fischer this when you listen to the species of the united nations human rights commission some of the member states are known to be human rights violator then you wonder someone should be disconnected from reality here is that the member states or is it the un us r.c. itself. well there's no question we share the concerns about human rights violators who become members of the the un's human rights council primarily in order to block themselves from from scrutiny we have seen on the human rights council states like and like china like egypt like saudi arabia like venezuela all of course known for systematically violating the human rights of their of their own people and at the same time for the u. mass council just started its thirty seven session and it begins with statements by foreign ministers so it's expected that they will come and try end and to sell the best vision of their country possible even if it's disconnected from reality that's even ends today and it's up to noone will have a panel discussion on the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights and

fischer this when you listen to the species of the united nations human rights commission some of the member states are known to be human rights violator then you wonder someone should be disconnected from reality here is that the member states or is it the un us r.c. itself. well there's no question we share the concerns about human rights violators who become members of the the un's human rights council primarily in order to block themselves from from scrutiny we have seen on the human rights council states like and like china like egypt like saudi arabia like venezuela all of course known for systematically violating the human rights of their of their own people and at the same time for the u. mass council just started its thirty seventh session and it begins with statements by foreign ministers so it's expected that they will come and try and and to sell the best vision of their country possible even if it's disconnected from reality that sigman ends today and it's up to noon we'll have a panel discussion on the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights a

nations does not matter to this man who once called himself the ambassador to the united nations we invite john bolton to try and refute those claims for the spanish thank you very much thank you after the break political prisoners in the european union we get the take of the un's independent experts for designs on the shadows caused by the spanish civil war and also in this week's news for a very with me an action that we'll be looking at the b.b.c. trying to indoctrinate a story trying our children how to spell i can use and also their life's been a long line of benefits scrounger propaganda against disabled table full of civil coming up about two of going underground. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back joining me now to go through some the week's news is freelance journalist and writer for the u.k.'s leading independent news site the canaries steve top all steve thanks for coming on and we thought very corbin shot a foreign secretary at chatham house to

ambassador to the united nations and kaylie speaking at the u.n. security council in new york effectively saying that the u.s. is presenting a new u.n. draft resolution on a syria ceasefire kristen salumi will tell us more about when the q. haley had to say on the draft resolution kristen. well yes a threat coming from the united states directed at the syrian regime and some strong words for russia the united states saying that clearly the resolution twenty four a one passed fifteen days ago has not been implemented she faulted russia for continuing to bomb areas of eastern ghouta for the first four days sometimes twenty times a day after that resolution was passed she said that there had been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states

fischer this when you listen to the species of the united nations human rights commission some of the member states are known to be human rights violators then you wonder someone should be disconnected from reality here is that the member states or is it the u.n. us r.c. itself. well there's no question we share the concerns about human rights violators who become members of the the un's human rights council primarily in order to block themselves from from scrutiny we have seen on the human rights council states like like china like egypt like saudi arabia like venezuela all of course known for systematically violating the human rights of their of their own people and at the same time with the humax council just started its thirty seven session and it begins with statements by foreign ministers so it's expected that they will come and try and and to sell the best vision of their country possible even if it's disconnected from reality that segment ends today and it's up to noon we'll have a panel discussion on the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights and

nations does not matter to this man who once called himself the ambassador to the united nations we invited john bolton to try and refute those claims for the spanish thank you very much thank you after the break political prisoners in the european union we get. take of the un's independent experts for designs on the shadows by the spanish civil war and also in this week's news for being with me and i will be looking at the b.b.c. trying to indoctrinate a try in our children how to spell i can use the lights in the long line of benefits scrounger propaganda against us i will be able. to have going underground . to. join me every day on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to give us a little the politics school business i'm show business i'll see you that. seems wrong oh oh just don't call. me. just to stamp out disdain comes to agitate and it. equals to trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. then what i reckon that he will go back to life. for you boys will pull you out of . it and get mouth and they would have it and i didn't do

