Bravia is not working for america saudi arabia has to change it is more of a burden and it is an asset but just because youre our ally you cannot kill with impunity. Also coming up tonight she has been here before for the second time this week british Prime Minister to resume a is in brussels meeting with e. U. Leaders in search of a bright sit breakthrough that germanys chancellor has already ruled out im going to be all that close we have a principle so i dont think lets change them with julia agreement again and we can certainly talk about additionally showing says those its the heat from the givens. We begin the day considering what has been unthinkable four years in yemen the possibility of peace today at u. N. Brokered talks in sweden both sides in yemens four year civil war said yes to a cease fire the saudi backed government of yemen and the iranian backed who the rebels agreed to stop fighting in the all important port city of data important because opening its harbor means opening a lifeline tonight thanks to an agreement and a handshake there is reason to hope that food and medicine well now finally be able to enter the country and reach the millions struggling not to starve to death oh the. Im. Sure. You have reached an agreement on the day the port and city which will see a little redeployment of forces from the port and the sixty and the establishment of a gun or date a governorate white ceasefires the un will play a leading role in the ports and these will facilitate the many teddie in excess of the flow of goods to the civilian population and it will improve the Living Conditions for millions of yemenis were joining me now is lisa grundy she is resident humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations also responsible for the republic of yemen in sanaa is gone its good to have you back on the show we know that United Nations secretary general antonio terrace hes announced the cease fire and has been agreed to for the port city of data how surprised are you at what appears to be sudden progress after four years of war. Were very relieved ceasefire has been agreed by the parties to the conflict after six months of nearly daily bombardment to date it was a sign that he has been brought to the ceasefire changes all of that the two hundred thousand people who are still in the city no longer have to wake up every morning and fear for their bodies fear from fighting and shoving here strikes and the fact that today that is the main courses of time there iraq for humanitarian assistance including for the country now this is safe now that is secure that means that the student can reach the people who needed some of this is critical for fighting. And id 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 a mentor night is opened up again as it isnt not at the moment let me just add to his mind what would these changes mean for your work on the ground for the flow of aid to be built really need better times for millions of yemenis. Thats our expectation right now there are twenty one million in the through our hundreds and there are can you know theres even a group are food insecure what that means is that when they break up and the only thing absolutely no idea how different it is you know the United Nations right now is providing food eight million civilians in a country we dont know because conditions are deteriorating that we have to lose another form you know we have to convince twelve Million People we can only keep them if the growth print data from is open and if we can bring in the food its necessary to cease fire give them a chance to do that i want to ask you do you know we have tried and struggled for the past four years to keep International Attention on this conflict but since the murder of the saudi journalist jamal to doxy the warring parties they have come together and now we have the u. S. Senate that may rebuke the u. S. For supporting the saudis in this ward do you think that these were recent events that make a difference its very good that the humanitarian current has been even hit the worst in the world and that it is equally clear is that the International Community people focus on what this war is something they do not want twenty new wheel civilians to be impacted by have tragic or its very clear at the time and war has come and were all grateful that the president carter to come to the table theyve been written books and theyve reached agreement on who did this the first thing we need to be funner their expense for our country ok lisa grundy resident humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations joining us tonight this is good news this latest development a cease fire in yemen is running thank you. Well the war in yemen getting the attention of the u. S. Senate today to talk about that side of the story im joined now by my a sweater in our washington studio good evening to you miles so we understand that there has been a resolution pounds by the u. S. Senate which rebukes trumps policy supporting saudi arabia and the war in yemen and also saying that the crown prince of saudi arabia is responsible for the death of more gadhafi is there any coincidence here any connection the timing of what were seeing in the senate in these peace talks over yemen well certainly a coincidence of timing and it definitely heightens the impact. Both resolutions both treaties both. Motions that are being put forward here and i will say that a lot of this has been spurred because of the journalist murdered because of Jamal Khashoggi his death and disappearance before his death war and yemen has been as weve noted raging for years and International Attention have not been that strong on it but saudi arabia is actions in the International Sphere sense question which is death is really heightened attention on their actions out elsewhere including in yemen and this is something that the u. S. Senate decided to Pay Attention to today and its a big u. Turn from not even months ago when the similar the exact same resolution was put to the senate and they didnt even vote it out of committee it was not put to the full senate now nine months later were seeing after the death of this journalist were seeing it not only pass the senate pass with a very strong bipartisan support this is a bipartisan move what you is that significant. Well for one simply because we havent seen much bipartisan action in the past. I dont know pick a number how many years has that feel like its bensons we saw democrats and republicans working together in the us. This is sort of a step in that direction that analysts will say is certainly a good news for maybe the parties beginning to Work Together again on other issues but again it was the death of Jamal Khashoggi that spurred this because lawmakers on both sides he was a u. S. President lawmakers on both sides have been seizing over not just the fact that he was murdered extrajudicial lee but the fact that the u. S. President has really nothing to condemn the people who are alleged to be behind this mans death namely the crown prince of saudi arabia and not only has he been refusing to do