hasan rouhani who gave a press conference in new york just before departing to return to teheran the 1st question right out of the gate was about whether or not iran had any proof to say that it was not involved in any way in those attacks around the president of course turned that around and said that it is the accused party that those parties that are making allegations against iran must provide the proof that iran was behind it they are the ones that must provide evidence to go along with the accusation not the other way around now iran has denied any involvement in those attacks of course it has also said that yemen's hooty fighters carried out those attacks as self-defense as a form of retaliation for a saudi led war that has been ongoing against the yemeni people for many years and that is something the iranians say is the right of the yemenis to do so that are its how you tory attack was very right now in terms of the conversations that president hassan rouhani said that he had during his time at the united nations he said that he asked world leaders that were also accusing around outright of whether

or not they had any evidence what was there evidence to suggest that iran was in any way shape or form involved in those attacks on saudi aramco oil facilities he said world leaders told him that they had no evidence of that kind they simply did not think that yemen's hooty fighters were capable of carrying out an attack of such magnitude and of such sophistication iran's president said his response to that was that the information about the ground reality in the middle east in that region that the world leaders had was simply outdated. and our correspondent roslyn jordan joins us now from the united nations so do you think we're hearing a shift in rhetoric from the iranians here and if so why. well i'm not sure that there is a real shift and rhetoric certainly what you saw on thursday the u.s. state department issuing yet another round of sanctions this time. against several

brainy and high level government officials and their families essentially banning them from obtaining visas to come to the us for non un related reasons and so that certainly can't be sitting well with the fishelson terror on in fact mr rouhani told reporters earlier on thursday that this all of the u.s. actions under its so-called maximum pressure campaign are basically designed for political consumption here in the united states to establish that the trumpet ministration is being very tough on an enemy of the united states and would somehow lead to more political support for the us president donald trump certainly what you are also seeing from u.s. officials is ongoing work house which runs on their side about returning to any negotiations with the iranians about their nuclear program the u.s. has said that in light of the september 14th attack on the oil processing facility

in eastern saudi arabia that as far as washington is concerned the iranians are not interested in being a stand stand up member of the international community and so the sanctions are going to continue the lisa bans are going to continue and certainly the pressure on other countries to stop doing business with iran will continue wasn't jordan and with that update from the united nations thank you. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has threatened to tenant all signed agreements with israel if it acts as a key part of the west bank now it comes after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced plans for more illegal settlements in the occupied west bank speaking at the un general assembly about the international community to help end what he called the israeli aggression and palestine. a week before the israeli elections prime minister netanyahu came out to our

announced that should he prevail in the elections he would annex and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas palestinian territory we reject this plan entirely all responses if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated. well there's plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including britain's prime minister has suffered and another political blow as he tries to push ahead with bricks it. want to france's most famous politicians former president jacques chirac has died at the age of 86 we take a look at his life. and the cream of wells are less 6 is in doha sarah has the support from international stadium.

now donald trump is also proposing to cut the number of refugees accepted by the united states to its lowest level ever if the proposal is adopted the number of refugees allowed in over the next 12 months will be limited 218000 that's down from 30000 let's take a closer look at just how this refugee limit proposal would work now officials say 5000 people fleeing religious persecution would be resettled there would also be a large number from iraq and central america with space for people to apply from other countries the new limits would apply from choose day which is the beginning of the new financial year well for more on this let's go live now to patty culhane who's in washington d.c. patty there's been some confusion as to just what this means whether this policy would come into immediate effect on tuesday where the states might have their own jurisdiction here could be seen a challenge to this and is that likely. well i think you know you will see

a challenge to this but the president has broad authority under the law that was crafted in 1980 to set these limits so he's supposed to do it in consultation with congress now some of the members of congress say they haven't been consulted and there has been bills in the democratically controlled house of representatives to override the president but it's highly unlikely that would get through the republican controlled senate so in throughout the history of this refugee program the president does have pretty broad latitude to set these numbers when barack obama left office it was 110000 refugees just to give you a sense of just how far they've fallen to $18000.00 now that would be the lowest of the trump presidency but let's not forget this is a president who has made immigration his key focus it's the issue that riles his base up and he knows that said in the message that he is going to dramatically curtailed refugee status in this country like we've never seen in the past because normally it's open across the globe he is saying now only iraqis who help the u.s.

