that it was all eyes on ukraine's president today as he addressed the united nations security council in new york. not only was it the landscape the 1st time speaking inside the chamber, it was also a rare opportunity for him to confront russia directly calling out the russian aggressor. while looking one of food eastman ride in the eye, the ones most powerful body had convened to discuss the upholding of the un charter and ukraine. and it was precisely that power zelinski called into question, paralyzed by a rush as veto power. he accused the you, when a failing to meet its founding purpose and called for russia to be stripped of its permanent seat. i'm gonna call for elation berlin and this is the day. the most of the will recognize is the truth about this was rushed to the invasion of

ukraine in clear violation of united nations chart that a international law says let's it is a criminal and unprovoked aggression by russia, against our nation executive, raising your political tensions of the vision, so that's an egregious role stability in producing the nucleus so that i'm, i'm a boy should recognize that the un finds itself instead, lock on matters of aggression and creating efficiency lower. increasingly multi part of the human kind no longer rests its hopes on the un when it comes to the defense of the self employed as of nations. also on the day, british prime minister originally soon access, he's changing the u. k. is commitment to find in climate change to give people longer to adapt, to rise and costs. so i'm very confident that what we're doing is right, because not only do we have these while of leading targets, we're actually just doing it in

a better way that will bring the country along with us and say families, thousands of pounds. and there's nothing watering down about that. welcome to the day it's good to have you with. we begin at the united nations in new york where ukrainian president followed him or zalinski address the security council for the 1st time in person. since russia invaded his country in february of last year, the security council has meant many times since then, but has so far failed to take any action because russia, as a permanent member, holds a veto. wearing his signature army greenville, lensky framed ukraine's defense of its territory a defending the u. when's founding principles? they also spoke about reforming the world body. an issue important to many states in the global south zalinski focus mainly on russia, which he accused of undermining international norms. meant to protect the entire world, especially through its power to block the security council from taking meaningful

action. a little guy because it is an or stan veto power in the hands of the aggressor is walters, push the us and into a deadlock. not all of them you accumulate. you switch today, no matter what nation you might be, not see a nation with hundreds of millions of people are a small nation need both in the nation. the bravery defends its independence. there's probably a country whose long history of independence can help others, almost states in need of help or a nation that could provide some genuine support about the state relying on its ami or a stage considering the un charter, but not the as its 1st. and last line of defense in the system, regardless of who you all know, the current and un system still makes you less influential than the veto power possessed by a few misuse by one russia. that is to the detriment of all of the you and members in gym. so then i'm on onrush. rods is a senior fellow with the security and defense program at the german council on

foreign relations. he joins us now from budapest. mr. right? it's good to see you again and quite the show down there at the security council. how important was this for? is the lensky for service? can you spell the really high importance? first and foremost, this was the 1st opportunity since the beginning of the war. he was able to make it a person i to the un, and could i address the bird soon to you and get a summary live is much of before i'm done from just getting a, getting gas was on video conference for much. and of course use do unfortunately, very efficiently, those kinds of unplugged even does the rumbling development because the russian delegation tried to interrupt his speech. so the president and the normal are being here where to slide the chairmanship to basic and address and that i gave him not to interfere into, into the, excuse me, moms but still the whole, you know, that's a very valid from the perspective of the opinion. president,

and now beyond today's meeting, this entire week in new york, zelinski is very much on a mission to conquer hearts and minds, especially in the global south. what's, what is helping to get their service and foremost, i mean, when it comes to come to the global solves the fact that ukraine is still unable to explore. most of these, i do got you to go get to the rush of naval blockade of the lexi. this is called this closing costs and the shortages and it's some places say man in gone to the low cells. so that asking means to mitigate diplomatic damage. done by it, by the russians broken by the russians located and excitedly to go see groceries while from the security. so there is part of the tribal funds in on that. and besides course, zalesky also needs to find more allies for ukraine in the u. n. when it comes to voting and also when it comes to providing you can be extra material support and other very important meeting, ged will not be the most solves. but the thing,

