in the house strike era when news coverage consists of a punchy headline a five second sound bite and an easy solution. delve deeper for his challenge the status quo exposes double standards and debate the contradiction. joining me mad the hot sun for a new season of the show the frank loves us up front. but this time i'll just see. the united nations will emerge as a stronger more effective more just and greater force for peace and harmony in the world a change of tone as president trump makes his u.n. debut and pledges to help it reform.

barbarous are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program kurdish leaders refused to back down the spider iraq's supreme court suspending their independence referendum he provided a sanctuary for children orphaned by. now zana mustafa is all note for his life changing work plus at long last mr president here is your. politics take center stage at the emmy awards with former white house press secretary sean spicer making a surprise appearance. let's thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made is they view at the united nations an organization he has slated in the past he repeated his previous criticism saying the world body

is not living up to its butt. because of bureaucracy and mismanagement however this time he promised that the u.s. u.s. would help reform the u.n. to make it stronger and more effective our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from like. diplomats will wary about this transfer strip to the united nations as president. trump has railed against the u.n. many times in the past suggesting it's inefficient and bloated at times this transactional america first president that seemed to question the entire international system that's existed since the un was set up at the end of world war two ahead of the meeting there was some unease about what this unpredictable president might say but he only seemed concerned about how the microphones worked as written with its own result. when trump finally spoke there would have been

a big sigh of relief felt across the united nations he now seems to be a fan of the organization. mr secretary general of the united states and the member states presenter support this great reform vision we pledge to be partners in your work and i am confident that if we work together and champion truly baldry forms the united nations will emerge as a stronger more effective more just and greater force for peace and harmony in the world so instead of declaring war on the un trump seems already to be declaring a victory this turnabout it seems the result of an unlikely partnership between the us ambassador nikki haley and the u.n. secretary general who like the president took up his post in january and tonio good terrorists is a canny political operator who knows how all this needs to be presented. someone

recently asked what keeps me up at night. and my answer was simple bureaucracy fragmented structures byzantine procedures and endless red tape at the beginning of the year in washington d.c. i spoke with a senior white house official who said it was the administration's intent to gut the united nations that hasn't happened so for now the u.n. may feel it's dodged the bullet but this is an issue that will be revisited and it's possible down the line that president trump may feel that the changes that have been made are not bold enough. the president will be staying in new york for most of the week he gives his long formal address to the u.n. on cheese day as well as holding meetings with all the world leaders with north korea high on the agenda space al-jazeera of the united nations. our u.n. correspondent jordan joins us live now from the headquarters in new york so i guess

donald trump certainly striking a more conciliatory tone towards the united nations is it really mean though that he's changed his tune or is he just doing to keep up appearances. well barbara one of the things that could certainly indicate that the president is changing his tune as it were would be if there were any significant change in the requests which he has sent to congress for you when funding it does include a rather sizable chunk of funding cut from the lands peacekeeping operations as well as another sizable chunk we're talking tens of millions of dollars here in funding for general you an operation so unless you see something of that sort actually put before the u.s. congress this may have been full of cars and trees in order to get the high level meetings here at the u.n. general assembly on the right foot and rosalyn that the proper speeches are due to start on tuesday but a lot of bilateral meetings are already taking place there the united nations we

know that a few hours ago president trump held a meeting with israel's prime minister do we know what came out of that. well they did show some video of the two men before their meeting in the past hour barbara and they talked about their problems with the iran nuclear deal the president once again calling it a very badly on negotiated deal netanyahu agreed with him but something else that trump talked about was the fact that he still believes. that mideast peace can be negotiated and achieved between the israelis and the palestinians to that point benjamin netanyahu said something that a lot of observers have found surprising rather than achieving first a peace deal between the israelis and the palestinians and then clearing the way for peace accords between other arab nations and the state of israel there seemed

to be a deal linking it seemed. that these two things could happen possibly at the same time. that would be significant but it is worth noting that in recent days one of the leaders of the g.c.c. countries noted that it would be fine for his citizens to visit israel even though the two countries don't have diplomatic relations and it might be a little difficult for them to get tourist visas will be interesting to see what comes out of the official statements that will be made over the next few days by all the the leaders involved in jordan at the u.n. thank you. kurdish leaders in iraq say they'll go ahead with an independence vote next week despite a ruling by iraq's supreme court suspending the referendum the court ordered that the poll be postponed until questions about its legality have been addressed the

referendum will be held on september twenty fifth in the three provinces that make up the oil rich kurdish region as well as disputed territories the government in baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed they fear it could create instability which would help isolate audible hamid as mourner from air bill the capital of the kurdish region. more pressure to postpone the referendum this time coming from the british government the u.k. defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president masoud barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order calling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches

