general assembly vote today. for all of these nations that take our money and then they vote against us at the security council or they vote against us potentially at the assembly they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars in the world against us while we're watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot while let us now go to august there is mike hanna who is covering this story for us today from the united nations in new york mike as we watch these live pictures of the general assembly right now in the delegates getting ready to debate and discuss this resolution there talk us through what is going to be happening in this session when are we expecting the vote to happen. well this is all dependent on what the president of the general assembly announces at the start of the session we understand do you know that twenty seven nations have submitted requests to speak among them are some foreign ministers foreign ministers will speak first at the top of the list there have

no session of the general assembly, nothing. they're spreading violence and days of rage but the un has no condemnation. mr. president, let it be clear, violence and terror must never be tolerated. if this body were united for peace, the passive resolution condemning palestinian violence. this only encourages more violence and insecurity. and encourages senior leadership to continue on this dangerous path. to pursue violence in the name of jerusalem, the city of peace. mr. president, we returned home after thousands of years in exile, we defended our country from countless attacks. forty-two years ago this body the general assembly adopted a different shameful resolution and equated zionism with racism. it took 16 long years for that hateful resolution to be revoked. i have no doubt that today's revolution will also end up in the trash bin of history. i've no doubt the day will come when the entire international community will finally come to recognize jerusalem as the internal capital of the state of israel. thank you. >> i thi

the general assembly now has the right to undertake this responsibility. this comes after decisions by their counsel in the king of jordan as the guardian. pursuant to the extraordinary of the oic. also comes of international consensus on the u.s. decision at the regional and international level. we meet today that because of any animosity towards the united states of america, but because of the decision which constitutes an aggression on the general international rights of the palestinian people and their nation and other christians of the world. an aggression on the status of jerusalem and the humanitarian and we would confirm that it will not impact the position in any way whatsoever. rather, it's naturally the status of the united states as a mediator piece. because it has failed in jerusalem despite our warnings and the warnings of the entire world not to to take this seriously in our warnings of the danger of taking any position and decisions that would inflame the feelings and contribute towards transferring a political solution they cannot be subwa

general assembly meeting. i would also like to welcome his excellency, the minister of foreign affairs of palestine. times,iends, for so many we came here and said that the palestinians had the right to live like the rest of us. they have the right to be free and secure. they have the right to be prosperous. and they have the right to enjoy what is their own. our world cannot make a change. the illegal occupation continues, and palestinians cannot enjoy their basic rights. generations of palestinians are subject to systemic violence and discrimination. today's world, it is important to remind us that palestinians are not alone. this shows the importance that the palestinian cause is still our cause. therefore, today, we will speak up for justice and peace. east, we will speak for jerusalem, the city of three faiths. we will show that different ethnicities and religions can coexist in peace in palestine. friends, the dear palestinians have the right to their own state based on the 1967 borders with east jerusal

security council meeting no emergency session of the general assembly nothing the p.a. threaten violence and days of rage by the un i had no condemnation mr president let me be clear violence and terror must never be tolerated if this body were really or knighted for peace it would pass it with aleutian condemning palestinian violence this with aleutian only encourages more violence and instability it encourages the palestinian leadership to continue on this dangerous path. you permit them to pursue violence in the name of jerusalem this city of peace mr president even in an optimistic country we returned home after thousands of views in exile we made the desert bloom and defended our country from countless attacks forty two years ago this body you know the general assembly this body adopted a different shameful revolution it equated zionism with racism it took sixteen long use for that hateful with illusion to be revoked i have no doubt that today with pollution will also end up in the trash bin of history i have no doubt that the day will come when the entire internat

resolutions both general assembly and security council for a long period of time i must just mention as well that in this resolution the u.s. is not mentioned by name the resolution states as did the security council resolution earlier in the week it asked member states to refrain from recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and says that any such action is null and void in terms of established united nations resolutions so certainly that is that very important to publicize the aspect to it palestinians intent on showing how divided is the u.s. is from the rest of the international community but all of that being said sue we're going to be looking very closely at the vote the last time there was a general assembly vote on the matter of israel back in november this year over one hundred fifty nations voted in favor only six against including the u.s. micronesia canada now route the marshall islands and of course israel itself there were nine abstentions now if there is some kind of difference from that type of pattern then yes the threats being made by the u.s. would have had a

