oh. breaking news this hour multiple fatalities have been reported as an amtrak train derailed from a bridge in the state of washington will be going live shortly to argue as correspondent. u.n. security council overwhelmingly backs a resolution to quote null and void strong trumps decision to make jerusalem the capital of israel but the resolutions being vetoed by the united states. and protesters have taken to the streets of the austrian capital vienna after a far right party took the positions in the new coalition government. good evening to you my name's neil harvey you're watching our international.

breaking news as well will start because there have been quote multiple fatalities after an amtrak train derailed from a bridge over interstate five that's a major commuter highway in pierce county washington state part of the train was left actually dangling from the bridge and numerous passenger cars fell on to the highway our correspondent in washington samir joins me now a tragic accident taker's through the details that we know at this point well an amtrak train derailed from a bridge onto a major highway like you said just forty miles south of seattle washington six deaths have been reported and the first responders are reportedly treating it as a mass casualty incident but a spokesperson for local authorities commented let's see what he had to say. well you know we know that we have. people that

were able to undergo students being killed for multiple groups damage to the bridge to multiple vehicles down. to the ground around it. now amtrak confirmed that there were seventy eight passengers and five crew members on board the train departed from tacoma short shortly after eight am and the derailment occurred during rush hour which is the worst time that this could possibly happen now highway lanes were immediately blocked causing a three mile backup and interstate five still remains closed until further notice but according to the washington transportation department this was a new service that only launched this morning the point defiance bypass project was intended to quote improve passenger train reliability and reduce congestion by rerouting trains to an illiterate route now prior to that trains were forced to slow down due to curves and single track tunnels but unfortunately it's led to this devastating instant now the governor of washington said that it was an ongoing and

serious situation and has even declared a state of emergency in the counties affected but so far six deaths have been reported but a u.s. official says that the death toll is expected to increase and that is the very latest information from samir khan a correspondent in washington thank you. to the news the united states ambassador to the u.n. has vetoed a draft resolution rejecting donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel all fourteen other voted for the resolution join me live on the line is caleb open our correspondent. who's been following events from his base in new york tell us more than about the security council meeting how did the vote unfold and how did they talk about it afterwards. well the fifteen member body that leads the united nations was assembled now the

meeting was called by egypt that point forward a resolution and this resolution was essentially intended to kind of give voice and give legitimacy to all the outrage that has taken place in response to the i now incident from donald trump that the united states is moving the u.s. embassy of in israel to jerusalem and recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital now there have been protests all across the world ever sense that there's been a big meeting of muslim countries around the world condemning that decision now so the the meeting took place they were discussing and eventually voted on the resolution that came from egypt now when countries spoke no one would directly point the finger at the united states or at donald trump however we did hear some rather strong language this is egypt talking about their resolution i will address this week of jerusalem as one of the issues the must be settled through peaceful negotiation between the palestinians and the israelis and yet some said changing

facts on the ground in jerusalem is considered an illegal you not true measure and will have new legal impact since it goes against international law. now what made the meeting unique was not only did we hear normal critics of the united states condemning the decision but we also heard you know western european allies of the u.s. nato states condemning this action by the united states and boldly disagreeing with the usa for what took place so this is actually the u.n. ambassador of france after another that as you know there are many good t.v. fix still in the region caused by the december sixth announcement and the way it can be interpreted these effects must be avoided we cool all regional polluters to help comb the situation. now of course we then heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she defended the decision by the white house

to move the u.s. embassy she accused the united nations of being anti israel and called the proposed resolution scandalous this is nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten it's one more example of the united nations doing more harm than good in addressing the israeli palestinian conflict. now under rule thirty seven of the united nations any country that is affected by a resolution has the right to address the meeting of the security council so we heard from both israel and palestine and the palestinian representative basically accused the united states of joking with the international community or teasing the international community member now at this point we saw what is a rare occurrence in the un security council chamber there was a vote among the security council that was fourteen to one with the entire

