. >> recommended the geneva business rapt this is an action item. >> thank you. we have david. >> hi, good morning deputy director for the transportation authority plans & programs committee this is the feasibility study that was recommend for adoption on page 57 of our packet i'm pleased to bring this the study look at the improved east west concentrating transit in brisbane study is actually building off the work in the transportation study with partners on both sides of the county line that connects the old and new community with caltrans and bart balboa park and caltrans station we concerned in the alignment one of the western sections on geneva avenue and the other part of the eastern section we look at in a second the geneva portion we looked at the top portion a 4 lines the bus rapid transit will be running on the side lanes and non-buffered and substandard sidewalks on the bottom part of the slide the other option the bus rapid transit with the buffered bike lanes the eastern alignment two option in yellow actually in red on that screen it is the one we c

avenue and the other part of the eastern section we look at in a second the geneva portion we looked at the top portion a 4 lines the bus rapid transit will be running on the side lanes and non-buffered and substandard sidewalks on the bottom part of the slide the other option the bus rapid transit with the buffered bike lanes the eastern alignment two option in yellow actually in red on that screen it is the one we call the one way couplet that used the hollywood area to get the bus service cross 101 and the southern option that routes the bus through the bayview area for the buffer to the south we are working with ecology throughout the study to identify the timeline for the bayview option we'll talk about in the latter part of the presentation. >> for the one paw cup lightwell we've landmarked two all of the elements looking at keeping parking on both sides but enabling the bus service by reducing the sidewalk width and having the ground utilities the other option to remove the parking only one side and keep the sidewalks the same as current are right now in terms of understanding

. >> recommended the geneva business rapt this is an action item. >> thank you. we have david. >> hi, good morning deputy director for the transportation authority plans & programs committee this is the feasibility study that was recommend for adoption on page 57 of our packet i'm pleased to bring this the study look at the improved east west concentrating transit in brisbane study is actually building off the work in the transportation study with partners on both sides of the county line that connects the old and new community with caltrans and bart balboa park and caltrans station we concerned in the alignment one of the western sections on geneva avenue and the other part of the eastern section we look at in a second the geneva portion we looked at the top portion a 4 lines the bus rapid transit will be running on the side lanes and non-buffered and substandard sidewalks on the bottom part of the slide the other option the bus rapid transit with the buffered bike lanes the eastern alignment two option in yellow actually in red on that screen it is the one we c

meanwhile, at sandra bland's memorial service tuesday, her mother, geneva reed-veal, spoke about the death of her daughter. >> that was my baby. she wasn't my convict. she wasn't a suspect. she was my baby. and it would behoove the all -- y'all to think about what you would do in that place. so some of the stuff that is in the news is true. some of the stuff that is in the news is not. but the real issue here is something occurred that is going to change the world. amy: centerlines mother -- sandra bland's mother. the funeral is saturday in chicago. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman and juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from

. >> recommended the geneva business rapt this is an action item. >> thank you. we have david. >> hi, good morning deputy director for the transportation authority plans & programs committee this is the feasibility study that was recommend for adoption on page 57 of our packet i'm pleased to bring this the study look at the improved east west concentrating transit in brisbane study is actually building off the work in the transportation study with partners on both sides of the county line that connects the old and new community with caltrans and bart balboa park and caltrans station we concerned in the alignment one of the western sections on geneva avenue and the other part of the eastern section we look at in a second the geneva portion we looked at the top portion a 4 lines the bus rapid transit will be running on the side lanes and non-buffered and substandard sidewalks on the bottom part of the slide the other option the bus rapid transit with the buffered bike lanes the eastern alignment two option in yellow actually in red on that screen it is the one we c

and half and you know one property on the side of geneva. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> any other questions or comments. >> public comment. >> so seeing none is there any any public comment on this item? yes. >> no? just movement in the gallery in public comment seeing none public comment is closed. commissioners a motion >> i'll motion to support this like i said i've seen this in other neighborhoods done very, very successfully sea increases the small business a chance store will not come into i like the good restaurants and retail stores out of it is working really well. >> i'll second. >> okay. >> all right. roll call vote. >> commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner white r commissioner dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner yee-riley commissioner ortiz-cartagena and commissioner white all feather 7 to zero. >> item 5 and is discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on b o s file planning code allowing on existing restaurant or a bar to open a second bar with the conditional use authorization in the north beach spe

