the secretary general and his special envoy martin griffith. we are there for peace to be able to support the theft first by hosting these through and lead consultations and it's good that the issue is on the security council's agenda as well as being the subject of pledging conferences numerous ones and we will continue to through or that is where we are thankful for the united and strong international support that the u.n. has been given without it your presence here would not have been possible and we have deep appreciation for the government of kuwait for their crucial logistical help in arranging the transportation also from santa to stock on and the return trip however it is now of up to you. the yemeni parties to truly in gates's constructively and in good faith with marketing and this you are in that process and you are in charge of your own future and hopeful that you would make. her gently needed progress during this the coming days here and i hope that you will also enjoy it although it's a cold country you would find of warm heart s

special envoy for yemen martin griffiths. martin griffiths thanks for joining me up front this week in sweden you reached what many are calling a major breakthrough in peace talks between who think leaders and the saudi backed government of yemen are we now a step closer to ending the war in yemen well i certainly hope so it's been seven days of hard work here in sweden both parties who came the governor yemen and. have worked a great deal to achieve these agreements all of which will be published so that people can see what the people what they can expect to happen in yemen i think it's a big step forward but it's the first big step forward you didn't just get a prisoner swap you got a cease fire and a crucial deal of access to the port city of who data which you've described as the center of gravity in this war will we now see a major and even. media it and urge an increase in the mount of humanitarian aid getting into yemen which the u.n. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis isn't that the priority well that is

and i'll give the floor to mr martin griffiths. mercy mitchell a busy don't thank you mr president welcome in members of this council. i come before you today with some good news and also a message of hope. after two and a half years of missed opportunities i think it's fair to say that the political process to find a comprehensive solution to the conflict in yemen has finally resumed this week during our consultations in sweden parties to the conflict reached several agreements included in the stock arm declaration which came into force on the thirteenth of december upon the publishing of the documents this is no small achievement made possible first and foremost by the commitment of the parties and the credit goes to them i was extremely impressed by their dedication all made concessions all engaged in depth and at length and intensively and in good faith last week's consultations saw the highest level of interaction between the parties ever seen in consultations in yemen and that is a quote quotes from representatives of the dif

envoy martin griffiths on up front with mehdi hasan on friday at nineteen thirty g.m.t. after today a manhunt police in france have found and killed the man they say attacked people at a christmas market and strasburg on shoes day so if they catch was killed on thursday evening after opening fire at police a new door in the city's south more than seven hundred police officers were involved in the search for the twenty nine year old after the shooting which killed three people and injured thirteen others bennett smith is in strasburg with all the latest the hunt for sharif if you can't present it here at the end of this street in what we think was a railway goods yard where he's been hiding out since the attack on strasburg market on tuesday night it's essentially the area roughly worship grown up in southeastern strasbourg and it's where close the area where he's dropped off by a taxi driver on choosing night has been forced to drive in here she can't be suspected of killing three people in the market and leaving another six fighting for their lives i feel launched a kni

martin griffiths, welcome to the program. >> thank you very much. thanks for having me on. >> so a special envoy, clearly you know what i just announced. it's just been said there is a ceasefire that is set to go into effect tomorrow. give me as much as you know and what you expect that to achieve. >> well, as you were saying in your lead-in there, there's a lot of work that needs to be done to flesh out the exact timing of different withdrawals but essentially it's as follows. the cease-fire will go into force at midnight tonight, one minute after midnight. we would expect the parties at that point to stop fighting, the skies to grow quiet over the data. we will plan to hold the first meeting of the monitoring committee, the u.n. will chair with the parties, and that committee is tasked to flesh out the details which were discussed in sweden but need further elaboration. essentially this month, by the end of this month, we should have seen withdrawals of a substantive nature from both the port and away from the main sana/hodeidah road. so the syste

