member states, which is now suffering from the brutal violation of the -- [indiscernible] -- of united nation's charter. the statements on ukraine's joining the united nations as one of the founding members, which was delivered at the san i quote,o congress -- ukraine has really been the subject of -- [indiscernible] -- by the aggressor, therefore they shall except -- [indiscernible] it has been a long time since that landmark event. but today, i have put a goal that my country has become the object of the external aggression. this time, the aggressor is the russian federation. , formering country strategic partner that pledged to respect sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, and the borders of ukraine. ais country used to be guarantee of ukraine's security under the budapest memorandum, whereby security guarantees and provides to my country in exchange for the voluntarily reinstallation of the nuclear arsenal -- of the -- [indiscernible] -- nuclear arsenal. it is entrusted by the u.n. charter and sustaining peace and security. in fairbury 2014, russia conducted open and unprovoked

muslim and christian fighters are involved in reprisal attacks. >> i ask the united nation secure counselstrengthen the man data of the meneska to fight and give hope back to the peace of the sentence tral africa republic. it is for them i ask the united nations security council to examine the easing of the regime of sanctions toward our country particularly concerning the training and equipment of our security forces as parts of the bilateral cooperation with our alleys. >> two turkish soldiers have been shot dead on their way to work by suspected kurdish fighters. the attack happened in the southeastern province of diavakar. hundreds of fighters have been killed since a cease-fire deal collapsed in july. >> there has been another explosion in a town in southern china a day after a series of parcel bomb blasts. the latest was in an apartment block in a rural county of liochang. no injuries are being reported. on wednesday, seven people were killed and dozen injured at government offices, a hospital and prison. police have ruled out terrorism and have identified a 33-year-old local man as

we have is the united nations. please, we call upon you, we , yourto come we need you international protection. , we haved gentlemen tried to pressure israel to solution a two state with israeli government. through the united states, the european union, the united nations -- however, the israeli government insisted on continuing its destruction of the two state solution. currently in is place and imposed in the territory of the state of palestine and against the palestinian people on one hand. extensiveive severed privileges to israeli civilians. is this possible? this is the question we posed the united nations. a transitional agreement signed with israel stipulated that the agreement should be implemented within a timeframe of five years, ending in 1999. the full independence for citizens and the termination of the israeli occupation. theisrael stopped withdrawal of its forces from ceas classified as b and which represent more than 60% of the territory. israel intensified its activities everywhere. and breached al

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the strait is vital for trade. >>> the united nations has praised the pal tinnian flag for the first but the symbolic moment has been overshadowed by the president's announcement that he is no longer bound by the oslo accord. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations, the flag of the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly, observer states, there are two, palestine, and the holy see, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by the president and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place, among the family of nations, as a sovereign member state of the united nations. [ applause ] >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is dead locked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all of the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem, which was caused by israeli incursions around the al aqsa mosque. and he s

at the united nations the secretary of state warned russia not to use isil as an excuse to keep assad >> assad has rarely close chosen himself to fight isil as the terrorists made inroads throughout large swaths of syria and iraq, ranking, enslaving, and murdering civilians along the way, the syrian regime didn't try to stop them. instead it focused all of its military power on moderate opposition groups who were fighting for a voice in syria. >> reporter: it's not clear what it will do if future russian airstrikes go not after isil fighters but instead after the fighters opposed to bashar al-assad. rosalind jordan, al jazeera. >>> let's take a closer look now at the russian targets inside syria. moscow says it carried out strikes against eight isil targets, most isil strong holds are in eastern syria. but it appears that raqqa, isil's de facto capital was not hit, bombs were dropped in hommes, and other areas, and the raid focused on areas not held by isil. a syrian opposition leader says the strikes have killed at least 36 civilians. >> translator: we urged before that the russians

