Humanity a community in indonesia defies officials to shelter stranded wrecking the refugees. Also ahead bring the bidding farewell to its late leader a state funeral is held for president via. The sports. Ah. 30 years of waiting finally yields an English Premier League title for liverpool the. Iraqi Security Forces have raided a base belonging to an iranian backed Militia Group 10 rockets were seized and of these 14 members of the t. V. Hezbollah were detained including commanders members of the group demanding their release. The Iraqi Government has been promising to crackdown on because he has and other militias since july of last year the shia armed group was formed before the invasion of iraq on anti western and pro iranian ideals jury in the war it became known for deadly attacks against american and Coalition Forces the group has longstanding ties with tehran and is often considered to be an extension of the Iranian Revolutionary guard their former leader 100. 00 s. Was assassinated in the same drone strike which killed the iranian general custance of the money last year the government offered an ultimatum integrate with the armed forces or disband they refuse to integrate despite that they have continued to carry out attacks on Coalition Forces and theyve been blamed for a siege on camp taji in march which killed one british and 2 american soldiers some of alton joins us live now from baghdad simona whats the latest. Well we have now a statement an official statement from the government specifically from the Iraqi Joint Operations command summarizing what happened last night when iraqi Security Forces raided a base belonging to. A statement confirms that 14 individuals were arrested during the raid and several rockets were seized in an effort to preempt an impending attack on the fortified green zone where u. S. Forces as well as other Diplomatic Missions are based now and we have seen several such drop the rocket attacks take place throughout the month and this raid appears to have been an attempt to try to clamp down on the groups responsible now the statement did also mention that there was an arrest warrant that was issued against those 14 individuals and that is particularly important because in the wake of the raid we saw dozens of armed men presumably belonging to type as bala entered the green zone and lisi each to a building that belongs to the Counterterrorism Forces demanding the release of the detainees claiming that the arrest was lawful now there is also a lot of confusion about who exactly holds those 14 detainees the Popular Mobilization forces which includes the typos below that there were released several other sources close to cut the ball have also confirmed that they were late released however industry demand that we received from the government conference that those individuals are still in the custody of the authorities and that an investigation is ongoing the statement is however a very very going to aspect it does not say it does not name the group that these 14 individuals belong to and it also does not name the security institutions Iraqi Security institution that is holding them so it is possible according to some analysts that these 14 people were in fact transferred to the Security Forces of the popular. Mobilization forces which include hezbollah which would explain these conflicting claims as to whether or not they were released how significant is this in the context of the new governments objective to limit weapons states well Prime Minister with a 5 card me when he was appointed last month he was very adamant about 2 things specifically that he would insist on protecting iraqi sovereignty to prevent for example from the u. S. Airstrikes targeting groups like the papers below and on the other hand to also reign in those groups that were not respecting the official chain of command and this raid specifically i would say its the boldest move by a government over the past few years to try to actually arrest these individuals that are responsible for these rocket attacks and it is a big test for the government to see whether its actually possible to pull through with such a bold move the you know the Prime Minister was the one who issued the order for the iraqi Counterterrorism Forces to conduct that raid but it was immediately evident that there was a lot of opposition not just trying to type has been the p. M. S. But also from various various political actors that were pressuring the iraqi Counterterrorism Forces and iraqi Security Forces to release those detainees so for now most of the fight card to me seems to be holding his ground but it rains you meant to be seen what exactly will happen to these 14 detained individuals who are presumed to be hezbollah will they fear a judge in court or will the indeed be set free similar thank you very much. Mansoor is the director of the Iraq Initiative which some of us in london he says the number and complexity of the Militia Groups will make a. Difficult. Well you have a new Prime Minister whos taking up office less than 100 days in his premiership and hes a Prime Minister who has trying to put action to worse and that extent you know youve had previous Prime Ministers whove talked about integration and who have talked about going after many of these militias including could have one of the strongest ones that rose up in the fight against isis but ive always d been a thorn in the kind of the back of many of