idea and to reform the united nations. first of all the united nations is the best we have and second the process of reform is going on there is a general understanding that the composition of the security council as it stands now does not represent the realities of the twenty first century these are the realities of one thousand nine hundred five and the process is happening is happening in the general assembly is taking place also now under my presidency and i am i made it very clear that i want to see a real process a real debate bringing the parties and the position of parties closer together because there are opposing views of different countries or groups of countries. but it has been clearly identified that among the issues that need to be addressed as a part of the reform process the right of veto is one of these issues so it's a process and again. we can go as far and as fast as the members the states are willing to but in the general assembly there is no veto in general assembly everybody's equal what is your mes

makes people lose faith in the united nations no i don't think so united nations is here to set a global standard and to be a global leader and we need to help to address the global phenomenon and to help the member states to turn this or transform into their national legislation migration. well in recent years might that migration has been i'd identified with the with the people who are crossing the mediterranean and many of them groaning and losing their lives tragically and migration has many forms and of course people my good as a consequence of conflicts but also better governance and also climate change so we need one comprehensive if you want about the vast majority i think it's fair to say or not the vast majority but the majority at least this as a result or direct result of conflicts and wars and my question is true that governments are failing the most vulnerable it's not just the united nations you're talking about governments that refuse to allow people in people to feel i don't think that it's due. united nations was fairly new it's the government of course and the conflict

idea and to reform the united nations. first of all the united nations is the best we have and second the process of reform is going on there is a general understanding that the composition of the security council as it stands now does not represent the realities of the twenty first century these are the realities of one thousand nine hundred five and the process is happening is happening in the general assembly is taking place also now under my presidency and i am i made it very clear that i want to see a real process a real debate bringing the parties and the position of parties closer together because there are opposing views of different countries or groups of countries. but it has been clearly identified that among the issues that need to be addressed as a part of the reform process the right of veto is one of these issues so it's a process and again. we can go as far and as fast as the member states are willing to but in the general assembly there is no veto in general assembly everybody's equal what is your message

brian: his 1947 video of him talking about the united nations. before we run that, would you have been surprised back in those days if he had come out for the united nations? hendrik: depends on how close you were. for some of the newspaper columnists, they weren't so surprised because they saw his evolution from pearl harbor and through the war. if you had been a kid growing up in grand rapids, you would have been raised on the speeches that called for no entangling alliances and then, boom, in 1945, you have this isolationist's editor saying, no, we need a postwar treaty and our future is in collective security. brian: watch this 1947 video. [video clip] >> it took five years to take the world apart, and it would not be surprising if it took at least that long to put it together again. the remarkable thing is that the united nations has done so well so soon. brian: why was he -- i noticed all the quotes -- why was he right when he flipped to being internationalist than when he was an isolationist? hendrik: why was he right? brian: he flipped. t

to see to do clearly since it is time that the united nations is given an opportunity of negotiating to some and direct the. pentagon is now considering deploying smaller so-called tactical nukes what does that mean for the risk of a nuclear confrontation breaking out i mean is it more attempting to nuclear bomb when you know it's only a as powerful as the one used in hiroshima. well that is one way of looking at it but i think if you me again with a tactical nuclear weapon you bend it on a slippery slope and you tend to do with the whole world so i think no nukes is better than having even a small and you because it's very difficult to control the slated to flu scare nuclear war when you start with one year and that's why i think it will be very very suicidal for the human race thing age in any kind of nuclear exchange so doesn't the nuclear war immense destruction for everybody how can it actually difficult if why do it because you can't have different grades of nuclear war was a nuclear war is central then i think a total destruction of the world is what is likely to happen and we

at the initial organizing meeting of the united nations. she was actually the only woman delegate from the u.s. and she knew that none of the men were too happy to have her as a member of that delegation. she figured that they were trying to find a spot for her where she could do the least damage, as she said, because they felt that she didn't have the qualifications to be a good delegate. so they put her on a committee called committee three, which was going to work on more social kinds of programs, and that would end up being the most important committee that they had at the united nations because her proudest achievement was the universal declaration of human rights. because in the 30 articles that are in that document, it outlines all of the rights that every human being on this planet should have. in order to achieve world peace. and she always felt that that was the one thing that she accomplished that made everything she did prior to that worthwhile. we're on the second floor of mrs. roosevelt's home and we are now entering her bedro

