Would love. To read it you he says santa did good as a las. Oh man of the week. Will be. In the can see again in my den ink well im a helical but. I sent it through on fever my very 1st. Since the war in yemen started 85000. 00 children have reportedly starved to death according to the un its the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. In 2018 the un appointed a panel of experts to examine the Coalition Blockade on yemen and the impact of the thousands of airstrikes launched against civilians there. It concluded that despite disses could qualify. Why as war crimes its pointed not only at saudi arabia and the u. A. E. But also of the party supplying the coalition with weapons based on a multilateral treaty regulating arms sales that has been enforced as 2014 the arms trade treaty or the a. T. T. Stipulates that a state party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms if it has knowledge at the time of authorization that the arms or items would be used in the commission of attacks directed against civilians objects or other war crimes. But whose weapons are used in these alleged crimes the filthies are keen to put forward their evidence. After air strikes the rebels scour the rubble for bomb remains to identify where they came from. The start of the remains at sites like this. This bomb cemetery in sanaa holds both american and european bombs. The manager of the storehouse says these bombs are u. K. Maids. Have you know. Maybe it up. To half the not a vial should go and see your mouth ok i have you idea walk out. Of on a rally in. So were all equal if. You look at out of 10 have a bit funny so i know but i think theyre not mosshart more. Than well on but i must say your mouth wouldnt want me to get out. Of a stock or. Well good. For our british. Intermission just to get mail how they. Want to me back out of the well how did it was all about me not another one. But a sub more given that did not get to do. That here but i dont know if you go lucky. One cluster bombs like this had the ground they become landmines which have been outlawed since 2010 by the also convention. And the only sort of but these remains were shown to us by who thiis one of the parties in this conflict we have no way to corroborates where they came from there are very few independent sources in yemen Human Rights Watch is one of the few independent n. G. O. S investigating on the ground. If youre in a place where they wont let you take photos but you want to get the g. P. S. And youll find that has to can take g. P. S. Coordinates sometimes if you just take a photo of the floor then you can get the g. P. S. Coordinates at the secret site 25 members of the engine or not and i have come together for the 1st time in Human Rights Watch experts are training them on how to gather evidence most prefer to remain anonymous for their own safety and that of their families. Were trying to do Something Like human rights no money for the violations that happening in the ground to keep it for the future for in the accountability and legal steps. We are all. Saved by accident. Many of our foes are such as has detained more than once and want to know is receiving a lot of firsts and we are facing a lot of hate campaigns from all parties to the conflict what is the 1st way you would try and find information about what happened with the air strike. Ok. What do you mean when you say oh. 0000000000 extension 000. Oh oh ok. So when are you sam his point is a really good reminder the accuracy of the information collected on the ground is vital it will be used by International Organizations in there or videos of the strike site they also talked about renditions and physical remains of the types of weapons that were used rates and physical evidence can be very very important. Human rights watch has only been able to look into 88 attacks that would be deemed illegal under International Law in 24 of those attacks it managed to pinpoint where the munitions came from. This is a u. K. Manufactured weapon guided bomb produced in may 2015 and the reason the dates are important is because its months after the cited coalition and its military campaign as well as human rights organizations in the u. S. And others are raising concerns about the way in which the coalition was operating in yemen so by continuing to sell weapons to saudi arabia or other members of the coalition that are likely to be used in unlawful coalition attacks in yemen the u. K. And france themselves those states are risking complicity in future unlawful coalition attacks. Aware of this risk of complicity the european parliaments began calling for a suspension of arms sales to saudi arabia 2 years ago. 5 e. U. Member states have stopped sending more weapons to saudi arabia but does exclude the kingdoms biggest suppliers led by the United Kingdom. Since the outbreak of the war in yemen uki arms manufacturers have sold more than 5000000000 euros worth of weapons to saudi arabia this support has sparked an arm president and wave of protest from both the British Public and parliament. British arm sales of sharply increased and British Military advisers are directing the war it cannot rewrite that her government this is pretty good aid cannot be right that her government is colluding in one of the United Nations ses is evidence of war crimes. 