this week took the water to cool off as mercury rose into the high 30s in geneva. hundreds of residents rushed to the lakes. and in spain, people sweltered under the sun in madrid. at midday the thermometer marked 36 degrees. so extreme heat is still taking place, but we may see some showers and also severe thunderstorms throughout the western area. so that could cool things down a little bit, but still much higher than that. paris, your high will be 33 degrees and warming up once again on friday. it could heat about 40 degrees in geneva. we have a high of nearly 36 degrees in london. down to 22 degrees with rain coming in on thursday but still hotter than average temperatures will continue into the weekend in london. across the americas record-breaking high temperatures were also set across the western united states. seattle had had 32 degrees on wednesday. that's the hottest temperatures for you. and portland had warmest and also driest june on record. and temperatures will remain about 10 degrees higher than normal into the weekend. so wildfires occurring across

what we do know is that the interim deal which was done a very long time ago back in geneva has had to be extended again, to friday. but those we have been speaking to, say they are not going to set a deadline they are working day by day, hour by hour but most of the foreign ministers who grouped here and had a big big meeting until the early morning hours are starting to leave. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will stay so will the foreign minister of iran but most of the others we think are going to drift back to their capitols suggesting to me they are not likely to return we're told until wednesday evening. that there will be a 24-hour lull in things but the negotiations will continue. >> thank you for that indeed. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, president obama's pledge to step up the campaign against isil comes under scrutiny in the senate. more in a couple of minutes. ♪ i was trying to fit in. >> misty copleland's journey wasn't easy. >> dancing gave me the opportunity to grow into the person... i don't think i could be without it. >> now, this trailblazer is opening the door

two and a half months theying were offered a six-day truce, then another opportunity in geneva geneva. here they have one more chance. we all reacted positively to the truce in order to send the aid to the yemeni people. >> reporter: ships like this laden with food fuel and essential supplies can make it to aden and further inland. the bulk of it has remained undelivered. despite the lifting of a saudi-lead blockade attempts to send aid have failed. >> one would hope that this papaicular ceasefire, lasting maybe a little bit longer, if indeed it is honored by all sides. >> reporter: the people of yemen can only hope that all parties not only honor the agreement, but find ways to stop the conflict. >>> four fighters from the lebanese armed group hezbollah have been killed near the border with lebanon. violence has been ongoing there for the last six days as they try to cut off a key supply line for syrian rebels. it links the region on the board we are lebanon to the outskirts of damascus. >>> the u.s. has asked think u.n. security council to identify those responsible for chemical wea

. >> joining us now, sandra bland's mother, geneva reid veal and sandra bland's sister sharon cooper and kevin lambert, the attorney representing this family. first of all, to mother and sister, i'm very, very sorry for your loss. i'm sorry to be having to talk to you in circumstances like this. but mrs. reid veal, tell us what it's like now that the funeral is over and you're hoping to move forward with getting more answers to what happened to your daughter. what is it that you hope to happen next? >> what i hope to happen next is that i really get answers, because up to this point, i don't have any answers that i could say i am comfortable with or that i can really understand right now. there's been something new every day. and in my grieving process, i opted not to watch any news pieces on this. so i just have to say to you that i really would like to have the answers, what happened to my daughter? what happened to her from the time she was taken from the street to the jail cell until the time she was found in the cell. >> and sharon cooper, could you share with us what your siste

this week geneva remembered her daughter at a memorial service. >> she was not a convict she was not a suspect she was my baby. we have some issues. it was strained but we still loved each other. there is not anywhere that i can see that my baby took her own life. >> we now, geneva read-veal, sandra bland's mother. first, thank you for being here tonight. my condolences to you and your family. >> thank you, revv reynolds. thank you for having me. thank you. >> first of all how are you holding up right now? >> by the grace of god. how else do you hold up? >> yeah. you and your daughter took a road trip just days before she died. how were her spirits? >> her spirits were lifted. she was excited about the next chapter in her life. she talked about this new position that she had been waiting on a callback for. and she was ready to get started. she really, really was. she was excited. >> now your attorney provided us with a voicemail sandra left you four days before she died. with your permission i would like to play that voicemail. >> yes, sir. please do. >> hi, mommy. it's me. i just wa