about 1500 central american migrants and 5000 people face religious persecution so this is unheard of i'm sure we will see civil liberties groups try to take the president to court based on the law he has broad authority to do just this passing of the timing of this strategic when rather a lot of media attention when it comes to trump is focused. well you might think that but it probably has a little bit more to do with the fiscal year which starts october 1st and so you had to make this announcement before the fiscal year begins but it is political very much political in nature this is the president sending a message to his base that since he's come into office the constant theme of this administration has been cracking down on people trying to come to this country whether through legal means illegal means. to pay people coming across the southern border as breaking the law even though asking for amnesty is completely legal that

is a. sort of a detail that seems lost on his supporters they want to know that he's doing what he said which is build the wall of course he said mexico would pay for it and that's not happening but he has been it's reported that he knows that if he doesn't get that wall built he's in trouble with his base so this is just yet another step of him sending a message to his base that he is in fact cracking down on immigration has he called an across the story for us from washington d.c. thank you patty. a u.s. democratic senator has now also accused the trumpet ministration of supporting egyptian president. regime christmas he has also called on the government in cairo to allow demonstrations to take place egyptian rights groups now say that security forces have arrested nearly 2000 people since anti-government protests began last week and more protests are planned for friday. president trump has been you know an absolute disaster for global democracy causes he is empowered autocrats all over

the world at the top of that list is president also you see the congress is going to be watching what happens is these protests unfold tomorrow we have seen what sisi has done over the past week or so locking up hundreds of dissidents disappearing many we're going to be watching we expect these protests have be able to be held and we are going to hold the egyptians to account if they once again of respond with force and indiscriminate attention. to the syrian government did use chlorine as a chemical weapon in its battle that's the finding of a u.s. investigation secretary of state mike pompei or has condemned damascus thing the trumpet ministration has been working on preventing such attacks against civilians but regime has been accused of several chemical weapons attacks against the syrian people during the country's long civil war. president trump has been pretty vigorous in protecting the world from the use of chemical weapons previous

administrations haven't been prepared to do that and the syrian regime should know in the world should appreciate the fact that we're going to do. it we can do everything we can reasonably do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again . now trade talks between the u.s. and china will resume in 2 weeks according to u.s. media reports it's believed a meeting will take place in beijing on the type of the 10th u.s. officials had said they expected talks to resume next month the trade war between the u.s. and china has softened slightly over the past few weeks with the lifting of some tariffs. well the united states has now imposed sanctions on cuba's roll castro for what it calls grosser violations of human rights and its president on donald trump's toughest action against cuba's communist leadership since he took office in 2017 u.s. secretary of state my compost says castro was responsible for helping to prop up

the madeira regime in venezuela through violence and intimidation. britain's prime minister has been delivered another blow in his push for an early election the house of commons speaker says under current rules it wouldn't be possible to go to the polls before october 31st that's when britain is should you to leave the e.u. charlie answer has more from london. the only following one of the most serious debate zebrafish parliament through history an attempt by the speaker of the house to restore some dignity to politics. yesterday. so how much did it so many credit. the laws. and i am the spirit in the chamber. and now addressing the u.n. general assembly is the saudi foreign minister let's have

a listen in. in . your excellence the secretary general ladies and gentleman made of peace and blessings of god be upon you. at the outset. i have the pleasure to convey to you professor to journey mohamed van damme i said serious congratulations on his selection for the 74 session of the general assembly of the united nations and i would like to thank his excellent see her excellency rather miss marie ephron and that's been also garces for her efforts as president of the former session of the general assembly and in addition i would like to pay special tribute to his excellency the generally the general secretary secretary general antonio tears. mr president ladies and gentleman. i had hoped to talk today about the efforts made by my country the kingdom of saudi arabia

