officials will take into consideration and we'll incorporate into the next sam i n u o afghan civilian casualties a report. argy spoke to british veteran journalist john pilger who thinks america is tricking the world by saying it's pulling out of wars in iraq and afghanistan the full version

the flood waves must be matched with waves of global support. >> alan: the united ed nations called for nearly half a billion dollars in relief but has only received one-fifth of that amount. >>> the new u.s. commander in afghan afghanistan says he believes the war is turning in the right direction and coalition forces are making progress. general david petraeus made his comments today. >> the progress really just began this spring, late spring is when we started to see the operations in central province truly were starting to improve security for the people, and up and down process to be sure, taliban fighting back hard as we took away very important sanctuaries from them. >> alan: his goal is to keep extremist groups at buy -- bay. >> hundreds of bay area homeowners were in oakland today in hopes of getting a break on their mortgages. this is day four of a five-day mortgage modification event put on by chase bank. customers met with counselor and provided documents,, and in two weeks will find out if they can get a loan modification. they say this is their only chance to discuss probl

under strict monitoring by the united nations nuclear watchdog russia will help supply fuel and remove the waste processing. sanctions against iran to make it abandon its uranium enrichment program but russia says western fears that the plant can help tehran make a nuclear bomb are groundless. you cannot an eco use nuclear power plant in your hypothetical meet the. new pinball plan please just let me write that if you see. these through there i am see. we call the double double service these rich will spend your money but well this is a limited set became our goals are in your responsibility because we are going to supply with nuclear fuel should we play a ball once all the lifetime and down goes big response you are back to the process of the russian area. in a few minutes why india as a band class structure is proving hard fast all. as parents pull children from schools with food is prepared by people seemed to be from a lower order. the united states says it's sticking to its target to end all combat operations in iraq by the end of august and to withdraw almost all troops by the en

the new head of the united nations office on drugs and crime has promised to address the narcotics threat in afghanistan russian official yuri daughter of took over the key role last month artie's military analyst thinks it's high time the war narcotics was linked to the fight against corruption. the russian ambassador to the united kingdom you if you don't this has just been appointed as the u.n. drug czar so now in his new capacity he will be leading the way of the international community a games that narco terrorist threat that comes from afghanistan the russian voice has been mostly neglected by day i sassed nato and international community so now there's this pointsman russia has a unique opportunity to rid invigorated and to jumpstart the international efforts to build up and raise the world awareness about the one and only threat that really is important significant and neglected in afghanistan and that is how to combat most when the black dude and forgotten drug threat that directly killed ten times more civilian people in afghanistan and all across the world general petraeus has

and the surprise move israel has agreed to cooperate with the united nations inquiry into its military attack and i got a bound aid flotilla in may un secretary-general ban ki moon and alan's the investigation up to ninety activists were killed by israeli commanders at sea the resulting international outrage may have influenced israel's change of heart on involvement in a un investigation which it had previously opposed. to explain. what we hearing is that in principle it's all we'll agree to a united nations probe into the photo ready to back you made now this is unprecedented it's also significant because on the ninth of june the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on record as saying that he will never allow an international protest this states a dangerous precedent and you need to remember of course that previous investigations have never had any kind of israel participation previous international investigations and this is because israel believes that primarily the united nations and other international bodies prejudge it before actually coming here but what we're hearing

nations and if convicted he faces a maximum life sentence or eric montalvo says the whole trial is a breach of american law. well i would just label the whole process is a travesty you know you know we've got a juvenile who by our own signing we've agreed not to prosecute juvenile offenders so we're breaking our own law and i don't even think that this court has proper jurisdiction over the case we've got a child who by law we're saying is not culpable of doing the things that we we're prosecuting him for and yet we're spending all of our resources and he's the first one in the tube to go not to mention that you have the fact that he doesn't he's gained such a jaded distrust of anything associated with this he can't even make appropriate counsel choice and so he's not even represented in these proceedings. you're watching live from moscow for more stories you can always log on to our website and also you can check out the latest videos and top stories let's now take a look at what's available for you there today. in see some spectacular action is drivers of the russian leg of the eur

the united nations says 72,000 children are at high risk of death due to severe malnutrition. doctors say they are fighting a vicious cycle of disease. >> the problem here is that the drinking water that they are using or any other source of disease in the community -- it is circulating the disease again and again. >> it has been four weeks since the flooding began, and the scale of this humanitarian crisis is still growing. some 8 million people are in need of emergency relief. >> nato has confirmed that seven u.s. soldiers have been killed in two roadside bombings in southern afghanistan. one of the attacks reportedly took pce in bala tile city of kandahar. eyewitnesses report there was a large explosion after a u.s. convoy passed by. the assault six the number of u.s. troops killed in the last three days to 14. to business news now, and, steve, i've heard americans have been out on a shopping spree in frankfurt. >> absolutely. big payday, but is it making the right strategic decision? intel corp. of united states has reached a deal to buy the wireless unit of germany's nfid

states or the west but based on the united nations on international law and on collective decisions of all countries of the world and it's very important this all to look at the world because it's the. security of the country that's the way we feel but feel that our security can be guaranteed only if such a system is established and changes have the same plane as number two on most international issues most come create international issues we have similar positions it's career. it's expensive enough nate it's middle east. in addition to this we did have problems from history it's the border question and the military. gauge once you have the border i mean. troops on the both sides all this issues were solved another factor is that we don't have ideological differences which existed in the soviet times as i said we were allies but then because of their ideological differences and geopolitical differences and the board they should cetera et cetera we became less and another factor which helps to improve relations and to promote relations between russia and china is a kind of x. factor

nations the taliban and other militants are responsible for three quarters of the civilian deaths that have taken place in the past six months but tied to that you know an official say that the taliban and other militants have stepped up their game in terms of using i.e. . suicide suicide attacks and being involved in this us nation attempts and that is a result of more foreign troops coming into their country so one has provoked the other and our foreign troops more toxified the taliban in the militants and that the it is the afghan civilians according to this report women and children who are actually paying the price of this war it's basically understood according to this u.n. report that once foreign troops move into an area that had the taliban and militants will move in and violence will ensue and subsequent deaths will take place so at this point the afghan civilians you know understandably are intimidated are living in. a war torn area for a decade and are not so quick to align with the foreign troops in their country that are to blame for the taliban and militants attacking th