And im Richelle Carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. But rather that its not been adopted all into a negative build of a permanent member of the Security Council. Not initialize a russian veto signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. In the interest of the people of zimbabwe. Mr Robert Mugabe in my city zine. President is refusing calls to step down military leaders say its the only way to ensure a bloodless transition. Friend says lebanons Prime Minister is due there in a few days but whether hes free to travel or even still in office thats not clear also. This is about giving hard working taxpayers bigger paychecks more take home pay is giving those families who are struggling peace of mind. And the u. S. House approves the first major tax overhaul in three decades question donald trump closer to what would be his first big victory while in office. And an evening of high drama at the United Nations russia and the United States. Veto competing resolutions on syria the key resolution was the u. S. One it sought to extend an International Inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria so it means the United NationsTeam Investigating the use of deadly sarin gas in syria will be disbanded the veto sparked intense criticism of moscows position from france the United Kingdom and the u. S. Russia has issued vetoes before to prevent Council Action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism that helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep blow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future attacks assad and isis will no longer be on notice for the use of chemical weapons by russias actions today last month inquiry found the Syrian Government response will for the april chemical weapons attack in conscious at least eighty people died that day many of them children russia and syria rejected the investigations findings at the Security Council meeting moscow presented its own draft resolution it would have changed the methodology used to gather and assess evidence it was not adopted by the council. It is. The mosque the endless distortion of the chemical weapons stored in damascus these weapons were indeed withdrawn and destroyed under the o. P. C. W. s oversight these a stokley reminiscent of the situation around iraq nearly fifteen years ago a United States representatives at the time deliberately misled the International Community including the Security Council in doing so they set the stage for intervention which on least unspeakable tragedy on both iraq and the whole region our diplomatic editor james pace has been watching these developments at the United Nations he joins us now james this the issue of the use of chemical weapons in syria something that the International Community has been grappling with for some time how to deal with it specifically the u. N. The Security Council has been grappling with this all came to a head today. Absolutely this is an issue that the Security Council has been looking at for a long time remember they had a whole plan to remove chemical weapons in syria that was worked on by the u. S. And russia then when they were used again it was the u. S. And russia who created this joint investigative mechanism now that the u. S. And russia have come up with rival competing drafts both of them have failed in the Security Council the deadline to continue that joint investigative mechanism is just a few hours away midnight new york time so it looks like the body that is tasked with finding out whos carrying out the Chemical Attacks is now going to wither and die and this indicates haleigh to nikki haleys point because of that shes saying that nobody is scared anymore there is no accountability that the people that have been doing this have no reason to stop doing this and she also said james that it is still currently going on is she right that there is now nobody no one to keep it to keep the people that would carry this out in check. Well if the joint investigative mechanism ends and its supposed to end in a couple of hours theres a little bit of discussion behind the scenes about maybe whether theres a few more hours more and when do you actually interpret the deadline could they possibly do something in the next few hours and have another meeting taking place on friday here in new york certainly some Council Members would like that but it seemed there was a lot of finale t in the words of Ambassador Haley when she spoke about this what youll be left with is one other mission that was put in place before the joint Investigative Mission which is called a Fact Finding Mission of the o. P. C. W thats the body that deals with chemical weapons thats based in the hague the problem with that organization in that particular team is that they can investigate the use of chemical weapons and say what they think happened but they dont have the power to say who did it this joint investigative mechanism have the power to look at it all and point the finger and say who they thought was responsible and certainly the u. S. The u. K. France and other allies of the u. S. On the Security Council say thats why they believe russia ultimately worked to try and destroy this mechanism because the finger was being pointed and four times they had concluded that the chemical weapons attacks were done by the assad regime and thus the holy did also talk about one other option which has got nothing to do with the u. N. Security council and global diplomacy because its a very different option she again mentioned what happened in april the trouble ministration strikes on that airfield in syria to punish the use of chemical weapons and she said the Syrian Government the assad regime needed to be on notice that the u. S. Government was apparent to act again if necessary militarily ok as live press upon that emotions came spanx. Russias president Vladimir Putin will host the leaders of turkey and iran in sochi next week for talks on syria they will discuss finding a political solution to the civil war but those inside syria are skeptical about the chances of any diplomatic breakthrough some avenge of a report from gaza and turkey near the border with syria. More syrian soldiers and militia fighters from iran backed groups in syria and iraq have arrived and. Its been a week since the Syrian Government scheme that it took isis last stronghold since then isis has launched dozens of attacks and its fighters hiding in tunnels inside the city managed to take back most of the town on the syria iraq border. Assads forces have also come under attack by opposition fighters in the suburbs of the capital damascus this is one of the Largest Military barracks belonging to the Syrian Regime in eastern since january it has exchanged hands several times. But the rebel small gains are no match for the governments air superiority fighter jets have continued to target opposition areas. Raise the b. S. Collation if thats what is called the planes didnt spare any neighborhood more than sixty people injured here the hospitals are full of civilians dying because of the lack of medicine as Government Forces gain ground against rebels are nice and they renewed their calls for u. S. Soldiers to leave the statement from syrias Foreign Office came a day after u. S. Secretary of state quote walking away from syria this white in attacks comes as World Leaders agreed to reduce the number of civilian casualties but inside syria people say that another Security Council meeting with continued to fail to prevent attacks. Earlier this year the world reacted in almost unanimous condemnation to the images of suffocating children the u. N. Found the assad regime responsible for the chemical attack in qana which killed dozens of people the government denied