3 months after that speech troubling revelations heightened the criticism over arms sales in the United Kingdom arms export permits are inferior granted on a case by case basis specific licenses must be approved by the government. And n. G. O. S the campaign against arms trade investigated the permits granted to export to saudi arabia. Is good information flowing i think a lot of people dont know but it was well that was really help him. They discovered that the British Government had loosened the licensing process to speed up arms exports. We find out free freedom of information requests that bombs and missiles are going to be forces under open license open licenses are meant to be for goods which are not but which are not particularly sensitive then 5 these are some of the most sensitive exports that can be made were talking about bombs were talking but missiles in fact government has hidden for true value of u. K. Arms exports to saudi arabia. Even a member of the u. K. Parliaments committees on arms export controls said that he is powerless. As n. P. R. Member of the committee is going to know how much i mean he should have been sent open licenses to saudi arabia you know we have no idea because the government just does not record they are open tickets to send as much of that particular item to that particular country so saudi arabia in this case as that country wants and the Company Wants and thats a real problem because it could be hundreds of millions of rounds to saudi arabia the saudi case is an interesting but difficult one because the amount of money involved so youre always going to come up to the front page of ethics. Economics. France faces the same dilemma during the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin said mans last visit to paris president Emmanuel Mark home was asked about the issue. In a position of. Business with china situated lobby so did you go on the existence of the many again the purpose of. The french president is pursuing the same policy embraced by his predecessors on both ends of the political spectrum. Between 20122017 the volume of weapons supplied to saudi arabia has tripled from 400000000 to 1300000000 euros. In 2015 when the war intensified in yemen it didnt slow arms exports quite the contrary. Its going to ship us dollars short messages if you go back on the french government has continued to approve arms exports to a country accused of possible war crimes by the un. This sparked uproar in the French Parliament in the only other mulford about for it this is all i can juggle really obvious to me ruling the old enough also you just got gold of having said. No owners all but deserve an a come of only by get the last leg claire due to vaunted damage done to deeds solf otoh is as you express it said oh tories are still x. Yes and if we then examine x. Time im not he who would give us a resume in his name if you have only to piss is a moment of silliness i dont know me notional but. Act. According to flaunt sparky questioned during a closed door meeting of the Defense Committee officially saudi arabia may use french made arms only to defend itself. Can our weapons had an impact on the population. To my knowledge the ground equipment sold to saudi arabia is not being used offensively defensively. Was. Trying to get us and if i tell you and if you show the threat valid it got a shock you dont like l. A. Galaxy illustrate the actually another. Threat. But how does france monitor the use of arms that it sells. Like you. With the french government fail to respond to repeated questions on the matter. Its sole official response to the issue of arms exports. I report to parliament issued every year. Do you visit down south to see that. Seal so you get to the weekend it will be down to the stuff is there some useful tools there but that would be a kitchen with 2000000 people here just to support me. Because i dont necessarily care and of the issue i want when i do not a mushroom but she recovered but not up and i just as well should pollute to do so while she does it to call the house clear and all of us put in the want us for another. Short but the city as it will point to it will see if a new company. That will cause she asked me whatever you know the longest walk. You know. Every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. Along with us u. K. And german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabia Led Coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment. I i i. I. Get closer to the sea altogether f. C. Boy cats are always going places together. 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North korea has launched a short range missile from its eastern coast thats according to the south Korean Military its the 1st launch in just over a week north korean state media releasing these images on thursday of leader kim jong un overseeing the test firing of a new Rocket Launcher system on weapons day south korea says pyongyang fired 2 short range Ballistic Missiles. We express deep regret that north koreas missile launches including Ballistic Missiles could negatively affect efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula so we will keep a close eye on the relevant movements and prepare. A tsunami warning has been a suit after a magnitude 7 earthquake off the indonesian island of sumatra so far there have been no reports of damage or casualties the quake struck at a depth of nearly 60 kilometers off the coast of the city of talent but on. As the democratic republic of congo marks a year since the a bone the crisis began there the death toll continues to grow 2 new cases of a bolo have been checked suit in the eastern city of goma the most recent cases of the wife and one year old baby of a man who died of the virus of weapons those are your headlines the news continues off to return to yemen the war profiteers ill have the news up for you when we come back in about 30 minutes. Every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. Along with u. S. U. K. And german manufacturers they supply the Saudi Arabian that coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipments. Both the Coalition Led by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. And the hope the rebels have been accused of war crimes raising the possibility that their suppliers are also complicit. At the last arms trade show the caesar how would serve was on display used by the Saudi National guard it has a 40 kilometer firing range and a one meter strike accuracy this powerful weapon has been a big seller for the next tour group. None of the groups are presented to its would answer the filmmakers questions. But an extra worker spoke out. With a player push only holaday on and