i mean by all of these around this was again the 1st person, the meeting of the, of the, to the doors since the beginning of the war. the just have not been disclosed. that's both sides regard this meeting as a fairly important law. yeah. now we're over a year and a half into this for is a likely to score any points with the countries that haven't yet throwing their weight behind them. this is something that is very hard to turn into the laws. however, personal my presence, but also important. it will give the opportunity both of the discussions also about such topics which are advisable to discuss even on secure data communication channels. so by the results of these meetings may become visible or they just found somebody lead or down the depth chart meeting today. at the press, in the claim you side for the press on what expert commentary so far regard. so last history, something height is on special ed. he traveled to the us while the counter offensive back home continues to make only slow progress. is this leading to you

frames international in physician becoming more and more complicated or even deteriorating? or just the bottles on, excuse me, a shot. because the comfortable sensitive have been progressing much lower than many in the west, or where he didn't come to the south would have assumed or vote in the beginning of the summer to be a fee or ukraine has. and this is this aspect that the slow progress of the counter offensive made it easy to do the decrease or best and support, very comfortable because financial and most important, they made very support. so brokerage bundles and ask you admission also to address these fields these concerns. and they showed the most important international partner that yes, they've gone through offensive is going on slowly, but this will risk. hm. let's talk about one important partner, poland, and the relationship with this very important ally is showing signs of stress to

day or so. someone keeps ambassador, but what's going on there is that this is a very special situation because boeing is approaching collections in a few weeks from now. so this is a very dense, very heated environment in the, in bowden. and the pre election binds us motor tensions with neighboring countries . get for the decides easily. the popular debate is about the you lifted the band on ukraine and they've been carter and imports of food. and in addition to hungry and some other countries, you need let the, the bows the band in order to protect its own of the cartridge door because cheap ukraine and every gotcha in our products have made and very hot tobacco kind of competition. most of the boyish products and because you can shop, introduce us to move this ukranian criticism has become part of decides into already overheated voice domestic board. they call environment. however,

being the use of the the to the evening. and it looks like the both sides made steps to meet the game dimensions and kind of june down the situation back to the level 5 more the technical levels. so address routes of the german council on foreign relations. thank you so much. so it's great to get your input. thank. are you in general assembly as sometimes nickname, speed dating for diplomats because it offers a chance for informal run ends and meetings, even between representatives and politicians. so don't usually get much face time with each other. they 3 saw to formerly a strange leaders, break the eyes after more than a decade of frost. your relations is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and his turkish counterpart reads of type error on held their 1st ever meeting today as a fringes of the un general assembly. they discussed israel's efforts to normalize relations with saudi arabia and closer cooperation, and fields,

including energy technology and cyber security. turkey's been on a charm offensive and roofing years trying to expand its influence in the middle east that i've seen on cra reaching out to historical arrival, such as egypt, u, a. e, and saudi arabia. turkeys relations with israel broke down in 2010. after is rarely commandos launched a deadly assault on the turkish ship. lobby more mar um, which was attempting to deliver aid to the gaza strip. pen turkish activist died in the attempt by lateral ties remained on ice for over a decade as a result. but the 2 countries have sought refreshment. in recent times, stephen cook is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and an expert on the middle east. he joins us tonight from washington, dc. good to see. so yesterday or to on said his step of diplomacy to end the war and ukraine today. is endorsing normalization between israel and saudi arabia to lower tensions in the middle east. there doesn't seem to be

a conflict these days. turkey doesn't want to be seen as solving what's erred ones, game plan here, as well. it seems to be returned in some ways to the earliest years of everyone's 10 years turkey's prime minister in which turkey was a very active player in middle east from diplomacy and trying to be a problem solver and troubleshoot or for the region. i it, everyone is definitely looking to repair those relations, but he damaged in subsequent years. and this is the result of whether leaders like benjamin to, to y'all or the savvy leadership actually trust air to one is a different story. a lot has happened since those earliest days of air. the ones that rule in turkey could turkey be instrumental in reaching a deal with saudi arabia. i don't think so. the play air here that is most important is the united states because the united states that has much to offer the saudis in return for normalizing with israel. what the turks are looking to get out

of any normalization is, is it generally or greater integration into the region so that they can benefit economically despite turkeys economic problems at the moment it really is perhaps next to is the most advanced industrial economy in the region and would spam to gain from gain from or regional integration. okay, so they're not looking for a piece of turkey. they're looking for money, basically. it, that's it, that's precisely what story is. it. the turks have made a very significant turn around gear. however, in their efforts to normalize the relations with, with these rallies, in particular, the present and everyone in private is going to to now have long avoided each other . and the normalization between these 2 countries has rude and shepherded by israel's president as a cook top rather than providence turned it in. yeah, the turks believe that this will help them in washington dc inter hm. is this,

