a position to say iran easy in breach of this and their fall that must mean the security council the u.n. security council. across the whole sanctions on iraq now i think this is absolutely ridiculous along i'll give the anybody sees the laws of this whole approximately. i think this congress juvenile to play. which is what he is he's going to cut a very bad. traction around the world internationally again think the united states can succeed. and all that they're doing it again is that they raising question marks about accomplices and intelligence and frankly mix units of the people who are running the us foreign policy at the so i'm this if you can mike. you know it's in in nicosia it's being called diplomatic band lives and i think that's a very very good term for all of this here i mean not only is it ludicrous you can't have it both ways at the same time there is the european signatories to this agreement are not going to go along with that and they've been subject to so much pressure even sanctions are not back in the u.s. position but it is so patently obvious that this is ridiculous on its face the

the u.n. security council will debate the issue on friday. disorder in hong kong's legislative council a democratic lawmakers struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a rotten plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kong's rule of law and way of life. the national people's congress approved plans to proceed with laws against anything china sees as a threat to its authority over the semi autonomous region the law would allow mainland security agencies to operate openly in hong kong pro-democracy activists now feared for their civil liberties as the one who had been arrested for prizefight hochul polis and they were jailed for for your time in the shadow of hong kong i've never imagined to be arrested by secret police by beijing. and it is said that it is shenzhen quanto all beijing which would be really terrible and that's no difference just off hong kong and china china says the new law will benefit hong kong's long term prosperity and stability in the u.k. u.s. a strong and canada was swift to condemn the move we are deeply troubled about this that we put out a joint statement and the decision now lies

the u.n. security council over hong kong diplomatic editor james phase has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. it was the u.s. mission to the united nations that requested a security council meeting on hong kong a request that was immediately blocked by china but just hours later the issue was raised anyway by a guest speaker at the council the e.u.'s foreign policy chief and turning to the very recent developments which they can not stop or of white referring to i must express deep concern with the steps taken by china regarding nation will security legislation you can't go on. we really that that is not going to go for with the with international commitments nor with the hong kong basic or the chinese position though was firm this was an internal matter none of the security council's business how come affairs are purely china's internal affairs and allow no acts to no interference it usually. has nothing to do with the mandate of the security council elsewhere at u.n. headquarters where they were holding an event about global development postcode 19 a most important player clearly didn't want to take sides are you concerned about the new security law for hong kong today

the u.n. will take this issue seriously concerning china, and expel them from the un security ,ouncil and reinstate taiwan who was one of the original members of the un security council, reinstate them on the un security councile just maybe, the u.n. could expel china altogether from the united nations. guest: that is music to my ears. you are so right about that. it should all back to when the sanctions were put on north are six permanent members of the security council, 15 members altogether. all 15 members voted unanimously to put sanctions on north korea for proliferation of nuclear weapons. are you know who the biggest breakers of that sanction are, it is china and russia. the u.n. has no policing authority, no way to hold a member accountable. i think your point is exactly what needs to happen. if the members of the security council don't follow through on their commitment, they don't need to be members of the security council. this is what we have talked do with secretary pompeo, the state department, the administration and with the u.n. they need to be held accountable. they are not working to create a peaceful world, they are creating a world favorable to china, and it is not helping anybody. host: o

the u.n. security council has been unable to pass a resolution was the result of what he called a dysfunctional relationship between the major powers and that makes it difficult for the security council to decide as it makes it difficult in many other areas for international cooperation to work secretary-general given the scale of the pandemic do you believe that global leadership has been adequate. it is obvious that there is a lack of leadership it is all is obvious the international community is divided in a moment where it would be more important than ever to be united there is indeed a problem of leadership or if you want a disconnect between leadership and poll we see remarkable examples of leadership but they are usually not associated bollard and when we see power we sometimes do not see the necessary to the ship i hope this will be overcome sooner rather than later as a security council session this week a very public demonstration of the disagreements among the world's top countries as the un syria's special envoy spoke during the virtual event one of the ambassadors had not me to this microphone in ukraine my counsel. the french ambassador was on a separate phone call unaw

