former un chief ban ki—moon tells the bbc that the rhetoric is dangerous.ince the end of the korean war in 1950s we have not seen such heightened tension level. we have not declared war on north korea, and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. fears that this volcano could erru pt. 50,000 people are evacuated from their homes near mount agung in bali. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a setback for mark zuckerberg. china blocks messaging service whatsapp, the last facebook product available on the mainland. and joining the space race. australia says it will establish a national space agency, to support the industry. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:30am in pyongyang, where north korea and the united states are still waging a war of words and agreeing on very little. speaking in new york, north korea's foreign minister, ri yong ho, said president trump's recent assertion that its leadership would not be around much longer amounted to a de

secretary general ban ki moon and he talked about the possibility of military options when it comes to north korea saying that nobody wants war but when the chips are down it is necessary to take all necessary measures now the defense ministry has been briefing the south korean national assembly about its assessment of north korea's i.c.b.m. capabilities saying it believes that north korea is nearing the final stages of securing those capabilities to have an intercontinental ballistic missile it also says it believes that north korea will continue missile launches and nuclear tests as it moves to secure its nuclear capabilities now in a video message to the conference today the president of south korea bunn ki-moon says that south korea will work with the international community to secure a powerful punishment against north korea for its most recent provocations this is all happening as the u.s. and south korea are staging a joint drill over the korean peninsula u.s. bombers and fighter jets joined south korean jets in a fly over over the south korean area to show that it has the milit

with all the sports news former united nations secretary-general ban ki moon has a new job heading up the i.o.c. is ethics commission more later in the program. in iraq where at least sixty people have been killed in a suicide attack in the south of the country the attackers targeted a restaurant and a police checkpoint near the city of nasiriyah at least ninety others were injured as claimed responsibility. there were for buses of iranian pilgrims the gunman boarded the buses and sprayed those inside with bullets others in pickup trucks drove by and fired on people then they walked into the restaurant and opened fire on people inside the young the old one everyone was killed or meanwhile the future of a united iraq is looking ever more uncertain as tensions continue over a controversial referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of. cook from office after the province voted to take part in the september the twenty fifth referendum on iraq's prime minister hyderabadi has been authorized by parliament to quote take all measures to preserve

news for united nations secretary-general ban ki moon has a new job heading up the i.o.c. is ethics commission that and more later this news hour. to iraq or at least fifty two people have been killed in an attack in the south of the country a gunman opened fire in a restaurant near the southern city of nasiriyah before getting in a car and blowing themselves up at a nearby security checkpoint at least eighty on the people were injured many of them seriously meanwhile the future of a united iraq is looking ever more uncertain as tensions continue over a controversial referendum on kurdish independence iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from office after the province voted to take part in the september the twenty fifth vote iraq's prime minister hyder in a body has been authorized by parliament to quote take all measures to preserve national unity. when i saw swept across northern and central iraq it was kurdish peshmerga forces who secured care cook it also gave them control of a place has long been claimed as part of an independent kurdistan the p

and former united nations secretary general ban ki moon has a new job but this time in the world of sport. says it was behind a coordinated attacks in southern iraq at least sixty people died and dozens more have been injured when the attackers targeted a restaurant at a police checkpoint near the city of nasiriyah some of the victims were shia muslims visiting from iran as iran khan has more. southern iraq has been spared much of the violence that the rest of the country has seemed to in the west and in the north and now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside of. iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us into law for in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we are sti

former un chief ban ki—moon tells the bbc the rhetoric is dangerous.ince the end of the korean war, in the 19505, we have not seen such kind of heightened tension level. we have not declared war on north korea, and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. 50,000 people now evacuated in bali. there are signs a volcano may erupt for the first time in half a century. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: votes are being counted in the iraqi kurdish referendum. the result is expected to be a massive win for independence. and australia says it is joining the space race. 0ne expert tells us the future is bright. good morning, it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 8:30am in pyongyang, as officials from the north korean regime exchange in notjust a war of words with the us, but a battle over what those words mean. the country's foreign minister has accused the us of declaring war. ri yong—ho was responding to a tweet by president trump that had said north korea's leadership wouldn't be around for, quote, much longer. it

