following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest the mission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the north side salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training for games to mark the day of the sun as. further evidence that on this most important day in north korea's calendar everything is just fine but bright al-jazeera soul. from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 was nothing short of historic now the world press photo contest has announced their picks of the best iconic images the 1st embrace showing the reunion of a brazilian care home resident and loved one were selected as photo of the year that was by mads nissen and how b.b. by antonia french longo documenting love stories set against the backdrop of the israeli palestinian conflict was awarded the p

impunity for many decades repeated calls for holding the perpetuators accountable were ignored the un security council has the mandate and moral of the occasion to end the ongoing atrocities and the destruction of more ns innocent lives please allow me to repeat the recent courageous call of all 188 new massive us society organization to the un security council to immediately dispatch and enhanced monitoring and intervention mission to now to stop the violent attacks by the junta on peaceful protesters and vulnerable minority population across the country prevent further bloodshed and most of life release all those arbitrary the detained. urgently impose a coordinated global arms embargo on myanmar and refer to the international criminal court to hold the military regime to account for the atrocity crimes that it has committed and is continuing to commit international support is crucial for the pro-democracy movement in myanmar i strongly urge governments to refuse to grant the junta the recognition it desperately wants any acknowledgment of the winter as a government legitimated thei

has failed the un and the international community has failed no i think it's i think it's too early to make that judgment but certainly i am very conscious of the fact that there are still over 100 countries in the world that have no axe to access to vaccine at all. and also in many of those countries have much weaker health systems than the country that i'm privileged to live in and many other countries across the e.u. and north america as well so you know the the irony and in some ways the injustice of this is that the countries that have the strongest health care systems. and also probably the deepest understanding of this virus in terms of how it behaves are also the countries that have the 1st access to vaccines and many from other parts of the world may see the part of the world that i come from squabbling politically over over the pace of vaccine road while they can't get access to any vaccines at all so i'm very conscious of that and you know the un needs to continue to keep this issue on the agenda because in my view as we move through the summer we will start to see signif

briefed by the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs the top humanitarian official of the un mark it was behind closed doors but we've spoken to diplomats and we have been told exactly what mr lowe cox said and it contradicts what ethiopian government officials have been saying he says the humanitarian situation in t. grey is deteriorating the conflict is not over and things are not improving he says targeted violence mass killings executions as well as reports of systematic rape going on rake and sexual violence taking place in t. grey he also contradicts the statement from the the european prime minister that eritrea and troops have been withdrawn from t. grey he says i must say neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies where we work with have seen proof of an era trend with drawl and he even says that there are trained troops they think are now being put into ethiopian defense force uniforms you also hear from the north or it is the humanitarian situation is improving he says it is not he says the vast majority of tea craze completely or partially inaccessible to

people 20 something who actually used language which insulted the nation when they took the oath in un and that won't be allowed in any legislature what they want to do is to groom a loyal opposition you know you have to be you can't be quick to co-opt government but you must. constitution because hong kong under one country 2 systems can only it's exists if people in important positions of power abide by the constitution you know would take us and sets electing people who are who are supposed to know basic values host you know constitution you know you were not all that what you were it would depend on what the constitution said probably in the minds of many but but i think the concern again is what constitutes opposition in february authorities charged dozens of political opponents but under a vaguely worded national security law imposed by china last year they were merely planning on running for parliament and challenging the government there so in the minds of many opposition itself has become the crime opposition itself has become the national security threat. i think that is not

unable waters and then the un to intervene so that this this verification mechanism to let goods flow into. anyone trying to ship goods into data has really been subject to the whims of the coalition of the government and serene so since january because of the stopping fuel from entering the controlled areas we get back to the legal issues and the argument of the coalition is well where it forcing an arms embargo that's part of this 2015 security council resolution and we're responding to requests from the how to go sovereign authority in the international community's eyes who are saying you can't let fuel go into this part of the country because the who these are stealing in their view customs revenues last week in the financial times reported talks between senior saudi and iranian officials that goal 'd of those talks was to repair relations that include a discussion of what the attacks on saudi arabia of course the saudis have denied the talks happened iran has declined to comment but they've been confirmed by a senior iraqi official what would repair look like what does our fixed

