you're watching beyond 100 days. a huge hurricane and a crippling earthquake — spare a thought for the people of the caribbean and mexico. both are still suffering from the disasters heaped upon them in the last two weeks — now they have more to cope with. in mexico, all eyes on a school where children and teachers were in class when the quake struck. rescue workers are digging through the rubble. translation: i am desperate, i wondered get the children out, i wa nt wondered get the children out, i want to see something. at the same time, hurricane maria is right now slamming puerto rico, ripping into buildings and sending thousands of people into shelters. also on the programme: at the united nations, the iranian president hassan rouhani responds to donald trump's address, saying it was ignorant, absurd and hateful. it will be a great pity if this agreement would be destroyed by road

newcomers to the world of politics. and the price of exclusive travel — five times last week, the us health secretary swapped commercial flights for his own private jet. at what cost to the taxpayer? hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. there are two huge natural disasters at the moment. we're going to start in mexico where parents are right now waiting outside a school to see if rescue workers can find their children in the rubble caused by the quake that struck yesterday. we know at least 200 have died in the earthquake — we don't know how many more are still trapped. rescuers across the capital are working anxiously, in some place they are removing debris by hand and from time to time pausing to listen for any signs of life. a lot of the focus is on that primary school where 20 children and five adults were killed when their classrooms collapsed around them. 30 more students are still missing. aleem maqbool sent us this report from mexico city. all over this part of mexico, they

are desperate for signs of life. here a terrified boy trapped under the remains of his classroom. this was his primary school, it collapsed just and start lunchtime when the earthquake struck, on top of so many of its young pupils. at least 20 and i would have been killed here, many more are missing. this school has become the grim symbol of mexico bouu become the grim symbol of mexico boult loss. —— mexico's loss. sniffer dogs have been butted to try and locate the children, who might trapped. the mexican president visited these school to see the rescue operation for himself. and there have been moments of hope.

several have been pulled out alive, but the window to find others is closing fast. it is today that the full scale of the destruction in mexico city has been revealed. more buildings collapsed overnight. it is extraordinary that, even though much of mexico city appears to be ok, you can turna of mexico city appears to be ok, you can turn a corner and find something like this, a building that used to be apartments or an office block, but where it has now been reduced to rocks and dust. and where people lost their lives. but also all over the town, there are lies of volunteers, people trying to help those who might still be alive. here the rescue workers raised their hands to ask for silence, to hear any hands to ask for silence, to hear a ny calls hands to ask for silence, to hear any calls for help from under the rubble. but no joy this time. this cctv footage is from a shopping centre, and the roof against collapse. this woman getting out of the way not a moment too soon. on

their mobile phones, people recorded cou ntless their mobile phones, people recorded countless shocking videos of buildings collapsing. hey and office block. —— here and office block. there is destruction and loss in mexico city, but the epicentre of this massive earthquake was some 75 miles away. the full extent of the damage this tragedy has wrought, the more remote communities is still unclear. 0ur correspondent is exclusively. extraordinary pictures of the buildings. i understand that the buildings. i understand that the building regulations in mexico city where tightened after 1985, but clearly there are older buildings mixed in with those buildings that can withstand the quake. that's right, and also there have been conversations about how many people

would make modifications to buildings themselves and perhaps would not add here to the regulations which came in back in 1985. that is something that a lot of people will be trying to work out, in the aftermath of this earthquake. what went wrong and why did so many of these buildings? the figures we have now is something like 38 buildings that came down here ina like 38 buildings that came down here in a scarcity alone. a city that does have a lot of measures in place to prepare for these kind of eventualities, given that it says on an earthquake fold. there will be questions asked. you can see behind me, the building they are, it is a residential building, completely flattened. this is a commercial and residential part of mexico city. 20 people have died in that building that class behind me. it is also worth noting just how many people i have passed in this area who are out here, trying to help with the recovery. not just

here, trying to help with the recovery. notjust people from rescue services 01' recovery. notjust people from rescue services or the police are fire services, but i've seen students, volunteers flooding the streets. you may see some behind me. this is the official rescue operation, on the other side that you cannot see our hundreds of people walking the streets with bottles of water, offers of food, help, that really is the resilience that we often see in the wake of these devastating natural disasters. it is lunchtime there and there are a few hours left for rescue workers to carry on searching for people. do you have any updates on that school, whether they have found anyone else? i don't at the moment. i have just got to this part of mexico city, although i was told eight a few minutes ago that one of the girls never tried to rescue may well be rescued now, they may well be pulling her out of the rubble of

that school, but that is something i have just heard from people here. i cannot confirm that. there are rescue missions going on across this city, the latest figures that we've got is that 52 people across this city have already been rescued from the rubble, but right now there really is a sense of hope that, given that it has only been 24—hour since the quake, there still may be signs of life in the debris that letters this city, and that is why people are volunteering to give out water and help with the recovery could and also volunteering to pick through the rubble, often standing in silence around buildings to make sure they can all hear whether there is anyone in there, and that is the focus right now in the aftermath of the earthquake might just focus right now in the aftermath of the earthquake mightjust to see there are any other people that they can rescue alive. eight a few hours left for them to be able to see things bubbly, what news of the getting from outside of mexico city?

