. >> secretary feltman, i hear some coded language there, you hope they understand how dangerous the situation is. let me just quote what you have been quoted as saying behind closed doors briefing about your trip. you're deeply worried about the north korean response and the lack of urgency in pyongyang to address the dangerous crisis. i mean, what made you so worried? what did the foreign minister say to you? >> again, these are the first policy dialogues that we have had, in-depth policy dialogues, in nearly eight years. so i don't want to draw too many conclusions from one series of meetings. we had more than 15 hours of discussions between the dprk delegation and the u.n. delegation, which again gave us the opportunity to explain why we were so concerned, to emphasize the importance of full implementation of security council resolutions. where we agree was on the need to prevent war, but what concerned me was the reliance of the dprk hosts solely on deterrence, meaning their military programs, whereas we see the prevention of war as depending on a lot of things, including the im

envoy jeffrey feltman who visited pyongyang last week what can we read into that. well it seems unclear at this stage whether north korea would be open to these talks that are being floated because jeffrey feltman as you mention was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang in six years that was a significant visit and he came back saying that the officials that he spoke to in north korea did not offer any kind of commitments to talks he said he expected the foreign minister who he met to brief the leader kim jong un and that perhaps officials in north korea needed to digest what was discussed with that u.n. official jeffrey feltman before making any further comment on the talks broadly the south korean position has been that it wants to push forward with more dialogue and more engagement with north korea under their correct circumstances so the south korean unification ministry that handles north korean policy today said that the south korea and the united states are on the same page when it comes to reaching a peaceful resolution to the north korean nuclea

diplomat ambassador jeffrey feltman.ate department and was a career diplomat and i knew him when he was the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and he left and became one of the top diplomats at the united nations and we are learning he's just returned from a very rare visit to pyongyang, north korea. he was invited by the north koreans and it comes at a critical moment given the program that the north koreans have. >> that's right, wolf. he talked about a sense of urgency. on one hand, it's encouraging that he got invited to go. you can quibble about the timing. he was invited after their most recent icbm test so that could convey a sense of center owe the north's part that they got some sort of advantage, but i think it's encouraging that he went and they met with him and talked with him and that's a good thing and you have a ministerial meeting and secretary tillerson will give a speech tomorrow about north coria, so all of this, we're driving here, i think, to some outcomes, i hope, but clearly, yes, the sense of urgency is

official in about six years and when jeffrey feltman addressed the emergency meeting of the u.n. security council following north korea's latest i.c.b.m. launch he emphasized the need for a political solution to the problem on the korean peninsula his visit follows a visit by a chinese and boy last month who visited pyongyang and met with senior officials though did not have a meeting with the leader kim jong un and russia also so. and a team of lawmakers who according to russian media reported that pyongyang is not willing to disarm and that it does not want nuclear war but is prepared for it if threatened by the united states now we know that russia and china are both pushing for a freeze for freeze option that would see north korea agreeing to freeze its nuclear development in exchange for the united states and south agreed korea agreeing to stop military exercises that often anger north korea but those a joint exercises are continuing this week they kicked off joint air drills here on the korean peninsula just yesterday and north korea once again reacted extremely angrily say

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official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang tickler affairs chief jeffrey feltman store comes after prong recently tested a ballistic missile he says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping feldman's trip will kick start a u.s. led effort to deescalate tensions in the region. the nobel peace prize will be awarded on december the tenth to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons oh i can millions of people can remember a time when the threat of nuclear war was a looming presence that worry has steadily diminished since the end of the cold war but with the rise of new north korea's nuclear capabilities some watery that fan may return rob brown sort of folds the nuclear annihilation with little warning that was the terrible fate that the generation that grew up in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's was taught to fear and prepare for the first duck and then cover schoolchildren were drilled on how to avoid being incinerated we all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous it may be used against us we must get ready for public service films urg

envoy jeffrey feltman who visited pyongyang last week so what can we read into this sort of quite fast moving diplomatic scenario. yes there has been more talk about talks of late it seems it was significant that jeffrey feltman went to north korea was the first visit of a top u.n. official in six years and he came back from that saying that north korea did not give any commitments in terms of dialogue he said he thought they needed to digest the discussions that were had in pyongyang and he didn't say anything specific in terms of dialogue but now we have rex tillerson making these comments and also this all follows the visit of a chinese envoy recently as well to north korea so some movement in terms of the diplomacy behind it also coming as the president of south korea moon j.n. is heading to china for talks with the leader there she jinping and of course as we talk about often china has a big role to play when it comes to trying to find a peaceful resolution to the north korean nuclear issue we would expect that president putin would push south korea's position that it wants china