a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be by the kurds even though after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the two thousand and five constitution well the federal supreme court is the authority that rules in case of ethnic sectarian and regional political problems in this country and the kurds were fully part of the. process of writing that constitution so they are at the moment at least publicly showing still that posture of defiance whether there are some sort of negotiations going on between erbil and baghdad at the moment is something that one could fairly be confident about. syrian activists say government troops

are close to encircling a pocket of i saw fighters in there as or after crossing the euphrates the river serves as a demarcation line between government allied forces and the u.s. backed rebels syrian government troops have been fighting ice on the west side of the river while u.s. backed rebels are battling the armed group on the east side actually how barra has this update the syrian army the. competing to take over territory that was under the control of the as seen by the americans as a key ally in the fight against. one of the russians provide significant military assistance the syrian army. and the clashes between the as the of of the syrian army this could lead to more tension between the americans and the russians so this is quite a significant development in syria. aid workers say the range of crisis at the

bangladesh me a large border is now one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes in the world they're struggling to meet the needs of more than four hundred thousand refugees who have fled violence since august twenty fifth from a shop or a do it in southeast bangladesh. reports. a month after renewed violence began in myanmar's rakhine state of rohingya are making the journey to the border with bangladesh every day they're escaping ethnic cleansing by the myanmar military. we were six people in our family now there's just three of us left they killed my father one of the girls and my husband. this man is a volunteer with the regional cycling center. he's one of. the i guess. this is a disaster it's a manmade disaster what's happening in myanmar is inhumane and we are proud that

bangladeshis are showing their humanity but the volunteers are being overwhelmed every time a food truck arrives desperate crowd russian these are some of the quotes that refugees leaving behind after being given new ones by relief workers but residents here have been getting upset about this they say that the situation is out of control. aid workers say they are struggling to scale up operations quickly enough they want more help to take care of health issues provide shelter and other basic needs i think international donors now have to step up to the plate and that is not just the traditional donors of the united states europe japan but also nontraditional donors in particular countries in the middle east and countries in the region in southeast asia particularly those on the ground say this is now a global crisis and needs a sustained global response until that happens these refugees. will have to make do

with what little concert with my star. chopper beat bangladesh. more than one hundred thousand people have protested in bangladesh capital in support of the ranger. they marched towards me and lars embassy to voice their anger at the country's crackdown on the muslim minority group but the demonstrators were stopped by police before they reached their targets. and india's government has told the supreme court that it has evidence that were injured pose a security threat to its country and have links with pakistan based fighters the home ministry wants to get clearance to the port around forty thousand ranger who have settled in india the country's top court is hearing a petition is hearing a petition filed on behalf of two huge refugees challenging a government decision to force them to leave. the civil authority come in this half

hour including why general motors has record more than two and a half a million vehicles in china and we're going to look at how houston is coping with the millions of tons of the breach that harvey left behind. hello and welcome to international weather forecast and we'll start with europe we've got this deep low pressure center up across the baltic states and really stormy weather we have had some severe storms affecting parts of southeastern europe remain in particular that seems to be easing at the moment western areas very unsettled too so we've got a low pressure dominating the whole picture down across the u.k. france iberia parish not doing too badly there were twenty seven in madrid but we've got some really severe storms like to be affecting parts of italy switzerland

austria and down through into the baltic region heading on through into wednesday storm areas still very sending down through the adriatic just about hang on to warm weather across southeast there is otherwise pretty chilly stockholm for instance eleven degrees as a maximum now as we head into north africa it's all looking fine indeed for karo temperatures a light to be on the rise over the next twenty four hours or so for central parts of africa is looking pretty lively much as we would expect at this time of year with showers across the central from public towards cameroon west africa also a circulation of low pressure could give some heavy rain there for some of the more western areas senegal and the gambia for instance bamako mali perhaps peaking out wanted to showers but for southern portions of africa weather conditions are looking dry and find it should be a pretty nice staying cape town with highs of eighteen degrees. russian filmmaker under a necklace of continues his journey across his homeland to discover what life is like under putin during his travels he meets christians and muslims patriots and

separatists i told the locals in the southeast we're on our side when i arrive i don't do something completely different someone to leave putin's russia but for others the russian passport means hope and the council happened in search of putin's russia at this time oh no jazeera. time now for reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has made his debut at the united nations where he pledged to help reform the organization to make a more effective and and mismanagement criticize meters in northern iraq or pushing

ahead with an independence referendum next week despite a ruling by iraq's prien court to suspend the vote and syrian activists say government troops are close to encircling a pocket of isis fighters in there as or after crossing the euphrates river. north korea has once again dismissed sanctions against it as a hostile act that it warned that it will simply spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan in another show of force against pyongyang separately china and russia carried out their own naval drills off the russian far east and paul two. general motors has announced it's recalling more than two and a half million vehicles in china over concerns about faulty airbags the parts which are made by the chap unease from japanese from the katha have the potential to