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-- when we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family the nations as a sovereign member of the state of the unitedns. >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is deadlocked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem which he said was caused by israel incursions around the al-aqsa mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he now wouldn't do so either. >> translator: they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel continuously violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and that israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> reporter: so is this the bombshell that press abbas said he had dropped or just an empty promise? there are now more questions than answers. how will it change the way his palestinian authority working on in the west b

undertake maximum effort to save succeeding generations from the scorch of war in short in the united nationscharter. [ applause ] achievement of this noble goal will be the cornerstone of ukraine non-permanent membership in the united nations security council for the period of 2016/2017 if elected. in this capacity, ukraine will remain the reliable and consistent partner guided by the global agenda and resolutely following the spirit and letter of the charter. i am firmly convinced that the organization will pass with the dignity with the complex test the goal of peace and prosperity. let god be with us. their attention. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >>> on the next "washington journal," bloomberg news reporter victoria stilwell discusses the september jobs report, the state of the economy, and possible action by the federal reserve. then, "detroit news" washington bureau chief david shepardson on public trust in automakers after reports of deception by volkswagen and fiat. and john logson, founder of george washington university's space policy institute, talks about nasa's anno

. >> our diplomatic editor james bayes has more from the united nations. >> president assad doesn't comethis gathering of world leaders, instead he sends every year this man. who told the general assembly that he fully supports the russian air strikes in syria because they are properly coordinated with his military, a military that he says remains strong. >> translator: i say syria will continue to fight terrorism in word and indeed, and the arab syrian army is capable of cleansing the country of those terrorists. despite all of the sacrifices and high prices paid and that we are still paying. >> reporter: a very different view comes from the opposition. >> russians came to help bashar al-assad and to prolong his lifeline. >> reporter: so do you think if russia had not started these air strikes and moved some of its forces to that base in latakia, that assad was on the verge of collapse? >> that's right. he was about collapsing. >> reporter: in his speech the depu deputy prime minister said his government would be prepared potentially to go back to the negotiating table. he said his gove

it possibly could go further and so real shock here at the united nations because the president of the u.n. general assembly, yes, it is normally a mainly ceremonial job, but it is one of the big jobs at the united nations. he sits in front of that body which consistents of all the countries and territories that are u.n. members. 193, and he served as each president does, for one year. between september 2013, to september 2014. chairing all the meetings of the general assembly, including when world leaders gathers in new york, introducing those world leaders including introducing president obama. so the fact that someone is important has been charged is causing shock. what is also causing shock is the detail of the allegations which was announce add short time ago. >> first, they paid him money. lots of it. from 2011 to 24 tone, they allegedly transfers over $1 million, in cash and wire transfers to the bank accounts new york, often in installments up to 200,000, or $200,000, or at a time. as alleged, ash spent his cash lavishly on himself, and on his family $59,000 on a single order,

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has announced its concerns about russian air strikes even as it unleashed its own strikes as the united nations continues to talk about syria, did the place just get more dangerous right under its nose. not quite united nations. it's the inside story. >> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> award winning journalist soledad o'brien takes us inside the violent world of kids behind bars. will a new experimental program be their last chance? >> i have to do my 100 percent best so i don't end up in a place like this again. >>> we must recognize that there cannot be after so much blood shed a return to the prewar status quo. >> update on citizens of syria and so should not be involved in choosing the leadership of another country. it's syria's business. >>> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. noted quite united nations this time on the program. even as the u.n. talks about peace, freedom, and security, they seem to be in seriously short supply around the world. syrian targets are attracting the attention of a long list of national air forces while people -- and the national security

ian government attended previous peace talks, those talks in moscow that were not brokered by the united nationsand not seen by most of the international community as proper talks and the talks last year that were lead by the then mediator of the united nations, but those talks broke up in geneva, because the syrian government was not prepared to go to the phase of talking about political transition. the opposition wanted to talk about it. the syrian government wouldn't talk about it, and that's why the geneva talks last year failed. >> james, does that mean that we're further than ever away from a diplomatic solution, just some of the things he said that the only way to work things out was with syrian talks, he also said we can't take part in diplomacy while we fight terror? >> reporter: i think we are further away, not because of the position of the syria government. i think this was a most predictable speech by the syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister. i think we're further away for a different reason, it happened maybe as a coincidence or maybe not, while we have been here in ne