this is in line with the charter of the united nations. the situation that iran is experiencing, iran is a particularly important country for stability in the middle east -- it could always escalate and become worse. similar situations in other countries in the region have had serious consequences recently. secondly, peru believes that to be credible, coherent and effective, the action of the security council should be based on the but unanimous consensus of the member state's based on a rigorous objective and cool-headed analysis of the fact. the security council will demonstrate this approach in dealing with the nuclear issue of iran. it's meaningful efforts that we pushing, including the a -- myng of the gcpo country considers the compliance of this agreement as a essential to preserving the nonproliferation regime. it is also reflected in the fact that it is included in the agenda as a separate item. for peru, supporting the nonproliferation regime is a top and we would like to underscore the need for the security council to maintain i

the united nations says that humanitarian aid is still vital in somalia despite announcing a decline in the risk of famine the recent rainy season is improve the situation but the east african nation is still vulnerable after years of war and drought and as for me to mineral ports from the capital mogadishu the government is now starting a long term food security plan. ameena and a family left their home in julep about three hundred kilometers away to find food and security in mogadishu a severe drought last year meant the could not grow any crops and they feared for their lives as rival clans fort but there is nobody left in my religion very young people it was too much fighting and we had to leave because there was no food at the peak of last year's drop to reveal three million people were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance the united nations says that numbers drafted but only by half a million the unitary needs are still very high and we're still seeing. levels that are amongst the highest in the world so that very much warrants a continued detention at the same time the pr

the united nations security council needs to address issues which are related to the national security and peace but the rain in recent case doesn't seem to be the subject of the issue and i was surfing the net today and i saw an interesting point was the united states president has two to two thousand nine hundred. seventy and only four of those who have been on human rights and all of those for human rights have been only on the you're wrong on and i think this indicates how selective the you are. president and the united nations the united states administration have been addressing the human rights issue and their point is that why americans are not war. protests are taking place in other countries including the western countries and cities including europeans as well which recently rekha see some of them why they were not happy when the saudis repressing and killing and the rest think shias in the east and saudi arabia why they are not worried about thousands of yemeni you know sent people and civilians being killed the bomb being set by the saudi arabia and its cold i just want to

makes people lose faith in the united nations no i don't think so united nations is here to set a global standard and to be a global leader and we need to help to address the global phenomenon and to help the member states to turn this or transform into their national legislation migration. well in recent years made that migration has been identified with the people who are crossing the mediterranean and many of them groaning and losing their lives tragically by migration has many forms and of course people my good as a consequence of conflicts but also better governance and also climate change so we need one. comprehensive if you want about the vast majority i think it's fair to say or not the vast majority but the majority at least this as a result or direct result of conflicts and wars and my question is true that governments are failing the most vulnerable it's not just the united nations you're talking about governments that refuse to allow people in people simply don't think that it's the. united nations was failing the it's the government of course and the conflicts and conflicts

during a meeting on immigration his knowledge deny denying using the excuse that the united nations says it's concerned about the number of arrests during anti-government protests in tunisia more than seven hundred seventy people have been detained in the past week demonstrators are angry at plans to raise taxes and the price of basic goods and the european union is welcoming progress made in germany to form a coalition government after months of uncertainty chance that i'm going to merkel and the social democrats martin short have agreed to move forward with formal negotiations. more now on our top story and present our times reported use of a vulgar term for african nations and haiti joining us now is a calander who is the african union spokeswoman she is via skype from addis ababa in ethiopia thank you very much for speaking to us the president now denies using derogatory language what is the afghan union's reaction when we happy that he's reacted. because if the comments indeed were true. that the communion commission it's frankly such alarming language to refer to by britons ar

brian: his 1947 video of him talking about the united nations. before we run that, would you have been surprised back in those days if he had come out for the united nations? henry: defends how close you were. i think for. so newspaper columnists, they weren't surprised because they saw his evolution from pearl harbor and through the war. we can talk about that as well. if would you have been a kid growing up in grand rapids, you would have been raised on the speeches that called for no entangling alliances, and then, boom, in 1945 you've got this isolationist senator saying, no, we need a post-war treaty and our future is in collective security. brian: watch this 1947 video. >> it took five years to take the world apart. it would not be surprising if it took at least that long to put it together again. the remarkable thing is that the united nations has done so well, so soon. brian: why was he -- i noticed all the quotes in here from the media. why was he right when he to being internationalist than when he was an isolationist? henry: why was he