you want to know to not make their nobleman if you dont was only for the human because they go speak to others. Eric bruni is a Union Delegates at next are driven by his convictions and protected by his union mandates he travels around france telling arms industry workers how french made arms are being used in yemen you see no notice i does was indifferent as im sure is that i know that there was another like yours that you referred to your government is that theyre more suited of us what with the us was real goods in the us if one of us like that no human. Has been protesting. The orders continue with more expected soon. In late august 2018 another next to employees is that a new contract has just been negotiated with saudi arabia. To protect our stores this dialogue has been reenacting. This contract was signed while the un was raising the possibility that the coalition committed war crimes. None of the details of these contracts have been made public its not the 1st controversial defense contract between france and saudi arabia. In 2014 france signed a contract to sell 2400000000 euros worth of military equipment to saudi arabia officially the saudis were supposed to give them to their ally lebanon to help the to fight socalled terrorists. But 2 years later the saudis decided to keep the weapons for themselves with frances approval it claimed the situation in lebanon had become too unstable. But this decision appears to have been premeditated. Jimmie johnson was well its in winners and losers here just images or hard monday that say imagine a yellow open shoot g. Man are in no urgent dont forget us wolf and dont let me tell you nicole was like 20 oakland word that you finish in jail guy feet emetic in excess engine certain facile true young plans you just show up or when your man is certain or you dont. Purportedly instead of helping lebanon saudi arabia was preparing its war in yemen with help from friends the filmmaker spoke with one of tony 14 sources. The informant still works in the arms industry and prefers to remain anonymous in 2015 he or she helped prepare the Communications Systems for the vehicles sold to saudi arabia. Source that the french arms maker knew the weapons would be used in yemen. Has been said. He did it. In year 2 new people say. The. Been a false. Year. To a halt was Prime Minister when the donors contract was negotiated. He was then appointed Foreign Affairs minister and held the position when the military weapons shipments to saudi arabia began. But any basic using you had to preserve the book. Nuclear power. Is because it was. Safe in. The city because it. Were pretty. It was very good but to. Me is that because it gave us a cigar comparable to you know what i was going to come out in a lab so basic but see what i talk about service and aftershock for than exam oak up of growth of good is like do you know me lung cancer although i walked over to live as good as usual no you know people most of the street i do not so we have off it. As you move could be. As you know on jail which ordinary or human cant win but you know. So for all of you that met. The dulness contract provided for the delivery of munitions 1st is there how would series 24000. 00 spotted them in footage filmed by a saudi t. V. Crew at the border with yemen. Over me. And i still dont walk. Along joan volunteered. For most bally do you sit down the defensive some city general. Home to you and that you know were going to go more of a d. V. D. A. But i wonder what your birthday to conceal in a bally. The general says. Thanks to his inside sources and social Network Sites that focus on armaments he identified french weapons and used on the frontline. All up. Next youre going to pour. The dado human. Delegates was it was on the pulse of the un you tell. 14 counted a total of 11 weapons that could have been used against civilian populations but couldnt get anyone to officially confirm his list. It is classified information deemed top secret. No one can check on the executive branchs arms deals not even members of parliament who are supposed to monitor the governments actions. All to tell you well. Im a nice sauce. Best rocketeer sorry im in the hottest. They are due to get us at this for the event going to miss our turn against. What destroys. All up with the additional meetings you can teach i posted to a school that was a day on which is that you to death all see it that way but the answer. Is all talk of fiction weasel dell yeah left me presentational president remember and i havent wanted to defame a fish the best youre feeling really sure is going to use a Little Research by the me shortly only to put us in my own force of assuming that they know so that initially says after some time thats how it was or did what they had to wait on is spent so that could go away says his role of almost nobody montel noble but that was. To increase transparency in july 2018 a deputy proposed creating a committee to investigate the use of french weapons in the war in yemen fabian good to fast oppose the move the committee of inquiry never got off the ground. One arguments used to justify the contracts these arms sales help france maintain its strong geopolitical foothold in the region. The 2nd argument is a canard make the arms industry employs 165000 people in france. This center in france is looking region has been set up to train saudi soldiers on how to use our lands purchased from france it was subsidized by the local government and is expected to employ 100 local workers just last longer senator for the muse supported the project while serving as French Defense minister in 20112012. He increased french trade with saudi arabia substantially you have known google didnt do an on camera interview but had this to say be a telephone. Official. As im sure thats. The reason. All except a little just didnt. Look as if he had come to get on television its a good question. To me but it is. All. Nothing seems to have slowed down the sales not the accusations of war crimes nor the