the united nations is not opposed. fact, this intervention is happening at invitation of the government of iraq under international law. in terms of refugees, canada's response has been generous and responsible. we've admitted so far 15% of all the world refugees from the region. in terms of our response to this recent crisis, even before it was in the headlines, i announced our intention to accept additional refugees. i have since announced a number of changes to our system to expedite that number, and we're doing so while at the same time making sure that we choose the refugees, that we choose those who are genuine refugees, the most vulnerable people, and also maintain all standards of security and other screening. this is a generous and responsible approach that canada is taking. >> gentlemen, i want to step in to refocus the discussion. we'll have ample opportunity to talk about the refugee crisis later in the debate. mr. mulcair, follow up more precisely on when the government would intervene and why. what are the

that is the mission of the united nations. entlemen, let's work together to make this better for all where everybody can life with human dignity and prosperity. i thank you for your leadership. thank you very much. [applause] >> the secretary general of the united nations for his presentation. the general assembly will now turn to agenda item 8, general debate and i will now deliver in capacity as president in the session of general assembly a statement. heads of states, heads of government, distinguished ministers, mr. secretary general , delegated ladies and gentlemen, friends, on friday you heads of states and governments had 23rd-year agenda . a decision that once again proved universal relevance and value of the united nations. now we face the daunting task of transforming our vision into action. our ambition will only be realized in a world of peace and security and respect for human rights, not in a world where investment in wars more and more absorb and destroy a huge share of the resources we have committed to invest i

israel has rejected a palestinian plea to the united nations for an international force to police the al-aqsa mosque compound. access to the site's been a catalyst of two weeks of violence that has led to the deaths of 39 palestinians and seven israelis. five palestinians were killed on friday. more on the diplomacy in a moment but first andrew simmons reports on the latest violence. >> reporter: after friday prayers, in gaza, more shooting from israeli army and more killing of palestinians. the number of casualty rising, as palestinians try to breach the border fencing. these clashes came in bethlehem in the occupied west bank, there were similar scenes in hebron. a palestinian man dressed like a journalist was shot dead, after police say he stabbed a soldier who was moderately wounded. all over the west bank there were standoffs conflicts and injuries. no major incident as palestinians faced roadblocks and numerous checkpoints and searches in order to make what used to be short journeys. they faced long detours. friday prayers at that time al-aqsa mosque compound restricted to women

most show a distain for the united nations. >> israel's prime minister called it uum-schoom. he was describe a u.n. bias against israel, that part of the speech was going to pay well, and certainly will not win any friends. >> an offer to get back to the operating table. he blamed the palestinians for the failure of peace process. and yesterday we heard mahmoud abbas blame israel. in that context. is there much chance the peace process will get back on track. >> well, i think it's very lit: it was clear that both sides were more interested in blaming each other. it's unlikely that there will be much progress. i think equally important is what was not said at the united nations over the past few days, particularly in president obama's speech, he didn't mention israel, palestine or a resumption of the peace process. the silence on the conflicts, together with the statements and some of the harsh language and changes between mahmoud abbas and others suggest that if some diplomatic process is renewed. unfortunately, it's unlikely to go anywhere. >> a final question. binyamin netan