nations, what the united nations will stand for so poland becomes linked to the question of the united nations and settling the, quote, polish problem becomes a critical part of the conference in a way that is to be compatible with expectations roosevelt articulated in freedom in the atlantic charter and so forth and so on, that is why he tries to frame these issues and try to get the russians to essentially support the idea of free elections. he does what he says to admiral lee, i did the best i could and we could talk more about that later. the meeting with stalin the first day, an interesting picture of churchill, and stalin, here you can see the typical conference meeting would be like, hopkins -- admiral lady is there because roosevelt asked him to take extra notes, speculates that roosevelt was worried that he might die, and someone has a solid record. roosevelt came to everyone and he was there to take notes. all right, it is a complicated is this, we will get back to it in a minute. here is the courtyard and you can see anthony here, mister molotov, soviet foreign minister, roo

ambassador to the united nations has told the security council the world will be watching how the iranian government responds to protests special session of the security council was called by washington in response to the death of more than twenty people in government rallies. the author of a controversial book on donald trump says the u.s. president has no credibility he's like a child michael walsh and fury inside the trump white house. despite the president's attempt to hold the case. north and south korea will hold face to face talks for the first time in two years on choose day officially told about next month's winter olympics in the south seoul says discussions are expected to move on to other areas of common. the french president has warned his turkish counterpart the democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting between the two leaders in paris the visit to france was reza typo to one's first since he failed two thousand and sixteen and one of only a handful to europe he was confronted by. dozens human rights protesters were attempting to block his arrival to the pala

country to prevent a much more so much for us war but the united nations never asked that the german armed forces of the united states are there that turkey is the against international law we have four out of five permanent members of the united nations security council are fighting in this war we have a total mess everyone is against everyone and i've. i think we should end this and giving back the power to the body in the united nations if you say give the power back to the united nations as you said four out of five security council members involved the u.n. has the power it appears just not to be prepared to use it yet this is a problem and it is a problem what we should address to the united states of america and to the russian federation they have their problems with each other but the result of those problems is that one single body event which can make such decisions is not able to work and our government didn't even ask united the united nations security council they just said yes to being part of a mission from which i think that this mission is against international law a

brian: his 1947 video of him talking about the united nations . before we run that, would you have been surprised back in those days if he had come out for the united nations? hendrik: depends on how close you are. for some of the newspaper columnists, they weren't so surprised because they saw his evolution from pearl harbor and through the war. if you had been a kid growing up in grand rapids, you would have been raised on the speeches that called for no entangling alliances and then, boom, in 1945, you have this isolationist's editor saying, no, we need a postwar treaty and our future is in collective security. brian: watch this 1947 video. [video clip] >> it took five years to take their world apart then it would not be surprising if it took at least that long to put it together again. the remarkable thing is that the united nations has done so well so soon. noticedhy was he -- i all the quotes -- why was he right when he flipped to being internationalist than when he was in isolationist? hendrik: why was he right? brian: he flipped. the media

the united nations report condemns iran saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their roles in the war in yemen. along the whole rahman you want to go to their own life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes african members of the united nations demand the president trump brick tracks his reported vulgar description of their countries accusing him of racism and xenophobia also the u.s. extends the iran nuclear deal but for the last time says president trump unless he gets changes to the international accord. and more protests in tunis the gates the government's austerity measures around eight hundred people have been arrested. welcome to the program a report by u.n. experts on the war in yemen shows the extent to which saudi arabia and iran have intervened in the conflict the unpublished assessment presented to the security council is sharp. critical of coalition airstrikes which of cause the majority of civilian deaths in the war the findings also bold accusation is by the u.s. that a rainy and weapons including ballistic missiles have been supplied

the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that at least half the population need humanitarian assistance at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance what's also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought. rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development and the future of somalia is that of security african union forces troops that have been in this country for ten years securing the country pushing back al shabaab fighters are expected to continue their withdrawal this year at least one thousand troops did leave somalia at the end of twenty seventeen or twenty two thousand are expected to withdraw by twenty twenty two main concerns to the united nations one security the other

the united nations report condemns iran saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their roles in the war again with devastating impact for the country's people.