to the united nations in ourselves. would it go further on and explained borders and i say to my friend. we are asking them to independently verify this. they can be clear to everyone. that nature of the nerve agent. in response the unexplained wealth quarter. on evidence and how we operate according to the rule of law. can i welcome the prime minister's clear statement in the condemnation of the russians in actions that she has taken. now from the government. but can i say from her too much money is being laundered. and finding its way into the british system. they could bring forward the publish register. and has been delayed by this government. so we wouldy know where the money comes from and deal with it if it's brought in by unsavory people. in relation to the issue that she has raised. and that is something that they've discussed with the business actually. we do need to ensure that we get that right when we introduce it. we do want to ensure that we have all of the tools. and they can help us in the endeavor that

but i did not think it will come to play in the united nations. it turns out, bullying is a common practice in the united nations. in the real world, israel is a strong country. with a vibrant economy in a first-class military. on the battlefield, israel does not get bullied. the iranians and syrians conduct for that. [applause] but the un is a different story. at the un and throughout the un agency, israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that do not like israel are used to being able to get away with it. just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, it just does not sit well with me. [applause] as many of you know one of the un agencies with the worst track record israel is unesco. they have the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. they recently declared one of judaism holiest sites, some of the patriarch, as a palestinian heritage site. in need of protection from israel. that was enough, 10 months into the administration the united states withdrew from unesco. [applause] there are lot

at the united nations, u.n. -- u.s. ambassador nikki haley sided with britain, blaming russia for the poisoning. : russia mustley walk rate with the investigation and come clean about its chemical weapo program. russia is a permanent member of the security council. it is interested in the united nations charter with upholding international peace and security. it must account for its actions. laura: nikki haley speaking there. wiearlier i spok the bbc's nick bryant from the united nations. very tough words from the u.n. ambassador to the united nations, tougher than her boss the white house. what has been the reaction from russia's ambassador? nick: what we heard from nikki haley was the first time a trump administration official has explicly blamed moscow for this attack. earlier in theeek, former secretary of state rex tillerson said it was likely redsia was invo donald trump said he probably agrees with the british finding but hasn't quite concluded yet that russia was to blame. nikki haley did say that, and she said

says it's in line with its agreement that it has to be the host nation of the united nations but i think there'll be a disagreement with russia all maps and i think what it will do is further poison relations here at the united nations which have deteriorated so much in recent years particularly after the annexation of crimea are just going to get worse it's going to make it much harder i think for the russian ambassador to sit down with with the american ambassador nikki haley and try and get things done on important issues like syria and yemen we are maybe not quite in the in. days reminiscent of the cold war but it's certainly getting very chilly indeed because it's such broad coordination isn't it by countries throughout the world that it's extraordinary to me if against russia in this quarter naked way. yes and i think this is really going to anger the russian authorities and in particular president putin coming as it does after his reelection the reasons given in the u.s. for the expulsion from washington and from these u.n. diplomats are different from some of the other ones that

a big diplomatic pressure in the united nations to do this. however my point here is that if we accept the apartheid analysis of this in such a state would be abandoned. it would lack the attributions of true sovereignty it cannot accept any palestinian state that is not abandoned. they would threaten the jewish national character of israel. this means that the state of palestine formed under these conditions would only secure poverty under development. and essentially sustain the conflict itself. a little bit of extra attention is worthwhile. i encourage everybody here to google that and spend 15 minutes. i went to south africa to study this material. i realized i did not understand and i found it fascinating as a comparison to the palestinian authority. the logic. the imperative apartheid wherever it would appear would be to prevent racial mixing. the whole logic and begins to fall apart if you can't discreetly had different populations. there's nothing to defend. within the territories in the south africans call them black black self govern

mission the russian mission to the united nations that means they're not accredited to the u.s. government they are actually here as part of a deal between russia and the u.n. and it brings into question then whether it's ok for the u.s. to expel these diplomats or whether it violates an agreement that the u.s. made with the united nations back in one nine hundred forty seven the secretary general certainly is not pronouncing at that on that at this stage and we're told he'll be meeting at this stage and we're told he'll be meeting with various diplomats to discuss this further one of those meetings i understand is happening right now because it's the regular monthly lunch of the u.n. security council all fifteen ambassadors around the table with the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists and that means i think likely that we're going to see nikki haley the u.s. ambassador attending and about the new ben zero of russia so very interesting we won't be able to find out what they say because it's buying closed doors but very interesting to be a fly on that wall and james we

