they have total influence with some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do there are the parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean.

information security so i do security there is quite good but you can never have enough working united security and have you to establish new security mechanisms and improve the overall security there so i think that can always be improved so it was quite good wasn't good enough well apparently if we have to believe the reports it just came out it wasn't good enough to fend off their tech us in this case but then you also have to think that these kind of attacks at some point will always go through so you never have one hundred percent security. this site was a part of discovery december and allowed to continue in this controlled manner to find out more about the attackers what do you think of this approach where right now we don't really know what it means to let it go in a controlled manner but in general that's a yes it's a rather usual approach in how you implement counterintelligence measures because you want to see what the attackers are after and maybe even figure out who the attackers are and by cutting it off directly when you see it you might not have enough time to basically get thos

united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits the border divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. russia has one of the us a very serious consequences if there's any u.s. strike on syria foreign minister sergey lavrov said it's one thing to is possibly exploit the microphone in the u.n. security council and it's another think when both the russian and american history is of communication channels it's clearly stated via these channels what can be done and what must not be done. let's take a look at what's been happening inside of the damascus suburb is tunnel to has been under siege since two thousand and thirteen and is the last rebel stronghold near the capital almost eleven hundred civilians have been killed in washington batt syrian government attacks in the last three weeks including hundreds of women and children at least four hundred thousand residents trapped inside the un clave with more than one thousand people in need of medical evacuation let's go now to our guests joining us in mosc

security council. it is entrusted in the united nations charter with upholding international peace and security. it must account for its actions. if we don't take immediate, concrete measures to address this now, salisbury will not be the last place we see chemical weapons used. they could be used here in new york or in cities of any country that sits on this council. this is a defining moment. time and time again, member states say they oppose the use of chemical weapons under any circumstance. now one member stands accused of using chemical weapons on the sovereign soil of another member. the credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold russia accountable. >> i thank the representative of the united states for her statement. i now give the floor to the representative of france. translator: mr. president, i would like to thank the united kingdom for take the initiative to call for this important meeting and i thank you for the information that you have provided with regard to the information you have following the attempted assassination of two russian citizens on the 4th of

nations security council and look forward to working together in the coming months. the united states is also grateful for sweden advocating for americans detained in north korea. i particularly want to thank the swedish government for its assistance in securing the release of american college student otto warmbier last year. we continue to pray for otto over the tragic death of their over thetto's parents tragic death of their son. there has been a lot of news on that today. hopefully it is positive and hopefully it will lead to a positive result. in economic matters, we are striving for a relationship grounded in fairness and reciprocity. the united states is one of the largest investors in sweden, and the swedish investments in the united states support over 200,000 american jobs. earlier this afternoon, i heard from several swedish business executives, some of the greatest in the world. where are you, folks, please, some of the greatest executives in the world, people i have known for a long time and know of, and they are investing tremendous amounts of money in the united

they have total influence with some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do their other parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean it depends in each case the groups are different and the proper opinion will have so in recent which will have some impact if it saw that the bombing from the regime were to stop it would also put pressure on the rebels to stop but this is not none of these cases what i say that is a single culprit but in the but in the case of the some go with i think there's no doubt that the principle by far the principle of reza has been has been the government and i think that's been widely recognized and that should stop. i think like as if way follow the general logic there were whether it's good regime or a bad regime is fighting a war so you can't just like sit there and do nothing right when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like

been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states being willing to step up and take action if the international community was not going to follow through and make good on this resolution passed by the united nations calling for a cease fire again a cease fire which by all accounts from u.n. officials to united states officials has not been implemented medical evacuations haven't been taking place the. in deliveries are still having trouble getting in many people still in harm's way and the situation pretty dire and some pretty threatening words from the united states. about meeting continues at the u.n. security council about briefing for the time being chris as the lummi thank you for giving us that update from the u.n. itself. back once again to the story we were telling you earlier and