amy: "we are profoundly sorry for our role" said ban ki-moon as he was leaving as u.n.retary-general. as we wrap up, the significance of what he said and did not say? >> stopping short of saying it was u.n. troops that brought the cholera into haiti. so they avoided this because, legally, they will be liable. but it has been brought by the institute for justice and democracy in haiti, brought a suit which has been rebuffed in the u.n. claim system and also rebuffed in the united states courts here. amy: and before i go, i was asking edwidge danticat before we lost heher, power is out to have of the people of florida come so it is difficult even to that phone call, but the issue of tps, and haitians dealing with this terrible hurricane and having to leave? >> they are going back -- close to 60,000 who will be sent back. it is a triple whammy. they lose the remittances. they lose their homes. now they're going to be sent back to haiti, which is suffering food insecurity. amy: unless president trump changes his mind. kim ives is an editor at haiti liberte. we and in mexico

is new head of ethics ban ki moon is backing the olympics the former u.n. secretary general who's also from south korea is confident the games will go ahead without a hitch. sports has a universal language and it can reach to any place even during a time of cold war even so there is heightened attention on the korean peninsula i'm sure that this chunk been told in big games will be a great success with a great sense of stability. whenever there was always a sports event. exchanges between south and north at athletes there was a shrewd. expectations and assured of support for sports so i'm quite confident that we will have a very safe very peaceful and how more new. winter olympic games in. next year waivers open disciplinary proceedings after crowd trouble ahead of three one win over cologne in the europa league as many as twenty thousand cologne fans descended on london grinding oxford street to a halt before the march on thursday that despite only three thousand tickets being made available to them footage on social media showed that once they got to the

committee so in order to be more effective it seems to me that the first order of business for ban ki-moon is to try to get some kind of autonomy and separation from the people overseeing him on the short term they need to figure out what's going on with this vote buying scandal just the other week there been revelations that down in brazil in the apartment of carlos newsman the head of the brazilian olympic committee they found a russian passport one hundred fifty five thousand dollars in cash in number of different currencies and so we've got an ongoing scandal there that also spreads to tokyo that are going to have to deal with that in the short term we're seeing more and more recognition from the general population that they don't really want to host the games in their city the olympics are tremendously popular as long as they happen somewhere else also who have won their first ever match in the europa league the london club failed to qualify for the champions league last season and the playing in europe's second to a competition for the first time they came from behind to beat cologne

interesting to hear ban ki—moon, a korean himself, who says the language has never been as extreme aso be saying that every single day. it goes up another notch, doesn't it? it's very interesting what has come out overnight here in south korea, what's been said in the united states, with the north korean foreign minister particularly emphasising north korea will shoot down any american aircraft, bombers, that go into american airspace close to its shores. that's in response to the mission that happened overnight on saturday when the americans flew a number of b—i the bombers escorted by f—16 fighters further north than they ever have done since the last century in this region up to the east of north korea. it's unclear how close to the coast of those bombers got on saturday night. officially speaking international airspace begins i2 officially speaking international airspace begins 12 miles out from the coast of any sovereign state, but north korea kind of say they've got a 50 miles own from them. we don't know how close the americans got, but if they continue to carry out these missi

think there are signs that the secretary—general is another secretary general income parents into ban ki—moonaded animated nimble? there is a shared awareness ever were in the world that we have never need the un more than today. there is an awareness that we need to make a work in this volatile situation. if it provides a steam valve for lunatics to shoot their mouths off, if it gives a public platform for people saying inane things that could exacerbate situations and make it worse. they have to be very careful, i think, about assuming that because people are talking it will help... sometimes what people are saying, and insulting each other and causing offence, it could actually inflame the situation. all right. thank you to all of you. plenty to discuss another time. that's all we have time for this week. do join us again next week, same time same place. but for now, thank you for watching and goodbye. it may well be a weather cliche, but it illustrates the point beautifully for a sunday's weather, a west and east split across the entry. drifting this weather front in from the atlantic. br

former un chief ban ki—moon tells the bbc the rhetoric is dangerous.seen such kind of heightened tension level. we have not declared war on north korea, and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. 50,000 people now evacuated in bali. there are signs a volcano may erupt for the first time in half a century. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: votes are being counted