i look forward to discussions in the united nations. the united nations must speak with a clear and unambiguous point. mr. speaker, the fact that we're expelling the largest number of officers is welcome and examine what can be done to defend against whohostile state activities. i'm pleased that the government is taking action in this area and the opportunity to meet previously, someone that has been personally massive risk and has stood up to the effects of russian state power. mr. speaker, financial sanctions are welcome and we must redouble efforts against any money laundering. it must be clear to the russian authorities that we will not tolerate activities that are under international law. and we'll continue to scrutinize them and must ensure scrutiny of any proposed legislation. our thoughts are with those in russia who have suffered from abuse of state power. there is no doubt that that is what we are seeing. and in doing so, we'll look forward to a time when we can engage in a positive way, but the only response today must be a r

nations does not matter to this man who once called himself the ambassador to the united nations we invite john bolton to try to refute those claims for the better thank you very much thank you after the break political prisoners in the european union we get the take of the un's independent expert alfred desires on the long shadows caused by the spanish civil war and also in this week's news for a very with me and afshan the we'll be looking out to be b.b.c. trying to indoctrinate a story trying our children how to spot i can use and also their life from the long line of benefits scrounger propaganda against disabled people political coming up about to of going underground. when else truths seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to say proud disdain comes to advocate and in detroit because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. it's the cradle of jazz. so america is the america we. don't know love this jazz feeling. a city of climatic catastrophes of alligators on the loose of poverty and crime already used by the at

i look forward to discussions in the united nations. the united nations must speak with a clear and unambiguous point. mr. speaker, the fact that we're expelling the largest number of officers is welcome and examine what can be done to defend against whohostile state activities. i'm pleased that the government is taking action in this area and the opportunity to meet previously, someone that has been personally massive risk and has stood up to the effects of russian state power. mr. speaker, financial sanctions are welcome and we must redouble efforts against any money laundering. it must be clear to the russian authorities that we will not tolerate activities that are under international law. and we'll continue to scrutinize them and must ensure scrutiny of any proposed legislation. our thoughts are with those in russia who have suffered from abuse of state power. there is no doubt that that is what we are seeing. and in doing so, we'll look forward to a time when we can engage in a positive way, but the only response today must be a r

nations the united nations must speak with a clear and unambiguous clear voice. mr speaker the fact that we are expelling the largest number of undeclared intelligence officers in over thirty years is welcome under the desire to examine what can be done from a ledge of perspective to defend against hostile state activity here as someone who has previously supported the so-called measures i am pleased that the government is signaling action on the syrian and let me commend the actions of bill botha who have had the opportunity to meet previously someone has been personally but massive risk and has stood up to the effects of russian state power here this is because financial sanctions are welcome and we must redouble our efforts against any money laundering by the was responsible it must be clear to the russian authorities that we will not tolerate activities that infringe international law here whilst we support the p.m.'s actions we will continue to scrutinize them carefully and we must ensure proper scrutiny of any new proposed legislation to hear our sots or wi

united nations describing the situation as catastrophic. a u.s. resident is suing facebook and the u.k. cambridge analytic of obtaining data without their permission in what could be the first of many lawsuits this comes as pressure continues to grow on facebook over revelations that personal data from the social media site was misused by the u.k. analytics company c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is believed to be ready to make a statement within the next twenty four hours marianna takes a look now at what we know so far about cambridge analytical operations. cambridge analytic care executive say publicly at least that they helped politicians win elections what the companies accused of secretly and improperly manipulation votes is the famous perhaps best known for its work in the u.s. on donald trump's presidential campaign two years ago it began operating there in two thousand and thirteen when it was formed from its parent company is c.l. and with the involvement of conservative steve benen but its operations extend well beyond america cambridge a

states was a founding member of the united nations and it is still an indispensable part of united nations and it is inconceivable that the united nations would exist without the united states taking part in it. this creates a problem because this is always the exception. almost every resolution that comes up is being weighed in the balance and nuclear nonproliferation, we saw with grants presentation earlier, the united states is significant for nonproliferation treaty that says nothing apart from what is now the five permanent members and have nuclear weapons and then it condones nuclear weapons in israel. because it does that every other country in the world and eckstein says hey, if them, why not us? you continually create exceptions to your own roles that other people walk into and settlements in particular the us has never improve them but they changed the language so often over the years that as far as the us is concerned jerusalem is international territory in the state department and i believe just showing this about law i read earlier this year that the state department is still