envoy for yemen martin griffith has announced the two sides have already agreed to a prisoner swap deal since the conflict began in twenty fifteen thousands of families have been divided gryphus says the agreement will allow them to reunite the yemeni government delegation told al-jazeera peace will not come to the country until the whole of the rebels hand over their weapons well here's more of what the u.n. envoy to yemen had to say today well we heard the resumption of a political person. of the two of. without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important story. it demonstrates to the international community here represented and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict that has been the. future is in the hands of those of us in this room. you can choose institutions or risk the fragmentation of the country. is enormous concern and we must know before we lose control of the future of our let's bring in our host coveri

special envoy martin griffiths announced that the government and if the rebels have signed a prisoner swap deal it will allow thousands of families divided by war to be reunited the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone. it demonstrates to the international community here representatives and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict. well the reopening of santa airport is also expected to be high on the agenda it's held by the rebels but the saudi u.a.e. backed government has closed the region's airspace then there's who date a port most of the food aid entering the country passes through there the government wants rebels to give up control before allowing more supplies to be imported but with looming famine the un's main priority is agreeing a way for food to be brought in. we need access we need to feed millions and millions of people the price of the food disheartening to be so expensive the world food program is feeding to the e

special envoy for yemen martin griffiths. martin griffiths thanks for joining me up front this week in sweden you reached what many are calling a major breakthrough in peace talks between you who think leaders and the saudi backed government of yemen are we now a step closer to ending the war in yemen well i certainly hope so it's been seven days of hard work here in sweden both parties who came the governor yemen and. have worked a great deal to achieve these agreements all of which will be published so that people can see what the people what they can expect to happen in yemen i think it's a big step forward but it's the first big step forward you didn't just get a prisoner swap you got a cease fire and a crucial deal of access to the port city of who data which you've described as the center of gravity in this war will we now see a major and even. media it and urge an increase in the mount of humanitarian aid getting into yemen which the u.n. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis isn't that the priority well tha

special envoy for yemen martin griffith. i'm at the house and voters in africa's most populous country nigeria will be picking their next president early next year but which of the candidates has the best plan to end corruption and defeat boko haram that's our debate but first after november marked the deadliest month this year for the saudi led war in yemen members of the rebel movement and the country's official government met in sweden this week for u.n. sponsored peace talks but are we any closer to ending that conflict earlier i asked this week's headliner from sweden the u.n. special envoy for yemen martin griffiths. martin griffiths thanks for joining me up front this week in sweden you reached what many are calling a major breakthrough in peace talks between the leaders and the saudi backed government of yemen are we now a step closer to ending the war in yemen. well i certainly hope so it's been seven days of hard work here in sweden both parties who came the governor yemen and. have worked a great deal to achieve t

but you know i think martin griffith would just talk as a season and quite experienced mediator. and he outlined and then article in new york times for just i think came out minutes ago about his plans how to leave these negotiations and what he expects and i think that's a pretty bold interesting move to have signs that he has publicized what he wants to do he has taken a lot of personal engagement he went with the who feed delegation to the booth the rebel delegation that is controlling sana the capital of yemen he went with them on a plane to kuwait and on was to go to sweden make sure they get to give them a security guarantee. and assure them that they're not going to be shut down by the saudi. so it's quite well i would maybe brave a strong political gesture and say of his personal commitment and the other hand he's trying to manage expectations and keep them very low he says we'll sit together we will start some confidence building but don't expect any immediate outcome so we will probably agree on a road map we will have some humanitarian gestures prison if swap treatment

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths is trying to stop that happening to that end he's come up with a series of proposals the first calls for fighting to come to an end in yemen's the largest city tie is one of the front lines in the war two hundred thousand civilians are caught up in the violence the the u.n. wants to revive a twenty sixteen peace agreement the other focuses on who day to the rebel controlled sea port where most of yemen's food and medicine comes in the u.n. wants a halt to all military operations including saudi led as strikes and for all militia groups to leave the. major. population. and. i'm hopeful that we can reach agreements. deescalation drink juice the fighting in both places. i'm hoping that we can. warring sides in the yemen war have been meeting in sweden hundreds of yemenis have been protesting outside the un headquarters in the capital sanaa calling for an end to the blockade which they say is hampering access to vital goods. were asking the u.n. to lift the blockade on the raffle and calling for the international community to have some responsibility