allow this to happen we have to keep pushing forward in the close in the council was briefed by the un special envoy christine trauner bergen she still wants to travel to me and martha speak to the generals she said i will remain open to dialogue and continue to signal this but if we wait only for when they are ready to talk the ground situation will only worsen a bloodbath is imminent this council must consider potentially significant action but the chinese ambassador said what he called one sided action or calling for sanctions would only aggravate tensions a similar position was relayed by russia and so for now any tougher action by the security council seems highly unlikely. several prominent pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been found guilty for their ball when a huge protest and $29007.00 of them have been convicted for taking part in an unauthorized march including media tycoon former legislators and a veteran democracy activist the crackdown escalated of the mainland china imposes national security law and hong kong last year. 2000000. residents in the immediate britai

think anybody really has the right to intervene in a civil conflict but should in according to the un 16000000 people in yemen are going hungry you make an interesting distinction that you say very much starving they're being starved can you explain why you make that distinction and why that's politically important for so understand. yes so yemen prior to the war relied on importing up to 90 percent of its needs the fuel of food and so forth and so this is the middle east's poorest country prior to the war in 2015 and the war of course has made things much worse but the blockade essentially restricts commercial trade which enemies relied on and this is led to most of the yemeni population being reliant on aid so 80 percent of the population right now in yemen and that some 24000000 people out of 20 out of 30000000 people rely on aid for survival and then when that aid is weaponized against yemenis so we've seen for example the trump an inspiration cut us a ery d. to northern yemen back in the summer of 2020 or the saudis restricting fuel entry into the country as shown in the recent c

following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training full games to mark the day of the sun as further evidence that on this most important day in north korea's calendar everything is just fine macbride al-jazeera so time for sport has thank you adrian all real madrid and manchester city have completed the lineup for the semifinals of the european champions league city were 42 aggregate winners against dortmund on germany and in the mill draw against liverpool was enough for real to progress 31 on aggregate they haven't maybe been the liverpool last season when they were champion but still she has a really strong side. to intreat one at home and here no militia could r

stare and i wonder whether the un is failing in achieving some of these s. t. g.'s especially those around women's health and their sexual and reproductive rights because of the politicization of women's health when we talk about reproductive rights for example it's discussed in terms of morality very often some countries have made inroads and others haven't so how do you as the highest ranking woman at the united nations deal with the politicization of women's issues especially when it comes to things like a health i think you have to break it down to basic rights i mean the politics should have no place in the rights that women have around their body and the choices that they make and i think we have to begin to push back and to simplify this basic task which is a basic human right and happens to be a woman's right i think once you start to fail on those rights you fail on all of them and it is great to see u.s. leadership with come on harris who is talking about democracy and the risks to democracy and its. stepping back and how critical women are going to be at

has risen from humble beginnings in nigeria to become the un's most powerful woman. for more than 30 years she's worked hard to shine a light on the developmental challenges facing our world particularly women and girls prior to joining the un i mean under 3 nigerian presidents as an advisor and minister of the environment as deputy secretary general she's been instrumental in setting and promoting the implementation of the un's ambitious sustainable development goals i mean a mohammed has been a strong voice for women's rights at a time when there are concerns that. could wipe out decades of progress made towards gender equality in areas like employment education physical and mental health. the global health crisis has led to an increase in gender based violence from the u.k. to the u.s. australia and kenya violence against women is on the rise in nearly every country and has been made worse by restrictions and the covert 1000 vaccination campaigns are once again highlighting global inequalities and the profound disparities in wealth health and education between ric

report said the 2020 was one of the 3 hottest years on record and then un secretary general antonio good terrorists said that we are on the verge of the a bit i mean this warning could not be more stark but it seems like we keep hearing more dire warnings all the time from officials around the world and that nothing really substantially changes is it realistic to imagine the things could actually change now that action could be taken. well look you know it's important to understand the extent of the unfolding climate crisis and so we can't mince words and we've got to be really honest it is indeed a climate crisis so i think it's important to understand those things from secretary-general of the un and so forth the reality is that many things are changing and have changed just last year the last quarter of last year we crossed a new special and humanity that perhaps many of your viewers and listeners didn't notice we came into a world where the cheapest way to generate electricity was with and will be with renewables and that's going to stay the case going forward that's a huge shoe

to go to james pays has more from un headquarters in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there is going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in t. gray they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls you've seen widespread reports of that it was mentioned in a security council meeting about women in conflict zones we could go seen lots of media reports including on al-jazeera the other factor the security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitarian response unfettered humanitarian access this follows i t