and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone with speak to our panel in a moment but first here's kristensen of the maze report from the u.n. . cities bleeding inside and dogs two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council learned their words were having little effect for civilians on the ground in syria in eastern loan according to the u.n. more than one thousand have died in recent weeks amid continued shelling the united states said it was prepared to offer a second resolution calling for an immediate end to all military action in eastern guta and damascus city the massacre nikki haley backed her words with a threat we support the united nations political process that seeks to end the war in syria. but we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and end human suffering most especially the outlaw s

belonging to united states is the institution for a whole nations of the world secondly yes this is one road no the u.p.a. are mechanism of united nations security council human rights is rather acceptable method of monitoring every country with a selective method. using double standard to every country should be. unsellable to the situation humorous in zone country you know either this britain and europe are boiling in racism and in violence there is record own citizens they don't own citizens are very dire and miserable the lives of the crimes they are committing those are yes then or mechanism right now and could be present mechanism we should join hand to hand to stop this corrupt notion of human drives which is pursued by you know this that europe's and the strive for free human rights there is one issue of human rights that is particular close to my heart and this is the issue of veils that has long been of symbolic significance both to iran's religious leaders and their harshest critics in the west and in this debate. where men who have to wear this cards usually have a much less

nations and the united states that allows the u.s. to be the host of the united nations the u.n. itself is making no comment on that the u.s. ambassador nikki haley also spoke a short time ago she told us that when we see espionage tactics taking place right here at the heart of the u.n. we can't have that and she then went in to exactly the same luck that the russian ambassador was attending they will now sit around the table and are right now sitting around the table at a regular lunch of the fifteen ambassadors of the united nations and the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists we've already seen paralysis on so many international problems and conflicts why how does this impact international diplomacy. well there's bound to be another phase i think the russians will strike back circle be a further tit for tat as they call it and in the end i think that's just going to make it more difficult for the international community to get around the table and talk about important issues like the war in syria like the war in yemen we

this is you don't need to use live from berlin apocalyptic the united nations raises the alarm about syria warning of all out destruction in eastern huta and beyond next month or the month after it will be somewhere else where people face an apocalypse i'm a porker moves in terms of them executed by individuals within the government but with the united nations powerless in the face of an unrelenting onslaught on civilians is there anything the security council can do when it meets in the hours ahead also coming up a german judge convicts far right extremist on terrorism charges for their bombing campaign against refugee homes and political opponents or get the latest on the verdict and british authorities say they now know more about the substance that hospitalized an expiry and his daughter last weekend while that says the mystery threatens to ignite a full blown diplomatic route between russia and the u.k. . thanks for your company everyone and we begin with a grim assessment from the united nations which used to its annual human rights report to warn of a potential apocalypse. in

they like the united nations. they made an exception because of all the stuff about israel and zion system racism. they didn't think it through. but eroded the support. and this helped erode the support for the united nations inside the u.s. you got the, so the people who would automatically have been natural supporters of the u.n. were always ambivalent bit. you have jewish senators from new york looking over their shoulders who will pass resolutions condemning the u.n., cutting the funds. that is one of the points that the lobby has been doing in washington is to try to trim the u.n.'s size by threatening to withhold fund or actually withholding funds or pulling out of organizations as we've seen recently. the effect isn't just financial. it is a continue all sort of attrition of the morale and standing in the u.n. we have seen secretary-generals now who realize that to get on with the u.s. you have to pander to the israel lobby. and all secretary generals have done this pragmatic extent in prolific way. ban ki-

but i did not think it would come to play in the united nations. it turns out, bullying is a common practice in the united nations. [laughter] ambassador haley: in the real world, israel is a strong country with a vibrant economy and a first-class military. on the battlefield, israel does not get bullied. the iranians and syrians can vouch for that. [applause] ambassador haley: but the u.n. is a different story. at the u.n., israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that don't like israel are used to being able to get away with it. well, just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, that just doesn't sit well with me. [applause] ambassador haley: one of the u.n. agencies with the worst track record of israel bias is unesco. among many other ridiculous things, unesco has the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. unesco recently declared one of judaism's holiest sites, the tomb of the patriarch, a palestinian heritage site in need of protection from israel. that was enough. 10 months into this