african embassy to the united nations have demanded an apology from the u.s. president that follows reports offensive language and reference to several developing countries and a white house meeting on immigration reform and a new u.n. report on the war and damage the extent to what saudi arabia and iran have intervened in the conflict that bolsters accusations by the u.s. that iranian weapons have been supplied to what the rebels u.n. experts were also critical of saudi led coalition airstrikes which of course the majority of civilian deaths. leaders of the catholic church of the democratic republic of congo have vowed to continue fighting for justice following violent protests for months demonstrators have been demanding president joseph kabila step down the church has organized a. many of those rallies compared us to expire a year ago catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. catholic faithful in kinshasa hold a mass for people killed by police in reason political unrest the charge had called for protests a new year's eve after the expiry of a pol

the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that's at least half the population need humanitarian assistance at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance what's also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development and the future of somalia is that of security african union forces troops that have been in this country for ten years securing the country pushing back al shabaab fighters are expected to continue their withdrawal this year at least one thousand troops did leave somalia at the end of twenty seventeen or twenty two thousand are expected to withdraw by twenty twenty two main concerns to the united nations one security the other

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley made it plain that the u.s. president simply wasn't tweeting elder to her in her words nikki haley said there are real concerns with what is a lot of bodies doing to fight but the u.s. calls terrorism pakistan had played a double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbor the terrorist attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism in addition the state department spokesperson heather nauert told reporters on tuesday that pakistan knows what it needs to do in order to make the region safer and she said without going into too many details that it definitely means trying to crack down on these groups that are doing stabilizing the region and she said that islam abides complaints simply aren't going anywhere. pakistan has rejected the u.s. allegations its envoy to the united nations tells al-jazeera we have contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting international terrorism and ca

very distinguished group of united nations united nations security council ambassadors from all around the world. today, we will discuss our cooperation, range of security challenges including the de-nuking of korea, stabilization activities in the middle east, ending the syria conflict, and confronting terrorism. this is x of the united nations depends on the independent strength of its members and thee very strong members. some of them are new to the council. we are meeting on the global stage to renew this founding principle of sovereignty, the united states has done a lot over the past year. i appreciate all the congratulations but on economic front and the financial front, it's been incredible what's happening. it's a whole different place. it's booming. it is going to continue. we have a long way to go. and it's been doing really well so we appreciate that. we take in the world a long with us, helping the world that's why some of the countries throughout the world are doing much better is because of what we are doing. my administration is proud to work with you. we've already don

the united nations has condemned a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reports the executed there in the past two weeks the human rights office expressed concern that the use of military courts to try civilians was seriously concerned that in all of these cases due process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as military courts typically deny defendants rights accorded by civilian courts reports also indicated the prisoners who were executed may have been subjected to initial inforced disappearance and torture before being tried yes president donald trump has gone on another twitter to raid calling the author of a book detailing his first year in office a total loser it's already a hit with razors with american bookstores unable to keep fire and furious stocks on their shelves trump's slammed the work as phony and full of lies time left to propose washington d.c. . crowd swarmed this washington bookstore at midnight friday snatching up copies of fire and fury inside the trump white house preserve the cratering right here take your order of the

through the united nations relief and works agency now this means the trumpet ministration is freeing up just sixty million dollars of the one hundred twenty five million dollars it had initially promised for. now the u.s. state department says the decision is aimed at encouraging other countries to also provide aid to the palestinians this is not aimed at punishing anyone the united states government and the trumpet ministration believe that there should be more so-called burden sharing to go around. audra is providing vital services to the palestinian refugee population both in the occupied territories and in jordan in syria and in. lebanon. those services are of extreme importance not only for the well being of these populations and there is a serious humanitarian concern he but also in my opinion and they'll be that is shared by most international observers including so he's really ones it is an important factor of stability let's go live now to our diplomatic editor james phases at the u.n. headquarters in new york we were half expecting this a tweet had a letter this to the fact

brian: his 1947 video of him talking about the united nations. before we run that, would you have been surprised back in those days if he had come out for the united nations? hendrik: depends on how close you are. for some of the newspaper columnists, they weren't so surprised because they saw his evolution from pearl harbor and through the war. if you had been a kid growing up in grand rapids, you would have been raised on the speeches that called for no entangling alliances and then, boom, in 1945, you have this isolationist's editor saying, no, we need a postwar treaty and our future is in collective security. brian: watch this 1947 video. [video clip] >> it took five years to take their world apart then it would not be surprising if it took at least that long to put it together again. the remarkable thing is that the united nations has done so well so soon. brian: why was he -- i noticed all the quotes -- why was he right when he flipped to being internationalist than when he was in isolationist? hendrik: why was he right? brian: he flipped.