international community essentially united against the united states the usa voted against the resolution and the international community disagreed and almost unanimously there was a unanimous opposition to the united states in the security council however it is important to note that because the united states is a permanent member of the u.n. security council there are no vote serves a veto and the resolution was was voted down despite the fact that all fourteen other countries every other country represented on the security council was in disagreement so at this point now one thing that was agreed upon by all the bodies including the united states was that they wanted peaceful negotiations and a peaceful process to resolve the palestinian israeli conflict everyone including the united states did agree that they wanted a peaceful resolution of the conflict after the resolution that was supported by fourteen members and fourteen countries was vetoed by the united states is the very

latest on today's vote in new york with a correspondent not kill him open thank you. to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel continues to cause wide scale across the middle east. i. have been involved in protests and clashes with israeli forces food march two weeks donald trump's decision to end u.s. neutrality on what is one of the most complex issues region with both palestinians and israelis laying claim to the city the move was followed by a wave of condemnation from european and muslim leaders. and the president of turkey has been one of the loudest voices out there he's now announced plans to open an embassy in east jerusalem where if an option has more on how the jerusalem move is being confronted. here we are in is jury still in the part of the se to

considered by palestinians to be their territory so in this status may be supported by turkey now and korea has a dental consulate here but the country's president is now saying he wants to open an embassy here. we've already declared east jerusalem as the capital of the palestinian state but we haven't been able to open our embassy there because jerusalem is currently under occupation god willing we will open our embassy there . the turkish leader has been reacting fiercely to donald trump's controversial recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel slamming other nations for a weak response mr aragon appeared to be speaking home behalf of the more than more old when he claimed if we lose jerusalem then we won't be able to protect me dina if we lose medina we will lose mecca and caba the organization of islamic cooperation held an emergency meeting in istanbul wait hold on the international community to commit to making east jerusalem the palestinian capital. the us

decision on your rousseau them because of its great buyers against the historical and permanent rights to palestine. jerusalem see the united states the solution to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is a dangerous one it will threaten security and stability and frustrates efforts to resume the peace process boy yet as a mayor all every possible step must be taken to prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the us administration however there is one question that sticks out here which will work factors and eleven months made it possible for the u.s. president's trip to take such an outrageous act and it's not just moved in nations reacting to the u.s. recognition of jerusalem with violent protest all over the globe the u.n. security council is now reportedly considering a draft resolution to abolish trump's decision that's following an emergency session requested by eight out of the. fifteen member states it is highly unlikely

that the resolution like this could pass through the security council with america of course one of five permanent members with veto powers refinishing r.t. from jerusalem. we spoke to experts based in both israel and palestine about the u.s. speed they agree washington's move will not contribute to a peaceful solution to the crisis. only other marshall islands and in other micronesian area countries apparently are going to be siding with the united states but the american veto will have it's a fact and they're just really really wasting their time but they should be doing to help the palestinians is telling them to come back to the table it's a complete waste of time what they should be doing is encouraging the palestinian leadership to return to the negotiating table with donald trump in his announcement did not rule out whatsoever there being a pastor in capital in east jerusalem who there's no surprises this is very much expected the united states was expected to come up with this veto but none of that

is it's very significant and do you assure you that the rest of the world. is asserting the fact that this american decision is illegal that is a promise to change that is happening there all of the united states views of either middle east and particularly the israeli palestinian conflict in the history of this process the americans were too biased and less since that of to the international legality which was a measure of structural defect in this peace process that isn't of this is that we are witnessing the end of the role of the united states as a sponsor of through this process which is i think a very dramatic and a very important setback for the american middle east policy. protesters have come out in the austrian capital vienna after a far right party joined the new coalition government while the new government was being sworn in as historic hofburg palace anti far under the left wing activists

protested outside had the police presence the demonstrators from entering the building. protesters be marching through the streets carrying placards that say don't let nancy's government a major concern for them is that key state positions have been given to the freedom party will take on the foreign interior and defense ministries as well as the vice chancellor ship. there's been widespread condemnation of this agreement across many european media outlets lots of fears that this will lead to the the far right side of that coalition having more and more say over politics in australia but we can look at