president donald trump has ordered sixty to leave including twelve attached to the united nations he's also closing the russian consulate in seattle forty nine are being expelled by other countries most of them in europe ukraine which is embroiled in its own conflict with moscow's expanding thirteen russians were all the countries so the people are expecting are actually spies russia says it will respond in kind she had tons of reports motion. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond

she's right to use the mechanism of the united nation to make clear to everyone what has happened. we bear by the in syria, russia has directly or indirectly authorize east of chemical weapons. i may also thank her for the amendment which we been working for for some time. i hope she will give consideration for implementing as it's being implemented in america and canada. >> i think to my friend when it picks up a point from the previous question. it's not just one-act it's a passion of actions there undertaking a variety of ways on their activities. we also see them interfering with elections, these are all the actions that they're getting involved in. in response will bring forward amendments for consideration to ensure that we have got the strongest possible way to deal with these issues. >> we welcome the action that has been taken by the prime minister today. since in contrast with the appeasement we have heard them to the people of the united kingdom agree that the prime minister that it subsumed in the role of law. however she said she spoke into our allies over the last few

how else can we expect to combat bias, one-sided and hateful acts of the united nations that not only unfairly target israel but seek to delegitimize the jewish people to their ancestral homeland? it's disgraceful to see organizations and missions of the united nations fail to take actions on war crimes in syria and the gross human rights violations of the iranian regime or the venezuelan regime or the cuban regime but always find time to condemn and target and isolate israel. of course these insid with us efforts to isolate israel from the global community extend far beyond the united nations. now, i dream of the day when we will not have to fight these fights. i pray for the day when we will not have to fight sanction policies by governments and businesses or at the united nations or here at home on college campuses. >> the aipac conference, including this morning's remarks by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the conference will air later on the c-span networks.

at the united nations. let's move on to other news now in south korea as president has japan has not resolved the issue of so-called comfort woman. who was speaking at an event to mark in one thousand nine years since korea rose up against japanese several thousands of korean women before stand to sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two japan says to apologize to and offer to compensate victims well let's get more on the small correspondent rob upright is joining us live from seoul for what has been the reaction to the statement by the south korean president in japan rob. this comments from jay and come on a day that is full of symbolism they were bound to cause annoyance in japan this is the commemoration of an uprising in the last century by koreans against japanese rule and indeed the event took place at a former prison that was used by the japanese colonial rulers to imprison political prisoners and korean freedom fighters and muna referred to the suffering of the korean people in part

well we know that the united nations that agreed well with the russians and with the groups in part of the enclave that they would be able to get some injured people out we're told that about one hundred people have left over the last few hours but the united nations estimates are somewhere in the region of a thousand people who need or didn't need medical treatment and about seventy of them are so argent medical treatment so there's no idea at this stage just how many of that hundred that is in the first batch to leave require the argent medical treatment and obviously the united nations will be hoping that this is just the start of a process which will be ongoing over the coming hours and days no number of people have managed to escape the fighting under their own steam and some of them are in eastern guta along the suburbs of the south and part of damascus and they've been telling people exactly what they've experienced during the onslaught in ghouta over the last few days and we all love though. we were about two hundred people living in a cellar without light or electricity and ve

in new york, the united states immediately requests an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the council's appeal, the united states announces that forces are being ordered to assist south korea and by a vote of 7-1, the security council votes to supply republic of korea with whatever armed might is needed to turn back the attack. first to aid are american forces from japan, 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision, the free world takes its first unified action in halting the tide of communist armed aggression. >> two days following the initial attack, communist troops are on the out skirts of seoul. by every available means, carrying whatever possessions they can salvage the civilians travel every road and path. thus begins the week's long march of women and old men and children as they are forced south behind the retreating south korean and small american voices. then safety lies only in caves or behind the alied defense line drawn below the river. the communist armies are caught off guar