making it more difficult for protesters to gather a rare admission by the north korean leader kim jong un says the country's economic crisis is the worst in decades. and healthy person subjected to what mr lloyd was subjected to would have died as a result of what he was subject to. a doctor testifies a lack of oxygen a novel drugs killed george floyd while he was pinned to the ground. talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal are resuming in vienna so far the u.s. and iran have been communicating in there actually european officials are relaying messages between the 2 hotels hosting their delegations president joe biden says he's ready to lift sanctions and reverse donald trump's decision to pull out of the deal in 2018 but 1st washington once around to return to the full limits imposed on its nuclear program the iranian president says the goshi asians are on the right track of the u.s. state department is cautioning against expectations of an immediate breakthrough. these talks have been described as constructive as businesslike as accomplishing what they set out to do. and that is tru

against weaker muslims the chinese embassy in london called the accusations the lie of the century un experts believe that a 1000000 a week is being held in detention centers. panama's military has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government which was formed a week ago it's nominally led by aung san suu chief who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february she's already been detained on several charges the unity government says that it should be attending an emergency regional summit this weekend the coup leader has been advices which opponents say lends him legitimacy but in defiance of the military crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators of again marched against the joined in young gone they carried banners supporting the national unity government they were only able to stay on the street for a few minutes before fleeing to reports that security forces were approaching 30 chain reports now on the and surrounding the military's invites to the afghan summit. ah you all are modest monks marched through the city of mandalay holding

threat of climate change this summit is a start a start of a road that will take us to glasgow for the un climate change conference in november where we're going to make these commitments real for you know all of our nations our path to a secure prosperous and sustainable future today's final session is not about the threat of climate change proses it's about the opportunity that addressing climate change provides an opportunity to create millions of good paying jobs around the world an innovative and innovative sectors. say there is a new beginning. as the world is moving towards the actions necessary to keep 1.5 degrees as the limit on the warming of the planet governments and markets we learned yesterday are really tuning in to the urgency but more than that they're recognizing the remarkable opportunity the economic opportunity that we have here and the malaria vaccine is being hailed as a possible game changer and the fight to eliminate the disease the oxford institute jab is 77 percent effective in stopping infections it's now entering knowledge of human trials to rule out any side

the security council couldn't agree action it couldn't agree word xynthia well the the un has agreed here the. the general secretary antonio terese has i think been very clear in relation to his concern here u.n. organizations have also in terms of the need for humanitarian access ireland has been very proactive on this issue we have a very strong relationship with ethiopia we have had for many many years it is our largest development program with any other country in the world and has been for quite some time we have staff in te great as part of the. development work in terms of the big agricultural project there so you know we aren't has people on the ground who've been reporting back what what has happened in tikrit is very worrying . in my view a number of things need to happen 1st of all we have to have full humanitarian access into that region not only regions that are not only parts of the region that are controlled by the ethiopian military but also other parts of the region some areas that are controlled by eritrean troops who should not be there others that are controlled b

the un says a recent surge in attacks by the i.d.f. has killed nearly 200 people and forced 40000 others to flee their homes it says the attacks could constitute crimes against humanity. so very much. we must no longer continue to count deaths we do not know if we are really in a country where there is a government because a responsible government must not allow people to keep being killed on it if the government feels incapable i believe the government should go and cooperate with other states to help. one of the un's mission in eastern democratic republic of congo was set up in 2010 and includes thousands of military personnel and police a mission statement says must go is authorized to use all necessary means to protect civilians aid and human rights workers on the threat of violence. anger over the killings is rising across the region there was scuffles when a u.n. aid truck arrived in the town of pretend. police dispersed the crowd by firing into yeah. the police broke up the demonstration in goma some protesters would beaten and

chinese relations mr kerry is hoping the visit will help lay the groundwork for november's un climate summit in glasgow or china is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases with the u.s. in 2nd place kerry wants china to set a more stringent emissions target for 2030 now that is seen as crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius the target set by the 2015 paris climate deal currently the world is falling well short of meeting that target in fact it's on course to warm up by more than 3 degrees scientists say the consequences could be catastrophic and could result in the loss of vital ecosystems such as coral reefs and that establishes ation of the polar ice sheets let's bring in ben herskovitz he is a research fellow in the school of regulation and global governance at the australian national university he joins us on skype from sydney ben welcome to al-jazeera mr kerry's got hinterland here hasn't he he's a big hits a former secretary of state so if anyone's going to get progress in china might it be him. that's right he comes with the imprimatur of already of t

