barbara plett—usher live on the door hill, thank you. hill, thank you.nk you —— live on capitol hill, thank you. at 0200 gmt on wednesday here on bbc world news. throughout the proceedings. and our correspondents will be following the address online. during the event, live tweeting the latest developments. find her @bbcrajiniv. on his twitter feed, he's @awzurcher. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. in the area. and the canadian pilot. was damaged before it hit the water. let's go to sydney and we are joined by hywel griffith. by hywel griffith. tell us about the safety report on the crash? the crash? being any control problems before the impact with the water. the impact with the water. also been looking at eyewitness reports. reports. it sounds like the plane engine was running ok. engine was running ok. was good, but questions have been raised by the company. raised by the company. company says that they can't even explain the plane's location? explain the plane's location? part of the report be published what they think was the flight

our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports.ikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who has been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. the iranian people will determine their own destiny. and let there be no doubt whatsoever — the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. we will not be quiet. no dishonest attempt to call the protesters puppets of foreign powers will change that. the iranian people know the truth. and we know the truth. all chant. this unusually robust stance on human rights for the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as iran's malign influence in the middle east. the iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce, and repeated charges that the protests were directed from abroad, which ms haley denied. there is a long history of us bully

barbara plett usher reports. response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who's been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. the iranian people will determine their own destiny, and let there be no doubt whatsoever, the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. this unusually robust stance on human rights from the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as iran's malign influence in the middle east. the iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce. he repeated charges the protests were directed from abroad. there is a long history of us bullying at the un, but this is a preposterous example, the purely internal affairs of a nation, in this case protesting that the iranian government has addressed with utmost respect for the rights of the protesters and with every attempt to deal with it peacefully des

barbara plett—usher has the latest from canada. members of an exclusive club have gathered again.se are the states that sent troops and aid to help the un effort in the 1950s korean war. now they want to show solidarity in the face of a modern—day korean threat. missing from the guest list was china, an enemy in the 1950s war, but now a crucial ally in confronting pyongyang. the absence left many wondering what could really be achieved. and recent talks between north and south korea have eased tensions on the peninsula, so the question was how ministers here would respond. the us took a tough line. the object of negotiations, if and when we get there, is the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of north korea. all nations here today are united on that goal. let me be clear, we will not allow north korea to drive a wedge through our resolve or our solidarity. after ignoring south korea for months, the north offered an olive branch ahead of the olympics, reaching a last—minute agreement for pyongyang to send athletes and musicians to pyeongchang, but there's suspic

our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports.ikki haley warned around the world was watching its response the anti—government protest. —— iran. she used the un platform to apple by the message of resident trump and treating support of the demonstrators. the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom to themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. we will not be quiet. this unusually robust stance on human rights to the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as one's aligned influence in the middle east. iranians ambassador called the meeting a fast and repeated charges that the protest were directed from a board which nikki haley denied. there is a long history of us leading at the un. but this is a preposterous example. purely internal affairs of the nation, in this case protest that the uranium government has addressed with dallas respect for the rights of the protesters and with every attempt to deal with peacefully. despite violent infiltrat

our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. iran that the world was watching its response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who's been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. this unusually robust stance on human rights from the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as iran's malign influence in the middle east. influence in the middle east. the iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce. 0ther council members urged iran to allow free and peaceful demonstrations, and the russian ambassador accused the us of playing politics. translation: mr president... the real reason for convening today's meeting is not an attempt to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people, but rather as a veiled attempt to use the current moment to continue to undermi

barbara plett usher, thank you.he uk to increase funding for security and the development of the city. the president's high—profile trip comes two days before he is due to meet theresa may. the 2003 agreement between britain and france is at sta ke between britain and france is at stake which effectively moved the uk border onto french territory. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports now from calais. once the uk was a magnet forjuma, today it was the french president. after months of camping around calais, the sudanese migrant has decided to apply for asylum in france. mr macron's government has promised a quicker welcome for those it accepts, a quicker rejection for those it refuses. juma is still waiting for his answer. so you are our president, not in front of you, but in my heart. but hundreds of migrants around calais are avoiding asylum centres like this in a bid to reach the uk illegally, and mr macron wants more help from theresa may in dealing with them. translation: we need to better manage the issue o

we can speak to our correspondent barbara plett usher in vancouver. let's talk about the prospects ofy have just opened the confidence and it seems they are using it to send a strong message of global solidarity to keep up message of global solidarity to keep up the pressure campaign on north korea and make sure the goal is verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. i think he felt the need to make the statement strong because you have the two koreas talking to each other and whether that will take over as opposed to the pressure campaign, and rex tillotson suggested he is sceptical of those talks and says he will not allowed north korea to drive a wedge into our solidarity. he also says we will not accept a freeze for freeze formula, that is the stop and restart military exercises. that is the de facto situation when the temporary freeze to allow the olympics to go ahead but he says ultimately that is something we will not ultimately accept. the purpose of this conference is to tighten the campaign against north korea even more by making sure we can do whatever we can so that sanc

a path that can lead to greater well—being for the people of north korea. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usherway forward in dealing with north korea ? suggest a way forward in dealing with north korea? there has been these talks between north korea south korea. there is a question about whether that might be the way forward , about whether that might be the way forward, whether you could build on those into a wider diplomatic engagement. the message that came out of this meeting was that people we re out of this meeting was that people were wanting to hold the line. some of the participants expressed suspicion about north korea's motives. they said they don't want to give concessions at this stage. they said they need to dig in and mmp they said they need to dig in and ramp up the pressure, make sure there are no loopholes or gaps in enforcing sanctions, and make sure our demands are the same, which is to get rid of nuclear weapons from the peninsula. i think they used this meeting to respond to that diplomatic opening by saying it is good but we will not back down on what we think. and we th

we can talk to barbara plett usher, in washington. why might he have stepped down now?f being politically biased —— twitter account. twitter account. the fbi sees him as a very respected professional. professional. would not be part of it so he could make a decision about what to do. make a decision about what to do. connection with the russia investigation. investigation. and now he decided perhaps that now was the time to go. was the time to go. department ofjustice is as clear as it should be. it should be. sessions for accusing himself from the investigation. the investigation. with these criticisms —— department of justice officials. with these criticisms —— department ofjustice officials. ofjustice officials. itself stop we can now go to a story which beggars belief, really. you might have thought volkswagen had had enough of bad pr. but here's another story. and even humans — inhaling diesel exhaust fumes. in an albuquerque laboratory. technology isn't carcinogenic. with public sentiment. were also funding this research. after seven months it was stopped because