and i mean not just image the united nations for example blames air strikes by the saudi led coalition for the majority of civilian deaths in yemen a war that's going on for a long time do you think i mean is it speculation is there any hope the president trying to put any kind of pressure on saudi arabia to wrap up the war in yemen one way or another we haven't seen any of that it's certainly not visible to us the only thing that we've seen was several months ago defense minister mattis did say that we need to conclude this conflict in yemen through diplomacy and some sort of a peace process but sending arms to saudi arabia unconditionally and not even mentioning the war and yemen in this press conference or in this whatever we call it i think that's a scandal to the united states because even the most hypocritical of the american administrations have always attach some sort of legal framework to selling arms to saudi arabia and other countries that's all remember that under the obama administration the united sates the united states sold saudi arabia one hundred and fifteen delia dol

the united states request an emergency meeting of the united nation security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the appeal, air and sea forces are being ordered to assist south korea. then by a vote of 7 to 1, the security council votes to supply with whatever our might is needed to turn back the attack. first to aid our american forces from japan, 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision the free world takes its first unified action in halting the tide of communist armed aggression. two days following the initial attack, communist troops are in the out skirts of seoul by every available means they pleased the beleaguered capital. the civilians travel every road and path thus begins the week's long march of women. old men and children as they are forced south behind the retre retreating south korean forces. the communist armies are caught off guard when the united states launches an offensive of its own. the counter offensive works like a vice. a second maneuver is used south of seoul. seoul is not to be taken without

at t united nations, u.n. -- u.s. ambassador nikki haley sided withritain, blaming russia for the poisoning. : russia mustley walk rate with the investigation an chemical weapons program. russia is a permanent member of the curity council. it is interested in the united nations charter within upholding rnational peace and security. it must account for itactions. laur nikki haley speaking there. earlier i spoke with the bbc's nick bryant from the united nations. very tough words from the u.n. ambassad to the united nations, tougher than her boss in the white house. what has been the reaction from russia's ambassador? nick: what we heard from nikki haley wathe first time a trump administration official has explicitly blamed moscow for this attack. earlier in the week, former secretary of state rex tillerson said it was likely russia was involved. na trump said he probably agrees with the british finding but hasn't quite concluded yet that russia was to blame. nikki haley did say that, and she said that russia's crime s

because young in the turkey syria border meanwhile the united nations has really satellite images of areas of eastern geisha showing the extent of the destruction i now feel goes from the un operational satellite applications program based in geneva he told me earlier that g m a is the worst. well these images shows us that there has been increase and. the garment in using ghouta and in particular in doom of that to be animal is based on a satellite image taken this morning compared to an image taken on the twenty third oath temporary so what we observe in the imagery is continued. to continue shelling and continued damage to infrastructure in doing this city case in duma it can be sometimes it's going to distinguish between residential areas and businesses etc but we do observe damage to a large number of different types of buildings including what seems to be residential areas so it's quite widespread damage that you observe including you know damage to infrastructure. roads to areas that cetera we see certain areas where there's severe damage we could go areas where there is no da

in new york, the united states immediately requests an emergency meeting of the united national security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the council's appeal, the united states announces that air and sea forces have been ordered to help korea. by a vote of 71 they vote to supply the republic of korea with whatever is needed to turn back the attack. ♪ >> first to aid our american forces from japan. 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision, the free world takes its first unified action in halting the communist armed aggression. two days following the initial attack, communist troops are in the outskirts of seoul. by any available means, they flee the capital. carrying whatever they can salvage. the civilians travel every road. thus begins the weeklong march of women, old men and children, as they are forced out of the retreating korean and small american forces. for them, safety lies only in cave or behind the defense line drawn below this river. mistaking retreat and consolidation for retreat, they are caught offguard when the unite

in the united nations with the aim of stopping civilian suffering. schoolchildren in nigeria's northeastern borno state are being kept at home due to fears of more mass kidnappings by book around as follows a series of attacks by the armed group and the kidnapping of one hundred ten girls from neighboring state last month donald trump says he's open to testifying before special counsel robert miller who's investigating russian interference in the election u.s. president spoke just hours after his key person a lawyer announced he was resigning john dowd reportedly clash with trump over his handling of his investigation and just in the last few minutes donald trump has tweeted that he has appointed john bolton as his new national security advisor bolton replaces a charm that masta much more on that story at the top of the next hour from. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new carrots on imports of steel and alum in your bra by gene will be off today to try to about ten times faster than forty we'll bring you the stories that are shaping