no session of the general assembly, nothing. they're spreading violence and days of rage but the un has no condemnation. mr. president, let it be clear, violence and terror must never be tolerated. if this body were united for peace, the passive resolution condemning palestinian violence. this only encourages more violence and insecurity. and encourages senior leadership to continue on this dangerous path. to pursue violence in the name of jerusalem, the city of peace. mr. president, we returned home after thousands of years in exile, we defended our country from countless attacks. forty-two years ago this body the general assembly adopted a different shameful resolution and equated zionism with racism. it took 16 long years for that hateful resolution to be revoked. i have no doubt that today's revolution will also end up in the trash bin of history. i've no doubt the day will come when the entire international community will finally come to recognize jerusalem as the internal capital of the state of israel. thank you. >> i thi

veto in the general assembly important too is the fact that any resolution in the general assembly is not binding on all members but the intention is to continue to highlight the degree to which the u.s. is isolated in its ongoing support of israel but also in its ongoing support of jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel earlier on today we heard the u.s. ambassador as well say that a resolution condemning settlement building as an obstacle to peace the u.s. would veto at this particular time the u.s. administration abstained when that resolution was passed last december so clearly there's a hard line attitude emerging from the u.s. this has been in place for a long time confirmed right now mike hanna thank you very much indeed. some other news now on a nail biting at election in the indian state of gujarat has seen prime minister narendra modi hold on to power his party parity and janata party has governed good for the past twenty two years to think of quality port. people here say it was one of the most exciting elections the state of gujarat has seen in decades . there hav

general assembly is holding an emergency session on donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital as the us president and ambassador both threaten u.n. members to vote against america. a new report claims ten times more iraqi civilians may have been killed in the campaign to liberate mosul from islamic state and previously sources. and a three year old russian girl is returned home after being taken to iraq by her parents when they joined islamic state. cartridge and you're watching the latest headlines here totty international thank you for joining us now the united nations general assembly hearing is under way discussing the move to condemn america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital announced by donald trump two weeks ago let's listen to israel's ambassador how many times. for the palestinians to join us in dialogue how many times over these calls for peace have been rejected all of us. all of us have lost ground. when i mean. offered the palestinians a state in two thousand we were met with suicide bombers or our buses in the shootings in our street

the palestinian foreign minister spoke today at the general assembly saying there should bea general un sponsorship to try and find a resolution for the palestinian—israeli conflict, accusing the us of changing the conflict from a political one that can be resolved through negotiations toa can be resolved through negotiations to a more competent at a religious one. that can incite violence across the middle east, the turkish were quite critical of the us as well pointing out that this language of threats and intimidation would not work and it seems that the us is living on an island of its own because it is resilient to go ahead with its plans to move the embassy to eastjerusalem with its plans to move the embassy to east jerusalem despite with its plans to move the embassy to eastjerusalem despite all the disagreements on the international community. if we let at countries like saudi arabia and egypt, they have close relationships of america, how far are they going to be prepared to push this issue? this is true. egypt in particular is one of the biggest recipients of us aid in the b

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us the united nations general assembly is holding an emergency session prompted by u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize to roost as israel's capital the one hundred ninety three member states are set to vote on a draft resolution reaffirming that you who celeb status must be resolved through negotiation. now yesterday trying to threaten to cut funding to countries that fact the measure of the status of the holy city is one of the most thorny issues of the israeli palestinian conflict with both sides claiming it as their capital amman and . let's get more on this now we are joined by kilmer scieno he is a middle east expert for the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to the program and thanks for being there. a controversial vote the outcome is highly expected to be in favor of this vote we know what are the implications of that result would you say the surprising especially when taken into account for the general assembly of the u.n. which is already considered to be quite critical towards i