nations and the united nations chastised nikki haley about should be should that investigate further should and should we invest to buy investigate occupy wall street or these matters for internet when i'm aware that shooting in las vegas i'd like to know something about that maybe the u.n. can help us find out what happened. and i think would be a good idea. these protests are completely there's hasn't been a story since russia gate well i mean there are so many of them stories. actually that the press has gotten so wrong and the press was baiting the press the commentary at the foreign policy blog in the u.s. where babying as one regime change regime change freedom well i mean really iranians of course if they wanted sanctions to force the arabian people to change the regime and now they're saying that they want to help the people of iran that they completely contradictory their even know what they said in the past just i'm old enough to remember john mccain just a few years ago singing. bomb bomb iran so tell me again how much the u.s. figures in the o'collins in the u.s. governme

and all the ambassador to united nations saying the u.k. like the others are watching events very closely calling for an end to the violence and for the government to comply with its human rights obligations he did mr. president rouhani has said the people's concern is president rouhani has said the people's concerns are legitimate and he called for iran to grant special access to grant access to the un special rapporteur and then went on to talk away from the protests about the security concerns in iran and how iran has a rightful place in the modern world but that iran and regional activity is threatening international peace and security let's speak to our correspondent mike hanna who has been listening in. on what he hates the u.s. ambassador have approved of what she just heard. well she would certainly have approved of the u.k. ambassador widening out this discussion from one political protest in iran to the role the wider role that the country may or may not be playing within the region we heard there as you mentioned from the u.k. am

wants the united nations to act mike hanna has this report from the u.n. headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities that the united nations in this new year and top of the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed five president trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt or a new regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets the people have little food big inflation and no human rights the u.s. is watching. this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep

the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that's at least half the population need humanitarian assistance at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance was also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought. rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development and the future of somalia is that of security african union forces troops that have been in this country for ten years securing the country pushing back al shabaab fighters are expected to continue they were stalled this year at least one thousand troops did leave somalia at the end of twenty seventeen or twenty two thousand are expected to withdraw by twenty twenty two main concerns for the united nations one security the other

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. say rex tillerson has also been talking about iran specifically the nuclear deal he says the trumpet ministration is looking for ways to keep the u.s. in the agreement congress is working on new legislation that could bolster in full support measures. i want to see just. for this one of the other one is not made a final decision was. by the twelfth but if we just call. the show for the fun. of the first is. to say is a political party with the truman national security project in the form of a bomber administration she says any legislation is a political move to shield trump from having to deal with iran agreement a tool and the reason why donald trump hates it is because when he ran for president you know he called it quote unquote the worst steal our ever but what we've seen is that really he's not able to come up with a better deal he's certainly not able to in the case of north korea and so what they're trying to do politically is just prevent their president from having to be the

nations says the fighting has already just placed five thousand people. at the world economic forum in his prime minister just into said said he's ready to sign the resurrected trans-pacific partnership along with ten other countries he wants to diversify away from reliance on the united states. you can always get news on the go just from google play or from the apple store that will give you the access to all the latest news from the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news it also used to send us photos and video games. it's all you news for now i'll be back in the next hour with more thanks. i'm. trying to. stop. as the detroit. anticipated just. because of the future. tried. to lead. what drives an economy. to see a car. made in germany always has its finger on the pulse. of the market. leaders. made. in sixty minutes. not all the time they will not succeed in dividing us about i will not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of his dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters. made from minds. ci