what the well the coalition of put out themselves of what they say their policies will be we can expect that they'll be an increase in direct democracy along the switch small of putting big votes to the people in order to get their opinions on which direction the country goes in next but one decision that won't be put into the people's hands like that it's been confirmed that austria has no intention on holding in a bragg's that s.k.u. referendum any time soon we can also expect tougher immigration control we could also expect the austrian government to push for an end to turkey's accession to the talks we can also expect to see this austrian government pushing more for an end to e.u. sanctions against moscow. regarding the sanctions against russia yes we would like for those to be lifted and we will try to play a part in this is a mediator to find a solution in the interests of yours so europe and russia can overcome the

differences when you talk to people on the streets of vienna opinion still very split over the direction the country is headed in that i think things that i think we have sinned as before it was triumphant drugs at an angle and and i think that i was taking it and i really don't think it's going to go that it's going to throughout europe there's a return to the far right you can see this in germany. world with the f.t. got a lot of votes and if someone speaks about the refugee crisis you get the impression that this could have been handled better. in the good naaman i think the far right are correct they're working for the people doing what people who wants them to do so i'm in favor i am happy with the situation well twenty seventeen hour c. in the far right rise to prominence in european politics if we look right at the beginning of the year of course we saw builders pushing hard for the the dutch

prime ministerial race in their elections there we also saw marine le pen in france be the number one challenger to emanuel grown in the french presidential elections where is here in germany where i'm talking to you from the alternative for germany party they took up seats for the first time in the bundestag in germany's parliament well while. denies that he has any truck with the far right the fact that it had to go into coalition with the with the austrian freedom party has seen him heavily criticized. german political scientists verna believes that the e.u. will have to reconcile itself to austria new coalition. west european governments won't take any significant actions against this new or strong government because on the one hand writing populism has been growing in all these countries in the self-confidence of europe centrist leftist government has been shattered by this

rise of right wing populism and on the other hand the former coalition between the p. and the. did not hard to europe nor to austria law worth the any policy stake which are contradictions to or humanitarian. rule of law standards of the european union fearful european governments don't see any reason for horse restrictions and even central to right now. russia and china are the main challenges to u.s. global hegemony according to the new national security strategy unveiled by president trump the document also presents the white house view on everything from the economy to nuclear defense and it comes just a day after vladimir putin called trump to thank him and the cia for vital intelligence which they say helped prevent a series of terrorist attacks in st petersburg based on the information the united

states provided russian authorities were able to capture the terrorists just prior to an attack that could have killed large numbers of people no russian lives were lost in the terrorist attack as were caught and in now incarcerated the u.s. president said that he and the entire american intelligence community were pleased that they could help to save multiple lives it is also agreed this was a positive example of the countries working together. discuss the news with former u.s. congressman ron paul he thinks that the new strategy sends the wrong message from the start. the sentiment to produce a phone call between two presidents isn't the same sentiment as going to design strategy policy for this country they start with the wrong premise they start with the idea that we have an empire we have a responsibility and it isn't. they believe it's a moral responsibility and we are the ciders and we should influence people over because we are exceptional and they're all start with the wrong things so it's just

a matter of degree you know i want to believe that trump heart is with us who are thinking that we should have more open relationships and talking he said it before but he has had to back off and i guess the pressure is too much we're them the deep state the people who control the media. rushes back to cold war era hostility towards the west that's according to british foreign secretary boris johnson is in speaking ahead of this week's meeting with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov in moscow and situation has more ahead of this first visit by u.k. foreign minister to russia in five years worth johnson has certainly been making some curious comments in his typical manner for starters he has drawn some comparisons between russia and sparta i was reading few cities history of the political war it was obvious to me that athens and its democracy its openness its culture and civilization was the end of united states and the west russia for me