we are watching this emergency session of the united nations general assembly and as they debate the resolution brought by turkey to the u.s. to withdraw its decision with regards to jerusalem being the capital of israel the last speaker was from china let's just join mike hanna who is at the united nations for us in new york on my just a little bit about of the what the chinese representative just said because we know that there's a palestinian envoy that's gone across to china to talk about the peace process interesting words from the chinese are almost filling the void that possibly as far as the palestinians are concerned the u.s. is left behind. indeed yes one must remember that for a long period of time now the us has been to all intents and purposes the only game in town when it came to any form of attempted negotiation about any form of future resolution of the israeli palestinian conflict however there have been some others who've tried to intervene in the in-between time the european union has tried the quartet from the european union france made a couple of attempts but ce

advisory opinion could be requested by the general assembly for example the general assembly has a power to request an advisory opinion from the international court of tarsus the first one was on the wall and the second one could be on the status of jerusalem. so as we're stablished strops move may be contrary to international law which doesn't recognize israel's sovereignty over all of jerusalem but they accusations that will a galley down stop anything from happening today. the question is how can an action that are not compatible is international how can they be stopped you know this this in a way is of weakness of general weakness of international international has no police force no army it relies on. compliance voluntary compliance by the states on the rules of international. in this regard unfortunately. israel is not very good to say it fairly. u.n. general assembly had a vote on the u.s. decision and take us and way to the u.n. nikki haley's that president trunk taking this very personally president himself that he will cut off financial aid to countries who are against this dec

new york correspondent killam open has been following the general assembly hearing. well the results are in one hundred twenty eight countries voted for the resolution with nine countries voting with the united states to oppose it thirty five abstentions and another number of countries that did not attend the vote and did not formally vote now at this point we've heard some strong words from nikki haley in the lead up to the vote nikki haley took the floor in the general assembly hall and made some of these following comments this is nikki haley united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation america will put our embassy in jerusalem now a number of countries that don't normally see eye to eye on international issues came together saudi arabia and iran regional rivals voted together to condemn the united states and israel furthermore we saw in north korea and south korea two other countries that don't tend to get along voting together we're seeing even s

resort through blackmail and broad green order to secure votes in the general assembly. obviously in most cases try to bring pressure used in a pretty subtle manner to support a particular position. but this is the first of. a major. security council has resorted to search measures i do see. you tonight straight through to carry through its roots of this kind because they're called indicators traits in future situations or gives a group against the united states they do so wrong i think it's unfortunate that the united states finds itself under this kind of leadership which is undermining the standing of this country internationally the international community did not create the united nations because that was a luxury it created this body following too bloody that world wars in order to prevent chaos and war in order to make sure that international law is is respected and if countries acquiesce to the u.s. and if they accept being punching bag for the american administration and voting in accordance with directives from nikki haley then what's the point of having the un

suffers a stinging rebuke over its recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital as the un general assembly overwhelmingly votes to condemn the move from the use of the deed to obstruct to the security council feel that if we didn't even think. of the rights america will put our embassy in jerusalem this is bullying. in a vote over one hundred countries ignore the intense pressure from washington and threats from the u.s. president and on behalf. of i will welcome you watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour now preliminary results from the council on regional election indicate that pro independence parties are set to keep their absolute majority in parliament they are projected to win seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats the pro unity citizens party meanwhile took around twenty five percent of the vote although that makes it the single most popular party the unionist parties together will only have fifty seven seats the troubled spanish region's former leader collars pushed along the outcome as a victory. well you you're probably look at th

the general assembly voted to condemn the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move its embassy of hailey responded by threatening to cut funding to the u.n. america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the american people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u.n. and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the un president donald trump has long been critical of the united nations almost exactly a year ago before officially taking office his waited the united nations has such a great potential but right now it's just a club for people to get together talk and have a good time so. that comment really underscores trump's decision now to scale back on an organization the u.s. has played an influential role in since it was founded in one nine hundred forty five their official headquarters were set up in manhattan in new york it seats the main part of the u