we were prepared to work with a delegation in geneva, foreign minister brought them to geneva in january of 2014, and we were prepared to work with them in a negotiation that the united nations was leading. so it's not that we don't deal with them. it's a different thing to say we should ally militarily with bashar al-assad against extremist elements in syria, because in my analysis, helping bashar al-assad will increase the recruiting of the extremist elements that we need to contain, reduce and remove. >> i want to take a short break. coming up, we'll be joined by a 2012. >> when you said those things, were you lying. >> i said the position of the syrian state. >> is jihad a traitor >>> and later. work. >> it's a he-said, she said. both sides believe they are telling the truth. >> later in the field notes, displaced by the cold war and threatened by climate change. our can't talks to people, watching their home disappear. >> they see the evidence. it's a daily thing. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the

and geneva reed-veal, i know you weren't exposing yourself to the news accounts at that time, but it seems to us, as i said, it's only deepened the mystery as to what happened in that jail cell. >> absolutely. herein lies, this is why you have to be grounded. you have to be grounded and know that god is actually this control here because if i allow myself to listen to all the thinsthin things that are coming out i don't know if i could be able to sit here and speak with you right now. so i am choosing to spay awaytay away from all of it and i'm allowing my attorney to view those items and share with me what i need to know. there's just nothing at this point. i'm left without my daughter. so after the lights camera and action are all over she's still gone. and she left here without a final word prior to her death, other than the voice mail that she left on that friday morning. >> and let's just listen to that voice mail. it was a voice mail to you. let's listen to that. >> hi mommy it's me. just wanted to let you know that i made it. i am here. i am here. call me when you get a chance

and sanaa forces and 2 1/2 months ago they were offered a six-day truce and another opportunity in geneva, here they have one more chance by the u.n. and international community, we all reacted positively to the truce in order to send humanitarian aid to the people. >> reporter: ships like this with food, fuel and essential supplies can finally make it to places like aiden and further in land and by air and small boats have made it through but the bulk remains undedelivered and with the saudi-led blockade the attempts to send chips failed because of security. >> one would hope this particular ceasefire lasting maybe a little bit longer if indeed it's honored by all sides. >> reporter: the people of yemen can only hope all parties not just honor this agreement but find ways to end the conflict. al jazeera. >>> for more we are joined from london, a political analyst and former advisor to yemen's foreign ministry and thank you for joining us the u.n. envoy to yemen say he is very optimistic about the agreement, what are your thoughts about it? >> well i hope he is right because they have rea

amending transportation code, division ii, section 601 to designate a transit only lane at all times on geneva avenue between delano avenue and the i-280 overpass in the out bound/westbound direction only and approving parking and trafficker modifications related to implementing a new transit only lane and a left turn lane along the 8 bayshore muni transit corridor and you do not have any members of the public who wish to address you on this matter. >> thank you, everyone if you could keep it quiet as you exit, we're trying to through the rest of our meeting, thank you. >> do we have a staff report on this? >> if you wish. >> does anyone -- would anyone like a staff report on the ceqa findings for balboa park station area plan? >> everybody read the fantastic report that we got in our board packet. >> if i have no questions or no discussion? >> i'll move it. >> i have a motion to approve, do i have a second, and i have a second, all in favor eye aye. er >> aye. >> the ayes have it. >> item 14 authorizing the director to execute contract number 1279r, islais creek facility phase ii-maipt nans a

geneva, that passed by, however there was a day that roosevelt secretary of state stutinious had a vision. he had a vision and in his diary he recalls a wakening of [inaudible] on the morning of february 19, 945 in writing. i saw sth golden sun hp shine and as a lay on the black shores of the sea in the cumeana i can feel the invigorating air in the pacific. he suddenly imagined san francisco for the ideal spot ingalthering. it was equal distance between asian europe and latin america, perfect for a world to get together. roosevelt liked the idea to emphasize the porns of winning the war. i'm sure most had [inaudible] they do choose to come here. they came here and the mate are ark of one of the big gold rush families mrs. flood gave up her pent house at the fairmont hotel. on june 25, 1945 a dramatic session took place in the opera house which most know is right behind us here and in that session lord hell fax was presiding and he this is such a incredible occasion. in stead of sayic yea or nay we'll stand so 800 some ought delegates stood then staff and visitors 3 thousand on a very str

