Hi everyone im come out santamaria welcome to the news hour from aljazeera coming up pope francis finally uses the word reinjure asking them for forgiveness theyve gone through and for the worlds indifference also in the news an appeal for help the u. N. Asks the International Community for twenty two billion dollars to help with humanitarian crises around the world and attack at a college in pakistan is that these nine people dead all of that plus. The system will be three times more powerful than any system in the on earth. Could be the beginning of a new era in Renewable Energy the Worlds Largest lithium ion battery is on. And im far is smaller top sports story today the world cup draw is just two hours away where thirty two teams will find out who they all face in russia next year. So in just the past half hour or so pope francis finally used the word. For the first time on his asia trip while in bangladesh he met with refugees from me and them for forgiveness for all they have endured and for the indifference of the world hed avoided using the word ranger while in neighboring me and remember more than six hundred twenty thousand ranger have fled to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown in rakhine state. Religious concerns for the welfare of their neighbors streaming from an open heart flows outwards like a vast river to quench and dry the parched wastelands of hatred corruption poverty and violence that so damage human lives tear families apart and disfigured the gift of creation. So his child. In bangladesh where many of those live child you would hope that one whole trip a six day trip wouldnt hinge on one word but it was an important word and he finally said it. Well yes indeed i mean this is what the Associated Press saying they are reporting that profanities is finally said the word ranger after that trip in myanmar where it was avoided and a time when certainly according to top members of the Catholic Community in myanmar it was being avoided to prevent a potential backlash against christians in that country but socially the Associated Press saying that he did mention the word ranger during this meeting with refugees that have been sent from the camps here to meet him today during this meeting of representatives of the various faiths in bangladesh reuters were putting out some lines from the people the range of refugees that were going to be meeting him. Quite graphic stories one woman twenty seven years old who had been raped or so she says by the Myanmar Military and she said that the Myanmar Military had taught should her and other women and she was intent on telling the pope these stories and pleading for help for her and as you say the more than six hundred twenty thousand ranger that have a rived in bangladesh since this crackdown began in august so it was a real diplomatic tightrope that the pope has been treading in recent days and if in deed he has said the word ranger it just shows that just how difficult it has happened and play that the diplomatic game here more widely charlie how is bangladesh coping with the ranger crisis youve been reporting from there for a while now tell us what youve been saying. Well frankly bangladesh is struggling to cope here we mustnt forget that even before this more than half a million rived in bangladesh in the last couple of months there were already approximately four hundred thousand ranger staying here as a result of previous crackdowns by the myanmar government and estimates that its estimated that it was costing around a billion dollars a year just to house those refugees the biggest n. G. O. In this country which considered to be actually the biggest n. G. O. S in the world of bangladesh called brac weve been speaking to them theyve been struggling to cope we know that the u. N. And other aid agencies a struggling to get as much food and water and good sanitation and hygiene in these camps its perhaps telling that bangladesh sees this situation as being a crisis that its struggling to deal with but in terms of a long Term Solution does not necessarily want the ranger here in the long term it was last week that they set up this plan with me and mark to start as they say repatch treating some range of refugees starting in the next couple of months this plan has been scoffed at by the u. N. And by aid agencies here and its only a couple of days ago that the government here signed off on a potential plan of two hundred eighty Million Dollars to take a range of refugees and house them in temporary housing on a coastal island that is very susceptible to cyclers and natural disasters its an indication of just how difficult bangladesh is is finding it in dealing with this crisis chance try for that update from bangladesh on the popes visit thank you. Were going to deal with some numbers now some pretty big numbers the first one of them twenty two billion dollars that is how much money the United Nations now needs to provide humanitarian assistance because crises all over the world are now pushing more and more people than ever to the brink lets deal with some of these numbers according to the u. N. More than one hundred and thirty five hundred thirty five point seven Million People all over the world are in suffering and in need of aid no surprise that yemen is top of that list the worst humanitarian crisis in the world twenty two Million People in need there youve got a severe food shortage youve got the unprecedented cholera crisis as well which has put so many millions of yemenis at risk interestingly second on the list is nigeria fourteen and a half million nigerians particularly women needing assistance and protection because of fighting there and also over thirteen Million People in the democratic republic of congo need humanitarian help fighting has led to more internal displacement there in the sea than in any other country and of course we couldnt forget the well thirteen point one million syrians still caught in a civil war there now into its seventh year all in urgent need of help. So lets talk about this more a diplomatic editor james bays is in geneva for the ongoing syria talks and would deal with that in a moment james first of all this report. Yeah well this is it this is the appeal for twenty eighteen and as you say staggering figures and the record i can tell you are standing here in the same spot a year ago and it was a record in the year before that it was a record and this is not a good record it shows i think the the level of humanitarian need and the number of similar anias crises that the world is having to deal with as you say there are one hundred thirty six about Million People in need the u. N. Has come up with a plan but only actually for about ninety one million of those people costing twenty two point five billion dollars so already i can tell you that not all the people are going to get the help they need because the u. N. Doesnt have a plan for everyone then let me tell you this for this year twenty seventeen as i said i was here a year ago and they came up with their plan for for this year and actually when you look at the figures from the countries around the world that are asked to give the money in the donations you find that its only fifty two point five percent funded so only just over half funded its pretty sad specifics james how heavily does yemen feature in that report number one on the list twenty two Million People there in need as you say its because of that conflict that seems so shows no sign of ending its also because of the ongoing cholera epidemic and of course making things worse is the saudi blockade which means that the Food Supplies the medicine that is needed by these desperate people cant get to them this is what the uns humanitarian chief mark local cut to say. So the largest humanitarian crisis that were concerned about in the world at the moment is the crisis in yemen. And. Yemen as a population twenty five Million People twenty million of. Need assistance and. Something like seven or eight million of them are