this close to making of ties, or this thawing that we're seeing is this likely to have an effect on turkey's policies towards the palestinians because he's previously used the u. n. stage to, to really condemn and the harsh is terms of israel's, israel's treatment of the palestinians. is that likely to change? now? it seems unlikely that everyone is going to give up the palestinians. he's proving himself to be a pragmatist on a variety of issues. but housekeeping issue, something that he does very, very strongly about. it's possible that he'll turn down his rhetoric, but you know, one is really attacking the gaza strip. will change the tenor of, of air to once public statements. for now, however, he is interested in normalizing relation to these rows while at the same time uh, pressing these rallies on the power steering issue. of course, he has the trick carefully because it is aired,

one who is really sought the normalization of relations and in the 10 years between 2010. as you mentioned in your meeting between the modern marbury incident and the following are relations between the 2. these roads have moved on and develop relations with important countries in the gulf, including savvy, re giving you a titans. this ties with grease and cypress as well as continues to further develop its relations with egypt. demonstrating that tricky was not as critically strategically important to israel as so might have delete. now this seems like another a tight rope act by turkey doesn't it? there's always the dance between nato and russia, and now we're seeing, you know, the time with israel and, and sticking by the palestinians. can this go well, well, can you go? well, if the air one follows the script that he followed after he came to power in 2003, which he developed his relations, the turkey's relations with his role at the same time trying to be constructed. the actor in fostering peace in the region is however,

he turns uh once again to kind of very, very strong rhetoric about his really conduct in the west bank or the gaza strip. it's likely not to go any way. i think the constraining back during the air one is his believe that a warming of relations between israel and turkey will lead to better relations between washington and all correct. i'm not sure that that's actually accurate. there is a long list of differences between the turkish and american governments that have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do it. israel. but keep in mind that president aired one comes from and this one is background and it is miss 10 to see the world in a certain way. and they tend to see that jews are powerful in washington. and as a result by warming relations with israel, who somehow get a break in washington, i think he's miscalculating there and he missed apprehends the power of,

of jewish groups and pro israel lobbies in washington. yeah. and the relationship between israel and washington is also not the best at this moment in time. steven cook from the counts exactly, relations and thank you so much. my pleasure. the world leaders have also been meeting for a special summit on climate change on the sidelines of the un general assembly, but there is a twist. the only ones allowed to speak are those who bring new and meaningful action to the table. that's on orders from you and secretary general antonio gutierrez. he's convened what he calls a no nonsense climate ambition summit and aims to highlight trailblazers and prod polluters into reducing emissions. b one isn't saying yet. who can and who cannot speak? a one success story as brazil we're logging in the amazon has fallen dramatically. president losing us to let us to the last strength and the agency monitoring

deforestation and rolled back some of his predecessors anti environmental policies . the w has been following the progress on reinforce protection there, and we can now i will look it's the amazon rain forest here has all but disappeared . and brazil's northeastern state of modern young, 72 percent of the force has been raised down. and it is up to these environmental officers to protect what's left, what my process, i think tasks throughout my whole thing is to try and stop on authorize the for the station and the invasion of protected areas such as indigenous territories and conservation unit. but this is only possible without constant presence at every moment to inspect, as must take tons to try and ensure that deforestation is decreases. your make the officers from brazil's environmental protection agency. obama rely on satellite information to choose what locations they will inspect once they get there, they face many hurdles. in this area,

73. hector's of trees have been cut down. the challenge finding out who is behind this destruction and holding them accountable. while the police for me to, especially in areas where there are primary forests in areas of the legal mining or within indigenous tenant trim, saying that that tends to be more problematic, that the officers collect more information by talking to local residents. following these leads, they locate a trader who may be the owner of the land, just inspected. he denies the evidence shown and the images, but if he's proven to be responsible, he will have to pay a fine under toward the inspector is also find freshly felled trees here in the, at all the boy and the engine is territory lift the wash out of people and also isolated people's like the a water would depend on nature to survive. even stay in my study. so we want more protection and we want the world to learn from the prism of things on my we can change the well by protecting the rain forest man corporate this. so that helps maintain the balance in the face of climate change too much. i. in this case,