by getting from outside of mexico city? by the epicentre of the quake was? the epicentre of the quake was about 80 miles from here, many people died there as well. the rescue operations are also in force in that part as well. the focus in mexico city and why there is such devastation here because it is one of the most populous cities in the world. the earthquake struck at lunchtime yesterday, people wear on their lunch breaks, out on the streets, even today in other parts of the city that have not been affected, the roads are still clogged, when i drove to get here, it is still very busy. speaking of mexico city, there isa busy. speaking of mexico city, there is a lot of focus on the fact that so is a lot of focus on the fact that so many is a lot of focus on the fact that so many areas where is a lot of focus on the fact that so many areas where hate. in terms of the population, businesses around where i am standing here, have all

closed today. there is three days of mourning here in mexico. a lot of people are just on the streets, given that the offices and residences are out of use in this area. just try to do what they can to help. the second disaster that is unfolding is in the caribbean. hurricane maria seemed to come out of almost nowhere. it has now hit puerto rico, with winds up to 250km per hour. this satellite image shows the category 4 hurricane making landfall in the south—east of the island. somewhere, under all that red, is the capital san juan. the mayor of the city said the devastation will be massive — perhaps because it is not moving quickly. 0ur correspondent, will grant, reports. the longer this uncommonly powerful hurricane season goes on, the more

records it breaks. hurricane maria is now the strongest on to make la ndfall is now the strongest on to make landfall in puerto rico in almost a century. when it hits, it certainly felt like it. maria approached with the full force of a category five storm, and only weaken slightly on reaching the island. winds of up to 106 and five miles an hour have been recorded, as much a 25 inches of rainfall seen in some areas along its path. from space, the picture is even clearer. the vast on engulfing the entire island. worse still, maria is moving slowly, creeping its way over puerto rico, meaning the window for potential damage and destruction is several hours long. the tiny island of dominica is in the path of the storm, and suffered some of the worst damage. the countryed prime minister described the situation as it was unfolding. he called the damage mind—boggling.

puerto rico generally know what to expect from hurricanes but this is quite different. hurricane maria, the sheer power of it, outweighs that of even hurricane which struck a week ago and brought so much devastation to the caribbean. the island was backed authorities try to prepare as best they could, urging thousands into evacuation shelters oi’ thousands into evacuation shelters or to seek refuge with friends and family. the federal emergency agency is also on hand, particularly to help with the days to come. it is too early for most people and that the records even think about the clean—up yet. many said they are not going to emerge until they are sure it is safe to do so. 0nce maria eventually moves on, they can begin to assess the extent of the damage to assess the extent of the damage to their lives and properties. but for many communities, maria has already finished off to the previous tom left behind. —— what the

previous storm. a lot of talk about the rising sea temperatures and that is why storms are coming more frequently and quicker. it wasn't that long ago that people looked at mexico and the caribbean and said, the goals are angry with people at the moment, because this is just too much devastation being meted on a population into short a period of time. we will speak to the captain ofa time. we will speak to the captain of a british ship helping with the relief effort. we will see what their plan is, clearly they are going to be central to that relief effort in that area. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, says his country will respond "decisively and resolutely" if the united states walks away from the nuclear deal the international community agreed two years ago. mr rouhani was speaking to the un general assembly a day after donald trump described the agreement as "the worst deal ever signed."

translation: it will be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics. the world will have lost a great opportunity. such unfortunate behaviour will never impede iran's course of progress. as such, it belongs to the international community in its entirety, and not only to one or two mac countries. none too surprisingly, he also shared some thoughts on mr trump's speech yesterday: "ignora nt, absurd and hateful rhetoric, beneath the dignity of the un general assembly." 0ur correspondent, laura trevelyan, is at the un. there is no surprise to hear that hassan rouhani slams donald trump and slammed his attitude towards the

iran nuclear deal, but he has also said in the last few minutes that around will not walk away from this deal will stop where does that leave us? president trump said this morning here at the un, that he has decided what to do about the around deal. but he has not revealed what the decision is. there is a key meeting happening tonight with all the foreign minister 's, so we will see what comes out of that. the french have just come up with some new proposals, but just consider the position of hassan rouhani, this is a ritual visit by the arabian leader, which denounces america and hold press conferences, but this is coming to years after the signing of that deal that lifted sanctions on iran, that has made a big difference to the economy of iran. the position of president hassan rouhani, a moderate, if hardliners in iran are waiting for this deal to fail, this is what they said would happen. that