what jeff feltman accomplished in this mission we don't really know.ut in the near term, the more we talk with north korea, the more that gets extended, the greater the likelihood they will accomplish their objective and get deliverable nuclear weapons. eric: what do you think he could say at the security council. >> if he wants vigorous enforcement of sanctions i would be surprised. the problem is the resolution did not produce the sanctions we wanted. the regime continues to make progress and show no signs of letting up. unlike fat and happy societies that finds consumer choice restricted, that doesn't affect kim jong-un. he couldn't care less what happen to the his population who are living in a 25 million person prison camp. eric: does feldman's visit open a new line of communication or competing ones with washington? >> it must reflect some view of secretary-general gutierrez that he wants to try his own diplomacy. you don't need to travel to pyongyang and spend four days there as jeff had to do. to the extent that he says to the north koreans if

official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang political affairs chief jeffrey feltman store khans after pyongyang recently tested a ballistic missile he says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping felton's trip will kickstarter u.s. led effort to deescalate tensions in the region russia's president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year the sixty five year old has been in power holding the post of either primers prime minister or president for seventeen years if putin serves another six year term he had reached the milestone for the longest tenure as leader since joseph stalin more than twelve thousand homes are under threat by wildfires in southern california hundreds of firefighters in los angeles are battling flames it's witness next so stay with us here on al-jazeera. i think that the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. i was. a. number of the. blade and so. my wife. is. so. close. and there's another but. yes th

undersecretary general for political affairs, jeffrey feltman, who just returned from north korea whereor, thank you so much for your time. did you walk away with a similar feeling to that of senator graham? >> i can't characterize what the results of my meetings will be because i think only time will tell. this is a typical diplomatic discussion where we had the time and opportunity to make lots of points, to present ideas, alternative approaches, to demand the compliance with security council resolutions and express the concern of the united states community. they had their points to make. and i believe that both sides need to reflect on what we heard and then to see the impact going forward. >> was it a real conversation? >> that's actually what surprised me a bit, because it was a very interactive, serious exchange. i'm not saying that they were flexible on their positions per se because they had certain policy positions in which they were operating, but they wanted to hear us out. they gave us the time to present the concerns of the international community. they quizzed us on some

i mean, as i said, jeff feltman, this undersecretary for political affairs, maybe third top officialerican, used to be an american diplomat at the state department, went there, had 15 hours, fred, of discussions with the north koreans. now, were there any breakthroughs? no, there weren't, but for the first time the north koreans seemed to be engaging him and debating him and talking about these kind of issues. so when he said to them, you need to start talking to the u.n. security council, if you want to fix this, you need to move towards diplomacy, and he didn't get any positive messages. it still looks like the north koreans are moving ahead on the nuclear program, but at the same time you did see that north korean ambassador come to the hall, you know, they are always talking about delegitimizing the council, addressing the council in english. i think that, again, we didn't see any breakthroughs, but i think his presence there yesterday was significant and something that the u.n. may hope to build on. maybe it's not the u.s. that starts talking with the north koreans right away. m

first the un's political affairs chief is traveling to north korea jeffrey feltman is the first senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang in six years as tensions in the region escalated last week after north korea said its latest ballistic missile test placed the u.s. mainland within reach let's bring in kathy novak she's joining us from seoul to tell us more about feltman visit and is this a sign that north korea may be willing to negotiate. well i think here in south korea at least the feeling is that the door for dialogue should always be left open but the signs that north korea has been sending here have been just deafening silence basically there have been no into korean talks since last year despite the fact that south korea has actively been asking north korea for talks so interesting lee when north korea launched their most recent i.c.b.m. on wednesday through state media it declared that the weapons development program was complete and some analysts had been speculating that north korea might have been waiting until it could say that it was well and truly a nuclear state before

the un's political affairs chief will travel to north korea on tuesday jeffrey feltman is due to meet the foreign minister and other officials are meeting with the leader kim jong un is not on the so far feltman is the first senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang in six years tensions in the region escalated last week after north korea said its latest ballistic missile test placed the u.s. mainland within reach. the philippine military says it's killed at least fifteen communist fighters in the new people's army violence broke out after the government backed out of peace negotiations with the armed group but relatives of the dead accuse state forces of launching an ambush dogon reports from the province. in northern philippines. abigail delicious radio says she couldn't bear look at her husband's body henry was with the bullets when he was approached to the morgue along with at least fourteen others who were killed last week the philippine military says there was an armed encounter between its forces and the communists a rebel group called the new people's army it says the group led