the un says women have been subjected to sexual violence in ethiopia is northern region of the great the conflict began in november when ethiopian soldiers launched an offensive against the regional government the un security council issues hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday that the massacre to james space has more now from the un. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council will have a meeting on to grow a it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the remailer mountainous regions of north and central to great we might influence our grievance the object of sexual by letting me be a level that would see beyond comprehension ok we're ok documenting no cases of rape and when we begin this part of the of your replies there was an attack on but movement. and community mean operation we as a council must address what are its. military abstract. and reports its actu

a climate crisis so i think it's important to understand those things from secretary-general of the un and so forth the reality is that many things are changing and have changed just last year the last quarter of last year we crossed a new special and humanity that perhaps many of your viewers and listeners didn't notice we came into a world where the cheapest way to generate electricity was with and will be with renewables and that's going to stay the case going forward that's a huge shoes change and how we can produce and deliver energy and that speaks to our ability to deliver on that 50 percent commitment which we know i think it's fair to say when governments announce a commitment we can say it's a conservative commitment so while it is important that the president united states president biden made this commitment to increase reductions to 50 percent we can actually do much much more than that because we have the tools we don't need new technology and we can deliver that clean green future and combat the unfolding climate crisis with renewable energy as well as move resources mon

in the region everyone fighting against the giant inside myanmar and that is hopefully through the un hopefully through some regional bodies where there will be some type of dialogue to try to find a political solution so what this unity government is trying to do in their effort now as they've officially named officers in this in this unity government and that officials in this unity government and that is they want a seat at that table they want to participate if the judge to send a representative if there are other representatives from other nations it's a tall order that this will actually be recognized as a government of myanmar any time soon but what it does do is it pushes forward this organization this this government in exile if you will even though some of the members are still in myanmar it pushes that forward so they can have a seat at that table so they can speak with a more unified voice those who oppose the jones and who working against the giants inside myanmar. is the union minister of international cooperation and spokesman for the national unity government he joins

the un says a recent surge in attacks by the i.d.f. has killed nearly 200 people and forced 40000 others to flee their homes it says the attacks could constitute crimes against humanity. something very very much. we must no longer continue to count deaths we do not know if we are really in a country where there is a government because a responsible government must not allow people to keep being killed on it if the government feels incapable i believe the government should go and cooperate with other states to help us. one of the un's mission in eastern democratic republic of congo was set up in 2010 and includes thousands of military personnel and police a mission statement says must go is authorized to use all necessary means to protect civilians aid and human rights workers under threat of violence. anger over the killings is rising across the region there was scuffles when a u.n. aid truck arrived in the town of pretend. police dispersed the crowd by firing into the yeah. and police broke up the demonstration in goma some protesters

for un peacekeepers have been killed in northern mali and several others were injured in an attack on that base in the northern town of hawk the u.n. says the attackers also suffered heavy losses they've been has claimed responsibility. mohammed bazooms has been sworn in as a new president and its 1st transfer of power through the ballot box just days earlier up security forces said they stopped an attempted military coup interest reports now from the capital yami. after a decade in the shadows of his protests as a. me merged as new just 50 democratically elected president. that he was also a historic one for the country it marked the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another. the ceremony was overshadowed by a recent field coup and rising attacks by i'm groups along its borders. many here who he will use his experience as former head of both the 40 ministries. or less security the most important is security people of new desperate for security that is good governance and finally equity and justice but above all that they politicalization of governance w

in the region everyone fighting against the giant inside myanmar and that is hopefully through the un hopefully through some regional bodies where there will be some type of dialogue to try to find a political solution so what this unity government is trying to do in their effort now as they've officially named officers in this in this unity government and that officials in this unity government and that is they want a seat at that table they want to participate if the jones ascends representative if there are other representatives from other nations it's a tall order that this will actually be recognized as a government of myanmar any time soon but what it does do is it pushes forward this organization this this government in exile if you will even though some of the members are still in myanmar it pushes that forward so they can have a seat at that table so they can speak with a more unified voice those who oppose the jones and who working against the inside myanmar talk to says the union minister of international cooperation and spokesperson for the national unity government have b