. >> prosecutors in the united states have announced corruption charges against united nations officials including the full head of the u.n. general assembly. the officials are accused much being part of a bribery scheme. from the united nations james bays reports. >> it is a largely ceremonial and prom job presiding over the general say systembly, chairing meetings, including those involving the world leaders. >> the assembly will now hear and address his excellency barack obama. >> but it is alleged that john ashe as faking more than $1 million in bribes from a chinese billionaire property dealer. >> mr. president, president secretary general. >> sometimes for than cash. sometimes he was paid in other ways. he also allegedly had the bribers pay for luxury vacations for himself and his family and paying the hotel in new zealand anew zealand--in new orleans at $850 a night. >> like all presidents of the general assembly. >> we obviously just learned of these series allegations this morning. of course, the secretary general was shocked and deeply troubled to learn this morning about the a

the united states. nearby, the united nations headquarters stands by new york's east river. cretary-general and the u.n. chief protocol take there majesties into the great chamber of the united nations general assembly. statesman of more than 100 countries have stated their views. afghanistan has proved over the years to be one of the strongest supporters of the united nations. within this council chamber, ambassadors work to preserve the peace of the world. there majesty's 12 day visit to the united states of america draws to its end. they will fly 12,000 miles, halfway around the earth, to return to their mountain kingdom. home awaits. the arrival of the royal plane in kabul stirs loyal hearts to beating faster. familiar banners, friends, loved ones, mountains, who can count the myriad cords that tie us to our homeland? it is the end of a long and successful journey. his majesty, king mohammed zahir, first in to the united states of america, is now safely home. thanks be to allah. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the nation

and the next move, not quite united nations. it's tin side story. >>> we must recognize that there cannot be after so much blood shed a return to the prewar status quo. >> update on citizens of syria and so should not be involved in choosing the leadership of another country. it's syria's business. >>> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. noted quite united nations this time on the program. even as the u.n. talks about peace, freedom, and security, they seem to be in seriously short supply around the world. syrian targets are attracting the attention of a long list of national air forces while people -- and the national security network are still with me in washington. jim, when the smoke clears, is al assad still in charge? >> putin seems to think so and if i had to choose, sadly, between he and barack obama to see who's going to blink, i'm pretty sure obama will blink. i think we've gotten to the idea that assad will stay and potentially at this point as i mentioned we've outsourced strategy there to putin. in a painfu

a reasonable one is 1945, the founding of the united nations. you see a poster here that was world war ii era, it was talking about the preamble of the charter of the united nations, on the right and bigger print. it says, we the peoples of the united nations determine to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors have resolved that the parties to any all seekhall first of a solution. world history is not like a light switch in a classroom. there are no on or off switches. , the big patterns start somewhere further back, a moment in which a new template is laid. that trend picks up. there are things that war against the trend, but if a trend is powerful like farming, or industrial revolution, even though some people are still hunting and gathering, that trend will ultimately prevail or become a dominant reality. if we want to know where that starts in world history. oddly enough, we need to go back to the american revolution. this is not because the united states was the first post colonial nation, which it w

this is something that is going to shock the united nations. mr. ash, i saw only last week at the high level woke at the united nation, is a former president of the general assembly. he was one of the dignitaries there, now facing serious charges. >> do get back to us if you find out more information. >> after more than a week of fighting in kunduz in afghanistan, it's still contested. afghan forces have taken territory but haven't established control. let's go to one of the first international journalists to reach kunduz. you've gotten to the airport, i think, i expect not much further, because it's very dangerous there. >> there is strong fighting going on. we could hear bullets. we could hear gunfire, artillery almost every second. afghan security forces struggling to get control of the city. they are fighting with taliban almost in every single street of kunduz city. i talked with some afghan security officials here in kunduz. they are telling us the reason that they are going so slow, because they are facing lack of leadership, lack of coordina

and by the security council of the united nations. but clearly, also, we are seeing now that there is support for president assad, at least this was one of the issues which was not clear between the united states and russia. but after the meetings that took place, u.s. officials came out and set that russia is likely to go after i.s.i.l. and at the same time, they are likely to support the regime of bashar al-assad. >> now these air strikes are believed to be the first conducted by the kremlin in the middle east since world war ii. do you agree as secretary of defense ash carter did that this will merely throw gasoline on the fire and inflame the war? >> the possibility is there, for other members of the coalition on the one hand we hear that they are welcoming russia to join in the campaign against i.s.i.l. on the other hand, we hear statements like they are pouring fuel on the fire and it's going to make the situation much worse. so i think what we are seeing now is that there is a great deal of maneuvering taking place. there is agr