i mean the escalating situation on the korean peninsula un under-secretary general jeffrey feltman visited north korea just last week he stressed that the only solution to the crisis is a diplomatic one achieved through quote sincere dialogue author and human rights attorney eric seraphic and things japan's growing military muscle isn't helping to ease tensions in the region. what we see is an alliance between japan and the united states which by itself isn't a bad thing but what we always fail to do is put ourselves in the shoes of the north koreans and the d.p. r. k. in order to understand the historical context for japan has. always been head to head with north korea there's always an edge when you bring in japan into the korean discussion and adding new weapons and bringing the situation to a conflict potentially between japan and korea that have been a peace for so long but still without a peace treaty have been at peace for so long is only going to stir up trouble it is a busy monday for your worldwide headlines when aleksey international hope to see you in about. so there is no the

the trip byjeffrey feltman is the first by a senior un official in six years. of what north korea called its most powerful inter—continental ballistic missile, claiming it could hit the us. the un's human rights chief has issued a powerful indictment of myanmar‘s treatment of ethnic rohingya muslims. zeid ra'ad al hussein detailed reports of what he called acts of appalling brutality, including the murder of children and the deliberate burning to death of people in their homes. the african born artist lubaina himid has been awarded the prestigious 2017 turner prize. himid, who is based in the north—west of england, is, at 63, the oldest artist ever to win the best known accolade in british art, which was opened to over 50s this year for the first time in more than 25 years. her work celebrates black creativity and the african diaspora ferocious winds have whipped up two , , , fast—moving wildfires inseam of the state fuelled by dry brushwood. more than 25 thousand residents of ventura county have been told to evacuate. at least 150 buildings north of los angele

the statement follows a visit to pyongyang byjeffrey feltman, the highest—level trip by a un officialears. north korea said it has agreed to communicate regularly, but blamed the united states for the current tense situation on the korean peninsula. meanwhile, president trump has visited a new civil rights museum in the us state of mississippi in the face of a boycott by critics who accuse him of deepening racial divisions. two democratic party congressmen who pulled out of the ceremony injackson described his presence on the opening day as an insult. opposition parties in honduras have formally requested the cancellation of last month's presidential election, alleging widespread fraud. they've accused the electoral authorities of tampering with the results in favour of the incumbent, juan orlando hernandez, who's been declared the winner by a narrow margin. leonardo rocha reports. the main opposition contender, salvador nasralla, is calling for either a new vote or a full recount. he initially led the counting by five points but was eventually overta ken by president hernandez after

jeffrey feltman was in north korea this week — the highest—level un official to visit since 2012.been further protests in the israeli—occupied west bank and the gaza strip, in response to president trump declaring jerusalem to be israel's capital. a rocket fired from gaza has exploded in southern israel. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the route of the funeral procession in paris for the veteran french rock starjohnny hallyday. president macron was among those to attend the service. now on bbc news dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm shaun ley. recent days have tested the proposition that in relations between nations it's negotiation rather than innovation that wins the day. on friday, after brexit talks went to the wire and beyond, theresa may appeared to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. has she improved the odds for a successful departure for the uk from the european union? on wednesday, president donald trump went the other way, declaring that the united states would unilaterally recognise jerusalem as israel's capital, ending 70 years o

the un political affairs chief jeffrey feltman is to visit north korea on tuesday. trip there by a un official for six years. it comes at a time of extremely high tensions in the korean peninsula, and less than a week after pyongyang test—fired a ballistic missile believed capable of reaching the united states. let's return to our leading story — the failure of the eu and the uk government to find a way forward in brexit talks. kulveer ranger, vice president strategy & communication at atos is with us. formerly worked with boris johnson. you are looking at the news, so many different stories in there and bits of analysis and those who have been bamboozled by brexit. give us your ta ke bamboozled by brexit. give us your take on yesterday's event. it all looked like it was going really well until there was this phone call interrupting theresa may‘s lunch. yes, bamboozling is the word in brexit in terms of the amount of negotiations that have been going on. yesterday there appeared to be a crunch moment where there appeared to be well rehearsed choreography, agreements