sweden supports the united kingdom to bring this to the attention of the security council and other relevant bodies such as opcw. we stand by united kingdom and we, like other eu partners, express a strong solidarity with the uk government and support its efforts in dealing with this grave security issue. mr. president, we note that prime minister of the united kingdom in her letter to secretary-general states that class of chemical warfare agent used was originally developed by the soviet union and then inherited by russian federation. given this, and taking into account the principle victims background we support the uk's request that russia provide an account of how the agent could have come to be deployed if salisbury. let me also take this opportunity to express the importance sweden tape ofs kes ban of chemical weapons. they have no place in the world. we need to ensure the chemical weapons conventions is fully respected. thank you, mr. president. >> i thank the representative of sweden for his statement. i now give the floor to representative of cote divoire. >> thank one mr. presiden

security assistance to israel. $500 million in cooperative missile defense funding. and to support the overall trend by the further, we will ask lawmakers to cosponsor the united states israel security assistance authorization act of 2018. bipartisan legislation just introduced by representative -- and senators marco rubio and -- [applause] they deserve a lot of credit. the bill supports agreed-upon funding levels and to dramatically strengthen us cooperation with israel in many areas. including enhancing and expanding israeli based american war reserves stockpiles for which the us can share with israel in an emergency. >> this brings us to our second

billion in security assistance to israel, $500 million in cooperative missile defense funding and to support the overall foreign aid bill. further, we will ask lawmakers to cosponsor the united states/israel security assistance authorization act of 2018, bipartisan legislation just introduced by representatives ileana ros-lehtinen and ted deutch and senators marco rubio and chris coons. [applause] yeah, they deserve a lot of credit. this bill supports agreed-upon funding level, and it dramatically strengthens u.s. cooperation with israel in many areas including enhancing and expanding israeli-based, american war reserve stockpiles which the u.s. can share with israel in an emergency. >> this brings us to our second message for congress.

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security council is called to order. the provisional agenda is the 1h of march. from the permanent mission. and northern ireland to the united nations. addressed to the resident of the security council. the agenda is adopted. the security council well now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i wish to draw the attention of councilmembers. a letter dated the 13th of march from the primitive meech mission. address of the president of the security council. i now give the floor to those councilmembers who wish to make statements. i give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. see mac. >> thank you mister president and thank you for arranging this urgent meeting today. to give the united kingdom the opportunity to update council colleagues on the investigation into a nerve agent attack in salisbury. on sunday the fourth of march they were found in the town center slipping out of consciousness on a public bench. and were taken to the hospital by the emergency services where they remain in a very serious condition. investigations by world leading experts the british police officer. hundreds of british c

united nations security council decoration both for the fall and the respect for the final act of us thinking. had of a year rule of law mission and cost of them outcome simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for ears but without much success in establishing the rule of law but care for and party really do that in any country no foreign entity can do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem of this sort of government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's to be truly so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such a procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but because the problem and of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s and other board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you it strikes me like caso is

ambassador to the united nations security council should be ashamed of the bombing of eastern ghouta continues despite a cease fire agreement syrian government forces with russian air support intensified its offensive to retake the rebel held on place more than a month ago that years and battered and nikki haley blamed the two countries for what she called a slaughter but her syrian counterpart denied the allegation. yes russian president vladimir putin has declared wednesday a national day of mourning for the sixty four people killed in a shopping center fire in siberia on sunday forty one of those who died were children the fire alarm system in the shopping mall wasn't working an exit door was blocked. a memorial service is being held in paris for the policemen killed in last week's supermarket siege in southwest france on noble trum was hailed a hero after trading places with a female hostage when police raided the premises and killed the gunman they found both trum with gunshot wounds forty four year old the forty four year old died later the hospital the attack a red wire. had k

united states. according to state media, the south korean president moon jae—in has named his top security adviser andcted to travel to the united states. in guatemala, various local initiatives are under way to reduce plastic pollution in the country. a study has reported that guatemalans use one billion plastic bags per month. virginia langeberg has the story. francisco is doing what he can to try to turn around guatemala's plastic pollution problem. using mayan fabric to make reusable cotton bags and weave a new way forward for local communities. it's lengthy work, all done by hand. but for francisco, and for the bigger picture, the payoff is worth it. translation: when we work the land, we find plastic bags covering the seeds, and the seeds do not grow. it's a disaster. it is difficult to quantify the scale of the problem but one local university study reported that guatemalans were using i billion plastic bags monthly. translation: we are being very moderate with our number, but we know it's a problem that affects us all. it's the equivalent of filling our local lake five times over with the numb