inflate with too much force firing strap around the driver and passengers adrian brown has the latest from beijing. rush hour in beijing a reminder that this is the world's largest auto market with almost thirty million vehicles on the road but now some of these vehicles having to be recalled because of problems with their airbags specifically the airbag deployed has now according to some reports the air bags have been exploding when they come under too much pressure and they've been linked to sixteen deaths worldwide although no deaths so far here in china but general motors is worried and on monday it announced it was recalling two and a half million vehicles manufactured here that have been fitted with these airbags models including buick and chevrolet which are very popular here in china now this followed a similar recall by volkswagen last week affecting almost five million of their

vehicles produced by their joint venture companies here in china so this is a serious setback for car manufacturers now manufacturing here in china. in nigeria a campaigner for children's education who provides a sanctuary to orphans of war is being honored by the united nations zana mustafa has won the nansen award which celebrates people who dedicate their lives to helping conflict victims as catherine saw reports he founded a school for children whose parents were killed by boko haram. children in my do green line there. and one two three. but this is not an ordinary class many of the pupils have seen what no child should some have watched their parents killed most often who fled attacks or the nigerian army pursuing the group in the north east they sent to has more than five hundred children including those whose

parents were members of all soldiers. don't just need myself wouldn't make if you don't yes i can do what their father is doing. by telling them that we don't do for you to do what you are going to do. zana mostafa founded the future progress islamic foundation ten years ago his mission is to do what is fighting against provide education and help war widows for that he's worn a u.n. humanitarian award. i think the people that could just like. that from our first lady of the united states. you know in india. the local. tradition ever so this. is the this person is an african so.

being needed to do so. but. over the years boko haram fighters have parents schools killed and kidnapped students that more than two hundred girls from a boarding school in chibok three years ago shocked many most of all was involved in negotiating the release of some of the goals. many children are no longer safe in their home villages are being used to attack markets camps for displaced people and other targets more than five thousand people leave here in more now on the outskirts of my degree the camps been attacked several times this year including by children who are used. as suicide bombers. people in this camp are worried. what may can destroy a grin is very sad we just want peace. stuff or has given children

a safe haven but says that as long as many others out there are unprotected and threatened his job is far from over catherine sawyer my degree northeastern nigeria . a new attorney general has been appointed in brazil where he'll dodge every places rodrigo jenaveve who won the last week charge the president michel temeraire with leading a criminal organization and obstruction of justice president a temporary appointed there jim self overlooking the top nominee who is considered an ally of general. the irish budget airline ryanair is preparing for more than twenty million dollars in compensation payments for a series of planned the flight cancellations ryanair is canceling between forty and fifty flights a day between now and the end of next month in an effort to improve its punctuality only seventy percent of the airlines flights are currently arriving on time leary

is blaming the problems on a shortage of pilots. romania's prime minister has visited the western city that bore the brunt of a storm that killed eight people and injured one hundred forty others over the weekend most of those who died were killed by falling trees and flying objects as winds gusts that at one hundred kilometers an hour half a million people were also left without electricity with more than two hundred towns and villages affected in western romania the luck of local government has been criticized for not giving enough warning of the extreme weather more bad weather is forecast for mania serbia and croatia. but just over a week after the caribbean was pummeled by hurrican erma devastating several islands another storm is approaching hurricane maria is currently in the eastern caribbean threatening a chain of islands including weather loop st kitts and nevis martinique and the british virgin islands it's expected to move further northwest later in the week

hurricane watches in effect for puerto rico as well as st martin and st barts which were severely damaged by irma now maria is currently on course to reach the dominican republic and haiti by thursday both countries were largely spared by the worst effects of erma. and preparations for the arrival of memory are taking place across the caribbean this is san juan the capital of puerto rico where residents are stocking up on fuel food and other essential supplies the island nation is still recovering from being hit by hurricane earl less than two weeks ago with many people still sleeping in shelters. i will get back at this into that on it has already filled up our six hundred gallon tank of gas for gold we never used it if we need it this time we've got it we're looking for panels now to cover the lost dollars that remain on protected. if there are. a problem in price or eco is that

the electricity and water go out the power system is precarious. well hurrican harvey may be long gone but it's left behind the millions of tons of bayberry getting away to what is becoming a major public health concern is now a top priority allan shuffler is in houston to see how the big cleanup operation is going. it's a beautiful day for an ugly job and the trash collectors are out in force in houston working to clear away the rotting smelly reminders of hurricane harvey regular visitors there's a new semester to clean up. only those who are doing johnny in haley say this load will be just the first to come out of their flood damaged home and they're delighted to see city crews at work be able to get their debris out here right now is a good sign it's a huge job of course trash haulers expect to move more than six point one million cubic meters of garbage or enough to fill one of the world's biggest football