the statement follows a visit to pyongyang byjeffrey feltman, the highest—level trip by a un officialn in six years. north korea said it has agreed to communicate regularly, but blamed the united states for the current tense situation on the korean peninsula. and there's much more on all our top stories — plus business and sport, on our website. just go to bbc.com/news — you'll also find plenty of background and analysis. the prime minister of iraq has declared that the war against the islamic state group is over. haider al—abadi said the iraqi flag was now flying across the whole country — and there'll be a public holiday in iraq on sunday. at the height of its strength, the militant group controlled a third of iraqi territory, and proclaimed a caliphate. nimesh thaker reports. recapturing mosul, iraq's second city, was the bloodiest conflict. tens of thousands of people were killed and the city reduced to ruins. and after more than three yea rs of ruins. and after more than three years of fighting against the so—called islamic state, iraq has declared the war over. speaking from bac

well unlike the escalating situation on the korean peninsula un under-secretary general jeffrey feltman visited north korea last week he stressed that the only solution to the crisis is a diplomatic one achieved through sincere dialogue also in human rights attorney eric so a lot can things japan's growing military muscle doesn't help to ease tensions. what we see is an alliance between japan and the united states which by itself isn't a bad thing but what we always fail to do is put ourselves in the shoes of the north koreans and the d.p. r. k. in order to understand the historical context for japan not so much. always been head to head with north korea there's always an edge when you bring in japan into the korean discussion and adding new weapons and bringing the situation to a conflict potentially between japan and korea that have been in peace for so long but still without a peace treaty have been at peace for so long is only going to stir up trouble. now bitcoin has begun trading on the chicago features exchange with many seeing it as a major step in the just reminding the cryptoc

political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talks. members of former president ali abdullah saleh pati have met with a senior leader in yemen for talks the head of the supreme political council of yemen somalia summit received members of the general people's congress and son it's the hooty group is trying to make a new alliance with the g.p.c. after its fighters killed ali of bullets out of last week a statement from the u.k. of the united states the u.a.e. and saudi arabia has called on the who thiis to stop targeting other political leaders in yemen. the philippine congress has approved a one year extension of in the southern island of mindanao president. said it is necessary for the total eradication of groups. despite to clearing the city of murray liberated the troop was imposed across the region six months ago the hundreds of gunmen seized cont

official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang political affairs chief jeffrey feltman store comes out of pyongyang recently tested a ballistic missile that it says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping feldman's trip will kick starter un led effort to deescalate tensions in the region russia's president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year the sixty five year old has been in power holding the post of either president or prime minister for seventeen years if another six year term would reach the milestone for the longest tenure is the. oh it's the stream next time back at the top of the hour with another full boat around of course there's al jazeera dot com stay with us. he was born in ireland but at seventeen found himself in the middle of a political revolution in egypt i went on stage and i spoke about democracy myself if you talk it over with sixty people we'll put a hundred thousand people and so after four years imprisoned in cairo ibrahim talks to al-jazeera at this time. ok and you're in a strange how do you envision our guest on today'

that we all aim which is a nuclear ization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. u.k. prime minister to resign may is meeting european union leaders in brussels less than a day after an embarrassing parliamentary defeat on brics it on wednesday night's parliament back to the amendments giving them a legal guarantee a vote on the final bricks and deal struck with brussels to resume is hoping e.u. leaders approve an agreement to move the brics negotiations on to a second phase incorporating trade talks ever since britain announced its plans to leave the european union france has been trying to lure companies across the channel so far paris is lagging behind germany in attracting big banks but france has become a main destination for entrepreneurs

the un's political affairs chief will travel to north korea on tuesday jeffrey feltman is due to meet foreigners to rehang euro and officials at a meeting with leader kim jong un as lost on the agenda felt one of the first senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang in six years the tensions of the region escalated last week after north korea said its latest ballistic missile test place the u.s. mainland within reach. the u.s. supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal against it has heard the ruling extends the band of people from six muslim majority countries plus venezuela and north korea. environmentalist in the u.s. have filed a lawsuit against president trump of the dramatic reduction of two historic national monuments and uta the decision will see the bears ears national monument shrank by a percent and the grand staircase escalante by half and a gallagher reports. the weekend thousands of protesters gathered outside the state capitol building in salt lake city this is truly a monumental mistake rumors that presid