from the united nations, the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and hateful comments from the president of the united states. there is no other word that we can use but racist, you cannot dismiss entire countries as shitholes. the comments were called reprehencible and racist. maybe just once maybe reprehencible and racist. maybejust once maybe in reprehencible and racist. maybe just once maybe in another pa rt maybe just once maybe in another part of the world but on this part of the continent that word is an insult. build a wall was the cry of voters who loved the donald trump hard line sta nce who loved the donald trump hard line stance during the election. we're going to build a wall, folks. don't worry. and said to be doing a victory lap, belief eking that row will re—up his votes. donald trump launched the campaign for the white house with an attack on mexican immigrants and claimed falsely that barack 0bama was not an american. his latest racial controversy will please at least some of the supporters at home but undercu

chanting down apollo the forward united nations undersecretary for disarmament affairs welcome to the show it's great to have you with us. ambassador would talk a lot about nuclear weapons and north korea that's constantly in the news pakistan about iran but right now in asia china is seeking to build a missile defense against a potential nuclear strike from india and with some border tensions between the two asian giants i mean is south than is deja going to be where the next big missile race will take place i do keep your story to be as serious as it is made out to be by some newspapers but certainly the potential well short on between. india and china is there because there are more nuclear weapon on to countries perhaps not to the same level that they have been at in the case of iraq where the theater of war has been present in international relations in the cold war era so we have really the nine nuclear weapon states five of them recognized by the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and the other full save the n.p.t. now we must also be concerned about the fact that there is sicknes

nations what the united states is going to un national security council meeting should be offensive to all members and not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all legitimate protests around the world otoh actually ignored i mean we saw not long ago. a young has seen a woman a sixteen year old was arrested for defending her whole life and palestine while mr trump and he's keen why did international law by giving jerusalem to israel and i guess that's a sin by the our lawmakers being the united nations to to by its more laws any to fit in a country's sovereignty. turkey's president has taken aim at washington over the conviction of a turkish national in the us and is reportedly now ready to back out of longstanding agreements between the two nations the united states should excuse us but the laws in our bilateral ties and the bilateral accords between us are losing their validity i'm saddened to say this but this is how it will be from now on. turkish journalist. has more on the breakdown in ties turkish

the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that at least half the population need humanitarian cisterns at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance what's also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought. rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development on the future of somalia is that of security african union forces troops that have been in this country for ten years securing the country pushing back al shabaab fighters are expected to continue they were stalled this year at least one thousand troops did leave somalia at the end of twenty seventeen or twenty two thousand are expected to withdraw by twenty twenty two main concerns to the united nations one security the other ag

other countries with nuclear weapons are ready to next step the leadership of the united nations if it makes it was a do and i think it's up to now will the second region of the new set of the general come up with a solution that we have with regard to north korea for example or some other countries we need to see because i think we have not explored the full extent of the willingness or the deal to talk on this issue so you don't feel like when it to form a separate body that would actually take care of that issue in particular there is no need to reinvent the wheel because we have sufficient number of organizations the will to do it examined it will see asians there is a confluence of design wins in geneva which is the sort of multilateral negotiations lobby and maybe a special in lloyd's where there tasks i think we have to just get on with the gender and make sure that the climate is set right for the libya to come to the negotiating table. the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has just recently said that confidence building measures are needed to help in nonproliferation and

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. saudi media are reporting that eleven princes have been detained in riyadh and are being held in a notorious prison after staging a protest follows the detention of dozens of other high profile figures last year including royal family members some of them are still being held in a five star hotel as part of what was described as an end to corruption drive the latest arrests are said to have taken place outside the royal palace the united nations is condemning a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reportedly executed in the past two weeks was seriously concerned this you know of these cases due process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as typically denied defendants rights accorded by civilian courts also indicate to prisoners who were executed may have been subject to tweet initial in fool's disappearance before being try u.s. president donald trump has gone on a twitter tirade calling the author of a book heavily criticizing his first yea

nations says it's still not safe for them to return. plus a much anticipated guest at the well they could all make forum in davos will donald trump be able to reassure the world's movers and shakers that his america first policy is good or to be good for ben. i am. i don't welcome. we begin with a scientific breakthrough in china the baby monkeys that you see here don't just look alike they are identical clones a resurgence created them using the same tilting method that produced dolly the sheep or most twenty years ago but monkeys are primates just like us humans and now