thousands of civilian deaths not even the murder of a saudi dissident in october 2018. The senate is digimon crashing into train bus taxi thats really an issue that i decided a stalking or a string of i did to mark a lot of the so did. I should be again it is true it is something straight up i still mood. In france zs killings per the official protests but its effect trade with the saudis. In germany the reaction was harsher. Thats. Been done to name them all nixon. And the chance there is decision to the promise she made 7 months earlier but never put into practice and going to merkel was putting together her government at the time ishmael one doesnt manage in voided despite some focus that. At the prompting of social democrats merkel types to stop exporting weapons to countries involved in the fighting in yemen. Has to. Act. As a volume. Exposed because its all. In a few forbidden to show a plea deal. Done. By a district suleman so were still mostly for woman from. Good reason but for me she is all i know. I know political. And. Before he spoke to. When you saw him get america pleading for our number because of the case how do you feel. These goods. Is fit in the as the same amounts. So i know. A lion before he a woman in the game and stopped in a ball in the house was these all disappointed ticked side fed you think your novel for the internets another put it took but boy. The goodness comes looking for love. In germany 136000 people work for the arms industry and the number of his decision was numbed the nest applauded by the german public. And open. With a member of the committee on Foreign Affairs and the Disarmament Commission for 8 years im going to back and id like i need to give a kind of often that i thought here i mean if im not. Going hard to bidding on creatures in the harmony it does. Invite ive often explored a commitment to having another geelong amended got its bohol saudia have been vetted by the from up on this with. Some weapons makers didnt even wait a few months. Heineman time germany 2nd biggest defense contractor apparently devised a strategy for getting around the back. Line time executive refused to answer requests come in. The information came out by accident discovered by a former italian and. On october 29th 2015. P. T. And a colleague were getting ready to take off from count. Airports. Say a medicine might be no. Better off. Beetle the bomb that. Was the bomb but. Then more on the. Internet. And. Im going to. Go. But. Even then it. Depends. On the. Start of. A quest. Of course i went that meant that. He then discovered that more bombs were about to be shipped out this time and both belonging to the body shipping company which belong to saudi arabia. Container is again we dont know. Container. Entering shayna for. More than 20 of these convoys. He also made a key discovery the bombs are manufactured by an Italian Company that belongs to germanys a fine mattel group. They are encased series bombs identifiable by the code stamped on them during manufacture 84447. With this code a link was made to a war crime committed against civilians in yemen. In october 26th the saudi and u. A. E. Led coalition bombed a house where a couple and their 4 children lived with the strike killed the entire family. The bomb remnants found in the ruins carried the high nitel subsidy stamped through the floor floors said. Charnock oblige them to let so that it. They ski lift for the oil they provoke little sort of. Local saying to the. Saudi. Women to. Their sky aint that. The investigation prompted germanys Peace Networks to take action. It confirmed the findings of arms expert next hour. He spent the past 2 years investigating the arms exports which is fine mittal channel to saudi arabia through its alyan subsidiary. Im asking. These are from a defense i know thats one f. Me or a lot of them are fundamental in forgotten and yeah but talked owns of 91 all. Us. On thats helped to heat this rig on from that union alls legal flag that you see in the audience ive been having with a few saudi arabi and a feeling. With politicians feeling to stem the tide of arms flowing to saudi arabia some activists have turned their efforts to the courts. Among them a team in the group painted by andrew smith and experts with a campaign against arms trade. In march 2017. 18 filed a complaint contesting the legality of u. K. Arms sales to saudi arabia it worlds 1st. The reason we took legal action is because we believe fees arms sales are not just immortal we believe it also illegal you cant export criteria is very clear it says but if there is a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of International Humanitarian law. And on sale should not go ahead the case brought several classified emails to light like this one consider the defense secrets. In it the head of the export control joint units a Government Organization expresses doubts about the legality of the arms shipments concluding. To be honest and i was very direct and honest with the secretary of state my gut tells me we should suspend. The n. G. O. Lost the 1st round in the case but was allowed to file an appeal. On june 20th the u. K. Court of appeals ruled on the case declaring british arms deals to saudi arabia for use in its war in yemen unlawful. The u. K. Government has halted licenses for weapons exports to yemen while it appeals the ruling. This victory has provided fresh hope for human rights advocates in yemen as they push forward to relentlessly with their investigation. Despite the chaos they have not given up hope that one day the perpetrators of these crimes and their accomplices will be brought to trial. For the victims families the mourning will not end until justice has been served. I know that the main weather story across the south america is the cold front that slips through. 