well at this point all eyes are on the general assembly hall now at the united nations general assembly we heard the proposal of the resolution put forward by yemen they put forward the resolution condemning the recent move by the united states to recognize jerusalem as the using that it was isolated in its position later we heard from an israeli representative who said that jerusalem was their capital and spoke harshly against the palestinians and said that anyone who votes in favor of the rebel resolution adding words from a number of countries with venezuela stepping up and saying that the world is not for sale a lot of words but people are really worried more and observers are paying more attention to things that were said in the anticipation of the meeting now will remember a similar resolution was voted down and blocked by the united states at the u.n. security council and as the usa blocked that resolution we heard nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations talk about how the united states would be very very critical of countries and paying close attention to how poor

well it's a very interesting question to give you some idea of the way the general assembly votes on these matters there was a vote on israel's presence in jerusalem back in november which said all israeli law within jerusalem was not and void because it was an occupying power now that particular resolution was passed by one hundred fifty one votes to six the only ones voting against the united states micronesia of course israel as well among those opposing there were nine abstentions now if that type of vote is realized on thursday more than one hundred fifty voting in favor of the resolution then certainly that could be an embarrassing blow not only to the israel's presence in jerusalem but also because of the split it would appear that the referendum that vote tomorrow will not only just be about the status of jerusalem it will all be as also be about the international view of president trump and what he calls his america first policy so this is moving not just a vote about jerusalem but also possibly an opinion poll and international opinion poll about the u.s. president is very

suffers another blow for its recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel but says the un general assembly overwhelmingly condemned the move. the use of the b. to obstruct the security council you show you feel that if we didn't even think. of the rights of palestinian people america will put our embassy in jerusalem this is bullying and it will not. in the vote over one hundred countries signal the heavy pressure from washington as the us president and ambassador both threatened un members voting against america. for getting to my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. the polls are closing right across catalonia in a vote that could impact the spanish regions independent spirit judging by the exit polls pro independence parties are set to secure an absolute majority in the regional election let's get an update now and cross over to spain who can speak to local journalist martin roberts who's been following events there working tell is there martin about the vote taking place. while seven passes have been trying to grab a share of votes cast by what looks to have been a record tu

it's been the first century since the declaration and resolution 1881 passing with the general assembly that declared palestine and it's been half a century since the war that led to the occupation by israel and the palestinian land. we hope that 2017 will not be remembered as the year when certain events affected the possibility to achieve negotiated peace between the israelis and palestinians and solution of the two states. there will be held today a council of the negative effects of the measures to present similar facts in the future by other states were parties. we very much appreciate the fact that so many countries recognize the need and want to protect the special status of jerusalem. this is derived from resolution 181 of the general assembly but that resolution was not accepted by all states at the time. despite the regional india bilateral initiatives to attempt to put an end to this conflict, we are a long way away from seeing it peaceful solution to the conflict. on the 23rd of december 2016, the council approved resolution 2344 with the aim of noting that there were certai

the united nations general assembly has decisively back to a resolution that declares the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital void one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution against and thirty five abstentions us president donald trump had threatened to cut financial aid to countries that backed the resolution. the red cross says the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has reached a million more than two thousand people have died from the highly contagious infection since the outbreak began in april. the united nations says at least sixteen people have died while waiting for a medical about evacuation and serving as the siege to eastern go to reach and the head of the un's humanitarian task force for serious as they'll be more deaths unless the government stops blocking efforts to bring medical aid to the area. warring factions in south sudan have agreed to a ceasefire the truce has set up again on sunday following days of talks of ethiopia the u.n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia has come to an end a ceremony was held in the ha

the un's general assembly votes in favour of a resolution rejecting the us decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. also in the next hour, we'll be reviewing the morning papers. digbyjones, former trade minister and henry bonsu, broadcaster and campaigner will be looking at stories including the times. and apple, the tech giant, admits that its iphones are deliberately designed to work less quickly as they get older. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. a day after the forced resignation of damien green from the cabinet, the woman who alleged he made inappropriate advances has spoken tonight to the bbc. kate maltby says she passed her concerns on to downing street in 2016. ms maltby, who was found to be a plausible witness by an official inquiry, said the culture in downing street needed to change. and tonight, number 10 said that everyone should be able to work in politics without fear or harassment. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has this exclusive report which contains flash photography from the start. damian green's fall from grace began not with claims about the