those who want a stronger states and so this Prime Minister is trying to show he is a bit more serious addressing it have has but like any other groups that may have one foot in the state but secondly have you know several feet lets say out of the state i think it would be very difficult for the Prime Minister to just single out one group or go off to a group and what youre already seeing at our negotiations now what to do and the Prime Minister actually put these you know these members in jail for what its not the issue isnt on one single act or one organization is a massive Security Sector problem that you have in iraq after isis but since 2003 really so can the Prime Minister use some of those small forces that are loyal to the state the terrorist kind of Terrorism Service and others to really go against some of these very powerful and when i say powerful i dont just mean in terms of armed men but economic powerhouses political power houses they have strong relations to parliamentarians they have strong relations in the Civil Service across the iraqi state. Libyas National Oil Corporations russian and other foreign mercenaries have stormed the field blocking the resumption of oil exports from the site after a months long blockade theres been no response from moscow yet on the allegations most of the countrys main oil fields are now under the control of the selfstyled Libyan National army based in to broker joins us live from tripoli mark what how significant is this. Will. It seems to be significant specially after this Statement Released by the end no c National Oil Corporation that is over the fur is it sad that a convoy of 25. 00 vehicles with the russian mercenaries and other foreign mercenaries into the shot our oil field on thursday evening and also says that it is deeply concerned that by. The developments in. The oil field in about 700 kilometers south of the capital of tripoli as you know peter that is the countrys Biggest Oil Field with the Production Capacity of about more than 300000 barrels a day and the countrys already suffering the consequences of the blockade of the oil terminal in central libya by half to his forces since january there and he says that the total losses resulting from from that blockade is nearly 6000000000 dollars. Of the n. O. C. Most of us are law also stated that he is condemning get what he calls that Foreign Countries that are taking part in that blockade of the oil. Oil field and meanwhile there are countries that are benefiting get by the absence of libyan oil in the Global Market now we know that the l. A p f g which is the Petroleum Facilities in the south is divided some with the government of national called some of those who were the forces loyal to the water lord i have to the men of the n. O. C. Is also raising concern and also so. Is that those mercenaries are getting paid by the libyan money which comes from the oil revenues and meanwhile the art of taking part in there and preventing get their n. O. C. From taking part from carrying out its duties and also derailing there and you see stuff from doing get their responsibility we know that the south is it is case in the south. The since since have to his forces launched it a military campaign to take control over strategic locations in the south one year and a half ago including airport fields and also. Oil installations in the south of the country this could be a Major Development as their n. O. C. Says that the oil should be neutralized should not be part of this conflict. Thanks very much. France germany and italy are calling for an end to fighting in libya they want to end their involvement in the conflict to get talks back on track they pursued a joint statement it says in light of the growing risks of a deterioration in libya and regional escalation we call on all libyan parties to immediately cease fighting and to suspend the ongoing military buildup throughout the country theyre also urging for an axis to end all interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the United NationsSecurity Council earlier turkey said any ceasefire would depend on the warlord after us forces withdrawing from 2 regions. Ankara supports the un backed government of National Accord its also condemned russia for fueling instability by supporting after the g n a recently pushed back his forces from the capital tripoli on wednesday arab leaders called for a truce and talks between the warring sides. 5 civilians have been killed in an attack in central yemen according to the media the Saudi Led Coalition launched several strikes targeting vehicles transporting gasoline just north of the al bayda government at least 5 other people were injured in the raids the u. N. Says the humanitarian crisis in yemen is going to get worse because of covert 19 unicef estimates that millions of children will be pushed to the brink of starvation because of a lack of funding that means nearly half of yemeni children under the age of 5 could be malnourished without adequate aid 1000000. 00 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers will have no access to health care and a lack of clean Drinking Water and food is expected to make it easier for the virus to spread even faster lets bring in sara the solo from unicef yemen sara welcome to the news hour how big is the shortfall of funding here how much money do you need. Or were talking about right now is the fact that we need just far Quick Response alone we need 53000000. 