the officers came just in time to scare away the legal temper. steve, the person slowing down the trees heard the inspector's cars approaching and fled to left behind a motorcycle which will be seized. and just like this cracking down and illegal activities, step by step is almost environmental officers hope to protect the amazons. biodiversity announcing today that we're going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. you'll still be able to buy petrol and diesel calls and vans until 2035. even off to that, you'll still be able to buy and secondhand. we're lining our products with countries like germany, phones, spain, basically, australia, canada, sweden, and us states such as california, new york, massachusetts, and still ahead of the rest of america. and other countries like news,

even less than british prime minister there announcing what even some m p 's of his own party are calling the biggest mistake of his premiership, richie sooner plans to change the case commitments to find in global warming. so next, as people will not be forced to switch to greener forms of heating starting in 2035 . and as you have written, some precious plans to switch from petrol and diesel cars to electric by 2030 irving delayed to 2035. so not in 5th, the stats do not amount to watering down britain's climate goals. critics say the steps are motivated by fears of a voter backlash against expensive green policies at next year's general election. spring in our london corresponding show and show some fil charlotte. long time, no, see the whole world is working to ramp up climate accident. the u. k. is going the other way. how is due next announcement going down at home? so it's not very often the see seek is in the auto industry and

in the green movement, united in condemnation. the stock is what we've seen today that's been in for, for lots criticism of these. and now since now the prime minister receives soon has said that they are a pragmatic approach. she's making it to a population facing a cost of living crisis, big a financial buttons at the moment. and he's saying that this is expensive, passed some ways that they weren't even recognize themselves, that he's saying that these people will need to be taken by the hands to catch on board is net 0 goals as a be reached to that. he's huffman critics. so saying that not only will this have major environmental impacts, they will also have academic in facts which will hit those very same, watching people that pointing to the fact that a not taking action a so the climate will have major economic consequences further down the line

that of course, is a big risk that's uh that is being faced here. so that's why that's been so much precision. also has an appointment. this is a coffee itself. well, you mentioned that number of design policy thing is to be the biggest mistake of his career. so a loss is out sick today. all right, so the energy industry doesn't like of the car industry, doesn't like if the opposition doesn't like it. and even some members of his own party don't like it. why is he really doing as well? there will be some that say that this is just the parts of the firm and it says, own personal philosophy needs been described as being a little bit more neat. full on climates, a decline that agenda didn't others, but as you will, so i mentioned barry's this big issue of an election inspected by the end of next year. now his policy, the concepts of policy very,

very much training in the polls. there are some who say, well, who describes among the physician in particular describes this made is the desperate to tense to the windows is a gamble if you like, roll the dice to try and convince americans to, to go to them to missing the day. that being hubs, and they say they're concerned about the financial crisis. so whether or not he will win, round faces remains to be seen yet. how do people feel about the net 0 goals for $20.50? is this actually an issue people care about? can this be enough to say the tories at the next election as well? it is uh, as they uh, they are very behind the opposition labor policy at the moment. now the conservative policy has been informed by a local election that happened earlier this year. and it,

it might just seem like local politics and in fact it sort of really shape their policies on the climate on this just to explain gives you the backgrounds, the conservative conservation. so you're not supposed to have a surprise when and another to election uninstalled since the fact that they came up very hard against policy in the area fixing its whole on the nice emissions generating vehicles. has one big facts are not that thoughts are really influence the thinking on this whether or not. so that will play out is showing that this will be a success with devices in the wind. a general election really is very, very unclear it. and then what it stuff do is puts a complaint, actually a dividing line between the 2 biggest parties, the subject policy in the labor party, labor of already come mountains and roll back the prime minister the to the on the on the vehicle. so it will have to see how this is laid out. we only have about

half a minute left, but i do want to get to some fact checking because so next said, britain is leaving the world on cutting carbon emissions. is there any truth to that? certainly helping you k wanted to position itself out of 5 since 1990 emissions of down more than any of the other large quantities in the g 7. so there is some success that there's been a lot of criticism, particularly of late the, the possible reaching climate goals is not being met. in fact, that was pretty different from the governments. missy say you came last. it's split like a leadership position on, on the actions of charlotte chosen pill and lemon. great to have you back to advertise, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. you can follow us on twitter or find us online. our web address is d, w dot comp, and i hope see you again tomorrow by thanks for doing the

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