all in all we do not accept that and we abide with all the convention of geneva on the child soldiers. >> the fighters are tired but upbeat. they sing songs of battle and victory. ♪ >> they've been fighting forces from the government for about 18 months now and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields. the rebels have joined forces with the local militia there which is allied with the government until recently. >> we are not fighting for control of oil of south sudan. he wants to rule the country with an iron fist. >> they are eager to display their weapons. >> they showed us heavy weapons like this, and the light weapons as well. sudan has often been accused of providing weapons to the rebels, but kartoum has denied this and so do the rebels, saying supplies from from the south sudanese government. >> we are not getting support from sudan or anywhere. if we were, we would have won this war. we just use what we capture from government troop

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but all the and all, we do not accept that, and we are with all the conventions of geneva. >> the fighters are tired. they sing songs of battle and victory. they have been fighting forces from the government for about 18 months now. and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near the only functioning oil fields. which at lied to to government until recently. >> we are not fighting for control. you want to rule the country can with ask iron fist. >> they are eager to displace their weapons. and a loss of ammunition and sudan has also been accused of providing weapons to the rebels but they have denied this and so have the rebels that say most of the supplies come from the government. >> we are not getting help from sudan or anywhere. if we were, we would have won this war a long time ago. but this other side is getting support from sudan. these fighters are heading to another position it would be a long tough journey on foot, but they say they are fighting for a cause they believe in. al jaze

geneva has issued a warning against the weather, which some holidays welcome as an unexpected treat. >> actually, we do not have that much heat. the first time that we have that much heat over here, it is incredible. every single day we are just having fun. >> next up to feel the heat is the united kingdom with wednesday the potentially highest heat day in london in years. portugal has avoided the heatwave so far. a wildfire in gala sia swept across several villages this week. europe remains on high alert. genie: unesco world heritage delegates have been snorkeling their way around parts of australia's great barrier reef ahead of their decision whether or not to place the reef, which is bigger than the -- then the u.k., holland, and switzerland combined on a list of endangered sites. it could hit australia's trade. alex perry has more from sydney. alex: that a country has allowed such a natural wonder to get to this level -- to paint a picture, it stretches for more than 2000 kilometers off the coast of australia, host of thousands of marine life particularly coral and -- it has the

surfaced had it not been for this man herveÉ falciani, an hsbc computer security specialist at the geneva, switzerland, branch. he stole the data in 2007. he likes that he's been called the "edward snowden of swiss banking." now a fugitive living in france, he says he grew disillusioned with what he saw at hsbc and began to download proof of illegal tax evasion, those internal bank files. the information you took was not just names but it was... >> falciani: no. >> whitaker: ...correspondence deposits, deposit numbers, wh... >> falciani: exactly. exactly. >> whitaker: how did you do it? >> falciani: friends, let's say, partners give... gave me these datas. >> whitaker: so, you had accomplices inside the bank. >> falciani: of course. i am not the only person in banking system that wants to raise alarm. >> whitaker: but swiss authorities say falciani acted alone. when they came looking for him he fled to france and turned over his files to french authorities. >> eckert ( translated ): after he came to france, we realized his information was useful to us. we protected him and we used his ski

genie: that is john reporting from geneva. in tunisia, officials say eight people with direct links to the beach massacre saturday have been arrested. 38 foreigners, most of them british tourists, were killed friday before the gunman was shot dead by police. the islamic state group has claimed his possibility for the attack and it is not some of those arrested trained with the attacker at a jihadist cap in libya. the four gunman behind the bardo attack were also thought to have trained at that camp. here is more from the british secretary. >> we can say we have the victims identified and we can say that is the highest death toll of british nationals killed. nine will return to the u.k. today. there will be further repair -- repair -- repatriation flights sunday. genie: the suspects that have been detained are sent to have had direct links with the attacker at that beach resort. what more do we know about exactly what that means, a direct link? sandro: it is significant news, saying they discover the entire cell. we do not know