a founding member of the united nations to fulfill the purposes of the united nations charter in preserving peace and security for the peoples around the world its role in achieving prosperity growth and stability in our region as well as its development and humanitarian efforts worldwide. and i would have liked also to outline the economic and social challenges facing our world such as poverty the spread of diseases climate change and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and others. while highlighting the kingdom's position and perspective on these issues. i wanted to talk about the country's ongoing economic development. and reforms in various fields. the vision that takes us back to our true as the make face that

rejects all forms of extremism and efficient but aims at achieving an advanced and innovative society in all areas of connected society that is engage with its surroundings and the world however the aggressive act of september 14th on the kingdom's. oil facilities will violate the principles of this organization as enshrined in its charter and strengthen the security stability and prosperity of our region and the world this aggression requires from all of us a historic position which i will lay out in my address today mr president ladies and gentlemen. there are prehensile attacks on the kingdoms on facilities by 25 cruise missiles round drones. which cut oil production but almost half that is equivalent. to 5700000 barrels.

is a flagrant violation of international laws and regulations. those attacks are violations of international peace and security and constitute a significant threat to global oil supplies i repeat those attacks are flagrant violations of international. laws and regulations they are an attack on international peace and security and constitute a significant threat to global oil supplies we know very well who stood behind this aggression we invited un and international experts to pin down the perpetrator from them and. those who stood behind these attacks are also responsible for the other assaults on commercial tundras and the gulf of oman last june and july and the attacks on airports in july. of airport in saudi

arabia. when the shit about oil fields last august. it is a violent and cowardly regime which hides behind its affiliated militias pushing them to claim responsibility for attacks on upcoming rice or installations and before that. on an oil pumping facility that same regime views our state and peoples only as a battlefield to achieve its subversive agenda mr president ladies and gentlemen. we've known this regime for 40 years it is good that nothing but masterminding explosions destruction an assassination not only in our region but also throughout the world this is the same regime which ever since its inception carried out terrorist attacks inside the kingdom of saudi arabia and bahrain kuwait lebanon as

well as european countries and beyond. it is the same regime which assassinated a number of saudi diplomats in time and in 18091990 was responsible for the assassination in 2011 of a saudi diplomat in may they all rest in peace also and that same year the regime tried to assassinate the kingdom's ambassador to the united states it is that regime which in 2005 slaves the prime minister of lebanon rafique hariri in the heart of beirut. this approach unfortunately continues to this day as we've witnessed in recent years when this regime tried to conduct terrorist attacks in france and in denmark and not a day goes by without bearing witness to its terrorist methods in yemen syria iraq lebanon and other countries in the region. mr president ladies and gentlemen.

the latest attacks and aggression have exposed the iranian regime to the entire world. we are dealing with a rogue and terrorist regime that continues to threaten international peace and security. it is also jeopardizing in our energy supplies and the world economy hence the recent attacks are a real test of the international community's will this organization as well as the entire world is faced with a moral and historic responsibility to take a firm and unified position. utmost pressure should be applied using every tool available to end the terrorist and aggressive behavior of the iranian regime. it is a position that should not to make do with half measures and partial or interim agreements it should rather seek to change the character and behavior of the stroke regime. otherwise the region and international peace and security

as well as the stability of the world economy and energy will face an unknown future mr president ladies and gentlemen we have seen. how the policy of appeasement and the last centering led to deaths and destruction. and have seen how the same policy of appeasement towards the iranian regime through partially agreements has increased its terrorist and aggressive activities over the last 4 years. this regime can only be confronted with a firm and unify student stand and the application of maximum and sustained pressure on tenet desists from its terrorist behavior mr president we all of us we have to deal with this regime based on its nature and reality and not based on

assumptions that have been repeatedly proven to be incorrect. the reality is that this bloodthirsty regime is no longer only menacing the peoples of the region it is menacing the whole world it is an illusion to believe that portion of chords . are lifting sanctions and going back to the past agreements that has proven its failure what put iran on the path of moderation and would rid the world of its evil. whoever needs a proof that the nuclear agreement has failed should simply look at the crimes committed by the iranian regime in syria crimes that claimed the lives of more than half a 1000000 people the iranian regime participated in killing the syrian people either directly or through its proxies and support for militias like the terrorist hezbollah. another everton's is the debris of more than