stadiums one and a half times and that is just for the city of houston. residents are being urged to separate their garbage to make recycling easier setting aside electronic components like television sets for instance but most of these piles include all kinds of unsorted material and the city says that's ok too the point now is to move the trash if we can get himself or even get them pushed toward that cycling. set up we'll but right now if they're mixed in their trailers and your pizza with it we're going to pick it up use and residents just glad to see the debris that's been growing mold in the hot texas sun all the way. and the stench is going to be big relief yeah just get it out maybe smelly and then. one but as the trash is removed outside it's clear there's still plenty of misery left behind city officials say this job to take three to four months i want to offer al-jazeera houston. now on

sunday night the united states celebrated the best of the years t.v. entertainment at the emmy awards after one of the most incredible twelve months in us from the tickle history it's no surprise that political satire dominated this year's event and this kathy lopez hardy and reports the ceremony in los angeles was also notable for a most unexpected comeback oh yes. it's the best of the small screen with other big names. political satire most of it focusing on president donald trump took center stage i'm like the presidency emmys go to the winner of the popular vote. in an unexpected twist former white house press secretary sean spicer rocked himself and the president he referenced his first media conference where he defended the crowd size at trump's inauguration was right here. with us in emmys period both in person and

around the world melissa mccarthy was just meters away she won an emmy for her in person nation of spicer at last week's creative arts ceremony i'd like to begin with the president's schedule of political comedy mock the style of saturday night live this season the most watched in twenty three years and boy the media saying nice things and no one is talking about rush alec baldwin who impersonates trump on the show jokingly shared his award for best supporting actor with the president i suppose i should say at long last mr president here is your emmy. on the same team kate mckinnon. known for her resemblance to hillary clinton one supporting actress in a comedy series the thank you to hillary clinton for your grace politics is also at the heart of veep which won best comedy series but it was about more than just laughs the entertainment industry has used the political divide to address bigger

issues like race and inequality for the third year in a row this is the most diverse group of nominees in emmy history. the handmaid's tale based on a religious dictatorship taking over america was named outstanding drama series. but political satire won the night whether it's life imitating art or the other way around the tale opens with a young al-jazeera. and that's about research team who were cooked up in a mars like habitat on a remote hawaii volcano have emerged from isolation but the crew of four men and two women worked for an thousand for eight months living off mostly freeze dried food and vegetables which they grouped all of their communications with the outside world were subject to a twenty minute delay now so we use the data produced to help it find individuals who will be able to cope with the stress and isolation of

a two year mission to mars the university of hawaii is going to be giving nasa essential information about how you take individual astronauts and how you put them together in a crew but also how you support them over these long duration missions we need to send humans out because it's important for the future of the species i think is actually really important to get off if you look back at the geological record it is just full of mass extinction and you can find that much more on that story and everything else that we have been covering on our website the address on your screens right now al-jazeera dot com and of course the latest there on the u.n. general assembly which starts tuesday. now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has made his debut at the united nations in new york where he pushed for reforms that would quote focus more on people and less on bureaucracy

president trying says mismanagement in the u.n. means that hasn't reached its potential but he promised the u.s. would partner with the organization to make it stronger and more effective in recent years the united nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement while the united nations on a regular budget has increased by one hundred forty percent and its staff has more than doubled since two thousand we are not seeing the results in line with this investment but i know that under the secretary general that's changing and it's changing fast kurdish leaders in iraq say they'll go ahead with an independence vote next week the spider ruling by iraq's supreme court suspending the referendum the court ordered the poll to be postponed until questions about its legality have been addressed the referendum will be held on september twenty fifth in the three

provinces that make up the oil rich kurdish region as well as this future territories. syrian activists say government troops are close to encircling a pocket of isaw fighters in there as or after crossing the euphrates the river serves as a demarcation line between government allied forces and the u.s. backed rebels. more than one hundred thousand for testers in bangladesh's capital have demonstrated in support of a hinge of refugees they marched towards me and mars embassy in dhaka to protest against the country's crackdown on the muslim minority group but they were stopped by police north korea has once again dismissed the sanctions against it as a quote host hostile act and warned that it will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force in another show of force against pyongyang though u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea

and japan china has called on all parties to avoid threatening actions i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour coming up next it's the street thanks for watching if i. am really could be and then moving and you're in the stream live on al-jazeera and you tube from cuba to the u.s. and british virgin islands hurricane irma wreaked havoc across the caribbean turning lush landscapes into barren land and up ending the lives of thousands as hurricane maria now looms we speak with those.