is located in the visitacion valley neighborhood it is locked north of the county line and north of geneva he we have a quick orientation presumably further the site is nestled if two sides from mclaren park and by visitacion valley neighborhood as part of the rfp process the initial process before it became the planning missouri works with mercy housing to come up with a site plan did is a thorough analysis and some of the things highlight show how disconnected from the community here the block pattern showing you how different sunnyvale is compared to a typical walk of visitacion valley and then again, the building pattern instead of being towards the streets their perpendicularly and there's skwaths of yards or parking that have no a lack of sense of occupancy or eyes on the street and also generally a lack of infrastructure here you see a street without sidewalks and see also the disconnection from the other neighborhood here typified by a slope so urban designers or the architect they looked at the hope sf principles and good urban design in planning principles and here's some of the

he didn't have a great swim in geneva, and i not sure if he is in the middle of a big training block right now, but he is planning on doing the 73 world championships in australia. he was a champion in canada and he is trying to do the same thing again, so he will race here and race in stockholm and next we go to austria. will go toater he edmonton and in the final in chicago. so it has been a pretty busy month for gomez. you can see the water temperature there is just above the threshold of 20, so no one is wearing wetsuits today. they are coming out of the black tunnel and into the light and into a wall of sound as it is now just approaching 6:00 at night. we will get just a few shadows, but it is not dark here. it does not get dark until almost 10:00 p.m. look at those crowds. some of them were sitting a line about 2.5 hours ago to have a chance to get appearance get up close and personal with these incredible men. eight minutes and change, so they are having a very, very fast swim here. minuteseight and a half at this point. it will be fascinating to see how many make the lead gr

the secondary strike was supposed to take place after the geneva talks. it seems that that cease fire was announced to catch the houthis off guard and capture the city of aden. the saudi coalition has made a lot of advancements. it seems that yesterday there was a very terrible attack that took place in the city. it's a place the governor, they bombed electricity station. unfortunately, they hit the residential city next to it. they had technicians living there with their families. there are reports of 35 to 100 people being dead with numerous other injuries in the hundreds. the cease fire is a way to calm the media down and distract away from this attack aimed at civilians, women and children. strategically speaking, i cannot see the coalition taking the step. >>> two soldiers have been killed in a car bombing in turkey. it comes as turkey launches more air strikes in northern iraq. its fighter jets targeted isil in syria. the white house welcomed turkey's involvement and called the pkk a terrorist organization. the syrian observatory says villages have

the mercury rose to the high 30s in geneva whether pedaling boats or kayaks or bathing. many people trying to cool off. children enjoy playing in the fountains there. and in madrid they sweltered under the sun, midday temperature rose to 36 degrees. so this is just not an isolated area. this is many locations out here across much of central and western europe continuing to see these temperatures surge. we're talking about storms on the northern frifry of this ridge of high pressure to the north and surges back to the south. even a few storms flaring up to the east. kiev high of 25 thunderstorms there in your forecast. let's look at what's going on for eastern asia. the tropics, it would be an understatement to say it woke up here in the last week. we have several areas of low pressure we are continuing to watch. a tropical depression towards the east of the philippines. this is expected to become a tropical storm. it's surging moisture across the philippines. could see some flooding. but this is the big topic. severe tropical storm tracking off to the west. i know guam s

they met in geneva under wto procedures but failed to make any headway. as of monday japan has the right to bring the case to a wto dispute settlement panel. >> translator: i don't deny the possibility of holding further talks, but i think if we hold discussions in the same way, we will end up with the same results. >> officials at japan's fishery ministry said the wto would set up panel at japan's request. they say panel members would give their ruling in about one year. >>> bathroom and kitchen tiles can sometimes start to get a little unpleasant after just a couple of uses. a company in a japanese city famous for making towels has develop what had they think is a stylish solution to a smelly problem. >> reporter: this is the new product the company has developed. the towel on the left has underge a special process to keep it smelling fresh. the one on the right has not. they were moistened and kept in separate containers for about three months. black mold developed on the untreated towel. but the treated one stayed white and fresh smelling. that's beca