to maintain the status quo, though we were hearing from the israelis a little bit earlier at the united nationsg that there wasn't any need for that. so we'll stay across developments there at the u.n. and keep you up to speed on that. but speaking earlier any u.s. ambassador to the united nations, samantha power criticized the use of violence from both sides. >> we have repeatedly condemned this violence and made clear there is no justification for any terrorist attack. we continue to stress the importance of preventing inflammatory rhetoric, or any actions that can feed the violence. the human consequences have been grave and continue to mount. since october 1st, israelis have faced 38 attacks in which at least 7 israelis have been killed and more than 40 injured, some gravely. 18 palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured by live fire or rubber bullets from israeli security forces in the course of demonstrations or clashes. ♪ >>> now russia says it has hit more than 380 isil targets since lunching its air strikes more than two weeks ago. and syrian forces are launching offense. zana

. >>> the united nations has raised the palestinian flag for the first time.t symbolic moment has been overshadowed by palestinian president mahmoud abbas' declaration that he's no longer bound by the oslo accords, he's accused israel of breaching the agreement signed in 1993 which were meant to provide a basis for peace. our diplomatic h editor james bays. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations, the flag of the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, palestine and the holy sea, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by tal stun vinnie president mahmoud abbas and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we inform the -- unfurlal palestinian plaque in its proper place among the family of nations as a soften member state of the united nations. president abbas put all the blame on the israel is and said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he says was caused by isr

. >> we have more from the united nations president assad does not come to the gathering of world leaders. instead, he said that he fully supports the airstrikes and it's supported by the military. a military that he says remains strong. >> syria will continue to fight terrorism, and they're capable of cleansing the army from those terrorists. despite all of the high prices paid. >> a very different view comes from the syrian national coalition. it's president in an interview with a talk to al jazeera program told me that he believes that bashar al-assad's regime was on the verge of collapse when the russians intervened. >> the russians came to help bashar al-assad, and to prolong his lifeline. >> do you think if russia had not started these airstrikes and moved some of its forces to that base. >> yes. most observers believe those talks broke down because they were unprepared to discuss political advance significance in syria. >> let's look in more detail on what is going on in syria, but specifically they began to target other syrian rebel groups. it says that the military intervention w

side is ready and willing. >> how do you take what prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in the united nations where he said we stand ready to negotiate with the palestinians with no conditions? that sounded good. >> yes, but we have the united states that action speaks much louder than articulations and words. we tried negotiation for 20 years. since the signing of the oslo agreement. our situation today is worse than the situation when we signed the agreement simply because the israeli side, the different government, particularly this current government, they negotiate with us for the sake of negotiations, and they continue creating illegal facts on the ground. i think that the ambassador of israel that you had before me, he said well, we withdraw from gaza, they withdraw 10,000-8,000 settlers. today we're closing to 600,000 settlers, if the prime minister is truly committed to a two-state solution, he has to send the signal to the israeli people before he send the signal to us. of course, he has to send the signal to us that he is ready and willing to negotiate the end of occupation, and to

so here's a novel idea for the united nations. instead of continuing the shameful routine of bashing israel, stand with israel. stand with israel as we check the fanaticism at our door. stand with israel as we prevent that fanaticism from reaching your door. ladies and gentlemen, stand with israel because israel is not just defending itself, more than ever, israel is defending you. [ applause ] >> on behalf of general assembly, i wish to thank prime minister of the state of israel -- >> well there is one thing you can say about a 41-minute speech by the israeli prime minister. it is riveting. and it usually comes with props. three years ago, it was a cartoon-style bomb. today it was a book and a very long pregnant pause of silence. most of this speech was about iran and the nuclear deal. the bulk of it. he did touch on the other critical issues. isis. for only about a minute or so. the relationship with president obama and the united states. the palestinians. and the peace process in getting back to the table with conditions, preco