america would never go through with it. his position will be undermined, so it. his position will be undermined, so the stakes here right now at the un are incredibly high. it is tight rope diplomacy. years of busy speaking at the moment because reuters as dropping lies from him. 0ne here says, that if the nuclear deal is changed, then it will collapse. it either remains as it is they will walk away from it. and yet you have emmanuel macron who is on good terms with president trump, saying maybe there is a way to accommodate both sides. yes, and hassan rouhani is giving a press co nfe re nce hassan rouhani is giving a press conference across the street as i speak. this morning speaking to reporters, emmanuel macron outlined to three new pillars that he said could be added to the agreement, very much going to was addressing the american concerns, so one would be something on iran's ballistic programme, two would be on extending

restrictions on iran. the americans are upset about the magneto with the americans they are run a sponsor of terrorism, that is not for the agreement is about. france also said perhaps we could address the question of an's role in the region. whether this would fly, let alone with a run but russia and china who are the signatories, it is all very contradicted. if president trump has decided to withdraw, that would mean that congress could reimpose sanctions on iran and on those european countries that are now trading with around. it could be a big mess. the united nations a big mess, who would have thought. let's get some reaction to all of this — the global view. richard haass is president of the council on foreign relations and author of "a world in disarray" — he's in new york. no surprise perhaps that the un is ina bit no surprise perhaps that the un is in a bit of no surprise perhaps that the un is ina bit ofa no surprise perhaps that the un is in a bit of a mess, no surprise perhaps that the un is in a bit ofa mess, but no surprise perhaps that the un is in a bit of a mess, but after two

mac days of the new nga, when it comes specifically to the question of iran, are we the world in a better business in the less good position that we work with mac about the same position. you have notjust the same position. you have notjust the question you've just been discussing about the nuclear deal, but it doesn't take place in a vacuum. iran has become a very capable, imperial power, its footprint is large all over the region. the question is, how do you manage this nuclear issue in this larger context, and which a lot of iran is doing is problematic, for the united states and for many other countries closely associated ? the united states and for many other countries closely associated? there is also some resistance, you sort emmanuel macron x proposing amendments will start resistance from european partners to walk away. do you think the tone of mr trumped speech to the nga put some pressure on public opinion in some of those

countries in europe, and might make it harderfor some of countries in europe, and might make it harder for some of those leaders to corporate america have they do not —— if they want to walk away? possibly. it was not an exercise in diplomacy. we heard from the president yesterday, there are some legitimate concerns about the iranian nuclear agreement, i do think that some of the provisions are way too short lived, i would have had them be much longer if not open—ended. but the real question is whether the president's performance makes it more less likely that others will stick with us. i will say perhaps less likely. i met with hassan rouhani, i will be meeting with foreign ministers, and i detect zero interest on the iranian side to renegotiate the agreement. if the us and others want to, one particular would be prepared to offer the iranians to offset that as sweeteners. i haven't heard anything along those lines. the un general

assembly if they were tied a speed dating, so you have all these leaders coming up against each other, president trump has been meeting manager baas, an important yearfor meeting manager baas, an important year for the palestinians because meeting manager baas, an important yearfor the palestinians because it is the fierce as the occupation of the west bank. is there really capacity to look at that when you're dealing with north korea and iran? what you don't have is the prozac was it for progress. the israeli palestinian issue is about as i'm right for political or diplomatic progress as you get. given the nature of the israeli government, the divisions within the palestinian world. it is not a question of bandwidth, you just don't have anything to work with. the trade—offs are realise you suggest, between the reigning agreement and in three in agreement. the latter... if the us move unilaterally to break the iran agreement, it makes it much more difficult to get any sort of agreement with the north korean. i

think there is a connection there. there was also the issue of whether the united states and europeans really what another crisis. the north korean crisis is hurtling at ca rs north korean crisis is hurtling at cars with alarming speed, the iranian crisis would be one that be would choose to add to the mix, and thatis would choose to add to the mix, and that is where the bandwidth question comes in. talking about north korea, if donald trump and violate an international agreement and walked away from it, that doesn't really set a very good president when you try to get kim jong—un to come to the table. that is exactly right. the chinese and russians and others will point that out. it is hard to compartmentalised foreign policy. the companies and has got to be very mindful when the polls are to paris on the transpacific partnership raises questions about the iranian deal, people are going to draw conclusions and it has impact and implications for american diplomacy writ large. good luck with your