$215.00 messages that were launched on our citizens inside the kingdom this organization acknowledged that the iranian regime provided its militias in yemen with those missiles in blatant violation of security council resolutions 22162231. for further evidence one should also look at the party responsible for disrupting a political solution in yemen reaching international resolutions targeting civilians threatening maritime shipping lanes and blocking. the delivery of humanitarian aid of this rogue regime made use of revenues resulting from the nuclear agreement to finance its aggression and terrorist activities therefore it is necessary for the international community today to realize that cutting off sources of finance is the best way to compel the regime to

renounce its militias prevented from developing ballistic missiles and to put an end to its destabilizing activities in the region and in the world. mr president ladies and gentlemen today we bear in historic responsibility. the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake the iranian regime is left with one of 2 options either become one in normal states that respects international laws and norms or face an international a unified position that uses all instruments of pressure and deterrence mr president ladies and gentlemen. my country the land of the 2 holy mosques the land of the car to which muslims turn to pray has never promoted war but it will stop

at nothing to defend its holy sites and its sovereignty thank you and peace be upon you. well that was the saudi foreign minister. again day in iran for the attacks on its oil facilities last week calling iran a rogue and terrorist regime menacing the whole wilds and calling on the international community to take a firm and unified position of maximum and sustained pressure until iran changes its behavior while our correspondent robin jordan has also been listening in at the united nations so rose no surprises there from from the saudis. well it really wasn't that surprising of a speech you could easily see an american official or an official from israel delivering the same speech basically painting iran as the biggest threat to our regional peace and security the foreign minister ibrahim abdulaziz.

of was extremely critical of tehran especially in light and of the attack on the. oil fields and processing plants back on september 14th but he said that this isn't the 1st time that iranian forces have attacked saudi interests he noted that they have gone after saudi personnel and citizens in other countries for a number of years he also pointed out that the saudis have been lost in this effort of trying to fight the civil war in yemen on behalf of the expatriate government because of iran's support for who the fighters in that country and that has simply made a conflict that they didn't really want to go into that much more complicated and harder to end there are those of course who will challenge the saudi version of events in the yemeni civil war but suffice it to say in a stasia this was

a very tough speech the saudi foreign minister was calling for an international united response but it is worth pointing out. that when something of this nature has happened usually there is a request for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to try to figure out how to proceed if at all there has been no such requests from the saudi government to the security council to take up the matter of september 14th well be staying across that story for you with that update from the un rahsaan jordan thank you. well with the hong kong protests now in their 16th week the city as leader has opened talks with the public for the fest time for many involved in the so-called dialogue session that was an opportunity to voice their anger at the government scott haida reports. they were the 150 people selected by a lottery to go face to face with hong kong chief executive kerry lamb in

a so-called town hall meeting her 1st direct interaction with the people of this divided city she controls after nearly 4 months of protests that were sparked when a bill allowing extraditions to mainland china was presented lamb later shelled the legislation permanently but it was too late for the protesters they expanded their demands focusing on alleged police mistreatment of protesters and less control from the g.m. . and i'm a white mole and no matter how difficult it is my colleagues and i think that it's time to start a direct dialogue because in the last 3 months i'm sure no matter what political stance one holds they must be feeling very sad and worried or angry but empathy was met with blunt to statements from some participants a young lawyer like i will say you know younger it is you because you're useless at governing listen you're responsible for what has happened in the protests you must step down. as the to our dialogue continued inside the hundreds of protesters out

front continued with their chanting and their demands for kerry land and her government. they listened on their phones as they swarmed the street in front of the meeting venue. this political observer sees the dialogue as too little too late i think it's more political a show and it all looks a bit of a fosco these days because she talks about. engaging in dialogue and since august 18th the massive variety of $1700000.00 people in half the rain but after more than one month. what people to shift see lamb made one announcement during the meeting the authorities will end the controversy a practice of taking a rest of protesters to a detention center near the border with mainland china but the concession appeared to have little impact on the focus of the protest movement with many events planned for the next few days it's got harder al-jazeera hong kong. a massive security