00 now and we only receive 10 percent of that and for our entire humanitarian appeal which is 461000000. 00 we see 40 percent of that and what were seeing is that you will have children without access to water and so you will have children and their mothers with access to health and Nutrition Services if we dont really get 54000000 for Health Nutrition now and if we dont get at the minimum 45000000 for full water but the Health System was in a terrible state anyway even before the coronavirus hit. It was and what you have seen in yemen is that you had a Health System on the brink of collapse and the humanitarian operation in yemen has been struggling to ensure that weve preserved that system and were looking to move from preservation to strengthening however with the blow of corbett were seeing that Health System further further stretched and its struggling to cope and any day now if we dont survive if we dont survive this particular strain that were under now in terms of funding you will see the Health System collapse was the timescale here sara i mean how long until the country is in a state or a stage where what were talking about here is irredeemable. Were saying in the next few months in the next 6 months youre looking at a 28 percent increase in children who are going to die you know must 6600. 00 children according to the the john hopkins released recently the lancet you talking about those are lives right those are the faces of peoples children boys and girls who will die if we dont have funding immediately were talking about the fact that a system that was already crumbling is now hit with with them with a blow hole that is beyond beyond understanding because you have Health Workers who are not getting salaries you have infrastructure thats been damaged and we lack equipment and supplies and with the with the further difficulties we have on humanitarian access humanitarian staff and supplies getting into the country and with the with the limited funding we have all of those are the recipe for disaster the conflict in yemen has been characterized right of by a food crisis it was then later compounded by a cholera catastrophe and now we have the covert scare and those 3 factors and looking at the access to sanitation and water thats so law almost 10000000 people do not have access to water and sanitation 75 percent of women cannot buy soap and if they have a choice of what to buy in a given day if they do have resources it will not be sold it will be some sort of food for their children to eat and that is a recipe for a cause that wildfire in your opinion is one of the subtext to the conflicts in yemen and i guess id be right in saying its utterly unique around the middle east certainly in the past 10 to 15 years no one side looks like they just about to win because if somebody actually won the war the process of looking after people looking after children the process of rebuilding the country could start in some shape or form. And at the end of the day youre right theres no winner here everybody loses and most importantly yemen as a country loses because the children who are the future of yemen are dying 12300000 children are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance right now thats the total population of qatar and the u. A. E. 2 full countries thats what were talking about 12300000. 00 children in yemen and if those children dont get the support they need they will die and what will be yemen in the future there will be no future and so were seeing that children are even fighting in this conflict which they should not be theyre fighting and theyre being fought but their futures are being fought and beyond the bombs that will thats in the bombardment children have nothing to look forward to children children are afraid to get up in the morning and that has to change that has to change ok well leave it there sara persona of the n. T. With unicef yemen thank you very much thank you syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis according to the United NationsWorld Food Program says one point 3000000. 00 syrians and of food insecure 1400000. 00 of them becoming so in just the last 6 months food prices have gone up more than 200 Percent Inflation there has reached levels not even seen at the heights of syrias 9 year long conflict. Plenty more ahead here on the news hour for you including these ones queuing for cash in lebanon struggling economy dollars are only available to a select few. Trying to contain the virus rural Health Workers in brazil say accessing communities is complicated. And we take a closer look at the man who led liverpool to their 1st premier league title in 30 years thats coming up in sports with joe. After weeks of see at least 90 rowing the refugees have been rescued off the coast of indonesia their boat was towed to shore by locals after the authorities refused to let them land over fears to do with the coronavirus pandemic theyre being given shelter by the community and they have medical checks to jessica washington is in jakarta. This is very much a developing situation now because of local Community Intervention because locals did in fact carry them off that vessel that did sort of force the hand of local authorities and now the process is under way there for cation identifying these refugees its only then that will able to say with certainty what will happen to them at this stage it does seem likely that they will