but all in all, we do not accept that, and we abide with all of the convention of geneva on the child soldiers. >> reporter: the fighters are tired, but upbeat. they sing songs of battle and victory. thigh have been fighting forces of the government for about 18 months now, and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains. the rebels have joined forces with local militia there, which was allied to the government until recently. >> translator: we are not fighting for control of oil of south sudan. we are fighting the bad rule of the leader. he wants to rule the country with an iron fist. >> reporter: they are eager to display some of their weapons. they showed us some of their heavy weapons like this d-30 and lots of ammunition. sudan has often been accused of providing weapons to the rebels but they deny this and so do the rebels. who say that most of their supplies come from the sudan government. >> translator: we just use what we capture from government troops. it's the other side getting s

raising questions you'll be meeting with the small business groups and get they're thinking this is geneva you an additional configuration to generate input the other thing that crows my mind having working with the dr w y one of the major health care is the wellness programs for all populations especially those that have limited assess was the folks we're talking about now they feel this is an integral part of health care is wellness wellness activities wellness programs it all part of the equation no longer point a and b here and there it is they're looking for creative activities they can fund in this area it is something we may want to look at at. >> yes commissioner chung so i know we talk about public health and we talk about like wellness and i you know i just wanted to make the case in the having an economic gang if you have healthier employees the prosperity goes up and the business will thrive if in their in the city the businesses strife that means that traffic signals to more revenue for the city i think that is going both ways to really get a better picture to frame the narrat

the second was supposed to take place after the geneva talks. it seems that cease fire was announced to catch the houthis off guard and capture the city of aden. the saudi led coalition made a lot of advancements in yemen. they freed aden through operation golden arrow. yesterday there was an attack that took place in a city. they bombed electricity station. they hit the residential city right next to it that had technicians living there with their families. so there are reports of 35 to 100 people being dead there with numerous other injuries ranging from the hundreds. so it seems that the cease fire is a way to kind of calm the media down and distract away from this attack that was directly aimed at civilians women and children. strategically speaking, i cannot see the coalition taking the step. >>> now to some news that's just coming out to us from turkey. it's been reported that two policemen have been killed in a car bombing. we understand that four others have been wounded. they have traveling in their convoy in the mainly kurdish southeas

raising questions you'll be meeting with the small business groups and get they're thinking this is geneva you an additional configuration to generate input the other thing that crows my mind having working with the dr w y one of the major health care is the wellness programs for all populations especially those that have limited assess was the folks we're talking about now they feel this is an integral part of health care is wellness wellness activities wellness programs it all part of the equation no longer point a and b here and there it is they're looking for creative activities they can fund in this area it is something we may want to look at at. >> yes commissioner chung so i know we talk about public health and we talk about like wellness and i you know i just wanted to make the case in the having an economic gang if you have healthier employees the prosperity goes up and the business will thrive if in their in the city the businesses strife that means that traffic signals to more revenue for the city i think that is going both ways to really get a better picture to frame the narrat

and we are with all the conventions conventions geneva on the child soldiers. >> the fighters are tired but up beat. they sing songs of bat and victory. they have been fighting forces from the government for about 18 months now. and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting from the north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields the rebels have joined forces. which is allied to the government until recently. we are not fighting for control over south sudan. we are fighting. wants to rule the country with an iron fist. >> they are eager to displace their weapons. >> they sewed us some of their heavy weapons and a lot of ammunition, sudan has often been accused of providing weapons to the rebels. and so who have the rebel whose say most of the supplies come from the south sudanese government. >> we are not getting help from sudan or anywhere, if we were, we would have won this war a long time ago. it is the other side getting support from sudan. these fighters are heading to another front line positio

joining us via skype from geneva. let's start with what's going on in the u.k. and an emergency meeting taking place. what do you hope comes out of the meeting. what policy do you hope the british government comes up with. >> we think it's terribly important that they treat it as a security issue. this is apt the end of the day, what humans need to remember. as we see in the broadcast. we are fleeing violence economic misfortune. they are protected under international law, and deserve all the respect and protection they can give them. treating them as criminals is not the way to do it. we suspect and hope there's a range of activities. once it's explained they are not refugees those that do not qualify as refugees. we can't treat it as a security matter. >> so who is at fault, would you say, because we are seeing yet another sad, very tragic wave of people humanity crossing - every which way they can, it would appear. who is at fault. is it - is it the individual migrants who believe they have the inalienable right to move where they choose or the governments th