operation is underway across afghanistan for saturday's presidential election 100000 security personnel well god polling stations following taliban threats the fear of attacks means many voters particularly in rural areas will stay at home tony but he reports from the capital. broken bodies and minds a familiar sight in any conflict zone but after 40 years of war many afghans have known only conflict and suffering at the international red cross center in kabul tens of thousands of afghan civilians disabled by fighting have been treated many come every day tomorrow was courting crossfire between government and taliban fighters in fallujah province a bullet lodged in her spine leaving her power lies and unable to care properly for her 2 year old son that over the he was a 5 i was trying to flee from my street and this happened to me on the why i felt the shop shock and found down i don't remember what happened after that nowhere is

safe especially from suicide bombers the capital kabul has suffered hundreds of attacks in the last. 18 years 38000 civilians have been killed in the war another 40000 have been wounded and those numbers are rising as fighting intensifies so far this year a record number 4000 afghan civilians have been killed because of the war that's almost 70 every single day and more and more afghans are saying that if they had the choice they would leave the country yet most european governments for example are refusing to give them sanctuary because they don't consider afghanistan to be dangerous enough so people have to endure afghan affluent are able to survive the hardships but an estimated 54 percent of the population live below the poverty line while he mohammed and his wife and 4 children have just arrived in kabul after fleeing the fighting in helmand province he's having to build a shelter from mud and rebuild their lives but he's not expecting saturday's

presidential election to bring any improvements and was with us when out of that little box that we need shelter water plastic and food that there are people in this camp that don't have food for tonight president danny has made promises in the past but nothing changed that's why many have lost belief in elections they say they only believe in food and survival fled to herat from his home in baggies province because of heavy fighting he and his wife and 6 children survive on handouts home is now a mud hut john writes about my elections are meaningless to us we need security we don't care if it's the taliban or the government or whoever we just need the fighting to stop so we can go home and start our lives again. usually elections in afghanistan bring some kind of hope but for many there is now only fear and fatigue they say they are scared of the war tired of the hardships and no election will change that tony berkeley. a landslide as an illegal gold mine in the

central african country of chad has killed about 30 people the defense minister says the incident happened in the northwest near the border with libya illegal mining in that area has were rapidly in recent years and it's fear that more victims are still buried under the rubble now it's been 5 years since 43 students disappeared in mexico they are thought to have been abducted by gang members from a cocaine cartel with the help of corrupt security forces some suspects arrested by the police have now been released after it was found they were tortured to confess grieving families fear they will never get justice by their repeller reports from mexico city. says she has hope her son is still alive even today 5 years since he went missing along with 42 other students from the town of. me hope was less than you're much more every year when it's my son's birthday i miss him most i want to give him

a hug this is the love i have for him that keeps me going and i won't rest until i find him. other parents have been the driving force behind the constant protests to pressure the government for answers. but they fear that those truly responsible for their children's disappearance may never face justice there have been a 142 arrests made in connection to the disappearance of the 43 students but the investigation found that much of the evidence presented to prosecutors was obtained illegally. a handful of the accused were found to have been tortured in order to obtain false confessions as a result as many as $53.00 of the $142.00 detained have been released this includes he said that the locals the leader of the so-called good ladles needles the group believed to be responsible for the disappearance of the students. this is an example of the miserable rot that's spreading through the country's justice system and it smells rotten. after years of misleading

narratives the official investigation continues to drag on on there that the linking complexity of this specific case has become emblematic of mexico's problem with impunity and by the end of the end this is a country with 40000 missing persons what makes this case especially relevant is that high level far things are under investigation along with members of federal and local police the military and film a millions and cavernous. mexican president and the. other us has vowed to parents of the students his government will get to the bottom of the case even if it requires starting a new investigation. her but for the parents of the i.o.c. napa $43.00 that could mean an even longer wait for answers. mexico city. form a french leader jacques chirac has died his leg.