well what we're likely to hear is a briefing from the undersecretary jeffrey feltman on the employer implementation of their joint comprehensive plan of action he will brief the council also on the secretary general's report which was released earlier this month we also hear from the e.u. representative the e.u. is the coordinator of the iran sanctions committee he'll be briefing the council on what the progress has been in the past six months up for discussion to of course will be the decision by president trump to not certify this plan of action which created some uncertainty about the body's future however it's likely to be heard from the briefing that the whole program will continue unaffected by president trump's refusal to certify mike hanna thank you very much indeed. the death toll from tropical storm kai tak in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president or dignitaries have promised a quick recovery but as jamie ireland again reports in

that we all age which is a nuclear ization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing look at the novak has more from seoul. president moon j.n. is continuing his four day state visit to china with a meeting with the chinese prime minister and parliamentary leader it's all part of an effort to improve relations that were strained over a dispute over the u.s. missile defense system known as that being installed here in south korea there was no joint statement or news conference after the meeting between presidents moon and she but we're told by president moon's office that the two leaders agreed to four general principles on north korea that there should be no more war on the korean peninsula that the korean peninsula must be nuclear free that into a

result we should win now the un's head of political affairs as arrived in north korea jeffrey feltman is the first senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang in six years tensions have been on the rise again after north korea tested what is described as its most powerful missile yet the u.s. and south korea held large joint drills earlier. aid organizations are struggling to provide humanitarian assistance to more than six hundred twenty five thousand bringing refugees who fled the military crackdown in me and are there often not enough medics to provide basic health care in the sprawling refugee camps near the border so suffering refugees are being trained to help charles traffic reports. twenty two year old muhammad to legal fled with eight members of his family into bangladesh in september when the myanmar military and buddhist groups attacked their village. muhammad's one of a growing number of refugees being trained in basic medical and rescue skills when australian voluntary organization. if i can it would only go back to a man in my heart i would like to you with my training to he

political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talk. members of former president ali abdullah saleh party have met with a senior leader in yemen the tools the head of the supreme political council of yemen sally out summit received members of the general people's congress and sauna is thought the group is trying to make a new alliance with the g.p.c. office fighters killed i lived in a cellar last week a statement from the u.k. united states that u.a.e. and saudi arabia has called on the who these to stop talking to other political leaders in yemen. now for the first time in twenty five years democrats have won the senate race in the u.s. state of alabama doug jones defeated roy mall controversial republican county that has been accused of sexual misconduct and publicly been endorsed by president told trump chipper times he has mall from the city but me

political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talks. well still ahead here on the philippine president calls for an extension of all the island of mindanao national vote could come wednesday plus. i'm going to have a warning when i'm going to tell you the story of this a laboratory that is working to find the babies that were born to women held in detention centers during the dictatorship in argentina and the nineteen seventies and eighties. hello again the weather has all turned quite quiet across the middle east at the moment we do have this little area of tallis just drifting its way southwards but all it's really doing is bringing some slightly fresh as so back who will see the temperatures no hot of an eleven on wednesday and on thursday no high than around ten towards the west will have a little bit more cloud that we working its way across parts

of political fares is traveling to north korea jeffrey feltman is the first senior u.n. official to visit young around six years tension in the region escalated last week after north korea said its latest ballistic missile test put the u.s. mainland within reach the u.s. and south korea held large scale joint military operations on monday in response. to vast right-wing to provide humanitarian assistance to more than six hundred twenty five thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown in myanmar there are often not enough medics to provide basic health care for these boarding refugee camps near the border so brink of refugees are being trained on how to help each other child strafford reports. twenty two year old muhammad to legal fled with eight members of his family into bangladesh in september when the myanmar military and buddhist groups attacked their village. muhammad's one of a growing number of refugees being trained in basic medical and rescue skills when australian voluntary organization. if i can it would only go back to a man in my heart i would like to

we all aim which is the nuclear ization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang. coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing well leave it to the americans now where net neutrality rules protecting open internet access have been repealed by the us government now the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors hard to castro as well. opposed to the repeal of net neutrality rules in the u.s. and making their voices heard on the streets of washington protesters in the end were not loud enough to sway the vote of the federal communications commission your car i can assure rosen we're still i dissent the commission voted three to two along partisan lines to undo the obama era regulations that the chairm