was closed no militaristic and democratic like spots are well worth it johnson has also said that russia has not been so hostile to the u.k. or western interests since the end of the cold war and quote now was speaking to the sunday times on the also popular issue of russian meddling he said again that you can see no evidence of russian influence when it comes to the bracks that referendum if you remember in the past has even used the words not a sausage of evidence. and he has said that there is some evidence that there has been russian trolling on facebook this might be in reference to some of the numbers released by facebook that have said that only two hundred people in britain had seen any adverts which cost just over seventy p. these numbers were certainly quite curious given all the endless talk about this alleged russian meddling and facebook influence when it came to that referendum now

also ahead of this visit it's curious that some apparently here in westminster are nervous about what is going to happen when boris johnson finally gets to moscow for talks with his counterparts we have seen the chair of the parliamentary group on russia and lever as he chris bryant publish an open letter to boris johnson warning him of certain things that could come including things such as his food potentially being spiked some kind of influence to not let boris johnson get enough sleep things like honey traps why beautiful kremlin agents as well as maybe his phones being hacked or bugged he's also been warning to stay away from any drinking games and has been letting boris johnson to be weary of being alone in an elevator and making faces so that this doesn't get used against him in the future but that said boris johnson has made it clear by sort of repeating his mantra of beware but engage that he does plan to have serious talks when it comes to the situation in

syria and specifically collaborating with russia to defeat isis terrorism so certainly lots to look ahead for when it comes to this visit later in the week. three people look to most thirty inches following a car bomb attack twelve of the wounded were soldiers one of those killed was a security officer according to local officials no group has yet claimed responsibility for that attack. meanwhile earlier on monday islamic state claimed responsibility for an attack on an afghan intelligence training center in kabul armed militants stormed a partially constructed building at the complex triggering intense fighting there with security forces local journalists but also worried. one car bomb has exploded there's another one that the attackers that brought in with them it's quite an embarrassment to say the least because these areas should be protected these are areas where afghan intelligence trains its members and new recruits and

next to it is another facility that's providing security to other installations in kabul in all across the country what we see these days is that militants targeting kabul in other major cities which is almost new front line for them in the last few months we've also seen americans and other nato countries pounding board says as well as taliban positions and afghan special forces have been carrying out regular operations it could be a retaliation but certainly what we see more and more the afghan government in its international allies failed to prevent these attacks from taking place in kabul. but i'll mention their islamic state recently carried out a number of attacks in the region on sunday i saw militants killed nine people in

neighboring pakistan last month two died after an islamic state attack on a car bomb t.v. station in late october seventy two people were killed by is the mist in two separate afghan mosque attacks carried out during friday prayers. the son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi is planning a political comeback into a family spokesperson. he will run for president of the country's election this next year the second of gadhafi ten children saif was one of the most powerful figures during the rule of his father who was brutally killed by western backed insurgents in two thousand and eleven so they face the death penalty for crimes against humanity during the uprising but was released after six years in jail. and the announcements expected to kick start the presidential race in libya on sunday protesters came out in favor of another potential candidate national army

commander khalifa haftar it comes in the wake of last turmoil witnessed in libya since the two thousand and eleven war and the unrest that shows no sign of stopping . before you can bust the libya oliver miles told us that with so many rival groups

fighting inside the country elections could actually make the situation worse. but he knows whether there will be an election the u.n. representative gave an interview a couple of weeks ago in which he said he hoped that conditions would be suitable for an election but it's by no means clear that they will there are several different claimed claimants to be government none of them has an absolutely clear claim because none of them has control over the whole territory and that situation means that an election are wouldn't really make any sense like it might be to even make things worse from islam gadhafi when his father was still. in charge in libya had some success in getting the attention and even admiration and support from outside libya and britain for example the world the world some people who were convinced that he was hope for the future and in other countries too i don't think those feelings were widely shared interest led libya. french president among your

micron's celebrated his fortieth birthday on saturday but instead of congratulations the president faced the wave of criticism over the venue for his party.

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