united nations security council decoration both what they fall and the respect for the final act of us thinking. had of a year rule of law mission and cost of the markham simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for ears but without much success in establishing the rule of law but care a foreign party really do that in any country no. foreign entity couldn't do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem is sort of the government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's truly is so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but the parliament of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s another board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you it strikes me like caso is being tre

in the past few minutes speaking at an emergency session of the united nations security counsel tonighted states offered full support to the united kingdom. let me make one thing clear from the very beginning: the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people in the united kingdom, it using a military grade nerve agent. dozens of civilians and first responders were also exposed. police officer nick bailey was the first to arrive on the scene. and remains hospitalised in serious condition. our thoughts and prayers go out to be victims of this approach is —— atrocious crime. tonight russia has again denied being involved and has demanded to see material proof of a russian link to the nerve agent used in salisbury. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports. in russia, at least the weather is showing signs of a thaw. after long winter, moscow is melting. but in uk russia relations, you can feel the chill. britain's expulsion of russian diplomats has sparked anger with theresa may. p

nations security council resolutions israel is a prime example ok let me go to mohammed here i think it is patently obvious that the war was illegal because there was no united nations security council resolution ok and because and i would be willing to admit that if iraq did not fulfill probably every single resolution but that's not a cause for war ok go ahead moment. i think it's even worse than that first of all i i think it was whether even if the u.n. security council had voted for them to launch this war it still would have been illegal the united states was the regime that created the monster saddam hussein they helped create the war machine that saddam hussein used and bake wait for example and to invade iran the united states and its european allies the so-called civilized world they gave saddam hussein chemical weapons they used chemical weapons the iraqis with the support of the united states how it should the city of the kurdish city in northern iraq omo in their almost seven thousand people were killed six thousand eight hundred i believe as a result of chemical weapons for the hussein use with the support of the west i personally survived chem

more than 100 civilians have been killed in eastern ghouta since the united nations security councilek's extreme conditions are continuing

they have total influence with some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do their other parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean it depends in each case the groups are different and the proper opinion will have so in recent going to have some impact if it saw that the bombing from the regime were to stop it would also put pressure on the rebels to stop but this is not a none of these cases what i say that is a single culprit but in the but in the case of the some go with i think there's no doubt that the principle by far the principle of reza has been has been the government and i think that's been widely recognized and and that should stop. i think like it will if wave follow the general logic there were whether it's good regime or a bad regime is fighting a war so you can't just like sit there and do nothing right. when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is dis

they have total influence with some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do their other parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean it depends in each case the groups are different and the proper opinion will have so in these and which will have some impact if it saw that the bombing from the regime were to stop it would also put pressure on the rebels to stop but this is not and none of these cases would i say that is a single culprit but in the but in the case of the some go with i think there's no doubt that the principle by far the principle of reza has been has been the government and i think that's been widely recognized and that should stop. i think like it will if way follow the general logic. whether it's good regime or a bad regime is fighting a war so you can't just like sit there and do nothing right. when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed

they have total influence but some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do their other parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean it depends in each case the groups are different and the proper opinion will have so in them going to have some impact if it saw that the bombing from the regime were to stop it would also put pressure on the rebels to stop but this is not a none of these cases what i say that is a single culprit but in the end but in the case of peace and go with i think there's no doubt that the principle by far the principle of reza has been has been the government and i think that's been widely recognized and that should stop. i think like as if way follow the general logic they were whether it's good regime or a bad regime is fighting a war so you can't just like sit there and do nothing right. when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed l

working on retaliatory measures for britain's expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats the united nations security council discussed this all in an emergency meeting on wednesday britain's allies pledged their support but russia is demanding material proof christian salumi has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. the united kingdom laid out its case for blaming the russians and got full throated support from its strongest allies on the council including the united states france and sweden other council members were reluctant to point the fingers that russia but expressed their concern over the gravity of the situation the united states for its part made a very clear plan to stand by its ally while russia continued to deny the charges the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. the news stories are interested in finding the truth lost they guided by something else the using propaganda war to influence the public which