following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems. more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo lympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training for games to mark the day of the sun as further evidence that on this most important day in north korea's calendar everything is just fine macbride al-jazeera seoul and finally people on the caribbean island of st vincent's are being warned to keep well away from a volcano that's still erupting flows of rock and hot smoking ash have destroyed crops and affected water supplies much of the island is covered in a thick layer of ash and ruptured began almost a week ago. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines india has recorded more than 200 thousands new cases of covert 19 in a single day for the 1st time for al

aid or diplomatic editor james praises at the united nations with more now on mark statement to the un security council. it contradicts much of what the government has been saying in public he says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating he says the conflicts not over and things are not improving and targeted violence mass killings execution as well as systematic rape gang rape and sexual violence taking place in tikrit province remember the ethiopian government said the eritrean troops were being withdrawn but mr lowcock told the security council i must say neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of an era trend withdrawal he says there are even some reports that the eritreans are now wearing ethiopian defense force uniforms remember the ethiopian or thora his so the humanitarian situation is improving not so calling to mr local to the security council he says the vast majority of tikrit is completely or partially inaccessible and he says out of a population of 6000004500000 need humanitarian assistance they are not getting that humanitaria

number could be higher rights groups say more than 600 civilians have died since protests began the un security council has heard fresh pleas from the people of me and law for action to stop the crackdown at an unofficial meeting of council members is a diplomatic editor james bass. as the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters there also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the jointer says although at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now won't take place for 2 years at the u.n. in new york a meeting was held to give security council ambassadors a picture of the deteriorating situation now most people feel that they are left alone to freeze the brutal regime armed to its feet start from by the same international actors who prevent action the military nord are condemnations housing a test of the security. with the council well council where over language in yet another statement are we apt to save the lives of the people myanmar's u.n. ambassador who opposes the generals called for a no fly zone an arms emba

al-jazeera the un has raised the alarm over reports of grave human rights abuses by russian must race in the central african republic they're accused of numerous crimes including mass summary executions torture and the indiscriminate killing of civilians and humanitarian workers nicholas hawke reports. the unix pers describe grave human rights violations and abuse they say carried out by russian fighters the fuck out which are the central african forces and the un who they say are behind mass summary execution torture and the forced displacement of people more than 240000 people have been displaced since december's election which was won by president who had the backing of russia with the russian fighters on the ground the wagner's group which is a private russian contractor company and we were there when we met with the advisor to the president vladimir is a corrupt who told us that russia was there on the ground to ensure the president can regain control of the country and secure the security of the border now according to the un 44 percent of the country is in the hands of armed gr

in february by the rescinded un sanctions but he hasn't gone as far as lifting u.s. sanctions saying that will only happen once iran is compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal since then iran has been reducing commitments to the terms of the deal and was reported to have reached 12 times the level permitted of enriched uranium stockpile but iran now also agrees the negotiations are on the right path in was out on more of a get are now serving we find this position realistic and promising it could be the start of correcting the bad process that has taken diplomacy to a dating we welcome these comments. not known after tuesday's vienna meeting had concluded there were reports that no rain in ship was damaged by mine in the red sea state media says the bessel was supporting a rain commander sent to a school commercial ships it's hard to consider it as a coincidence maybe it is but you know the good news is that the entire world supports a return to the nuclear deal by the u.s. and iran with a couple of notable exceptions and i think the israelis the saudis and the iranian

durban conference it revived the hateful canard that was repealed by the un in 1901 as i know some was racism and a group of organizations including mr serrano nice and human rights watch decided to revive the civil canard and accuse israel of being an apartheid state and this campaign which again he actually quite clearly knowledge is a political campaign aimed at denigrating the legitimacy of israel itself as a homeland a safe haven for the jewish people has been going on since then and now the charge of apartheid is quite offensive there's been no other context outside of south africa and by calling israel an apartheid state that precisely what is the remedy and they are seeking they're seeking to eliminate that states so again it's quite clear that the goals are hateful and i would assume that the government would take they know that it's a political campaign and that this is. this is just propaganda. but it's important to take note of the the depths to which many of these organizations that although they claim they're promoting human rights are actually working against human right

