joe biden arriving in new york for his 1st united nations general assembly. as the us president becomes at a time when he faces an array of foreign policy challenges and tension with a key ally. his 1st meeting was with the un secretary general antonio good terrace to discuss climate cobra, 19 and top of the agenda, the situation in afghanistan. the 2nd general is arguing that the international community has no choice but to engage with the taliban. and the un high commissioner for refugees who's just back from cobble is warning. there's a real risk of a catastrophic economic breakdown. the implosion would mean the seizing of the functioning of the vital functions of state like the health system. for example, the public administration who will pay the salaries that you know until now were paid to a combination of bilateral, multilateral funds and national funds. this whole construct has collapsed now. so if that happens, that kind of implosion would push for sure many to leave the country. kobe 19 will also be a key issue this week. protest is here, and there

ah, thanks for joining you know, tuesday, march, the 1st day of speeches at the united nations general assembly leaders from all over the world are taking part in the 76 annual gathering with president joe biden, among the 1st group of speakers. tre. chavez has been there and brings us the details from new york world leaders are back up united nations for the 1st time in 2 years with a formidable agenda, escalating issues to tackle, including the still raging cove in 1900 pandemic and climate change. united nations secretary general antonio gutierrez, taking the stage, urging the world to wake up. i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. we faced the great this cascade the cries in our lifetimes. coffee. 19 pandemic. a supersize. the glaring guinea qualities, the climate crisis, pummeling the planet upheaval from afghanistan with your p. m and beyond s what it be. now this is the 1st.

ah, thanks for joining you know, tuesday, march, the 1st day of speeches at the united nations general assembly leaders from all over the world are taking part in the 76 annual gathering with president joe biden, among the 1st group of speakers. tre. chavez has been there and brings us the details of from new york world. leaders are back up united nations for the 1st time in 2 years with a formidable agenda of escalating issues to tackle, including the still raging coban. 1900 pandemic and climate change. united nations secretary general antonio terrorist taking the stage, urging the world to wake up. i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. we faced the great this cascade the cries in our lifetimes. coffee, the 19th and then mika supersize, the glaring guinea qualities. the climate crisis this pummeling the planet upheaval from afghanistan with european men and beyond s. war to be. now this is the 1st in person general assembly to take place since the start of the pandemic with last year's assembly being entirely virtual, the u. n. g a is relying on a so called honor system to prov

general assembly for the 1st time since taking office. the un secretary general also spoke on tuesday, pulling on nations to unite to tackle what he called the cascade of crises threatening nations and diplomatic. and this is james base report leads that you'll see. this is gathering of world leaders started on a some been note. the un secretary general highlighting the growing less to global problems. coven 19 the climate crisis and conflicts. all of them, he said, getting worse. i'm here to songs the alarm. the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong direction. our world has never been more threatened, or more divided. we faced the great this cascade of crisis in our lifetimes. this was the 1st un general assembly, attended by president joe biden, speaking just weeks after the taliban take over and cobble a war that in effect, lead to a u. s. defeat. he laid out his strategy on future u. s. military involvement. u. s. military power must be our tool of last resort, not our 1st should not be used as an answer to every problem we see around the world. we've ended 20 years of conflict in a gas than and

be a long road ahead look, the united states joe biden, president came to his 1st general assembly and he talked about the importance of being able to work with other nations to solve the biggest issues are in the planet on the planet from climate to coven. but at the same time, he's coming off a radical quick withdrawal from afghanistan that took many of the world, the nation's closest allies by surprise in the way it was played out. there's still bad feelings about the united states leaving the iran deal under president trump. so blink, and not only with the french, but with a lot of allies here at the united nations, has some ground to make ups for as it attempts to convince the the globe in the international community that it is committed to a multilateral process to deal with some of these major issues. we'll take us and leave me. they're charging if i from the united nations. kristen, thank you very much. indeed for keeping up the face on that. we appreciate it. millions of people across the united states will soon receive their 3rd dose of fighting cove. with 19 vaccine us regulators approved booster shots for high risk groups. on wednesday, america