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president mahmood abbas has a request for the united nations. plus a south carolina officer who threw a teenager to the ground finds out if he still has a job. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. house republicans are set to vote today on their choice for the next speaker. paul ryan is expected to get the nod, but as we've seen lately from the g.o.p. leadership anything could happen. libby casey joins us live now from capitol hill with the latest on this. libby, what is happening? >> it's been awhile to get to this point, but the republicans are now going behind closed doors, and we expect them to emerge with the new nominee for the speakership paul ryan. we have seen them get close to this before. you'll remember that kevin mccarthy bowed out at the last minute. but paul ryan has been able to get together enough republican coalitions to show that he is likely to have the vote today. barring from huge curveball he should be set to get this green light from the republicans. it's not a job that paul ryan sought, and

he saor diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> raised for the first time at the united nations. e flag of the state of palestine following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, pallet stein and the holy see i hope a success for a peace processes will soon yield when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the united nations (applause.) >> in his speech to the general assembly president abbas put all of the blame otisitsis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he said was caused by israeli incursions around the mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he, now, wouldn't do so either. they leave us know choice but to insist we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel could not wutsly violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying pow

they have been given medical treatment and provisions by the united nations refugee agency. al organization of migration says more than 550,000 people have now arrived in europe, having traveled across the mediterranean this year, with almost 3,000 thought to have died trying to make the crossing. >>> south korea, the philippines and indonesia have expressed interest in joining the newly agreed trans-pacific partnership, tpp. it's a deal which is one of the most significant trade deals ever agreed to and of courses about 40% of the world's economy. but the asian countries who have yet to sign say they are waiting for further details before they commit. >> reporter: new zealand is already the world's largest poeshthser of dairy products, but its market is set to expand even further. government officials say the newly agreed partnership will make its products accessible to 800 million customers and bring in nearly $2 billion u.s. dollars more every year by 2030. the government hoped to get a better deal, but fmers say they are happy to take what they can. >> anything that can i

also on the program, a symbolic moment, the palestinian flag raised for the first time at the united nations. >> afghanistan says its forces have retaken one of their cities from the taliban >>> plus, show casing the rich history of india through its fabric in an exhibition in london. >>> russia and the united states have agreed to talks over syria. both sides said their military should get in touch after russia launched its first strikes outside the borders of the old soviet union. moscow says it targeted isil but the oaths and nato have expressed concerns over its real intentions. >>reporter: russian fighter jets flying around the city. moscow said it was targeting isil fighters in and around the central syrian city. president vladimir putin said he was committed to helping his country defeat the group. >> we will support the syrian army only in its legitimate fights specifically against terrorist groups. secondly, the support will be from the air without ground operations and such support will be limited in time as long as the syrian army is on offensive. >> the air strikes started just o

. >> let's head out to john terrett live at the united nations this morning. , what message will prime minister netenyahu present to the general assembly? >> reporter: well, i think they have been burning the midnight oil over at the israeli mission here in new york, drafting and redrafting the speech that prime minister netenyahu will deliver to the general assembly this morning. he is going to push back against the words of abbas, and he is going to push back hard. we have an indication of what he is going to say, because his office put out a statement late last night after president abbas spoke in which prime minister netenyahu talked about abbas's words being defeatful, and called on the palestinian authority to actre responsibly. let's listen to some of the speech, and how he sets up, now, what prime minister netenyahu will have to respond to this morning. >> translator: we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these signed agreements with israel, and israel assume fully all its responsibilities as an occupying power, because the status