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths is trying to stop that happening to that end he's come up with a series of proposals the first calls the fighting to come to an end in yemen's third largest city tie is one of the front lines in the war two hundred thousand civilians are caught up in the violence there the u.n. wants to revive a twenty sixteen peace agreement the other focuses on who data the rebel controlled seaport where most of yemen's food and medicine. comes in the un wants a halt to all military operations including saudi led as strikes and for all militia groups to leaf these are two major. population the arms and human culture. i'm hopeful that we can reach agreements on the deescalation drink juice forcing in both places. i'm hoping that we can we're not there yet the. warring sides in the yemen war have been meeting in sweden hundreds of yemenis have been protesting outside the un headquarters in the capital sanaa calling for an end to the blockade which they say is hampering access to vital goods. we're asking the u.n. to lift the blockade on the raffle and calling for

secretary general kind of maintaining that energetic pressure that martin griffith has brought to bear when he says look. he seems to be saying before you go back to a conflict pick up the phone because we're here if you need to talk to us we can talk to you because people like diplomats like mr gutierrez they're heading towards a christmas recess now i guess as well and he doesn't want to he doesn't want anything to to dip back down into a state of war conflict or even low level skirmishes over the intervening what three three and a half weeks between now and the final planning for the talks in january. you know absolutely there's a lot at stake for yemen there's a lot of stake for the u.n. just look at the various files the u.n. is involved in in the middle east and none of them are going in a positive direction whether it be libya or syria so the fact you got progress on what is the worst humanitarian situation in the world yemen is good news a lot of praise i think for the special envoy martin gryphus in the way he's gone about this you've got the secretary general there in stockho

envoy martin griffiths traveled on the plane with them because they were going through sound the airspace and they will they were worried about what would happen to them there so clearly there is a lot of mistrust there that needs to be dealt with do you think these talks are a first step in in dealing with that. the mistrust is something as a consequence of their last failed peace talks failed once in geneva i think realize that the u.s. special envoy has to do more to show that he's. like these on the side all are trying to protect that and the east peace talks but i think the main motive behind these talks in sweden is that the huge international pressure on sorry the saudi arabia after the killing of that i'm fortunate to be as tragic and pensions murder of the saudi journalist but probably one of the best things that happened forward of the crisis and you know that because saudi arabia today with the united arab emirates seem to be willing to compromise and see. in the face of the international. pressure on all of that but i also want to stress. the fact that the. peace talks are not

president of the not so hard is loyalists have told you and all boy martin griffiths they weren't allow reopening stand airport to international flights the government delegation insists all international flights must be strictly through airports and it's controlled in aden and how to molt that if my tomorrow we came here in order to find a solution to open the airport of santa we cannot just prejudge everything what we are asking is is this in the interest of the people or not we are not here to reward the malicious we are here for peace the sun our airports was one of the first targets of the saudi u.s. coalition in two thousand to fifteen the military alliance later closed the airport to stop what it said was a flow of weapons from iran to the who these another sticking point in the talks is the port of her data which accounts for more than seventy percent of food imports to yemen the government asked the huth east to pull out immediately warning it will resume the offensive to take control of the city if they don't the healthy is had agreed to partially hand over management of the p

envoy martin griffiths has praised a prisoner swap deal agreed between the two sides but said the political process to and the war will take time the country's in-situ she's. the fragmentation of a country. is enormously so we must work now before we lose control of the future of the earth these who control most of yemen said they were willing to make concessions hoping the talks in stockholm would lead to a comprehensive peace plan and a lot of move ahead now we hurt the other parties a serious this time the humanitarian and security situations require all of us to come together and seek a solution we really want to deal. the prisoner's exchange deal is a small step forward in a complex political reality most of these government representatives live outside yemen and their influence has why did a client says the who things took over the capital in two thousand and fourteen but they remain determined there. must hand over their weapons before these a final deal. is twenty to sixteen and nothing more they should respect international community work they should surrender their ads in the nati

