Vegas. Iranians head to the polls in key elections. We are live in tehran. All of that, plus im phil lavelle in los angeles, where we are now days away from the oscars, but it is who and what isnt nominated this year that people are talking about. So well start with syria, there is said to be evidence that Kurdish Forces are coordinating with the Assad Government and the russian military. The evidence of such coordination is called, quote, very disturbing. Paul brennan has more. Reporter syrias complex civil war has become even more complicates by the presence of isil both in syria and iraq, leaving combatants and their backers fighting on multiple fronts. The British Foreign secretary has been briefing the parliament. There was extraordinary resellence of kurdish fighters in iraq, but syria is different. What we have seen is very disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian Kurdish Forces, the syrian regime, and the russian air force, which is making us distinctly uneasy about t
Dont worry about it little marco. Reporter the latest t. V. Debate turns nasty as they throw a bar arch over tax. Barcelona break another record and 35 matches unbeaten and messi and friends as they break the spanish record set by bitter rivals in madrid. The u. N. Has reported a sharp rise in allegations of sex abuse against its staff, a new report cataloged 99 accusations of abuse. U. N. Missions in Central African republican and democratic republic of congo and ivory coast animally counted for a majority of the claims and we report. Reporter u. N. Peace keepers were supposed to come to the rescue in Central African republic and instead accused of Sexual Exploitation and the number of allegations of sex exploitation were accused by the staff of 99 last year compared with 80 the year before a statement says this regrettably means more needs to be done for allegations and more importantly the number exploited by abuse perpetrated by u. N. Personnel. 21 countries who the nationals are a
Our correspondent is in the capital joint enterprising us live. Tell us a bit more about the nature of these abuses that are being reported. The report itself is very damning the. Most offences are being sexual abuse reported, some of them, many of them involving minors. In fact, its a name and shame report of sorts that indicates peace keepers mainly from several african and european countries, like burundi, tanzania, france, canada. These are reports like up said are coming out from countries that have people there who desperately need the u. N. Peacekeepers for their safety, a country like haiti, reports of sexual abusers there, mali, congo, ivory coast and car where we have 22 reported sexual abuse cases in the democratic republic of congo. There are 16 cases that have been reported. It is a very serious report, very embarrassing to the u. N. And i have been speaking to a human rights campaigner who has been following these incidents and he said that he accused the u. N. Of what he
Do not come to europe. The plight of thousands stranded on the greasemacedonian border is desperate. New hope. The number of People Killed in syria dropped sharply since the start of a truce on saturday. And church sex scandal. Humility. Begging forgiveness from us. Doing everything they can to restore the lives of all the victims out there. A vatican official turning a blind eye meets some of the victims. Im antonio mora, this is al jazeeras International News hour. We begin with the u. S. President ial race because of its impact around the world. Today donald trump faced new opposition from the last president ial nominee for the republicans, mitt romney came out swing of course, calling trump a phoney and a fraud. Trump fired back labelling mitt romney a loser and a choker. He has taken fire from saul side, before taking the stage from the debate, including a letter from Top Republican world, accusing the front runner of having an unprincipled world view. Al jazeeras Patty Culhane re
Its so amazing, and so beautiful, but its also so tough. From island to island from dawn to dusk, more people are joining a new sport. Lets begin with the latest on europes staggering refugee crisis. There is a proposal that 160,000 Asylum Seekers will be described among e. U. Member countries. The number to be resettled depends on that nations wealth, unemployment rate, and the number of asylums already processed. Germany has already backed the deal, saying it expects to deal with more than 800,000 this year alone. Sweden is also in favor. It has taken the highest number of refugees, but the czech republic, slovakia, and romania has opposed the idea. So has hungary who is building a fence to keep people out. Lets listen to what the European Commission president has said earlier. Its 160,000. Thats the number europeans have to take in charge and have to take in their house, and i really hope that this time everyone will be on board. No rhetorics. Action is what is needed for the time b