nations security council and look forward to working together in the coming months. the united to sweden forred a voengi advocating for americans detained in noor north korrth k. i want to thank them for securing the release of american college student otto warmbier last year a terrible tragic event. we continue to pray for otto's parents two, terrific people over the tragic death of their son and we remain determined to achieve a de-nuclearization of the korean peninsula and there has been a lot of news on that today. hopefully it's positive, hopefully it will lead to a very positive result. in economic matters, we are striving for a relationship grounded in fairness and reciprocity. the united states is one of the largest investors in sweden and the swedish investments in the united states support over 200,000 american jobs. earlier this afternoon, i heard from several swedish business executives, some of the best in the world. where are you folks? please, some of the great executi executives in the world. people i've known for a long time and certainly know of. and they're i

rusher imposed a five hour daily ceasefire for civilians to leave but few have left the area united nations security council demanded an immediate cease fire and the red cross says thirteen aid trucks will go into eastern water later on friday they'll bring in much needed aid in supplies delivery was postponed on thursday because of the fighting u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has arrived in djibouti as he continues his first official tour of africa to beauty is a vital partner for the u.s. it hosts an american military base that's used for counterterrorism operations in somalia and yemen and anti-piracy surveillance in the red sea last year china opened its first military base abroad there has begun washington vying for influence in africa u.s. aircraft carrier has finished its historic visit to vietnam it is traveling through disputed areas of the south china sea but always seen as washington sending a message that it wants freedom of navigation through the area when he reports those on the front lines of the dispute refusing to back down. when the repairs are finished these vietnamese fishi

allegations that moscow was behind nerve agent attacked in england are insane that's a quote united nations security council lisc us the incident at an emergency meeting on wednesday britain's allies pledged their support but russia called the accusations and found it this is how russia has acted in every other carries where it is being cool flouting international law dinoire destruction and threats it is what russia does but we will not let such threats deterrence we will not weaken our resolve we will stand firm confident in our democracy rule of law and the freedom of our people we will stand by the values which is shared by the overwhelming majority of those in this council in this united nations and we are today to stand by. syria's civil war has entered its eighth here the conflict was sparked by peaceful protests against president bashar al assad back in two thousand and eleven the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says at least half a million people have been killed more than half of syria's pre-war population of twenty million have been displaced. one of the u.k.'s largest comp

throated support from its traditional allies on the council like france the united states and others but pretty much every security council members come out and said that they're concerned about this attack what it means and that there should be an investigation perhaps most notable the comments coming from the united states ambassador nikki haley while a lot has been made in this country and around the world about president trump's reluctance to criticize vladimir putin and russia nikki haley has been very strong in her criticism of russia on issues of syria and today in this investigation she said categorically the united states would stand behind the united kingdom with absolute solidarity and that they do believe that russia is behind this attack no bones about it she said it very very clearly the united kingdom for its part reiterated its argument that russia is behind this attack and laid out the steps that it was taking laid out refuted deputy ambassador jonathan allen refuted arguments coming from the kremlin that the united kingdom somehow was not following international protocol in the way that it was co

ambassador to the united nations security council should be ashamed. but the bombing of eastern ghouta continues despite a cease fire agreement syrian government forces with the russian and support intensified its offensive to retake the rebel held on klav more than a month ago u.s. ambassador nikki haley blamed the two countries or what she called a slaughter but a syrian counterpart struck back. russian president vladimir putin has declared wednesday a national day of mourning for the sixty four people killed in a shopping center fire on sunday at least forty one children were amongst those who died at the shopping center in the siberian city of curve oh the fire alarm system wasn't working an exit doors for blocked. protesters in spain gathered at barcelona's main railway station to demand for more cattle and needed to be released from jail riot police blocked the entrance to stop them staging sit ins on the tracks is currently being held in germany where a court will decide whether to extradite him to spain to face charges of rebellion those who he

security assistance to israel. $500 million in cooperative missile defense funding. and to support the overall trend by the further, we will ask lawmakers to cosponsor the united statesael security assistance authorization act of 2018. bipartisan legislation just introduced by representative -- and senators marco rubio and -- [applause] they deserve a lot of credit. the bill supports agreed-upon funding levels and to dramatically strengthen us cooperation with israel in many areas. including enhancing and expanding israeli based american war reserves stockpiles for which the us can share with israel in an emergency. >> this brings us to our second message for congress. for over 25 years, aipac has been instrumental in bringing attention to the threat by around. we have worked with administration and congress to peacefully adjust the iranian nuclear threat. unfortunately, the 2015 nuclear deal with iran has not moderated iran's aggressive behavior. according to the state department, iran remains the leading state sponsor on terrorism. over the last year, it has established military bases throughout syria which threatens the northern border. iran's regional aggression