envoy martin griffiths made the request which was confirmed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition the wounded who for years will be flown to muskets on a u.n. plane will be a school trip by three yemeni doctors and a u.n. doctor. is a nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum he says the evacuation is a welcome development we know that this push which is spearheaded by the u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom has hosted a u.n. envoy who has shuttle between washington mosque at riyadh and saw not to try to get this peace set up before peace talk assume so the fact that we're even discussing this issue which previously was off limits is in itself a diplomatic victory we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not these peace talks take place and whether or not they will be aboard at the last minute that's the first aspect the second aspect is if they do indeed take place we will expect some sort of resolution between the who thesis and the united nat

envoy martin griffiths on up front with many has done on friday at one thousand nine hundred thirty g.m.t. . plenty more ahead on the news allen commuting the top cause in sri lanka hands down a ruling that's a big setback for the president. new president daunts to a different cheery and as the ruling party holds its conference we'll report on the daily struggles facing the people. and could the twenty twenty two world cup and expands from thirty two to forty eight teams the president of football's governing body says this support for his idea we hear from him in sport. after a two day manhunt by more than seven hundred police offices they french police officers have found and killed the man suspected of a christmas market attack and book. was shot dead on thursday night off to opening fire on police then it's myth has all the details. the strasbourg christmas market gunman's time on the run ended in his hometown just three kilometers from where he committed his last the most violent crime of a life spent as a criminal sure he should catch was spotted by a police patrol when they tried to

envoy martin griffiths has praised a prisoner swap deal agreed between the two sides but said the political process to and the war will take time because institutions are gross. the fragmentation of a country. is enormously so we must work. before we lose control of the future of the earth is who control most of yemen said they were willing to make concessions hoping the talks in stockholm would lead to a comprehensive peace plan. we heard the other parties are serious this time for humanitarian and security situations require all of us to come together and seek a solution we really want to deal with the prisoners exchange deal is a small step forward in a complex political reality most of these government representatives live outside yemen that influence has why did a client says the who things took over the capital it's a thousand and fourteen but they remain determined there. must hand over their weapons before there is a final deal on said. it's twenty two sixteen and nothing more they should respect international community work they should surrender their ads in the nations and myside

the un special envoy martin griffiths has been instrumental in setting up the talks with the yemeni government such as the distrust between the two sites and rebels wouldn't get on the plane without him. basic guarantee is the presence of the un envoy with us on the same flight this is the only guarantee we have for going there. the evacuation of fifty wounded who's the fighters from the war zone has also helps build confidence in the talks with the conflict locked in stalemate. the hughes these backed by iran control the northwest of the country including the capital sanaa which they took in twenty fifteen the government backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has set up a base in aden in the south. four years of conflict have left thousands dead and created what's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history with yemen's economy cripples more than fourteen million people many of them children of facing starvation. it is a country at war as i've heard me say that this is a country of the brake of catastrophe that if this is not a country on the brink of catastrophe. this is

griffiths requested this arrangement as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks in sweden this month. an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fair about saudi crown prince mohammed bin cylon c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred watts of messages by the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudis states to account. turkey's president has repeated his demands that saudi arabia reveal the whereabouts of jamal khashoggi body russia says he'll look for international involvement to pursue justice if necessary the saudi crown prince has landed in algeria in an effort to boost ties between the two countries but many are angry about his visit to north africa saying he's attempting to whitewash his image following the death of khashoggi a number of prominent algerians have signed a statement against his visit u.s. president donald trump says china has agreed to reduce tariffs on american cars he made the announcement on twitter two days off unleashing china's president xi jinping in bu