u.n. security council meeting while china's ambassador to the u.n. has bonded to this request saying that it rejects this that is this is an internal affair has nothing to do with the u.n. security council and as i asked the u.s. to stop what it calls bullying practices. well hong kong's legislative council has been suspended after an incident you can see here a man entered the chamber on thursday morning and threw a bag on to the final session was poised to clean up the area tensions are high as the legislature considers a controversial bill to protect china's national anthem in hong kong well there have also been developments on another issue that's causing us china tension a canadian court has ruled an extradition case against why wait chief financial officer can go ahead she's wanted in the u.s. on charges of misleading a major bank on hallways dealings with iran. anger is spreading in the united states over the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned to the ground by police in minneapolis and just in the past few hours protesters demanding justice for george floyd have come out in their hundreds in downtown los angeles they blocked parts of a freeway and surrounded highway pat

u.n. security council meeting well china's ambassador to the u.n. have bonded to this request saying that it rejects this that this this is an internal affair has nothing to do with the u.n. security council and as i asked the u.s. to stop what it calls bullying practices in katrina stay with me because there have also been developments on another issue that's been causing us china tension a canadian court has now ruled an extradition case against huawei a chief financial officer can go ahead she is wanted in the united states on charges of misleading a major bank on fourways dealings with iran katrina as we've been saying beijing is already less than pleased with the u.s. presumably about candidates. absolutely turner's relationship with canada is deteriorating further the chinese embassy in canada released a statement saying that it opposes this move that the us and canada are abusing the extradition treaty and accusing canada of being an accomplice of the u.s. in trying to bring down chinese technology companies now joe is the daughter of a who is the founder of huawei a huge more violent telecommunications company which is trying quite aggressively to expand its presence overseas and

u.n. security council meeting well china's ambassador to the u.n. has bonded to this request saying that it rejects this that is this is an internal affair has nothing to do with the u.n. security council and as i asked the u.s. to stop what it calls bullying practices well you're wrong as the vice president and senior research fellow at the china institute of international studies in beijing he believes that china has every right to pass the national security bill. china certainly hope that united states would understand the reasons and the purposes. of. adopting formulate the decision and left as the legal system sure national security. come and the china also has a very clear central government. that it is aimed at improving national security like you know. and so we only hope that you understand when i watch another. channel with all the necessary come to me to respond. i sing about that with undermine china's national security while there have also been developments on another issue that's been causing us china tension a canadian court has ruled an extradition case against while way a chief financial officer men longer can go ahead she is wanted in the u.s. on charges of misleadin

the u.n. security council by the panel of experts on libya for the 1st time they've looked at the issue of mercenaries in libya out jazeera spoke to a number of security council members who've confirmed what's in the report we've known for a long time there are russian mercenaries operating in libya we didn't perhaps know the scale of the operations of the russian company the wagon a group it has about a 1000 operatives it's believed in the country including about 40 snipers who are on the front lines trying to tilt the battles in favor of general half the $57.00 page report gives pictures of some of those operatives and pictures of some of their weapons it also reveals for the 1st time the general have to is getting support from fighters that have come in from syria we've known for a long time that turkey has been sending syrian fighters to support the government government of national accord but it seems that syrian fighters have been coming in on the other side to support general have that we believe as many as 2000 fighters who are on contracts of $800.00 a month for 3 months we believe to try and help general have to in his fight i put these points to th

security council i was going to ask you just that in fact you know this is not the 1st report that amnesty has issued highlighting violations and war crimes in syria and yet the international community the u.n. security council in particular remains largely paralyzed so we know what's your message and what can and should be done to ensure that international humanitarian law is up elde and that humanitarian assistance is provided to the civilians who desperately need. one of our immediate concerns of course is the exploding humanitarian crisis at the moment in northwest syria and that's why we are calling on the u.n. security council to ensure that come july when a crucial u.n. cross border aid mechanism is up for a vote that they ensure that this mechanism is renewed now is not the time for any interruption in timely and sustained aid this aid mechanism has been repeatedly politicized over the past few years and the syrian government and its allies in the security council have been trying to put an end to that mechanism and we are calling on the security council to ensure that it remains intact in addition of course we have called repeatedly on the security council to ensure that there is a semblance of. any mechanism that ensures accountability for these attacks in northwest syria from amnesty international thank you very much for talking to us on al-jazeera. now on to the coronavirus crisis in the u.k. prime minister has laid out the 1st steps to easing measures or is johnson announce a new virus alert system and says people will be allowed to spend more time outdoors and go for drives with members of t