political affairs chief jeffrey feltman in pyongyang for talks he met the foreign minister now neither of those men met the leader kim jong un but some interpret it as hopeful signs because this was the first time in six years that the united nations has sent a senior official to north korea and this was in response to an invitation extended according to the united nations by north korea so of course the government there controls who comes and goes and it's interesting about these high level people have been in pyongyang for its part the south korean government's position remains that it wants to continue the regime campaign of sanctions and pressure against north korea precisely to bring it back to the negotiating table south korea has said that the offer for intercourse dialogue remains open it's simply that north korea has not been responding to that invitation interestingly recently the unification minister of south korea responsible for north korean policy said he believes that part of the reason that north korea is not responding to that invitation is that it wants to speak to th

that we all aim which is a nuclearization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. eighteen people have been killed in somalia's capital mogadishu after a bomb attack on a police academy police were gathering for the early morning parade when the suicide bomber struck officials say he was wearing a police uniform. has claimed responsibility for the attack egypt has ordered al-jazeera janice mahmut is saying to remain in prison for another forty five days he was arrested in egypt a year ago while visiting family it's now the tenth time his detention has been renewed continues to demand his release is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail fo

i know jeff feltman, a responsible person. looking at what we have been saying, what mcmasters said at the reagan defense forum and what the president himself has said kim jong-un better appreciate that barack obama is no longer president and the possibility of american use of military force against north korea's nuclear capability is real. >> sandra: the is coming amid heightened tensions between the u.s. and north korea. how is the president's strategy working? we've been reporting on the word exchange, the rhetoric between the two world leaders. how is his strategy playing out in your view? >> i think he had a very bad hand he was dealt with when he came into office on north korea and iran. because of 25 years of failure to stop both those countries from getting across the finish line to having nuclear weapons. president trump saw if there is a peaceful way out here it comes in china using its unique leverage over north korea and i think he made that point to xi is beijing. no evidence the chinese have gotten the message. i

s top political affairs hand jeffrey feltman went to north korea for a meeting, a first of its kind meeting between the u.n. and senior officials of north korea and about eight years. what they talked about there was about a 15 hour back and forth in the north koreans ultimately said it was important to prevent war, but they were uncommitted when it came to whether or not they would engage in talks. the u.n. trying all they can to exhaust all options. one thing is clear, the security council will not accept a nuclear north korea, and a north korea as i'm now doesn't seem like they will accept it being do you nuclearize themselves. >> melissa: right ennis, thank you. >> jon: the washington rumor mill kicked into high gear after house speaker paul ryan hints at retirement. does the rocking chair really in his future? plus, ambassador nikki haley making a dramatic presentation at the u.n. on how iran is violating resolutions in the middle east. the evidence she is showing the world body just ahead. >> iran is determined to undermine the international consensus against its conduct. we must spea

even feltman is an american, he went there on behalf of the u.n. >> he's the u.n.neral for political affairs. but i'm sure he went there without any preconditions. thank you very much. >>> coming up, president trump backs the wrong horse to the alabama senate race, so what does roy moore's stunning defeat mean for the president's agenda? [vo] quickbooks introduces rodney. he has a new business teaching lessons. rodney wanted to know how his business was doing... ...so he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts, so he can see his bottom line. ahhh...that's a profit. know where you stand instantly. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >>> happening now, breaking news. art of the bill. president trump touts a new republican compromise on taxes as bringing him closer to a keeping a campaign promise. tonight unanswered questions about what's in the deal even as mr. trump says it could affect taxpayers in a matter of months. >>> russia probe push back. the deputy attorney general defends the special counsel as republican lawmakers accuse robert mueller's team of political bia

jeffrey feltman was invited back in december. they said they wanted to have a policy discussion.ing its diplomatic presence in the region. gutierrez will be in japan meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. for mr. feldman, he is meeting with senior regime officials, not com john eun, still the u.n. is saying they need to open any and all possible channels at this point t. timing of it, of course the u.s. and south korea holding this massive military drill involving 230 airplanes, 12,000 u.s. military personnel, coming a week after north korea says it's tested it's most powerful weapon yet, that, of course, comes in a year of troubling milestones. >> we will have to see if this instance works. so far, none of it has. thank you. >>> all right, coming up next on morning joe, much more on that growing scrutiny about president trump's tweet with michael flynn and whether it amounts to obstruction of justice. >> time ryan weighs in on the republican tax plan. why he says it's a disgrace. morning joe just moments away. i. lower premiums? extra benefits? it's open enrollment. ti

political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talks. the organization of islamic cooperation is sent to me today in istanbul to discuss donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital leaders of saudi arabia and jordan have already met in riyadh on the issue . and on the ground it's been almost a week of demonstrations in the occupied palestinian territories israeli forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who pelted stones. and bethlehem those were the news headlines be back with more in thirty minutes next on al-jazeera dect machine to stay with us. date it drives markets creates profit and generates an endless cycle of production and consumption. we live on credit our homes cars schools and government expenditures are financed by borrowing. data has become the engine of our growth the lifeblood of our global economy.