after all all of this was reflected in the corresponding decisions of the un general assembly on the security council. president in these conditions it is as important as ever before to relaunch a sensible political process targeted at achieving a final and sustainable palestinian israeli settlement on the basis of a two state solution. in this sense the middle east peace quartet remains a unique mediation mechanism i thank you and i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement i shall now i make a statement in my capacity as a representative of. the security council has closely followed the palestinian issue in its monthly meetings i thank mr miller down off for his update and japan shares his assessment of the alarming situation surrounding the peace process. japan's position remains unchanged japan's supports a two state solution based on relevant u.n. security council resolutions the madrid principles the quoted road map the agreement previously reached by the parties and the arab peace initiative the final status of jerusalem is a part of a range of issue

fellow the united nations general assembly has voted by a huge majority to declare the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital null and void one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions countries that sided with america to vote against the resolution were israel what amala honduras a marshall islands micronesia palau and togo well the us ambassador to the un had warned she would be taking names of states which voted against washington stance like hanna has more from the united nations in new york the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we meet today not because of any animosity towards the us bu

now the un general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution denouncing the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the vote was overshadowed by u.s. threats to cut financial aid for countries supporting the motion we're going to take a closer look at the exact numbers of that vote for you one hundred and twenty eight countries voting against the united states thirty five abstained and nine countries opposed the resolution in other words voting with the u.s. those countries let me just list them for you. honduras israel marshall islands micronesia now rue palau and those countries all voting with the u.s. against the resolution now in the us itself supporters of the decision to recognize jerusalem as capital have been expressing that disappointment at the outcome of that u.n. vote. crown heights in the new york borough of brooklyn the area is home to many orthodox jews they follow the vote in the united nations closely now disappointment is spreading over the resolution condemning u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. un has been the

point the palestinians who are a nonmember observer state will probably turn to the un general assembly in a vote next year and they will probably put forward a resolution that looks something like declaring east jerusalem as the capital of palestine or if they want to shoot for the moon the entirety of jerusalem as the capital of palestine and if we look at the un general assembly is voting record on these sorts of issues they are an extremely pro palestinian body if not very anti israeli body israel is actually the country that the un general assembly and the un security council passes the most resolutions against and we can even think back as recently as two thousand and twelve when the un general assembly declared that palestine was a nonmember observer state which was sort of a tacit acknowledgement of palestine's existence which here too for had not been present at the un right obviously this is coming at a time when us vice president mike pence is set to visit israel on wednesday what kind of reception do you think you'll get well looking at the israeli side he will most likely g

general assembly and we will see how these statements from u.s. leaders this talk about taking names this letter which is not yet confirmed we'll see how this affects the upcoming vote at the u.n. headquarters here in new york troubles he continues to be. bringing is that today thank you. meanwhile turkey is accusing the u.s. and other countries ahead of the vote on thursday a very damning statement on jerusalem adding washington should change its course though the news you know on the. as a new day of rage has been declared by palestinians and a fresh wave of protests the city of bethlehem. if. you look. them astray sions are also expected in the west bank city of ramallah where crowds are already marching no violence is being reported as yet. if national has more. this is another day of rage here in the west bank city of ramallah the capital of palestinian authority there have been many days like this following the entrance controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinians as you know consider the eastern part o

resort to blackmail and broad green order to secure votes in the general assembly. obviously in most cases try to bring pressure used in a pretty subtle manner or in states to support a particular position but this is the first occasion on which a state a major member of the security council has resorted to sochi measures i do think. it's united states were to carry through and through it's of this kind because they're called indicator states in future situations or give a vote against the united states they do so. ten times more iraqi civilians may have been killed than previously thought during the u.s. led operation to liberate knows that from it i still that's according to new research by the associated press that is agency obtained data from iraqi morgues as well as long governmental organizations is that as many as eleven thousand civilians may have been killed during the nine month operation nearly a third of the the allegedly died during u.s. led coalition bombing raids however just a fraction of that number if acknowledged by the coalition here when rights