itself is been a superior -- beneficiary of the first world order and a trusted partner of the united nations. the journey korea embarked on any seven decades since the war was a process of bring it to life the values and ideals of the united nations. the korea-u.s. alliance has defended the values of democracy, the free market system, and human rights, and developed into a vibrant economy through the ashes of work. our two countries have adventured together on this great journey of 70 years, and that we stand poised to make another leap forward. the journey i had will be -- journey ahead will be shaped by our two countries as staunch partners in the service of community. countlesshed guests, opportunities and challenges will await us along our quest. as our wealth grows with economic interdependence, and as the frontiers of space and technology are gradually pioneered, mankind in this era of hyper connection has joined unprecedented levels of abundance. but we know only too well that risks and challenges abound in our world. as threats both old and new become abundant, problems both regional

the effort of the united nation and the international community to contend with isil. we needed to do more. we need to take military action, combine with effective border security, intelligence coalition, and share it and take action. these alone may not suffice. but they can turn the tide and drive the forces of recruitment, movement, and it is set to operation of foreign terrorist fighters and their associated radical extremist. in order to put in place components of an approach to counter isil and eventually defeat we must address the source. we must find a way to prevent people from coming to terror in the first place and turning to violent extremism. they are lured in from lack of family and their expectations here are pushed. while addressing how to deal with this, we should let the military be tangable but it be crucial. good governance which calls for accountability, and transparency and rule of law, should kick stat the minutes of terrorism and the violent extremism. the international community will be required to work together to deter and disrupt elicit fina

. >> and questions tonight about the effectiveness of the united nations. we take a deeper look at its power and also at its weaknesses. >>> and good evening. we begin tonight with the deadly bombing of a hospital in afghanistan. 19 died and 37 were hurt when u.s. air strikes hit the medical facility in the city of kunduz. doctors without borders runs the hospital and says it had clearly informed the military of its location. the afghan president and the u.s. defense secretary have promised full investigation into this attack. >> kunduz has been a flashpoint all week. taliban forces captured the city a few days ago and since then afghan forces have tried to regain control with the help of u.s. air strikes. in the middle of the night, u.s. air strikes lasting more than an hour hit the main operating theater, the emergency room, and other parts of the doctors without borders complex. staff members and patients were killed. u.s. forces called it collateral damage. doctors without borders rejects that >> this is a big and large hospitals. one of the largest hosp

he told the united nations general assembly that israel's refusal to commit to agreements already signed happens rendered the palestinian authority powerless. shortly after, the palestinian flag was raised at the united nations for the first time. the u.s., canada and israel were among the nations that voted against what is a symbolic gesture for a nonmember state. >>> up next, we'll look at the latest batch of classified documents that went through hillary clinton's private email server, that's breaking this afternoon. >>> first hear what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 25 in, with a last-minute stay of execution for convicted murderer richard glossip who was scheduled to die this afternoon. governor mary fallon issued a 37-day delay after the u.s. supreme court refused to intervene. last night kelly rene disendaner was executed in georgia for the 1997 murder of her husband. >>> fox 59. judd mcmillan's announcement came a week after he sent out a text saying his phone had been stolen and apologizing to anyone who may have received offensive materi

official of $320,000, the origin of that was the united nations task tack, which is investigating as off-shoot for investigations pro cure. fraud. so i was investigated by an investigator, robert apple, who tracked me down in the united kingdom, and they shared the fraud that i was involved in, and they shared the finds with the justice department. and it appears that this was completely a justice department initiative, and as the u.n. shared, they found out about it when the rest of us did this morning. >> so with the body that found you doesn't exist anymore. >> that task force didn't receive any additional funding after 2008, and it was disbanded. and from my understanding, there have been no active fraud cases since 2008. >> is that troubling to you? >> it's troubling because the ptf, the task force, unearthed a number of different fraud schemes while it was working, and it's hard to think that since it's not an operation anymore that the bribery stopped. and as we have seen today, here's a $1 million plus, and this is just the start of an investigation, a $1 million bribery sche