the un world food program says more than 900000 people in mozambique now require food aid because of the crisis in public. al-jazeera. pakistan has lifted a nearly 2 year ban on sugar and cotton imports from india pakistan suspended ties with its neighbor in 2019 where new delhi scrapped the special status of indian administered kashmir relations though have warmed again more recently. finance minister says resumption of sugar imports will help reduce soaring prices president joe biden has announced a $2.00 trillion dollar infrastructure plan that includes upgrading roads and bridges and more funds for public transport. billions will also go towards new electric vehicle charging stations and expanding high speed broadband all this will be partially funded by raising corporate tax in opposition and congress is a certainty biden's urging against any delay the bill's affair connally gives everybody changes you can see it's going to create the strongest most resilient innovative economy in the world. it's not a plan the tinkers around the edges it's a once in a generation investment in a

following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcer. and it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training for games to mark the day of the sun as further evidence that on this most important day in north korea's calendar everything is just fine macbride al jazeera so. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. secretary of state's blenkin has made and i'm sure will visit to afghanistan he's met afghan president ashraf ghani and top afghan negotiator abdullah abdullah on them.

but domestically kim jong un has had to deliver a far more somber assessment of the multiple problems his country is facing and that his people are all too aware of more than a year of self-imposed isolation because of the pandemic has compounded the impact of international sanctions and food shortages from last year's storms that ruined crops we need our only then will i ask party members and all liberals to wage another more difficult arduous march in order to relieve the people's hardships as they follow their party as their mother. the arduous march is the euphemism for the famine in north korea suffered during the 1990 s. following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athlet

following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training for games to mark the day of the sun. that's further evidence that on this most important day in north korea's calendar everything is just fine on the bride al jazeera so we're almost at the midway point in this news august got a weather forecast his robot. once again was time for big thunderstorms on the gulf coast and there they are with these yellow flashes lightning they were big storms they produced hail and flash flooding from the amount of rain and it's not unusual we are talking about spring weather but this unusually cold up in colorado in wyoming and that cold that snow has moved across into nebraska the c

but domestically kim jong un has had to deliver a far more somber assessment of the multiple problems his country is facing and that his people are all too aware of more than a year of self-imposed isolation because of the pandemic has compounded the impact of international sanctions and food shortages from last year's storms that ruined crops. only then will i ask party members if only evils to wage another more difficult arduous march in order to relieve the people's hardships as they follow their party as their mother the arduous march is the euphemism for the famine in north korea suffered during the 1990 s. following the collapse of its ally the soviet union and failed harvests kim jong un's comparison with those grim days seems to be the clearest admission yet of the extent of his country's problems more proof of the northside salacious came with the announcement it won't be taking part in the upcoming tokyo olympics dashing the south korean hopes of trying to revive diplomacy around contacts at the games but state run media has focused attention instead on athletes training for

well the un's food agency says about 750000 people don't know where their next meal is coming from last year and one of the worst hit areas it found 3 out of 4 children were missing school mostly to help their parents forage for food it wants $75000000.00 to cover the emergency in the next few months or surely a fact is the spokeswoman for the united nations world food program and says the coronavirus has worsened madagascar's hunger crisis. the situation in madagascar in has just been declining since last year when the alarm bell rang what we call bullying season which is that window between planting and harvesting and we've started to sort of build the awareness and to to really get the world to take notice operationally even even getting cargo to madagascar is it's. it's a small island off of southern africa and at the moment the countries in the middle of a lockdown so there are very few flights as one flight in one into madagascar and it's very tough to even get humanitarian workers into the country so we need resources we need resources yesterday we need to return resources into f

from the un's world food program joining us. there's been persistent rain in some of the states the us recently in missouri for example where the big river is even bigger than normal with trees running down it and significant sun storms on the same system for used not golf ball even tennis balls but hey we're the same side damaging weather down in texas and there's a system with a big thunderstorm shown by the flashes of lightning and here it is it lies at the moment but it's not going anywhere as if anything go to sit over texas if you're in texas expect flooding expect more hail expect quite a lot of sun reactivity and there's always in the northeast has been fairly cold recently toronto went down to 8 degrees or below 0 now slowly rising that cold cold is warming as you can see and the rain event she starts to go east from texas but that takes until probably late on sunday a significant rain has fallen in parts of mexico mexico city itself there was hail and flooding rain and that's the trend so extending from texas you have