general assembly.re about the resolution and what consequences this vote is going to have. there are some potentially serious ones, right? >> well, there are. the consequences are what the trump administration is threatening, at least, is retribution against any nation that doesn't support the united states on this. the question is whether that's a hollow threat or a real threat. remember, the sponsors, the backers of this resolution are countries like turkey, egypt, jordan. key american and muslim allies in the middle east. place s where the united states needs help to try to prevent terrorism. they are also threatening to withhold aid for programs to help familiefamilies, children. a lot of doubt whether the trump administration will carry out that threat. now, the resolution that is on the table basically condemns the u.s. decision to recognize israel, recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to move the embassy there. this has been a huge flash point since the trump administration announced this

in between the local arab league thing on the islamic cooperation and un security council the general assembly prepared assembly of the united nations which is of the palestine. consistent at the heart of the international community palestine is not alone and we will ensure that lives with security sure recognize that this side of. jerusalem as the capital of two states i know today that demonstrations. being carried out and i wish to thank president for his commitment in favor of appeasement right from the start that lee has shown a very great. feeling of responsibility and an appeal for calm france. says all violence and calls is a need for restraint france is a friend of palestine and we actually side over the next few months and it will be the last few weeks in new york. which is to pursue. constructive work with israel and that is why you have a few days ago i met the prime minister of israel and i asked him if it was for and courageous with gestures and action. negotiations and the role of france to be at the same time attached to a stable and stability and security in the region the pla

general assembly prepares to vote on donald trump's controversial jerusalem who. talks of iran you're watching after their life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes the cholera epidemic in yemen reaches one million cases in just nine months one of the reasons the war torn country is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. at this stage we have fourteen people injured and several i predict will a deliberate act two people arrested after a car plows into pedestrians at a busy australian train station. it's also election day in catalonia it's a vote many hope will finally resolve spain's political crisis. could have a complete welcome to the program now the united nations is due to start debating a draft resolution rejecting the united states' recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital on wednesday u.s. president donald trump threatened to cut aid to un members who voted against his decision now at the request of arab and muslim countries the united nations is holding the emergency meeting but countries like egypt which called for

the un general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution rejecting the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution which is nine against and thirty five abstentions yes president had threatened to cut financial aid to countries that wouldn't support have. already proposed deep cuts to foreign aid as part of his two thousand and eighteen budget currently egypt is the biggest recipient of u.s. aid behind israel followed by jordan afghanistan and kenya all nine of the top aide recipients off to israel voted against the us except for kenya which skips the meeting of the trumpet ministration could have a difficult time crossing foreign aid some programs. like the one to egypt are mandated by congress the president can hold up the funding but new legislation to cancel it could face resistance in congress and any major withdrawal of u.s. aid to african countries that took the side of the palestinians would further open the door to china which is competing for greater influence on the con

and the united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution. recognition of jerusalem as is. capital votes coming in defiance of u.s. threats to cut off funding for countries fighting for the resolution. all from us as ever at the top of the hour in the meantime to get you can get the latest updates from our website and watching it on the news to stay with us if you can. kick off why we take football personally. from does make a stop to out cost and this band has here he donates money to a charity germinal summer and he says he is linked to extremist muslim groups really scored an arm go on the buses make sure i'll never play again at least in germany for information but is there anything to the allegations. next on d w. one to the elephants. the plastic model turned into a paving stone why do algae make it clear. good idea kill working in the winter and there are people developing smart solutions everywhere. let's inspire each other environmental magazine eco at africa in sixty minutes on g.w. . where i come from. we have to fight for a free p

this is derived from resolution 181 of the general assembly. that was not recognized but all states of time. despite initiatives to attempt to put an end to this conflict we are a long way away to seeing a solution to the complex. there is an aim of noting that there were certain trends on the ground, in particular the settlement policy and the violence. it qualified as historical we very much regret that none of the revisions of this resolution have been respected. the resolution of this council whose primary responsibility is international peace and security must be abided by and we cannot be selected in this respect asking that psalm be respected and ignoring others. all of them, all the council resolutions must be respected, the solution of two states seems to be the only option to put an end to the conflict. it will be necessary to begin as soon as possible. uruguay will continue to support any initiative wherever we are in this regard. in order to achieve this goal the trends on the ground need to be reversed including the ongoing policy