coalition landed on that so-called black list under intense pressure the secretary general at the time ban ki moon relented and pulled the saudi led coalition and its members from that list he didn't came under much criticism and he in turn criticized the saudis and their allies for putting the pressure and not taking responsibility for their conduct in the battlefield now there's a new secretary general antonio good at it and he is facing the same pressure to put the saudi led coalition on this blacklist one thing that isn't being discussed is whether the united states is lobbying on behalf of the saudis and the other coalition members to not be involved in this blacklist. you're watching al-jazeera still to come on the program israel disputes a u.n. report blaming its occupation of palestine for the territories culturing equipment and hillary clinton opens up in a new memoir on why she thinks she lost last year's election. welcome back well of start off with a chart for the levant and western parts of asia and every time i show this chart i say the same thing namely the temperatures across parts

secretary general ban ki moon who like we heard there from rex tillerson and indeed nikki haley he was also actually talking about military options when it comes to north korea saying that nobody wants war but when the chips are down it is necessary to consider all necessary measures we've also heard here in south korea from the defense ministry it's been briefing the national assembly on its assessment of north korea's nuclear and missile capability saying that it believes that north korea is in the final stages or at least nearing the final stages of securing i.c.b.m. capabilities and it believes that north korea will continue provocations in the form of more missile launches and nuclear tests as it seeks to improve and secure its nuclear capabilities we've heard before that south korea believes that there will be more missile launches and more nuclear tests to come in the defense ministry seems to back that up once again today we also heard from the president of south korea through a video address at that conference and he says that south korea will work with the international commu

think there are signs that the secretary—general is another secretary general income parents into ban ki—mooned nimble? there is a shared awareness ever we re there is a shared awareness ever were in the world that we have never needed regular new regulations mother today. there is an awareness that we need to make a work in this volatile situation. if it provides eight stephen valley ca lve rley if it provides eight stephen valley calverley takes two to their mouth off traction at a steam valve for lunatics. if it gives a public platform for people saying inane things that could exacerbate situations and make it worse. they have to be very careful, i think, about assuming that because people are talking it will help... sometimes what people are saying, and insulting each other and causing offe nce, and insulting each other and causing offence, it could actually inflame the situation. all right. beg you to all of you. plenty to discuss another time. schengen thank you. —— thank you to all of you. that's all we have time for this week. do join us again next week, same time same place. but for

united international community in the course of world history some pretty strong words there from ban ki moon no coincidence as well that on monday korean time first thing the defense ministry said that it was still watching north korea and it was looking at the nuclear site the pooncarie nuclear site where the previous nuclear test happened and they say that that site is being prepared for another one they believe and they say strong words these that they are confident north korea is in the final stages of intercontinental ballistic missile development so all of this tension building here tension building and strong words as we've been saying and meanwhile interesting words coming from u.s. president donald trump about kim jong il and. on twitter yeah the president's favorite way of conducting diplomacy he said overnight sunday into monday korean time i spoke with president moon of south korea last night asked him how rocket man is doing long gas lines forming in north korea too bad now rocket man of course tongue in cheek by the president there reference to the david bowie song i'm not remo

former un chief ban ki—moon tells the bbc that the rhetoric is dangerous. korea, and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. fears that this volcano could erru pt. 50,000 people are evacuated from their homes near mount agung in bali. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a setback for mark zuckerberg. china blocks messaging service whatsapp, the last facebook product

you heard it from kofi annan in 1997, ban ki-moon in 2006.me in, making reforms and efficient, transparent, accountable, yet the waste and bureaucracy and inefficiency goes on and on. the heart of it, the u.n. is built on wrong foundations philosophically wrong. they're not promoting things which know lead to prosperity and property, rule of law, free press -- david: you will not get human rights from iran and other regimes like that, that are on the human rights commission. >> that's right. david: now, we, as president, a businessman. he kind of looks at bottom line figures and tries to see whether we get a return on our investment. he spoke to that point today. take a listen and get your response. >> while the united nations on a regular budget has increased by 140% and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the results in line with this investment. david: now again, he is a businessman. he looks at it from a business perspective. i don't think you can do that with an international organization because there is no, as

