A permanent member of the of the Security Council. Russian veto at the u. N. Signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. Hello im down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. In the interest of the people of zimbabwe. Mr Robert Mugabe in my city. President mugabe rejects calls to quit military leaders say the only way to ensure a bloodless transition of power. Amnesty international accuses all sides of war crimes in the battle for control of money in the philippines. And how a Trump Administration decision is being saluted by elephant hunters. Russia has vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u. N. Investigators found the Syrian Government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u. N. Security council on syria and one that ends the councils efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. It was a vote that sparked outrage from the u. S. Ambassador and she gave this warning that the u. S. May now work outside the u. N. Russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the United States does not accept syrias use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the International Standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the Russian Mission arent working we have tried to get a call with them and theyve been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason hes not available moments later she was able to express her displeasure in person a very Public Exchange of words with the Russian Ambassador vaseline a benzema even it seems checking his phones for her calls when the meeting started they even argued over the rules of procedure in the council. I was invoking all thirty five of the of the previous littles a procedure the Russian Ambassador withdrawing and then reintroducing his own rival resolution this two failed to pass meaning as things stand now the team is investigating the use of chemical weapons looks set to be disbanded. The use of chemical weapons is now a dangerous reality what is at stake here today is the very future of the International Chemical weapons nonproliferation regime. Theres been real division and high drama its been a sad day for syria a bad day for efforts to fight weapons of mass destruction and a day on which the u. N. Security council has really harmed its own standing as the Security Council meeting broke up some members were still trying to create a new compromise resolution to keep the chemical weapons mechanism going on a temporary basis there could be another vote on friday but it will now be very difficult to bridge the deep divisions that have been laid bare jamesburg out zero at the United Nations well as the meeting drew to a close russias ambassador to the u. N. Hit back at the u. S. Criticizing the way the u. N. Inquiry has operated moscow is a key ally of syria which says the handshake an attack was fabricated. The mosque or 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 unleashed unspeakable tragedy on both iraq and the whole region. Russias president Vladimir Putin will host the leaders of turkey and iran in sochi next week for talks on syria the trio will discuss finding a political solution to the civil war some of the reports now from gaziantep in turkey near the border with syria and a warning you may find some images disturbing. More syrian soldiers in militia fighters from iran back groups in syria and iraq. Its been a week since the Syrian Government that it took isis last stronghold since then 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 guta 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. The deescalation 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 week 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. In job it out of their. Robert mugabe is refusing to stand down as Zimbabwes President despite being confined to his home by the military a delegation from south africa is in the capital harare trying to reach a deal on his own the countrys future holding talks with members of the army president mugabes family and his party with a Catholic Priest acting as mediator the military says it wants mugabe to stand down so there can be a smooth and bloodless transition the army chief backs the former vice president. Who was such a last week he couldnt take over as president well amid the Political UncertaintyOpposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai has returned to the capital after receiving Cancer Treatment abroad reports. Said african delegation and the Catholic Church mediate between the army and president Robert Mugabe the main Opposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai it is only one way out of the political crisis in the interest of the people of zimbabwe mr Robert Mugabe must. Step down immediately with the National Sentiment and expectation to god his legacy. And contribution to. The army seize control on wednesday and confined the ninety three year old his 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 in social media and speculation which sometimes wasnt here for news of the meeting between the president. Getting on with their lifes. But his calls for the president to step down grow louder zimbabweans are talking about a post. And they say several scenarios could play out the rulings on it party could recall macabre at its 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 s war veterans who helped keep me 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. Well its my guess i was chief advisor to morgan chang when he was Prime Minister he says mugabe will not step aside without first shoring up support for his allies hes been one of the most deceptive villian figures you know politics is very hard to tell what is 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 scenes i dont think that we agreed to leave zimbabwe i think you want to stay in the country 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 others who may be threatened i think that you try to secure some positions and also its also a question of protecting himself 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 are. To to fire him and by force which they know is very difficult because of the illegality of it he may continue to hold on to that. Amnesty international is accusing multi fighters than philippine soldiers of war crimes during the five month battle for the city of matter we more than a thousand people were killed another five hundred thousand displaced the latest report details how the isolating