general assembly on friday. let's get more now with aren't diplomatic adds to james base who is live 1st at the united nations. james, what more do we know about this? while i was in that briefing via the iranian foreign minister saying, i don't know who was telling us about the current state of the nuclear negotiations and making it clear once again that iran is prepared to return to the negotiating table in vienna. very soon, because the definition of very soon i think is that is the key factor here. remember those talks in vienna were taking place earlier in the year. they paused because of the iranian election and the election of president e. c. and they haven't resumed at this stage. iran says that it is currently through because they have a new team and new forum minutes at noon to go to the words we will attend the sessions very soon, reviewing the file and c h a will recompense very soon. they said that iran once a return to the nuclear dealer 2015, the quote was in a complete and verifiable manner. so positive there. but then listen to what they had to say about the us. remember, it was the us that pu

united nations general assembly. the country's foreign. busy minister circular froth will deliver his address later in southern, as you can see, just gathering in for press conference. let's listen to his 1st down, sir, or day for everyone. we proceed from a premise that so what we see is a reality. the hasty withdrawal of the us forces and their nature allies, the bus mostly in the pursuit, was done without any regard to any respect for the consequences. and so by that on means you must be a huge touch with the piles of a munition of and so we need to make sure that this, these weapons should not be used in non constructive purposes or for non constructive goals. i would say. and currently is where you are the taliban . about 16 years mom say they're committed to fighting against extremism and terrorism, including vices and al qaeda. strategic not to get those done, you will to submit the pro, spread instability to other countries. they said they will respect women's rights who will push for an inclusive government. well, you have heard those statements from england. and keith bureau right now is to make sure that they deliver on their promises. when can you, you know, those are the 1st s

1st general assembly, attended by president joe biden. he'll chair a session on cobra 19 with the aim of trying to find a way to vaccinate the world. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. we now go to nicaragua, where hundreds of people are struggling to access limited oxygen supplies. relatives of people infected with kind of in 1900, having to queue up in the capital managua to refill oxygen tanks, despite repeated outbreaks. nicaragua has never issued a corona virus lockdown. leaders of accused doctors is health terrorism for reporting that the virus is more widespread, beneficial that knowledge. many people have being forced to care for 6 family members. a home for those can see him, but i'm looking for oxygen for my sister. she is improving that she needs oxygen and we're all here. fighting to get the oxygen we have t k, the patients at home. my father and my brother, one of the to my father is the one who is more sick. that's why i come here. we come twice a day to refill the tank. now the usa, alabama recorded more deaths than bus last year for the 1st time minutes recorded history. state health officials of blame the corona virus for the surgeon fatalities. th

1st general assembly, attended by president joe biden. he'll chair a session on covey 19 with the aim of trying to find a way to vaccinate the world. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. the u. s. fate of alabama recorded more than more deaths send birth last year for the 1st time in its history. state health officials have blamed the corona, vice for the surgeon fatalities. the us is recording an average of 140000 new cases in to 1000 deaths every day. as a country enters flu season house officials are urging people to get a flu shot, as well as the cobra vine team vaccine. hundreds of people in nicaragua are fighting to access limited oxygen supplies. relatives of corona virus, patients have lined up in the capitol managua to refill oxygen tanks, vice president rosario maria has accused doctors of health terrorism for reporting . the virus is more widespread than officials acknowledge. many people are being forced to care for sick family members at home. the thousands of people have been told to leave their homes after a volcanic eruption on the spanish canary islands. it follows the week of increasing face, make seismic activity on the island of la palmer, 500 kil

1st general assembly, attended by president joe biden. he'll chair a session on cobra 19 with the aim of trying to find a way to vaccinate the world. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. netflix has won televisions top ana for the 1st time and the emmy goes to the crown, the streaming service children back to drama series for the crown to show about the british monarchy and the queen elizabeth. it also won best limited series of the queens gambit. when kept sweep by streaming platform of the emmys top on ah, watching al jazeera, these are the top stories this our russia's pro kremlin ruling party is on calls to retain its super majority in parliament with most of the votes counted. but it lost some support. busy compared to the previous election, the opposition says fraud was widespread as most kremlin critics were bought from contesting after a year of crackdowns. ben, it's me, it's has moved from moscow. and this is actually russia's election commission headquarters in central moscow where they've counted, according to a big screen to my right. 90 percent of the vote now and yes, united russia not only keep this majority, it's actually a super majority, but it main

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