is new head of ethics ban ki moon is confident the games will go ahead without a hitch but north korea's i.o.c. representative is not so sure. i hold but nobody knows. all the time politics. politics i'm not to minister of defense. the pyung takes less than six months away some progress has been made as far as russian state sponsored doping investigations around the sorts of games in twenty fourteen are concerned on friday the head of an investigation into the matter said evidence has been found to charge athletes. but when you have a part of document like this. and you have i don't know how many cases involved. you cannot do it and the you it you have to respect the procedure you have to. respect the presumption of you know. you cannot just say ah they were in. the russian. tennis now and australia have now leveled they davis cup semifinal to eye with opponents belgium australia's nick kiri also became belgian steve darcis the second friday singles the twenty two year old came from behind to eventually win the match in a five said six three three six six seven six one six two was the sc

general really get very closely involved on north korea even though the previous secretary general ban ki moon was himself korean from south korea and even spoke the language he wasn't really allowed to act as an intermediary when it comes to iran of course that again was done by not the u.n. but by this different grouping the so-called p five plus one the permanent members of the security council and germany negotiating directly with iran and outside the u.n. auspices so the u.n. hasn't really been allowed to get involved with either of these two files james why don't we pause this thing is you have brought in the issue of iran we'll have a listen to exactly what donald trump did have to say about iran rather than use its resources to improve iranian lives its oil profits go to fund hezbollah and other terrorists that kill innocent muslims and attack their peaceful arab and israeli neighbors this well which rightly belongs to iran's people also goes to. the shar on assad's dictatorship fuel yemen's civil war and undermine peace throughout the entire middle east we cannot let. a murderous regi

is new head of ethics ban ki moon is backing the olympics the former u.n.secretary general who himself hails from south korea is confident the games are will go ahead without a hitch. sports has so universal language and it can reach to any place even during a time of cord one even so there is heightened attention on the korean peninsula i am sure that this winter olympic games will be a great success with a great sense of stability whenever there was or as a sports event. exchanges between south and north athletes there was a shrewd. expectations and they sure do support force ports so i'm quite confident that we will have a very safe very peaceful and. winter olympic games in the. next year. tennis australia is nick curiosus currently out on court again steve darcy's of belgium in a davis cup semifinal taking place in brussels earlier in the day david goffin helped to belgium take the lead in this time had to come from a sit down to overcome john millman on friday the score of that match six seven six six three seven five the winner getting belgium an ear

twenty nine countries a meeting in the south korean capital seoul the former un secretary general ban ki moon told them no one wants war with north korea but necessary measures including military options may be required. general motors has announced the recall of more than two and a half million vehicles in china over concerns about airbags made by japanese giant cutter the faulty airbags can improperly inflate and rupture potentially firing shrapnel pieces at the driver and passengers the defect has been linked to several deaths and scores of injuries around the world. brown joins us now live from beijing so what else is g.m. saying. well g.m. basically said it had to take this decision really as a precaution now you recall that last week volkswagen another major foreign car manufacturer here in china announced that it was withdrawing recalling some five million vehicles that have also been fitted with this same airbag now this airbag is manufactured by a japanese company called to carter a company that's now actually bankrupt and there's concern that with its deflator zz that when this airb

ban ki -moon for his service to the united nations and wish him a full retirement. mr. president, the previous year has witnessed many far-reaching mostoments, some of the significant events including the iran nuclear deal, the pair's climate change agreement, and of grave concern, the north korean nuclear crisis. mr. president, i must also s' role the united nation residents ofe syria and afghanistan. we must collectively thank the government of the federal government of germany under the commendable leadership of chancellor angela merkel, and the governments of italy, greece, and turkey for assisting hundreds of thousands of refugees. in an exemplary show of solitary, the international community -- solidarity, the international community together within my own region to assist the countries and communities in lake chad nd the regions against al qaeda and bo boko haram. we thank the security council chad to address the security situation and humanitarian needs and for assistance for -- indeed, in nigeria, we're providing relief and humanitarian assistance to millions i