international speed dating this week. laughter thank you forjoining us. a quick look at other news now. police in barcelona a quick look at other news now. have raided the offices of the catalonia regional leader who's still urging people to vote in favour of independence, despite the referendum being suspended by the spanish constitutional court. tens of thousands of people protested against the raids, in barcelona. the vote was due to go ahead next month. british counter—terrorism police, investigating the explosion on a train in london last week, have arrested two men during a raid at a home in south wales. a third man was detained in the city on tuesday night, bringing the total in custody to five. 30 people were injured by the blast in south—west london on friday. two global steel giants are close to shaking hands on a big merger of their european operations. tata steel's european arm and the german steel maker thyssen—krupp have agreed the first stage of a deal. a tie—up would create the second—largest steel maker in europe. it's also expected to lead to about four thousand job losses, to be shared between the two companies. jake lamotta, the american boxer,

played by robert de niro in the martin scorsese film "raging bull", has died at 95. according to his wife, the former world middleweight champion died in a nursing home, due to complications from pneumonia. 'raging bull‘ was based on lamotta's memoir and showed a fighter struggling with life outside the ring. robert de niro won an oscar for his portrayal. so, lots going on, from mexico, to maria, to prime minister may — the un, north korea, iran. but what seems to be on president trump's mind are tv ratings — the ratings for sunday's night's emmy awards in particular. mr trump was roundly lampooned at the ceremony. here's what he tweeted this morning. hold on. can you explain that week

for me? i don't know what that means. laughter smartest of them all. does he mean is not as of them all and the deplorable is when not watching the emmys? mata i don't know, but plenty well. you just read something you didn't understand. laughter i looked at the figures. the president said it and so you read it. i looked at the trump facts, and the figure, according to nielsen, the figure, according to nielsen, the market research is, the audience on cbs for the 2016th ceremony was 11.3. the other night it was 11.3

eight. editors have jumped 11.3. the other night it was 11.3 eight. editors havejumped the gun, but let's see it again. there is a pattern here, he does this with the new york times. he says the failing new york times. he says the failing new york times with their big losses. eventually they push themselves are that in august the medications offers from the new york times put it out, you know what, our stock is up 50% this year. all our income is growing. facts. they can use. fake news. a lot of the reason there ratings are up and reason the emmys ratings are bigger is probably because of the president himself. mr trump is really obsessed with television ratings, and i know, i've spoken to friends of mine who are us television anchors, who get calls on a regular basis from mr trump about ratings, not just for a regular basis from mr trump about ratings, notjust for their a regular basis from mr trump about ratings, not just for their show and other people's shows, but the

demographics. all of that you hear about president trump and television viewing habits, it is true and so on. can you get him to talk about as? 0ur viewing figures would be through the roof. when was the last time he called you? this is beyond 100 days. mr trump, time he called you? this is beyond 100 days. mrtrump, if time he called you? this is beyond 100 days. mr trump, if you're watching... coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: as hurricane maria cuts a devastating path through the caribbean, we go live to a royal navy ship, which is part of a huge relief operation already underway. and could the alternative for germany movement be the first right—wing party to enter the german parliament since world war ii? we hearfrom one of their senior members. that's still to come. this particular band of cloud, this

is slow moving weather front, generally speaking it further east you are, the drier and finer your day has been. too close to the north and west, too post in this weather front, and has been significant amounts of rain, and we will continue with that prospect during the course of the night. plenty of rainfora the course of the night. plenty of rain for a good part of scotland, northern ireland and eventually it will become quite significant for parts of western england and wales as well. ds games up from the south, it will not be a cold night. not a cold start to thursday. but it will bea bank cold start to thursday. but it will be a bank one for a good part of mainland scotland. more cloud pushing out was the northern isles as well. wet through the shetland isles, brighter skiesjust as well. wet through the shetland isles, brighter skies just beginning to creep into was the western side of northern ireland, having had the

rain on wednesday, the gain some brighter skies eventually through thursday. as you get the sense there, a lot of cloud and plenty of rain across the south—west and wales, and almost a slow motion day with regard to this weather front, it takes an eternity to limp its way that bit further towards the east. eventually it allows brighter skies into the western side of scotland and northern ireland, with a rash of showers, not quite making it to east anglia and the far south—east, and all really quite late on in the day. this is slow motion weather. eventually that weather front moves off into the north sea, possibly into the small hours on friday. just to make room for another set of weather front to work its way back into the western side of scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales again. generally speaking further south and east, the drier and fine. friday night, saturday, the remnant of that front will move

away, and just when you thought here was another spell of terrible weather, that frontal system is running into an area of relatively high pressure across the continent, slowing the progress of that weather front, so they will be some rain across western scotland and northern ireland, but it will be pretty weak was it gets further east. get out this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories — in mexico, all eyes on a school where children and teachers were in class when the quake struck — rescue workers are digging through the rubble — our correspondent is there. we have just seen we havejust seen more rubble pulled out and we keep seeing those signs of volu nteers out and we keep seeing those signs of volunteers and soldiers saying be quiet because we're to her for any cries of help from within the rubble. in the caribbean, hurricane maria is right now slamming puerto rico — ripping into buildings and sending