anything but hes been very much standing by the crown prince saying no saudi arabia is still our partners and we strongly support them and we want to to stand with them this is something that u. S. Lawmakers have now with this vote shown that they dont support and its significant not just for the bipartisanship but for the republicans who have broken with their president a president who just talk it they were more or less on other legislation and saying no we dont agree with what youre saying and were going to believe our intelligence agency. Even with an official rebuke barbie what will what will change or will Better Change anything for the people of yemen is this just a symbolic move. It is largely symbolic and whether it will change any of the fortune or reality on the ground for yemenis. I would say thats unlikely and one concrete thing i can say that this resolution does is the u. S. Had stopped refueling saudi warplanes that were operating in yemen last month and this resolution will prevent the pentagon from restarting those operations but thats sort of one of the few tangible things they can actually do in order for this to actually come into force it would have to pass through the house of representatives and then be signed by president traveling south President Trump has said that he will in no way sign this and he will actually veto this not only that the house few days ago actually passed a motion saying that they would not even bring this motion up for a vote so its really just dead on arrival on the house and its its just a nonbinding resolution of the senate saying this is how were feeling right now nonetheless still a wake up call to President Trump saying that maybe the senate isnt as much on his side as he thought it was. It puts the civil war in yemen it does put it back on the agenda in the u. S. Congress a correspondent where you are on the story for us tonight in washington thank you well for years of civil war and you havent left half of the population facing famine malnutrition is widespread and aid agencies say this humanitarian crisis is entirely. Cries of pain like this are commonplace in yemen. Two million children under five here a severely malnourished. And. What have these children done that they have to suffer so much and were all suffering life is tough here disease is spreading children are starving including those who are school. Even my dads four hundred thousand children in yemen will die if they dont get Urgent MedicalCare Hospitals that are relatively well equipped like this one in santa a few and far between outside the capital the situation is dire parents have to transport their desperately Sick Children often hundreds of kilometers to get help and i was alone in my daughter started throwing up and had diarrhea so we come all the way from ties to sana to get a treat it was just i need them. In rebel held areas of the country this is a sense of skepticism but also hope about the peace talks in stockholm civilians are desperate for the conflict that has been depleting the population figures to finally come to an end and. I expect the negotiations to be conducted seriously. If they follow the political situation on t. V. Its clear that there is a seriousness when it comes to finding a solution for yemen. In the Government Health south of the country people are also hoping for peace that the south receives military support from saudi arabia humanitarian aid remains very limited the u. N. Needs to help families here to to prevent more children losing their lives to starvation. French police say the straw for gunman who shot dead people near a Christmas Market on tuesday has been killed officers reportedly neutralized the suspect tonight it comes after a major search was to place in straw spur today with helicopters circling overhead five people have also been taken into Police Custody in connection with the investigation of a twenty nine year old suspect. Killed at least three people near the Christmas Market in frostburg on tuesday a fourth person is said to be in critical condition. Chicago was born and raised in strong spur how in the humphrey went to the neighborhood of noise where he lived the find out from local residents what he was like. This block of apartments is home to frances most wanted man twenty nine year old cat but the man accused of opening fire on Christmas Market after a very different impression on locals. We were very shocked by what we heard because he came from all neighborhood. He was good we knew his brothers and sisters. This story represents two different sides of sides work on this side of the road a quiet residential street and on the other side of the road the Council Estate and the apartment block where the suspect chevy fish a cat lived. A Housing Estates with a tough reputation. Has worked in the community for forty years. He says petty crime in the area is due to the countrys economic situation. Were in a neighborhood where a significant portion of the population is poor and theres a high level of unemployment. And that unemployment can lead to frustration when you put your best son in certain first class your. Cats local corner shop Islamic Religious television plays in the background the shops manager also points to frances secular policy as another source of frustration. Comes to much as. To muslims the secular state feels like stigmatize ation. The people of that lie because it mostly singles out sound department. And thats why the numerous perceived badly by some muslims and especially by maintain a commitment to close. But here in this community the overriding sense is one of dismay that one of their own was on frances terror watch list and is accused of an attack they find unfathomable. The question what happened britains Prime Minister theresa may arrived in brussels earlier today seeking help yet again with her breaks it deal and she has left brussels without saying a word of this comes a day after she faced down the leadership challenge at home recently is hoping to get reassurances about aspects of the brics deal that have split her party and polarized Britains Parliament so youre right there leaving the summit just a few moments ago she left the European Council in brussels leaving the leaders of the year of the e. U. Twenty seven to debate amongst themselves how to help her get the deal through the british part of. The question the e. U. Twenty seven they are in agreement on one thing that they have not tired of repeating they can offer her some warm words and moral support but no renegotiation of the brics a deal itself. Headwind for may also from outside the European Council this group of activists had come all the way from london to protest the deal. Shes coming here begging the european leaders we demand an absolute right to have a final say on that deal it is shocking it lets britain down breaks it is is a is a horrific. Thing for britain and in britain needs to stay in the you because britain will otherwise get much poorer actually no bracks deal is good enough for the british people because the best deal that weve got is the one inside the European