responsibility and russia questions about the attack itself written foreign secretary accused russia for consistently choosing to cover up for the sun as the mandate for the un joint investigative mechanism expires the u. S. And russia are presenting rival bids for how to investigate future Chemical Attacks russia has so far vetoed nine resolutions on syria and more than six years into this war World Leaders are still making statements as attacks against civilians continue with impunity some of the job it out of their. Robert mugabe is refusing to stand down as president despite being confined to his home by the military delegation from south africas in the capital harare trying to reach a deal on his and the countrys future holding talks with members of the army president mugabes family and his party with a Catholic Priest acting as the mediator the military says it wants mugabe to stand down so there can be a smooth employed list transition the army chief backs the former Vice President emerson. Who was sacked last week he could then take over as interim president now amid the political and Economic UncertaintyOpposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai has returned to the capital after receiving Cancer Treatment overseas. Reports from harare one less of african delegation and the Catholic Church media and president Robert Mugabe some of his main Opposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai see it is only one way out of the political crisis in the interest of the people of zimbabwe used to Robert Mugabe in my city. Step down immediately with the National Sentiment and expectation degree of gods will for his legacy and contribution to zimbabwe. The army seize control on wednesday and can find the ninety three year old whose private residence in harare some sources there still insists he is the countrys only legitimate leader soldiers in Armored Vehicles are guarding government offices but harare is calm and quiet Civil Servants have gone back to work shops and businesses have opened official word of what exactly is happening doesnt come off and people have to lie and social media and speculation which sometimes cause panic wasnt his way to hear the news of the meeting between the army president Robert Mugabe and the South African delegation getting on with their lives but his calls for the president to step down grow louder zimbabweans are talking about a post era and they say several scenarios could play out the readings on the pier party could recall mugabe his annual conference next month that means hell no longer be leader of the party and head of state they could be a transitional unity government with all Political Parties including zanu p. F. War veterans who helped in power for nearly forty years planned to have a rally on saturday to prepare for the future but for now the military insists this was not a coup it is Robert Mugabe is still the head of state and commander in chief. Was chief advisor to Morgan Tsvangirai when he was Prime Minister it has mugabe will not step aside without first protection for his allies. Hes been one of the most deceptive villian figures you know politics is very hard to tell what hes thinking and ways going theres lots of information some of it is quite frankly speculation and doesnt really give the true picture of whats going on behind the sins i dont think that weve got to who agreed to leave zimbabwe i think you would want to stay in the country one to be able to continue with his life i also think that he would want to secure some guarantees for. The people who are working with his wife who are detained and are those who may be threatened i think that you try to secure some positions and also its also a question of protecting him so from those who are coming in as leaders he may not be comfortable with some of the figures that are being proposed he may have other people in mind and he knows that in the moment he also holds a bit of a trump card and he will try and use that because if the generals and booty to to fire him and take falls which they know its very difficult because of the illegality of it you can make continue to hold on to that the u. N. Says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diphtheria because urgently needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u. N. Agencies have pleaded with the Saudi Led Coalition to fully lift its blockade they say theres also the risk of a renewed flare up of cholera which is infected nine hundred thousand new manys in the past six months on it i was in djibouti were aid agencies are still waiting to ship urgently needed deliveries to yemen. Frustration is growing with in the Aid Community based here in djibouti they have been unable to deliver a much needed aid to yemen for more than ten days now they say the ships are ready lauded with much needed medical supplies for their color a response as well as food needed by malnourished children in yemen but they have not gotten the go ahead from the Coalition Led by so dariya to walk into the port of the day that which they say is where theyve been delivering aid ever since the human humanitarian response began so far they have been warmly able to take stuff about seventy of them working for the United Nations and other International Organizations to the port of other than now they say the coalition has allowed them to dock into the port of other alone and they say that is not logistically. Possible for them because much of the aid is supposed to be delivered to the north and part of yemen and they say they that is the ideal port for them and that landing the aid in other than will only force them to go through just to go challenges including passing through land being held by tribal militias and they say anything could happen i mean our distractor of u. N. H. C. R. Is middle east and north africa piro says the humanitarian message is very clear. Its a tragedy of time almost twenty one Million People are in need of humanitarian assistance of course there are various degrees of assistance and needs but some of them are really facing. Horrible times hunger diseases. Starvation for some of them. Mobility freedom of movement. No income no access to Health Services theyre facing a big demick so weve seen the cholera outbreak there are there in danger of the fear and other diseases if vaccines do not reach people and if they dont have access to the medical Service Adequate one we see these children are walking skeletons that shouldnt have been in our time today. Claymore head in the news hour. Changing in the middle east a senior israeli general talks about. What saudi arabia. Hearting whats being described as the death of democracy and makes a move to become a european leading man. The French Foreign minister says lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri will visit france in the coming days earlier this week lebanons president said hariri was being detained and saudi arabia senses shock resignation almost two weeks ago now. Allegations from beirut. It was a confusing picture for nearly two weeks the fate of saddam was open to question many in lebanon including the president michel and accused saudi arabia of forcing the Prime Minister to resign as well as holding him and his family hostage accusations rejected by saudi officials the french government weighed in in what some are calling a face saving deal the french president. Invited harvey and his family to visit paris his foreign minister who held talks in riyadh confirmed that the invitation was accepted the crisis began one hundred eighty announced his sudden resignation earlier this month it was seen as a saudi move against irans ally in Lebanon Hezbollah. Collective efforts must be made to restore things as they were before the resignation of <