thousands of people into shelters. coming up in the next half hour — it could be the first right—wing party to enter german parliament since world war ii — what's driving its success? and forfar too long, it's been a boys club — until now. the pioneer about to take her place in westminster‘s parliament square. as we've been hearing hurricane maria is pummelling puerto rico, bringing "catastrophic" 155mph winds and dangerous storm surges. the "monster" storm is one of the strongest to ever hit the us territory, with warnings that heavy rain could cause landslides and storm surges of up to nine feet. the uk government was criticised for being too slow to respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by hurricane irma — but this time round, it has a vessel standing by. we can talk by phone now to commander stephen norris who's on board the royal fleet auxiliary mounts bay.

thank you forjoining us. can you tell us where you are and what the situation is? i'm currently 80 miles to south of puerto rico. the wind is quite strong. it is westerly, about 30 to 40 knots. quite heavy seas. quite strong. it is westerly, about 30 to 40 knots. quite heavy seaslj am assuming it is difficult for you to be involved in any kind of recovery, to be involved in any kind of recovery , rescu e to be involved in any kind of recovery, rescue operation that the moment because the seas are too difficult for you to make landfall, when you get to the islands, what will you be doing? we arejust holding to the south of maria to avoid the worst of the storm. then we will be going into the virgin islands tomorrow morning. i was in

anguilla after hurricane irma, within 20 hours of the hurricane passing anguilla. mounts bay is the ship permanently based here. we are here 365 days a year and we always aim to be within 24 hours of the overseas aim to be within 24 hours of the overseas territories. it is christian in london, we are tracking maria and it looks as if it is going towards turks and caicos islands to will you be going in that direction? i had just come from turks and caicos islands. i got my disaster team ashore. we did a lot of good work there. we came through turks

and caicos islands and cleared lots there. some of these bigger islands have been used as bridgeheads for the relief effort but given they now have their own crisis, will this hamper the wider effort around the region? ... resupply hamper the wider effort around the region? resupply port... they might have infrastructure problems. we might have to resupply elsewhere. we might have to resupply elsewhere. we have got most of that, the line was breaking up but understandable given the conditions. thank you for being with us and best of luck. immigration has been a key theme in the run up to this sunday's election in germany. angela merkel says she has no qualms about her 2015 decision to open up germany to hundreds of thousands of refugees. she says the policy was a "humane"

response to an emergency situation. chancellor merkel has had to deal with a popular backlash against that decision. but nevertheless, there are communities which have willingly opened their doors, as nassim hatam reports from the small town of ravensburg. piecing together a new life. 16—year—old mohammed arrived in germany from syria in 2015, leaving his parents and siblings behind in turkey. mohammed was taken in by this family. in two years, he can speak fluent german and he is now thinking about his future. translation: well, i would like to do something with electronics or machinery when i

finish school. i'd like to stay in this area, i think it is pretty and the local people are very nice and i get along with them well. also, i don't really want to live in a big city so i think this place is perfect for me. his foster mother, christina, says taking in a refugee child was a big decision. we had a really good feeling that he is going to fit in our family and at the moment, we didn't know anything, what other circumstances, does he still have a family? and what did he see and what did he suffer? two yea rs see and what did he suffer? two years ago, i was here in southern germany and witnessed in one weekend alone, thousands of migrants arriving in munich central station. at the time, a lot of germans doubted whether the country would be

able to cope. chancellor merkel said of course we can do it but not eve ryo ne of course we can do it but not everyone agreed. the people took this challenge here as an opportunity. as mohammed's story shows, the road to immigration begins learning the language. at this welcome class in a local school, refugee children from nine different countries are doing just that. this teacher, an immigrant herself from russia, explained it to me. translation: you have to imagine that in a single year, a pupil has do learn as much german as an elementary pupil does in four years. after that, they have to be up to stay afloat, to find their way and learn precise technical terms and vocabulary. immigration has been a key theme of his election campaign and some people think germany has taken on more than it can handle.