that we all which is the democratization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing u.k. prime minister tourism a is meeting european union leaders in brussels a day after a defeat on breakfast at home on wednesday night parliament backed an amendment giving them a legal guarantee of a vote on the final brecht's a deal struck with brussels so he may is hoping a new leader is a proven agreement to move the brics that negotiations onto a second phase in cooperation trade talks underway phillips has more from brussels . the british prime minister comes here on the back of an embarrassing domestic defeat on that legislation back in london that undermines her or forty here in brussels to some extent it raises the question amongst other european leaders

that nuclear agreement was given to the security council briefing by the under-secretary jeffrey feltman who told the council that iran was found to be fully compliant with its commitments in regard to the j c p o a a bad he said there were questions raised about iran's use and deployment of the conventional weapons that is non-nuclear weapons and this was something of great concern to some of the members the us ambassador insisting that iran has been providing missiles for use against saudi targets while we don't yet have sufficient insight into this particular attack it bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using arraigning provided weapons it is only a matter of time before one of these missiles hits the target with all of them is the blob wrong it would like to express its particular concern over the information and evidence connected with iran supply of weapons and missiles to militias encouraging them to use those weapons to target neighboring countries. might we've heard this report from us to get terrorists what's he saying about these claims. well the secretary general say

now the un's head of political affairs has arrived in north korea jeffrey feltman seen here departing from beijing becomes the first senior u.n. official to go to pyongyang in six years tensions have been on the rise again after north korea tested what it described as its most powerful missiles yet the u.s. and south korea held large joint drills shortly afterwards. and a couple of minutes we'll have the weather with rob also coming up on the. hill they need medics and teaching refugees how did they would be many first aid cases within the camp. and the man on the track is frozen in time. we'll explain all inspired. by the skyline of. horror off the coast of the italian riviera. now sentiment train including the italian riviera has been exceedingly wet this last month or so and there are still floods in for example albania this is in the western side of floral laura i think it is pronounced now the rain has now stopped as you can see it's going to take a while for things dissipate in fact all the actions moving further east as the satellite reveals particularly to turkey in the immedi

we all age which is in the nuclearization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang. coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al jazeera beijing eighteen people have been killed in somalia's capital mogadishu after a bomb attack on a police academy police were gathering for their early morning parade when the suicide bomber struck officials say he was wearing a police uniform group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack thousands of people have protested in the greek capital athens as part of a nationwide strike against the latest austerity measures. ten thousand protesters gathered outside parliament as politicians prepared to debate the twenty eighteen budget government has agreed to cut spending which is pension benefits and tight and strike rules. egypt has ordered al jazeera journalist ma

because jeff feltman, an experienced former u.s. diplomat who is now the political director at the u.n., has just returned from pyongyang. as tillerson mentioned and the japanese and others mentioned, he had significant conversations. that's a real intermediary who understands our state department very well. >> indeed. i have spoken with jeff and he had about 15 hours of conversation, sometimes four hours at a time. quite extensive, quite unusual for such talks, but he came away, as he reported to the security council, very discouraged, really being concerned. he went not with great expectations but he came out with even fewer, and i think that's why we've heard the secretary general of the u.n., mr. gutierrez, say that it is really time to get to dialogue in whatever way we can. we should keep up sustained pressure on north korea, no doubt about that. that's important, but that's to get somebody to the table in seriousness. it's not going to stop their program. >> let me play what h.r. mcmaster had to say. after tillerson said we'l

that we all age which is a nuclear is ation of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. and this just in to us the white house says u.s. president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin have talked on the phone about the situation in north korea this says they are waiting for details on the conversation will bring them of course when they are available now at least one thousand remaining unless they must have died or been canned between august and september of the six thousand seven hundred of them were killed during a violent military crackdown in rakhine state but myanmar's government insists a real figure as much as a just four hundred mommy john shewan explains doctors without borders estimate that nine thousand roll hinges died in the