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nations headquarters in new york . the united kingdom laid out its case for blaming the russians and got full throated support from its strongest allies on the council including the united states france and sweden other council members were reluctant to point the fingers at russia but expressed their concern over the gravity of the situation the united states for its part made a very clear plan to stand by its ally while russia continued to deny the charges the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent the last of it it could be done use a thorough interested in finding the truth lost they guided by something else the using propaganda war to influence the public which is very easy to influence and not well educated the u.k. has asked the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to validate the findings of their investigation the russi

at the united nations a panel of experts oversees the regime of sank. it was imposed on north korea. they're familiar with the long reach of the cameras. caught so he's a photo coward is one of those monitors he tells us how the trade embargo is undermined. i only see loop holes my question was rather where i closed the holes. which was so few compared to the number of loopholes loopholes exist in only china but also all washer. taiwan south east asia they have also all parties in europe one example of arms control busting launchers for north korean ballistic missiles are based on trucks manufactured in china key. portion was imported from china in two thousand and eleven and that's a side of the only transfer all six meet girls have been confirmed by the united nations they had a career. in the the scientific set if occasions which show that weaknesses in the fleet only fall for three if. off road trucks for use in the logging industry are not covered by sanctions so was this a willfully misleading declaration they were used in china for military purpo

for united nations peacekeepers were killed in mali when their vehicle hit a landmine for all the troops were seriously injured in the explosion in the mop the region the un vehicles being blown up on a road linking the tons. and boney six million soldiers were killed in a similar incident on tuesday lebanon's prime minister saad hariri is back in saudi arabia three months after he suddenly resigned to joining a trip to riyadh had really met king solomon and is expected to hold talks with crime prince muhammad bin. one of christianity's holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened three days after its leaders closed it in protest against israeli tax measures the church of the holy sceptical is believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ is reopened after the local mayor suspended a plan to make churches pay substantial back taxes on their assets some of amsterdam's iconic canals have frozen over as cold temperatures grip much of europe the city's banned boats on the canals so people can skate on the frozen waterways snow and freezing conditions for my s

united nations security council to vote for their fall and the respect for the final act of posting. had of a year rule of law mission and cost of the markham simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for years but without much success in establishing the rule of law but carrefour and party really do that in any country no. foreign entity couldn't do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem is sort of the government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's to be truly so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but the parliament of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s and other board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you that it strikes me like caso is being tre

we believe in the united nations and the security council. we believe in the international rules-based system. we want this counsel to work together to resolve conflict together. of course we will work with russia to achieve those ends here on this counsel. i set out in detail how the conventional chemical weapons work. councilmembers have heard from my russian colleagues and i won't go into great detail again. i will simply say under article ix we have asked russia for an explanation. russia's response was to say they consider request to be null and void. we have also asked d.o.t. cw to support us with an independent verification. the russian council talks about samples but again this is a misunderstanding of the convention. there are no provisions in the convention which required the uk to share -- collected in a grammatical investigation. the convention does provide copies of samples taken for the purposes of inspection. there is not an inspected state party in the council. we are asked why we are so keen to ask for a quick answer. that co

they like the united nations. a made an exception does all this stuff about israel and zionism is racism.they didn't think it through but it eroded the support. and this helps erode the support for the united nations inside the us. >> you've got the people who were automatically have been natural supporters of the un were always ambivalent about it. you have senators from new york looking over their shoulders who will pass resolutions condemning the un. and that's one of the points that the lobby hasbeen doing in washington . to try to trim the un size by threatening to withhold funds or actually withholding funds or pullingout of organizations . and the effect of this isn't just financial. it is a continual sort of attrition. of the more out and standing in the un. we've seen the attorney general's now realize that they can't go on with the us and you have to pander to israel. >> and all secondary generals have done this to some extent and their magmatic political leg. kofi annan was the most accommodating up til