translation: king at the labour market, we have a long way to go. 80% of refugees are still unemployed and changing this will be difficult, especially given many of these people don't speak german. some are even illiterate or lack qualifications required in our high performance society. none of this means we shouldn't help people but these are problems that do exist and that we will have to deal with for at least the next decade. in ravensburg, mohammed with the support of his foster family, continue his success in integrating and adapting to a new tune. nassim hatam, bbc news, ravensburg. beatrix von storch is a senior member of alternative for germany, which is on course to become the first far—right party to enter the german parliament since world war ii. she joins us from berlin. good to see you. there's a big

change coming in german politics, the politics is fragmenting and this time we could have six parties in the german parliament for the first time. what will that mean for germany? i think what we see happening next sunday is right party is coming back to the parliament. the christian democratic union used to be centre—right and no longer is. so we are entering into this room at centre—right. which is bringing back basically an opposition to all the other parties because they are basically in line with all the major political projects or items which are on the table. so if you are talking about the european union or the euro rescue policy... we are going to leave beyond 100 days because the british prime minister theresa may is now speaking at the un assembly.

i would like to send my sincere condolences to the people of mexico after the earthquake and those affected to the recent hurricanes in the caribbean. 0ur affected to the recent hurricanes in the caribbean. our thoughts are with them all at this time. as we meet at this general assembly, we face challenges that go right to the heart of who we are as nations. challenges that test our values, our vision and our resolve to defend the rules and standards that underpin the security and prosperity of our fellow citizens. as i argued in my speech here last year, many of these challenges do not recognise or respect geographical boundaries. i think of course of the terrorism that has struck so many of our countries, including my own, five times this year. and fuelling that terrorist threat, the increasing numbers being drawn to extremist ideologies, not only in places riven

by conflict and instability, but many online in their homes thousands of miles away. i think of the climate change, which is depleting and degrading the planet relieved our children. and i think of the vast challenges that come from the mass displacement of people. many are refugees fleeing conflict and persecution, others are economic migrants prepared to risk everything on perilous sea crossings in the desperate search for a better life for themselves and their children. through this migration, we also see the challenges of economic inequality, between countries and within them. this inequality, together with weaknesses and global trading system, threatens to undermine support for the forces of liberalism and free trade that have done so much to propel global growth. and it is pushing some countries towards protectionism, in

the belief that this best defends the belief that this best defends the interest of their own people. and as the global system struggles to adapt, we are confronted by states are liberally flouting for their own states are liberally flouting for theirown gain, states are liberally flouting for their own gain, the rules and standards that have secured our collective prosperity and security. the unforgivable use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime against its own people and perhaps foremost in our minds today, the outrageous proliferation of nuclear weapons by north korea and a threat to use them. i believe the only way for us to respond to this vast array of challenges is to come together and defend the international border that we have worked so hard to create. and the values by which we stand. for it is the fundamental values that we share common values of fairness, justice and human rights, that have created the common cause between nations to act together in

our shared interest and form the multilateral system. and it is this a rules —based system we have developed a including the institutions, international frameworks of free and fair trade, agreements such as the paris climate accord and laws and conventions like the non—proliferation treaty. which enables the global proved cooperation through which we can protect those values. indeed, the defining purpose of the un charter is to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to achieve international cooperation in solving problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character. and to be a centre for harmonising the actions of nations in the attainment of those, ends. i do not see these as ideals to be held for their own sake, these values and the rules they imbue, are central to our

national interest, our security and prosperity. the international system with the un at its heart is the amplifying force that enables countries to cooperate and live up to these standards in word, spirit and deed. to our collective and individual benefit. if this system we have created is found no longer to be capable of meeting the challenges of our time, there will bea challenges of our time, there will be a crisis of faith in multilateralism and global cooperation that will damage the interest of all our peoples. those of us who hold true to our shared values, who hold true to that desire to defend the rules and high standards that have shaped and protected the world we live in, need to strive harder than ever to show that institutions like this united nations can work for the countries that formed them and for the people we represent. this means reforming

our united nations and the wider international system so it can prove its worth in helping us to meet the challenges of the 21st century. and it means ensuring those who flout the rules and spirit of our international system are held to account. that nations on their responsibilities and play their part in upholding and renewing a rules —based international order that can deliver prosperity and security for us deliver prosperity and security for us all. first, we must make sure our multilateral institutions can deliver the aspirations which they we re deliver the aspirations which they were founded. think of unhcr looking after those who have been driven of their homes. the pcw striving for a world free of chemical weapons unicef helping children in danger. these are all vital missions with the un surely has a unique role to play. that is why the uk has over 70 yea rs play. that is why the uk has over 70 years been such a pioneering supporter of these organisations and

more. we should also acknowledge that throughout its history, the un has suffered from a seemingly unbridgeable gap between the nobility of its purposes and the effectiveness of its delivery. when the need for multilateral action has never been greater, the shortcomings of the un and its institutions risk undermining the confidence of states as members and owners. even more importantly, they risk the confidence and faith of those who rely upon those in blue helmets, who rely upon those in blue helmets, who rely on that sign i stand in front of today, coming to the raid in the darkest of hours. so we must begin by supporting the ambitious reform agenda to create a more agile transparent and joined up organisation. much of this work will be practical and unglamorous. it will require the un to deliver better cooperation on the ground