. >>> up next, the palestinian authority and israel he ambassadors to the united nations address a a security council on recent violence in the west bank and jerusalem. the palestinian authority ambassadors says israel is to blame for the dangerous situation while the israeli ambassador implies palestinian leaders are continuing to lie and use inflammatory rhetoric. other members of the secret counsel including the us, the united kingdom, malaysia and jordan also offered remarks carried this is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the 7536 meeting of the security council is called to order>>. m. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the following scene, the situation in the middle ease including the palestinian questionst. that agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of israel to purchase made in this meeting.re it is so decided. >> t i propose the council invii the permanent observer of thebsr toserverve state of palestine to the united nations to t particip

and the united nations has welcomed those comments. but the palestinians say they don't just the israelis and their words anymore. so he is calling for this international intervention in the form of a monitoring force. there is a history of this in the u.n. and over the past several decades of sending monitors in to a tense situation to help calm things down, but israel does not seem like it is open to the suggestion. >> kristen thank you very much. >>> we do have much more to come for you here on al jazeera, hungary is only a few hours away of closing its border with croatia. >>> also we'll tell you how mud slides have left travelers stranded in california. ♪ we believe and defend ourselves. >> mr. netanyahu is playing with fire. this fire is dangerous for both our people. >> stay with al jazeera for continuing coverage. ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. the top stories now. five more deaths across cities in occupied territories as the palestinian israeli unrest incensefies. since the start of october '39 palestinians an

where prosecutors in the united states have announced charges against united nations officials, and thatludes the former head of the u.n. general assembly accused of being part of a bribery scheme. james bayes has been following this. talk us through it. >> yes, this is something that is going to be announced in just an hour's time by the attorney's office in the southern district of new york, but we know that the former president of the u.n. general assembly who presided over that body from september 2013 to 2014 john ash is currently behind bars. the charges i think are going to be a real shock to the united nations, because it suggests, the allegation is that there was a major corruption scheme going on here at the u.n., alleging that john ash who was formally the ambassador of his country, antigua, took brides of more than $500,000, it is claimed. and when they looked at his tax records he underestimated his income by $1.2 billion. we understand some of the bribe money was used for family vacation, buying rolex watches, the lease of a bmw car, and constructing an basketball court at

he tore into the united nations for what he called its shameful routine bashing of israel. and called on palestinian president not to walkway way from peace, as he put it and slammed the iran nuclear deal using a piece of political theatre, with delegates in the chamber watching. >> binyamin netanyahu reiterated his allowance with the u.s. is unshakeable. that did not stop him blasting the u.s. nuclear agreement with iran, and five other nations. >> after three days of listening to world leaders praise the nuclear deal with iran, i begin my speech by saying ladies an gentlemen, check your enthusiasm at the door. >> reporter: vowing not to allow iran into the nuclear weapons club, binyamin netanyahu condemned the agreement, including the lifting of sanctions that could mean billions of unfrozen dollars flowing to iran. >> you think hundreds of billions in sanctions relief. and fat contracts will turn this rapacious tiger into a kilten? >> reporter: the israeli leader and u.s. lawmakers opposing the deal failed to prevent the accord going forward and insisted that the deal tha

. >>> the united nations has raised the palestinian flag for the first time. but that symbolic moment has been overshadowed by palestinian president mahmoud abbas' declaration that he's no longer bound by the oslo accords, he's accused israel of breaching the agreement signed in 1993 which were meant to provide a basis for peace. our diplomatic h editor james

a major scandal at the united nations this afternoon. jon ash, the former general assembly president, is accused of taking more than $1 million in bribes from a chinese businessman in return ash allegedly promoted chinese interests. james, what are the charges specifically against ash? >> well, that he was responsible for taking bribes, or over bribes, or and then not paying the tax on those bribes the amount of money he had he didn't pay tax on $1.2 million. so i can tell you there has been shock here, at the united nations. particular shock when the details of the the allegations were read out by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new yor york. >> although this case involves the high flying world of influential u. n. officials, at it's core, it was just a classic quid pro quo scheme. >> we have been trying to get reaction here. we have had a brief reaction from the u.n. secretary general. his spokes man says he is shocked by the news of this allegations because jon ash a role that he knew for one year here, head of the gener