and i'd like you to take a moment and listen to martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy for you have it into what he had to say early. in the design of the withdrawal first of all from the ports three ports very quickly within days and then from the city of both sides disengaging is designed in order to open up that east west road so that humanitarian pipeline which is crucial for the survival of those people in yemen who need it in my internet is opened up again as it isn't not at the moment i mean is asking is what will these changes mean for your work on the ground for the flow of aid to be will it really mean better times for millions of yemenis. that's our expectation right now there are twenty one million e through are hungry and there are tens of millions or even a group are food insecure but that means that when they break up and the only thing absolutely no idea how different it is in the united nations right now is finding food to hate million civilians in the country we don't know because conditions are deteriorating that we have to lose another

envoy to yemen martin griffiths has announced the two sides have already agreed to a prisoner swap deal since the conflict began in twenty fifteen thousands of families have been divided griffiths says the agreement will allow them to be reunited earlier the yemeni government delegation told al-jazeera peace will not come to the country until the who the rebels hand over their weapons is more of what the u.n. envoy had to say very well as we heard the resumption of a political process after two and a half years without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone it demonstrates to the international community here representatives and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict that has been there done that yemen's future is in the hands of those of us in this room. the countries institutions wrist the fragmentation the country. is enormous concern. and we must know before we lose control of the future of yemen. s

griffiths seen here in sanaa today there are also reports that yemen's saudi backed government and the whose knees have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations british prime minister to resume is defending her brightside treaty in parliament she faces an uphill battle to secure approval of the deal in next week's vote earlier today in an unprecedented move parliament held mase government in contempt for failing to release a legal report on boxer. mourners have been paying their respects to former u.s. president george h.w. bush members of the public officials who served under bush and his service dog solemnly filed past the coffin in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol bush died last week at the age of ninety four a state funeral is set for tomorrow or wednesday. or e-mail to france where the government has climbed down from a controversial increase in fuel taxes that after a weekend of rioting that left at least one hundred thirty people injured and caused extensive damage earlier today the french prime minister went on national television to announce that th

envoy martin griffiths made the request as a good goodwill gesture before peace talks in sweden this month. former f.b.i. director james comey has agreed to testify in private about the agency's decisions before the twenty sixteen presidential election comey says this is the closest he can get to public testimony about hillary clinton's use of a primate e-mail server as well as russian interference in the election those are the headlines and as you know world is next. the for. the the. the the. the and. when. the in. old. the o. ne vehicle international partner who we must shucking. michel . but good though if your. feet dear million are made to mean the car i don't. he will hate men don't wish with my feeling and live don't go blue when. says be clear you need to leave school when for out of the we're free. for all will beit. again at ealing been with those you who am also the. kid of the holy who do shortly for our surely will for a who literally it. for through my ear. she who cover machine we got the snail we. were in just small wa. to feel good be azure. and i only missin to sev

griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture before peace talks in sweden this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages where the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movements that would hold the saudi state to account and he got to has more from washington d.c. . well what these hundreds of messages reveal is that jamal khashoggi was so concerned with what was going on in saudi arabia that he wanted to take more action than just writing in the newspapers here in the u.s. his plan was to arm a so-called electronic army with sim cards sim cards that will be provided to young saudi arabians who would then be allowed to post on social media and that would be untraceable he'd already pledged five thousand dollars to counterparts in canada and plan to give about twenty five thousand more dollars to the cause but the canadian counterpart when he discovered that is what messages were actual

griffiths request of this arrangement as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks in sweden this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fair about saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma and c.n.n. great gained access to more than four hundred watts at messages where the saudi journalist an activist and abdul aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account turkey's president has repeated his demands that saudi arabia reveal the whereabouts of jamal khashoggi body russia says he'll look for international involvement to pursue justice if necessary. the saudi crown prince has landed in algeria in an effort to boost ties between the two countries but many are angry about his visit to north africa saying he's attempting to whitewash his image following the death of a number of prominent algerians have signed a statement against his visit. france's president is trying to quell anger in paris over a planned increase in fuel taxes emanuel has asked to meet with protest leaders while demonstrators called for his resigna