24 hours the High Temperature was that she wanted to look at this the friday 15 degrees celsius so that is below the average and certainly it really has happened since a cooler fresh arrows come through in rio on friday and a wet day on saturday and again cooler as a system works its way further towards the north and the east but it trying to deal with a high of 815 celsius in what is areas that we had up tools accountability weve had a fair amount of rain showers across much of this region the last few days a few more again. But its beginning to clear sunny. Skies and the most of that rain actually beginning to pull away to the north a better day generally today across much of cuba people scattered showers across much of Central America quite heavy and you can see one or 2 scottish isles of southern regions of mexico and then we had Tools United States weve seen the usual array of. 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When people need to be heard and the story needs to be told pretty remarkable due to the better we had died now we can proceed from mexico to the United States with exclusive interviews and indepth reports we can live according to the mission and the life it is exceptionally aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more Award Winning documentaries and deny any. I was raised in france. These are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is mean. Fighting both isis and us on. The 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. The father the son and the jihad part one on al jazeera. This is al jazeera. Hello again im peter dhabi youre watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a conditional cease fire has been reached in syrias last rebel held province of italy after fighting there killed at least 400 people since. Fears of a new arms race as the u. S. Officially withdraws from a 31 year old landmark uclear agreement with russia. South korea hits back at japan as the rift deepens over trade and politics. And in sport australian swimmer shana jacques vows to clear her name after a failed drug test im not going to stop until i prove my innocence and ill fight to get myself back in the pool a positive test from june has left jack facing a possible 4 year ban. Ok lets get going beginning with breaking news this from kazakhstan the Syrian Government and the opposition have agreed on a ceasefire in the last rebel held province of it live its been announced during these 13th round of the. Called a star talks position says it has already withdrawn its heavy weapons under the sochi agreement but the government and its allies broke the agreement 3 months ago however they insist they will abide by the ceasefire as long as the government doesnt violate it. We withdrew the heavy weapons following the sochi agreement but the regime violated this agreement and took advantage of the withdrawal so they can launch their cunning criminal attacks if the regime commits to this cease fire we will commit on our end and there will not be any need to talk about heavy weapons in the area under simmons is live for us in nor soltani weve heard this statement what do we know. What we know is this that there is a cease fire in place there are still many technical questions about how it will hold how it will sustain on the one side the regime and russia are saying theyre still pursuing what they call terrorists thats h. T. S. Sharm and they intend to annihilate them now the question is how can they do that with 3000000 civilians within this region that is a quote an immediate question the 2nd point is that the opposition you heard there a statement in which they were blaming the other side for the whole breach of the cease fire that followed the so she agreement back in september 28th seen when this was declared the it was described would you believe it destabilization zone. Deescalation zone should i say and now you have a situation whereby yes there is some calm there is some response it for the civilians of lib but the question mark remains will this hold its a question i put to the special envoy for russia. Isnt it obvious that turkey cant influence the situation and the moderate opposition if you call that cant cant influence that you mentioned so how can the ceasefire last you know turkey has an obligation according to what you memorandum to do it if they cannot do it alone can render them some help from us. Thats why we talked also today with the opposition that if they are interested and if they need some help also from the Russian Federation to fight here to have a sham and other republicans and in a glib zone then they can count on us who care we can do it. Is there a sense where you are andrew that if this cease fire does hold it might hold not so much because of what the opposition to doing on the ground but perhaps more to do with what the russians and the iranians are prepared to do. Well you have a point there the situation is it is really quite foggy in some areas when you get down to details and its really a case that if you are really cynical and many people are its hardly surprising after 8 years of this conflict and so much talking going on and so many cease fires being agreed and then being broken only days sometimes afterwards or even hours afterwards but the point is this that russia we understand from sources is is not only tired its sick and tired in some ways of being engaged in this fight and not making a lot of progress while the Syrian Regime is intent on getting every inch of territory back in this what they regard as the final phase of the war but this is such a large area and getting getting a peace and lasting peace is very hard indeed and now the development that. Has actually made a statement saying it will abide by the cease fire is interesting there are lots of questions about that because is it a case of who blinks 1st could they just be alone in the fighting isnt really you cant be sure right now but this is a development that people seem to be clinging on to however the Syrian Regime has come under pressure it would seem from russia and indeed russia has come under pressure it would seem from the International Community that the investigation i asked. About the u. N. Inquiry