states at the upcoming general assembly vote now this is going to be a non-binding vote now this comes just a few days after we saw some drama at the united nations security council resolution was put forward by egypt condemning the recent move of the united states recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and in response to that we saw it fourteen to one with every other member of the u.n. security council voting against the resolution but the usa stepping in to veto it this is some of what occurred at the u.n. security council of jerusalem as the future. should be determined through a negotiated settlement between the israelis and the palestinians and a decision and actions which purport to alter the current turn status of jerusalem have no legal effect any unilateral actions increase the risk averse. we support the just cause of restoring that it used to manage the rights of the palestinian people now the upcoming vote at the united nations general assembly is along similar lines the resolution criticizes the recent move by the united states to recognize jerusalem as israel's capita

general assembly as a neutral representation of the international community voices on that well that the united nations general assembly has passed more resolutions against the democratic state of israel that it has against north korea and iran and syria combined so that you know it is a bubbling cauldron of hatred and and anti democracy and the security council it made a shameful decision in approving un security council resolution two three three four back in december of sixteen which is a which represented a new low point in a dear for the moral clarity or i should say cloudiness of the security council the united states unfortunately in an unprecedented move refused to under the obama administration refused to veto that horrendously biased and i would even say anti-semitic resolution against israel the trump administration is correcting that injustice well mr dacre isn't it surprising that every time when you come to a critical discussion on israel day and there is always and i. accusation off and to some it isn't surfacing but anyway we have to leave it there i really appreciate

never collected the general assembly decided they're going to put together a yearly report on sexual harassment claims against staffers or lawmakers in annapolis, the problem is, though, from some, that none of the accused people in that report will be named. when asked for comment on this today, the governor of maryland, larry hogan said, the legislature needs to start following the example of his gubernatorial staff. and do more in transparency and openness. >> i agree with that. i just heard, you know, in the media that they were proposing a policy. i haven't seen any wording of the oh proposed policy, but it absolutely if they're doing one, r it certainly should be open and transparent. >> reporter: governor made the point that the gubernatorial office cannot set policy for the branch of maryland government. however, he says his own staff does follow those policies. sexual harassment experts, attorney deb caplan tonight said that this to policy, the maryland general assembly is pursuing goes against grain of the current debate over sexual harassment, she said lawmakers in marylan

general assembly meets. well as you say people angry they still say they're angry and greatly incensed as they have been for the last two weeks has been demonstrations most days since then on weekdays they tend to be smaller ones on fridays has been much bigger demonstrations on wednesday there was a couple hundred people gathered to protest against the u.s. veto at the u.n. security detail of the resolution at the u.n. security council to maintain the status of jerusalem for wednesday a small crowd gathered here to protest that but a bigger demonstration is expected tomorrow the different factions different political factions here are all involved in the hamas spokesperson said there will be two demonstrations one in the north of gaza one in the south the pending what happens at the u.n. general assembly later today we'll be waiting to see how many people turn up for those demonstrations to see what happens tomorrow we'll leave it there with you for the moment. go straight over to the u.s. and cuba how coul

general assembly last night. generally after decades of diplomacy and failed peace process then the ins and outs of the diplomatic procedures are really at the top of everyone's list here i mean what happens in new york and in paris. isn't like making a material difference to people on the ground but the one thing that resonated in incensed a lot of people here was ever since the sixth of december when announced that the u.s. would recognize to slim as the capital of israel something that angered very many people here something that's definitely on their radar as jerusalem was seen in many people's eyes here is the capital of any future palestinian state that's one of the reasons we've seen protests most days over the last two weeks but on fridays they've tended to be after prayers people have gathered in much larger crowds ok thanks very much we'll check back in with you throughout the course of the rest of friday strains from gaza. spain's political crisis looks set to continue after separate his party's won th