group kidnapped and killed civilians most of whom were christians hostages were abused and reportedly used as human shields the document says that philippines marines tortured some detainees accusing them of being militants but without evidence amnesty says both sides looted large amounts of cash and jewelry all the Organization Also wants an investigation to examine if government has strikes were proportionate and complied with International Law john allen dogan has more from manilow. Well this report of Amnesty International is the very first detailed briefing on what transpired in the month long quantz leads in the southern philippines after terence lee Abbott International the team traveled there in september and spoke to at least fifty civilians these abilities books about the use be committed by both sides the mouse even the Philippine Military this comes as no surprise because even weeks into the conflict we have been getting reports poking the civilians and said that they have been abused by the moussa group and they have been targeting christians for the worse of abuses like exit fusion sexual assaults and even being actually forcing them to commit looting and pillage all across where are we city but now it comes at a very critical time at a time when martial law is still implement that all across with the now the government promised to lift that. Marshall would be there now by the end of december theres been no commitment since it is critical because martial law actually prevents people from coming forward and filing a complaint a lot of visibility had spoken to also say that they are afraid to even submit a list of their missing loved ones because they do not want to be accused of being sympathizers of the mousie group this is not the first sign of a conflict in the know has with goes into abuses allegedly committed by both sides the history of insurgency in mindanao of conflict is actually is repeated over and over again and weve spoken to analysts here who say what is critical now is for the Philippine Military to address these allegations because men in uniform are held in high regard by the public. Time for a short break here and ill just see about when we come back in a sign of how things are changing in the middle east a senior israeli general talks about sharing intelligence with saudi arabia and how the u. S. Decision to pull out of the power deal spurred other nations to more action. By the skyline of. Or off the coast of the italian riviera. Hello again the rain the thunder hand the snow are easing now in afghanistan and having seen that happen everything upwind while there is nothing to see is there no showers around the caspian nothing back towards the shores of the mediterranean so again this is the weak winter sun lifting tempers to twenty six in beirut about the same in baghdad i mean seventeen now in tehran youll notice its cooling down through iraq down towards q eight as you might expect it to do there is cloud building in the eastern med as a for a long term revolving storm just as every edge of the close of the moment were just looking at cloud nothing more than that took you know the day before it starts to rain now much the temps are coming down about thirty as a batsman dohan about the same in abu dhabi but the same stratum on rather less in yemen but still up of thirty six in mecca but beyond the temperatures dont expect to see very much in the sky to all the occasional formation of town of course that does start to thicken on saturday in the northwest of saudi whereas by contrast and to be expected been very active in Stormy Weather in south africa recently in southern mozambique but the concentration once again is gone north cast your eyes over this zimbabwes turn to get wet. The weather sponsored by. Allison when theyre on line we were in hurricane. Almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on saturday a member of the ku klux but we struck up a relationship is a dialogue tweet us with a stream and one of your pitches might make. Join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back to other top stories here on aljazeera russia has veto to us that attempt to extend them internationally into the use of chemical weapons in syria means the u. N. Team investigating the use of deadly sarin gas in syria will now be disbanded. Resisting calls to stand down the Zimbabwes President despite being confined to his home by the military a delegation from south africa is in the capital harare trying to reach a deal on his own the countrys future. Honest internationals accusing philippine Government Forces and i something fighters of violating International Law in the five month battle for marriage more than a thousand people were killed five hundred thousand displaced. Now the un says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diphtheria because of a blockade preventing urgently needed vaccines from getting into the country the heads of three u. N. Agencies have pleaded with the Saudi Led Coalition to fully lift its embargo they say theres also the risk of a renewed flare up of cholera which has infected nine hundred thousand yemenis in the past six months while djibouti is now home to more than forty thousand yemenis fled the war they started in a refugee camp but many have moved to the capital to earn a living and as a mom of the dow now reports their presence is bringing big changes to the city. Old school tom into a Training Center in the heart of. A group of men are hard at work. The older figures from yemen until recently they were living in a comp some two hundred kilometers away. They were then were just given papers and allowed to work. Up to rahman ali came here from the city of. Destroyed his house he now owns the testament. Outmost respect and dignity and. We thank the government and the leadership of that would. Allow to. Walk on living government officials. To see that if you give them the bottom. Line is that. For themselves and for their home. One of the worlds poorest countries with much a lot of sources the country has seen large Foreign Investment in recent years because of its strategic location but it still struggles with extreme poverty. There is little else we could do for them but make our brothers and sisters welcome we allow them the right to work our president is a staunch supporter of the yemeni refugee community. More yemenis that ive businesses owned and run by them are becoming more visible and. They are safe here and have a new st