between agencies, remove competition forfunding, and between agencies, remove competition for funding, and improved between agencies, remove competition forfunding, and improved gender equality. but it will also require real leadership to confront damaging issues that have set the un. so i welcome the secretary general‘s new circle of leadership on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in un operations and i am pleased to be pa rt operations and i am pleased to be part of this initiative. we, the nations of the un, need to give the secretary general our backing for these reforms, and as an outward looking global britain, and the second biggest funder of the un, the uk will remain committed to spending 0.7% of gni on development and humanitarian support. we will use our military to support peacekeeping and our diplomats will continue to work to tackle conflict and support peace building. the un and its agencies in turn must win our trust by proving to us and the people we represent that they can deliver.

that is why we will remain generous in ourfunding but set that is why we will remain generous in our funding but set aside 30% to be paid only to those parts of the un that achieve sufficient results. but this is about more than technical reforms, important as they are. it is also about reforms that enable the united nations to truly respond to the global challenges of the 21st century. at last year's general assembly, we undertook to do far more, to resolve the challenges of refugee and migration flows. we agreed to develop global compacts to address the causes and consequences of the mass movement of people we see today. this was an important step, to elevate significantly our global response and enable us collectively to tackle this challenge of our times. so in the year ahead, as well as agreeing the principles of these compacts, we must make sure they can be applied in practice. we must do more to identify and protect and support

refugees and those hosting them in conflicts. 0n migration, our starting point must be that it could benefit both countries and migrants themselves but only when it is safe, orderly, well—managed and legal. if we do not manage this effectively, we do not manage this effectively, we will fail both our own citizens and those taking these dangerous journeys. we will push more people into the curse of modern slavery, and the hands of the human traffickers and organised criminal groups that drive this inhuman industry. the steps we are agreeing through these compacts alone will not be enough. if people cannot find jobs, opportunity and hope for themselves and families where they live, they will continue to look elsewhere. so as the united nations, and as members, we must work harder to combine the efforts of our development programmes with the private sector and the international financial institutions to support the creation of jobs

financial institutions to support the creation ofjobs and livelihoods that will address not just the consequences but the causes of this great challenge of our time. for the truth is, despite our best efforts, we are not succeeding, we must do more. the same is true with terrorism. we are again facing challenges faster different from those of previous eras. terrorists struck london and manchester this year, the world saw our cities come together in defiance. 0ur parliament carries on. ariana grande came back to manchester and sang again. london bridge is bustling with people. our community came together at the finsbury park mosque in north london. and londoners got back on the tube back. the terrorists did not win. for we will never let anyone destroy our way of life. applause but defiance alone is not enough. as

leaders, we have all visited to many hospitals and seen too many innocent people murdered in our countries. in the past decade, hundreds of thousands have been killed by terrorists across the world. this is a truly global tragedy that is increasingly touching the lives of us increasingly touching the lives of us all. this year is the tenth anniversary of the death of a woman who introduced me to my husband and who introduced me to my husband and who was known well to many of us in this united nations. benazir bhutto was brutally murdered by people who actively rejected the values all of us actively rejected the values all of us here in this united nations stand for. ina us here in this united nations stand for. in a country that has suffered more than most at the hands of terrorists. murdered for standing up to democracy, for tolerance and for being a woman. when i think of the hundreds of thousands of victims of terrorism in countries across the

world, i think of their friends, families, communities, devastated by this evil. and i say, enough is enough. so of course we must continue to take the fight to these terrorist groups on the battlefield and the uk will remain at the forefront of this effort while also helping to build the capabilities of our alliances and our partners to better ta ke our alliances and our partners to better take on this challenge. we must also step up our efforts as never before to tackle the terrorist use of the internet. as the threat from terrorists evolve, so must our cooperation, which is why today for the first time, governments and industries through the global internet forum for counter terrorism will be coming together to do just that. the tech companies have made progress on this issue but we need to go further and faster to reduce the time it takes to remove terrorist content online and to increase significantly the efforts

to stop it being uploaded on the first place. this is a major step in reclaim in the internet from those who would use it to do was harm. but ultimately, it is notjust the terrorists themselves who we need to defeat. it is the extremist ideologies that few will them. the ideologies that few will them. the ideologies that few will them. the ideologies that preach hatred, division and undermine our common humanity. we must be more robust in identifying these ideologies and defeating them. across all parts of our societies. as i said in the aftermath of the attack on london bridge this summer, we have to face the fact that this will require some difficult conversations. we all need to come together to take on this extremism that lives among us and to nurture the common values that must ultimately win out. these are the values of this united nations. and yet despite our best efforts, we as nations and as a united nations,

