This is aljazeera. Hello again from doha everyone im come out santamaria this is the news hour from aljazeera air and sea ports remain closed in yemen despite the saudi promise to lift a blockade and let some aid in also where police in Papua New Guinea raided a controversial australian Detention Camp and start forcibly removing refugees in zimbabwe the stock markets lost six billion dollars in a week so can a new president rescue the ailing economy and i didnt mean as navy says there may have been an explosion on the submarine that went missing more than a week ago. So the u. N. Says saudi arabia has not followed through on its promise to lift a two week blockade. Yemens Main International airport and one of its big seaports that is putting millions at risk of starvation and disease was on the lead Coalition Fighting in yemen had announced it would reopen the sunnah airport and the port of her data by thursday to allow in much needed aid but the red cross says there are now five citie
This week is Alexander Downer form Australian Foreign minister and now the countrys high commissioner here in london how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. Alexander downer welcome to convince us thank you two months ago australia got what it lobbied so long and hard for a seat on the Un Human Rights Council in after years of sustained pressure over your own human rights record but you continue to brush off all criticism that you. Well were quite happy to answer any allegations that are made just that were very happy to stand up for ourselves but the record is i mean we had the last Prime Minister tony abbott saying we sure are strains were sick of being lectured by the us where the current immigration minister peter dutton is on record is calling the whole periodic review process of fast you dont take kindly to criticism well i think if people dish it out to you theyve got to expect to generate a debate they cant expect us just compliantly to agree with eve
I saw fighters execute civilians in a Revenge Campaign in syria. Hello im adrian from again this is live from doha also coming up catalonia as leader is asked to appear before the Spanish Senate to explain his intentions on independence. Accusations in the israeli media that the countrys weapons sales are helping to promote conflict in other parts of the world and after a decisive election victory japans Prime Minister says he will take a stronger stance against threats from north korea. Details are emerging of whats being called a massacre in the syrian town of attain witnesses say that i still fighters carried out a Revenge Campaign in the town killing more than one hundred people before its capture by Government Forces the syrian observatory for human rights says the killings in central holmes took place over a fifty three week period iceland accused of the civilians of collaborating with Syrian Regime forces. They attacked us like animals they came to kill us they killed children a
And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9pm in new york, where police say a man who drove into cyclists and pedestrians on tuesday killing eight people had been planning the attack for several weeks and was influenced by so called Islamic State. The suspect, an immigrant from uzbekistan, has appeared in court in a wheelchair, after being shot by police. President trump wants tougher vetting of immigrants to prevent attacks on us soil. Our correspondent, nick bryant, has the latest from new york. This is the kind of scene that preys on the minds of new yorkers, one that recalls the trauma of 9 11, one that reveals how this city is vulnerable to new forms of terror. A rented pick up truck that became weaponised. A mode of attack thats common in europe, but now used to deadly effect on american soil, and just yards from ground zero, the site of the september 11th attacks. The antenna on the new world trade centre, bathed in red, whi
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