according to the united nations, more than 15,000 yemenis have been killed or injured since the war began in march of 2015. the humidity and situation there has been described as the worst in the world with more than two-thirds of yemen, approximate 29 million people, facing severe food shortages. an outbreak of cholera has already affected at least 1 million people, marking the worst such outbreak in decades. continued instability also benefits are adversaries. while we have sought to maintain pressure on al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or aqap, and i says, the lack of a functioning government or state security apparatus, it inhibits her ability to go after these groups. additionally it is clear that iran has taken event of the current situation to spread its malign influence and provide legal support to the houthis, thereby further undermining regional stability. and security. unfortunately, we've yet you or any from the administration as to how they would propose, use use diplomaticp leadership to help bring aboutem an end to the conflict in yemen. we still do not have an ambassador

and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take its action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone with speak to our panel in a moment but first here's question some of them is reports from the u.n. . cities bleeding inside and dogs two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council learned their words were having little effect for civilians on the ground in syria in eastern loan according to the u.n. more than one thousand have died in recent weeks amid continued shelling the united states said it was prepared to offer a second resolution calling for an immediate end to all military action in eastern guta and damascus city yasser nikki haley backed her words with a threat we support the united nations political process that seeks to end the war in syria. but we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and end human suffering most especially the outlaw

i did not think it would come to play in the united nations. it turns out, bullying is a common practice in the united nations. [laughter] ambassador haley: in the real world, israel is a strong country with a vibrant economy and a first-class military. on the battlefield,. israel does not get bullied. the irradiance and syrians can vouch for that. [applause] but the u.n.ley: is a different story. at the u.n., israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that don't like israel are used to being able to get away with it. just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, that does not sit well with me. [applause] ambassador haley: one of the u.n. agencies with the worst track record of israel bias is unesco. among many other ridiculous things, unesco has the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. one ofrecently declared judaism's holiest sites, the tomb of the patriarch, a palestinian heritage site in need of protection from israel. that was enough. 10 months into this administration, the united s

we believe in the united nations and its security council. we believe in the international rules based system. we want this council to work together to uphold international peace and security and resolve conflict together. of course we will work with russia to achieve those aims here in this council. i set out in detail on how the -- how the convention on chemical weapons works in article 9. you have heard from the russian colleague. i won't go into it in great detail again. i will simply say under article 9 we asked russia for an explanation. russia's response was to say they considered our request to be null and void. we have also asked the opcw to support us with an independent verification of our analysis. the russian colleague talked about samples but again, this is a misunderstanding of the convention. there are no provisions in the convention which require the uk to share samples collected as part of the criminal investigation. the chemical weapons convention does provide inspected state parties with a right to have duplicate copies of

kosovo will be a member of the eu and nato, and the united nations. we have to end there, but ramush haradinaj, thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. as far as meteorologists are concerned, the first of march is the first day of spring. but what we have to contend with through the day ahead is a continuation of this spell of severe disruptive wintry weather. still that met office red warning, still in force through central portions of scotland and western glasgow. a larger area of northern eastern scotland, covered by an amberwarning. in all these areas, snow showers will continue to feed in relentlessly as we head to the early hours. some showers further west and south as well, and here the winds will be picking up, so we will feel this feel bitingly cold up there. but of most concern is the weather across northeastern scotland into northeast england, 10—20 cm of snow there here, perhaps even a little more than that. that will continue to cause some significant issues. as we look further afield and run the weather throu

we are taking this matter to the united nations. my right honorable friend the foreign secretary has spoken to the u.n. secretary-general about this issue. it will be part of an open discussion that is taking place tomorrow. that is the start of the process of looking at this issue. as indicated in response to my right honorable and learned friend the member from rush cliff this is not just about the incident that is take taking pn the united kingdom. it is about the use of chemical weapons. this illegal use of chemical weapons that is u taking place d the role of the russian state in the development of chemical weapons contrary to international law. >> mr. speaker, no reasonable person can possibly doubt that the russian government has behaved with arrogance, with inhumanity and with contempt, not least inn failing to respond to the prime ministers deadline, which it surely would have done if they thatf know it was innocent of this charge. in welcoming the prime ministers expulsion of 23 diplomats are really intelligence agencies,