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley made the offer after returning from a trip to the afghan capital of kabul. i think one of the top priorities for the administration is to make sure that we do everything we can to combat terrorism and in afghanistan we know that has been a longtime safe haven for terrorism so yes we think peace is very important we think the taliban coming to the table is very important and we think that the entire international community needs to support this process that we can have peace . syria's main kurdish party the p y d has called on the un security council to act immediately to protect kurdish controlled areas in the north of the country that includes the enclave of friend with turkey's president ressa typo and says he will launch an offensive in the coming days to push out the kurdish group why p.j. . tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border he says the kurdish forces are terrorists it strongly criticize the us filming in funding them saying it's creating an army of terror along turkey's border kurdish fighters form the backbone of t

united nations peacekeeping troops left haiti two months ago the u.n. mission is now fully focused on improving the justice system. we met the un representative in port au prince who says the task ahead is an enormous challenge we have started to try. already to work in local. tribunals of premier installs and help them with the people who've been in prolonged pretrial detention for the longest period of time to actually appear before a judge. and it's not just what's happening in the prisons but also the conduct of security forces. a police operation last month in the grand ravine area of port au prince left at least nine people dead some inside a school the victims included a professor and an armed security guard among others human rights groups fear an increase in abuses and they need to confront impunity they need to hold people to account even high level high ranking people so that there isn't an abuse of the law by overcrowded prisons allegations of police abuse as well as massive corruption are some of the biggest challenges for the next few year

and the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a destruction. at least twenty seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in libya a blast in the eastern city of benghazi killed worshippers who were live leaving a mosque after evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security and ambulance personnel. but he's seen pakistan say d.n.a. samples of a man suspected of the rape and murder of a seven year old girl are a match and then have been sirees murder triggered mass protests over alleged police incompetence the most senior official in punjab province has accused the suspects of being a serial killer saying the twenty four year old confessed to the murder of seven other children mariana honda has more. police had rounded up more than a thousand mean a wide sweep to track down the killer of the child whose death had caused outrage in pakistan in the end the search narrowed to the neighborhood where the girl lived pu

other countries with nuclear weapons are ready to next step the leadership of the united nations if it makes it was a do and i think it's up to now will be secretary of the new set of the general to come up with a solution that we have with regard to north korea for example or some other countries we need to see because i think we have not explored the full extent of the willingness of the to talk on this issue so you don't feel like we need to form a separate body that would actually take care of that issue in particular there is no need to reinvent the wheel because we have sufficient number of organizations in the world to do it examined it will see asians there is a confluence of design wins in geneva which is the sort of multilateral negotiations body and maybe a special envoy is whether to us i think we have to just get around it is gender and make sure that the climate is set right for the libya to come to the negotiating table. the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has just recently said that confidence building measures are needed to help in nonproliferation and disarmame

in the ice of us in the united nations. and that is a challenge out there. those are not accurate quotes. >> i'm still not clear about how were going to move fresh around. >> it is interesting as i listen to questioning. there seems to be on one hand concerns about the committee that we have to thousand troops there on the concerns that we may be leaving the train to syria. i hope we can have more of a simple thought here. what i've seen is a seamless handoff from one administration to another and as a country tremendous success as it relates to dealing with caliphate. to me it's something that component of it should be something that we should cherish and celebrate and now figure out what we do going forward. a continuation of a policy that led to success. >> we need to know about the military mission is. and it's that has become less severe. recognizing that we needed an economic solution for people in syria. that is not necessarily require troop levels. >> as i understand the troops that are there are not involved in combat, set correct. >> there are stil

the united nations is among those calling his comments racist. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. sorry, but there's no other word one can use that racist. a makeover for facebook. the social network acknowledges that business posts are crowding out personal connections. you can't down to —— you can't look down to read the speech. because if you did your neck would break. and weighty reflections on the crown, queen elizabeth as you've never heard or seen her before. welcome to world news today. president trump has said he won't pull out of the deal under which iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme despite describing it as one of the worst in american history. that he's extended sanctions relief for what he calls one last time to allow europe and the us to fix what he says at the nuclear deal‘s terrible flaws. european allies of the us has warned that the agreement is vital for international security. iran foreign minister has tweeted that the deal is known by its initials is not very negoti

wants the united nations to act mike hanna has this report from the u.n. headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by president trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt or a new regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets the people have little food big inflation and no human rights the u.s. is watching. this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are d