into attacks on civilian targets he dismissed it he said he would have a right to have an inquiry but he was buoyant over his claims that the bin fabrication of attacks on civilians that he claims that russian targeting has always been good but evidently on the ground the evidence suggests otherwise. So is this a lull or is this a ceasefire that could lead to more progress elsewhere on the political dialogue that theyre trying to achieve to establish a Constitutional Committee theyre not quite there yet because the Syrian Opposition here says one thing we are only here for it live nothing more until thats resolved we wont go into anything else in terms of agreements and who thanks very much senator is live for us on the news in killis on the turkey syria borders as in a some sporadic fighting still in the province how are the groups on the ground reacting to this news. Well. As andrew mentioned the statement that they released a short while ago is definitely key they implicitly agreed to the ceasefire in their statement they said that we reserve the right to retaliate if any if our people or our villages come under attack stop being short really of saying whether or not they are going to pull back 20 kilometers as required in these sorts she deal now. Is the most powerful group and many in the International Community believe it is still linked to al qaida even though it were announced its links with al qaida and it was this group that refused to withdraw its fighters and to withdraw its weapons from the Demilitarized Zone so and turkey which russia has repeatedly criticized for not fulfilling its commitments outlined in the sochi deal has also said how do you expect those to force a group to implement this deal without triggering internal warfare and putting civilians at risk so right now what we have is a Syrian Government and the opposition both the mainstream opposition as well as to the sham adhering to the cease fire but we keep talking about the opposition and the government at the end of the day this is russia and turkey in negotiating these 2 countries who should be working together in syria were engaged in a proxy war on the ground for the past 3 months these 2 countries had cards in their hands turkey had a lot of political leverage simply because the rebels held their ground the government was unable to take any ground really any significant ground in the past 3 months they lost at least a 1000 men according to war monitors so this put a lot of pressure on the government now russia and the Syrian Government what they were doing was bombing civilian areas and when you bomb civilian areas this is the popular base of the opposition the family members of the opposition so both sides were using military pressure so at the end of the day they have to. Compromise these 2 countries dont just cooperate in syria their cooperation is beyond its beyond syria so they have to find some Common Ground what i understand is the Common Ground for the time being is there is a ceasefire theres no timetable on when theres such agreement this supposed to be implemented so its giving them more time in the run up to a summit in istanbul in september which both russia and turkey hope to bring europe on board saying no thanks very much. Staying in syria in its annual reports on children and Armed Conflict the United Nations today saying 1800. 00 children were killed or seriously injured there last year mainly from pro Syrian Government strikes including the use of barrel bombs and cluster munitions attacks on schools and medical facilities were the highest since the age year war began in syria and elsewhere children continue to be recruited as soldiers more than 2000 and somalia where hundreds of cases of Sexual Violence have been reported and 65 percent of all child abductions worldwide happened in that country lets go live now to the United Nations our correspondent there today mike hanna so mike as far as the syrian conflict is concerned i guess its really another confirmation of what we kind of knew anyway. Yes indeed but once again one must remark that the is a massive increase in terms of the number of children killed or maimed in various conflicts situations around the world those figures in syria just a confirmation that that conflict is far away from deescalating in fact it is intensifying and certainly the secretary general in his report has expressed Great Sadness at the fact that the trend is going up in terms of incidents involving children not only in syria but in some 20 conflict places around the world and also the perpetrators carrying on with impunity using munitions like cluster bombs and barrel bombs. Indeed yes there is a use soft such weapons in cases of conflict in many places but one must remark to a particular point of dispute which happens every year when the secretary general releases his report he adds at the end in a dent in a socalled list of shame an excess an expedient an excess. Countries or parties who have done nothing whatsoever to ease the situation on the killing or maiming of children section b. Lists parties or countries that he and his opinion have taken some form of action to protect children to some degree now once again in the report for example he mentions a number of conflicts that occurred a number of incidents against children one by u. S. Led coalition in afghanistan the Afghan National army the israeli army and the solid the lead coalition and yemen but in each of those cases none of them are listed in section a now with the saudi Led Coalition for example that is still in section b. Now that is the list as i said of parties that are trying to do something to protect children but one must note that this is the 3rd year in a row that the saudi Led Coalition has been in this particular section in yemen 7 129. 00 children were killed when a nd by the saudi Led Coalition according to the United Nations have best to gators thats a 25 percent increase on the year before so Human Rights Watch for example is asking why bodies