Life carrying for the ancient city of palmyra. Hello, our top story, United Nations Security Council members have just been briefed about the full scale of the horror in yemen. Speaking after visiting the country, emergency Stephen Obrien said the suffering there is almost incomprehensible. Thats as the u. N. Childrens Agency Unicef said that children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear. It said that the war escalated in march when 398 children died and 605 were injured. Meanwhile, a report from Amnesty International said that the conflict has gone too far. All sides can be held responsible for war crimes. This is the update from the u. N. A short time ago. The needs of the people are massive. This is exacerbated by i a embedments of imports with the widespread scarcity of food and fuel. This is why airports and sea ports need to remain open and be used for commercial imports and humanitarian supplies without restrictions. Disregard for human life by all pa
A prisoner ends his horn strike after israel suspends his detention. The United Nations Security Council members have just been briefed about the full scale of the horror in yemen. Speaking after visiting the country emergency relief chief Stephen Obrien said that the suffering there is almost incomprehensivible. This is as unicef say that children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear. It says since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. Meanwhile the report from Amnesty International said that the conflict has gone too far. All sides could be held responsible for war crimes. Gabriel elizondo has more for us from the United Nations. Stephen obrien back from yemen where he visited several cities to get a better sense of on the rebound. How bad the humanitarian situation is there. For the Security Council he briefed them and painted a dark and gloomy picture of a deteriorating situation in yemen. He gave example. He said
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Amy black lives matter activists confront secretary Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail over her record on criminal justice issues. We will speak with two of the activists on what clinton did and did not say. Then support is growing among republican president ial candidates to repeal part of the 14th amendment that guarantees people born on american soil are automatically american citizens. You want to get rid of birthright citizenship . Yes, you have to. Theyre having a baby and all of a sudden, nobody knows amy that was donald, but he is not alone. Scott walker, chris christie, rand paul, Lindsey Graham all support ending birthright citizenship. We will speak to Ian Millhiser who recently wrote the article headlined Donald Trumps first policy plan is even more racist than you think it is. The pulitzer prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnston on 21 questions for donald trump. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Isil. It just looted its historical sites. So all of that under consideration, of course our priority, and i said this yesterday, is defeating and destroying daesh. That remains our priority. And yet we also recognize that replacing one or replacing their by their barbaric role with assads journey is not tyranny is not a great trade off of a great solution. The Syrian People should not have to decide between isil and assad, and thats again what i was trying to convey yesterday which speaks to the fact that thats why we need to advance of the u. S. Led negotiation. We need to establish a ceasefire. We need to end of the civil war, get a Transitional Government into place, and then we can talk about cooperation against daesh. It just seems a little strange because two of the things weve heard over the last many months was, one, that assad wasnt fighting daesh proper and that he was mainly fighting the modern Syrian Opposition and thats true. And that carried over to what the russians wer