have not found ways or means to truly take on this threat. which is why today, as i talk about un reform, i ask the secretary general to make this fight against terrorists and the ideologies that drive them a core part of his agenda, at the heart of our development, peace building and conflict prevention work. and to give this effort the prominence it surely requires and calling on the secretary general to make this a theme of next year's general assembly and use this to harness the effo rts assembly and use this to harness the efforts of governments, the private sector and civil society so that we can truly strike the generational blow against this file, evil in our world. as we do so, we must strike the balance between protecting our people and protecting their freedoms. we must always guard against those who would use the fight against terrorism as a cover for oppression and the violation of human rights. as we look at the

situation in northern burma, i call on the burmese authorities to put an end to the violence, allow humanitarian access and fully implement the annan recommendations. and so by reforming our multinational institutions, we can strengthen the ability to deliver for the people we serve, protect the vulnerable and fight injustice. we can enable multilateralism to multiply the effect of our individual commitments. through its convening power and spending power. through the economies of scale it can bring, standard it can set, moral leadership it can harness and legitimacy it can confer. multilateralism can only reflect the values that individual states project. can only multiply the commitments they are prepared to make. it is strong nations that form strong institutions and which provide the basis of the international partnerships and cooperation that brings stability to

our world. so it falls to us all to decide whether we will honour the responsibilities we have to one another. i've talked about the role of the un is stepping up of counter terrorism. this is an area where we are states terrorism. this is an area where we a re states have terrorism. this is an area where we are states have critical responsibilities which the un cannot itself address alone. for it is inescapable that the terrorism conflict and its stability we see across the world is in many cases driven by the actions of states acting through proxies. so when countries backed groups like hezbollah to increase instability and conflict across the middle east, support so—called separatists in ukraine to create instability on your‘s eastern borders or give support to criminal groups launching cyber attacks against our countries and institutions, they call into question the very rules and international system that protect us. that is why globally and also in

our own continent, the uk will remain steadfast in our commitment and responsibility to make sure the security of our friends and allies as we have done for generations. just as it is the responsibility of nations not to seek to advance their interest through terrorist or proxy groups, so it is also the responsibility of each of us to act together in the face of the most egregious violations of our common rules and standards. clearly responsibility for the chaos and tragedy we see in syria lives firmly at the door of assad. he and his backers are continually frustrated the efforts of the un to act as the broker of peace through the geneva process. as responsible states, we must not abandon our support for the un's attempts to secure peace and stability in syria and indeed we must continue to call on all those within influence on the regime to bring them to the table. the un has

recently confirmed what we all knew, namely the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on its own people. in the face of that, we have a responsibility to stand up, hold the syrian regime to account. this responsibility sits with but a particular special responsibility relies on the shoulders of the permanent members of the security council. as one of these five members, the united kingdom takes our special responsibility seriously. i am our special responsibility seriously. iam proud our special responsibility seriously. i am proud we have used the full weight of our diplomacy to ensure we have not had to exercise our veto in ensure we have not had to exercise ourveto ina ensure we have not had to exercise our veto in a generation. seeking to foster international cooperation, not frustrate it. 0thers foster international cooperation, not frustrate it. others have not done so. 0ne country in particular has used its veto as many times in the last five years as in the whole of the second half of the cold war. and in so doing, they have prevented action against a despicable regime

that has murdered its own people with chemical weapons. as a result, in syria, the united nations has been blocked. this has undermined the values we hold dear and the international rules —based system thatis international rules —based system that is the basis of security and prosperity around the world. now we face an even more immediate global danger, in the activities of kim jong—un and his regime in dprk. time after time, he has shown contempt for the international community of law—abiding states, contempt for his neighbours and for the institutions and rules that have preserved peace and rules that have preserved peace and security. 0n and rules that have preserved peace and security. on this challenge, the un has in recent weeks shown it can step up to the task, with last monday's security council resolution creating the biggest sanctions package of the 21st century. we have seen regional and global powers coming together and as in its founding charter, putting aside limited self—interest to show leadership on behalf of the wider

world. despite these efforts, dprk continues to defy and provoke the international community and threaten its neighbours. unless all security council members continued to live up to the special responsibilities that are placed upon us, and in seeking to resolve this crisis, be prepared to resolve this crisis, be prepared to ta ke to resolve this crisis, be prepared to take necessary measures to tackle this threat, we will not be able to bring stability to the korean peninsula. this was kim jong un to change this was kimjong unto change his ways. let us not fail this time, let our message to north korea the clear. 0ur determination to uphold these rules and stronger by far than their determination to undermine them. mr president, throughout the history of this united nations, countries have shown time and time again that by being true to our

values, rules and standards, it is possible to come together and deliver in ways that have the most extraordinary impact on the lives of the people we serve. i believe we can do so again. we must do so again. and