right now right on the brink of famine and as you know weve been calling for. A full im winding of the blockade which is in preventing. Humanitarian assistance and commercial food and fuel get into yemen. James as quickly you are there in geneva of course for syria talks where are you with us well it depends who you talk to if you listen to the special envoy he gave a late like News Conference here that took place on thursday and he was pretty bullish he said hes got the talks going he got the two sides within five metres of each other in two separate rooms he said that was progress and he says the talks go on until the fifteenth now listen to the Syrian Government delegation and chief negotiation about it russia will jeffrey he says that hes leaving he says hes going back to damascus for consultations he may come back he may not he said it depends on those consultations in damascus he says hes unhappy with some of the comments from the opposition delegation wholl be here u. N. Headquarters in about an hours time particularly the comment that assad must go but you would think the Syrian Government delegation perhaps wouldnt be surprised by that comment thank you for all those updates james bays in geneva just a little more on yemen now we spoke to Stephen Anderson earlier who is the country director of the World Food Program for yemen he told me its not just food yemenis need but also fuel which is in short supply. We were able to get our first cargo ship that we had chartered as World Food Program with twenty five thousand metric tons of wheat that came in a few days ago and thats sufficient to feed one point eight Million People for one month but we are trying to feed seven Million People every month so we need much more assistance to be gay and more over there equally concerned in yemen about the commercial book imports yemen is importing generally over ninety percent of its food and about seventy percent of that comes through the red sea ports of put a pencil leaf though and weve seen a couple ships arriving with commercial food. Right now in addition to the were food program shipped we have four others one in so they found three others in who data. And thats were reported but actually what were really concerned most concerned about now is the fuel situation no ships have yet been granted clearance to come in with fuel and the fuel is critical for getting the of the food to where it needs to go not only from for the humanitarian agencies but also for the people who depend on the market also for a water supply for. It to run generators and hospitals etc. Well as we mentioned nigeria second on the list of places with the most number of people in need and address sent us this report now. For displaced persons in northeastern nigeria and. Chad region the United Nations is estimating to spend two point three billion u. S. Dollars in two thousand and eighty to take care of their needs a lot of them couldnt access their farms because of continuing threats of violence from fighters in the region now if we look back at what happened in two thousand and seventeen the United Nations required two point three two point one million us dollars to help these refugees but what was eventually utilized was one thank you media which left a wide gap now the United Nations is also focusing on some of the crisis crisis maybe exacerbate or even worse in two thousand and eight and thats a reason why it requires more funding to help these people affected by crises. One percent increase was recorded on the requirements when compared to what was there for last year and now a lot of people in the east especially those displaced by the violence couldnt go back to their farms because of continued threats of violence so they will require some form of food and other assistance from the United Nations and other men of governmental organizations. On to other news government of stormed a college in pakistan killed at least nine people there it happened in the northwestern city of shelah all four attackers were also killed after two hours of fighting with the army and the police the taliban faction in pakistan says it was behind the attack here has come a high with more in islamabad. And. By that. I mean by the number of people and many more are. You. Getting it. Enraged. About the groups operating from across the border in afghanistan and who are now carrying out. Heres a look whats coming up on this. New president unveils his cabinet there are some familiar faces on the. Mountain of white spirits struggle with rubbish becomes a human rights issue and the woods makes his return to golf after attend. The details in sports. The political impasse of the negotiations to form a new governing coalition in germany could be close to ending the Miracles Party says it wants talks with the social democrats to renew their alliance and form quite stable government and the president held talks with the chancellor and the leader of the social democrats late on thursday after initially saying they wouldnt enter a Coalition Government again the social democrats now said they havent ruled out any options lets try to sort this out now they like alan jones live in berlin out of all of that. In short kemal it doesnt appear so far as you said the german chancellor met with president steinmeyer and. Schultz martin childes the head of the s. P. D. Overnight as they emerged tight lipped from those talks they didnt say what the results would be but today weve got a little bit of an indication on where each party lies after a german newspaper wrongly reported shots was ready to Enter Coalition talks he has just recently come out of it with rather Strong Language denying those reports saying that all options actually remain on the table he even pointed the finger at angola merkel c. D. U. Party seemingly accusing them of leaking false information to the press on the other hand the c. V. Use managing director came out saying that out of respect to the president and out of respect to the german people the country deserves a stable government rather than going back to the polls and so they are very much ready to Enter Coalition talks and they are extending a hand to the party to create this grand cEnter Coalition the same coalition thats governed germany for the past four years if they actually fail to go to those talks as you say germany will have to go to the polls but mutton chops is committed to taking that to his party when they made later next week. Germany is the powerhouse of europe i think most people would agree on that how is all this or could all this affect its place in europe. Well i think the french president michel must be biting his nails while he watches the goings on in germany because he is pushing for a more diable europe and certainly if we died with a grand cEnter Coalition that would mean much more stability for europe both. A very pro european it would be thing as a sign that its good for business and that its business as usual in table germany however there are other implications if they do stay at the grand coalition the far right party b. If. The alternative for deutschland germany has now the would have the most seats in parliament as an Opposition Party and so many people are fearing that if the grand coalition happens then the if the would have would be the opposition and that would pull german politics to the right. Allan live in berlin for us thank you. The date has been set for the emperor of japan to make a little bit of history akihito due to become the first japanese monarch to abdicate in two hundred years this will be a full twenty nineteen year old recently said he feared his age might make it difficult for to fulfill his duties following heart surgery and Cancer Treatment his fifty seven year old elder son the crown prince not a veto is ready to see the thoughts now of Michael Perrin whos the president of the should get sued news agency told us it was really the emperor who called the shots over the kosher. 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