two and a half months because they were offered a truce, and another opportunity in geneva here they have one more chance. we all reacted positively to the truce to send the humanitarian aid to the yemeni people. >> reporter: ships like this can finally make it to places like aden and then further inland. some by air and small boats have made it through, but the bulk has remained undelivered. u.n. agencies attempts to send ships have failed due to threats or insecurity. >> one would hope that this particular ceasefire lasting maybe a little bit longer if indeed it is honored by both sides. >> reporter: the people of yemen can only hope that all parties not only abide by the truce, but find ways to end the conflict. >>> the saudi-lead coalition carried out more air strikes on the capitol of sana'a. the coalition has pounded houthi targets from the air as part of a bid to restore exiled president hadi to power. >>> a spokesman for the saudi-lead coalition has told al jazeera his forces would only respect the humanitarian truce if the houthi rebels abided by the terms. >> translator: fi

director of the global polioar ratification at the world health organization and joins us now from geneva and good to have you with us and this is a good day for you and the fight against polio, what are the conditions that allowed nigeria to be one year without the disease? >> first of all, that is a really fantastic news for the children of nigeria, children of africa and children all over the world, being the largest country in africa nigeria has been over the years a source of polio virus not only for its own children but african countries with repeated out break from nigeria that has gone to other parts of the world beyond africa and this is absolutely fantastic. but as your feature notes the job is not yet done. i think the credit in large part really goes to the government of nigeria for its focus and its commitment and then of course the traditional and community leaders in nigeria that helped misperceptions about the vaccine and have really taken on the task of community engagement to ensure polioar ratification and partners has been very important and the world health organizati

a key milestone in that process was the interim geneva agreement in 2013, the smooth implementation of which provided necessary time and space for the conflict negotiation process which followed. this resulted in the parameters being set for the final deal. the format was especially effective. we feel that the european union in particular was able to play a crucial or facilitation role throughout the whole process. the european union has been facilitator, moderator, and in the final stages, pen holder of the jcpoa text and its nexus. it is hard to imagine another actor who could have done this year it a key element -- this. a key element of success was maintaining the unity of the group. it is to the credit of all those who participated that we stayed committed to reaching a mutually beneficial deal. the fact that the self-imposed deadline was overrun several times bears witness of the shared view that a quality agreement was vastly superior to a quick one. the agreement is good, durable and very viable. iran has agreed to make changes to its nuclear program. the international atomic e

but all in all we do not accept that and we are having all the convention of geneva on child soldiers. >> reporter: the fighters are tired but upbeat. ♪ they sing songs of battle and victory. ♪ they have been fighting forces from the government innin duba for 18 months and the mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields and the rebels have joined forces with local malitia there and joined with the government until recently. ♪ . >> translator: we are not fighting for control of world or oil of south sudan. we are fighting the battle who wants to rule the country with an iron fist. >> reporter: they are eager to display some of their weapons. they showed us some of the heavy weapons like this d 30 and weapons as well and lots of ammunition and sudan has been accused of providing weapons to the rebels and the rebels say most supplies come from south sudan government. >> translator: we are not getting support from sudan, if we were were would have won a

has to do less with houthis and forces and 2.5 months ago offered a six-day truce and opportunity in geneva here they have one more chance by u.n. and international community. we all reacted positively to the truce in order to send humanitarian aid to the people. >> reporter: ships with food fuel and essential supplies can make it to aiden and further inland. and some by air and small boats has made it through but the bulk of it remains undelivered and despite the lifting of a saudi blockade it failed due to threats of security. >> one would hope this particular ceasefire lasting maybe a little bit longer if indeed it's honored by all sides. >> reporter: the people of yemen can only hope that all parties on disagreement find ways to end the conflict. al jazeera. >>> the united states has asked the u.n. security council to identify who is behind chemical weapons attacks in syria. it's part of a u.s. proposal to set up an investigative unit to try to bring the perpetrators before an international court syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons in 2013 but reports began to emerge last year