envoy to yemen martin griffith outlined what is at stake over the coming days to a few that will be in there but yemen's future is in the head of those of us in this room. the country's institutions are risking the fragmentation of a country. is enormous concern. we must work you know before we lose control of the future of yemen. so the stakes are high what chance do these talks have of actually succeeding let's ask adam baron from the european council on foreign relations he joins us by adam so the fact that these rival sides have gotten to sweden is actually seen as an accomplishment in itself now that they're at the table what kind of outcome is the u.n. envoy actually hoping to achieve here i think first of all it's important to keep expectations low these are the first year on brokered peace talks that we've seen since since that talks in quick last mornings three years ago that being said we could see more steps the kind of the return of things back on to the political process you know we're talking about the escalation measures we're talking about things like the pre the prison

it is supporting the efforts of the un special envoy martin griffiths and it is supporting him by engaging with important parties to the conflict. the humanitarian crisis is a tragedy. millions are at or near starvation. us has put almost $1 billion in alleviating the crisis. the soldering that says the saudis and the mri have made similar efforts but the iranians have done nothing to address the crisis but instead has been exacerbating the military crisis. the administration is determined to address the crisis support peace efforts and inshore that the result is not an iranian proxy on the sword and body digest order. >> i hate to interrupt you but my time is limited and i appreciate the overview. i have two specific questions that i would like answered. number one, why is there so much optimism about this particular round of talks compared to the talk when we have passed. >> sir i think it's appropriate to have measured expectations for this immediate round. i think it would be a great success if mr. griffiths were able to get the parties to show up, first of all, which he did not do dur

griffiths has been instrumental in setting up the talks with the yemeni government such is the distrust between the two sites the rebels wouldn't get on the plane without him. our basic guarantee is the presence of the u.n. envoy with us on the same flight this is the only guarantee we have for going there . have been. the evacuation of fifty wounded who see fighters from the war zone has also helps build confidence in the talks with the conflict locked in stalemates the whose these backed by iran control the north west of the country including the capital sanaa which they took in twenty fifteen the government backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has set up bases in aden in the south. for years of conflict have left thousands dead and created what's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history with yemen's economy cripples more than fourteen million people many of them children facing starvation. is a country at war as i've heard me say that this is a country of the break of catastrophe but this is not a country on the brink of catastrophe. this is a country that i

griffiths has been instrumental in setting up the talks with the yemeni government such is the distrust between the two sites the rebels wouldn't get on the plane without him. our basic guarantee is the presence of the u.n. envoy with us on the same flight this is the only guarantee we have for going there . have been. the evacuation of fifty wounded who see fighters from the war zone has also helps build confidence in the talks with the conflict locked in stalemates. backed by iran control the north west of the country including the capital sanaa which they took in twenty fifteen the government backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has set up a base in aden in the south. for years of conflict have left thousands dead and created what's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history with yemen's economy cripples more than fourteen million people many of them children facing starvation. it is a country at war as i've heard me say that this is a country of the break of catastrophe but this is not a country on the brink of catastrophe. this is a country that is in a cata

and i'd like you to take a moment and listen to martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy for you have it in to what he had to say early. on the design of the withdrawal first of all from the port three ports very quickly within days and then from the city of both sides disengaging is designed in order to open up that east west road so that humanitarian pipeline which is crucial for the survival of those people in yemen who need mansour night is opened up again as it isn't not at the moment let me just ask in his mind what will these changes mean for your work on the ground for the flow of aid to be built really mean better times for millions of yemenis. that's our expectation right now there are twenty one million in the through our hundred and there are camps in the didn't prove are food insecure but that means that when they break up and the only thing absolutely no idea how different it is in the united nations right now is providing food eight million civilians in the country we don't know because conditions are deteriorating that we have to use another

griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture before peace talks in sweden this month an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred whatsapp messages where the saudi journalist and activist. planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account the saudi crown prince has landed in algeria in an effort to boost ties between the two countries but many are angry about his visit to north africa saying he's attempting to whitewash his image following the death of a number of prominent algerians have signed a statement against his visit mohamed bin sound man had just come from the mauritanian capital new upshots where his presence sparked protests u.s. president donald trump said on sunday that china has agreed to reduce tariffs on american cars he made the announcement on twitter a day off to meeting china's president xi jinping and when his aires the two leaders agreed to a ninety day holds in the escalation trade war and sa

griffiths request of this arrangement as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks in sweden this month. an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of jamal khashoggi is fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred watts texts where the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account. france's president is trying to quell anger in paris over a planned increase in fuel taxes emanuel has asked to meet with protest leaders demonstrators are calling for his resignation more than one hundred thirty people were injured in the violent protests on saturday and four hundred people have been arrested. the world bank says it's doubling its funding for poor. countries to deal with climate change to two hundred billion dollars the announcement comes as leaders gather in poland for un talks aimed at tackling global warming delegates from nearly two hundred nations have two weeks to agree on details of the twenty fifteen paris climate accord presidents of previous summits

brokered peace talks there traveling with special envoy martin griffiths seen here in sanaa yesterday there are also reports that it was the saudi backed government and the who thing have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war and out of the negotiations. go bones president ali bongo is recovering from an unconfirmed illness in morocco as video shows the moroccan king with bongo on the right it's his first appearance since he fell ill at a conference in saudi arabia in oct in october sparking rumors about his condition . police in italy say they've arrested the man suspected of being the new head of the sicilian mafia eighty year old said to me male was apprehended during a raid along with forty five other alleged mobsters accused of extortion firearms offenses arson and other crimes. he was president for and the first lady have paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush whose body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday when it will be taken to the national cathedral for a state funeral. president donald

special envoy martin griffiths they already arrived in stockholm and choose day for these long awaited negotiations the talks will be held in a small town on the outskirts of stockholm earlier efforts to bring both parties together in september brought down but the u.n. hopes these negotiations will help bring an end to what it calls the worst humanitarian crisis in the world's hash is in a room bonus stockholm where those talks are happening the most unlikely location hashim for us to be discussing yemen but then in some respects these talks are almost unlikely you never thought we would actually get here after so much so much war indeed. so been talking to numbers from the. from the healthy delegation and they basically say that a least. for them to be able to have talks with the. government under the ages of the united nations that's quite significant step forward and they say that they have been given. instructions from their leaders in sinai to move forward particular when it comes to the prisoner swap there are thousands of fighters from the government and from the whole thiis de

envoy martin griffiths requested this arrangement as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks in sweden this month. an exchange of electronic messages appears to show the extent of democracy g.'s fear about saudi crown prince mohammed bin sama and c.n.n. gained access to more than four hundred watts of messages by the saudi journalist and activist omar abdel aziz planned an online movement that would hold the saudi state to account turkey's president has repeated his demands that saudi arabia reveal the whereabouts of jamal khashoggi his body type one says he'll look for international involvement to print to pursue justice if necessary. the saudi crown prince has landed in algeria in an effort to bruce ties between the two countries but many are angry about his visit to north africa saying he's attempting to whitewash his image following the death of a number of prominent algerians have signed a statement against his visit. france's president is trying to quell anger in paris over a planned increase in fuel taxes emanuel has asked to meet with protest leaders demonstrators the calling f

special envoy martin griffiths almost four years of war have killed more than ten thousand people and pushed yemen to the brink of starvation. the state funeral for former u.s. president george h.w. bush is under way in which to world leaders along with all living former u.s. presidents are there paying their respects current president donald trump has declared a day of mourning with the federal government and financial markets closed bush died on friday the age of ninety four. the united kingdom could find itself trapped in an indefinite loop of bricks at negotiations according to previously confidential legal advice documents they warn of no sustainable solution to the irish border issue the government was forced to publish the vice also losing a vote in parliament a spokesman for prime minister reason may says she's been meeting in peace to convince them to back her deal they'll be voting on whether to support the agreement next week. and students in paris are protesting as part of a broader movement against the french government many are obsessed about a new university application