Union theresa may is seeking legal changes to the Withdrawal Agreement in particular the irish backstop a red line for you leaders who want to guarantee that a hard to border between ireland and Northern Ireland be avoided at all cost if im going to be over the incident of course we have our principles and i dont see that we will be changing it with a dollar going to get an income but we can certainly talk about it dition or shore and says he wont give in. But will that be enough for may to win over support at home for now lou is a political issue and says and some cosmetic wording seem to be all she can get despite the empathy all she can get what did she get to talk about that im joined here the big table by john worth one of our bricks analysts one of Continental Europe most watched most red bricks of bloggers good to see you john so she came and went didnt say a word when she left this summit and got basic me nothing. No surprise no surprise at all because essentially why should brussels give her anything they know her position is weak theres nothing that they can. Manage to help her get her back the deal through the house of commons so ultimately it looks like today is going to be to plan i called her a walking wounded theresa may is that if they are an accurate description of her yes although her position has been robbed a week for quite some time now but she still somehow manages to start her own so this week she managed to survive a no confidence vote managed to get it done and dusted just before going to the summit in brussels but she still has no prospect whatsoever of managing to get her brakes a deal approved but she still tries to sound as if theres a prospect. The question is when now is it going to come to a crunch when she going to face this in london the problem is not only brussels side the problem is on the london side and when is she going to try to face down her members of parliament so what does she do then when the state i want to stay with her meeting with the europeans for a moment i mean is she asking for help or is she at the point now where she has to plead for help shes pleading for help but the problem is she doesnt know exactly what shes pleading for because the challenge is days old those times of the Northern Ireland border and how to keep that border open even once britain has left the European Union so how do you do that. Essentially what theyve agreed but science is a circle move an irish backstop which basically keeps the border open what ever happens with regard to breaks it in the long term the british parliamentarians say that some acceptable britain wants the right unilaterally to terminate that backstop whereas brussels and particularly ireland and the European Commission say no its a vital principle that that border should stay open to protect the Northern IrelandPeace Process and brussels has for more than twelve months been clear on that point and london keep some pushing and keep some being told no and will be told no again no everyone would like it to that that backstop would never have to be used because ultimately its in the interests of both sides of that would be home to what but nevertheless you need reassurance you need law to make sure that the old you never know whats in the brigs deal no the whats in the break is of nor is it would be legally binding but to make sure the border stays open but the e. U. Thing u. K. Would have to agree to any change the ukase insisting on having the june intellectual right for a change and that border would work and of course quite understandably both dublin and brussels dont tolerate that of course ok so youve got series im a going back to london tonight and you know you were saying earlier this is this is very this is very smart very clever if you were going back tonight facing a no confidence vote tomorrow she would lose for sure but shes got there behind her now and shes got twelve months where shes protected at least reasonably protect i dont see if she cant manage to get anything through parliament and maybe threats of a kind of no confidence vote in a government generally but her position in. Is a little bit more secure than it walls internally within her party theyve tried to oust her and they didnt succeed but bear in mind however there are there are one third of the members of parliament who dont have confidence in her as it was highly resoundingly tree but it position is a little bit stronger in london now than it was if wed been having this conversation forty eight hours ago so what about the stability of her government. Well the ministers all resolutely behind her at least for now because none of them have a better plan and theyre ready to basically back to reason may until she fails essentially to try to see how she could try and get some bricks a deal over the line but ultimately the problem is this there is no brakes deal it to reason make a broker that will ever pass the houses of parliament not one no direct parents at all and when does she face that when does she realize there is no way forward that no great deal will pass the houses of parliament and what does she do and when she faces that maybe probably not next week unfortunate but it means january how does she manage to deal with that question that we will be answering that im sure who knows the next couple of days will be watching to resubmit and watching the clock as well john murthas always good to have you on the judge thank you. Well now for a story about a young woman from spain that we guarantee that will impress and inspired carmen lopez is competing this week at the world adaptive surfing championship in california the event gives surfers with physical challenges the chance to display their talents at a world class level this year for the first time visually impaired female surfers are taking part carmen is blind. Carmen lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like. But that hasnt stopped the twenty one year old spaniard from riding this surf. Christmas eve. I feel. I dont have any concern and its just me and the. Coach locus garcia guides conmen with whistled signals hes trained her to compete at the world adaptive surfing championship. No one that ever thought the blind people could surf and suddenly we find kamen who can she need some extra help in the water compared to other adopted sports but at the end when someone wants something they can break the limits and everyone can see if carmen was born with congenital about coma and lost her vision when she was a child she wants to encourage others with physical challenges to push past their limits it has that to keep showing day by day and with everything that i do if you want something you can get it whether or not you have a disability the important thing is to do what you like the most people put their own various op no one asked puts them there thats what. Carmen has also learned figure skating and horseback riding with her bold attitude the seize the limit. Good news in the show with the days nearly done the conversation continues well see you tomorrow. The. 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