is a reset towards a really constructive policy the only thing that was done was bring in the united security advisor the new chief of staff that has felt a little bit but everything else is not really very impressive and we should all be a little little bit we're all right rami khouri talking to us live from beirut thank you very much indeed. now we're covering the breaking news out of washington d.c. where president trump has fired sexiest sage rex tillerson he is to be replaced by the current director of the cia mike pumpin who is close to the president on many issues they get on well he's talked about there being a great deal of chemistry there mysa to listen was in office for just a the thirteen months he had no diplomatic experience prior to this post he spent his career in the army industry and he was their chief executive officer of exxon mobil before becoming section of st over the past year he's been navigating growing tensions between the u.s. in the. korea and he tried unsuccessfully as it turned out to resolve the diplomatic crisis between cats are and its neighbors in the gulf m

have a world away, the united states requests an emergency meeting of the united nations security counselwhen the aggressors fail the heed the appeal, the united states says air and sea forces are set to assist. the security council votes to supply south korea with whatever is needed to turn the war back. first to aid are american forces from japan. 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision, the free world takes its first unified action in halting the tide of communist aggression. two days following the initial attack, communist troops are in the outskirts of seoul. carrying whatever possessions they can salvage, the civilians travel every road and path. thus begins the week's long march of women, old and children. for them, safety lies only in caves or behind the aligned defense line drawn blow the left horn river. mistaking retreat then consolidation for retreat, the communist armies are caught off guard when the united states army's tenth core launches an offense on its own. at seoul's seaport, an amphibious landing is made, cutting off the nor

one, the security of the united states is strong when our bond with israel is strong. o, the jewish people have a right to live in peace, security, and prosperity in the indisputable homeland of their ancestors. [applause] senator menendez: and three, israel has a right to defend herself and the united states will always ensure she has the capabilities necessary to protect herself and her border. cheers and applause] senator menendez: we know -- we know israel has always been surrounded by enemies, but today the stakes are higher. the risks are greater. the threats are more deadly and increasingly existental. for years we have been talking about the threats iran poses to israel. we have heard the anti-israel vitriol echoing out of tehran. we have seen its proxies pushing closer and closer to israel's borders. and we know exactly why iran continues to expand into syria and invest so much in prolonging bash ar al-assad's brutal dictatorship. iranian leaders transferring weapons to hezbollah seek to build a land bridge from tehran through baghdad and damascus to beirut. ir

. >> coming out, the senate commerce committee then use of a nerve agent after that the united nations security council holds a meeting on russia. later, preview of sunday's election in russia. >> five cabinet secretaries testified on the trump administration's ten year,

nations security council and look very much forward to working together in the coming months. the united states is also grateful to sweden for advocating for americans detained in north korea. i particularly want to thank the swedish government for its assistance in securing the release of american college student otto warmbier, last year. terrible, tragic event. we continue to pray for otto's parents, fred and cindy, two terrific people, over the tragic death of their son and we remain determined to achieve a denuclearization of the korean peninsula. there's been a lot of news on that today. hopefully it's positive. hopefully it will lead to a very positive result. in economic matters, we are striving for a relationship grounded in fairness and reciprocity. the united states is one of the largest investors in sweden, and the swedish investments in the united states support over 200,000 american jobs. earlier this afternoon i heard from several swedish business executives, some of the greatest in the world. where are you folks? please, some of the great executives in the world, people i'

in an emergency session of the united nation security council, the us offerfull support united nationcouncil, the us offer full support to great britain. let me make very clear from the very beginning, the united states stands an absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes russia is responsible for the attack on two people in the united kingdom using a military great nerve agent. dozens of civilians and first responders we re of civilians and first responders were also exposed. police officer nick bailey was the first to arrive on the scene and is hospitalised in serious condition. our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this terrible crime. i'm joined now by tonia samsonova, a london correspondent for echo of moscow radio station — which has been critical of president putin. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of what the prime minister here has announced in terms of extra sanctions and kicking out diplomats. will president putin kaaya? president putin probably gets what he wanted theresa may to give to him, simply than russia say she gave him,